DN Solutions’ best-selling Lynx 2100 series of compact, high-performance lathes, available in the UK and Ireland from Leamington Spa-based
Mills CNC, are always in demand. From two-axis models through to machines with long beds, sub-spindles, driven tools and Y axes, Lynx lathes are renowned for their unrivalled precision and reliability, fast processing speeds, excellent cutting performance and machining flexibility.
Equipped with 6, 8 or 10in chucks and with bar diameter capacities from 51 up to 81mm, Lynx lathes feature powerful, high-torque spindles (15-18.5kW 3,500-6,000rev/min up to 269N-m), enabling them to take heavy-duty roughing through to super fine finishing operations, in their stride.
In addition to their advanced spindle technology, Lynx 2100 lathes also feature 10 or 12-station servo-driven turrets, with up to 24-position indexing capabilities, hydraulic tailstocks for handling longer shaft-type components, roller-type LM guideways for high rigidity and improved accuracies, and can be supplied with either the latest Fanuc or Siemens controls.
Despite their compact size, Lynx 2100 series lathes have generous sized working envelopes providing up to a 350mm maximum turning diameter and up to a 550mm maximum turning length – ideal for machining a range of small precision parts. While many customers integrate their Lynx 2100 lathes with bar feeders to increase output and take advantage of unmanned operation, other customers, focused on low-volume part processing, use their Lynx 2100s as chucking lathes.
Mills CNC’s sales figures over the last couple of years reveal that customers, from OEMs and Tier One suppliers through to precision sub-contractors, including new start-up companies, continue to invest in Lynx 2100 lathes in large numbers.
Tony Dale, Mills CNC’s Group CEO, said: “Whether customers are looking to increase their in-house turning capacity and capabilities through the acquisition of a new two-axis lathe or are looking to invest in a new multi-tasking machine capable of machining complex parts in one set-up, they will invariably purchase a Lynx 2100 lathe.”
Nova Racing Transmissions Ltd, a leading motorcycle transmission and gearbox design and manufacturing specialist based in Partridge Green, West Sussex, invested last year in a new Lynx lathe. The acquisition has helped the company reduce production bottlenecks and pinch-points, and improve its process efficiencies.
The same is true with Birmingham-based Alwayse Engineering Ltd, the market-leading ball transfer unit (BTU) design and manufacturing specialist, that invested in a new Lynx 2100 lathe in March 2025 dedicated to machining precision parts for its redesigned and ‘soon-to-be-launched’ series of 805 heavy-duty ball transfer units.
In addition to established companies, Lynx 2100 lathes have made their mark with new engineering start-ups like Worcestershire-based, Herriott Precision Ltd, whose investment in April 2024 in a multi-tasking, long-bed, Y-axis, sub-spindle Lynx 2100LSYB with an integrated bar feeder, all acquired through Mills CNC’s SMART Options machine tool rental scheme, earned its spurs machining a range of prototype and pre-production aerospace parts.
Such is the ‘across the board’ popularity of the Lynx 2100 series that Mills CNC orders and holds many different models in stock for immediate delivery to customers in the UK and Ireland, and regularly showcases Lynx 2100 lathes, often integrated with robots, at UK and Irish exhibitions and events.