13/10/2026
Can a 40-year-old machine tool meet modern requirements without replacing its foundation?
Our latest case study is out in MM Magazyn Przemysłowy: we turned a 40-year-old Voestalpine planer into a modern, heavy-duty plate edge milling machine for a global energy sector client.
The engineering in numbers:
🔴 Capacity: steel plates up to 200 mm thick and 20 m long
🔴 Milling head: angular, ±46° swivel, ISO 50 tooling, 39 kW drive (S1 duty)
🔴 Clamping: 26 independent hydraulic cylinders across modular sections
🔴 Turnaround: full retrofit and back in production in under 10 weeks
The key decision: keep the original cast structure. Its rigidity is hard to match, and reusing it meant no new machine bed and no foundation rebuilding. On top of it we delivered modern CNC accuracy and compliance.
📖 Full case study:
- English: see the gallery below ⬇️
- Polish: link in the first comment
Want to extend the lifecycle and boost the dynamics of your heavy machine tools? Let's talk engineering 👉 (https://www.dti.com.pl/contact/)