The Challenge Alumalloy Metalcastings Company of Avon Lake, Ohio, supplies aluminum cast parts and finished subassemblies to original equipment manufacturers of heavy trucks, autos and industrial equipment. Even though secondary machining of those parts comprised almost half of the company’s...
The Makino UX3 Wire EDM provides an ideal mix of speed, accuracy, and surface finish capability to tackle the most demanding applications. The machine utilizes a stationary worktable design that delivers repeatable accuracy regardless of workpiece size or weight. Excellent access to the work tank is...
Presenters: Brian Coward - EDM Product Line Manager Jordan Marcincavage - Aero Engine Tech Group Manager You're invited to an exciting new broadcast from the Makino Experience Center! Join hosts Brian Coward and Jordan Marcincavage for an exclusive look at the Makino EDBV Series EDM machines—engineered...
Presenter: William Howard Jr - Product Line Manager Achieving high volume production on a Vertical Machining Center within a small footprint can be quite a challenge. But, there is a solution. The Slim3n provides high performance and extremely efficient machining for high volume part production....
THE CHALLENGE Mid-State Machine Products of Winslow, Maine, works with large part production components with intricate geometric tolerances, especially in difficult-to-machine alloys. The company serves customers in the defense, gas- and oil-exploration, and power-generation industries...
High-accuracy and high-speed machining on a large, rigid design.
The U1310 Wire EDM machine provides two very unique attributes on an extremely large machine with its ability to achieve high accuracy and productive high-speed machining.
MASON, Ohio – June 15, 2018 –Introducing the new UP6 HEAT Wire EDM machine designed for Ultra Precision machining. The new machine is capable of achieving work piece positional accuracies of 1 micron (0.00004”) while providing X/Y/Z travels respectively of 650 x 470 x 320mm (25.59”...
Presenter: Brian Coward - Makino, EDM Product Line Manager Please join us in the Makino Experience Center for a demonstration of the updated Hyper-i Wire EDM control. The Hyper-i control addresses three key manufacturing issues: workforce skills (e.g., finding skilled workers and recovering...
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 EDGE2i machine brings an effective combination of high performance and versatility to Sinker EDM operations. The EDGE-Series machines are configured with many productive technologies to efficiently handle any task, and utilize the latest SuperSpark4 and IES (Intelligent Expert System) technologies.