Conventional industrial machinery · Monforte del Cid (Alicante, Spain)
Guides, comparisons and advice from our technical team on choosing, using and maintaining lathes, milling machines, drilling machines and the rest of the workshop’s conventional machinery.
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HELLER MAQUINAS HERRAMIENTA, S.L. ha obtenido una ayuda de 32.764,96 € (expediente INPYME/2026/48) de las ayudas INPYME 2026 de la Generalitat Valenciana para su proyecto de modernización tecnológica, mejora de la efi...
Read the article →HELLER MAQUINAS HERRAMIENTA, S.L. ha obtenido una ayuda de 32.764,96 € (expediente INPYME/2026/48) de las ayudas INPYME 2026 de la Generalitat Vale...
4 and 5 November at IFEMA, Hall 4, stand 4F11: Heller B60P pillar drill with touchscreen and CE660V x 1500 centre lathe for maintenance and short r...
Turning is probably the most versatile and fundamental metal-cutting process in the machining sector. By rotating the workpiece about its axis, it ...
In professional machining, the difference between a perfect part and a broken insert lies strictly in the numbers. Cutting data are precise calcula...
Surface grinding, or horizontal-spindle grinding, is the abrasive process par excellence when geometric accuracy is non-negotiable. It stands as th...
The difference between surface grinding and cylindrical grinding comes down to three things: the geometry being ground, how the workpiece is held a...
Thread turning is, without doubt, the operation that defines a machinist's mastery. It is not just a matter of swarf removal; it is a perfect chore...
What is the best lathe for your business? Find out how to choose the ideal lathe
Choosing the right machinery is not just a matter of budget; it is a strategic decision that defines the productive capacity of your workshop. Afte...
The universal milling machine remains a typical machine in every machining, maintenance and vocational training workshop.
In an industrial environment where automation and CNC tend to dominate the conversation, it is legitimate to ask what place conventional machinery ...
At Heller Maquinaria we have been manufacturing and distributing industrial machinery for more than 25 years with a constant focus on reliability a...
Industrial machinery is the engine that drives the progress of a healthy economy. Behind every product we use, every vehicle we travel in and every...
In the world of machining, the constant search for efficiency is essential. Every component of a machine tool plays a crucial role in achieving the...
In modern manufacturing, precision is not an option, it is a necessity. Certain applications, from making moulds and dies to components for engines...
Basic and preventive maintenance guide for conventional machinery.
The metalworking and maintenance industries need qualified professionals. The demand for specialised technicians with a deep knowledge of manufactu...
In machining workshops, maintenance departments and training centres, optimising resources is a key factor for success. Space is limited, productio...
The metalworking industry demands precision, strength and continuity in its drilling processes. Whether you are making structures, industrial compo...
In the aerospace industry, every component must meet extremely strict quality standards. For that you need robust, accurate and reliable machinery....
The automotive industry is one of the most demanding sectors in terms of the precision, repeatability and reliability of the components it manufact...
Heller Maquinaria's service team has developed new guards for the famous CE460Vx1000 conventional lathe
Surface grinders are used to produce flat surfaces on metal parts by means of an abrasion process.
We present a comparison of pillar drills, looking at the features of the Optimum model alongside our Heller B40E.
Industrial drilling machines are the backbone of many machining and manufacturing operations. Their versatility and ability to carry out a variety ...
When we talk about industrial pillar drills, we are talking about machines that are essential in conventional machining and industrial manufacturin...
Industrial variable-speed lathes are machine tools used in machining to shape materials by removing material from the raw stock. The distinguishing...
Machining with conventional lathes is a key process in the manufacture of high-precision parts and components. To maximise results and achieve grea...
Machining is a fundamental part of the metalworking industry, and having the right tools is crucial to achieve accurate, efficient results. Among t...
The universal milling machine is an indispensable tool in any machining workshop. Its versatility allows a wide variety of operations on different ...
If you are looking for an industrial pillar drill for your business, there are several factors to consider before you make a decision. In this arti...
A conventional centre lathe is a fundamental tool for any engineering workshop or industry that needs machined parts. It is important to keep this ...
Manufacturing and machining metal parts is a complex process that requires precise, high-quality tools. The conventional lathe with taper turning a...
In modern industry, grinding machines are a fundamental tool for the production of precise, high-quality parts. Grinding machines remove material f...
The conventional lathe is an essential machine tool in an industrial workshop. It allows machining operations such as turning, threading, grooving,...
At Heller we want to tell you about the essential machines for a mould and die workshop.
At Heller we want to analyse all the types of conventional milling machines that exist, with their advantages and disadvantages, to determine which...
Despite the emerging shift in the machining sector towards automation and numerical control technologies, the conventional machine tool still has a...
