TIMTOS 2025 Taipei International Machine Tool Show A Closer Look at the Award-Winning Products from the 17th Machine Tool "Research, Development, and Innovation Product" Competition (Part 2)
This article continues to feature the award-winning entries in the "Other CNC Machine Tools and Manufacturing Cells" and "Component for CNC Machine Tools" categories from this year's competition, as shown in Table 1.
| Category | Award | Company | Product Name |
| Other CNC Machine Tool and Manufacturing Cell | Excellent Award | CHUAN HSIN Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. | GTR-1215 Hydrostatic Vertical Wafer Grinding Machine for Semiconductor |
| Honorable Mention | EXCETEK Technologies Co., Ltd. | NP600Plus Energy-Saving and Smart Linear Motor Wire Cut EDM | |
| Honorable Mention | CHMER Industrial Co., Ltd. | UA432L Green Energy All-in-One Linear Motor Driven Wire Cut EDM | |
| Honorable Mention | HOHO Machine Industry Co., Ltd. | Laser Tube Cutting Machine (10-Axis) + Tube End Chamfering and Deburring (SLT-80-FIBER Cell) | |
| Component for CNC Machine Tool | Excellent Award | HIWIN Technologies Corp. | RCH-100E High-Speed EDM Milling Head |
| Honorable Mention | JIBB Enterprise Co., Ltd. | BT5036HSS5 Smart, Low-Carbon, Full-Servo Swivel-Type Tool Magazine | |
| Honorable Mention | HAN-TING Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. | UTD30 Non-Contact Power Transmission High-Speed Spindle | |
| Honorable Mention | TAIWAN CHELIC CO., LTD. | KA-WTS Smart Energy-Saving Cutting Fluid Tank | |
| Eco-friendly, Smart Machine Tools and Key Components (All Entries) | Excellent Award | EXCETEK Technologies Co., Ltd. | NP600Plus Energy-Saving and Smart Linear Motor Wire Cut EDM |
| Honorable Mention | CHMER Industrial Co., Ltd. | UA432L Green Energy All-in-One Linear Motor Driven Wire Cut EDM | |
| Honorable Mention | FARTAI Technology Industrial Co., Ltd. (FEA Group) | BMC-135FTS High-Load Milling/Turning/Boring Complex Machine | |
| Honorable Mention | JIBB Enterprise Co., Ltd. | BT5036HSS5 Smart, Low-Carbon, Full-Servo Swivel-Type Tool Magazine |
Other CNC Machine Tools and Manufacturing Cells
Excellent Award - CHUAN HSIN Precision Industrial
CHUAN HSIN Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. won the Excellent Award in the Other CNC Machine Tool and Manufacturing Cell category for its GTR-1215 Hydrostatic Vertical Wafer Grinding Machine for Semiconductor (as shown in Figure 1). Since entering the semiconductor market in 2019, the company has developed a product line that includes external cylindrical grinders and rotary surface grinders, all with a proven track record with semiconductor clients.
The company's proprietary hydrostatic bearing technology, developed over many years, features self-developed and self-manufactured hydrostatic core components—including the hydrostatic spindle, hydrostatic guideway, and hydrostatic rotary worktable. These components boast zero bearing wear, high damping, and vibration-suppression characteristics. This technology meets the stringent requirements for high-precision grinding of hard and brittle materials like silicon carbide (SiC) in the semiconductor industry. Especially for ultra-thin workpieces, it overcomes issues such as instability, vibration, and thermal deformation during processing, which typically lead to damage, poor accuracy, and excessive roughness.
Key features of this award-winning product include: (1) Utilization of hydrostatic bearing technology with a high-speed hydrostatic grinding spindle and hydrostatic rotary platform. (2) High-pressure water jet swarf removal system, automatic truing mechanism, and an automatic measurement system using a contact probe. (3) Design and development of characteristic teeth on rough/fine diamond grinding wheels to enhance lifespan, and the use of smart diagnostic technology to monitor the grinding process, improving the yield rate of the thinning process. (4) Use of Acoustic Emission (AE) sensors and changes in the main spindle motor current (Power Sensor) as signal sources to monitor changes in the process state.
The self-manufactured built-in hydrostatic spindle features high dynamic runout accuracy, no transmission power loss, low rotational inertia, low noise, and low environmental pollution. It is durable, repairable, and upgradeable, meeting circular economy standards. The modular design with reserved expandability not only reduces customer downtime costs for maintenance or updates but also allows for repair or replacement of only the damaged part, balancing cost control, profitability, and environmental protection. The closed-loop oil circulation in the hydrostatic system completely isolates external contamination, achieving the "pollution prevention," "waste reduction technology," and "waste minimization" goals of green manufacturing.
