Horizontal Machining Centres (HMC)BFW Orion Horizontal Machining Centre
BFW Orion horizontal machining centres: pallets 400–1250 mm, rotary pallet changer, ball-screw cooling and Fanuc 0i-MF Plus as standard. Quotes for Europe.
For 5-axis horizontal machining, see the Orion Fx.
With a horizontal spindle and an indexing pallet, an HMC machines four sides of a part in one clamping, chips fall away from the work, and a pallet changer keeps the spindle cutting while the next part is loaded. That makes HMCs the standard choice for high-volume prismatic parts.