A year ago, the Buck Brothers were in a different place. They were pretty sure that they wanted to add a milling machine to their yard, but they hadn't pulled the trigger just yet. All the math looked ...

Wirtgen's W 150 F(i) compact milling machine features a milling width of 1.80 m (6 ft.) and is designed for use on major construction sites with restricted space, such as inner city locations. Compact ...

The Mazak VC-Ez 20 has axis travels of 41.34 inches in X, 20.08 inches in Y and 25.0 inches in Z. It is described a machine that is a strong balance of affordability and performance. Larger and ...

The market for milling machines is on the upswing, not because of hope for a magical federal infrastructure package, but because of local efforts to shore up aging pavements. A relatively small amount ...

Model W 250 XF Wirtgen milling machine works to widths up to about 12 feet 6 inches. The milling drum can be exchanged for a Multiple Cutting System (MCS) milling drum within minutes, according to the ...

Modern milling machines look much the same as they did 30 years ago. However, they now must cut superalloys, titanium, and high-tensile steels to closer tolerances and at faster rates than before. To ...

Which to buy first, a lathe or a mill? It’s a tough question for the aspiring home machinist with limited funds to spend on machine tools, but of course the correct answer is a lathe. With a lathe, we ...

Ingersoll’s MasterMill is over 26-feet wide between the columns. It can produce parts up to 26 ft. WX100 ft. LX21 ft. H, and the workzone includes a 16-ft. diameter turning and milling table.

Siemens used this test part to demonstrate new state-of-the-art milling techniques. It is made of tool steel hardened to 54 HRC and was machined on a Micron HPM 800U machining center. Something most ...

We sometimes wonder if designers ever actually use their own products, or even put them through some sort of human-factors testing before putting them on the market. Consider the mechanism that ...