Apollo Series EVS Frequency Drive Special Feature

The state of the art electronic speed control enables the operator to dial in his spindle RPM, speed chages solely require turning a knob versus tedious hand cranking.

Apollo's modern electronic inverter speed control frequency head uses a simple drive system. The standard belt to drive pulley head design has a 1 to 1 ratio. This special head design eliminates excessive down time and high maintenance costs associated with repairing or rebuilding the variable drive mechanical vari drive head versus our simple EVS frequency head.

Dynamic electronic spindle braking system for instant stopping. Extremely quiet and smooth running head design gives the operator improved work finishes and superior accuracy. The EVS frequency drive is energy efficient and reduces electrical consumption.

• High speed precision class 7 GMN German manufactured spindle bearings
• Multi ribbed meehanite casting
• Dynamically balanced spindle and head assembly
• Induction hardened and precision ground heavy duty spline and forged chrome alloy spindles
• Chromed quill and specially honed head
• Precision hardened lead screws
• Minimal backlash with double bronze nut for X-Y axis
• Table precision ground and hardened
• Table parallelism X axis 0.000075/20" Y axis 0.0065/12
• All dials are satin chrome plated
• Quill travel 0.00005/5" and spindle bore runout 0.0002"
• One shot lube system, heavy duty brake, adjustable gibs, two table & knee locks
• Built in coolant tank in base with deep dish
• R-8 spindle standard (optional NT30 & NT40 tapers available)
• 9"x42" and 9"x49" Astro Mills have dovetail knee & column ways, standard
• 10"x54" Astro Mills have square knee & column ways with turcite saddle, standard
• One year parts and service warranty