Force One TC-35 CNC Lathes & Turning Center

This single spindle, single turret lathe is built upon a massive one piece Meehanite casting with precision hardened and ground box ways. All the major machine parts, such as the one piece bed, saddle, headstock, slides and tailstock are made of Meehanite cast iron which have been heat treated to relieve any inherent stress and thus ensure absolute stability and lifetime accuracy.

The bed has a 45 degree slope to bring the turret closer to the operator and to ensure efficient chip removal and solid support during heavy cutting.

All the slide ways are precision hardened and ground and all saddles are lined with Turcite B for extreme rigidity and high accuracy.
High precision large diameter ballscrews are pre-tensioned to compensate for any thermal expansion during machining operations.

The robust spindle is supported by cylindrical roller bearings and high speed angular thrust bearings and permanently greased for trouble free heavy duty and high speed turning.

If rotation and indexing accuracy is required for executing mill / drill functions the spindle motor is supplied with an optional integral rotary encoder and a disc brake system is installed on the spindle.

The standard German made ZF gearbox has two stages and a gear ratio of 1:4 which provides full horsepower cutting from 208 - 2,500 rpm, and a maximum cutting torque of 660 Nm.

The very large heavy duty turret is driven by a low noise high torque hydraulic indexing motor for trouble free operation and optimum tool life due to its very sturdy construction. High accuracy bi-directional positioning provides both repeatability and efficiency. An optional 12 station turret disk is available if requested, and also a driven tool turret for milling, drilling, tapping and reaming operations.

The hydraulic power pack employs high quality components for long service life, and delivers power to the chucking cylinder, turret and tailstock quill.

The operators panel has been ergonomically designed for convenient and durable operation of all machine functions.

This steel cabinet houses the Fanuc Alpha digital servo drives, spindle drive and power supply, and also many other high quality electrical interface components. The air inside the cabinet is cooled by means of the heat exchanger or the optional refrigeration system.

Complete with 8.4" colour TFT screen, 640 meter memory and RS232 serial interface.

Including 5 x I.D. tool holders and 1 x extended O.D. tool holder.

Coolant is pumped from the tank located under the conveyor through the turret to the tip of the cutting tool.

This 12 station turret is manufactured by Force One with 6 driven tool stations on an inner pcd, and 6 turning tool stations on an outer pcd. The turret disk is designed for VDI-50 tool holders and 32 x 32 mm turning tools. With this turret the maximum turning diameter is reduced to 440 mm.

To provide accurate rotation and indexing of the spindle a high resolution magnetic pulse coder is incorporated into the main AC spindle motor.

This steady is of rigid construction and is manually moved along, and clamped, to the tailstock slideways. The work piece is supported by three heavy duty rollers mounted at the end of the adjustable pistons.

This is a German made hydraulically powered self-centering steady providing simplicity of setup when supporting long workpieces, and optimum durability.

This option enables a steady to be positioned automatically by a simple 'M' function command at the operators panel or in the program.