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2 FGC 2 Flexible Grinding Center offers ultra-productive 5-axis grinding technology The revolutionary creep-feed grinder that thinks its a high-performance VMC Typical components • Small gas turbine components • Turbine blades • Compressor blades • Stator blades • NGVs—Nozzle guide vanes FGC 2 • Travels X-axis - 31.4” (800mm) Y-axis - 23.6” (600mm) Z-axis - 20” (510mm) A-axis - 360-degree rotary B-axis - ±110-degrees tilt • Worktable capacity—55lb (25kg) • Rapid rates (X/Y/Z)—1,260ipm (3200m/min) • Spindle horsepower—50-hp/38-kW • Spindle speeds—10 to 8,000-rpm • Automatic Tool Changer (ATC)...

3 www.bpt.com Rapid advances in blade and vane grinding over conventional creep-feed grinding High-pressure rotor blade manufactured by Demag Delaval. Bridgeport’s fl exible grinding center has set a new standard in productivity and process reliability for machining high-temperature super alloys—Inconel, Nimonic, Udimet, Waspalloy and stainless steels—plus pre-hardened tool steels. This high-performance 5-axis machine is specifi ed and used extensively by the world’s leading aircraft and power unit manufacturers, tier-one suppliers to the aero-engine industry, as well as industrial turbine and...

4 FGC 2 Flexible Grinding Center Unique, integrated technical features for outstanding performance High-pressure/high-fl ow coolant The FGC 2 is supplied with a high-pressure/ high-fl ow programmable coolant facility to ensure that grinding wheels are consistently clean and sharp. This unique feature maintains cool cutting conditions that reduces wheel wear and extends wheel life. The twin nozzle facility delivers 1,305 psi @ 26.4 gal (90 bar @ 100L) through its wheel cleaning nozzle and 580 psi @ 31.7 gal (40 bar @ 120L) through its grinding/cooling nozzle. Coolant fi ltration system Bridgeport’s...

5 www.bpt.com Advanced Heidenhain digital control system to unleash your productivity Bridgeport’s FGC 2 fl exible grinding center is equipped with the powerful and user-friendly Heidenhain iTNC 530 control, incorporating unique Bridgeport-designed grinding cycles for ease of programming. Coupled with specifi c Nozzle Guide Vane (NGV) grinding software, the Heidenhain control system manages the entire machining operation: • Machining cycles and sequences • Dressing operations • Wheel changing • Coolant delivery • 5-Axis simultaneous software From simple 2-axis machining to 4- or 5- axis simultaneous...

6 Hardinge precision and Super-Precision® CNC turning centers We can help you turn your business around. From our competitively-priced SV-Series range of machines to our TALENT ® and ELITE® Series II range of quickchangeover bar and chucking machines right through to our high-productivity RS-Series and SRSeries multi-tasking turning centers and QUEST® GT gang tool machines, we can provide you with the optimum turning solution. Milling machines and machining centers Our comprehensive line of Bridgeport milling machines have been designed to meet any manufacturing challenge you might be facing...

7 www.bpt.com Specifi cations Floor plan FGC 2 Coolant Filtration System A—Specifi cations listed are for FGC 2 machines equipped with the coolant fi ltration system option. FGC 2 Axis Travel X axis 31.4”/800mm Y axis 23.6”/600mm Z axis 20”/510mm A axis (rotary) 360° B axis (tilt) ±110° Feedrate Rapid Traverse (X, Y and Z axes) 1,260ipm / 3200m/min Acceleration (X, Y and Z axes) 196in/sec2/5m/sec2 Table Working Surface 55 x 25.5”/1400 x 650mm Load Capacity 55lb/25kg Slots Seven on 3.937”/100mm centers Spindle Max. Speed 8,000 rpm Motor HP Rating (S6-60%) 50hp/38kW Spindle Taper CT40 or BT40 Dual...

Over the past 10 years Hardinge steadily diversifi ed both its product offerings and operations. Today, the company has grown into a globally diversifi ed player with manufacturing operations in North America, Switzerland, China and Taiwan. In addition to designing and building turning centers and collets, Hardinge is a world leader in grinding solutions with the addition of the Kellenberger, Hauser, Tripet and Tschudin brands to the Hardinge family. The company also manufactures Bridgeport machining centers and other industrial products for a wide range of material cutting, turnkey automation...