Milling without any downtime: guidelok increases quality and reduces maintenance

By OEM Update Editorial April 10, 2020 12:35 pm IST

Large machining centre gantries are the speciality of machine tool builder Kao Ming in Taiwan. The long travel lengths of up to 13 metres provide challenging requirements for the supply of energy and media. The guidelok chosen by Kao Ming and supplied by motion plastics specialist igus and chosen by Kao Ming is a system that leads to improved machining results due to the low level of vibration caused by operation of the e-chains.

Kao Ming is a pioneer in Asia in the development and manufacture of heavy-duty robotic milling machines. The KMC-G series is one of the Taiwanese company’s largest gantry machining centres. The system is designed around a gantry, i.e., the machining table with the workpiece remains stationary. With travel lengths of 13 metres, this design is especially useful for large-volume, heavy workpieces and is mainly used for workpiece machining in the aviation and machine tool industry. In the KMC-G series, Kao Ming uses the guidelok energy supply system for high unsupported lengths, in combination with an E4.80 energy chain.

Horizontal guidelok system guides upper run reliably and safely

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