Mills CNC to Showcase 11 Multi-Tasking Machines at Innovation Day, Headlined by Heller HF 5500 FLEX

What's on show

Mills CNC will put 11 advanced multi-tasking machine tools on the floor at its Innovation Day technology event, scheduled for 8th October 2026 at the company's Technology Campus facility in Leamington Spa. The headline act is a Heller HF 5500 FLEX horizontal simultaneous 5-axis mill-turn machine.

The line-up also includes machine tools from DN Solutions, rounding out an event built around a single theme: one-hit machining.

Who it's for

The pitch is straightforward — if you're looking to increase productivity and improve process efficiencies, the event will demonstrate how consolidating operations into a single setup can deliver on both fronts.

Why one-hit machining matters here

The choice of the Heller HF 5500 FLEX as the centrepiece is telling. A horizontal simultaneous 5-axis mill-turn platform embodies the one-hit philosophy: mill and turn work in one clamping, fewer setups, less work-in-progress. For shops chasing process efficiency, that's the core argument the event is designed to make across all 11 machines on display.

M4S Take:: For subcontract shops weighing their next capital purchase, this is a chance to see 11 multi-tasking platforms in one place and benchmark whether one-hit machining genuinely stacks up for your part mix. Mill-turn consolidation can cut setups and lead times — but only if your order book justifies the cycle-time maths. Leamington Spa on 8th October 2026 is where to run that comparison.