Ganesh GEN TURN 36-CS

The GEN TURN 36-CS is a sliding-style CNC Swiss machine that runs without a guide bushing. The bar is gripped in the main spindle collet and cut close to it, so the machine avoids the ground bar stock and long remnants that a guide bushing demands, and gives up the very long, slender parts that only a bushing can support. Bar capacity is 1.25 in (32 mm) as standard and 1.375 in (36 mm) with an adapter.

Seven axes are listed. The main tool slide travels 7.28 in (185 mm) in X, 6.50 in (165 mm) in Z and 19.29 in (490 mm) in Y, and the maker stresses that this is a true Y axis, not a compound one. That long Y stroke is what lets a single slide carry the OD tools, the ID tools and the live spindles in a row and bring each of them to the part. The sub-spindle has its own 11.53 in (293 mm) of X and 11.61 in (295 mm) of Z for back working.

Main spindle power is 10 HP and sub-spindle power 5 HP, both through a 2:1 pulley ratio from 3,000 rpm motors to a 6,000 rpm spindle. Live tooling consists of 4 ER-20 cross slide spindles at 2.0 HP (1.5 kW) and 3 ER-20 front slide spindles at 1.0 HP (0.75 kW), all limited to 4,000 rpm. Expand Machinery counts 27 tools in total.

The sub-spindle collet chuck holds 1.250 in, but only 1.080 in (27.5 mm) passes through it, which matters for long parts ejected out the back. An air blast nozzle, a finished parts ejector, a parts catcher and a parts conveyor belt are included, and the chip conveyor is included too. Rapids are 1,181 ipm (30 m/min). The machine weighs 8,000 lb (3,628 kg) and draws 63 amps at 220 VAC.