Some shop owners focus only on the initial purchase price of a Vertical Machining Center and overlook critical performance issues that can increase operational costs. These performance issues - and their associated expense - are reflected in every project produced on the machine. This webinar utilizes...
Optical Gaging Products (OGP) will describe a range of sensor technologies that can be used for dimensional measurement of machined parts. Multisensor measuring machines use a combination of sensors, each with particular strengths, to measure various features or dimensions for verification to design...
<strong> - Don Lane, CEO of Makino</strong><br />Today, the outlook for North American manufacturing is mixed. Regulatory pressures, reluctance to make capital investments, changes in the energy and currency markets, the current political climate and other global pressures can create...
With the significant increase in jet engine order backlogs and new fuel-efficiency requirements for engine designs, the production demand for high-temperature alloy parts is set to grow substantially. This is expected to put additional pressure on the supply chain and create demand for new manufacturing...
The buy to fly ratio on most structural aluminum aerospace parts is typically around 80 to 90%. If 85% of the starting raw material gets turned to chips, it is easy to understand how improving metal removal rate contributes directly to your bottom line. The Next-Gen MAG3.EX can produce some parts 25%...
Larger and more dynamic version of popular EDGE2 MASON, OH—September 2008—The Makino EDGE3S sinker EDM machine is ideal for the plastic injection mold and impact tooling markets, dedicated to helping manufacturers drive costs out of their operations. The EDGE3S is well suited...
Machining an out-of-round bore is easy if you're not particular about the location or magnitude of the roundness error. But accurately machining a hole that has a precisely defined non-round profile is a capability that would seem to be well beyond what a standard boring bar can accomplish. A...
Makino announces the release of the EDBV8 fast hole EDM drilling machine for the production of film cooling holes and shaped diffuser holes in blade and vane segments. The EDBV8 is ideally suited for large turbine engine component machining for the aerospace and power-generation markets, and it is equipped...
Manufacturers of medical, aerospace, prototype and complex multi-face parts have long understood the positive impact that 5-axis machining can have on productivity and quality, simply by consolidating operations. Makino’s a51nx-5XU 5-axis horizontal machining center raises these capabilities to...
Senior executives available for private meetings to share how Makino advances drive bottom line results Mason, OH – June 23, 2016 – Makino announces its plans to share the latest machining and process solutions for aerospace manufacturing July 11-15 at the 2016 Farnborough International...