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Heckert presents its new Focus machining centres HEC 400F / HEC 500F / HEC 630F

With its new Focus machines, the machine tool manufacturer Heckert is addressing all users who attach great importance to the high performance values, reliability and long-term precision of their machines, but who do not require an extensive performance specification with special equipment requirements. For this target group, the Chemnitz-based company developed the new HEC 400F, HEC 500F and HEC 630F horizontal machining centres – using the established dynamic HEC 400D, HEC 500D and HEC 630D machines, which can be adapted in a customer-specific manner, as a basis.

HEC 400F / HEC 500F / HEC 630F

The Starrag Group’s slogan is “Engineering precisely what you value”, and with the new Heckert Focus machining centres, the Group has lived up to this slogan in exemplary fashion

The investment costs are 20% less and the delivery time 60 % shorter. This means lower hourly rates and a faster start to production for the user. Furthermore, the Focus machines require around 10% less space. From a technical perspective, there are no major differences between this and the dynamic series: The three focus versions are equipped with a motorised spindle featuring a HSK-A63 tool holder. They have an output of 32.4 kW, their maximum torque is 67 Nm (this can be increased to 130 Nm as an option) and their top speed is 18,000 rpm. This top speed is reached within 1.85 s. A 10,000 rpm, 32.4 kW and 259 Nm hollow shaft spindle is also available as an option. The largest machine type, the HEC 630F, can also be supplied for heavy-duty machining operations with a HSK-A100 motorised spindle, which achieves 60 kW, 10,000 rpm and 452 Nm.

The Focus machine is specifically designed for rapid machining. The chip-to-chip time for all machine sizes is just 3 seconds, a pallet can be changed in as little as 8 seconds. The linear axes can accelerate at up to 9 m/s2, the maximum rapid traverse speed is 65 m/min. The NC-rotary table, which comes with even the standard version, also helps to reduce unproductive times. With a top speed of 80 rpm and an acceleration of 8 r/s2, it ensures fast positioning of components.

Focus on cost savings:

The horizontal Heckert Focus machining centres support the user in numerous ways with cost-optimised production, specifically through:

  • Less investment for tried-and-tested quality
  • High levels of energy efficiency
  • Low maintenance and tool costs through control and monitoring devices, as well as service and diagnostic systems
  • Reduced space requirements

Made in Germany and compliant with Industry 4.0

The HEC 400F, HEC 500F and HEC 630F Focus centres are certainly not “cheap products”, they are top-quality premium machines, in which only high-performance, tried-and-tested modules are used. All functional components are made in Germany and all assembly work is also carried out in this country. Compared to competitor products in the same price category, our Focus machines also generally offer longer traverse paths and enable larger workpiece contours”, adds Dirk Müller, Product Manager at Heckert.

The control and monitoring devices and service and diagnostic systems are also state-of-the-art. “All of our HEC machin- ing centres, including the F-models are compliant with Industry 4.0“, emphasises the Product Manager. “The controller and sensors record and save all important values, and provide these values to external programs such as BDE/MDE or MES systems for evaluation purposes. “For example, a vibration sensor at the spindle permanently monitors the tools for unbalance, vibrations in the machining process or even for crash events. The condition of the spindle bearings is periodically analysed and the current status is displayed. The preconditions for a “fingerprint” are also satisfied. This allows the condition of the overall machine to be assessed, any necessary maintenance/repairs to be read off and sudden outage to be prevented. Such plannable maintenance and repairs increase availability and manufacturing quality.

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