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If you want to extract the greatest amount of productivity and profitability from your manufacturing operations, it’s important to evaluate how much non-cutting time is occurring when the spindle should be in cut. One of the things that can impact in-cut time is machine technology. Every Vertical...

  MASON, OHIO - JUNE 2009 - Makino's highly acclaimed online seminar series reached a new milestone on June 4, with the 100th seminar broadcast. All 100 seminars are available in Makino's online seminar library (www.makino.com/library). These online events cover a wide variety of machining...

High-speed, precision horizontal machining center for parts up to 5300 x 3000mm MASON, OH – August 2007 – In a world where parts are growing more complex, the need for a large, high-precision, high-speed horizontal machining center for production work is apparent. With this in mind, Makino...

Planning to increase manufacturing capacity by adding another low cost VMC? Maybe it is time to evaluate how to achieve lower costs, increased profits, lean operation and reduced lead-times by switching to a horizontal machining center. This webinar will compare the use - and associated costs - of utilizing...

Provides superior surfaces for variable shape and thickness parts AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN--Sept 2007-- Makino is proud to announce its latest Wire EDM technology development, SurfaceWIZARD™, which virtually eliminates witness lines. SurfaceWIZARD is the newest control technology development...

Real-time data retrieval, storage and analysis software optimizes manufacturers’ production efficiency Makino releases its new real-time machine process monitoring and data management software solution, the MPmax (Machine Productivity Maximizer). By connecting multiple machines on a single...

Makino’s new Inertia Active Control technology optimizes B-axis rotation for reduced non-cut time Mason, OH – February 2012 – Makino announces its new horizontal machining center technology, Inertia Active Control (IAC), for improved productivity through direct-drive...

Hi-Tech Mold & Engineering in Rochester Hills, Michigan, serves the plastics industry in product design and the manufacture of large prototype and production molds and fixtures. Hi-Tech is a full-service tool supplier to the automotive industry. It provides complete program management that includes...

THE CHALLENGE As the moldmaking industry grew more competitive, Build-A-Mold (BAM) wanted to apply a production mentality to its custom mold making in order to open up capacity. To accomplish this goal, the Windsor, Ontario, Canada, company knew that it could no longer operate effectively...