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The World Wide partnership for ultimate turning technologies

CNC and conventional high quality, large, powerful and heavy duty horizontal lathes and grinding machines

a brief outline of vertical machines on pages 10 & 11

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Spark Machine Tool Co Ltd: an introduction to the company, its capabilities and its products

Tianshui Spark Machine Tool Co., Ltd., is a major and very successful manufacturer of machine tools in China with expertise and experience developed during 40 years. It is the principal company within a fast growing group of machine tool building companies.

The company is the major manufacturer in China for high quality, large and medium size, powerful and heavy duty engine lathes and horizontal and roll turning CNC lathes. Machines can be delivered with CNC or conventional control. Standard models are built from 850mm swing up to 2500mm diameter x 20,000mm between centres, able to support components weighing up to 63,000kgs. Very heavy duty machines built to special order can swing up to 6300mm diameter accepting 20,000mm between centres and able to support up to 150,000kgs

Other horizontal lathe products include machines specifically for spherical turning, die turning, facing and Oil Country lathes. Each product line includes a choice of specifications and is normally supplied with CNC but can be supplied to conventional specification.

Spark produces superb roll grinding machines, diameters from 1250 to 3150 mm and length from 4000 to 10000 mm. These are especially suitable for grinding the rollers and supporting rollers of rolling mills and rollers for paper production machinery and printing and dyeing industries, especially grinding the curve to concave or convex form.

Another product range is precision cylindrical grinding machines, grinding diameters 30 to 630 mm and the maximum weights of work piece from 1500 tons to 4000 kg. It’s suitable for user to grind the cylindrical or conical rotary work-piece.

The company is totally self contained and enjoys total vertical integration of its processes:- design – patterns – casting or forging – machining – surface treatment - heat-treatment – grinding – gear cutting – assembly – painting – commissioning – packing - installation and service support.

All departments of the company are equipped with the best measuring, checking and analyzing instruments to ensure

operation within stringent international quality control standards. The company has held ISO9001 accreditation since December 1999 attesting to the quality of procedures and documentation throughout the company’s processes. The company has been carrying out CE attestation of safety systems since August 1993

The Spark Technical Center has a very large number of engineers working with the best systems. Training of new

engineers and development of all engineers is a constant process. The Centre exchanges information with the Technical Centres of several machine tool and manufacturing companies throughout the world. The application of CAD & CAPP computer enables high quality and high efficiency in the technology. Continuous innovation of the technology for our products is necessary to penetrate further into the national and international markets. The international cooperation has brought us some advanced technology. The company has been sending experts and workers to America, Sweden and Japan to study advanced technology and technique. Our Technical Center is recognised with the Letter of China Nation Grade in 2005.

you are welcome at Spark one of the principal assembly halls

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A QUICK VIEW OF SPARK. In this case pictures tell only a small part of the story

two of our many small assembly halls

one of several high grade iron and steel foundries with huge operating capacity and volumes

machine shops full of top quality production machinery gear cutting shops produce gears of all sizes

visitors are always very welcome, especially our international partner companies and their clients

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LARGE CAPACITY ONE PIECE BED CNC LATHES AND TURNING CENTRES

CKW61400

Fanuc or Siemens CNC systems and drives

High quality European ballscrews, encoders, gearboxes, turrets and toolposts

Hardened and ground guideways, turcite mating surfaces, forced lubrication.

C.E. Marking. Wickman Bennett warranty

Accessories/options o 10 ton capacity spindle & tailstock o C axis spindle and live tooling turret

o Milling and grinding attachments o Motorized tailstock o Hydraulic chucks

THE WIDE RANGE OF MODELS OFFER THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATION POSSIBILITIES

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Maximum swing diameter over the bed 850mm / 34” 2400mm / 96”

Maximum swing diameter over the saddle 510mm / 21” 2030mm / 81”

Maximum turning length 1000mm / 40” 8000mm / 320”

Maximum weight held between centres 4000kgs / 4 tons 18000kgs / 18 t0ns

Maximum spindle bore diameter 100mm / 4” 130mm / 5.2”

