Published 11/19/2015

December 2015 Product Spotlight Slideshow: Machining Centers

This month’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight focuses on machining centers.

Edited by: MMS Editorial Team

Enshu’s largest HMC, the GE590H can handle workpieces as large as 39.3 inches in diameter and 51 inches tall, weighting as much as 2,645 lbs.

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.

The slideshow below includes machining centers—bridge mills, five-axis, vertical, horizontal—that range in size from Haas Automation’s small-footprint Mini Mill to Bertsche’s back-to-back P5 machining centers. Click through for details and see the links below for more information on these machines.

SMTCL Americas’ VMC1100B vertical
Enshu’s GE590H horizontal
Mazak’s HCN-5000/50 horizontal
Haas Automation’s Mini Mill vertical
DMG MORI’s Lasertec 4300 3D hybrid machining center
Absolute Machine Tools’ Johnford DMC bridge mill
Methods Machine Tools’ KMH-300 horizontal
Bertsche’s Dual P5 five-axis mill
GF Machining Solutions’ HSM 500 MoldMaster vertical
Heller’s H-series horizontal

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