Used Starrag Machines We Buy
Used Starrag machines are a narrow slice of what Machine Tool Exchange buys, straight from the shops that own them. The 43 listings run to STC, HEC and CWK families, horizontal and vertical machining centers, boring mills and gantry mills, with production years spanning 1978 to 2020. Here is what moves an offer.
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Starrag CWK 800 (2004)
Starrag STC 800 X (2020)
Starrag HEC 500D (2012)
Starrag HEC 500D (2011)
Starrag HEC 500 Athletic (2007)
Starrag STC 630-D
Starrag RIGID 144 (1983)
Starrag HX- 151 /24 (2004)
Starrag STC 800 X
Starrag SX 051 B (2001)
Starrag ZS 500-130 (1999)
Starrag NMH - 200 (1978)
Starrag HEC 800 (2008)
Starrag HEC 800 (2011)- Starrag NX-255 (2005)
Starrag CWK WMW 630 (2015)
Starrag Dynamic CWK 400D (2005)- Starrag 2VC2800/280MC-FC-V
Starrag STC-800X (2019)
Starrag STC (2020)
Starrag 2VC2800/280MC-FC-V CONTUMAT
Starrag CWK (2005)
Starrag CWK (2002)- Starrag ECOLINER
What Is in the Starrag Listings We Hold
This hub holds 43 Starrag listings, and the category split is worth reading before you assume what a Starrag search returns. Ten sit under the general Metal Cutting heading, nine are CNC horizontal machining centers and eight are CNC vertical machining centers. Six are CNC boring mills and four are CNC 5-axis machining centers. The rest is thin and specific: two CNC gantry and portal mills, plus one each of a CNC vertical turret lathe, a CNC horizontal boring mill, a CNC vertical boring mill and a CNC turning center. Those ten buckets account for every listing, and no single category takes a majority. Across the 43 listings there are 35 distinct models, so this is a wide book rather than the same machine repeated in quantity. Twenty-nine listings record a production year, and those run from 1978 through 2020. That spread is why two Starrag conversations rarely look alike.
STC, HEC and CWK: The Model Families We See Most
Three model families come up more often than any others. STC appears on eight listings, HEC on seven and CWK on six. ZT accounts for three and the 2VC2800 designation for two. Below those five, every family is a single listing. The individual models a searcher actually types show up here: HEC 500D on three listings, plus HEC 800, HEC 400 F and HEC 500 Athletic, STC-800X and STC 800 X, STC 630-D, CWK 400D and CWK 400D Dynamic, CWK 500D and CWK 800, ZT 800/110 and ZT 800/130, and one-off entries including ZS 500-130, SX 051 B, NX-255, HX-151/24, RIGID 144, ECOSPEED, ECOLINER, LX, NB and NMH-200. HEC and CWK are Heckert designations carried under the Starrag nameplate, which our own catalog shows in a listing titled Brand Type STARRAGHECKERT HEC 500D. If the data plate reads Heckert and the paperwork reads Starrag, both describe the same machine to us.
What Determines the Offer on a Used Starrag
Control type is the first thing we ask about on a Starrag. Siemens Sinumerik and Heidenhain TNC are the two we see, and which one sits on the machine changes who wants it. After that comes the model and its size class, the build year, spindle hours if the shop tracked them, and whether it still holds tolerance today. Tooling and accessories that stay with it count, and so does pallet and rotary configuration on a horizontal, since a two-pallet HEC with a working changer is a different machine from the same casting without one. Jason Puuri scopes each machine himself instead of running a model number through a formula, which is why the build year carries weight here: a 1980s machine and a 2015 machine are different conversations under one nameplate. Photos of the control screen, the data plate and the work envelope speed things along. They are not required.
