Anyone on here have a lathe with whirling capability?

[George Konstantinidis]

Hi all,

I am helping my brother get a new product on the market but we are having some difficulty finding machine shops in the UK that have whirling capability. I have tried to 4th axis this on the mill but it takes too long to make even 1 and the parts are too small for the rpm of my KRV2000
We have spoken to some far east guys, some german guys but I would personally prefer to have the parts made in the UK for logistic and of course to support the country we live in.

So any of you have a whirling head on their slantbed lathe or know of someone that does?

[mattinker]

What is Whirling capability?

Regards, Matthew.

[DMIOM]

What is Whirling capability?

Regards, Matthew.

A bit like a combination of active cutting as in thread milling, movement along the work in a lathe like a Coventry die head, and the self-balancing you get with thread rollers which helps for slender work.

Dave

[hanermo]

I dont have one, and am not in the UK, but..
Ask the industrial sales guys who sell whirling tools, for a client of theirs.

Usually super helpful, as it helps their sales..
Just an idea.

Another option, contact the big second hand machinery dealers.
They will know several.

[George Konstantinidis]

What is Whirling capability?

Regards, Matthew.

Animation sums it up:
[embed=425,349]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3DGDOiq5Sk[/embed]

But you can do amazing things with it:
[embed=425,349]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zxUIyFYt9Y[/embed]

Even cut polygons on a lathe:

[embed=425,349]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVLFVhsP59Q[/embed]

[mattinker]

I see! Interesting stuff, thanks for posting the videos!

Regards, Matthew.

[krv3000]

hi don't no if they do this but their is D.P.E engineering  Altec engineering  their in the north 

[Xldevil]

Thank you for the videos.
Very interesting.

[SteveT]

Thanks for posting never seen this before very interesting 

[Will_D]

Thanks to MM I learn something new at least once a day.