The vertical machining centres, from Ward CNC, being shown at MACH 2010 will be the Hyundai-Kia Hi-V50D CNC machining centre, the Hartford Blockbuster Pro-3210 double-column vertical CNC machining centre, the Hartford Tornado HCMC-13 heavy duty vertical CNC machining centre and the Hartford Power Centre Pro-1000 vertical CNC machining centre.
First quarter sales of Doosan milling machines outstripped Doosan lathe and turning centre sales, for the first time in Mills CNC's history. Mills continuing growth in the wider milling markets was also reflected in the sales figures, with three horizontal machining centres and a large horizontal boring machine sold in the same period.
Visitors to stand 5460, at MACH 2010, will see the XYZ 1020 VMC "naked", with all sheet metal removed and this machining centre fitted with a 5th axis direct drive, demonstrating the programmed movements required to machine a complex 5-axis component.
Based on their flagship, M8 high-speed machining center, Datron Dynamics, Inc. has introduced the M85 - featuring a 30,000 RPM spindle. This German-made machine has a solid concrete-polymer machining table that provides 40" x 30" of work area and a 1.2 kW machining spindle delivers feed rates of up to 550 inches per minute.