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Introducing Feeler: an ALL NEW lineup of machine tools featuring extensive design and engineering by Methods Machine Tools, Inc.  Feeler Machining Centers, Turning Centers, Bridge Mills, and Boring Mills are manufactured to Methods specifications by Fair Friend Group (FFG), the second largest builder of VMC's in the world.  FFG has major manufacturing operations in Taiwan, China, Japan, and the US with a current output of over 700 CNC Machine Tools per month.  One third of the Feeler workforce is comprised of R&D staff.  FFG Feeler Machine Tools have earned a world-class reputation for product excellence and reliability.  Feeler Machine Tools: Performance and Value - backed by Methods.

HV-Series High Performance Vertical Machining Centers

HV-Series Features:

• 1G X-Axis Acceleration
• 1.9 Sec. Tool Change Time
• Roller Guideways on X & Y-Axes
• 30HP Direct Drive 40 Taper Spindle
• Fanuc 18i-MB Control w/4th Axis Prep.
• 30 Tool ATC
• AI NANO CC - 180 Block Look Ahead

VB-Series Vertical Machining Centers

VB-Series Features:

• X-Axis Travels: 900 - 2,200 (35" - 87")
• Y-Axis Travels: 610 - 960 (24" - 38")
• Z-Axis Travels: 600 - 800 (24" - 31.5")
• 15HP - 30HP Spindles
• 30 Tool ATC
• Boxways on X, Y, and Z-Axes
• Fanuc 0i-MD Control

VMP-Series Vertical Machining Centers

VMP-Series Features:

• Linear Guideways on X and Y-Axes
• Linear Guideways on Z-Axis (VMP-580), Boxways on Z-Axis (VMP-800/1100)
• Fanuc 0i-MD Control

HT-Series High Performance Milling Lathes

HT-Series Features:

• 30° Slant Bed
• Hand Scraped Slideway Surfaces
• Class C3 Pretensioned Ballscrews
• 12 Position Power Turret w/Milling Capability (BMT)
• Fanuc 18i-TB Control
• 30HP Main Spindle
• 78mm (3") Bar Capacity
• 356mm (14") Maximum Turning Diameter
• 705mm (27.75") Maximum Turning Length

FT-Series Turning Centers

FT-Series Features:

• Slantbed/Boxway Construction
• Maximum Turning Diameter: 320 - 800 (12.5" - 31.5")
• Maximum Turning Length: 500 - 3,000 (20" - 118")
• Maximum Bar Capacity: 51 - 117 (2" - 4.6")
• Chuck Sizes: 6" - 18"
• Spindle Motor: 20HP - 50HP
• Fanuc 0i-TC Control
• Chuck Sizes

FT-Series Machines Available in 2011

FTC-Series Turning Centers

FTC-Series Features:

• 30° Slant Bed Construction
• Linear Guideways on X and Z-Axis
• 6,000 rpm Spindle
• Fanuc 0i-TD Control
• Maximum Bar Capacity: 65 (2.6")

FV-Series Double Column Bridge Mills

FV-Series Features:

• X-Axis Travel: 2,160 - 7,200 (85" - 284")
• Y-Axis Travel: 1,400 - 4,000 (55" - 158")
• Z-Axis Travel: 900 (1,200 optional) (35.4" (47.2" optional))
• Distance Between Columns: 1,600 - 3,500 (63" - 138")
• THK HSR Linear Guideways on X-Axis
• Schneeberger Roller Ways on Y-Axis
• German ZF Gearboxes

FBM-Series Horizontal Boring Mills

FBM-Series Horizontal Boring Mill Features:

• Moving Column (Z-Axis) T-type base
• Z-Axis Construction - All Models: (3) Roller Guideways with (12) table blocks
• X-Axis Construction FBM-110,R: Box Ways
• X-Axis Construction FBM-110/130/130,R: Roller Guideways
• Y-Axis Construction All Models: Box Ways
• Fanuc 18i-MB Control
• Linear scales on Three Axes

Contact your local
Feeler distributor

State Machine Tool Co.
2242D Bluemound Road
Waukesha, WI 53186
Tel: 800-727-8283

Elite Tool installs Feeler FV-2218

Elite Tool LLC, Moscow Mills, Missouri recently installed the first Feeler-Methods bridge mill in the USA.  Elite - a 30,000 sq.ft. facility northwest of St. Louis - purchased the Feeler FV-2218 from McClain Tool & Technology - the local dealer for machine tools from Methods.

Article appears with permission of Mid-America Commerce & Industry Magazine.

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New: Feeler One Page Brochure!

A new one page Feeler Lineup brochure is available.  This brochure lists general specifications for all the Feeler machines available from Methods.

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Download the Feeler Product Line Catalog

This catalog contains product specifications for Feeler Turning Centers, VMC's, Bridge Mills and Horizontal Boring Mills.

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(20) Feeler Machines at ETM Industries!

The August 2010 issue of Canadian Metalworking magazine details ETM Industries, a Renfrew, ON shop specializing in molds, fixtures and precision contract machining.

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