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cooling during the entire drilling
operation. The "drop-shaped"
cross section of the ducts pro-
vides four times more coolant
flow compared with circular chan-
nels, the company says. Avoid-
ing overheating of the cutting
e d g e s f r o m t h e s t a r t o f t h e
operation allows longer tool life,
even at higher speeds and feeds.
Mikron Corp. Monroe - Cutting
Tool Division, call 203-261-
3100 or visit mikrontool.com.
REDESIGNED
TURN-MILL OFFERS
MORE PERFORMANCE
WITHIN SAME
FOOTPRINT
INDEX CORP., BOOTH 400
Index will demonstrate its G200
turn-mill, a compact machine
offering as much as 30 percent
g re ate r p ro d u c ti v i t y th a n i ts
predecessor in the same foot-
p r i n t . T h e r e d e s i g n o f t h e
machine resulted in an increase
o f t h e m a x i m u m t u r n i n g
l e n g th to 6 6 0 m m, a h i g h e r-
performance milling spindle and
expanded live tool complement
as well as the XPanel with Indus-
try 4.0 readiness.
The machine is said to offer
flexibility and high-speed machin-
ing of both barstock and chucked
parts complete in one setup.
F l u i d - c o o l e d m a i n a n d
counter spindles are designed
i d e nti c a ll y a n d fe atu re a ba r
capacity of 65 mm (chuck diam-
eter maximum 165 mm). Their
motorized spindles allow produc-
tive turning machining with a
power of 31.5/32 kW (10 0/40
percent duty cycle), a torque of
125/170 Nm and a ma ximum
speed of 6,000 rpm. The machine
has three tool carriers, so tools