The GTR-1215 is aggressively targeting wafer manufacturing and advanced packaging fields, specifically aiming at the thinning and grinding of third-generation SiC wafers and other hard and brittle materials. CHUAN HSIN’s unique hydrostatic bearing technology, employing an advanced hydrostatic lubrication/cooling system and flow controller, maintains grinding quality, stabilizes pressure, and improves feed and positioning accuracy. It addresses the challenges of high grinding resistance and the easy breakage of SiC wafers during the thinning process, offering customers a revolutionary wafer grinding and thinning solution that increases yield, shortens processing time, and reduces the cost associated with Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP).
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Honorable Mention - EXCETEK Technologies
EXCETEK Technologies Co., Ltd. won an Honorable Mention in the Other CNC Machine Tool and Manufacturing Cell category for its NP600Plus Energy-Saving and Smart Linear Motor Wire Cut EDM (as shown in Figure 2). This product also won the Excellent Award in the Eco-friendly, Smart Product Innovation Award (All Entries) category.
To meet the global manufacturing shift toward smart and green transformation, especially the increasingly strict carbon emission and energy-saving requirements in European and American markets, EXCETEK launched the NP600plus smart, high-precision linear motor Wire Cut EDM. This machine is specifically designed to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions, complies with the ISO 14955 international environmental certification, and helps companies reduce their carbon tax burden and enhance market competitiveness. It offers specialized discharge technology and jet control for processing materials like semiconductor wafers, creating more opportunities for customers. The machine can be equipped with intelligent systems such as online measurement, smart storage exchange systems, remote monitoring, and automatic waste material removal, significantly improving production efficiency and reducing downtime, thereby assisting the manufacturing industry in achieving digital and automated upgrades.
High-Efficiency Energy-Saving Discharge Energy Recovery Technology: Features a new high-speed machining energy-saving discharge circuit with an active energy recovery module, effectively reducing power consumption by 33% during high-speed machining while increasing processing speed by 25%. Variable Discharge Current Module for Wafer Processing: The new technology uses T-shaped wave discharge technology (Patent I839195), which significantly increases the cutting speed of wafers by 50% and effectively reduces thermal damage and cracking, improving wafer integrity. Smart Machining Prediction Function: To ensure stability during long periods of operation, the machine is equipped with machining time estimation, copper wire life detection, water quality monitoring, and automatic machining condition search functions. This technology effectively prevents the waste of time and cost caused by machining interruption. Automatic Waste Material Capture Device: Uses a magnetic, automated waste material removal device with an improved internal buffering mechanism. It can successfully capture and centralize waste material even in non-flush machining, enhancing the usability of magnetic waste capture and significantly reducing the customer's labor needs.
The award-winning machine also features five smart functions: (1) Smart Manufacturing Remote Monitoring System: Users can monitor production status and operate the machine via handheld devices, improving management flexibility and accelerating factory smart transformation. (2) EtherCAT High-Speed Transmission Controller: A PC-based architecture controller with 6 times the computing performance of the previous generation, offering higher precision computing and fast graphics rendering. It also adds smart corner features and automatic step detection technology for automatic adjustment of the machining path. (3) Smart Corner and Step Control Technology: Based on the workpiece shape and thickness, this technology precisely adjusts energy output, reducing erosion by 50% and shape error by 40%. (4) Smart Anti-Collision Sensor System: Transmission speed is increased by 10 times, allowing for rapid detection of anomalies and immediate stoppage during machine movement, preventing damage to mechanical components and extending equipment lifespan. (5) High-Speed Automatic Wire Threading System Upgrade: Threading speed is increased by 30%, and it supports fine wire operation with a minimum diameter of 0.07mm. Combined with robotic arm applications, it allows for fully automated production, enhancing efficiency and automation.
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Honorable Mention - CHMER Industrial
CHMER Industrial Co., Ltd. won an Honorable Mention in the Other CNC Machine Tool and Manufacturing Cell category for its UA432L Green Energy All-in-One Linear Motor Driven Wire Cut EDM (as shown in Figure 3). This product also won an Honorable Mention in the Eco-friendly, Smart Product Innovation Award (All Entries) category. The machine's development and design involved 4 invention patents and 8 utility model patents, making it a very innovative and groundbreaking award winner.
