Reiden RX10

The Reiden RX10 is the smallest of the four RX 5-axis machining centers Reiden lists, with 1,000 mm (39.4 in) of X, 1,100 mm (43.3 in) of Y and 810 mm (31.9 in) of Z. The two rotary axes are split between head and table. An automatic swiveling head, listed as standard, takes the spindle between horizontal and vertical (A axis 0+/-90°), and an NC rotary table of Ø 1,000 x 800 mm supplies the 360° C axis. Reiden describes it as a compact machine with a very small footprint and considerable processing space in relation to its dimensions.

Only one spindle is listed, which sets this model apart from the RX12 and its choice of two. It is an HSK63 unit rated 45 kW (60.3 hp) and 0 - 20,000 rpm, with torque of 130 / 159 Nm at 100 / 40 % ED. Those are figures for fast milling with small and medium cutters rather than for heavy roughing. Rapid traverse is 60 m/min (2,362 ipm). It is the only machine of the four for which a rapid figure is printed.

The tool changer comes in four sizes: 75 / 150 / 225 / 325 places, all HSK63. Tools can be 400 mm (15.7 in) long and 80 / 160 mm in diameter. The table doesn't say what the second diameter depends on, so ask before planning large cutters. Maximum rotary diameter over the table is Ø 1,350 mm (53.1 in), and it drops to Ø 1,050 mm (41.3 in) when a pallet changer is fitted. Pallets match the table at Ø 1,000 x 800 mm and carry 1,600 kg (3,527 lb), in changers for 2 or 5 pallets or with linear or circular storage.

Temperature is where Reiden spends most of its words. Bed and frame are mineral casting with 200 meters of cast-in cooling lines, and the same circuit keeps the milling head, the feed motors, the gears of the rotary axes and the guides at ambient temperature. The closed system can run permanently, overnight included. The machine weighs 18,200 kg (40,123 lb) and measures 5,810 x 4,005 x 3,230 mm. Control is a Heidenhain TNC7 or a Siemens Sinumerik One.