Honor Seiki VL-250C

The Honor Seiki VL-250C is the largest turning-only model in the Heavy Duty Series, with a 3,000 mm (118.1 in) swing, a 2,970 mm (116.9 in) turning diameter, 1,480 mm (58.2 in) of turning height and a 15,000 kg (33,069 lb) workpiece limit. It is the one machine on its page where swing and turning diameter are not the same number.

The gap is small, and it means a part right at the swing limit cannot be turned on its outermost diameter. For ring work that distinction is real. A 3,000 mm ring will rotate, but its outside diameter is beyond the tool; plan such a part for the next series up, where the VL-300C turns 3,600 mm (141.7 in).

That next step is a big one. The VL-300C carries 30,000 kg (66,138 lb), twice the VL-250C's rating, and belongs to what Honor Seiki calls its Large vertical lathe range. The VL-250C is the top of the more compact family, sharing its 1,480 mm height with the VL-200C and adding diameter and three tonnes of capacity over that machine's 12,000 kg (26,455 lb).

Solid lock clamping is standard on the VL-250, as is a top-open splash guard and a table with manual 4-jaw chuck. The tool carrier has 12 positions. Honor Seiki describes the structure as box way with Meehanite castings for column and bed. As elsewhere in the series, table speed, table diameter, motor power and machine weight are not on the page, so foundation planning needs the full data from the maker. A higher column, extended Z travel, a grinding function and a Siemens controller are options.