Correa-Anayak, a group specialising in the manufacture of milling machines for medium and large-sized parts, continues to export a large amount of its production. The company has been awarded the supply of three new milling machines for British and Chinese manufacturers in the automotive, aeronautics and capital goods sectors. The first of these, AIM Engineering, an aeronautics sub-contractor and Formula 1 supplier, has ordered a FP-50 gantry milling machine from Nicolás Correa. This machine has a working area of 8000 x 3800 x 1250 mm and is equipped with a five-axis head enabling it to perform complex finishing operations in aluminium and other special materials for the sectors its client works for.

The second company, the German/Swiss machine tool manufacturer Körber, will be equipping its new Chinese plant with an Anayak VH-Plus milling machine. The fixed bed, T-structure machine has an automatic universal head and will be used for machining different large-sized structural elements. It will be delivered during the first months of next year.

Lastly, the automotive sector firm Honda Europe has opted for a Correa brand high-speed gantry milling machine called the “Pantera” for its UK factory. This gantry architecture model will be used for machining stamping dies for the company’s automotive skins. It is a high-speed unit with extensive longitudinal travel and a working area of 6800 x 3400 x 1500 mm. The machine’s three axes are equipped with linear guides with drives on the longitudinal and transverse axes and it uses a double rack and pinion system with electronic pre-loading, providing it with high dynamics, precision and rigidity.

The system also has a head change mechanism enabling rough-grinding and semi-finishing operations to be performed working with a mechanical 6000 rpm universal head. Positioning is made using “Hirth” crown gears each 0.02º, and for finishing it has a head equipped with 5 continuous axes and a high-speed electric mandrel.