Hurco supplies vertical machining centres for manufacturing parts for space observation
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VM10U and VM30 vertical machining centres
Hurco provided Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) — which manufactures parts for instrumentation used in terrestrial and satellite-based space observation — with its VM10U and VM30 vertical machining centres.
The radio telescopes, for which the parts are made, need to detect high frequency signals within a range of 95GHz to 2.5THz. As a result parts need to be highly accurate, as the short wavelengths are sensitive to dimensional variation in sensing devices.
The five-axis VM10U was fitted with a Renishaw tool setting and used for the manufacture of parts components the Broadband Radiometer — due to be launched into space in 2012. These are machined from solid aluminium to dimensional tolerances at a micron level, using a three two-axis mode.
According to RAL, the machine has enable a huge reduction in the time taken to manufacture several integral parts for space hardware.
The three-axis VM30 machines parts using coated solid carbide cutters, at accuracies down to 10 microns.
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