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Increased Speed and Efficiency

The new Citizen K12E / 16E-VII combines modern technology and highest precision for the fastest possible production of turned parts up to 12mm / 16mm in diameter.

7 axes, 6 turning tools, 4 rotary tools and in total 8 tools for front and back machining as standard with many tooling configurations available to suit your requirements.

 

Maximum cutting length is 200 mm in one chucking. However, with the optional long work piece unit, components up to 400 mm can be machined. The main spindle is driven by a 3.7 kW motor and the sub-spindle has a 0.75 kW drive. The rotary tool drive also has a 0.40 kW AC spindle motor giving 6,000 RPM.

 

Key upgrades from the previous generation K series include full colour screen, Polygon / Hob cutting option, Rigid tapping phase adjustment and newer generation control with 'Cincom Control' technology giving up to 20% cycle time and 50% idle time improvements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work Area

Vertical Holder

  • Up to 8 rotary tools and up to 7 turning tools available for turning, grooving, screwcutting, parting-off, milling etc.

  • Standard Y-axis facilitates tool centre height adjustment and enables complex operations to be carried out with ease.

Back Work Holder

  • 4 stationary spindles for back machining

  • Allows operations such as drilling, tapping, screw-cutting, boring and turning to be carried out simultaneously with other operations.

  • Optional U152B 3-position back-face driven tool option (0.4kW, 4500rpm)

Front Work Holder

  • 4 stationary spindles for front machining

  • Allows operations such as drilling, tapping, screw-cutting, boring and turning to be carried out simultaneously with other operations.

Work Area view showing the axis configuration

Sub Spindle

  • 12 / 16mm Dia

  • 1.5 / 3.7kW

  • 10,000 RPM

  • C-Axis (0.01)

Main Spindle

  • 12 / 16mm Dia

  • 2.2 / 3.7kW

  • 15,000 RPM

  • C-Axis (0.001)

CNC System

  • Easy-to-use Citizen 'Cincom Contro'l machine operating system using Mitsubishi M70 hardware.

  • Easy to use colour interface.

  • Fast Program Prove-out with CNC Handwheel.

  • RS232, CompactFlash and USB interface Fast program check function.

  • On-board tool setting software.

  • Software options include: Gear Hobbing, Polygon Turning, High Speed threading.

  • Ability to run large programs (up to 1GB) direct from a memory card, useful for CAM software generated programs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard

  • Main Spindle Chucking Device

  • Back Spindle chucking device

  • Headstock Cooling Device

  • Door Switch

  • Lubricating Oil Supply

  • Pneumatic Device for air sealing

  • Medium Pressure Coolant Supply Unit

  • Part-off Tool Breakage Detector (Electronic type)

  • Patrol Light (Signal Lamp) - 3 Colour

  • Knock-out jig for workpiece through-hole

  • Work Area Lamp

  • B Code, special software for Coolblaster

  • Cutting oil level detection

  • Automatic fire extinguisher

Optional

Extensive toolholder options

Choice of Barfeeder

Coolblaster High Pressure Coolant

Fume Extraction

Long Parts Adaptor

Swarf Conveyor

Part-off Tool Breakage Detector (Probe type)

 

 

 

Supporting Software Options

CNC Wizard

Low-cost Programming Aid for Citizen machines for faster and easier part-program creation. The software leads you through creation of your part-program using clear diagrams, photos and text. A simple program can be potentially be written in a matter of minutes! Full editing and communications features are built into the software along with program validation checks. Ideal for both new and experienced Citizen users.

Alarm alerting system

Automatically inform designated people in your organisation if an alarm occurs on one of your Citizen machines. Up to 100 machines can be simultaneously monitored. The message delivery can be via. voice message to land-line or mobile, SMS text message to a mobile or Email. Multiple recipients can be specified for each machine. This system is ideal for those running the machine unattended overnight.

News & Case Studies

21 July 2010

Citizen’s K-Series Evolution takes control

  

 

 

 

 

Specifications

Technical data

  

K12E / K16E-VII

Main spindle

  

AC motor

Bar Capacity

mm

12 or 16

Motor Rating

kW

2.2 / 3.7

Spindle speed

RPM

15,000

No. of fixed tools for front-end machining

-

4 (6)

No. of driven tools for front-end machining

-

0 (3)

C-axis

°

0.001

No. of turning tools

-

6 (7)

Sub-spindle

  

AC motor

Maximum workpiece diameter

mm

12 or 16

Motor Rating

kW

0.4 / 0.75

Spindle speed

RPM

10,000

No. of tools for back-end machining

-

4 (6)

No. of driven tools for back-end machining

-

0 (6)

C-axis

°

0.01

Driven tools

    

Number of tools

-

4 (5)

Rotary tool power

kW

0.4

Rotary tool speed

RPM

6,000

 

 

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K12E / K16E-VII Brochure (1.9MB)

 

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