Makino’s new D500 vertical machining center a work zone measuring 500 × 450 mm, and its X-, Y-, and Z-axes provide strokes up to 550 mm, 1,000 mm, and 500 mm, respectively. The machine is capable of ...

Makino combined an a51 horizontal machining center and a D500 5-axis vertical machining center into one automated cell. A flexible manufacturing system is traditionally comprised of several similar ..

Interchangeable pallets and a cell controller allow different machining centers to be easily integrated into a single cell in a new flexible manufacturing system. Makino says it can combine 5-axis ...