The Starrag Group Brands We Buy
Starrag Group pulled several older machine tool names under one roof, and we buy equipment from all of them: Heckert horizontal machining centers, SIP jig boring and milling machines, Droop+Rein large-format gantry machines, Doerrries vertical lathes, Berthiez vertical turning and grinding machines, and Bumotec multi-process turnmills. Read that as a buying list rather than a stock list. Every one of the 43 listings in this hub is catalogued under the single Starrag brand, so if you are hunting a Berthiez or a Droop+Rein specifically, ask us instead of filtering for it. The single-nameplate habit also explains a quirk of searching this hub. The legacy designation usually survives inside the model number while the brand field just says Starrag, which is how a bumotec s191h turnmill center and a 2VC2800/280MC-FC-V CONTUMAT both surface in a Starrag search. If your machine wears one of the older badges, it is still equipment we buy.
Boring Mills, Gantry Mills and the Big-Iron End
Twelve of the 43 listings sit in boring, gantry and turning categories, not machining-center ones. Six are CNC boring mills, two are gantry and portal mills, and there is one each of a horizontal boring mill, a vertical boring mill, a vertical turret lathe and a turning center. Machines in that group tend to be heavy, old, or both, and the questions that matter shift accordingly. How the machine was set and anchored, the width of the aisle it comes out through, the crane available over it, and the actual footprint measured on the floor all matter more than a catalog spec sheet, because factory documentation on decades-old iron is often long gone. Photos showing the machine in its bay with something for scale are worth more than a model number here. Once you accept an offer, MTE arranges rigging, crating and freight at no cost to you, pays at pickup, and buys in all 50 states.
Selling One Machine or Clearing a Floor
MTE is a direct buyer, not a broker and not a listing service. You are selling to us, so there is no listing fee and no broker fee. We are an affiliate of Superior Machine and Tool and have been buying and selling used CNC equipment since 2012. Condition is not a gate. A Starrag running production, a Starrag idle since the job that justified it ended, and a Starrag parked while somebody decides on a repair all get scoped the same way. One thing does speed up closing: proof the company holds the machine free and clear, not still carrying it on a lease, since we confirm the true owner before scheduling pickup. And a Starrag is rarely alone on the floor. If you are clearing a cell or a whole building, we buy Mazak, Haas, Okuma, Doosan, DMG MORI and Makino equipment on one quote and one pickup.
Common questions
How much is a used Starrag CNC machine worth?
It depends on model and size class, build year, spindle hours, condition, and whether it started life as a Starrag or a Heckert. Send those and we scope your machine, not a category.
How do I sell a used Starrag machine?
Three steps. Send the model, year, spindle hours, control type and any tooling included. We come back with an offer, then schedule pickup, handle rigging and freight, and pay when the machine leaves your floor.
Who buys used Starrag and Heckert machines?
Machine Tool Exchange does, directly. We are a buyer, not an auction platform or listing service, so you sell to us instead of waiting while somebody hunts for a third party.
Are Starrag and Heckert the same company?
Heckert is one of the brands Starrag Group brought together, which is why HEC and CWK designations turn up under a Starrag nameplate. Our catalog even carries a listing titled Brand Type STARRAGHECKERT HEC 500D.
Do you buy SIP, Droop+Rein, Doerrries, Berthiez and Bumotec machines?
Yes, all of them, plus Heckert and Starrag itself. That is what we purchase, not what is listed here: every listing in this hub is catalogued under the Starrag brand.
Do you buy Starrag machines with Siemens or Heidenhain controls?
Yes. Siemens Sinumerik and Heidenhain TNC are the two we see on Starrag and Heckert machines, and we buy either. Tell us which control and which generation, since that changes how fast the machine moves.
Will you buy a Starrag that is sitting idle or needs work?
Yes. Running production is not a requirement. Idle machines, machines pulled during a changeover, and machines waiting on a repair all get evaluated. Tell us upfront what is wrong so we scope it accurately.
Thinking about selling Starrag Machines?
A Starrag, a Heckert HEC or a CWK rarely sells itself off a spec sheet, so we start with the control and the data plate. Send Jason Puuri the model, year, control and a few photos of it in place, and he scopes it himself before quoting a number.