The KKB 150 N Vertical Turning Lathe is single-column Wheel Boring Machine specifically designed for productive machining of railway wheels with two railheads.
The machine tool can perform the following turning operations controlled by technological program:
Wheel hub fine boring
-Hub facing
-Chamfering
-Wheel hub rough boring with 1-mm allowance on each side.
With a special equipment, it is possible to extend the machine capabilities to the following
operations:
-Machining of solid wheels
-Machining of wheel centres
-Boring of tyres
-Drilling of assist oil injection holes in wheel hubs.
For wheel production purposes a double railhead version of increased productivity can be provided.
MAIN FEATURES
-Machine column and cross-rail combined into a single-piece (monolithic stucture)
-Major body components made as extremely rigid, heavily ribbed box-type, high-grade grey iron castings providing maximum vibration damping capabilities during cutting process;
-Main drive powered by modular torque motor with continuously variable speed control
-Workpiece measuring probe (of Renishaw or equivalent make) mounted in tool seat
-Solid forged steel railhead ram equipped with a Coromant CAPTO® quick change tool adapter and HSK® angle machining head
-Tool / toolhead magazines.