POSTED ON 1/31/2022 – Our redesigned INTEGREX i-H Series of Multi-Tasking machines takes optimized machining and easy automation to new heights. For medical manufacturers in particular, these machines meet and exceed the competitive need for precision and superior surface finishes on demanding parts that have no margin for error.
The machines within the series sport new compact footprints and require less floor space. Additionally, we’ve equipped them with faster and more powerful turning spindles, space-saving milling spindles and a new type of lower turret with live tooling capabilities. We’ve also expanded tool capacities for lower turrets and tool storage magazines, and offer a wider range of chuck size options for each machine in the series.
Because medical part production needs are constantly changing, the INTEGREX i-H Series machines allow you to retrofit various automation options in the field to accommodate those changes. Packaged as kits for fast and easy installation by Mazak service technicians, these options make it possible to purchase an INTEGREX i-H Series machine as a standard configuration, then down the road, add an overhead gantry loader, a parts unloader and parts catcher, a bar feeder, automatic chuck jaw changers for either a machine’s main or second spindles, or a pedestal-type standalone robot.
Our new magazine-style automatic jaw changers for main turning spindles, another retrofittable option for INTEGREX i-H Series machines, now is available for second spindles as well. With this capability at both spindles, the machines essentially reduce job changeovers down to the time required for the auto jaw changer to switch out for a new job. Instead of an operator taking 10 minutes or more to change over jaws on one day – and maybe 20 minutes the next – the auto changer time remains consistent, improving the predictability of your processes.