Latest innovations in vertical spindle machining centers for the aerospace, heavy equipment, off-road, energy and job shop industries include the machining of composites and titanium.

Cincinnati Machine will exhibit the latest innovations in vertical spindle machining centers for the aerospace, heavy equipment, off-road, energy and job shop industries in Booth A-8218 at IMTS 2006 in Chicago. As the world's leading innovator in vertical spindle technology, Cincinnati Machine has consistently advanced the productive capabilities in the industries it serves and helped its customers achieve a competitive advantage in the global economy. * New wide range profiler - Cincinnati Machine has responded to the dramatic increase in the use of composites and titanium in the aerospace industry with a new version of the industry's workhorse, Cincinnati's 'Wide Range Profiler' line.

A newly re-designed spindle support housing reduces overall moving mass and will significantly improve Z and B-Axes servo response and machining dynamics.

Extensive finite element modeling, a core in-house engineering area of expertise for Cincinnati Machine, was utilized in the re-design of this critical structural moving element of the machine.

Coupled with the Siemens 840D control's capabilities, the new machines are more accurate than previous models, and produce superior surface finishes as well.

Cincinnati Wide Range Profilers are designed to allow multiple gantries on a common set of rails, with many installed machines equipped with five or more gantries.

Although alternative configurations are available, nearly all Wide Range Profilers are configured as five-axis machines with three to five spindles.

* New U5-1500 universal machining center - Cincinnati has responded to the aerospace industry trend toward larger, more complex, parts with a new model from the proven U5 Series of universal machining centers.

The U5-1500 offers a 50% increase in Z-axis travel to a full 1.5m and a heavier structure required to deliver full machine performance throughout the entire machining envelope available on this extended range model.

The U5-1500 uses the same high-torque geared heads proven on other models of the highly successful U5 family.

The expandable X-axis rail structure of the U5 family is also retained, a proven configuration appropriate to the larger parts the new model is intended to produce.

Four different head configurations are available for U5 Universal Machining Centers, and the automatic head changer makes switching from one to another a fast, program controlled operation.

U5 machines are widely used in the aerospace, heavy equipment, off-road, energy, and job shop industries.

* HyperMach - visitors to the Cincinnati Machine Booth at IMTS 2006 will be able to view a video presentation of the fastest metalcutting machine in production today, the HyperMach, capable of continuous metal removal rates of 500in3/min.

A high-speed, linear motor design based on proven components, the HyperMach is available in both rail-type traveling gantry and bridge-type configurations as a plate mill or router.

Due to its modular design, the HyperMach product line is extremely versatile for parts up to about 120ft in length.

The most popular version of the HyperMach is the twin-spindle configuration, which manufacturers have recognized as a highly productive alternative to the traditional three-spindle gantry machine, as well as large single spindle gantries.

At a cost only slightly higher than a three-spindle gantry of similar capacity, the HyperMach provides more than twice the throughput, plus a much wider range of practical applications.

* A new X-Axis drive for standard vertical product line - among the other advances to be featured at IMTS, is a new X-axis drive system for the company's large gantry-type machines, including the U5 Universal Machining Centers, High-Performance Twister, HyperMach, and High-Performance and Wide-Range Profiler lines.

Utilizing advanced control technology, the new drive eliminates the special gearbox previously used and substitutes two servomotors acting through commercial planetary drives.

By programming the control to constantly create a torque load between the two drives, the new system eliminates backlash and lost motion without the need for the previously used spring-loaded system in the gearbox.

The result is higher reliability, reduced maintenance costs and fewer rebuilds over the life of the machine tool.

The drive system also delivers a 10 to 20% increase in feed rates, which allow for significant improvements in throughput.