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THE CHALLENGE Custom Mold & Design (CMD) prides itself in overcoming the challenges created by complex geometric parts and achieving tight tolerances in medical injection-molding applications. The Minneapolis, Minn., company works primarily with medical-device manufacturers,...

Presenter Bill Howard - VMC Product Manager In today’s highly competitive machine tool marketplace it pays to do a little research before making a critical capital purchase, especially when considering vertical machining centers. Did you know that there are more vertical machining centers...

Presenter: David Walton - Director of Engineering Operations Want to get more from your machining equipment? Discover how machine tending automation can revolutionize your operations by increasing equipment utilization and efficiency. In this exclusive webinar, we’ll explore the benefits...

The precision and surface finish quality of the UPV-3, for larger part details. The UPV-5 features an oil-based di-electric system that provides greater control over the machining discharge spark energy, and this enhanced control provides the ability to machine with lower power, enabling the UPV-5...

The EDGE2i machine brings an effective combination of high performance and versatility to Sinker EDM operations. The EDGE-Series machines are configured with many productive technologies to efficiently handle any task, and utilize the latest SuperSpark4 and IES (Intelligent Expert System) technologies. 

This micro component was machined by using a combination of micro hole machining technologies of the EDFH1, fine hole sinker, and ultra fine wire technologies of the UPJ-2 horizontal wire EDM. The first operation of the EDFH1 machine, required the use of a 60 micron tungsten electrode, to produce (4)...

THE CHALLENGE Innovative Mold of Washington, Mich., excels in producing complex mold making applications such as two-shot rotational molds. Most of the company’s projects are built for the automotive industry’s tier-one and tier-two original equipment manufacturers (OEMs),...

THE CHALLENGE Master Cut of Schaumburg, Ill., enjoys a diversified customer base in the medical, aerospace, tool and die, mold and automotive industries. When the company got its start as a two-man operation, it used a non-auto-threading machine for its die and mold operations which...

Presenters: Taylor Cox - Senior Applications Engineer Brian Coward - EDM Product Line Manager Did you know Makino offers a horizontal Wire EDM machine? Register today to for this Makino Experience Center event for an in depth overview of the UPN-01 Horizontal Wire EDM. Join Subject Matter...

This optic grade mold insert detail was produced by implementing a novel machining process with our newest ultra precision, vertical machining center. By utilizing a specially manufactured, single crystal diamond cutting tool, the Makino IQ300 machined this unique mold insert using a high precision “planing”...