WM FlexPod 2500 Pod-and-Rail CNC Machining Centre
$58,400.00
A pod-and-rail CNC machining centre built for shops producing cabinet doors, window frames, stair components and other rail-and-stile work where a flat-bed nesting machine is the wrong tool. Six pneumatically clamped pods hold the workpiece clear of the table so the router can profile all four edges plus both faces in a single setup, with no spoilboard consumption and no vacuum loss on narrow parts.
The twin-zone table allows pendulum operation: the operator loads one side while the gantry machines the other, which typically lifts throughput 30 to 40 percent over single-zone working on short-run door batches.
Key features
- Six 16 in pneumatic pods on twin rails with laser positioning guides
- 12 HP liquid-cooled spindle rated for continuous profiling duty
- 8-position gantry-mounted carousel tool changer
- Twin independent work zones for pendulum load-while-cutting operation
- 15 in touchscreen control with USB and Ethernet job transfer
- Automatic tool length measurement and timed spindle warm-up cycle
- Full perimeter fencing with light curtains on both load stations
Technical specifications
- Working envelope: 98 x 49 x 8 in (X/Y/Z)
- Spindle: 12 HP, 24,000 rpm, liquid cooled, ISO-30 taper
- Rapid traverse: 197 / 148 / 49 ft/min (X/Y/Z)
- Positioning accuracy: plus or minus 0.002 in
- Repeatability: plus or minus 0.001 in
- Pods: 6 at 16 in, pneumatic, laser-positioned
- Tool changer: 8-position carousel, ISO-30
- Vacuum pump: 59 CFM rotary vane
- Footprint: 165 x 102 x 91 in
- Net weight: 7,500 lb
Site services required
- Electrical: 230 V or 460 V 3-phase 60 Hz. 60 A at 230 V, 30 A at 460 V
- Compressed air: 115 PSI minimum, 7 SCFM clean dry air
- Dust extraction: one 5 in port, 700 CFM minimum
Supplied with
- Starter tooling set: 2 compression bits, 1 straight cutter, 1 chamfer cutter
- Six pods, four side stops, two end stops
- Tool setting gauge and collet spanner set
- Installation, commissioning and operator training available through the manufacturer's authorized service network, quoted separately