MORBIDELLI U

This construction series of CNC-machining centres was introduced byMorbidelli around 1987, in the same period when Morbidelli was incorporated in the SCM-Gruppe. The machines of this series had the new and modern controls of that time. Right before the incorporation, the planned series designation had been "Universal", later reduced to "U".

In this series cantilever machines were introduced for the first time. For that reason and in the proper sense, the series refers only to the models U13-U46. From U50 models onwards, it is about the types originally offered by Morbidelli, just modified and renamed.

The machines "U" were equipped with pod and rail tables. Some versions were CNC controlled drilling automats as basic machine. All models had an aggregates support with free spaces for router (the engine power was fairly modest compared to actual motors) and other aggregates, so that practically all sold "U" machines were CNC maching centres.

The "U" construction series assured a recognized state in the CNC stationary technology for Morbidelli. The machines were known to be reliable and also economical. Except the very first machines, they were equipped with ESA control, the new and highly modern TRIA control generation at that time. The controls were adapted to the use of PCs, programs could be saved on floppy disks, and graphical programming support was available. In contrast, many CNC machines in the late 1980s were still programmed in numeric mode.

Models of the construction series U:

Morbidelli U13

  • Control Tria 4000
  • Working range: 2180 x 700, workpiece thickness max. 55 mm
  • Basic equipment with 9 vertical boring spindles, 2 horizontal boring spindles in X, saw aggregate in X and fixed router head with 2.9 kW

Morbidelli U15

  • First machine of the new series, introduced before incorporation in SCM
  • Control: At the very beginning the little out-dated ESA µFS 85, since 1988 Tria 6000
  • Working range: 3120 x 700
  • Basic equipment with 15 vertical borers
  • Free spaces for aggregates, could be equipped with supplementary tools Model U15 was replaced by U26 in 1989, there were few machines with U15 machine body and U26 aggregates support, being named as such.

Morbidelli U26

  • Introduced in 1989, successor of U15
  • Control TRIA 6000
  • Working zone: 3120 x 970, workpiece thickness max. 55 mm
  • Basic equipment with 16 vertical boring spindles
  • Free spaces for aggregates, could be equipped with large range of tools

Morbidelli U46

  • Largest and best equipped cantilever machine of the U series
  • Control Tria 6000
  • Working zone: 3130 x 1100, workpiece thickness max. 55 mm
  • 4-field processing
  • Basic equipment with 29 vertical borers
  • Up to 4 free spaces for main spindles, with a large range of equipment available as well as the option to equip with more horizontal and vertical borers

Morbidelli U50

  • Fix gantry, moving table
  • Control Tria 6500
  • Working range: 3590 x 1300, workpiece thickness max. 55 mm
  • Basic equipment with 29 vertical borers
  • Up to 4 free spaces for main spindles, with a large range of equipment available as well as the option to equip with more horizontal and vertical borers
  • In 1992, the U50 was replaced by U550; the production of the U550 continued long after the cease of the other U machines.

Morbidelli U60

  • Fix gantry, moving table
  • Control Tria 6500
  • Working range 3000 x 950, workpiece thickness max. 50 mm
  • 4-field processing
  • Optional feed-through technology
  • Boring unit with 23 vertical borers in Y and 9 vertical borers in X
  • Boring unit with 9 vertical borers in X, via separate y-axis for flexible double hole line boring
  • Up to 6 free spaces for aggregates, with wide range of equipment options including horizontal and vertical boring units

Morbidelli U550

  • Since 1992 successor of the U50, technically close to the Author construction series
  • Fix gantry, moving table
  • Control Tria 7500
  • Working range: 3200 x 890, workpiece thickness max. 80 mm
  • 4-field processing
  • Optional feed-through technology
  • Boring unit with 29 vertical borers
  • Optional horizontal boring unit in X for up to 10 horizontal boring spindles
  • Optional horizontal boring unit in Y with 2 boring spindles
  • Optional Pickup tool change, as first and only machine of the U series
  • Up to 4 free spaces for aggregates, with wide range of equipment options including horizontal and vertical boring units.

In 1993, the model Author 213 was sold as U213 for a short term.

In 1992/93, the construction series U was replaced by the series Author, starting with the Author 510;4044} midst of 1993. Only the production of the gantry machines U550 and U60 continued for some more years.

Images

Morbidelli U46
MORBIDELLI, 1992
Morbidelli U13
MORBIDELLI, 1991
Morbidelli U50
MORBIDELLI, 1991
Morbidelli U60
MORBIDELLI, 1991
Morbidelli U26
MORBIDELLI, 1990
Morbidelli U15
MORBIDELLI, 1989
"Hybrid"modell aus U15 und U26
MORBIDELLI, 1989

Type

CNC machining centre