Cranfield Precision has designed a Roll Turning Machine for production level machining of optical quality components.
The main axis of the machine uses a stepped hydrostatic design with rail positioning that provides zero roll errors drastically reduicng the majority of errors experienced on conventional lathes.
Using Advanced 3D CAD techniques and FEA the ECOR 1640 Roll Turning Machine has been designed to have very good thermal stability, high stiffness and good damping.