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Machines with geared-head spindles are typically employed for machining titanium and other tough materials ...

Here are highlights from a presentation by an auto-industry observer at Makino’s recent technology expo.

A reader with a 10,000-rpm drill press can drill a 0.019-inch hole in stainless, as long as all the contrib...

A reader recently asked about speed, feed rate and depth of cut when using small tools in steel.

A reader wants to mill with small tools on a straightforward VMC used for full-sized work. MMS Online’s mic...

Various techniques address the challenge of getting a clean machined feature at microscopic scales.

Through-spindle coolant is good if you can get it, but the spot drilling might not be necessary. Try a pilo...

An expert in micromachining says one answer is to check various aspects of the drilling process. Another an...

Hummingbird takes on machining work that is too small for most shops to handle. In fact, Hummingbird tries ...

Machine-mounted video cameras are part of a system that help a shop owner get more work done...

I hope that all of you could identify with some of those examples, with some of the applications and c...

This is a transmission case for an automotive manufacturer. This is one part per fixture. It again is ...

This is an air brake compressor housing for an over-the-road truck manufacturing application, a four-p...

You're looking at a solid drawing, solid model drawing of this particular fixture. This is a steering ...

This fixture that you're looking at now is a steering gear fixture; it is a nodular iron steering gear...

This is showing a machine cell setup with our CPH system. Part of the CPH system, and obviously CPH is...

When we look at high-production workholding there's a few different areas of concentration that we nee...

This is an example of a robot-loaded cell and fixture combination on one of our machines. You can see ...

As I mentioned earlier, this is just showing that same fixture looking head-on. You can see how the oi...

This is an automotive oil pan fixture. It is similar to the video that you watched earlier showing the...

This is the same power steer gear housing used in; it's a second operation fixture, again it's a two-p...

This is a power steering gear housing that was done for an automotive application. You can see that we...

I'd like to talk about some of the newer methods, as Bob said, which really gets into systems with hig...

In a high-production workholding environment there are different types of clamping. The traditional me...

Now we're taking a look at a very different kind of a modular fixturing for larger parts. This is real...

I'll talk briefly about some modular fixturing concepts and then get into a couple of traditional fixt...

The meat and potatoes of this presentation, from a fixture designer standpoint, begins with what we li...

Other key elements include the machine performance and size, work zone considerations, part volume, qu...

Welcome to Makino's seminar on Innovative Fixturing. I am Tim Jones, product line manger for Horizonta...

Next what we want to talk about is technology transfer. What we refer to by technology transfer learni...

This video is of a 62 Rockwell piece of A2. We are cutting using a collapsing tool path starting from ...

This die punch is at a hardness of 62 Rockwell. The material is A2, so it is a die type material. The ...

The best way to figure out feedrate is to use the guide that the manufacturers give to you as a starti...

Now we are going to talk about spindle speeds and some of the considerations that go along with the di...

The video is of a piece of A2 at 60 Rockwell. The cutter itself is a four-fluted ballnose endmill. It ...

When cutting 60 Rockwell, be aware that there are cutters specifically designed for this material. Usi...

We need to talk about tool holders and some of the considerations that go with tool holders when deali...

Re-machining, to me, is the most critical part of cutting 60 Rockwell materials. To be effective your ...

We want to look for a cam system that is specifically designed for 60 Rockwell materials - a system th...

Next we want to talk about lead in and lead out. A few examples are helical ramp in, vertical ramp in,...

I would like to talk about now are the requirements in order to get to 60 Rockwell high performance ma...

Welcome to the presentation on Solutions for Hard Milling. I'm Craig McQueen, machining center applica...

As I stated at the beginning I would like to introduce you to one of our customers, Mr. Tom Frick. We ...

Right now I would like to get into to some real world applications that are taken directly from custom...

This is a great little chart here that shows not only do we gain that speed but we also have a toleran...

These are certain applications that you could associate for the HEAT technology. We are basing it arou...

The results that we have came across now utilizing this technology is that we've increased our speed a...

Some of the technology enhancements that we have done to the machine are as follows. We took our flush...

Before we started this technology development we wanted to set some targets and as far as real world k...

Those are the examples I wanted to present to you today. To summarize the purpose of today’s topic was...

