You can also arrange the work surface can according to your wishes in terms of application and conditions. Either you work comfortably on the zone vacuum table with T-slot rails, with which the machine is equipped ex works, or you decide on the option with T-slot clamping possibility.

Here you decide for yourself how large the area you want to be to use it with T-slot plates. Of course, it is also possible to equip half of the working area with T-slot plates and leave the other half as it is. Depending on the planned application, the appropriate clamping method should be used.

As an optional accessory, we recommend the purchase of an oil-free vacuum pump or a side-channel compressor to make optimum use of the zone vacuum table. The individual zones of the vacuum table can be switched on and off independently of each other using levers on the long side of the milling machine. Depending on the size of the CNC portal milling machine, the vacuum table is divided into different numbers of zones.

As an option when choosing accessories, you can opt for automatic central lubrication. Here you can enter and save maintenance intervals in the software. That ensures economical and appropriate lubrication and maintenance of all ball screws and linear guides. As a result, production processes are optimised and ultimately more efficient, and at the same time, you will never miss maintenance again.

The manual central lubrication makes in the work process much more comfortable and is also equipped as a standard on Senyoqc machines. The use of the manual central lubrication system is effortless and convenient via a lever on the bridge of the CNC router.

As an option, you can choose the automatic central lubrication for an extra charge, thus not only saving on personnel expenses but also having a more efficient use of lubricants. Here you can program in intervals so that you do not have to check this always personally.

Depending on the application, different HF spindles can be optionally selected. You can choose between 1.5 kW ER20, 3.5 kW ER25, a high-frequency spindle with 6.0 KW or optionally also an HSD spindle with 7.5 kW and a SK30/ISO30 tool holder.

Our CNC mills are available in different sizes and with individual configuration. You, therefore, have the choice between machine systems with air-cooled or water-cooled high-frequency spindles, with or without a tool changing system, as required. We offer tool changing stations with up to 12 tool places, whereby the number of tools varies according to the size of the CNC router.

If you choose a CNC machine with tool changer, please note that the machine length increases by 300 mm in X-direction. That allows you to use the whole working area without any restrictions due to the mounted tool changing system.

If a decision is only made subsequently for a tool changing system, this is possible, but with a loss of the travel range by 300 mm.

Security should generally always be a priority. The risk of injury is very high with bench routers, as the rotating tool can always be accidentally touched by a finger etc. In contrast, the CNC milling machine can do its job without any manual intervention. In the best case, the entire working area is even entirely inaccessible for hands and other parts of the body through an appropriate safety enclosure.

The biggest difference between the two machines is probably the fact that with the router table, the workpiece to be machined must be pushed manually past the stationary, rotating cutter. In contrast, the CNC milling machine moves the milling spindle around the workpiece automatically with computer-controlled program support. The workpiece is always firmly clamped or fixed on the machine table of the CNC router.

Already anchored in the name of the tool, a router table is a floor-mounted table, which you use mainly to process wood. For example, for trimming/edge trimming with the help of straight or chamfered cutters. The design of these cutters is always the same or similar. For the worktop, there is usually a stable cast iron plate, sometimes also a screen-printing plate. The milling motor is permanently installed, generally under the table at the guide stop located on the side of the table.

Here the first differences to the CNC milling machine are visible. The milling motor of a CNC is installed above the table in up to 99% of all cases. It “points” with its tool (milling cutter) downwards. Besides, the milling motor is fixed but is moved by the moving axes of the machine.

The tool (usually referred to as a “milling cutter“) rotates at very high speed around its vertical centre axis during the machining process. The feed motion can be performed either vertically, horizontally or diagonally to the rotation axis. Unlike some other turning machines, such as lathes, only the tool rotates, but not the workpiece. Again, there is no difference to the CNC milling machine.

A bench router is a helpful tool, which is mainly used in woodworking. The material that is not needed is separated from the raw material in the machining process to shape the final workpiece using chip removal. So far, there is no difference between the bench moulder and the CNC milling machine.