CNC Milling Service | Trace-A-Matic

Horizontal Machining Centers | Horizontal CNC Mill | Boring Bar

Trace-A-Matic has a wide variety of precision CNC milling centers to machine high-quality prototypes and high-volume metal part production with complex geometries. Decades of proven machining experience and continuous technology investment has earned the trust of leading OEMs to manufacture their mission-critical parts. Our state-of-the-art horizontal CNC milling machines armed with multiple cutting tool storage, multi-pallet, and multi-machine cell approach - Increase machining speed, efficiency, repeatability, and productivity while ensuring the highest accuracy. We are a customer service driven precision CNC machining shop with a milling service that will meet or exceed your machining tolerance and quality requirements.

Machining Capabilities Summary

Part Types:
Housings, pump bodies, rotors, blocks, industrial components, and other precise CNC machined parts

Part Size:
118” x 108” x 90”

Metal Types:
All standard metals, aluminum, armor plate, brass, bronze, chromium, copper, gammalloy, Hastelloy, Incoloy, Inconel, Invar, manganese, Monel, nickel, Nitralloy, powdered metals, stainless steel, steel, Stellite, titanium, Waspaloy, and many other superalloys

Material Types:
Castings, forgings, fabricated weldments, and billets

Milling Processes:
Boring, counterboring, countersinking, drilling, facing, pocketing, profiling, reaming, and tapping

Industries Served:
Aerospace, Defense, Food Processing, Heavy Equipment, Medical Equipment, Military, Mining, Oil and Gas, Power Generation, and Transportation

Machine Brands:
Doosan, Haas, HNK, Hyundai Wia, Kuraki, Mazak, OKK, Okuma, SNK, and Toyoda - Please refer to our Equipment List for specific mill information and capabilities.

Horizontal Milling Overview

A horizontal CNC machining center or mill has a variable speed spindle that rotates cutting tools in a horizontal orientation. The metal and plastic raw material are clamped directly to the index table or by using a fixture. The spindle assembly and live tooling move along the travel column in a vertical direction. The index table maneuvers the workpiece in a horizontal, front to back, and rotated position against the cutting tool to achieve the precise cutting path required for removing material. We offer vast selections of surface finishes from semi-finished to fine finishing of machine parts. Like CNC turning, this is a subtractive manufacturing process.

Horizontal CNC machines allow for multiple side machining of heavier parts, extended tool life, and cleaner gravity chip removal than vertical milling centers.

CNC stands for “computer numerical controlled.” Our CNC machining service converts your CAD files into G-code using sophisticated CAD/CAM software. This machining language precisely controls our CNC machines using multi-axis coordinates. This information can also create samples using 3D printing technology and provide rapid prototyping.

Horizontal Mill Anatomy

Spindle Assembly - Variable speed spindle rotating in a horizontal orientation, which holds the cutting tool
Spindle Quill - Extendable section of the spindle machining difficult areas of the workpiece due to clearance, the W-axis
Multi-Point Cutting Tool - Removes material from the workpiece to form a part - subtractive manufacturing
Traveling Column - The column the spindle and tooling travel vertically upon in the Y-axis
Index Table Platform the workpiece clamps to which moves in the X-axis (perpendicular to the tool), Z-axis (parallel to the tool), and rotates on the B-axis
Fixture - A mechanical apparatus used to position and hold the workpiece to the index table
Workpiece - Clamps to the index table directly or with the use of a fixture

Horizontal machining centers equipped with a spindle quill are also called “Boring Bars” in the industry.