The UA432L controller integrates CHMER's proprietary GenOS system with EtherCAT automatic control technology to achieve high-speed response and highly expandable multi-axis synchronous motion control. It supports the IL instruction syntax compliant with the international industrial control standard IEC61131-3, allowing for direct online modification of machine programs and IO point settings, improving system operational convenience. The controller features a built-in Database function to store machining parameters and data, enabling real-time information access and achieving smart manufacturing goals. It supports OPC UA Server for machine and factory information integration, enhancing the real-time processing and sharing of data. The iConnected system displays the machine's operating status, machining images, and utilization rate in real-time. Managers can remotely monitor the machine's operating status and utilization analysis via mobile phones or tablets. The ChmerApp functions include three-color light status, real-time information, utilization rate, message history, and consumable information. It precisely controls discharge energy based on workpiece thickness, ensuring that machining speed, surface roughness, and dimensional accuracy meet requirements.
This award-winning machine is designed with MIT (Made in Taiwan) materials, and all key components, including the CNC controller, linear motor, and modular circuits, are independently developed, designed, and manufactured by the CHMER Group. The innovative i8+ electric control system adopts a revolutionary discharge circuit design, which increases machining speed by 15% and saves 20% more energy when processing workpieces of 150mm or thicker compared to the older model.
The machine features a high-rigidity moving column design with linear motor drive and a fixed worktable, specifically designed for high-load, high-efficiency machining of large workpieces. Through 3D simulation and Finite Element Analysis (FEA), the structure effectively distributes force, maintains stable accuracy, and enhances machining stability and reliability. The adoption of an all-in-one design and modularity significantly reduces the footprint by 20%, improving space utilization in the customer's factory.
The machine’s aesthetic is predominantly a striking white, complemented by subtle gray and eye-catching orange CHMER identifiers, along with high-tech status lights that make it easily recognizable from any distance. The controller's ergonomic operating panel is designed for natural operating habits, providing an intuitive and comfortable user experience. It features a simple-to-understand touch-screen color LCD display. The machine body, power box, and water tank are meticulously designed to effectively minimize the footprint, reducing the width by about 20% and increasing space utilization.
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Honorable Mention - HOHO Machine Industry
HOHO Machine Industry Co., Ltd. won an Honorable Mention in the Other CNC Machine Tool and Manufacturing Cell category for its Laser Tube Cutting Machine (10-Axis) + Tube End Chamfering and Deburring (SLT-80-FIBER Cell) (as shown in Figure 4). Addressing the need for deburring after laser tube cutting, this integrated cell combines laser processing + tube end chamfering (or wire brush deburring) into a continuous automated operation, even extending to final stacking and packaging. It features multi-process laser processing technology: laser tube cutting + tube end chamfering (wire brush deburring) + length measurement + stacking and packaging. This level of automation helps save significant human resources in response to the current trend of low birth rates.
In terms of Smart Application, it utilizes remote monitoring for immediate online anomaly resolution; an intuitive graphical operation interface that can be learned in 60 minutes; and a fully automatic 10-axis electric servo control that saves 80% of positioning adjustment time. Users only need to set the tube diameter, and the entire machine positions itself automatically without manual adjustment. For Energy-Saving Technology, it reduces waste material by 40%, achieving green production. The laser tube cutter employs the most advanced breakpoint continuation and optimal nesting technology to minimize waste material to just 60mm.
The development of the SLT-80-FIBER laser machine targets this market gap, offering customers low initial investment, high efficiency, simple operation, low maintenance costs, and high Cost-Performance Ratio (CPR). It boasts a high level of localization, with domestic parts accounting for 72% of the total cost. The multi-language operation interface can be expanded to include various languages such as Japanese, Russian, Turkish, etc.
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Component for CNC Machine Tool
Excellent Award - HIWIN Technologies
HIWIN Technologies Corp. won the Excellent Award in the Component for CNC Machine Tool category for its RCH-100E High-Speed EDM Milling Head (as shown in Figure 5). HIWIN's R&D efforts led to the creation of the High-Speed EDM Milling Head (RCH-100E), pioneering the innovative "EDM Milling" technology. This technology aims to solve the bottlenecks faced by traditional Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM), not only boosting processing speed but also effectively reducing electrode consumption frequency, thereby shortening processing time and ensuring the precision of the processed part. Through this technology, HIWIN hopes to help customers enhance market competitiveness and achieve sustainable development.
