Haas Automation's newest horizontal machining center, the EC-550, represents the latest expansion of the company's line of high-productivity HMCs. The EC-550 features a 30" x 34" x 32" work envelope, 50-taper geared-head spindle, anddual pallet changer with and a built-in pallets, tool 50-pocket 1-degree changer pallet indexer.
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The EC-550's standard geared head couples the motor directly to the spindle through a Haas-built, high-precision gearbox.
Each of the EC-550's pallets handles a...