Brother SPEEDIO S500X1

The Brother SPEEDIO S500X1 is a discontinued 30-taper vertical machining center with 500 × 400 × 300 mm (19.7 × 15.7 × 11.8 in) of travel over a 600 x 400 mm (23.6 x 15.7 in) table, a 10,000 rpm BT30 spindle in standard form and a 14 or 21-tool magazine, run by Brother's CNC-C00 control.

With 500 mm of X on a 600 mm table, the spindle reaches nearly the whole table length. In practice two vises side by side, or a fixture plate with several small parts, can be machined without the part hanging outside the cutting window. Table load is 250 kg (551 lb), or 300 kg (661 lb) with the optional rating.

Tool length is the other figure that sets it apart from the smaller frames. Tools up to 250 mm (9.8 in) long fit the magazine, against 160 mm (6.3 in) on the SPEEDIO S300X2, with 110 mm (4.3 in) diameter and 3.0 kg (6.6 lb) per tool. With 180 - 480 mm (7.1 - 18.9 in) from spindle nose to table, a long drill and a vise still leave usable room.

Brother lists the tool-change times in seconds as 0.8 tool to tool, 1.4 chip to chip and 1.2 cut to cut. Rapids are 50 m/min (1,969 ipm) on X and Y and 56 m/min (2,205 ipm) on Z, and cutting feed reaches 30,000 mm/min (1,181 ipm). The spindle is rated 10.1 kW for 10 min and 6.7 kW continuous, with 16,000 and 27,000 rpm spindles offered as options; the 27,000 rpm version lifts tapping from 6,000 rpm to 8,000 rpm. Dual-contact taper and through-spindle coolant were options.

The machine weighs 2,250 kg (4,960 lb), covers 1,560 x 2,220 mm (61.4 x 87.4 in) and is 2,497 mm (98.3 in) tall. It runs on AC200V and needs 45 L/min of air at 0.4 - 0.6 MPa. The later Speedio S500Xd1 on the same travels lists 7.1 kW continuous, a 28-tool magazine option and a 400 kg (881 lb) table option.