Sachman T80 RAM

The 'RAM' in the machine designation refers to the RAM-type quill carrier configuration. In a RAM-type boring mill, the W-axis quill (boring bar extension) is housed in a square or rectangular cross-section ram that slides horizontally from the spindle head carrier. This configuration provides greater rigidity and stiffness than a round quill design, particularly important for heavy boring cycles where quill deflection under cutting forces must be minimized. The T80 RAM's 600 mm RAM stroke provides the deep reach of a round quill design with the added rigidity of the square RAM cross-section.

Sachman's primary markets are heavy engineering, energy and oil-and-gas, power generation, steel and metals, and general machining of large parts. The company's floor-type boring mills are used extensively in Italian and European industrial manufacturers producing large castings, fabrications, and forgings. Sachman has also exported machines to customers in the Middle East, South America, and Asia serving the energy and heavy equipment sectors.

The linear scale feedback system (typically Heidenhain or Renishaw glass scales) measures actual axis position directly at the machine guideway rather than inferring position from ball screw rotation. This eliminates positional errors caused by ball screw thermal expansion, backlash, and pitch error that accumulate over long travel distances. On a floor-type boring mill with 4,000-10,000 mm X-axis travel, direct linear scale feedback can improve positional accuracy by 50-80% compared to ball screw encoder feedback alone.

Yes. Sachman offers an angular milling head attachment for the T80 RAM that provides a second rotation axis (A-axis) for compound-angle milling. Combined with the CNC B-axis rotary table, this creates a 5-axis (3+2 positioning) capability for milling angled faces, inclined bores, and compound-angle features. For full simultaneous 5-axis machining, Sachman offers a universal milling head option. Both head types mount to the RAM's standard spindle interface.

Sachman S.p.A. is based in Brescia, in the Lombardy region of northern Italy — a region with a long tradition of heavy machine tool manufacturing. The company has been producing floor-type boring and milling machines for several decades, with a product range that includes table-type, floor-type, and RAM-type boring mills in various size classes. Sachman's machines are marketed primarily through Italian and European machine tool dealers and are known in the heavy industrial market for robust construction and good price-to-performance ratios.