Dugard takes orders at MACH

MACH 2022 proved a resounding success for Dugard Machine Tools with the South Coast company winning several orders and taking an unprecedented number of enquiries at the show.With four new

machine tools on its stand, the crowds were certainly impressed by the breadth and diversity of the technology on show.

It was a MACH debut and the first opportunity for Dugard to introduce the Kitamura range since being announced as the UK agents. To highlight the quality, speed and productivity of the renowned brand, Dugard demonstrated the MedCenter5AX 5-axis vertical machining centre for fast precise machining. Complementing the MedCenter5AX from the milling stable was the larger Kitamura Mytrunnion 4G machining centre. The two machines highlighted just how expansive the Dugard milling range is.

The Kitamura MedCenter5AX 5-axis vertical machining centre took centre stage. With a 30 to 30,000 rpm spindle, an HSK-E40 spindle taper with a tool ATC that can change tools in just 1.5 seconds, rapid traverse rates of 60m/min and table rotation of 200 rpm on the A and C-axis and a pallet change system, the machine demonstrated its credentials at the show. Also impressing visitors away was the 67 million pulse encoder technology, the positional accuracy of ±2 microns across the full stroke and the repeatability of ±1micron. All these factors combine to make it one of the most accurate machines on the market. The Mytrunnion 4G, with equally impressive characteristics and a larger work envelope, were two centre points of the stand. As well as these two highly productive and flexible workhorses, Dugard gave a MACH show debut to the Hanwha brand of sliding head lathe that has taken the market by storm since entering the UK just over two years ago.

Dugard’s sales director, Colin Thomson says: “We had representatives from Hanwha, Kitamura, Ibarmia and SMEC on the stand to support the Dugard team and throughout the week both our UK sales and technical teams and our technical partners from overseas had some very constructive conversations that resulted in several machine sales. Equally encouraging is the level of interest and direction that some of these meetings took at MACH. We fully expect to generate several additional sales in the months following the show.”

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