Cnc Machining Center in Italy

Helios Five is an extremely precise 5-axis machining center and bridge saw (6 axis with the lathe), with automatic tool change and magazine, that can be extended according to specific needs. The possible configurations make the machine suitable for the execution of important works, from roughing to finishing, with highly detailed results. The precision of the Helios Five allows to achieve the greatest part of the stone processes possible, such as small and large sculptures and statues, kitchen tops with profiling and edge polishing, drain boards and much more. This feature makes Helios Five unique in its category.



As a bridge saw, the machine can work with disks with diameters of up to 725 mm. Thanks to its imposing structure and the technology developed by Helios. Helios Five can process all types of cut with extreme precision (45° angled cuts, shaped cuts, arches cuts angled on both sides etc…)



Helios Five can have the Z stroke of 680, 1000 or 1200 mm and can be equipped with the interpolated lathe, thus increasing the executable machining in the stone sector.



Stainless steel structure: Thanks to the stainless steel structure, Helios Five is a sturdy machine, that preserves its quality over the time;



Precision and reliability: The use of recirculating ball screws and zero backlash gears makes the machine’s movements extremely precise, thus producing highly detailed works;



High frequency inverter: Thanks to the use of high frequency inverter, that provides only the necessary power for the mechanical efficiency, there are no wastes of energy, and the maximum energy saving is guaranteed;



Security doors: The security doors have got a manual sliding system with automatic machine stopping sensor in case of opening;



Laser marker: The device shows in advance the passage of the disk, indicating the correct position of the cut;



Aluminium rectified table: The aluminium rectified table guarantees the integrity of the table and a total resistance to the processes stress and to corrosion. The

calibration, performed directly by the machining center, ensures the perfect flatness of the support surface. The rectified table and the separated slats offer the

possibility to set the pieces easily;



Tilting table: The tilting table, with the Easy-load solution, ensures the loading of any type of slab with the minimal effort;



Automatic tool change and tools magazine: Helios Five with automatic tool change manages all the machining center functions. The magazine, containing several tools ensures the maximum versatility in the tools choice. Its capacity can be modified according to specific needs.

3/4 interpolated axes monoblock machining center
brembana speed is a Numerically Controlled Machining Center with three/four interpolated axes suitable for processing both slabs and blocks even with high thickness in marble, granite, composite stone, and ceramic.
It can perform each type of raw and polished contouring, as well as milling, drilling, countersinking, bas relief, and writing.
This machine can be customized to the customer's needs, it is the winning solution for every fabshop.
brembana speed is also available with:
- masonry or steelwork separate-supports (Open Frame)
- double worktable and separate-supports (Twin Open Frame)

3/4 axes numerical control machining center with rotating table (TR)
brembana speed TR is a Numerically Controlled Machining Center with rotating table and three/four interpolated axes suitable for processing both slabs and blocks even with high thickness in marble, granite, composite stone, and ceramic.
It can perform each type of raw and polished contouring, as well as milling, drilling, countersinking, bas relief, and writing.
Working plane with rotary table allows pendular working mode, resetting downtimes for loading / unloading operations.
This machine can be customized to the customer's needs, it is the winning solution for every fabshop.

5/6 interpolated axes machining center
brembana maxima is a Numerically Controlled Machining Center with five/six interpolated axes suitable for processing both slabs and blocks even with high thickness in marble, granite, composite stone, and ceramic.
It can perform each type of raw and polished contouring, as well as milling, drilling, countersinking, bas relief, and writing.
This machine can be customized to the customer's needs and is a state-of-the-art representation of 5-axis machining.
brembana maxima is also available with:
concrete or carpentry shoulders (Open Frame)
electrospindle with HSK attach and customized covers to meet all the customer's needs
rotating table: it eases loading and unloading operations. This is the ideal machine for a customer looking for high productivity

The machining centers from the Helios Star series are powerful and fast, they differ from the traditional anthropomorphic robots for their precision and reliability. The tower structure allows a vertical process of pieces from different size and big blocks, which are easily clamped on a turning table with slats. Helios Star can manage all the 360° processes possible such as statues, capitals, columns, portals, as well as processes of milling, sculpturing, engraving, and writing. Moreover, thanks to the optional lathe, it is possible to make horizontal turning processes with disk and tool. The integrated Helios Galaxy Stone software makes its use easy and fast, it is ideal for design, rendering, and creation of many machinings. It provides strategies to minimize the lead time and maximize the finishing quality, from the design to the manufacture of the product. The security doors guarantee a protected process for a total operator’s safety.



