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For Machines Mfd. Since 5/19
Model SB1063 INTRODUCTION
About This Machine
Capabilities
This Milling Machine is built for any industrial
setting, tool room, or school shop and is built
for many years of service. Large workpieces
can be supported and is perfect for face milling,
end milling, planing, slot or keyway cutting,
dovetailing, routing, drilling, reaming, and
boring to name a few. With the movable ram and
tilting head, all these tasks can be performed on
horizontal, vertical, and angled surfaces.
Foreword
"Most boys should learn a trade in order that
they may become skilled workmen. The trained
workman is always in demand...When a boy has
learned a trade, becomes a skilled mechanic,
he has excellent equipment with which to begin
life's battle, but he need not stop there. George
Westinghouse, the Wright Brothers, Henry Ford,
and the Studebaker Brothers were mechanics,
and it was their mechanical training that
made their success possible." —Machine Shop
Equipment, 2nd Ed., 1920, by the O'Brien
Brothers, founders of South Bend Lathe.
The first South Bend milling machine debuted in
the 1950's. During that time, the milling machine
and the already well-established South Bend
lathes created the foundation of many tool rooms
and school shops across America and beyond
her borders. Many young people in those days
came of age on South Bend equipment, becoming
world-class machinists, mechanical engineers,
inventors, and manufacturing visionaries.
A lot has changed in the world since then. Those
same school shops have mostly been replaced
by computer labs. The technology in the rotary
dial phone, television set, mechanical calculator,
computer, and camera of that decade could
barely fit into one large room together—now
they fit into a tiny box that is no bigger than a
box of breath mints. And the average production
machinist spends more time at a computer than
at a machine. Technology has been much refined
and the world operates on a much faster pace.
But some things haven't changed. The same
human ingenuity and passion that created the
best mechanical technology of today still exists
within us. The core machines of the modern shop,
like this South Bend milling machine, are still
fundamentally important.
When you think about it, the greatest mechanical
technology of the future will be what we create
today. As the owner of a South Bend milling
machine, you are now part of a great legacy.
What will you create with yours?
Features
This CNC milling machine features 3-axis
table movement with built-in X-, Y-, and Z-axis
servo motors. It is constructed with high-grade
Meehanite castings, and the saddle and knee
ways are Turcite coated and built with wide
square ways for maximum support and accuracy
throughout the full range of movement.
To ensure quality work results, we have
equipped this mill with premium spindle
bearings that are rated to extreme tolerances.
The spindle taper is NT40 and has servo motor
downfeed with a variable feed rate between
0-0.98 FPM and spindle travel of 3.5".
The machine uses a Delta VFD-B inverter with
a 5HP induction motor to provide true variable
spindle speed from 50-5000 RPM.
The headstock is mounted on a wide dovetail
movable ram with 20" of travel on the column
and 320° rotating capability. The headstock itself
can swivel 90° left/right or 45° forward/back so it
can be positioned for nearly any setup needed.
To reduce the time spent doing daily lubrication,
this milling machine is outfitted with an
electronic lubrication system that automatically
lubricates the most critical areas.
A quality Fagor 8055i control panel with
excellent electrical components and attention to
detail give dependable CNC milling operations.
Last but not least, this milling machine includes
a circulating coolant system with the pump and
reservoir in the column base.