The RCH-100E High-Speed EDM Milling Head is an industry first—a high-speed precision milling complex direct-drive rotary worktable designed specifically for high-end EDM. It features multi-functional indexing, simultaneous movement, and spindle capabilities, offering an excellent solution for the production of precision, high-hardness components in aerospace, semiconductor, and automotive industries. The innovative value-added solution integrates torque motor direct-drive technology, achieving three times the precision of traditional mechanical systems, with a speed of up to 300 rpm, which is 15 times that of mechanical EDM C-axes. This provides the added value of high-speed, long-duration, high-precision operation. The RCH-100E upgrades traditional EDM to multi-functional "EDM Milling," increasing processing efficiency by 5 times and achieving processing accuracy of 2 micrometers, offering an innovative solution for high-difficulty precision parts in aerospace and semiconductor industries. Smart Diagnostic Capability: Integrated with liquid leakage, temperature, and current sensing systems, it provides the worktable with "smart perception," actively feeding back usage status, allowing users to plan equipment maintenance proactively.
Eco-friendly and Carbon Reduction Design: It uses special alloy materials, reducing weight by 30% while maintaining the same rigidity, which brings energy-saving benefits to the EDM machine. At the same time, EDM Milling technology significantly reduces copper electrode consumption by 70%. The copper electrode is equivalent to a milling cutter in a milling machine, saving both tooling material and production costs. Self-Sufficiency: 90% of the RCH-100E parts are composed of HIWIN's self-manufactured components, mostly aluminum alloy. This allows for a redesign of the rotary worktable, enabling upgrades or repairs to extend its lifecycle. When the rotary worktable reaches the end of its life, the parts can be recycled, melted, and recast for use in manufacturing new products or components, reducing the demand for natural resources and lowering environmental impact. Key internal components like the torque motor can be disassembled, and their metal casings, copper wires, and iron cores can all be recycled and reused, reducing waste generation. Key internal components of the RCH-100E, such as the bearings and the Torque Motor, are self-manufactured, ensuring mastery of critical technology. HIWIN is the only company in Taiwan that can mass-produce both torque motors and rotary worktables simultaneously, which helps reduce costs and shorten delivery times, providing users with high-value products that offer high quality and stable delivery.
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Honorable Mention - JIBB Enterprise
JIBB Enterprise Co., Ltd. won an Honorable Mention in the Other CNC Machine Tool and Manufacturing Cell category for its BT5036HSS5 Smart, Low-Carbon, Full-Servo Swivel-Type Tool Magazine (as shown in Figure 6). This product also won an Honorable Mention in the Eco-friendly, Smart Product Innovation Award (All Entries) category. The current market opportunity lies in developing innovative products that are intelligent, low-carbon, energy-saving, highly competitive, and meet customer needs. This led to the development of the BT5036HSS5 Smart, Low-Carbon, Full-Servo Swivel-Type Tool Magazine with low energy consumption, intelligence, high speed, and AI-enabled applications. The machine holds one pending invention patent (113101371 Tool Actuation Structure for Tool Changing Mechanism) and one utility model patent (M657015 Tool Actuation Structure for Tool Changing Mechanism).
Intelligence and Practicality: In addition to an RFID visual tool management system, the product is equipped with an automatic rotating air-blowing and brushing device for tool holders to ensure tool cleanliness during changes, extending the service life of the spindle. It also incorporates an AI-enabled field-specific tool magazine fault diagnosis analysis assistant to help customers confirm and troubleshoot service issues. Green, Energy-Saving, and Sustainability: The product was developed with the innovative goals of energy saving and carbon reduction, actively incorporating energy-saving modular design and increasing the use of low-carbon materials, resulting in a 72.51% reduction in annual carbon emissions. It also introduced industry standards for component commonality, reducing procurement costs by 5%. The company has completed ISO 14064-1 organizational carbon inventory for categories 1 to 4 and is actively working towards low-carbon supply chain and product net-zero carbon emission goals, aligning with the concept of corporate sustainability. Structure, Accuracy, and Quality: The full-servo driven swivel-type horizontal tool magazine shortens the tool change time from the original 10 seconds to 7 seconds, improving processing efficiency. This tool magazine can be configured for use on horizontal machining centers or horizontal 5-axis machining centers, for which there is stable market demand.
