There’s a machining revolution going on out there…okay…maybe that’s a stretch, but more and more shops are looking at their parts and saying, “We’ve got to find a way to make these small batches more profitable.” That is the entrepreneurial spirit in action–how can we do it better, faster, more efficient?
The parts might not be complex to the extent that they require simultaneous 5-axis but it ends up that the right 5-axis VMC is the answer to increase productivity, which ultimately increases profitability.
C & R Manufacturing reviewed their processes and determined that 5-sided machining for a part they had machined on their 3-axis VMCs would significantly slash setup time…from 4 hours to 10 minutes!
