SITUATION Located in Newberg, Ore., Wolcott Design Services is a small job shop that specializes in design and prototyping for the sport racing, electronics and outdoor equipment industries. Bob Wolcott owns and operates the company and oversees daily management and operation of...
THE CHALLENGE Accede Mold & Tool, a full-service shop under its third-generation of family ownership in Rochester, N.Y., has an extensive history in the production of complex, custom-designed plastic injection molds. In 2007, the company sought to stay ahead of the competition by investing in...
MASON, Ohio – October 12, 2016 – Makino is excited to announce the latest addition to its next-generation series of horizontal machining centers, the a71nx. This horizontal machine platform extends the capabilities of the original a71 with a host of brand-new features and technologies, including...
Mason, Ohio – April 4, 2013 – Makino is pleased to announce its Automotive and Part Production Day, scheduled on Wednesday, May 8 at its Mason, Ohio technology center. The event is planned to provide attendees with engineering and technology solutions that can offer greater throughput, repeatable...
Topics to include new 5-axis machining solutions, customer support tools and advanced CNC capabilities Mason, Ohio – December 7, 2016 – Makino announced today its latest line-up of online seminars for first-quarter 2017. The upcoming presentations are set to provide attendees with...
MASON, Ohio – April 19, 2017 – Makino introduces SGI.5, its latest Super Geometric Intelligence software version for high-feed rate, tight-tolerance machining of complex three-dimensional contoured shapes. The result is unmatched speed, high feeds and tight accuracies when executing...
Local students get the opportunity to see how high precision parts are made. Mason, Ohio – October 13, 2017 – In celebration of Manufacturing Month 2017, Makino is opening its facility on Friday, Oct. 20, to more than 300 students, teachers and community members to showcase leading manufacturing...
MASON, Ohio – November 14, 2017 – Makino is pleased to present its next-generation EDGE-Series machines, the EDGE2 and EDGE3, to the U.S. manufacturing market. Built for general precision machining applications, both electrical discharge machines (EDM) provide accurate and reliable performance...
Machine networking application facilitates machine-to-machine and machine-to-PC virtual connectivity for improved efficiencies AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – December 12, 2017 – With the release of HyperConnect, Makino offers a suite of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications...
Makino experts respond to the following machine tool industry questions posed by American Machinist magazine Makino experts respond to the following machine tool industry questions posed by American Machinist magazine: Readers have identified...