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Makino is demonstrating the latest in productivity and flexibility at IMTS 2000. Its A55E high-speed horizontal machining center is equipped with a Modular Machining Complex (MMC).

Over the past several years there has been an increased interest in micro machining technology that has captured the imagination of every manufacturing and industry segment; from aerospace, medical appliance and the automotive world, the potential for product miniaturization continues to grow and while...

Faster. More productive. More accurate. Makino has raised the bar once again for high-speed horizontal machining centers with the new A55E, the latest addition to its A55 family of machining centers and the new industry standard for enhanced speed and productivity.

Time is a huge factor in running an in-house tooling operation for a major plastic injection operation. Tim Andreas, tooling manager at AMA Plastics in Corona, California, says that time pressures have led the company to undertake a revolutionary streamlining of design and tooling operations.

Pending EPA regulations on metal cutting fluids have made dry machining a hot topic recently. And while the need for dry machining may be apparent, issues including the perceived inability to cut dry at higher speeds and the changeover costs involved result in dry machining being perceived as impractical...

When machining titanium became all the rage back in the early 2000s, every shop wanted to claim they were doing it because it was a “big deal” at the time.  Fast-forward to today, and many of those same shops are still cutting titanium. However, they are using outdated equipment and...

Makino is introducing SGI.4, the next generation of its patented super geometric intelligence technology, on its V-Series of vertical machining centers.