Advanced Materials

You may not know the name CMS, but you know the world's leading companies that use our advanced technologies…

CMS has been a leader and innovator of CNC solutions for the Advanced Materials Industry for decades. We provide systems for the machining of aluminum and other light metals, composite materials, tooling boards and plastics. Our approach to system configuration includes the process of finite element analysis (FEA). We serve a wide variety of manufacturers with specific machining needs utilizing our expert ability to apply our years of engineering experience and resources or develop new technology as required. We can supply a 5 axis CNC machining center, CNC mills or any system for your machining needs. Some of the industries we serve include aerospace, automotive, marine and metalworking.

For advanced materials machining, CMS operates from two state of the art facilities of over 25,000 square meters. Our facilities house cutting edge equipment for the configuration of advanced materials systems that meet each client’s specifications. Our experienced engineering staff is large which enables CMS to provide advanced materials CNC systems in a timely fashion, while never compromising quality. We also boast sales and service facilities around the world, underscoring our commitment to unparalleled support.

For your advanced materials machining needs, CMS will work closely with clients to develop CNC machining centers, which are customer specific and requirement oriented solutions. Our engineers, support staff and sales team look forward to partnering with you in an advanced materials project.

Our Products
Customer Applications
Industries Served

Cronus - Moving BridgeProviding a range of heavy duty highly accurate, high production, Mobile Bridge, 5-axis, Vertical Machining Centers for today’s composite and light metal manufacturers, looking to take advantage of high speed machining technology. Excellent for small to large 3 dimensional part format sizes.

Ares - Moving Bridge A wide range of Monobloc Structural Frames, Moving Bridge, 5-axis, High Speed Machining Centers. The Monobloc Structure provides incredible rigidity resulting in high accuracy values, quick and easy installation and plant layout resets. It has a broad range of work envelope sizes, wide variety of work table designs, powerful 5 axis working unit, and the ability to work in either a single zone or dual work zone manner for pendular work cycles. The enclosed design also provides excellent dust / chip control, reduced noise, and increased operator safety.

Poseidon - Moving BridgeProviding a wide range of accurate, high production, Mobile Bridge, 5-axis, Vertical Machining Centers for today’s composite and light metal manufacturers, looking to take advantage of high speed machining technology. Excellent for small to large 3 dimensional part format sizes.

Antares - Moving BridgeA Monobloc Structural Frame, Moving Bridge, 5 axis, High Speed Machining Center. The Monobloc Structure provides incredible rigidity resulting in high accuracy values, quick and easy installation and plant layout resets. The enclosed design also provides excellent dust / chip control, reduced noise, and increased operator safety. With its powerful 5 axis working unit and variety of work table and fixturing solutions available, the compact Antares performs like a much larger machining center.

MBB - Moving GantryA Moving Gantry / Fixed Table, 3-5 axis High Speed Machining Center. Extremely customizable to meet the most demanding production needs for individual or multiple parts in single batch or pendular work cycles. The perfect choice for customers looking to perform "Flow thru Production" work cycles.

FXB - Moving TablesA Fixed Bridge / Moving Table(s), 3-5 axis High Speed Machining Center. Widely accepted as the industry standard by which all other machines are measured. Extremely customizable to meet the most demanding production needs for individual or multiple parts in single batch or pendular work cycles.

Spindles / Options A wide range of working units for advanced materials machining developed over many years. Our spindle options include 5 axis solutions, multi-head solutions and revolver head solutions as well as options for air cooled and liquid cooled applications. CMS North America can provide customized solutions for your exact specifications and industry requirements.

Aerospace:
Aluminum Structural ComponentsCMS high speed CNC milling and machining technology for heavy structural aluminum aerospace wing spars and other components provides manufacturers with a total process resulting in overall improved productivity, high accuracy, smooth rib walls, and efficient cutting fluid filtration and cutting chip waste removal.

Aerospace:
Aluminum Sheet Stack CuttingCMS' patented stacked aluminum machining process... a breakthrough technology - producing a myriad of different aluminum parts and eliminating the traditional stacking, drilling, riveting or screwing of the stack together... followed by lots of difficult, inaccurate, handwork at the end of the machining cycle... CMS' patented stacked aluminum machining process changes everything... resulting in perfect parts taken directly from the machining center at the end of the cycle!

Aerospace:
Drilling, Cutting & Trimming Composite PartsA new generation of advanced composite materials ranging from carbon fiber, fiberglass, and variations... provides remarkable new opportunities for weight reduction versus structural strength... but requires new cutting tool designs... 5 axis dust collection, careful attention... to the dust created during cutting cycles on machine components, electronics... and the ambient environment... CMS' fast, flexible, productive and highly accurate CNC machining centers with its unique... patented technology for dust extraction, including 5 axis work, controls the impact of such dust on the machine and eliminates its impact outside the machine.

Aerospace:
Drilling & Cutting of Calendared & Extruded AluminumThe application range for extruded and calendared aluminum has greatly expanded... reducing manufactured component weight while at the same time improving its strength. CMS provides a wide range of standard and specialized CNC machining centers... flexible, high speed, "just-in-time" production... linear or non-linear components...

Aerospace:
Honeycomb Cutting in Aluminum or Nomex®The development of a multitude of honeycomb based products... demonstrates its continued future importance for designers and manufacturers. CMS brings together its proven CNC machining center technology, "know-how" and real world experience... in cutting tools and high frequency applications... for today's advanced materials manufacturer.