Another method of error proofing the machine process is monitoring system on the machine controllers t...

Another method of error checking on the machine itself is something we call, ‘BTSOMA.’  That is a...

Now, moving on to the machine itself and what can be done on the machine to reduce errors. The first t...

Another technique in the Poka-yoke process that can be applied to tooling would be something that when...

Moving on to tooling. Tooling is an area of the highest frequency of errors that might occur in the ma...

Unfortunately, there is no recognized standard that everyone can agree on. That means that you, as a b...

There are hundreds of other issues, including pallet change time and pallet repeatability. Pall...

A common misunderstood area is horsepower and torque specifications. An interplay exists between horse...

Tool-change specifications are another aspect that must be examined. They can represent a significant ...

Another issue that must be considered is what other machine characteristics will affect your cycle tim...

I think everyone assumes that basic accuracy specs are the same on every machine tool. Just about ever...

I’d like to start out by explaining what a specification is. If you look in the dictionary, basically ...

Our topic is “Buyer Beware: Are Specifications Really What They Seem?” First, we’re going to talk ...

Staying with the programming theme, there have been some things that we’ve done here at Makino. Histor...

Now that you’ve seen the software, and if you have been thinking about addressing the programming stag...

Moving on from the couple of fixture techniques we just looked at, I wanted to talk about the programm...

The other thing we do in this particular example is part seat detection, which validates the setup. Th...

First of all, I talked a little bit on the fixture side of things, and we have a method and a product ...

What is Poka-yoke? By definition, it’s the implementation of fail safe mechanisms to prevent a process...

In our business, we’ve discussed some of the typical errors through talking to a number of our custome...

First of all, I just want to kind of talk about errors and mistakes. It’s kind of a negative topic. Bu...

Good morning, and welcome to our Webinar this morning with Makino. My name is Tim Jones, I’m the Horiz...

So what exactly is a Makino MMC? It’s a palletized automation system. It will take a part from a work-...

The MMC’s primary ROI benefit is improving spindle utilization by keeping new work delivered to a mach...

What does it take to get your MMC software running? You’ll need to enter all the required information ...

Using an MMC cellular manufacturing system requires a lot of data to be input and stored to produce th...

The MMC consists of several parts. First, the pallet carrier, which is a single-rail, guided vehicle. ...

Reduced setup time is another important factor with an MMC. With a stand-alone operation, you typicall...

Unattended operation is an important feature of an MMC. Pallets and fixtures can be loaded and stored,...

Today we’ll be presenting the return on investment, or ROI, achieved by flexible manufacturing cells. ...

In molding, if you don't control the surface temperature, the resin will not flow correctly, which wil...

Here we have some pictures of parts molded with conventional and weldless processes. You can see in th...

Other members of the alliance that create a weldless mold include Sysko Corporation, which is a manufa...

Makino has patented a vise that we've named the Rotary Smart Vise. It is a vise that allows you to pla...

Manufacturing of the intermediate plate creates some interesting challenges. Number one, it's thin, wh...

First we need to understand the basic process, which is having a mold core or cavity created typically...

There are a few key points from the video I’d like you to remember. First, automation can significantl...

We know of a company with an aero and precision division that machines aircraft parts that recently in...

Makino has developed a new pallet system concept called the work-holding pallet system. This system en...

The business issues here include cutting lead-times. In many cases, we’ve seen people who automate a 5...

What you’re looking at here is our topic for today. We’re referring to the 5-axis machining, which you...

Most of you have probably gotten into lean implementations. Lean is basically about getting rid of was...

Moving to higher levels of machining technology, in the context of this presentation, is 5-axis machin...

First of all, let’s talk about automation. These are some quotes we’ve taken from customers over the l...

The topic of 5-axis machining has been hot lately, which is why we wanted to bring it your way. But we...

CHRIS: Some things to keep in mind for 2008. If a company wants to take advantage of the section 1...

C HRIS: Let’s take a look at a few examples. Assuming that a company’s total purchases for 2008...

Let’s talk about the bonus deprecation a bit. The bonus deprecation feature allows a tax payer to depr...

Let’s walk through the Stimulus Package and talk about each point. First, the business expensing is li...