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Honorable Mention - HAN-TING Intelligent Technology
HAN-TING Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. won an Honorable Mention in the Other CNC Machine Tool and Manufacturing Cell category for its UTD30 Non-Contact Power Transmission High-Speed Spindle. No physical object was exhibited at the show, so no actual photo can be published. This product integrates a non-contact power transmission system into the spindle, aiming to provide non-contact electrical energy to the high-speed rotating tool holder. It can power both ultrasonic tool holders and IOT smart tool holders, helping to quickly and seamlessly transform traditional CNC machine tools into machines capable of processing hard and brittle advanced semiconductor materials.
Innovative features of this award-winning product are: 1. Non-Contact Power Transmission Module Technology: Capable of transmitting power from a fixed component to a high-speed rotating component without wear issues. 2. Compact Power Transmission Module Design: Highly integrable into the high-speed spindle without altering the existing spindle's installation dimensions, allowing for quick and painless adoption into existing mass-produced machines. 3. Wide Range of Applications: In addition to ultrasonic tool holders, IOT smart tool holders, and AOI tool holders, new tool holders can be developed and designed based on customer application needs. Structure, Accuracy, and Quality: High-speed spindles are a highly mature and stable precision module in Taiwan, so the accuracy, rigidity, and operational quality of this spindle product comply with domestic and international spindle inspection standards.
By developing the non-contact power transmission high-speed spindle, the non-contact power supply module can be integrated into the spindle design without changing the spindle's external dimensions. This compatibility with existing spindle products allows the high-speed spindle to not only provide machining capability but also to perform real-time monitoring of the machining status and workpiece quality.
Honorable Mention - TAIWAN CHELIC
TAIWAN CHELIC CO., LTD. won an Honorable Mention in the Other CNC Machine Tool and Manufacturing Cell category for its KA-WTS Smart Energy-Saving Cutting Fluid Tank (as shown in Figure 7). In light of the "2030 Sustainable Development Goals" and the ISO 14955 series of international standards for "Energy consumption measurement and design improvement standards for machine tools," TAIWAN CHELIC developed the "Smart Energy-Saving Cutting Fluid Tank" with three main focuses—smart connectivity, environmental protection and energy saving, and powerful antibacterial action—to address the green wave, helping machine tools reduce energy and resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions.
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Anti-Sludge Tank Design: 1.1 Comb-shaped Jet Nozzles: Uses sheet metal craftsmanship to create micro-jet nozzles at the bottom of the tank, creating a circulating water flow to reduce the proliferation of anaerobic bacteria. 1.2 Slanted Bottom: Applies the Coandă effect, causing the cutting fluid to flow close to the bottom, preventing chip sedimentation and eliminating anaerobic zones.
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UVC Anti-Bacterial Light: 2.1 Kinetic Energy Recovery: Uses the pipeline of a low-pressure pump to generate hydroelectric power during the day and stores the electrical energy. 2.2 UV Anti-Bacterial: Uses the stored battery power at night to activate a UV light (265nm wavelength) for antibacterial action.
Intelligence and Practicality: 1. AIoT Visual Diagnosis System: Real-time detection of data from various sensors and provides abnormal alarms. 2. Smart Connectivity: Uses MQTT and UMATI communication formats to transmit information on pump current, tank fluid level, cutting fluid pH value, and cutting fluid temperature to the machine tool's IPC computer, providing useful decision-making information to the user. Variable Frequency Energy-Saving Chip Flushing: Given that the cutting fluid demand differs for roughing and finishing, machine tools traditionally use mechanical valves for user control, while the supply pump still runs at 100% full speed, resulting in energy waste. Cutting Fluid Recycling from Chip Cart: Applies the Venturi effect, using compressed air to create vacuum suction to draw the cutting fluid from the bottom of the chip cart back into the tank. The equipment uses a pressure sensor and an inverter for intelligent PID constant pressure control. When the demand for coolant decreases, the speed automatically reduces to save energy, achieving an annual reduction of about 20% in carbon emissions. Given the future trend of machine tools moving toward intelligence, energy saving, and other directions, the Smart Energy-Saving Cutting Fluid Tank can provide value-added services in this area and is also suitable for various metal-cutting machine tools.
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All entries in this year's competition, whether winning an award or not, are high-quality products meticulously designed, researched, and manufactured by each company. In response to the rapidly changing international landscape, modular design and production are issues that cannot be ignored. Naturally, the recently debated issues of carbon credits and carbon taxes are challenges that all industries and companies must confront. Our machine tool and component industry is export-oriented and revered as the "Mother of Industry." The two major issues mentioned above present a significant challenge. Over the past two competitions, we have seen many entries already strategically addressing these challenges. We look forward to each company producing more machine tool masterpieces that align with international trends and user needs.