Aerospace:
Water Jet Cutting MachinesCMS North America is a manufacturer of complete CNC machining center solutions, including water jet cutting machine integration. Water jet cutting has emerged as an important technology in the improvement of advanced materials manufacturing methods due to a number of significant inherent benefits... CMS Group incorporates its own water jet cutting division: CMS Tecnocut... CMS adds Tecnocut's equipment to its own special unique applications required for aerospace and advanced materials manufacturers... obtaining with this expertise a necessary balance in the application, or combination, of water jet cutting and traditional machining.

Automotive:
Composite, Reinforced & Structural ComponentsThe number of component parts made from advanced composite materials has rapidly increased over the past decade... with demands for "just-in-time" machining capability, multiple part production, rapid change over, high accuracy, speed and reliability... and concerns regarding dust and carcinogenic particulate thrown off by machining processes... CMS solutions to these needs have meant long term relationships among the automotive industry's leading companies.

Automotive:
Competition, Special Parts & AccessoriesWhen it comes to competition, CMS has been in the race for some time... those who are serious about top performance look to CMS as a partner and provider of top performing CNC machining center solutions. Racing car design and manufacturer, including the F1 series, is about getting the edge in performance... of which CMS is proud to be a foundational part, as in the case of LOLA Group, designer and builder of high performance racing cars, including the F1 series.

Houses & Construction:
Composite Sanitary FixturesWhether large 3D shapes or decorative joined solid surfaces, CMS CNC machining center technology resolves the manufacturing problem. CMS' large 3D work envelops make possible the intricate 5 axis machining required for hot tubs and spa... CMS' flexible 5 axis machining in depth solutions and capabilities for this work... make CMS' CNC machining centers the preferred choice for top manufacturers. For solid surface manufacturing, such as 2 piece sinks, CMS' CNC machining centers provide the extra attention required for complete solutions...

Prototype Models & Molds:
Models & Molds in Aluminum or Non-Ferrous MaterialsAluminum molds had, in the past, been considered "soft tooling", but research... demonstrated... the value of aluminum molds for high volume production... With such benefits, the demand for CNC technology has dramatically increased for high speed aluminum machining capabilities combined with accuracy and quality. CMS is a leader in this specialized sector with its comprehensive high performance solutions...

Prototype Models & Molds:
Prototypes, Models & Molds in advanced materialsThe work of a prototype or model maker is that of producing an exacting representation...in a wide variety of materials... and processing methods, ranging from a simple subtractive machining process... in tooling board, to a combination subtractive and additive process, with EPS foam substrate and curable paste. CMS' know-how and proven experience bring together the range of technologies needed for this diverse work in its series of CNC milling and machining centers: large volume machining envelops... high feed speeds, high speed acc/dec characteristics, precision 5-axis processes, CMS' unique extraction capabilities and dust containment solutions, and CMS' technology for CNC controlled paste application.

Prototype Models & Molds:
Large Dimensions ModelsVery large scale models and molds have given impetus to the development of CNC machining centers of a truly large scale, as represented by the need for: full sized boats, yachts, windmill blades, nacelles, spinners, full sized vehicle bodies, and so forth. The CMS CNC families covering these needs are POSEIDON, POSEIDON MAXI and CRONUS... providing full 5 axis machining centers with envelops reaching up to 60+ meters (200'+) in length, 10 meters (~33') in width and 5+ meters (~16.5') in height, including consideration for vertical height encumbrances with CMS' special telescopic Z axis... available with linear scale technology for high precision... and other important considerations such as: adaptive control of processing speeds, 5 axis dust collection, closed circuit video camera, automatic re-qualification of the 5-axis working head and cutting tools, automatic surface surveying and probing.

Marine: Trimming of Hulls & Decks:
Marine: Boat Hull & Deck Trimming

A boat's foundation is its hull. To enhance this foundation modern hull and deck design enjoy the benefits of new materials, methods and machinery.

Hull and deck manufacturers now exploit materials that were unavailable until the advent of modern chemistry's technology from which has come epoxy, polyester, and vinyester resins; as well as fiber clothes such as fiberglass, Kevlar, Dynel and carbon fiber, which when used for composite hull manufacturing provide a high strength to weight ratio, approaching that of aluminum, while exploiting the strengths of a modified...

Transportation: Railway - Trains, Trams, Tube:
Transportation: Railway - Trains, Trams, Tube

Modern train travel and transportation dates back to the 1820's, when rail lines began to connect cities together and provide a means of moving both products and people from one place to another over steel rails laid on specially prepared road beds. Cars and coaches were attached to steam locomotives, which remained the basic power source for the next 100 years. Today trains provide high load capacities, energy efficiency, and transport at faster speeds than ever. Trains are not limited to just wide open spaces, when a rail vehicle runs for at least part of the time on city streets,...

Energy Generation:
Energy Generation - Wind Power

When considering the world's expanding need for new energy resources, and the desire to lessen the impact of such additional consumption upon the ecosystem, wind energy is presented as the one with the greatest potential to fulfill such needs, and perhaps the most underutilized at the present. It's estimated that wind power might produce about 5 times the level of commercially viable electricity needed, as that presently consumed worldwide, 72 terawatts as compared with 15 terawatts: source "Mapping the global wind power resource". At the present time, worldwide production of...

Aerospace

Automotive

Houses & Construction

Composite Sanitary Fixtures

Prototype Models & Molds

Marine: Trimming of Hulls & Decks

Transportation: Railway - Trains, Trams, Tube

Energy Generation