This Gildemeister Twin 42 Lathe is a CNC lathe — sometimes referred to as a turning machine or turning centre — used for the precision machining of cylindrical and complex workpieces through single-point cutting, facing, boring, and related operations. Gildemeister is a long-established German manufacturer of high-precision metal-cutting machine tools, producing CNC lathes and machining centres for the aerospace, automotive, medical, and general engineering industries worldwide.
The machine is controlled by a Siemens 840D Powerline CNC system, one of the most widely recognised and capable control platforms in industrial turning, and draws a total power of 40 kW. It weighs approximately 5,300 kg and requires a floor space of roughly 5,000 × 4,100 mm with a height of 2,050 mm.
In terms of cutting capacity, the turning diameter is 145 mm and the turning length is 210 mm. The swing over the bed and over the cross-slide are both 145 mm. The main spindle speed reaches up to 7,000 rpm, and both spindle 1 and spindle 2 have a bore diameter of 56 mm, with chuck diameters of 140 mm each. The draw tube bore diameter is 46 mm. Both the main spindle and counter-spindle are fitted with collet chucks, and the C-axis speed is 2,000 rpm.
The tooling system uses VDI 25 toolholders with a shank diameter of 25 mm. The machine carries 12 tool stations across its turret. Driven tools are also featured, running at speeds up to 6,000 rpm; the configuration includes one axially driven tool position and one radially driven tool position, enabling milling, drilling, and off-centre operations without repositioning.
The slide travel data is as follows: the X-axis travels are 220 mm (X1), 120 mm (X2), and 145 mm (X3); the Z-axis travels are 320 mm (Z1), 345 mm (Z2), and 380 mm (Z3), with the counter-spindle Z3 longitudinal travel confirmed at 380 mm. A Y-axis travel of ±30 mm is also provided, allowing off-centre work to be performed with greater flexibility.
The machine is equipped with a band filter installation for coolant filtration and chip management, and includes an FMB Turbo 10–72 XT bar magazine for automated bar stock loading, enabling extended unmanned production runs. This used machine dates from 2006 and is currently located in Germany.
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