Platinum Tooling Speed Multipliers Increase Production for Live-Tool Lathes
Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. offers a variety of Heimatec speeders for live tool lathes with mounting configurations to suit any machine tool set-up, including all VDI, BMT and a variety of Swiss style machines.
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1:3 axial live tool speeder from Heimatec features ER 25 output and 18,000 rpm max. Source: Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. (all images)
offers a range of speeders for its live-tool lathes. These speed multipliers are available for working the OD or face of the workpiece, with either external or internal coolant design, and mounting configurations to suit most machine tool setups, including all VDI, BMT and a variety of Swiss-style machines.
Speed multipliers for all BMT turrets including Doosan, Haas, Miyano and Nakamura, as well as many Citizen models, are in stock, with others available from factory stock for short lead times.
“As our presence in the American machine tool market continues to expand, so does our product line,” says Preben Hansen, president of Platinum Tooling. “These speed multipliers offer the customer a way to enhance their machine tool capabilities and increase production.”
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