CNC Horizontal Boring Mills

Lange Grinding & Machining uses CNC horizontal boring mills to support large-part CNC machining, precision boring, drilling, milling, facing, and heavy industrial machining projects. This equipment gives our team the table size, travel, rigidity, spindle strength, tooling flexibility, and load capacity needed to machine oversized components for demanding customers.

With the addition of the Fermat WFT13 Horizontal Boring Mill, Lange has expanded its horizontal boring mill capacity for large, heavy, and high-precision components. This added equipment gives customers more scheduling flexibility, more large-part machining capacity, and stronger support for projects that require accurate bores, improved concentricity, heavy roughing, deep boring, multi-axis machining, and reliable dimensional control.

For customers, that means greater capacity under one roof, fewer unnecessary handoffs, improved process control, and the ability to keep related machining, grinding, inspection, and large-part handling work coordinated within the same facility.

Expanded Horizontal Boring Mill Capacity

A CNC horizontal boring mill is used when a part requires accurate boring, drilling, milling, facing, or machining across large surfaces and heavy workpieces. This type of equipment is especially useful for oversized components, large weldments, machine bases, heavy industrial housings, fabricated parts, structural components, repair parts, and assemblies that require accurate machining access from multiple sides.

Adding a second horizontal boring mill strengthens Lange’s ability to support larger and more complex machining projects while reducing scheduling bottlenecks. When customers need large-part boring, deep bores, accurate hole patterns, machined surfaces, or heavy material removal, expanded boring mill capacity gives Lange more flexibility to match the right equipment to the project.

Large components often require more than one operation. A part may need boring and drilling before grinding, milling before inspection, or additional finishing after heavy material removal. Lange’s horizontal boring mill equipment helps keep those operations coordinated with our broader CNC machining, grinding, lifting, and inspection capabilities.

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CNC Horizontal Boring Mill Equipment

Lange’s horizontal boring mill equipment supports large-part machining projects that require size capacity, rigidity, accuracy, and experienced setup. These machines are used for industrial components that may be too large, too heavy, or too complex for smaller machining centers.

Horizontal boring mill work is especially valuable when a part requires accurate bores, machined surfaces, drilling, facing, milling, or multiple features that must remain aligned across a large workpiece. The ability to machine large components with controlled setup and handling helps improve feature-to-feature accuracy and overall process control.

For customers with oversized parts, heavy weldments, large housings, machine bases, or repair components, Lange’s horizontal boring mill capacity provides dependable support for demanding industrial machining work.

Fermat WFT13 Horizontal Boring Mill

The Fermat WFT13 Horizontal Boring Mill expands Lange’s ability to handle large, heavy, and high-precision components with the accuracy customers expect. Built around a rigid cast iron frame and a powerful 130mm spindle, the WFT13 delivers stability during deep bores, heavy roughing, and complex machining operations.

Its extended X, Y, and Z axis travels, combined with a robust rotary table, allow Lange to machine oversized parts with fewer setups. Reducing setups can help reduce handling time, improve geometric accuracy, and support tighter feature-to-feature relationships on large industrial components.

For customer projects, this added horizontal boring mill capacity helps improve concentricity on deep bores, support tighter tolerances on large components, and provide consistent repeatability across long cycle times. Whether the project involves heavy equipment, energy, power generation, industrial assemblies, large weldments, housings, or repair components, the Fermat WFT13 gives Lange added capacity and control for demanding work.

Fermat WFT13 Machine Specifications

  • Machine type: CNC horizontal boring mill, table type with ram
  • Manufacturer / model: Fermat WFT13
  • Spindle diameter: 130mm
  • Table size: 78″ x 94″
  • X-axis travel: 157″
  • Y-axis travel: 98″
  • Z-axis travel: 78″
  • Tool capacity: 105 robotic tool changer
  • Maximum table capacity: 40,000 lbs.
  • Table style: Robust rotary table for large-part positioning and multi-sided machining support
Horizontal Boring Mill Top in action with steel shavings at Lange Grinding and Machining large Ohio machine shop

What Our Horizontal Boring Mills Help Us Machine

Lange’s CNC horizontal boring mills support demanding machining work for parts that require size capacity, rigidity, accurate feature placement, and reliable dimensional control. This equipment is a strong fit for large components that need deep bores, precision hole locations, milled surfaces, mounting features, faced surfaces, or machining across multiple sides of the part.

Common applications include:

  • Large-part CNC boring
  • Deep bore machining
  • Heavy industrial milling
  • Drilling and hole pattern machining
  • Facing and surface machining
  • Machining large weldments and fabricated parts
  • Machining machine bases and frames
  • Machining housings and structural components
  • Secondary machining after fabrication or grinding
  • Repair machining for oversized industrial components
  • Large components requiring improved concentricity and feature-to-feature accuracy

For large parts, the ability to reduce handling and coordinate multiple operations can make a meaningful difference. Better setup control may help improve alignment between features, reduce variation between operations, and create a more dependable process from machining through final inspection.

