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THE CHALLENGE Omega Tool, located in Windsor, Ontario, is known for its high-quality mold making capabilities in the automotive market, including tooling for consoles, door panels and fascias. When the automotive market began to shrink, Omega Tool wanted to find a way to increase...

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...

New PS-Series provides the productivity of a Makino horizontal machining center in a vertical platform   Makino’s PS-Series machines are the new standard in vertical machining centers for production machining, offering a reduction in cycle time, increased productivity, improved quality...

Today’s capital equipment must be more flexible and capable than ever. With this in mind, Makino has introduced the G7 grinder 5-axis horizontal machining center, capable of grinding, milling, drilling and tapping, all on the same machine

SP43 with HEAT cuts 18 to 44 percent faster AUBURN HILLS, MI – April 2007 – Makino will feature an SP43 wire EDM machine with HEAT (High Energy Applied Technology) at EASTEC in booth 1533 May 22 - May 24, 2007 in Springfield, Massachusetts. HEAT is a new advancement from Makino in Wire...

  AUBURN HILLS, MI—March 2009—Makino's new sinker EDM Titanium Booster technology enhances productivity and capability in roughing processes of titanium and titanium alloys. This technology addresses previous issues associated with rough machining, or “hogging,” large...

Engineers to discuss latest research and process solutions for aerospace parts   Mason, Ohio – May 15, 2014 – Makino plans to share its latest machining and process solutions for aerospace manufacturing July 14-20 at the 2014 Farnborough International Airshow in Hampshire, England....

a51nx Built for High Performance Machining.
The Makino a51nx is a 400mm horizontal machining center that builds on the highly successful a51 platform with key high performance machining technologies that take productivity, accuracy and machine reliability to the next level.

  Mason, Ohio – March 2011 – Makino world headquarters in Tokyo, Japan have indicated that all its employees have been accounted for and its facilities remain undamaged. While power grids and transportation systems have been disrupted, Makino is continuing to work diligently on current...

With a larger x axis than the MCD1516-5XA for larger workpieces, the MCD2016-5XA horizontal machining center is specifically designed for 5-axis mold machining. It provides multi-face indexing of large workpieces and simultaneous 5-axis control for high speeds and high accuracy.