Many manufacturers are facing multiple challenges to stay profitable and competitive. Some of these include price, delivery and intense competition.
As head milling applications engineer for Makino, Ron Field spends most of his time helping die and mold manufacturers implement high-speed machining applications. From this hands-on experience, Field has developed a list of commonly held misconceptions about high-speed machining.
The push toward high speed machining is coming from three key areas: mold and die, aerospace, and automotive. Each of these industries is motivated by different interests and goals; each is emphasizing different technologies to solve divergent problems; each faces different challenges in regard to the...
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