Takisawa NEX-110 CNC Lathe

The Takisawa NEX-110 is a 2-axis horizontal turning center built around a gear-driven, high-torque spindle, and that is the specification which separates it from the belt-driven and direct-drive lathes it competes against. A gearbox spindle delivers usable torque down at low RPM, so the machine holds a heavy depth of cut in stainless, Inconel, tool steel, and forged stock instead of stalling or chattering the way a high-RPM light-duty spindle will. With 19.4 inches of swing, 15.7 inches of maximum turning diameter, 25.8 inches of turning length, and 3 inch bar capacity through a 10 inch hydraulic chuck, it covers a broad span of chuck work and bar work on one platform. This unit runs a Fanuc 0i-TD control and carries a hydraulic tailstock for work between centers plus a chip conveyor, and linear guideways on both axes keep the rapids quick against a 25 HP spindle drive.

Compared with the smaller frames in the Takisawa NEX line, such as the NEX-105 and NEX-108, the 110 is the largest machine in the series and the only one that reaches a 10 inch chuck and 3 inch bar capacity. The smaller NEX models top out nearer a 6 to 8 inch chuck and roughly 1.7 to 2.5 inches of bar, which caps the diameter of stock a shop can pull through the spindle and pushes larger parts onto a different machine. The 110 also offers optional C-axis and Y-axis configurations, so the same base platform can be run as a straight 2-axis lathe or specified toward milling work, and that headroom is why the largest frame in a series tends to be the one shops pick when the next few years of work are still an unknown.