kitagawa cnc rotary table manufacturer

TMX160 Heavy Duty Rotary Table with increased rigidity for demanding applications. The internal air hydraulic booster gives extremely high clamping forces.

TUX200 Rotary Table with top mounted motor suitable for horizontal machines. Integrated air booster provides high clamping torque from a standard air supply.

The Kitagawa rotary table line-up currently includes full 4th & 5th axis rotary tables. Kitagawa specializes in compact high-speed rotary tables, NC rotary tables suitable for heavy machining and compact multi spindle tables. Kitagawa is committed to providing the very best in quality engineering.

1MTA offers a large range of 4th axis rotary tables supplied by Kitagawa, specialists in high-quality machining equipment. 4 axis CNC rotary tables add an additional, rotary axis to your indexing table allowing for greater precision and versatility.

With thorough expertise and understanding of this industry, we are enormously involved in offering a quality assured range of Kitagawa MK200RAV00 NC Rotary Table.

Eastec 2019: Kitagawa NorthTech will be displaying its Nobel brand of workholding chucks for vertical turning lathes (VTLs), available up to 3.5 m (11.48 ft.) in size.

Kitagawa NorthTech earlier this year absorbed Itex Workholding operations, which previously held the distribution rights for Kawatatec Nobel Chucks in North America.

PMTS 2017: Kitagawa-NorthTech, a manufacturer of chucks, cylinders, steady rests and workholding accessories, provides custom turnkey workholding services.

Kitagawa NorthTech offers its Digital Grip Force Analyzer software and kit (PC version) designed to enable users to easily, accurately and quickly analyze and measure grip force performance of their CNC lathes and turning centers via a desktop PC, laptop or tablet.

Featuring robust construction and powerful clamping for high accuracy, Kitagawa’s TT-series NC tilting rotary tables are designed to handle a range of applications including shaft work requiring large through holes.

Well-suited for oilfield work, this compact rotary table has a through-hole diameter of 13.6 inches, which has previously been available only with rotary tables having a much larger face plate.

Workholding product manufacturer Kitagawa-Northtech (Schaumburg, Illinois) has established a strategic business solutions team to accelerate and streamline customer support.

At this Chicago-area manufacturer, quick-change chucks from Kitagawa added to the benefits of moving from multiple setups on multiple machines to producing parts in a single setup on Mazak turn-mills.

This shop found a way to modify one of its two-turret CNC lathes so that a tricky aerospace component could be properly supported for critical operations.

While the lack of young people coming into manufacturing industries has been a concern for years, the situation has yet to improve, says Bill Graham, marketing manager for Kitagawa-NorthTech. Mr. Graham believes the industry as a whole needs to better support teachers who are interested in teaching technical skills and dispelling myths about manufacturing.

Last year the Japanese manufacturer Kitagawa introduced the first in a new range of compact, general purpose rotary tables, the MK-series, for adding a rigid fourth CNC axis to a 3-axis vertical machining centre.

Most notable improvement on the MK250 is the 1,000Nm, pneumatically actuated clamping torque, making it more than four-fifths stronger than the first model. As with all Kitagawa tables, this torque is determined by the point at which the force on the worm wheel causes it to displace by 30µm. In contrast, some manufacturers quote the slipping torque as a maximum, which can cause inaccuracy or even failure.

If a Kitagawa TSR181A tail spindle with integral clamp, also available through 1st MTA, is added for securing a component or tooling column horizontally between centres, clamping torque increases to 1,600Nm. The result is even faster, heavier duty, more productive machining. As the table has a small footprint, loss of bed area and working volume in a machining centre is minimised.

Kitagawa has both stronger and more compact rotary tables of similar capacity in its product ranges, for example the GT250 and CK250 respectively, but Kitagawa asserts that the MK250 meets 90% of all customer requirements.

The type of the faceplate is specified by the customer, either with T-slots or pre-drilled holes. The advantage is that a chuck, trunnion or other workholding device can be mounted directly onto the rotary table, reducing the distance from the spindle bearing. Such compact assembly lessens the load on the bearing, increasing rigidity and longevity. Cutting torque is 480Nm and the spindle through-hole diameter is 70mm.

The table design minimises accumulation of chips around the base, reducing cleaning time and ensuring the absence of interference to the workholding arrangement – an important consideration in automated production cells.

Compact, built-in, 7 MPa rotary joints may be selected from 4-, 5- and (6+1)-port types, the latter having a 12.5mm diameter, multi-purpose hole through the centre for additional hydraulic or pneumatic services to actuate workholding. The hole can also be used as a duct for cables feeding signals back from fixture sensors confirming correct workpiece seating, enabling the design of the workholding configuration to be improved and its capabilities enhanced.

1st MTA will alternatively provide a high pressure 25MPa, four-port or six-port rotary joint instead of the standard 7MPa variety, allowing a further reduction in fixtures sizes as well as improved clamping speeds.