The Samsung range of machine tools is proving to be Dugard’s fastest selling range of all time – with 13 sold throughout the UK and Europe (including Russia) at the Hove-based company’s recent open house alone.

The 52mm machines which were unveiled at EMO are proving to be particularly popular with a further three machines ordered during the open house. Another new range to premiere at the event was the HD series of heavy-duty VMCs and the HD1680B (the first stock model in the country) was snapped up straight away. Managing director, Eric Dugard was naturally pleased with such a positive response, “This really is a tremendous success,” he enthuses. “We all put a lot of effort into the open house and the results exceeded our expectations. I’m confident that our partnership with Samsung will only go from strength to strength and all the other new ranges are really establishing their place as excellent additions to the Dugard fleet.”

Dugard launched its Samsung collaboration at EMO in Hannover and the sales success at the open house was a welcome bonus. The range comprises turning centres with 6-24 inch chucks with up to 3.2m between centres, mill/drill capacity and C- and Y-axes available.

Mr HJ Lee, president of Samsung Machine Tools was present at the open house all week and took the opportunity to present a £10,000 sponsorship cheque to Joonas Kymakorpi –currently the world longtrack speedway champion and captain of the Eastbourne Eagles. “After that level of commitment, it would have been a shame to let Mr Lee leave without securing a number of healthy orders and I’m pleased to say that following the success of the open house, a further 50 machines will be arriving in Hove over the next six months.”

At EMO the two new 52mm machines – the Dugard 52 TTSY and the Dugard 52MB, both with twin spindle, twin-axis, Y-axis, 11 driven tools with 9 turning tools drew in the crowds, the company reports. Dugard was able to build on this success as visitors to the open house received live demonstrations of both machines. The machines are designed for precision part machining, are versatile in operation and are relatively simple to programme.

Another machine showcased at the open house was the new Dugard HD 1680B – the first model in stock from the new family of heavy-duty vertical machining centres. All the HD machines have an innovative bed configuration which offers a fully supported table across the full X-axis movement eliminating table overhang and X-axis distortion. This design, combined with the heavy box way, ensures high metal removal rates and accuracy over the lifetime of the machine. With X-axis travels from 1,300mm to 2,200mm and BT50 spindles, these machine complement Dugard’s existing range of VMCs. The demo model was sold during the open house but the company advises that more are on order and will be ready for demonstration purposes soon.

The open house also provided visitors with a taste of Dugard’s two new 5-axis models which will be in the showroom in the near future. The first is the Dugard V20/5 – a high speed, cost-effective 5-axis/five face VMC with advanced features and a compact footprint. The other 5-axis addition is the HSM600 – Dugard’s newest 5-axis simultaneous machining centre. The HSM600 is available with a standard B-axis swivel milling head and either an add on type A-axis rotary table and tailstock or a built-in integrated C-axis rotary table.

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