CB Ferrari unveils GT series and more at EMO

The GT Series is a high-speed, five-axis machining centre featuring a moving column design with a tilting vertical spindle. This design creates a rigid and compact structure that enables highly efficient roughing and finishing operations to be carried out
Renowned for its very adaptable multi-axis, high-speed, high accuracy machining solutions CB Ferrari has shown for the first time at EMO its new GT1600/2000 machining centres at EMO Hannover .  The GT Series is a high-speed, five-axis machining centre featuring a moving column design with a tilting vertical spindle. This design creates a rigid and compact structure that enables highly efficient roughing and finishing operations to be carried out. A key feature of the machine is the 2000mm x 1500 mm table that incorporates the 750mm diameter rotary table. The two machine series has  axis travels of 1600 or 2000 mm in X, 820 mm in Y and 850 mm in Z. The GT Series has two options for the toolchange with either 30 or 60 tool capacity available; through spindle, filtered, coolant  and in process probing available. To aid high-performance metal removal there are also two options of spindle speed and power, both of which are CB Ferrari-built electro-spindle units. The first is a 20,000 revs/min 28kW unit with HSK -A63 spindle nose, the second is a more powerful 16,000 revs/min 33 kW unit with an HSK-A63 connection. Maximum torque is achieved at 4,200 revs/min and 3,000 revs/min respectively. This highly capable machining package is contained within a footprint of just 5805 mm x 4000 mm. In addition to its machining centre ranges CB Ferrari is also a leader in the design and manufacture of laser machining systems. To highlight this it will be displaying its three-axis Laser 813 machine from its extensive three- and five-axis Laser Machining range. The Laser 813 is a compact laser marking system with a footprint of 1100 x 1900 x 2200 mm and axis travels of 320 x 320 x 320 mm. In addition to marking applications the lasers can be applied to processes such as ablation, texturing, drilling or welding, as well as the production of small shallow moulds which can be machined complete by laser without the need of electrodes. The CB Ferrari laser machines are easy and quick to program and come with various control options including Siemens, Heidenhain and Bosch. As part of CB Ferarri’s customer support services these lasers can also be integrated with other machines in the CB Ferrari family, with the company supplying many bespoke solutions to a diverse customer base.