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Presenter: John Einberger- Product Line Manager Are you reaching to expand your complex parts production capabilities?  Are you looking for the utmost in machine capability, rigidity, and speed with the reach of a five axis platform?  If so, please join us via the Makino Experience Center...

Three years ago, JK Molds, Inc. decided that if they were going to stay in the die/mold business, they had better automate in order to achieve the benefits of unattended machining time with fast, high quality overnight cutting and burning. The Upland, California, company spent a few million dollars...

Walk into Cam-Tech Manufacturing’s Mansfield, Texas, operation and you can’t ignore that the company is poised for growth. The visitors’ entrance leads to a mezzanine overlooking the manufacturing floor. Directly in front sits a new Makino T1 5-axis horizontal machining center. “Sits”...

When buying a machining center, you're bombarded with specs. What do they really mean, and how do the inconsistent ways of measuring performance truly stack up?

A V22 high precision vertical machining center was chosen to machine the part from roughing to finishing. The machining process began with top face roughing of the part using a 15-mm Pokholm face mill at 7500RPM. The outside perimeter was then machined with a 1.3-mm ball-nosed endmill running at 30,000RPM....

Presenter John Einberger - Product Line Manager Makino understands that small parts are big business, even if a full day of production only yields a shoe box full of parts. We understand the obstacles small part manufacturers face, including challenging materials like titanium, cobalt chrome and...

SITUATION -->FPD Company of McMurray, Pennsylvania is a leading manufacturer of implantable medical devices. When a customer approached the company with a new femoral component for an artificial knee, FPD faced several unique manufacturing challenges, including:    •  Precision...

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 However, they are using outdated equipment and...

Host: John Einberger – HMC Product Line Manager Special Guest: Nik Ilg – Spindle Analysis Supervisor Please join us for a discovery and discussion about the make-up of a modern machining center’s spindle.  We’ll show the major components of a direct drive spindle...

The Boeing Commercial Airplane Group is in an industry where constant innovation is essential to maintaining a competitive edge. Lead time and cycle time reductions must be achieved while simultaneously improving quality levels across all manufacturing processes. To that end, its Wichita, Kansas-based...