May 2018 Product Spotlight: Machining Centers
This month’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight focuses on a variety of vertical, horizontal and five-axis machining centers, some with dual spindles. 

Five-Axis Machining Center Offers Precision for Medium-Size Workpieces
Hermle’s C 650 five-axis machining center is an extension of the Performance Line series, now providing three machine models for five-axis machining, including the C 250 and C 400.

Hermle Commended for Apprenticeship Collaboration in Wisconsin
The company is the first in the state to designate an employee for a system developed in the style of German apprenticeships.

Entry-Level Option for Machine Automation
This new modular handling system for Hermle machine tools is designed for shops that don’t necessarily need a complex and expensive robotic system, and it converts stand-alone machines into flexible manufacturing cells.

Adding Tilt to Trunnion-Table Turning
A modified gantry structure and other design attributes help consolidate setups even further on these five-axis machining centers. Includes video.

Hermle North America Changes Leadership Structure
The new 3EO team of specialists will share duties and responsibilities.

Five-Axis VMC Promotes Accessibility for Loading, Tool Setup
Hermle has introduced the C 250 machining center as a means of entry into five-axis machining.

Aztalan Aims for Rapid Adjustment
Aztalan Engineering shortened its lead times by switching to a short-run cell model for its prototype jobs and implementing a company-wide QRM strategy.

Hybrid Machine Combines Metal Powder Technology with 5-Axis Machining
German machine tool maker Hermle has integrated additive manufacturing capability into its C 40 U five-axis machining center.

Hybrid Machine Combines Metal Powder Technology with 5-Axis Machining
Hermle has integrated additive manufacturing capability into its C 40 U five-axis machining center.

Five-Axis Machining with a Modified Gantry Design
The Hermle C 400 five-axis machining center features a modified gantry design in which all linear-axis drives are above and outside the working area.

Machining Center Provides High Precision
The Hermle C 400 offers high-precision, five-axis machining in a compact package.

CNC Machining Center Offers Automation Capability
The CNC C 22 U dynamic high speed machining center from Hermle can be fully automated with the addition of the PW 150 pallet changer.

Lean from the Beginning
How would you design a new plant if you could begin today? Rolls-Royce Crosspointe is a major manufacturing site that was planned from the outset with the expectation that continuous improvement would always be part of its culture.

Fully Committed to Zero Stock Machining
Milling critical mold surfaces to final size (or even a “tenth” undersize) literally leaves no margin for error. This takes absolute confidence in every aspect of the machining process, as well as absolute confidence that the results are worthwhile.

Otherworldly Precision
A contract shop produces critical parts for the Curiosity rover that will soon depart for Mars.

Road Report: Wish You Were Here—Day 2
Our editors travel the world searching out the latest manufacturing technology. Read what Chris Koepfer, editor-in-chief of Production Machining, is learning about in Germany.

Video: 3+2 Mold Machining at Eifel
A maker of injection molds for high-appearance-quality parts describes the machine tool, software and strategy this shop uses to apply 3+2 machining.