Quicktech i-42 Robo

The Quicktech i-42 Robo is a single-spindle gang-tooling lathe with a 6 axis articulated robot built inside the enclosure. The maker describes it as a 4 axis lathe with C-axis and live tooling, aimed at unmanned chucking operations: billets, castings and forgings that cannot be fed as bar. The robot handles work pieces of up to 6kg.

Loading is the point of this machine, so the questions to ask are about the part, not the lathe. Will the blank and the finished part both stay under the robot's 6kg limit? Does the blank fit the 100 mm (3.9 in) maximum turning diameter? Can the gripper reach the chuck past the gang tooling? Quicktech says the robot has a total of 88 programs and can maneuver around tooling and other obstacles in the work area, and that the integration needs no additional floor space.

Underneath, the lathe matches the single-system i-42 models. Travels are 150 / 410 / 250 mm (5.9 / 16.1 / 9.8 in) in X1/Y1/Z1, the spindle is a 7.5 kW (10.1 hp) servo spindle with 11.0 kW (14.8 hp) as an option, and speed is 4,000 rpm or optionally 6,000 rpm. The spindle bore of 43 mm (1.7 in) still allows 42 mm (1.7 in) bar work when the robot is not in use. Motorized tools are listed as 6 (12 with B-axis), on ER-20 collets at up to 4,000 rpm.

The table names a Mitsubishi M80 control. The page's own text mentions a different Mitsubishi control generation and an older model name, so treat the table as the reference and confirm on the quotation. The machine weighs 4,300 kg (9,480 lb), heavier than the i-42 ECO at 3,780 kg (8,333 lb), and uses a 125 L coolant tank.