The DMC-III Benchtop CNC machines from ACT Machines are lightweight, low-cost, and compact, and yet at the same time rigid enough for precision cutting for all metals. Advanced Control Tech is proud to bring you their next generation benchtop CNC machines, the Desktop CNC Machining Center, DMC-III (US Patent No. 7467449). With these new benchtop CNC machines you can prototype and test your ideas quickly and easily with this portable bench milling machine. It is perfect for light industrial operations and prototyping. After years of extensive research, development, and testing, they are confident the performance and reliability of the DMC-III will meet your needs and beat any system in the market.

In taking up the subject of benchtop CNC machines, ACT Machines is devoted especially to milling, it is well to consider that the transition from milling in the lathe to the special bench milling machine was bridged by an attachment to the lathe by which the functions of the benchtop CNC machines are well served. This is especially noticeable in the milling attachment attached to bench lathes. The said attachment is mounted on the bed of the lathe and the spindle provided with a milling cutter. This arrangement is used for simple milling operations. Such devices led to the introduction of the bench miller, which is naturally intended for small work only, and is therefore not provided with automatic feeds, hand-feeding by means of levers being used.

Advanced Control Tech, known as ACT Machines, is part of GPK Group, Inc., which is a fast-paced company located in the Los Angeles area of California, USA. The ACT Machines company specializes in digital motion control, high efficiency brushless motors, and bench milling machines. The company has developed professional desktop benchtop CNC machines and drilling machines. The unique design and the versatile functions are US patented. They have a strong mechanical and electric design teams. The company founder, Dr. Peter Lee, has a PhD. in digital control technology and has been working in the motion control industry for 30 years. The company develops the advanced benchtop CNC machines controller using the latest microprocess chips for the benchtop CNC machines. The performance and the reliability are unique in the marketplace. The high torque and variable speed brushless motors is used for the spindle driver. Currently, the company holds several US patents including desktop CNC machine and high efficiency brushless motor/generator.

ACT Machines' state-of-the-art benchtop CNC machines features a compact, lightweight, only 260-lb total system weight, bench milling machine for all metals, a precise ball screws with linear guided rails for all axes, an integrated compact design to a single piece of equipment with professional quality and appearance, machining parts up to 12" x 8" x 6" with machining repeatability accuracy of 0.0001", a fast slew rate at 60 in/min with 0.00008" motion resolution for all axes, 3D contouring capability, an option for 4th rotational axis with cooling system ready, has a lightweight, high-torque brushless digital motor for spindle with variable speed 1,500 to 12,000 rpm, an option for precision 50,000 rpm high speed spindle, a US Patented versatile bench milling machine, easy to use for thin plate milling and drilling functions, it is easily operated from a PC with extended graph display, has a built-in Smart digital controller with optic sensors for safe and reliable operation and finally, a two year extended manufacturer's warranty with 30 days free trial at absolutely no risk.