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Presenter: Brian Coward - Makino, EDM Product Line Manager Please join us in the Makino Experience Center for a demonstration of the updated Hyper-i Wire EDM control. The Hyper-i control addresses three key manufacturing issues: workforce skills (e.g., finding skilled workers and recovering...

Join Paul Kempland, Engineering Manager, and Matt Nyer, Sr. Application Engineer, for Makino/SST for the follow up from our January EC Event around the Collision Safe Guard option. With over 50 years’ combined experience, they are the perfect pair for answering all your machining challenges. During...

Presenters: Brian Coward - EDM Product Line Manager Dave Robinson - EDM Application Team Leader You don’t want to miss part two of this Makino Experience Center series, featuring demonstrations of programming techniques for sinker EDM and highlighting the Makino Hyper i control. In part...

Join Makino/SST Engineering Manager Paul Kempland and Sr. Application Engineer Matt Nyer for Part 5 of our 5-Axis technology series. During this live presentation, they’ll give you practical ways to simplify your part setup with probing and Automatic Workpiece Measurement (AWM). During the live...

Splined yoke Comments .006 true position of center slot to spline.  .006 true position of end stops to spline.  ±.001 width of slot.  .001 flatness of pads.  .004 profile of pads.  .010...

New EDM technology can improve cycle time reduction and enhance cost savings.   OFFLINE PROGRAMMING FOR COMPETITIVE SOLUTIONS Bill Paul and Yoshiharu Yoshioka There are two issues with EDM operations in the U.S. that hamper production and cost efficiency....

The role of the toolholder in high-speed milling is really no different than its role when applied conventionally. The role of the toolholder is always to provide an interchangeable interface between a machine spindle and a cutting tool, such that the effectiveness of either component is not diminished....

A sinker EDM's mass and dampening qualities improve the accuracy of electrode positioning in the spark gap, which, in turn, improves machining speed and finish.   SHOPPING FOR RELIABILITY An automatic wire threader fails, halting overnight production on an...

“Shops that machine small parts may have the luxury of scrap, but we don’t,” says Don Covert, President of Covert Manufacturing. “Accuracy, speed, and a stable process are vital. Big parts take longer to machine, so you have to maximize the number of parts you finish in a day, without sacrificing quality...

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 updating...