Conventional single column slides on two guideways at the bottom. This design suffers from wobble at high speed.This unbalanced structure limits high speed moment and worse, it does not provide a rigid enough structure for heavy milling.

This design works against itself, the cutting force tend to tilt the column back under heavy cutting, reducing accuracy and tool life.

Automatic pallet changer(APC) provides fast work-piece changing to reduce loading time and increases spindle utilization. A pallet change takes only 9 seconds.

The APC uses a system with 4 locator pins to ensure the pallet table is always clamped with high repeatability. Air blast is used to clean all 4 clamping surface contact areas.

Compared against a single-drive system, HMC-500BP's simultaneous twin servo drive for X-axis can increase the rapid traverse rate while ensuring vibration-free cutting conditions than otherwise possible. The balanced design also help minimize cutting vibration during Y-axis movement,so overall tool life is increased and machine precision is enhanced.

Linear scale feedback from Heidenhain are fitted to X,Y,and Z axes forming a closed loop for the CNC control so the exact physical location of the axes is always known. Issues like thermal displacement are a thing of the past.The linear scales are fitted with a positive air unit protecting the scales from oil and dust pollution, increasing the life of the linear scales.

All slideways have roller type re-circulating high precision linear guide ways. This design provides increased rigidity and increased speed in rapid traverse.

Y-axis is fitted with 2 pneumatic cylinders to provide counter balance for the spindle structure, allowing axis movement without vibration at high speeds.

The Box-in-Box Design greatly contributes to accuracy in X-Y interpoloated movement as can be seen from the ball bar testing taken as a part of the machine QA process.

No detail is overlooked. The telescopic covers are oriented vertically to ensures easy chip flushing. The scissor-like mechanism of the telescopic covers help maintain proper distance between the slats, so the machine is protected from coolant and oil penetration.