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The D800Z is designed for high-performance job shops providing precision large-part 5-axis machining for the die/mold and aerospace markets. This video demonstrates the precision of the D800Z throughout motion in all five axes, as provided by a highly rigid structure and Makino's proprietary, next-generation...

Today's machines can oftentimes encounter more than a million tool changes, making speed and reliability a priority. This video demonstrates the unique shutter door design of the D800Z automatic tool changer (ATC). By combining the shutter door with the tool change arm, this design limits tool change...

Matt Ellis, owner of Extreme Precision, discusses how his production job shop was able to increase production capacity and flexibility with investments in automated high-performance machining centers. By tying 4-axis and 5-axis machine technologies together with interchangeable pallets within a single...

Many theories have surfaced on exactly who has machined the world's smallest hole. The topic has been debated around the globe. But Makino has done it in Japan on a communications /fiber optic part -a stunning 0.00044 inch finished hole diameter, and was cut on the Makino EDGE2 Sinker EDM machine...

Wire EDM (electrical discharge machining) has been configured with the wire in a vertical orientation for decades, so the appearance of a wire machine that orients the wire horizontally is truly a novel development.