Maximum spindle speeds 5 – 800rpm 2 – 200rpm

Maximum spindle power AC 18.5kW AC 55kW

Tell us what you want to machine and we will send you the best specification/cost package to suit

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HEAVY DUTY CNC LATHES

CK61200

CCK ultra heavy duty series

Fanuc or Siemens CNC systems and drives

3 way and 4 way bed structures, hardened and ground, with steel covers

High quality European ballscrews, encoders, worm/rack drives, gearboxes, turrets and toolposts

C.E. Marking. Wickman Bennett warranty

Accessories/options o Variety of steady rests and roller supports o Milling and grinding attachments

THE WIDE RANGE OF MODELS OFFER THE FOLLOWING SPECIFICATION POSSIBILITIES

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Maximum swing diameter over the bed 1600mm / 63” 6300mm / 248”

Maximum swing diameter over the saddle 1250mm / 50” 5000mm / 200”

Maximum turning length 3000mm / 120” 20,000mm / 787”

Maximum weight held between centres 32000kgs / 32tons 150000kgs/150tons

Maximum spindle speeds 0.8 – 160rpm 0.2 – 40rpm

Maximum spindle power DC 75kW 160kW

Tell us what you want to machine and we will send you the best specification/cost package to suit

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CNC ROLLTURNING LATHES

CK8463A

SPARK build a large range of CNC roll turning lathes, precision and rough turning models

CK84125 is an example of the machines produced primarily for rough turning. This range has models available for swing diameters up to 2000mm and to handle workpieces up to 63,000kgs. Spindle drives to 125kW.

CK8463A is an example from the range of precision roll turning lathes. Available in this range are models for swing diameters from 400mm to 1000mm, lengths to 5000mm and weights to 18,000kgs. Spindle drives to 55/77kW

SPARK BUILD CONVENTIONAL LATHES FOR THIS WORK. THEY HAVE CONVENTIONAL MACHINES TO SUIT MOST OF

THE PROCESSES DESCRIBED IN THIS BROCHURE. SOME EXAMPLES ARE SHOWN ON PAGE 9

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MANUAL AND CNC PRECISION ROLL GRINDING MACHINES

SPARK roll grinding machines incorporate the required top quality machine design and operating features in

a most cost effective package. Wickman Bennett provides service support and warranty cover.

Siemens CNC systems and drives to enable the grinding of crown or CVC shapes

The manual machine has tilting wheel head to enable crown curve grinding. PLC controls carriage movement

Hydrostatic bed guideway system

Grinding diameters from 800mm to 2000mm (minimum 120mm – 400mm)

C.E. Marking. Wickman Bennett warranty

The machines are very heavily proportioned to be able to support, rotate and grind medium and large precision rolls as used typically in paper, printing, rubber industries.

LET US KNOW YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND WE WILL QUOTE YOU THE MOST SUITABLE MACHINE

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MANUAL AND CNC OIL COUNTRY AND FACING LATHES

SPARK CNC OIL COUNTRY LATHE CKW6636 one of a range giving 1000 – 1190mm dia. swing, spindle

bore 360 – 630mm

SPARK OIL COUNTRY LATHE CW6636 one of a range 1000 – 1400mm swing, spindle bore 360 – 635mm

SPARK FACING LATHES. A range of CNC and conventional models giving 1500 – 2500mm diameter swing. 1000mm tool travel along bed.

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SPARK CONVENTIONAL LATHES

Spark produce a full range of conventional lathes based on similar work envelopes to the CNC machines described in this brochure. If you have a requirement for a conventional lathe here are just a few examples of what might suit you! Spark also has many useful attachments for conventional lathes proven over many years

Send us your enquiry.