Stainless steel structure: Thanks to the stainless steel structure the machining centers from the Helios Star series are sturdy machines, that preserve their quality over the time;



High-quality electronics: The machining centers from the Helios Star series are equipped with high efficiency brushless motors. Thanks to the use of high frequency inverter, that provides only the necessary power for the mechanical efficiency, there are no wastes of energy, and the maximum energy saving is guaranteed;



Interpolated rotating table: The interpolated rotating table has a carrying capacity of 1/65 ton.

WITH A PRESTIGIOUS PAST

The new Contourbreton NC 300 EVO comes from the experience of the previous Contourbreton models, countless examples of which have been sold worldwide with great success.

WIDE TRAVELS, SAFETY & ACCESSIBILITY

Wide working travel of 3,200/3,800 mm in “X” axis, 1,950/2,300/4,000mm in “Y” and 300 mm in “Z” (vertical axis).

The NC 300 EVO’s comes with manually opening doors with safety interlock switches.

The work table is made from a single piece of a special quartz-based polymeric material, Metalquartz®.

Large doors and lower work table with integrated step offer the best front access ergonomics in the industry.

The strong electro-welded structure ensures the rigidity needed for any kind of machining.

DRIVEN BY SIEMENS BRUSHLESS MOTORS

Racks & pinions systems and Siemens brushless motors drive the mobile bridge and the spindle unit.

A gantry system drives the mobile bridge. Linear guides

with recirculating balls and precision encoders assure the movement accuracy.

WORK TABLE IN METALQUARTZ ®

Continuous work table made of Metalquartz®, a special

patented quartz-based composite material with a polymeric matrix, specially engineered to ensure the same high rigidity and expansion coefficient as steel.

HIGH PERFORMANCE VACUUMING SYSTEM

Liquid ring vacuum pump with high performance and low maintenance costs.

EXCELS IN THE DETAILS

Tool cooling with internal and external water supply

Spindle vertical travel of 300 mm, with distance of 520 mm from spindle nose to work table, performing slotting on small blocks

The spindle is mounted on a rigid cast iron structure, minimizing flexions under any working conditions

Digital motors

Vacuum system with frontal controls, conveniently located for the operator

Axes “rapid” movements of up to 50 meters per minute In-line tool store located on both internal sides of the machine

ISO 40 standard tool mounting shan

4th C-axis (optional)

A SPINDLE DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR MACHINING STONE

Powerful spindle built by Breton, closed-circuit liquid cooled with three large-diameter high-performance ceramic bearings, 15KW at 12,000 rpm, specifically designed and built for machining stone, engineered stone and ceramics.

ISO 40 tool mounting shank, easily and economically available, even in the aftermarket.

SIEMENS: A WINNING PARTNERSHIP AND A SYNONYMOUS OF RELIABILITY

USER-FRIENDLY CNC CONTROL UNIT

Contourbreton NC 300 EVO incorporates the ultimate generation of the Siemens Sinumerik 840D SL computer numerical control (CNC), a digital control compatible with PC architecture, and a PC based on Windows 7 operating system. The control panel is swiveling, provided with keypad and color-touchscreen with USB port. A portable button panel duplicates the main machine controls (axes management + handwheel, emergency stop, etc.)

consenting the operator to carry out and closely monitor all those delicate operations directly on the workpiece to be machined.

SOFTWARE

Breton SmartCam Countertops, the CAD/CAM software for the production of countertops on countoring centers

Breton Sentinel, the machine data collection and monitoring solution

ACCESSORIES

Head for milling and honing grooves, even on inclined surfaces, with relative toolholder

Head for machining hole sinks with 90° corners (zero radius) and polished internal grooving, with relative toolholder

Laser projector for working piece shape and pads on the working table

Contact probing system to measure the thickness of polished pieces

Vertical-blade cutting head

Double-acting vacuum cups

Aluminum work table provided with grooves for mechanical fastening of vacuum pads

Double effect suction pads

Polishing of thick workpieces

ROBOCUP

System for the automatic positioning of the vacuum cups on the table (Breton patent)

FORTE HD 80

WITH A PRESTIGIOUS PAST

The new Forte HD 80 comes from the experience of the previous Contourbreton models, countless examples of which have been sold worldwide with great success.

WIDE TRAVELS, SAFETY & ACCESSIBILITY

WIDE TRAVELS, SAFETY & ACCESSIBILITY

Wide working travel of 3,200/3,800 mm in “X” axis,

COMPACT 1.950/ WIDE 2.300/ EXTREME 4.000 mm in “Y” and 300 mm in “Z” (vertical axis).

