Breton MATRIX 1000 DYNAMIC has strong shoulders

Machining accuracy and speed, these are the strong points of the Matrix 1.000 Dynamic, the Breton gantry-type machining centre with moving bridge has heavy-duty shoulders manufactured using the ground-breaking Metalquartz technology.

To face the greatest challenges you need strong, wide shoulders. When milling medium-large components, this sentence represents more than just an idiom; it's a real philosophy of construction. 
Breton, with fifty years of experience in the industry, has made this approach theirs, producing gantry-type machining centres with moving bridge supported by wide shoulders to machine large components, strong enough to guarantee a considerable milling capacity. 
The jewel in the crown of the Matrix, machining centres is the Matrix 1000 Dynamic.

For all materials

This 5-axes gantry-type machining centre with moving bridge was designed by Breton to meet new requirements associated with high speed machining of large, complex parts for the aerospace and automotive, die-manufacturing and design industries. The Matrix 1000 Dynamic has a 2,200 mm X-axis travel, 1,000 mm Z-axis travel, and a Y-axis travel that ranges from 2,500 to 6,000 mm.

As well as the impressive working range, one of the features that makes the Treviso company’s product really stand out from the crowd is the ability of machining a variety of different materials such as steel, aluminium, resin and composites. 
This  machine in fact can be fitted with a vast range of electrospindles with continuous power outputs of up to 41 kW and torque outputs of up to 100 Nm, which combined with a rotation speed of 28,000 rpm offers a notable milling capacity. 
The software-controlled compensation of the electrospindle’s natural thermal expansion, and its thermal stabilization guarantee high precision machining. 

These spindles are housed in the cast iron dual fork head, which guarantees high structural rigidity and an excellent vibration dampening capacity. 
High performance models are fitted with Direct Drive heads, where the 100 rpm rotation speed combined with the continuous rotation of the C-axis shows the true potential of the machine when machining complex dynamic profiles with a high level of accuracy.

Metalquartz shoulders

Another interesting feature of the Matrix 1000 Dynamic is represented by the strong shoulders produced using innovative Metalquartz technology: a sandwich structure made of stabilized arc welded steel, with ribbing  embedded in a quartz polymer matrix composites. 
This exclusive technology ensures a very high structural rigidity and vibration damping, which guarantees a better surface finish and a longer service life of the cutting tools.

The carriage and beam travel on properly dimensioned recirculating roller guideways to ensure machining accuracy and stability. Linear axis speed can reach 60 m/min thanks to the digital drives with brushless servomotors and the ground ball screw and double preloaded ball nut assembly. 
To guarantee the highest accuracy, the position of the beam and carriage is read by optical scales.

Customization

Performance at a dynamic level, offering high power and precision, are not the only advantages, and the machine can be customized with a series of accessories to meet the customer's specific requirements. 
In fact Breton also offers wheel-type or chaintype tool magazines with a fast manipulator to reduce tool changeover times. 

These magazines are installed outside the work area so they can't come into contact with milling dust or residues, and can be fitted with a system for the automatic encoding of tool data and a chip reader for an even higher level of plant automation.

On the basis of the milling operations to be performed, the tool cooling system may use compressed air, a spray mist system, or coolant sprayed inside and outside the spindle at a set or variable pressure of up to 70 bar.

For customers machining composites and resins we can supply dust extraction systems to install on the spindle nose, and top-roof bellows to isolate the work area from the surrounding environment, protecting the operator from any noxious or harmful elements. 

The fact that all the kinematic mechanisms have been located at the top of the machine is proof of the focus on operator safety. Finally, to meet every possible application requirement, the Breton Matrix 1.000 Dynamic can be configured for pendular machining in two work areas.

For INFO and request write to mail@breton.it.

Well, that’s all for today. 

By-by

Sergio Prior

(Articolo estratto da TM - Tecnologie Meccaniche/Speciale Stampi)

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BULL'S EYE CENTRED - part 1

Innovative products incorporating that technology which has made Breton one of the leading enterprises on the world market for work centres.  
The Breton range of machines are acknowledged worldwide for the superior quality technology, their excellent production performance, the innovative solutions offered and unequalled quality of the products and services this company provides to each individual customer.

If 2010 is to be remembered as a difficult year for many industries and with many companies hit by the international crisis, the aerospace market, instead,  moves in its own direction.  This specific industry is tied to long-term projects which are affected marginally by economic trends and crisis.  

The reason is because it takes around 10 years to design, develop, build and market a new plane.  

In fact, the majority of new work orders commissioned  to Breton in 2010 came from the civil aviation and  aerospace industries.

Breton, located in Castello di Godego (TV), in just a few years has become a key manufacturer of CNC work centres, a position which it still holds today at an international level.  The key to success? 
Research and development, words that are certainly not rhetorical for Breton.  
The company employs about 620 people and has its own in-house research unit and the mechanical and electronic engineering departments develop new products, production processes and technologies.

The range of Breton work centres, designed for machining aluminium, steel, titanium, special alloys, engineered and composite materials offers a number of solutions across a broad range of industrial applications.  In addition to the natural and engineered stone markets, at least 60% of machines offered by the tool machine division are for the civil aviation and aerospace industries and used for manufacturing dies, models, precision engineered components and gears.

ANTICIPATING THE MARKET 
Breton machines are designed based on accurate market surveys aiming at anticipating customer demand.  The strength of this company is to achieve the shortest  time to market possible  so as to be ready to launch  innovative solutions satisfying new demands.  In particular aerospace customers are focused on machine precision and flexibility with the possibility of milling and machining at the same time different types of materials spanning from titanium to aluminium and carbon fibre. 
Production is managed by an advanced software application. Production is equipped with the most modern automatic tool machines available which offer and ensure high quality standards are satisfied as well as reducing production times. 
This is how Breton can provide the market economically  viable solutions. Highly skilled workers, regular and accurate quality controls on incoming materials and components and finally the end product is subject to stringent controls to ensure Breton machines guarantee performance, reliability and longevity.

Per info ask to mail@breton.it.

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EAGLE 5 axis vertical high-speed machining centre designed for light alloys, composite materials and resin

EAGLE is a 5 interpolated axes work centre with a gantry structure and mobile crossbeam: the perfect solution when high-speed machining operations are required for milling aluminium and engineered materials.

This machining centre is specially designed for machining complex 3-D components for the aviation industry.

EAGLE has a choice of configurations enabling to perform even the most demanding jobs with maximum flexibility, performance and efficiency, with work ranges spanning from 2.500x2.000Fthe twistx1.000mm up to 20.000x5.000x2.500mm and over, with a twin crossbeam and twin ram for pendular works.

Rigidity and high dynamics are distinctive features of this work centre, which make it ideal for machining a wide range of components and products at extremely high speeds and with maximum milling performance.

Thanks to the speed of the linear axes which reach up to 85m/min and to the symmetrical rotary tilting head with continuous rotation of the "C" axis and 0° to +115° rotation of the "A" axis, EAGLE offers the operators the possibility of performing the 5-axes machining of complex profiles, ensuring maximum precision and machine dynamics when milling undercuts.

The twist head, which can be positioned at any angle, allows for mounting a spindle up to 40kW and with rotation speed up to 28.000 rpm, providing this machining centre with outstanding milling efficiency and performance.

The closed structure and drive assemblies which are all mounted on the top part of the machine, ensure maximum operator safety and remarkable precision, performance and reliability during the machining.

For info and requests about the vertical machining centre Breton EAGLE write to mail@breton.it.
We’ll get back to you promptly.
Well, that’s all for today, thanks for your attention.
Bye-bye
Sergio Prior

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