THE CHALLENGE Innovative Mold of Washington, Mich., excels in producing complex mold making applications such as two-shot rotational molds. Most of the company’s projects are built for the automotive industry’s tier-one and tier-two original equipment manufacturers (OEMs),...
In response to these dwindling lead times, Moldmakers evaluated its processes and realized an equipment upgrade would let them take on additional projects that had extremely short lead times. At the heart of the upgrade was a pair of Makino EDNC65 RAM EDM machines. AUTOMATED...
THE CHALLENGE Located in Batesville, Miss., Batesville Tooling & Design manufactures complex injection molds for a variety of industries. For decades it had slowly been transitioning the operation from manual to commodity computer numerical controlled (CNC) machines, to improve...
The objective of the demonstration is to show 3-axis contouring with Super Geometric Intelligence machining. FORGING AHEAD SNC Demo Summary The objective of the demonstration is to show 3-axis contouring with Super Geometric Intelligence machining. Process...
Compacted Graphite Iron is the future for applications requiring light weight and high strength, like diesel engines. Learn how Makino is leading the way in machining this difficult material.