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Learn how to lower your cost up to 50% using Makino's closed-loop tolerance control process to replace manual jig grinding. The presentation will explain how you can hard-mill and finish-grind in a single setup including in machine-probing inspection. The current method of processing the five...

THE CHALLENGE EDM Department is located in the Chicago suburb of Bartlett, Ill., and serves customers in the aerospace, defense-communications, telecommunications and medical industries. The company handles research and development, production and turnkey solutions, all under one roof. It was increasingly...

In Aerospace manufacturing—where behemoth machines produce monolithic structural parts—change comes slowly. In fact, over the last 80 years, Aerospace manufacturing has been comfortably tethered to gantry-style vertical mills for large part production. However, there is a major paradigm...

  Makino showcases advanced machines, multiple new technologies in booth S-8700 MASON, OHIO – July 2010 – Makino demonstrates its new products and machining technologies at the 2010 International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, September...

The J4M horizontal machining center (HMC) from Makino is an ideal machine for high-volume part manufacturers seeking high-speed productivity, superb accuracy and outstanding reliability.   MAKINO INTRODUCES J4M HORIZONTAL MACHINING CENTER The J4M horizontal machining...

Matrix Tooling, Inc. and Matrix Plastic Products specialize in building difficult-to-produce precision molds for the most demanding plastics applications. Located in the Chicago suburb of Wood Dale, Illinois, the company prides itself on blending old- world craftsmanship with the industry's leading-edge...

SITUATION While scrap is typically considered an issue by all manufacturers, it is of particular concern to Covert Manufacturing (Galion, Ohio) and its large production parts. As a manufacturer for the agriculture and heavy-duty truck industries, Covert knows that one scrapped component...

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...

THE CHALLENGE STRATTEC Security Corporation has been supplying locks and keys for the automotive market since vehicles were invented. This Milwaukee, Wis., company is a worldwide leader that has driven the innovations in its field, including the move from mechanical to electromechanical...

THE CHALLENGE Master Cut of Schaumburg, Ill., enjoys a diversified customer base in the medical, aerospace, tool and die, mold and automotive industries. When the company got its start as a two-man operation, it used a non-auto-threading machine for its die and mold operations which...