FABICK CAT, based in Missouri, USA, faced a significant challenge with a Cat 773 Off-Highway Rock Truck that required repair. To address this, they turned to the hydraulic-powered CLIMAX PM4200 portable mill to repair and remachine a strut mount on the massive truck. The CLIMAX PM4200 portable mill offers a...
Atlas Machine & Supply out of Kentucky, USA, took this picture from the AOD ring in the melt shop at a Very Steel Mill in Kentucky. The CLIMAX LM6000 liner/gantry mill was the perfect machine to repair the badly damaged seat areas that had been welded. The work...
TRAMMING THE PORTABLE MILLING MACHINE ASSEMBLY As promised last week, we are giving you a closer look at the portable milling machine head assembly and how to get the results you’re looking for as you begin machining with your CLIMAX portable milling machines. We’ll review the...
QUICK AND EASY SETUP AND ALIGNMENT OF PORTABLE MILLING MACHINES CLIMAX portable milling machines are designed for quick and easy setup. With proper attention to setup and alignment procedures, your milling machine will be ready to provide precise, versatile, on-the-job milling capabilities. “The LM6200 is a modular beast”-...
Atlas Machine & Supply, out of Louisville, Kentucky, used a CLIMAX CM6200 Milling Machine in fabricating this large fixture. Kyle Spencer and the Atlas team creatively positioned the setup and mounting legs to perform the work. The CLIMAX CM6200 Circular Mill: For machining large flanges 73.5 – 199 inches...
Do you have questions regarding your CLIMAX portable mill? Or are you considering purchasing a portable mill? Jim Miller, Sr. Product and Applications Expert for CLIMAX, shares commonly asked questions he receives in this previously recorded question and answer session! Do you have questions regarding your...
Out of Casper, Wyoming, HAMM Equipment uses the CLIMAX LM6200 Gantry Mill with a customized roller path mill to restore a Caterpillar 7495 car body. The CLIMAX LM6200 Linear/Gantry Mill: The CLIMAX LM6200 is the most powerful portable milling machine. A revolutionary, heavy-duty mill that can be...
T&T In Situ Machining out of Norderstedt, Germany, uses a CLIMAX CM6200 Circular Mill to machine the landing surface of a transition piece as part of a monopile for an offshore wind turbine. The challenge was machining in a confined space 6m deep within the...
Blue Ridge Industrial, out of Gillette, Wyoming, fabricated special mounts to use the CM6200 Circular Mill to mill the upper and lower rail pads on a Caterpillar 7495 Shovel in Robinson, Nevada. The alignment had to be concentric and perpendicular to the center pin bore. Blue Ridge Industrial...
Atlas Machine & Supply from Louisville, Kentucky, using two CLIMAX LM6000 Linear Mills to machine forging press surfaces back to spec in the western US. Ron O'Donoghue, Field Service Account Manager for Atlas, said, "Atlas's On-site machining Division has used CLIMAX equipment the last four and...
