Ecoca MT-108

The Ecoca MT-108 is the smallest slant-bed turning center in Ecoca's MT range: an 8 in (203 mm) chuck machine with a 380 mm (15.0 in) maximum turning diameter, 260 mm (10.2 in) of turning length and a turret with 10 stations. Those proportions describe a chucker. The part is short and comparatively wide, it sits in the jaws, and the hydraulic tailstock that Ecoca lists among the standard accessories is there for the occasional shaft, not as the main way of working.

Swing over the bed is 570 mm (22.4 in) and swing over the cross slide is 345 mm (13.6 in), so the casting is generous for the chuck it carries. The spindle motor is listed as 7.5/11 kW (10.1/14.8 hp) and the top speed as 4,500 rpm. Ecoca does not say which of the two power figures is the continuous rating, and the table gives no torque, spindle bore or bar capacity. Anyone planning bar work should ask for those numbers first.

The construction notes are short but specific. The bed is slanted at 30° for chip evacuation and the slides run on box ways, which the table calls HARD RAIL. Ecoca says the box way design does without a wedge wear plate and is paired with ball screws of C3 grade. Box ways give up some traverse speed for damping in the cut, which suits interrupted cuts and tougher materials on a machine that weighs 3,350 kg (7,385 lb).

Ecoca lists two close relatives. The MT-108M carries 12 stations inside a smaller envelope of 280 mm (11.0 in) by 228 mm (9.0 in), and the MT-108A puts a robot arm and material stock on the same turning specification. The plain MT-108 is the one to pick when the full turning diameter matters more than extra stations or unattended loading.