Lorain, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/08/2015 -- The new CT-350 five-axis Vertical Machining Center from Tongtai features state-of-the-art performance in a small footprint. The CT-350 boasts high-end machine construction and performance at an affordable price. The structure of the CT-350 is a "C" frame-type machine and was designed around high level mold-type machining centers to ensure rigidity during cutting. The column of the CT-350 has a wide span making it torsion-resistant while cutting a 5-axis part. Rigidity is enhanced by using 45mm roller type guide ways and pre-tensioned, large-diameter ballscrews.

The CT-350's table size is 13.78" diameter and can handle a maximum load of 440 lbs. The integrated rotary table uses the roller gear cam in both the tilt and rotation axes. The roller gear cam design provides zero backlash, high rigidity, and fast rotation speeds. The stroke on this machine is 15.75" in X, 20.08", in Y and 20.08" in Z. The A-axis stroke is +30? through -120?, and the C-axis stroke is 360? with rotation speeds of 40 rpm and 33 rpm, respectively. The CT-350 is truly high performance with rapid feed rates of 1,418"/minute in X and Y, and 1,182"/minute in Z. A 20HP direct-drive 15,000-rpm Big Plus 40 taper spindle with air/oil mist lubrication is standard in the CT-350, however an optional 20,000-rpm integral spindle is also available. For enhanced productivity, the standard 24-position arm type tool changer is equipped with a roller gear cam mechanism to reduce tool change time to only 2 seconds. Larger 30- and 40-tool ATCs are optional.

The CT350 is equipped with a FANUC OiM-F CNC control to perform 4+1-axis cutting. However, if 5-axis simultaneous cutting is necessary, a FANUC 31iM-B5, Siemens 840D or Heidenhain iTNC-640 can be installed.

Tongtai has several different models of 5-axis machining centers. The HTT-1250 is a large horizontal machine for aerospace applications with 50" tilt/rotary table. The GT-800 and GT-630 are gantry-type high-speed, high feed rate machines with 31.5" and 25" tilt/rotary tables, respectively. The MDV-551-5AX is a small, double-column-type machine with high-speed rotation and a 20" tilt/rotary table. The new CT-350 is Tongtai's smaller 5-axis machining center with a small footprint for shops that need a 5-axis machine, but do not have the floor space for a larger machine tool.

About Absolute Machine Tools, Inc.
Absolute Machine Tools, Inc. sells and supports Nexturn Swiss-type lathes; Precihole gun drilling machines; AccuteX EDM wire, sinker, and hole drilling machines; You Ji Vertical Turret Lathes; Johnford Sliding Double Column Machining Centers; and Tongtai Horizontal Machining Centers. The company has worked with several of its principal machine tool partners for 26 years to offer some of the most heavy-duty, accurate, and productive machines in the industry. The company has built its reputation on exemplary applications engineering, service, customer support, comprehensive training, and effective preventive-maintenance programs. In addition to its headquarters in Lorain, Ohio, the company has established direct full-service technical centers in Mason, Ohio; Elgin, Illinois; and Livonia, Michigan.

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Lorain, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/18/2015 -- Absolute Machine Tools, Inc., has teamed up with ServiceMax, the leading field service software solution provider, to improve upon its ISO-certified Preventative Maintenance Program by offering customers answers to their service-related questions at any time. The ServiceMax cloud-based solution allows engineers and technicians access to a facility's plant maintenance plan at all times via an iPad or Windows-based PC app, providing real time service and solutions to machinery breakdowns and other related problems.

Absolute Machine's mission is to help machine shops and manufacturing facilities improve their production processes to be more competitive in a tough global environment. Its preventative maintenance plans help customers prevent unplanned breakdowns by evaluating machinery, recommending repairs, and performing machine maintenance at regularly scheduled intervals. Breakdowns due to wear or neglect can be eliminated 100 percent of the time with the correct PMP in place. ServiceMax software allows technicians and facility managers to manage the entire work process – from work order to recalls to service. It applies preset data collection functions and applies usable metrics to track how many applications have been run on a given machine, and part replacement patterns, and previous service, providing technicians with a means to quickly determine what a problem may be without a site visit. When a site visit is necessary, the technician can specify proper parts from an inventory that is reflected on the screen and is maintained according to the facility's replacement and repair record.

Cost savings is significant in that paperwork is reduced and repeat service visits due to part inventory shortage are eliminated.

