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The "Automil Duplex" must have been an especially low-volume model and was built up from standard Centec components, mounted on a wide stand, and arranged so that parts could be milled simultaneously on opposing ends. Each spindle was driven by a 1 h.p. motor, the table had 14-inches of travel, with a fast traverse in both directions, and a stepless feed rate from 1 to 400 inches per minute. 

A typical Centec "Automil Duplex" job: a component in E.N.35.B with two flat milled simultaneously. Floor to floor time 12 seconds