HWACHEON Machinery Europe

Lathes with box guideways

In comparison with linear guideways with rollers, box guideways have a significantly larger bearing face between the two mounted carriages and the machine bed. This means that the vibrations which are generated during the cutting process at the cutting edge are more effectively transmitted into the machine bed which, due to its high mass and damping characteristics, is extremely effective at absorbing them. This extends the life of tools, and helps them run more smoothly, resulting in better-quality surfaces on the workpiece and better cutting performance. The greater surface area also means that significantly heavier workpieces can be mounted and moved.

Additional advantages of box guideways are their extreme durability and low sensitivity to collisions (“crash situations”).

Hwacheon's air floating system

In order to minimise the break loose torque and the stick-slip effect, the gap in the box guideways is charged with compressed air. This ensures the optimal distribution of the guideway oil and particularly smooth movement over small distances and during oscillatory movements.

Box guideways are used in the following series / machines:

  • Hi-TECH - Lathes
  • VESTA B - Machining centres
  • SIRIUS - 850 / 1050 / 1350
  • H6 / H8 - Horizontal machining centres
  • MEGA - Flat bed lathes
  • VT - Vertical lathes
  • TTC 10 - Twin spindle lathe (front)

Hwacheon is one of just a few machine tool manufactures world-wide which produces hand-scraped Turcite-coated box guideways.

MEGA - Series

Flat bed lathe for the production of very small batches

The three-guideway flat bed lathes in the MEGA series are equipped with numerical control and hand wheels. This means they are particularly well-suited to the requirements of one-off production and second machining of medium-sized (Ø720 mm) and very large workpieces (Ø2.700 mm, 17 m length und 40 t weight).

MEGA-110 - Front side

MEGA-110

Flat bed lathe with a swing diameter of Ø1.100 mm (cycle controlled)
CNC and hand wheel control for very small batch production with a 1,100 mm swing diameter. The lathes in the MEGA series have been specially developed for the production of very small batches, repair...
Box guide ways
Gear spindle
Driven tools
Jog wheels
Flat base
MEGA-130 - Front side

MEGA-130

Flat bed lathe with a swing diameter of Ø1.300 mm (cycle controlled)
CNC and hand wheel control for very small batch production with a 1,300 mm swing diameter: The lathes in the MEGA series have been specially developed for the production of very small batches, repair...
Box guide ways
Gear spindle
Driven tools
Jog wheels
Flat base

TTC - Series

Extremely high-power twin spindle lathe (front) for heavy duty cutting

High drive power, broad box guideways and a heavy cast iron bed are the recipe for success when it comes to the efficient machining in continuous operation of materials which are difficult to cut, such as alloys based on titanium or nickel. Portal loaders make it possible for production cells to be extremely efficient and low-cost.

TTC-10 - Front side

TTC-10

Twin spindle lathe (front) with box guideways for heavy duty cutting
The TTC-10 is a twin spindle lathe (front) with two 12-position turrets and two working spaces. It is used by companies all over the world to cut particularly tough and hard materials, such as alloys...
Box guide ways
Two turrets
Flat base
Twin spindle

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