(WFL Millturn Technologies: Linz, Austria) -- The classic Millturn complete machining center ushered in a completely new era in its original version more than 25 years ago. It was the first WFL Millturn with an individual tool carrier for turning, drilling, and milling with a B axis.

Many of these old M30 machines are still in use and delivering top performance, even after many years—so we decided to take a closer look at one of these “proto” Millturns.

Although the details of the current design have very little in common with its original version, the stable 60° slant bed is still there. Noteworthy features include the powerful headstock with 37 kW main drive and 2-speed gearbox as well as external C axis. Although the design dates back to the earlier Voest-Alpine WNC slant-bed machines, it is still used in the latest Millturn models of the M35, M40, and M50 series with modernized drive motors. Water-cooled direct drives are available as alternatives.

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