2024 HAAS DC3 VERTICAL MACHINING CENTERS

Technical Description

The 2024 Haas DC3 is a 3-axis high-speed drill center manufactured by Haas Automation of Oxnard, California. The DC3/40 is a gantry-style CNC drill and tap center configured for high-volume hole-making and tapping operations on long workpieces, featuring a 78.7-inch X-axis travel with a turret-style tool changer optimized for rapid tool-to-tool change times of 1.25 seconds. The CAT-40 spindle operates to 10,000 RPM standard, with 12,000 and 15,000 RPM optional high-speed configurations available. The gantry-over-table architecture allows the spindle to traverse the full X travel over a stationary workpiece, making the DC3 particularly efficient for long plate and structural parts requiring a high density of holes, tapped features, or light milling operations. The 20-pocket turret-style tool changer provides fast access to drilling, reaming, tapping, and light milling tools in a single setup. CNC motion control is provided by the Haas Next Generation Control (NGC), offering the full Haas programming environment including canned drilling cycles, rigid tapping, and conversational assistance. The DC3 is well suited to production environments in aerospace, structural steel, and fabrication industries requiring high-throughput hole-making on long parts.