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To stay competitive and lower manufacturing costs, metalworking companies must take advantage of the most advanced machine tool manufacturing technology. This requires investing hard earned cash. Now, by working with Makino Inc., a full range of financing options can be structured to meet any capital...

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 aerospace industry's seemingly wild growth has spurred dramatic increases in part production levels. To feed the demand, manufacturers including Boeing are responding on a global scale. Its Wichita, Kansas-based machine fabrication division, for example, recently redesigned and updated its bulkhead...

We all constantly hear about how this fast-paced industry is getting even faster. No surprise at most mold shops, where one job follows another and customers press for faster delivery of their work -- within ever shortening lead times.   MOLD MAKERS CREATE FUTURE We...

Unigraphics Solutions, a recognized leader in the CAD/CAM/CAE market,developed the 5-Axis NURBS-based tool path to enhance its machining productofferings and allow companies to gain greater productivity.   UNIGRAPHICS ON NURBS ST. LOUIS (9/11/98) — Unigraphics...

Nypro Puerto Rico, the first offshore facility for the eighth largest injection molder, needed an infusion of new technology in the mold building capacity at its Nypro Technology Center (NTC). NYPRO - OVERHAULING THE SHOP FLOOR Nypro Puerto Rico, the first...

Illinois Toolmaker Invests In Hard Milling TechnologyWhen your clients include top-of-the-line consumer appliance companies, you have to make sure not to disappoint them and you have to provide them with the best tooling possible in the least amount of time. HARD STEELS REQUIRE...

In response to these dwindling lead times, Moldmakers evaluated its processes and realized an equipment upgrade would let them take on additional projects that had extremely short lead times. At the heart of the upgrade was a pair of Makino EDNC65 RAM EDM machines.   AUTOMATED...

Many of our customers have molds that require very short lead-times—lead-times that many mold makers find unreasonable, said Tony Knapp, vice president of Creative Die Mold of Glendale Heights, Illinois. "Those companies know that they can come to us and get their molds in the time they need...