2021 Enshu GE40H 2APC CNC Horizontal Machining Center

The Enshu GE40H is a compact twin-pallet horizontal machining center built around the thermal stability and full-stroke repeatability that made Enshu a fixture in high-volume production and die-cast machining. This 2021 example carries travels of 19.7" x 19.7" x 20.0" (X x Y x Z) over 400 mm pallets rated to 882 lbs each, served by a rotary automatic pallet changer so one fixture is loaded while the other is under the spindle. The pallet itself is a full 4th axis (B) that contours continuously instead of indexing in fixed steps, letting angled faces, bosses, and multi-side features come off a single setup. The ram-type spindle turns 12,000 RPM through a BIG-PLUS CAT 40 taper driven by a 33.5 HP motor, pairing the top-end speed aluminum and die-cast work demands with the dual-contact rigidity heavier steel cuts reward. A 40-station tool magazine keeps a full job of tooling resident, 2,362 IPM (60 m/min) rapids strip non-cutting time out of every cycle, and a Fanuc 31i-MB CNC handles high-speed contouring, look-ahead, and networked shop-floor integration.

Set against the Enshu JE-40 that preceded it in the 400 mm horizontal class, the GE40H is a different machine rather than a facelift. The JE-40 generation ran an older Fanuc 18-series control and a fixed 1-degree indexing pallet; the GE40H answers with a Fanuc 31i-MB and a full contouring 4th axis, promoting the pallet from a positioner to a true machining axis and opening up geometry that used to force a second setup or a dedicated 5-axis machine. Spindle speed climbs to 12,000 RPM behind a BIG-PLUS CAT 40 interface, adding dual-contact gauge-line stiffness that keeps long tools steady where the older generation had to back off. Tool capacity grows to 40 stations, rapids reach 2,362 IPM, and Enshu built the GE-series structure to attack exactly the non-cutting time - acceleration, tool change, and pallet indexing - where older horizontals quietly bleed cycle time. Paired with the 2APC pallet changer, that adds up to a machine a shop can keep in the cut instead of waiting on the operator.