June 2018 Product Spotlight: EDM
This month’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight focuses on electrical discharge machines (EDMs) tailored to a variety of industries. 

Using Data to Do Better in Manufacturing
Although the Smart Manufacturing Experience 2018 event in Boston may not have provided a simple, clear definition of “smart manufacturing,” it did provide a broad experience of what smart manufacturing can be like.

Four Questions a Shop Considering HMCs Should Ask
Compared to vertical machining centers, horizontal machining centers offer the potential for improved spindle uptime, cycle times and throughput. Although they come with a higher price tag, their higher productivity can be significant to shops of all sizes, as Valley Tool has experienced.

EDMs’ Rise-and-Fall Work Tanks Improve Access, Visibility
Makino’s Edge2 and Edge3 EDMs are built to provide accurate and reliable performance for standard die/mold components and contract manufacturing.

Applications Enable Remote Monitoring, Control of EDMs
With the release of HyperConnect, Makino offers a suite of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications for EDMs designed to enhance user experience and efficiency as well as reduce machine downtime.

SST Opens New EDM Consumables Facility in Connecticut
The company has many roots in the region through Global EDM Supplies, which was acquired and integrated into SST by Makino earlier in 2017.

Updated Five-Axis HMC Efficiently Machines Aluminum
Makino’s updated MAG3-EX five-axis horizontal machining center is designed for processing aluminum aerospace parts.

Automated Pallet-Handling System Offers More Control, Adaptation
Makino has introduced a new design configuration for its MMC2 automated pallet-handling system, which enables full compatibility with the company’s a61nx-5E five-axis horizontal machining center.

Makino to Hold 2017 Die/Mold Technology Expo
The September 13-14 event will feature dozens of live machines, educational seminars and guest presentations.

Measuring Components Help Job Shop Triple Capacity
Magnolia Tooling's older, less-accurate machines required time-consuming manual setup procedures. Purchasing new machines from Makino and accessories from Blum-Novotest streamlined setup and optimized production.

Growing with the Times (and Customer Demands)
Faced with the choice to innovate and invest or be left behind, Turbine Technologies chose to invest in EDM machines from Makino.

Machine Software Speeds 3D Contouring
Makino introduces SGI.5, the latest version of its Super Geometric Intelligence software for high-feed-rate, tight-tolerance machining of complex, three-dimensional contoured shapes.

EDM Machine Probing Possibilities
Probing options for electrical discharge machining equipment range from simple to sophisticated. Here are options for wire, sinker and hole-drilling EDM.

Massive Machining Center Features Fast Rapids
Makino’s a120nx is designed to machine oversized structural components for industrial equipment, diesel engines and semiconductor manufacturing.

Makino Acquires EDM Consumables Supplier
Global EDM Supplies will be integrated into Makino’s SST consumables business.

VMC Outfitted for Various Automation Options
Makino offers the L2 vertical machining center designed for high-volume, small-part manufacturing.

What a Machining Center Really Costs: Total Lifecycle ROI
A white paper explains why it’s important to look at the entire lifecycle of a machine to determine its true costs and benefits.