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The accelerated pace of product introductions and the short life cycle of those products, no longer allows the traditional techniques of prototype moldmaking to succeed. New methods must be used for the prototype mold shop to survive in today's economy.   HIGH-PERFORMANCE...

Presenter: William Howard Jr - Product Line Manager Join William Howard, Jr., Makino Product Line Manager, as he reveals exactly what makes the D200Z a highly productive, extremely accurate 5-axis Vertical Machining Center. In this LIVE walk around, he’ll show you specifically why 5-axis machining...

Presenter: William Howard Jr - Product Line Manager Introducing the DA300, a 5-axis Vertical Machining Center for the production market. Find out more about what makes this machine highly productive in the five-face machining, full-five axis machining, automotive, medical and aerospace markets.   June...

The Makino DA500 five-axis vertical machining center is the latest in the growing Makino family. Its highly productive, and efficient design significantly reduces non-cutting time. With Single Setup five-sided machining, full contouring capability and optional turning capability its no wonder heads are...

The Challenge  Franchino Mold & Engineering in Lansing, Mich., is a leading maker of die-cast and plastic injection molds—some as big as 420,000 pounds—for automotive, construction equipment, appliance and consumer products manufacturers. To deliver orders on time and compete...

Makino's EDNC65S RAM EDM combines rugged construction, simple programming and advanced design and performance features. The result is an EDM that machines 30 percent faster than manual EDM machines, while utilizing Makino's High-Quality Surface Finish (HQSF) technology to achieve superior speeds...

The whole industry seems to be discussing this topic. Here’s what Modern Machine Shop has to say about "HSM Research - On the Edge of Technology".   HSM RESEARCH - ON THE EDGE OF TECHNOLOGY The whole industry seems to be discussing this topic. Here’s...

EDM has been commercially available and a part of the manufacturing landscape for fifty years. Though considered a "Black Magic" technology for many years, it has come into its own and is now looked upon as an indispensable and highly reliable manufacturing process.   RAM...

In today's fast paced, ever changing global manufacturing environment, the Management of the worlds production engineering and manufacturing resources are driven by several key forces.   This article will touch on three (3) areas: 1.0 Driving forces...

Presenter: William Howard - VMC Product Line Manager Every project requires set-up in order to manufacture a part. Simply getting ready to machine can be time consuming, reduces productivity and machine utilization, is costly, can be subject to judgement & errors - and requires highly skilled...