Small footprint turning centre

[m_c]

Not that I've found, certainly not from any of the established companies.

Mazak smallest Quick Turn has a 5.5Kw/7.5hp spindle with 32mm through spindle.
Haas OL-1 is still 5.5Kw, but with only a 25mm through.


One option may be this - Small CNC Lathe with 8 position "Automatic Tool Changer" - YouTube
But I don't know what Fadec's plans are with actually finalising and selling them.

The other option is Tormach's new lathe, which the first batch are pretty much finished, but it's still a slideway/dovetail design. It seems the smaller end of the market just point blank refuses to embrace linear slides :-/

[Hellfire]

The haas is single phase though isn't it. Probably very costly though. Away to check that link you posted

[Hellfire]

This is what I am using at the moment, need something more capable

[m_c]

List price on the OL-1 starts from $45k, so I'd guess that'll probably translate to £35-40k over here, but I'm not sure how production capable it would be. Something like a TL-1 would be better (and cheaper!) for production work, but they're 3phase.

Another issue with getting single phase machines, is pretty much all commercial tool changers/coolant systems/chucking systems are only available in three phase.
Running a single to three phase rotary converter is an option, but I'm not sure if the phases would be balanced enough to run something CNC, or if they'd cause problems.