Starrag opens up gantry milling to UK customers - PES Media

2022-05-14 21:02:58 By : Ms. Mary Zheng

Starrag UK is offering potential customers of gantry mills an extensive range of machines by complementing its renowned Starrag Group Droop+Rein brand with the machine portfolio built in Australia by H & H Machine Tools.

The collaborative agreement provides UK customers with access to an all-embracing range of 5- and 6-axis machines having capacities to meet every need and with price tags which will suit all budgets.

Importantly, too, the scope of optional extras available across both ranges also makes a wide choice of cost-effective machining technologies available for single set-up, multi-tasking machining of all types of materials and across all industry sectors.

H & H Machine Tools’ managing director Thomas Hegmann comments: “H & H 5-axis gantry machines can utilises a choice of spindles, milling heads and work envelopes to suit individual requirements in terms of machining performance, component size and floor space.”

H & H milling head

Starrag UK’s director for sales and applications, Lee Scott, adds: “Potential UK customers at every tier of manufacturing can now access a range of cost-effective gantry milling machines which are unrivalled for their technical abilities. Previously, we only focused on very complex applications – usually requiring automated head changing – but now we can discuss any gantry application.

“In addition, Starrag UK is also well-versed in the H & H machine construction techniques and build technologies, so the machines’ installation, commissioning, service and maintenance are all catered for professionally.”

The agreement between Starrag and H & H follows the success of the two companies working closely together to deliver – and subsequently commission then maintain – the largest ever machine to be put into operation in Australia: a Droop+Rein gantry mill with X-, Y- and Z-axes traverses of 14,000mm x 13,000mm x 3,500mm and an 11m rotary table.

Now, with H & H gantry mills being available in the UK for the first time, potential customers have access to four main 5-axis machine ranges from the Australian manufacturer. All machines have linear motors in X-and Y-axes; ballscrew or linear motor in Z-axes and all milling heads are direct drive:

These complement Starrag’s renowned range of 6-axis Droop+Rein portal, gantry and overhead gantry milling portfolio – a complete spectrum of large vertical 5-axis milling solutions from a single source, for applications from high-speed through to heavy-duty cutting. The range embraces, as standard:

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