from taking the traditional low-to-the-floor machine-bed design and extending the side walls up high through the whole extent of the machining area.

from taking the traditional low-to-the-floor machine-bed design and extending the side walls up high through the whole extent of the machining area, Bertsche Engineering Corp., Buffalo woodland Ill., has designed a machining center with an extremely stable bed configuration for the 3-axis vertical-spindle carriage.

The high bed wall in succession the Bertsche X-Mill provides profitable chip and coolant containment and detains the 3-axis carriage out of the chipmaking area. The raised-bed design also eliminates the machine array of less front than depth which provides a stiff, mass-minimized erection for high-speed machining. The

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