The Forte HD 80’s comes with manually opening doors with safety interlock switches.

The work table is made from a single piece of a special quartz-based polymeric material, Metalquartz®.

Large doors and lower work table with integrated step offer the best front access ergonomics in the industry.

DESIGNED TO PERFORM

The strong electro-welded structure ensures the rigidity needed for any kind of machining.

DRIVEN BY SIEMENS BRUSHLESS MOTORS

Racks & pinions systems and Siemens brushless motors drive the mobile bridge and the spindle unit.

A gantry system drives the mobile bridge. Linear guides with recirculating balls and precision encoders assure the movement accuracy.

WORK TABLE IN METALQUARTZ ®

Continuous work table made of Metalquartz®, a special patented quartz-based composite material with a polymeric matrix, specially engineered to ensure the same high rigidity and expansion coefficient as steel.

HIGH PERFORMANCE VACUUMING SYSTEM

Liquid ring vacuum pump with high performance and low maintenance costs.

EXCELS IN THE DETAILS

• Tool cooling with internal and external water supply.

• Spindle vertical travel of 300 mm, with distance of 520 mm from spindle nose to work table, performing slotting on small blocks.

• The spindle is mounted on a rigid cast iron structure, minimizing flexions under any working conditions.

• Digital motors.

• Vacuum system with frontal controls, conveniently located for the operator.

• Axes “rapid” movements of up to 80 meters per minute

• In-line tool store located on both internal sides of the machine.

• HSK-B80 standard tool mounting shank.

• 4th C-axis (optional).

POWERFUL BRETON SPINDLE, DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR WORKING NATURAL STONE, ENGINEERED STONE AND STONEWARE

Powerful spindle manufactured by Breton, with closed circuit liquid cooling, three ceramic bearings with large diameter, featuring high-performance (30 Nm with 14.500 rpm), specially designed and built for working natural stone, engineered stone and stoneware.

USER-FRIENDLY CNC CONTROL UNIT

Forte HD 80 incorporates the ultimate generation of the Siemens Sinumerik 840D SL computer numerical control (CNC), a digital control compatible with PC architecture, and a PC based on Windows 7 operating system. The control panel is swiveling, provided with keypad and color-touchscreen with USB port. A portable button panel duplicates the main machine controls (axes management + handwheel, emergency stop, etc.) consenting the operator to carry out and closely monitor all those delicate operations directly on the workpiece to be machined.

BRETON SMART CAM COUNTERTOPS: the cad/cam software for the production of countertops on countoring centers

The CAM module allows to carry out the following major functions:

• cutting with saw blade

• contouring, profiling, drilling, milling and pocketing with milling or profiling tools

• honing of surfaces, even inclined

• milling and polishing of grooves, even on inclined surfaces

• 3D engraving of Windows “True Type” fonts on flat horizontal or vertical surfaces

• automatic generation of toolpaths based on a pre-defined technological table

• fast editing of Lead In/Out toolpaths

The CAD module also allows:

• creation of two-dimensional drawings with relative dimensioning

• import of drawings in DXF and DWG format from different CAD program or templating systems

• automatic programming and display of the vacuum pods arrangement on the work table

• interface with the software of a possible laser projector for arranging the vacuum pods on the work table

The 3D SOLID SIMULATION module allows:

• to check any possible tool-piece and/or tool-machine collision. The software operates in a Windows environment, is intuitive and user-friendly.

NOTE: The software features may be limited by the technological and operational features of the machine.

A ROBOT FOR ROBOCUP

It is now possible to further improve performance and cycle times for the Forte HD 80 Robocup by equipping it with a workpiece manipulation anthropomorphic robot with vacuum end-of-arm tooling.

The robotized application was created by Breton with Optidrive, a company specialized in Kuka anthropomorphic robot software and integration.

This robotized application allows to automatically position even large workpieces (up to 3.400x1.600m) on the pods, taking them from the feeding roller conveyor in a mere 34 seconds.

When the job is finished, the robot places the machined slab on the unloading roller conveyor, while discharging chips and automatically washing the work table.

