DMG MORI NLX 2500SY
Manufacturer specifications, what it is built to do, the years we have seen them listed, what tooling fits, and what to check on one. MTE also buys them outright.
What the DMG MORI NLX 2500SY is
The DMG MORI NLX 2500SY is a CNC turning center — a machine for turning round parts between a chuck and, where fitted, a tailstock — shafts, flanges, housings and bar work. The manufacturer publishes a max turning diameter of 460 mm (18.1 in.). This one is specified with a Y axis and bar work: off-center milling without a second setup; a bar feeder can run stock through the spindle.
What it is built to do
From the figures the manufacturer publishes, a DMG MORI NLX 2500SY suits:
- bar work up to 90 mm (3.5 in.) fed through the spindle
- off-center features, on 100 mm (3.9 in.) of Y travel
Listings spell this machine several ways. We use NLX 2500SY because trailing separator carried in from the source listing.
DMG MORI NLX 2500SY specifications
These are the manufacturer’s figures for this model as currently published. A machine built years ago may differ in control generation and in options, which is exactly why the questions below matter when you sell one.
Further specifications the manufacturer publishes
Sources: manufacturer specification page, manufacturer specification page, manufacturer specification page.
What fits a DMG MORI NLX 2500SY
Each of these follows from a published specification above, which is named beside it.
Bar feeder fit
Bar capacity is 90 mm, so a bar feeder for this machine has to be sized for stock up to that diameter. A feeder that comes with the machine is one of the accessories that most changes what a buyer will pay for it.
Derived from — Bar capacity: 90 mm (3.5 in.)
What to check on a DMG MORI NLX 2500SY
The same list whichever side of the deal you are on.
- Control generation. The manufacturer specifies MAPPS Mitsubishi for this model. The control is often the single biggest swing on two otherwise identical machines, because it decides which buyers can use it at all.
- Spindle hours and condition. Most controls show run hours on a maintenance or diagnostics screen. It is the first number anyone asks for, so find it before the conversation rather than during it.
- Tooling and accessories. Holders, chucks, steady rests, probing and automation attachments travel with the machine, and they are worth real money separately from it.
- Turret condition and index time. A turret that has been crashed is the expensive repair on a lathe, and index time is the first thing a buyer times.
- Live tooling and the sub-spindle, if fitted. Whether the rotary tools still drive, and whether the second spindle synchronizes, separates two very different machines that share a model number.
- The tailstock and steady rests. They travel with the machine and they are counted.
- Power and rigging access. How the machine comes out of the building is a real cost, and it is one MTE absorbs, so an accessible machine is worth more to us.
Machines buyers cross-shop with the DMG MORI NLX 2500SY
Other CNC turning centers in this directory, closest first on max turning diameter.
DMG MORI SL-35B/1500
- Swing over bed
- 23.6 in.
- Max turning diameter
- 16.5 in.
Dealer-sourced figures, not manufacturer published.
Mazak QTN-200MSY-II
- Swing over bed
- 26.50 in / 675 mm
- Max turning diameter
- 14.750 in / 380 mm
- Max turning length
- 22.701 in / 575 mm
- Chuck size
- 8 in
Okuma LB-300
- Swing over bed
- ø530 (ø20.87)
- Max turning diameter
- ø370 (ø14.57)
The rest of the CNC turning centers in this directory: DMG MORI SL-603CMC/2000 · DMG MORI SL-65C · Doosan PUMA 400LC · Mazak HQR-250MSY-850U · Mazak QT-250 · Mazak QTU-350 MY · Mazak SLANT TURN 50N · Okuma IMPACT LU-15 · Okuma L-1420
Browse the whole CNC Lathes catalog, or see everything we buy from DMG MORI.
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