"We’ve never seen a part come out so perfect," said Mark Moore, EDM manager at Norman Noble of Cleveland, Ohio, as he walked through a row of EDMs made by three different manufacturers. "We have 187 machine tools, 26 of them EDMs. But that first part out of the Makino floored me."...
Auburn Hills, Michigan – September 2009 – Makino’s 2009 Advanced Manufacturing and High-Precision Technology Expo held at the Auburn Hills, Michigan Tech Center provided industry leading advice and innovative machining solutions from Makino and other prominent companies. "I...
Hunt-Wilde Corporation of Tampa, Florida, began in 1946 manufacturing vinyl injection molded parts, primarily for bicycle handlegrips. As the U.S. bicycle manufacturing business moved offshore, Hunt-Wilde began to gain the capacity to further diversify and pursue alternative markets such as lawn and...
A production cell of three Makino A55E machining centers managed by a Makino Machining Complex and model A3 cell controller produces shifter forks for Harley-Davidson at Anderson Machining Service. CELL SHIFTS HARLEY PARTS INTO HIGH PRODUCTION A production cell of three...
The UPJ-2 meets the needs of the micro-miniature machining markets that require micrometer and nanometer level machining technologies. REVOLUTIONARY, ULTRA-PRECISION, FINE WIRE MACHINE: UPJ-2 The ultra-high accuracy UPJ-2 from Makino is the world’s only...
In the mid-1980s, Makino introduced the MC40, a horizontal machining center (HMC) that offered a glimpse of the high speed machining advancements. Makino then made a further leap forward in 1989 with the development of the A55, the first of its A-Series machine line that would drive the metalcutting...
Runoff Requirements 1.67 Cpk and cycle time on all critical features Machines 21 J88 / System installation with gantry loading Material Aluminum with cast-iron liners Parts Automotive V6 engine...
NURBS Interpolation Advanced Curve Translation Creates Innovative Cutting Technique A NEW WAY TO MACHINE CURVES NURBS Interpolation Advanced Curve Translation Creates Innovative Cutting Technique by Jeff Wallace, Makino CAD/CAM applications...
SITUATION Cast Technologies is a family-owned-and-operated foundry and machine shop that got its start 120 years ago making brass plumbing products. Today, the Peoria, Ill., company primarily machines aluminum and brass diesel engine, transmission and earth-moving components such...
SITUATION Parkn Manufacturing (Litchfield, Ohio) knows machine fixture design and how it can be applied to boost quality and productivity. When the company opened its doors in 2005, it encountered fixturing limitations within its commodity vertical machining center, limiting overall...