Strength, Versatility Improves Efficiency

The Mycenter Supercell-400 horizontal 5-axis machining center from Kitamura Machinery expands their line-up of horizontal, vertical, and 5-axis machining centers. Combining a lights-out machining mentality with simultaneous 5-axis capabilities, Kitamura has constructed an ultra-high precision, flexible manufacturing system capable of machining multiple surfaces in one setup, while providing the versatility to handle highly mixed production components, completely unmanned.

According to Dr. Akihiro Kitamura, president, Kitamura Machinery, the Mycenter Supercell-400 was further developed from earlier technology in the manufacture of the first Supercell series 5-axis horizontal machining centers in 1985. The goal with the Supercell-400 was to bring a product to market that could dramatically reduce setups, improve parts accuracy, and eliminate work-in-process inventory in order to meet JIT objectives.

The Mycenter Supercell-400 offers users a multi-pallet, multi-tool system capable of machining a wide variety of parts, unattended for hours at a time. The durability will deliver tight tolerances over many years, offering the customer an investment that keeps providing a long return in value.

The Supercell-400 is designed with a 360° rotary table combined with a 100° trunnion table, 20 pallet APC, 140T ATC, and a 15,000rpm – energy efficient – 4-step gear-driven dual contact spindle. Options include up to 120 pallets and up to 290 tools can be added for greater machining flexibility in unmanned operation. A 20,000rpm, gear driven dual contact spindle is also an available option for high speed machining requirements. Linear scale feedback is standard on all axes, allowing for ultra-high accuracies of ±0.000039" and repeatability of ±0.00002".

To ensure proper machine operation, a work ID system employs an IC chip on each pallet, allowing for storage and communication of pallet work data quickly and accurately with the machines controller. Pallet size on the Mycenter Supercell-400 is 13.78" round with a maximum load per pallet of 118.8 lb for the 20-station pallet system. Kitamura's original Automatic Work Handling Robot (AWC) is exclusively designed for the Supercell-400, reducing pallet load and unload time, allowing for precise and safe JIT operation for highly mixed production runs.

The Mycenter Supercell-400 comes standard with a Kitamura-Fanuc 30iMB control standard with Windows CE.NET operating system, AI Nano CC II control (600 block look ahead, 2,500 block look-ahead processing speed), 1,280M memory, and 100mbps ethernet transfer rate for faster processing.

Kitamura Machinery
Wheeling, IL
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