3-axis or 5-axis—what does your part require?
3-Axis Milling: Large Formats, Precise Geometries
For base plates, machine beds, fixtures, and anything else that requires a large working surface: With travel ranges of up to 2,600 × 750 × 800 mm, we can machine even large components in a single setup. Contours, pockets, grooves, drill patterns, and threaded holes are produced with precision and repeatability—even in small-batch production.
5-axis simultaneous machining: complex geometries, fewer setups
In 5-axis simultaneous milling, the tool and workpiece move simultaneously along five axes. This allows for free-form surfaces, undercuts, and angular components that would require multiple setups in 3-axis machining—with each setup, the tolerance chain would increase. Fewer setups mean higher accuracy, shorter cycle times, and lower costs for complex parts.
Technical Specifications
| Characteristic | Value |
|---|---|
| Travel Range (3-Axis) (X × Y × Z) | 2,600 × 750 × 800 mm |
| Travel range, 5-axis simultaneous | 700 × 700 × 700 mm |
| Materials | Aluminum, steel, stainless steel, tool steel, special steel, plastics |
| Batch sizes | Individual parts, prototypes, small- and large-scale production runs |
| Mass Production | 3-axis with robotic loading, 5-axis with integrated loading gantry—unmanned production possible |
| Tolerances | Für sämtliche Materialien < 0,05 mm |
| Data Formats | SLDPRT, STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG (preferred); CATPART, VDA, IPT (acceptable) |
| Tool Management | HAIMER Shrink, Balancing, and Presetting Tools |
From CAD model to machine—without any detours
Your drawing doesn’t end up in a filing cabinet—it goes straight into the CAD/CAM process chain: Our programmers use SOLIDCAM to convert the data for CNC machining—without manual transfer and without data entry errors. This pays off in two ways: The programs are created quickly, and changes to your part are incorporated into production seamlessly. Years of manufacturing experience and constantly updated expertise ensure that even extremely complex parts turn out exactly as they should.
Quality You Can Measure
Precision begins before the first chip is cut: HAIMER shrink-fit, balancing, and presetting devices ensure precisely measured, optimally balanced tools—the foundation for machining accuracy, surface quality, and long tool life. Added to this is our ISO 9001-certified quality management system: At HAIMER, quality assurance is an integral part of every process, not just a final inspection step.
Cost-Effective Production of Series
For recurring parts, automation pays off quickly: Our HAAS VF4-SS is loaded by a robot, while the HAAS UMC-500SS 5-axis machining center is loaded via an integrated loading gantry. Both run unattended—at night and on weekends. For you, this means: production-run prices that compete with those of pure-play volume manufacturers, plus the flexibility of a machine builder when component specifications change.
Our Milling Machines
- DMG DMF 180|7 – our largest 5-axis simultaneous machining center for large components
- HEDELIUS ACURA 65 and FORTE 7 – 5-axis and 3-axis machines for flexible single-part and small-batch production
- HAAS UMC-500SS with automatic loading gantry and HAAS VF4-SS with robotic loading for series production
What We Typically Mill
- Machinery and equipment components: base plates, housings, adapters, bearing blocks
- Equipment and tools for assembly and testing
- Components for your own material handling systems—and for yours
- Components and replacement parts made to drawing, even on short notice
Related Services
CNC turning for rotationally symmetric parts, welding for assemblies made of milled components—or a ready-to-install assembly from a single source.
Your Contact for CNC Milling
AI-edited Martin Prechtl
Frequently Asked Questions
We machine parts up to 2,600 × 750 × 800 mm using 3-axis machining, and up to 700 × 700 × 700 mm using 5-axis simultaneous machining. Larger welded structures weighing up to 3,000 kg are fabricated in our in-house welding shop and then machined.
As soon as a component requires multiple setups in three axes: Each setup change costs time and accuracy. Free-form surfaces, undercuts, and machining from multiple directions can be accomplished in a single setup using 5-axis machining—with greater precision and, for complex parts, usually at a lower cost as well.
Yes—we’re just as happy to handle individual parts as we are to handle production runs. Please send the drawing preferably in SLDPRT, STEP, IGES, DXF, or DWG format; our CAD/CAM programming team will process the data directly.
Aluminum, steel, stainless steel, tool steel, special-purpose steel, and plastics. If you have questions about exotic materials, just ask—we’ll give you an honest answer about what’s possible and what isn’t.
About automation: The 3-axis machining center is loaded by a robot, while the 5-axis machining center is loaded via an integrated loading gantry—both can also operate unmanned. This allows us to combine production-run pricing with the flexibility to accommodate changes.
We manufacture all materials with tolerances of less than 0.05 mm
Yes—that’s our standard for precision manufacturing: milled, welded, assembled, laser-marked, and documented. You install instead of coordinating.