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INFOTECH The Jour nal for the Prac t ician and the Professional SU-matic – get your production into top gear! SU-matic-Revolver-trumbel heads SU-matic is a company belonging to the SUHNER Group employing over 700 employees worldwide. The SU-matic team is responsible within the Group for the development and production of multiple and adjustable angle heads. In this number: In this issue we are delighted to present to you our multiple spindle drilling heads and angle milling heads. We presume that you, too, are obliged to work ever more efficiently and cost-effectively to be able to maintain your market position in the face of stiff competition. In this issue, we are presenting examples of realized solutions with multiple spindle drilling heads that may provide you with ideas for your own production line. SU-matic has built up thirty years’ experience in this field. During this period, over 40,000 units were produced, most of which are still in use under demanding conditions. Try our equipment and see for yourself! If you have any questions on the applications illustrated, or if you would like to discuss with us a particular machining problem you have, please do not hesitate to contact us. As we all know, the cycle time on a special purpose machine is dictated by the longest machining operation. All the other machining operations with shorter tool contact times can be grouped together. Short tool-change times mean that the SU-matic Indexing Head is virtually the ideal way of cutting down the number of workstations, making the machines more compact and cost-effective. This is because 2–3 or 4 operations that are normally performed separately can be grouped together on one single station. The two AC servo drives eliminate the need to start up and brake when changing the work position of the spindles. Front runners: HSC machine concepts with SU-matic multiple spindle heads The Anger company of Traun (Austria) basically offers a machine concept that is midway between the HSC machining centre and the HSC special machine. The working principle is clearly designed and consistently tailored with time-saving in mind. This machine concept is based on multiple work spindles (up to 20 in number) which are arranged in a row beneath which the «coordinate unit» traverses the workpiece from spindle to spindle in one setting. It is possible to approach HF spindles at up to 60,000 mm-1 alternating with SU-matic multiple spindle heads. There is no need to keep to size or weight limits when using multiple spindle drilling or tapping heads. Costs are cut by 30% When it comes to costs and savings, the picture is impressive: with the Anger concept, the investment costs for a series production run can be cut by 30 per cent, and the lower space requirement for the machines also has a positive effect. Example: channel plate machining for automatic transmission gear boxes 12 x core hole drilling - M5 12 x core hole drilling - M6 12 x thread cutting - M5 x 0.80 12 x thread cutting - M6 x 1.00 Time required (inc. non-machining time) 9 seconds 24 x core hole drilling and 24 x thread cutting operations in 9 sec