Irregular Shaped Parts

Generally when machining the second process of forging and cut material with chucker type of Multi Spindle Automatic Lathe, load the workpiece while the spindle(chuck) is turning. However, if the works are irregular shape such as squared or hexagonal material, it does not work out well as the chuck and workpiece will be marked with scratches.
To resolve this problem, SHIMADA developed the machine which only one spindle stops its rotation to do loading and un-loading, and other 5 spindles turn to provide the machining. SHIMADA’s this process enables to give the high-efficient lathe machining without idle time/loss time on the irregular shaped works.