Mills CNC to stage technology show

Machine tool supplier Mills CNC will be hosting a two-day advanced technology event at its Campus facility in Leamington on 15-16 October 2025. With an umbrella title of ‘The One Show’, this best-practice event provides UK and Irish component manufacturers with an opportunity to find out more about the productivity and process efficiency gains achievable from one-hit machining. The show will also provide the platform for Mills CNC to launch two new DN Solutions multi-axis/multi-tasking machine tools.

The new machines, a second-generation DVF 5000 simultaneous five-axis machining centre and a DNX 2100SB entry-level multi-tasking mill-turn machine, both equipped with the CUFOS (Customised User-friendly Flexible Operating System) CNC interface, have pride of place at the event. Both will be put through a series of carefully prepared machining demonstrations.

DNX 2100SB entry-level multi-tasking mill-turn machine

First launched at the IMTS and AMB exhibitions late last year, the new DN Solutions DNX 2100 range of entry-level mill-turn machines are positioned between the sub-spindle, Y-axis Puma 2100SY turning centres and the SMX 2100S/ST series of mill-turn machines. The 8” chuck DNX 2100 machines provide component manufacturers with more integrated machining capabilities than the former and a lower price point than the latter.

Equipped with two opposing spindles (5000 rpm), a B-axis milling spindle (12,000 rpm), a 40-tool ATC (60-tool option) and integrated thermal compensation, Mills CNC says the DNX 2100 machines fill a gap in the market.

Explains Tony Dale, Mills CNC’s Group CEO: “With their advanced milling spindles and integrated tool changers, uses of DNC 2100 machines will be able to bid for and win complex, high-mix/low-volume machining contracts that, up until now – owing to potential tooling/turret limitations of a sub-spindle Y-axis lathe – may not have been economically viable for them to consider.”

DVF 5000 simultaneous five-axis machining centre

The new DVF 5000 Mk II series, successor to the earlier DVF 5000 range of machines introduced in 2018, delivers improved accuracies, faster processing speeds and greater machining flexibility.

With faster rapids (42m/min), improved acceleration/deceleration rates (0.4g) and tool-to-tool changeover times of 1.3 seconds, the new DVF 5000 machines deliver productivity gains. The new machines feature oil-cooled spindle technology and, in addition to a standard 18.5kW/15,000 rpm directly-coupled spindle, can be supplied with either a built-in high-torque (30kW/15,000 rpm) or a high-speed (37kW/20,000 rpm) spindle.

DVF 5000 Mk II machines can handle larger workpieces than their predecessors and feature 630mm diameter rotary tilting tables that can accommodate workpieces up to 600mm in diameter and 500mm in height.

With thermal compensation, roller-type LM guideways and the IKC (Intelligent Kinematic Compensation) system, Mills CNC says the new DVF 5000 Mk II machines guarantee high-precision over extended use and long machining runs.

Other event highlights

In addition to two new machine tool launches, The One Show will also allow visitors to get up close and personal to a number of other, more established multi-tasking one-hit models from the DN Solutions portfolio. Machines showcased will include a SMX 2100SB (mill-turn machine), a DVF 4000 (compact simultaneous five-axis machining centre) and a TT 1300SYY (twin-turret/twin-spindle turning centre with dual Y-axis capabilities).

Concludes Tony Dale: “In the past we have hosted a number of successful open houses at our facility but, because we wanted to introduce new multi-tasking machine tools, decided to combine a traditional event with something new and different. The show will appeal to component manufacturers looking to find out more about one-hit machining and how multi-axis and multi-tasking machine tools, including the new DVF 5000 Mk II and DNX 2100SB machines, can help them improve their productivity and process efficiencies.”

The event will open on both days at 09:30 and close at 16:30. Technical presentations on the new DNX 2100SB and DVF 5000 Mk II will take place in the morning (10.30 – 11.00) on both days.