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T-Bed Horizontal Boring Mills with Feedout Tools



The Giddings & Lewis T-bed horizontal boring mill, introduced at IMTS 2016, is now available with a range of contouring heads and programmable boring bars also known as feedout tools. Feedout tools add an extra level of machining versatility to live spindle horizontal boring mills. Providing a programmable axis capable of turning and complex machining operations, contouring heads and programmable boring bars improve quality and decrease cycle time and manufacturing costs by reducing the number of tools and set-ups required.

Because they are a programmable axis, feedout tools are able to machine part features of varying sizes with a single tool. The live spindle Z-axis motion moves the attachment cross slide providing radial feed to the tool. Bores, tapers, grooves, chamfers, phonographic finishes and recesses of differing sizes are just some of the operations possible with a single tool. Giddings & Lewis T-bed boring mills are available with contouring heads able to produce bores from 0 to 1,250 mm (0 to 49.2") in diameter. The cutting range of the programmable boring bars is 150 to 580 mm (5.9" to 22.8") depending on the bar size. The ability to do turning operations without the need to move the part to a lathe improves part quality by reducing the potential for errors.

The U.S.-built Giddings & Lewis T-bed boring mill, with rigid cast iron construction and extreme accuracy, was designed and priced with job shops in mind. Engineered for flat-floor installation, small footprint and low ceiling clearance, the boring mill is configured with a 10,000-kg capacity (22,000 lbs) 1,250 x 1,400 mm (49.2" x 55.1") contouring rotary table. The 130 or 155 mm (5.1" or 6.1") gear-driven spindles are available with drives up to 45 kW (60 HP) and 3,380 Nm (2,493 ft-lbs) of torque.

For more information contact:

Fives Giddings & Lewis, LLC

A subsidiary of Fives Machining Systems, Inc.

142 Doty Street

Fond du Lac, WI 54935

920-921-9400

www.fivesgroup.com

SOUTHWEST

TX, OK, AR, LA

Hillary Machinery, Inc.

1825 Summit Ave, #207

Plano, TX 75074

972-578-1515

www.hillaryinc.com

SOUTHEAST

TN, AL, MS

Cardinal Machinery, Inc.

7535 Appling Center Dr.

Memphis, TN 38133

901-377-3107

www.cardinalmachinery.com

GA

Carl J. Brownlee, Jr.

6060 Rocky Schoals Ct.

Tucker, GA 30084

770-309-5365

NC, SC, VA

Crotts & Saunders, LLC

2709 Boulder Park Ct.

Winston-Salem, NC 27101

336-765-7250

www.crottsandsaunders.com

NORTHEAST

NY

Edward J. Walker Company, Inc.

d/b/a Buckley Owens Machinery Corp.

6416 Fly Rd.

East Syracuse, NY 13057

315-432-0708

www.bomcny.wixsite.com/buckleyowens

CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT

Ross Machinery Sales, Inc.

212 North Plains Industrial Rd.

Wallingford, CT 06492

203-269-2950

www.rossmachinery.com

MIDWEST

MN, ND, SD, IA, NE

Concept Machine Tool

15625 Medina Rd.

Minneapolis, MN 55447

763-559-1975

www.conceptmachine.com

WI

Concept Machine Tool

407 Austin Circle

Delafield, WI 53018

763-559-1975

www.conceptmachine.com

KS, MO

Maruka USA, Inc.

1210 NE Douglas

Lee's Summit, MO 64086

816-607-5444

www.marukausa.com

IL

Methods Machine Tools, Inc.

2400 Vantage Dr.

Elgin, IL 60124

847-783-6800

www.methodsmachine.com

MI

Methods Machine Tools, Inc.

50531 Varsity Ct.

Wixom, MI 48393

248-624-1720

www.methodsmachine.com

WEST

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