The latest generation of ENDURA® milling machines has been designed with an overhead travel portal and is based on already extremely successful conventional ENDURA® products. As linear drive motors are used, many mechanical elements can be omitted e.g. gears, bearings, ball screws and rack gears, and rigidity, reliability and precision are thereby increased.

The power and precision of these machines is reflected in their acceleration of up to 10 m/sec2, closed loop system reinforcements of 5 m/(min x mm) and a maximum deviation of 0.015 mm. These machines are as accurate, and achieve the same surface quality, as conventional portal milling machines, but they are 50 % faster. The KV factor of 5-7 m/(min x mm) is a clear indication of the machine's productivity; with conventional drive technology, the KV factor is generally approximately 1-3 m/(min x mm).