December 2015 Product Spotlight Slideshow: Machining Centers

The VMC1100B from SMTCL Americas delivers 1,260-ipm rapid traverse rates backed up by a 30-hp, 12,000-rpm direct-drive spindle for high performance.

Mazak’s redesigned HCN-5000/50 HMC includes the Smooth Technology platform and Mazatrol SmoothG CNC, which ease complex program generation through off-centerline machining and angled drilling, milling, and tapping.

Redesigned to improve ease of use, Haas Automation’s small-footprint Mini Mill now features a toolholder tray, storage tray, work surface, hand-tool rack and toolholder vise in addition to a fully-enclosed metal top, an air blowgun and washdown nozzle.

DMG MORI’s Lasertec 4300 3D hybrid machine combines five-axis turning, milling and blown-powder additive capabilities to enable production of parts with multiple alloys and complex internal features.

The Johnford DMC-series double-column bridge mill from Absolute Machine Tools can handle 44,000 lbs of table load and provides full table support along its entire Y-axis travel.

Methods Machine tools’ KMH-300 machining center suits smaller shops with a compact size while also providing a full-rotary B axis.

The P5 machining center from Bertsche is already a powerhouse for such industry sectors as aerospace. But put two of them back to back, and you have a recipe for productivity, enabling the simultaneous machining of two different parts.

Per its name, GF Machining Solutions’ HSM 500 MoldMaster uses its 42,000-rpm HSK spindle to power through die/mold components such as 58-RC steel mold cores, and suction units to machine graphite EDM electrodes.

Heller’s H-series machining center machines cylindrical bores complete in a single setup, using the NCU out-facing head capable of adjusting the size, taper, surface and tolerance of a bore as it changes the size of the tool.