The lathe is one of the most versatile machine tools there is. On this equipment it is possible to carry out many machining jobs by metal cutting. ...
Grinding machines are machine tools used for machining parts through abrasion. What is a grinding machine and how does it work? There are different...
The mechanical lathe is the oldest machine tool in existence. The first lathe is believed to have appeared between 1000-850 BC in Egypt. Since then...
What are machining and turning? Are they two similar operations? When talking about machining and turning, you should know that one cannot exist wi...
Machining operations can be carried out on the various machine tools, from the most conventional to the most complex ones that incorporate CNC tech...
The vertical milling machine is one of the most widely used conventional machine tools in the machining industry. The vertical milling machine and ...
What is a pipe lathe and why is it an important machine tool for machining these parts? Pipes can be machined in different ways and through differe...
The hydraulic sheet metal shear is a machine tool used to cut metal plates (sheets) of different thicknesses or gauges. This machine works through ...
Do you know the difference between inverter and non-inverter? If you are not familiar with this new system, more and more machines include it becau...
Iron and steel in metalworking are the raw material. Without these elements it would be impossible to supply parts and components to the other indu...
Drill speed is expressed in RPM or revolutions per minute. This is a parameter, a unit of measurement, used to express angular velocity or frequenc...
The column on the grinding machine is a key component. These machines are among the most widely used in the metalworking industry when it comes to ...
The industrial hydraulic press is a large-scale machine tool whose operating principle was created by the mathematician Blaise Pascal in the sevent...
The bench vice is a very useful workholding tool in all machining workshops, carpentry shops and DIY work. It is a device that allows you to hold a...
When it comes to the motor of machine tools such as lathes and milling machines, at Heller we use high-quality technology to achieve excellent resu...
The mechanical press or industrial press is a machine tool capable of producing large amounts of energy in a controlled manner. Presses are used to...
If you have ever wondered what a universal milling machine is, you should know that it is one of the most versatile and widely used machine tools i...
Milling machines are characterised by the cutting tool they use for machining, the milling cutter. They are also characterised by the movement the ...
The head of the universal milling machine is one of the most important parts of this machine tool, as it houses the cutting tool or milling cutter....
On a universal milling machine it is possible to carry out many tasks such as cutting, drilling or roughing, in different metallic or synthetic mat...
Drilling is not a new technique; it has its origins in the Stone Age. What is drilling and how is it used in the metalworking industry? We can tell...
The lathe is the oldest machine tool, the first to be invented and, moreover, one of the most widely used today. On the lathe many machining operat...
Turning between centres makes it possible to machine parts that demand high accuracy. To carry out this type of work it is important to follow a se...
The milling machine is a machine tool that, since it first appeared, has evolved and adapted to the needs of the metalworking industry. Milling mac...
The surface grinder is one of the machine tools that machine by abrasion. In this type of machine there is no removal of swarf (or it is minimal) a...
The shear is a tool used to make vertical cuts in different materials. Nowadays you can find different types of shears, such as the manual shear or...
The lathe is a tool that allows parts to be machined through different processes, such as threading, cutting, straight turning, drilling, roughing ...
The shear is a tool that has many applications in the metalworking industry. The shear and its movement are used to cut plastics, sheet metal, thin...
For machining by abrasion, that is, without swarf removal, a grinding machine is used. Among the different types of grinding machines that exist, t...
In the metalworking industry you can find different types of machine tools such as the mill-drill. For this machine to operate properly and accurat...
The press brake or press is a machine tool used for machining by bending or forming metal plates known as sheets. Bending is considered a type of m...
The sheet metal press brake is a machine tool used, as its name indicates, to bend these plates, but it is also used for forming them. But how do y...
The pillar drill, also called a column drill, is a machine tool that allows parts to be machined by different methods: perforating, drilling, spott...
The column drill refers to a type of drilling machine used for machining operations such as drilling, reaming, perforating and spotting, on metal p...
The vertical shaper or slotting machine, also sometimes called a vertical shaping machine, is a machine tool used for machining by slotting. This m...
Machining by slotting is one of the many techniques used in metalworking to shape parts by swarf removal and is used to create longitudinal slots; ...
In operations carried out on the lathe, the workpiece is held in the headstock or chuck and rotated at high speed, while the cutting tool is pushed...
The milling machine is a machine tool widely used in machining workshops. It works through the action of a tool with multiple cutting edges, called...
What is a transverse milling machine? In fact it is one of the parts of a milling machine, which can cause confusion. In the metalworking industry,...
The milling machine is a machine tool used to machine workpieces by swarf removal, through the action of a cutting tool called a milling cutter. In...
Precision machining makes it possible to remove material from the surface of a workpiece during the tolerance finishing stage. This type of procedu...