For more information, contact Absolute Machine Tools, Inc., at its headquarters 800-852-7825
www.absolutemachine.com

About Absolute Machine Tools, Inc.
Absolute Machine Tools, Inc. sells and supports Nexturn Swiss-type lathes; Precihole Gun Drilling Machines; AccuteX EDM wire, sinker, and hole drilling machines; You Ji Vertical Turret Lathes; Johnford Sliding Double Column Machining Centers; Tongtai Horizontal Machining Centers; and APEC 5-axis gantry-style linear motor machining centers;. The company has worked with several of its principal machine tool partners for 25 years to offer some of the most heavy-duty, accurate, and productive machines in the industry. The company has built its reputation on exemplary applications engineering, service, customer support, comprehensive training, and effective preventive-maintenance programs. In addition to its headquarters in Lorain, Ohio, the company has established direct full-service technical centers in Mason, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, and Livonia, Michigan.

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Lorain, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/20/2015 -- The New SH-4000 Horizontal Machining Center from Tongtai was developed for mass production line formation and fast aluminum alloy parts machining. The new compact machine has a 35% smaller footprint than the previous model, allowing for maximum shop floor utilization throughput. By integrating a robot on either a floor-type motion axis rail system or overhead gantry, manufacturers are able to catapult production and streamline manpower costs.

Tongtai's SH-4000 is equipped with a powerful 30HP, 15K RPM built-in spindle, 400mm square table, and coolant through the spindle. The automatic tool changer can hold 60 tools with a tool- to-tool change time of 1.4 seconds, and chip-to-chip time of 2.6 seconds. The cam-type automatic pallet changer has a change time of 6.0 seconds. The SH-4000 comes standard with linear ways for speed and with optional linear scales for achieving accuracy of ±3 ?m. Travels for X/Y/Z are 510mm each with rapid traverse rates of 60m/minute on each axes, accelerating at a rate of 1.0-G. The B-axis rotary table can index at 0.001° with or without an encoder. Because the B-axis is made with a roller gear cam mechanism, it is much more durable than a worm gear type, guarantees higher accuracy, and is preloaded for zero backlash.

Tongtai's Flexible Manufacturing System, or FMS, is recommended with this model for increased finished parts volume. The FMS consists of a loading/unloading station, stacker crane, pallet container, and Manufacturing Management System (MMS) monitoring. This system is dedicated specifically for the horizontal SH-4000. It begins at the loading/unloading station where raw materials are initiated into the FMS and ends as a finished part. FMS can handle up to two loading/unloading stations per cell.

Next, the part moves on a pallet from the loading station to the stacker crane where it gets loaded and ultimately unloaded in the machine(s). The pallet container allows for temporary storage of the raw materials heading to the stacker, and finished materials from the stacker back to the unloading station, or to additional machines for finishing. The container system in the FMS can have as many as 10 pallets, or be expanded to a maximum of 20. A Manufacturing Management System (MMS) is used to program the FMS and monitors the movement and machining of the entire system by collecting the production information for the operator. Tongtai's FMS is extremely flexible and each of the cell's stations is built to coordinate with each other.

Tongtai's Intelligent Manufacturing System (TIMS) is among the newest technologies in the machine tool industry. Developed by Tongtai and partnering with FANUC, this system includes four basic management functions for any size manufacturing facility to improve productivity, machine accurately and precisely, facilitate part production, as well as provide protection and maintenance assistance for the machine tool. The Production Management System monitors cutting loads, pallet-changing functions, records alarm messages, and assists in troubleshooting and maintenance support.

The Intelligent Management System performs motor load monitoring, machining adaptive controls for protecting tooling and ensuring cutting efficiency, and crash protection for real time detection of servo loads during feeding. Tool Management records machining dates, times, and usage for tool life tracking and management, tool compensation, and tool overload protection. The fourth management function is Workpiece Management. This function incorporates software using a built-in CCD camera to monitor the characteristics of a particular workpiece, and calculates and compensates program coordinates for maximizing machining precision.

About Absolute Machine Tools, Inc.
Absolute Machine Tools, Inc. sells and supports Nexturn Swiss-type lathes; Precihole gundrilling machines; AccuteX EDM wire, sinker, and hole drilling machines; You Ji Vertical Turret Lathes; Johnford Sliding Double Column Machining Centers; and Tongtai Horizontal Machining Centers. The company has worked with several of its principal machine tool partners for 26 years to offer some of the most heavy-duty, accurate, and productive machines in the industry. The company has built its reputation on exemplary applications engineering, service, customer support, comprehensive training, and effective preventive-maintenance programs. In addition to its headquarters in Lorain, Ohio, the company has established direct full-service technical centers in Mason, Ohio; Elgin, Illinois; and Livonia, Michigan.

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