Machining Large and Heavy Components

Large industrial components require more than machine size alone. They also require careful handling, experienced setup, proper workholding, and a clear understanding of how each machining operation affects the final part. Lange’s CNC horizontal boring mill equipment gives our team the size, strength, and flexibility needed for demanding work where accuracy and consistency matter.

This is especially important when a project involves heavy weldments, large plates, machine bases, housings, fabricated components, repair parts, or industrial assemblies that need multiple operations. A part may need boring and drilling, then surface grinding, Blanchard grinding, planer milling, turning, or final inspection before delivery.

Lange can help coordinate those steps under one roof, reducing the need to move large or heavy parts between multiple outside vendors.

Supporting Lange’s CNC Machining Capabilities

Lange’s CNC horizontal boring mills directly support our broader CNC machining capabilities. Customers often need CNC machining for large parts that require accurate features, repeatable results, long-axis travel, large table capacity, and experienced setup support.

With expanded horizontal boring mill capacity, Lange can support oversized workpieces that require more machining access, spindle strength, table capacity, and tool flexibility than smaller machining centers can provide. This helps customers with demanding industrial projects that require both capacity and accuracy.

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Large-Part Machining, Grinding, and Inspection Under One Roof

Lange’s horizontal boring mill equipment works together with our broader equipment lineup, including CNC vertical machining centers, planer mills, surface grinders, Blanchard grinders, turning equipment, straightening equipment, inspection equipment, and large-part handling capacity. This is valuable for customers that need multiple operations completed with strong communication and process control.

A large industrial component may require boring, milling, drilling, facing, grinding, straightening, inspection, or finishing before delivery. Keeping those operations with one experienced provider can reduce delays, limit unnecessary transportation between vendors, and help maintain better control over the final result.

Lange’s combination of horizontal boring, CNC machining, grinding, quality control, and 40,000 lb. lifting capacity makes the company a strong option for customers with oversized, heavy, or complex industrial components.

Useful for Repair, Production, and Industrial Machining

CNC horizontal boring mill work supports both new production work and repair-related machining. Industrial parts are often too large, too valuable, or too time-sensitive to replace without first considering repair, modification, or rebuilding. Lange’s equipment helps our team machine large components that may need new features, corrected surfaces, repaired hole locations, improved bores, or additional machining before returning to service.

For production work, expanded horizontal boring mill capacity helps support flexible machining and efficient processing. For repair work, large table capacity and extended travel help our team access features on oversized parts that may be difficult to handle on smaller machines.

This makes Lange a valuable machining partner for manufacturers, fabricators, repair facilities, OEMs, and industrial customers that need dependable large-part machining support.

Industries We Support

Lange Grinding & Machining supports customers across demanding industrial markets, including aerospace, automotive, construction, earth moving equipment, military and defense, mining, paper, power generation, steel mills, and other heavy industrial applications.

These industries often require large-part machining for components that must perform under load, wear, heat, pressure, impact, or repeated use. Lange’s CNC horizontal boring mill equipment helps support these customers with the capacity needed for oversized parts, heavy materials, deep bores, accurate machined features, and complex machining requirements.

Industries Served

Frequently Asked Questions About CNC Horizontal Boring Mills

A CNC horizontal boring mill is a computer-controlled machine tool used for boring, drilling, milling, facing, and machining large or heavy workpieces. The horizontal spindle orientation makes it useful for oversized parts, deep bores, large housings, machine bases, weldments, and components that need accurate machining across multiple surfaces.
CNC horizontal boring mills are used for large-part boring, deep bore machining, heavy milling, drilling, facing, and multi-sided machining support. At Lange, this equipment supports oversized industrial components, weldments, housings, machine bases, repair parts, and heavy assemblies that require accuracy and rigidity.
Adding a second horizontal boring mill gives Lange expanded capacity, more scheduling flexibility, and stronger support for large, heavy, and high-precision components. It helps Lange take on demanding boring, drilling, milling, facing, and large-part machining projects with better process control.
The Fermat WFT13 adds a rigid cast iron frame, 130mm spindle, extended axis travels, rotary table support, a 105-tool robotic tool changer, and 40,000 lb. table capacity. This helps Lange support large parts requiring deep bores, heavy roughing, improved concentricity, and repeatable accuracy.
Yes. Lange’s CNC horizontal boring mill equipment supports large and heavy components. The Fermat WFT13 includes a 78″ x 94″ table, 157″ X-axis travel, 98″ Y-axis travel, 78″ Z-axis travel, and 40,000 lb. maximum table capacity.
Horizontal boring mill work is useful for large weldments, machine bases, housings, fabricated parts, structural components, heavy industrial assemblies, repair parts, and components that require accurate bores, milled surfaces, drilled hole patterns, or machining access across multiple sides.
Yes. Many industrial parts require both machining and grinding. Lange can support horizontal boring, CNC machining, planer milling, surface grinding, Blanchard grinding, inspection, and large-part handling under one roof to help reduce outside handoffs and improve process control.
To request a quote, send Lange your prints, dimensions, material requirements, tolerance needs, quantity, and any grinding or finishing requirements. The team can review the part and recommend the best machining process for the project.

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