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 ...

The bulk of the milling machine market consists of half-lane machines weighing from 60,000 to 90,000 pounds and typically equipped with roughly 7-foot-wide cutting drums, which are powered by 600- to ...

The BM 2200/65 milling machine has a maximum milling width of 58 inches. The 60,296-pound half-lane mill has a 630-horsepower engine that matches power with milling speed for efficient milling 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 ...

The two basic cutting tool types used in metalworking are the single-point and multi-point designs. Fundamentally, they are similar. By grouping a number of single point tools in a circular holder, ...

All four manufacturers of asphalt milling machines remaining in North America (Astec’s Roadtec, BOMAG, Caterpillar, and Wirtgen) have made it easier for users to control milling depth by accepting the ...