If there’s a product category that kept its head above water and was largely immune to the big downturn in equipment sales during the recession, it’s milling machines. Now, thanks to the ...

Last month Caterpillar introduced the lightest milling machine in the 72- to 87-inch class, the 41,300-pound PM-201, with a 550-hp C18 diesel. Cutting width is 83 inches, and depth is 12 inches.

The bulk of the milling machine market consists of half-lane machines weighing from 60,000 to 90,000 pounds and typically equipped with roughly 7-foot-wide cutting drums, which are powered by 600- to ...

Modern milling machines look much the same as they did 30 years ago. However, they now must cut superalloys, titanium, and high-tensile steels to closer tolerances and at faster rates than before. To ...