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THE CHALLENGE Little Lakes Machine & Tool of Stratford, Ontario, specializes in custom tooling for powdered metal parts. These tools are put under a lot more stress than typical molds and the materials are rated very high in hardness and abrasiveness. Most of the materials used in the company’s...

  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...

Makino is excited to announce new extended stroke variants of the J5 family of high capability horizontal machining centers. These new J5 variants are designed for machining of large size workpieces that are commonly found in modern automotive structural designs, suspension systems, and EV propulsion...

A V22 high precision vertical machining center was chosen to machine the part from roughing to finishing. The machining process began with top face roughing of the part using a 15-mm Pokholm face mill at 7500RPM. The outside perimeter was then machined with a 1.3-mm ball-nosed endmill running at 30,000RPM....

  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...

  Mason, Ohio – October 2009 – Makino is pleased to announce the opening of a new international technology center located in Querétaro, Mexico. The Mexico technology center offers machine tool and part sales, local service, training and technology support, and application engineering...

This webinar will provide an overview of the latest tools for different die and mold materials and applications. Special emphasis will be placed on differences in accuracy, coatings and tool life. We will cover graphite milling applications and highlight differences in accuracy. Milling tools for H13...

Makino announces the D300 5-axis vertical machining center as the newest entry into the 5-axis aerospace machining arena. Similar to the D500, this 5-axis machining center is designed specifically for small, complex, 3-D contouring of high-quality part production...

Designed to provide the power, speed, precision and versatility to handle large part machining applications. The F8 large, vertical machining center is designed to provide the power, speed, precision and versatility to handle large part machining applications as well as big die and mold components.  

The physique to tackle extremely large part details, with the fineness and precision of smaller machines.
The U86 Wire EDM machine provides larger machine travels and work tank to accommodate parts up to 1,400mm x 987mm (55.1" x 38.8“) with weights up to 3,000kg (6,614 lbs.).