INDEX ABC 65

The INDEX ABC 65 is a production bar lathe for stock up to 65 mm, with a maximum machining diameter of 65 mm and a maximum machining length of 200 mm. The spindle runs to 6,000 rpm, and the tooling is listed as 19 tool mountings plus 5 back-boring stations, so the cut-off end can be drilled and bored before the part leaves the machine.

Bar stock is listed as round or hex to 65mm, and the spindle clearance matches at 65 mm. Together with the 200 mm length limit that describes a short, stubby envelope: flanges, nuts, fittings and hydraulic parts turned from large bar, rather than shafts. Driven tools are listed at 3 kW, which covers cross drilling, tapping and light milling. Rapid traverse on the Z1 axis is 20 m/min.

Some rows give different figures for the same item. Spindle power appears as 15 kW and as 27 kW, torque as 120 Nm and as 145 Nm, driven tool speed as 6,000 rpm and as 5,000 RPM, and the tool count as up to 30 besides the 19 mountings and 5 back-boring stations. The control appears both as Siemens S840D sl / FANUC 31i-B and as INDEX C200-4D.

The Index ABC is listed at 20 / 27 kW (100%/25% duty) and 105 / 145 Nm (100%/40% duty), so the 27 kW and 145 Nm here are most likely the short-duty peaks. Confirm the configuration with INDEX before relying on any of these figures for roughing in steel.