The high-productivity features of the new Haas EC-500 HMC include a 32" x 20" x 28" work cube, dual 500 mm pallets, 1-degree indexing. The standard 8,000-rpm, 40-taper spindle is powered by the Haas 20-hp vector dual drive system; an optionasl 30-hp, 12K spindle is also available. A 40+1 side-mount tool changer and 500-lpm cutting feeds are also standard. The servo-driven pallet changer on the EC-500 swaps pallets in just 9 seconds, and each 500 mm pallet has a load capacity of 1,000 lbs.