Opening up to the Options
Â鶹´«Ã½ shops have more machine tools to choose from than ever before, allowing them to determine the best machine and process for their application.
Share
The DWS 250-4 vertical center for turning shaft-type parts is one of the Rasoma machine tools now available through the GMTA.
It’s always interesting to encounter equipment brands with which I am not familiar while visiting machine shops. Whether the machining center was built in Europe, Asia or elsewhere, it seems to signify a growing openness among machine shop owners to consider products built by OEMs from around the world. One such line is Rasoma, a company launched nearly a century ago and headquartered in Döbeln, Germany, that is now represented throughout North America by (GMTA).
Used primarily for gear making, Rasoma machining centers primarily target the automotive powertrain, off-highway and other high-performance markets. The line includes vertical turning centers, four-axis shaft turning centers, end machining, double spindle and various special purpose machining centers with full automation.
Rasoma machines for gear milling, hobbing and shaping are available in a variety of configurations. According to the company, they offer high rigidity due to separate X and Z slides. In addition, the machine head is designed as a monoblock with polymer concrete fill. Thermal stability is enhanced by cooled motor spindles, and rapid traverse rates range to 60 m/min. at high acceleration, with feed and removal speeds ranging to 120 m/min.—less than 6 sec. from part to part, and turret indexing typically under 1 sec.
GMTA is a supplier of gear making, laser and finishing machines and systems with locations in the United States and Mexico. of heavy crankshaft machining on a Rasoma FZS-3200 modular manufacturing center. Also, consider a resource in your search for the right machine tool for your particular application.