FOR THE AUTOMATIC POSITIONING OF THE VACUUM CUPS ON THE TABLE (breton patent)

Helios Five is an extremely precise 5-axis machining center and bridge saw (6 axes with the lathe), with automatic tool change and magazine, that can be extended according to specific needs. The possible configurations make the machine suitable for the execution of important works, from roughing to finishing, with highly detailed results. The precision of the Helios Five allows achieving the greatest part of the stone processes possible, such as small and large sculptures and statues, kitchen tops with profiling and edge polishing, drain boards and much more. This feature makes Helios Five unique in its category.
As a bridge saw, the machine can work with disks with diameters of up to 725 mm. Thanks to its imposing structure and the technology developed by Helios. Helios Five can process all types of cut with extreme precision (45° angled cuts, shaped cuts, arches cuts angled on both sides, etc…)
Helios Five can have the Z stroke of 680, 1000 or 1200 mm and can be equipped with the interpolated lathe, thus increasing the executable machining in the stone sector.

Helios Dea is а revolutionary bridge saw and machining center with 5 interpolated axis (8 with the patented slab handling system Robo-Move). It is powerful, fast, precise, and reliable; ideal for all types of cut (straight, curved, angled, etc) and manufacturing of complex frames with disk or milling tool. It is very easy to use thanks to the software, developed by Helios Automazioni and to the possible accessories. The patented Robo-Move system, equipped on Helios Dea, carries out all the functions of handling, clamping, and unloading of the pieces in total automation and execution speed.
Thanks to the several precautions, that make the entire process automatic and safe for the operator, Helios Dea can represent the safest and the most precise machine among the stone market.

Helios Five is an extremely precise 5-axis machining center and bridge saw (6 axes with the lathe), with automatic tool change and magazine, that can be extended according to specific needs. The possible configurations make the machine suitable for the execution of important works, from roughing to finishing, with highly detailed results. The precision of the Helios Five allows achieving the greatest part of the stone processes possible, such as small and large sculptures and statues, kitchen tops with profiling and edge polishing, drain boards and much more. This feature makes Helios Five unique in its category.
As a bridge saw, the machine can work with disks with diameters of up to 725 mm. Thanks to its imposing structure and the technology developed by Helios. Helios Five can process all types of cut with extreme precision (45° angled cuts, shaped cuts, arches cuts angled on both sides, etc…)
Helios Five can have the Z stroke of 680, 1000 or 1200 mm and can be equipped with the interpolated lathe, thus increasing the executable machining in the stone sector.

Helios Futura is a 3-axis CNC machining center suitable for all stone workshops. The Futura technology has been studied both for monument/memorial builders and interior design fabricators. Thanks to the sturdy stainless steel structure, recirculating ball screws and linear guides, it is the best friend for precision and reliability. The finished product is extremely thorough and it doesn’t need any extra hand work. The exclusive Galaxy Stone software, developed by Helios Automazioni’s engineers and running under Windows, guarantees easy and fast automation of the process.

Helios Futura is a 3-axis CNC machining center suitable for all stone workshops. The Futura technology has been studied both for monument/memorial builders and interior design fabricators. Thanks to the sturdy stainless steel structure, recirculating ball screws and linear guides, it is the best friend for precision and reliability. The finished product is extremely thorough and it doesn’t need any extra hand work. The exclusive Galaxy Stone software, developed by Helios Automazioni’s engineers and running under Windows, guarantees easy and fast automation of the process.

Helios Futura X5 is the monolithic 5 interpolated axis machining center with automatic tool change, suitable for all stone workshops. The Futura technology has been studied both for monument/memorial builders and interior design fabricators. Thanks to the sturdy stainless steel structure, recirculating ball screws and linear guides, it is the best friend for precision and reliability. The finished product is extremely thorough and it doesn’t need any extra handwork. The exclusive Galaxy Stone software, developed by Helios Automazioni’s engineers and running under Windows, guarantees easy and fast automation of the process.
Learn more here:
https://www.heliosautomazioni.com/en/cnc-3-5-axis/futura-x5.php

Helios Zeus is the 3-axis CNC machining center suitable for every workshop looking for versatility and precision. Thanks to the stainless steel sturdy structure, recirculating ball screws, and linear guides, it is the best product for the interior design sector (especially for the fabrication of kitchen and bath tops ). The exclusive Galaxy Stone software, running under Windows and developed by Helios Automazioni engineers, makes the machining very easy and fast, thus automatizing the entire process.

Helios ZT is an extraordinary machine with the functions of a 5-axis machining center and a 5-axis polishing machine, which can polish both the surface and the edge with the control of the pressure.
It has been designed for granite monument fabrication but it also finds extraordinary applications in the interior design industry of glass or other precious materials.
The whole structure of the machine is stainless steel, unique feature in the world. The working table is a solid block of granite, which ensures maximum rigidity and minimal thermal expansion.
Come and visit us to experience hands-on demonstrations and find together the most suitable solution for your projects.

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