40,000 pound machine with feed rate of 2,800″/min (0-70 m/min) in all axis
Aluminum Spindle
Speed: up to 30,000 rpm
Power S1: up to 272 hp (200kW)
Hard Metal Spindle
Speed: 0-12,000 rpm
Torque S1: 370-1,845 ft-lbs (500-2,500 Nm)
X-axis is unlimited and can be extended after installation. RigiMill MG is the best manufacturing platform in the world for long part production machining!
Dual motors on each side with backlash compensation. Accelerates from 0-2,800″/min (0-70 m/min) within 4.7″ (120 mm).
3- 4- or 5-axis. Single spindle. Moving gantry machine. Max part size: Unlimited x 61” x 35” (Unlimited x 1,560 x 900 mm). Vertical machining center.
Options: Spindle power and torque, 3- 4- or 5-axis, tool magazine and tool holder.
Automation: Pallet system.
Materials: Cast iron, Aluminum, Titanium, Composite and Steel.
Industries: Aerospace, Extrusion, Heavy equipment and more.
The RigiMill MG has achieved a chip removal rate of 1,200 cubic inches (19.7 liters) per minute in aerospace aluminum and is available with an automatic pallet system up to 950″ (24 m)!
RigiMill Moving Gantry (MG) was developed to produce the fastest chip removal rates in the world. Various spindle configurations achieve chip removal rates up to 55 cubic inches/min (0.9 liter/min) in titanium and 1,200 cubic inches/min (19.7 liters/min) in aluminum, this machine makes it possible to use the same machine for high speed roughing and finishing. Equipped with a single spindle, high speed gantry, the RigiMill MG provides the highest quality and precision of machining either aluminum or hard metals.
It is the unique architecture, as the most compact ever gantry structure with monobloc heavy cast iron bridge structure, as well as, its “no Ram” design through vertical moving cross-rail that offers the most rigid spindle thanks to constant overhang feature, and make the RigiMill MG as being a formidable “beast of efficiency”. Learn more about the impressive speed and strength of RigiMill MG through the informative article RigiMill vs. Traditional Multi-gantry Machine, where the machine is compared to traditional multi-gantry machines. This comprehensive comparison showcases the distinctions between the RigiMill and traditional multi-gantry machines.
The RigiMill MG purposely reduced scale is an innovative design solution that offers new achievable performances compared to existing machines in the market. It can be configured to each customer’s specific needs and can be extended in the X-axis direction after installation. RigiMill MG is the best manufacturing platform in the world for long part production machining!
164,050 ft (50,000 m) of single aisle aluminum wing stringers are today produced in the MODIG RigiMill MG every month around the world. These typical long and slim parts made of any aluminum or titanium alloys are processed on MODIG RigiMill MG with no length limits. The most productive processes are tackled with our modular palletization system up to 950” (24 m) long pallets or, when footprint allows it, through pendular installation.
From 630” (16 m) aluminum extruded profiles to finished accurate single aisle aircraft stringers, machined in a MODIG RigiMill Moving Gantry with a time savings of 64%.
This 630” (16m) aluminum wing stringer was previously machined with a well-known multi machining center in 205 minutes. In the MODIG RigiMill MG the same part was machined in 74 minutes! A time saving of 131 minutes = 64%!
Long life accuracies and surface finishing are provided with the RigiMill’s ultra compact architecture, cast iron monolithic bridge, and moving cross-rail, which offering remarkable rigidity at the spindle.
The RigiMill compactness was purposely designed to offer a formidable agility in any axis’s situations providing with optimal cutting performances and strategies.
The all new RigiMill summarizes much of the spirit and ambition that keep us going here at Modig. Developing and producing high-tech machining solutions at the frontline of what is possible, always with the benefits of our clients on our mind. That is what it is all about, and that is what RigiMill exemplifies.
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Up to 1,200 cubic inches (19.7 liters) of chip removal per minute in aluminum
Up to 55 cubic inches (0.9 liter) of chip removal per minute in titanium
Industry leading spindle performance
Most-rigid compact gantry in the world
Roughing and finishing in the same machine
Feed rate of 2,800” per minute in all axis
Automatic pallet system up to 950” (24 m)
Robotic tool loading with tool magazine up to 500 tools
Balluff chip system for cutting tool identification
Accelerations, X-Y-Z-U axes 26 ft/square second (8 m/square second)
Increased productivity per square foot higher than competitors
Cycle time reduction is generally 40% over multi spindle machines – per part!
CNC work holding options
| X-axis | Unlimited | Unlimited | ||
| Y-axis | 1,560 | mm | 61 | in |
| Z-axis | 900 | mm | 35 | in |
| A-axis | +/− 110 | degrees | +/− 110 | degrees |
| C-axis | +/− 360 | degrees | +/− 360 | degrees |
| Length | Unlimited | Unlimited | ||
| Width | 1,560 or 2,000 | mm | 61 or 79 | in |
| Height | 900 | mm | 35 | in |
| Speed | up to 30,000 | rpm | up to 30,000 | rpm |
| Power S1 | up to 200 | kW | up to 272 | hp |
| Speed | 0-12,000 | rpm | 0-12,000 | rpm |
| Torques S1 | 500-2,500 | Nm | 370-1,845 | ft-lbs |
| Number of tools | in steps of 50 up to 500 | in steps of 50 up to 500 | ||
| Tool taper | HSK63-125A | HSK63-125A | ||
| Tool changing time | 14 | sec, chip to chip | 14 | sec, chip to chip |
| X-Y-Z-axes | 0-70 | m/min | 0-2,800 | in/min |
| A and C-axes | 360 | degrees/sec | 360 | degrees/sec |
| Acceleration | 8 | m/square second | 26 | ft/square second |
| Aluminum, composite, cast iron, steel and titanium |
WING SPAR – TIME SAVINGS 75%
Commercial Aircraft
Material: Aluminum
Previous time*: 26 hours
RigiMill MG time: 6.5 hours
Time Savings: 19.5 hours (75%)
Width: 22″ (550 mm)
Length: 484″ (12,300 mm)
Thickness: 2″ (55 mm)
WING STRINGER – TIME SAVINGS 64%
Commercial Aircraft
Material: Aluminum
Previous time*: 205 minutes
RigiMill MG time: 74 minutes
Time Savings: 131 minutes (64%)
Width: 6″ (150 mm)
Length: 630″ (16,000 mm)
Thickness: 2.5″ (65 mm)
*Previous time with well-known multi machining center
RigiMill MG with automatic pallet system for loading and unloading parts up to 950″ (24 m). The video showing both machining in soft- and hard metal.