You may have heard the term “flat surface” in the metalworking industry. But what are flat surfaces and what machining processes can be carried out...
The conventional grinding machine is a machine tool used for the machining of parts by abrasion. Grinding is mostly carried out on steel parts, whi...
Machining carried out on lathes is characterised by swarf removal, that is, the surplus part of a workpiece, until it takes the desired shape. This...
The cylindrical grinding machine is a machine tool used for machining by abrasion; that is, by wearing down the surface of the workpiece using abra...
The lathe is one of the machine tools most widely used in machining workshops, and it was the first machine invented for working metals. But for a ...
The lathe is a machine tool that can carry out different machining jobs: threading, cutting, straight turning, drilling, roughing and grooving work...
Drilling on a lathe refers to a type of machining by swarf removal in which the cutting movement is circular and which is characterised by the tool...
The lathe is a very versatile machine tool, since it can machine through different processes such as straight turning, drilling or grooving; howeve...
The milling machine is a machine tool used to machine workpieces by metal cutting, through the movement of a rotating tool called a milling cutter ...
In the metalworking industry there are three types of machining: with metal cutting, without metal cutting and by abrasion. The latter is carried o...
The lathe is a machine tool for machining workpieces by rotation, through metal cutting. On the lathe, the workpiece turns on its own axis, while t...
One of the most versatile machine tools in the metalworking industry is the radial arm drill or radial drill. There are many types of drilling mach...
Among the different types of grinding machines we find the horizontal-spindle surface grinder. This machine is used to machine workpieces that have...
Milling is a very common material machining process carried out through the rotation of the milling cutter; the cutter is the cutting tool made up ...
The lathe is one of the most widely used machine tools in the metalworking industry. Thanks to its versatility, the lathe has become a key piece of...
One of the fundamental points in the metalworking industry is the correct maintenance and lubrication of machine tools. Basically, because if this ...
The hydraulic press is a very versatile machine tool in the metalworking industry. It has various applications, but its use is not limited to metal...
Machining workpieces by metal cutting requires specific machine tools. One of the most widely used devices, and one that brings great advantages to...
The hydraulic press brake is a hydraulic machine that bends sheets of metal or other material to achieve the desired angle. The sheet is placed on ...
The shear is a machine used for cutting work. The materials normally used with it depend on each sector; but, in general, they are metals, wood, pl...
An industrial milling machine is a machine especially suited to machining a variety of materials. Metals, all kinds of alloys and wood are most oft...
There are two procedures for machining workpieces: manually, with specific instruments; or using universal metal-cutting machine tools. The latter ...
In recent decades, hydraulic presses have gained prominence in every industrial field, even ahead of mechanical presses, thanks to their versatilit...
Metallurgy has had a considerable impact on the history of humanity, beginning more than 9,000 years ago in the Near East. From then on, metalworki...
Boring is a process carried out to enlarge a hole or improve its quality using mechanical tools. There are many tools available for boring…
Two different types of machine can be used to machine workpieces, depending on the material removal process required. When the aim is to cut away s...
When it comes to working with parts and materials, screwing and drilling are very well-known tasks, and practically everybody has done them at some...
The bending of thick sheet metal is one of the many material-machining processes that require the application of a high-intensity force to cause th...
A combination milling machine for wood makes it possible to carry out multiple jobs that would otherwise have to be done separately, using a specia...
The turret milling machine is also called a knee-type milling machine. It is a machine tool used for machining workpieces by swarf removal. This ty...
The milling machine is a machine tool widely used in machining workshops to shape workpieces made of different materials, such as steel, cast iron,...
The horizontal lathe, also called a centre lathe, is a machine tool of great use in machining workshops thanks to its high productivity. The proces...
A conventional lathe is a machine tool capable of turning cylindrical, helical and conical parts; mainly with metal, plastic and wooden bodies, rem...
A slotting machine, also known as a vertical shaping machine, is a robust, heavy machine tool capable of machining metal parts with a straight-line...
The machine lathe is a tool whose main function is to remove part of a workpiece by means of a cutting tool, so that it can be deformed for a speci...
Heller Maquinas-Herramientas SL has been a beneficiary of the European Regional Development Fund, whose aim is to improve the competitiveness of SM...
HELLER once again relies on the PILZ Group and its technical advice to meet the safety and quality objectives of its equipment in line with current...
The lathe is one of the machine tools in greatest demand on the market, in both maintenance workshops and production machining workshops. In this g...
This is one of the machines with the greatest tradition and presence in machining workshops all over the world, but how much do we really know abou...
By geometry: There are many types of milling cutters according to their geometry. Some of the most common ones for metalworking are listed below:
Milling cutters are rotating elements used for machining different types of materials. They are the main tool used with the machines called milling...
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