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FOR THE VERY BEST IN HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL TURNING CENTRES + MILLING AND GRINDING

The new REVELATION DC to 6000mm The Aeroturn 125-160 – 1600mm

THE AEROTURN 180-200. WITH A LIVE SPINDLE RAM FOR TURNING, DRILLING, TAPPING AND GENERAL GRINDING

AND A DEDICATED ANGULAR GRINDING RAM FOR PRODUCTION OF VALVE BODIES AND PLUGS

The World Wide partnership for ultimate turning technologies

• Wickman Bennett is a company of people with a huge history in designing and building vertical lathes. All the WB people have long time experience in Webster & Bennett when it was one of the best builders in the vertical turning market.

• This experience is combined with young thinking and new technologies and the result is the production of designs and machines of outstanding quality. WB admires quality.

• The major benefit of the cooperation with Spark is to enable WB to produce vertical turning centres in much greater numbers with delivery in a short timescale.

• Spark’s magnificent facilities and heavy machine tools enable them to produce major castings and components for WB – to the highest quality and with short, on time delivery.

• The combination of WB superb designs with Spark supremely efficient component production will enable the build of machines in higher numbers. The very best in design, quality, performance and customer support will be available from WB at the most competitive prices

• WB’s all new models of Vertical Turning Centres – The Aeroturn, The Revelation2 and the Revelation DC – are already in process in Spark who aim to win the major share of the Chinese market for vertical turning centres. Spark has the majority share of China’s huge market for horizontal lathes and turning centres. Spark group companies already produce good quality basic Vertical Lathes. The cooperation with WB will enable Spark to produce the best verticals for the Chinese market.

• Outside of China Wickman Bennett and their distributors, sales agents and service agents will take responsibility for Vertical turning centres built in Wickman Bennett and Horizontal turning centres built in Spark. The Spark VTL’s will be refined by WB without adding cost and will provide large conventional and CNC VTL’s for the customer with less demanding requirements

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FOR YOUR VERTICAL TURNING REQUIREMENTS FROM 1000mm diameter to 10,000mm diameter

• SPARK WB Vertical Lathes – a commitment from Wickman Bennett

• In addition to the WB designed and built machines WB will also be offering Spark built Vertical Lathes for the budget conscious market for less sophisticated specifications

• These machines will be built with the minor modifications necessary for Western markets • WB takes full responsibility for these machines’ performance and reliability • WB will install, commission and provide full warranty and planned maintenance programs for

these machines • WB will ensure conformity to CE marking or any other required conformity • Starting quarter 1 2010 WB will be bring the following SPARK WB models to western

markets

o SPARK WB 160-200 CNC 2 axes single ram vertical turning machine o SPARK WB 160-200 CNC 3 axes single ram vertical turning centre o SPARK WB Double Column CNC Vertical Lathes up to 5000mm diameter, 4000mm

high o SPARK WB Double Column Conventional twin ram Vertical lathes to 4000mm diameter

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The World Wide partnership for ultimate turning technologies

TIANSHUI SPARK MACHINE TOOL CO., LTD

41 Shetang East Road, Maiji District, Tianshui City, Gansu Province, 741024 P. R. China TEL: 86-938-278 6374 /4911044 FAX: 86-938-278 2639 / 2782888

E-mail: spark2004@126.com or spark@public.lz.gs.cn Website:www.sparkcnc.com

WICKMAN BENNETT LIMITED

Wheler Road, Seven Stars Industrial Estate, Coventry CV3 4LJ, England.

Phone +44 (0) 2476 639208 email: iain.exeter@wickman-bennett.com http://www.wickman-bennett.com

Spark is the no.1 producer and seller in the huge Chinese market, of large, powerful and heavy duty horizontal lathes and grinding machines.

Wickman Bennett is the technical and commercial partner for Spark for WB designed vertical turning centres from 1000mm to 10,000mm diameter capacity. See separate brochure WB-S1

Wickman Bennett is the commercial and technical support partner for Spark for the distribution of its huge range of large, powerful and heavy duty horizontal lathes and precision roll grinding machines.

Wickman Bennett takes responsibility for delivery, installation, start up, training and warranty planned maintenance programmes, CE Marking and any other requested safety certification.

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