Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of DN Solutions’ and Zayer machine tools in the UK and Ireland, has recently supplied Alwayse Engineering Ltd., a major ball transfer unit design and manufacturing specialist, with a new DN Solutions’ two-axis lathe.
The machine, a Fanuc-controlled 8″ chuck/65mm bar diameter Lynx 2100B lathe, was installed at Alwayse Engineering’s large, impressive and integrated manufacturing facility in Birmingham in March 2025.
As part of the investment package, the machine was supplied with a HydraFeed MSV65 servo-driven, short magazine bar feeder, to facilitate continuous, unattended production, and a HydraFeed ROTA-RACK parts accumulator and handling system with an integrated belt conveyor, for improved machined part storage and protection.
The new Lynx 2100B has been put through its paces machining the new single-piece, carbon steel bodies for the company’s re-designed and ‘soon-to-be launched’ 805 series of low-profile, high-load capacity and heavy-duty ball transfer units, used primarily, in air cargo movement applications.