Hello, my name is Chris Lyle. I’m the customer finance manager at Makino. Today, I have a guest, Tony ...

Here are some speeds, feed rates and depths of cut for a productive hard milling process.

Compacted graphite iron is increasingly used for diesel and racing engine components. The choice of cutting...

"Lights out" doesn’t require an intense commitment. This job shop achieves flexible unattended machining wh...

This maker of implantable medical components can now machine the entire outside surface of a knee component...

Eclipse Mold makes a good case for high-end machining centers as the basis for effectively machining to zer...

MMS inMotion Multimedia Presentation Makino demonstrates the latest techniques and technologies in fixturin...

MMS inMotion Multimedia Presentation Makino demonstrates the latest techniques and technologies for high-sp...

A job shop that specializes in hard milling shows why this technique is becoming indispensable for mold man...

Measuring the length of the cutting tool in the spindle is critical.

Multitasking capability is coming to EDM. This ram EDM unit can switch from ram to wire EDM to produce hole...

This collection of hole making-technologies offers some new, unusual and overlooked ways to make holes in m...

An OEM and contract shop have found value in an unconventional, untethered hydraulic workholding method tha...

Most U.S. mold shops still leave extra stock on the cores and cavities of the molds they machine. This prac...

Machie tools designed for submicron accuracy and subminiature workpieces are following design strategies th...

Wire EDM (electrical discharge machining) has been configured with the wire in a vertical orientation for d...

HSM can let milling serve as an alternative to EDM for making dies or molds from the hardest materials (50+...

Innovative approaches to funding help shops and plants acquire the technology they need.

A grinding shop in western Pennsylvania uses self-teaching CNCs to boost productivity.

Large monolithic aircraft parts may be machined more productively one at a time instead of three at once.

This shop was pleasantly surprised to discover that, besides making chips faster, its new horizontal machin...

Machining an out-of-round bore is easy if you're not particular about the location or magnitude of the roun...

The setup for batch processing of each stem version and time expended in load/unload for the second operati...

Implementing an integrated tooling system proved to be this mold shop's first step toward automated operati...

'High speed machining' is accepted and commonplace in many shops. HSM is so widely used, in fact, that its ...

Using machining centers that might otherwise mill electrodes, this Minnesota mold shop does its cutting dir...

The high speed horizontal machining centers in this manufacturing cell represent a very efficient process f...

In many die and mold shops, the choice between ram EDM and CNC milling is far less clear than it used to be...

To machine holes for less, this shop considers the whole process.

Look-ahead is a common CNC capability today. The term describes the control's ability to read ahead some nu...

Producing fine finishes on EDMed surfaces has long been a goal, especially for mold and die shops that oper...

The precision craftsmanship that goes into building an engine will usually separate the winners from the al...

Raytheon Aircraft recently decided to set the competitive standard rather than follow it. In turn, the comp...

Machining centers make sense for this high volume process, even though the machines have continuously produ...

This new process utilizes a semi-conductive powder mixed into the dielectric fluid and produces superior su...

The ability to import complex curves into CNCs promises to let shops finally get beyond old limitations imp...

Though high speed machining means different things to different people, all of the diverse applications of ...

High volume machining centers have become so efficient outside the cut that the widest margin for productiv...

These tips from an experienced pro will help shops take some of the mystery out of the process of high spee...

Mold makers and injection molders are riding a wave of increasing demand for molded plastic and cast metal ...

Video captured with a microscope shows that a full-scale machining center is capable of micro-size milling

A wire EDM machine designed for micromachining uses negative air pressure to thread the fine wire.

The Makino EDFH1 is a fine-hole EDM machine capable of machining holes as small as 10 microns in diameter u

Electrodes with thin walls , ribs or other delicate features can be machined in one piece with HSM, be

Some CNCs can interpolate axes along mathematical curves. A single program block can describe a complet

A machining center able to maintain precise control at high feed rates makes it practical to machine ho

In this video presentation Chris Lyle, Customer Finance Manager at Makino and Tony Schweier, a CPA of Clark

Makino’s online seminar series reached a new milestone June 4 with the 100th seminar broadcast. All 100 seminars are available at the company’s online seminar library.