Mills CNC has recently supplied Custom Metalworks – a start-up providing precision CNC machining and custom fabrication – with a new (fourth generation) DN Solutions DNM 5700 vertical machining centre. The machine, installed at the company’s machine shop facility in Ormskirk, Lancashire, features the latest FANUC i Plus control with 15” touchscreen, an 18.5 kW/12,000 rpm directly-coupled high-torque spindle (117.8 Nm), a 1050 x 570 mm worktable (with 1000 kg maximum table load) and a 30-tool position ATC.

Supplied to Custom Metalworks as part of the investment package, the machine was also delivered with a Detron GFA-200EH five-axis rotary table, Renishaw tool and table probing systems, and a Filtermist extraction unit.

Since installation, the DNM 5700 has been put through its paces machining a range of performance-critical plastic components for a manufacturer of patient positioning products and equipment used during surgical procedures. Custom Metalworks machines parts and sub-assemblies for the customer’s best-selling spine frame systems which are essentially table-top platforms positioned underneath the patient that can easily fit to any standard operating table.

“I was looking for a machine that delivered fast processing speeds, high accuracies and good surface finishes, and that would enable us to machine large and/or smaller multiple parts in a single set up,” explains Jack Eckersley, Custom Metalworks’ owner and managing director. “The DNM 5700, with its advanced spindle technology, rigid and thermally stable build, fast rapids and large working envelope seemed to offer the ideal solution. Having talked to Mills, I placed the order at the MACH 2024 exhibition. Since its arrival, the DNM 5700, following on-site training, has been in full operation ever since.”

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