THE CHALLENGE Located in Batesville, Miss., Batesville Tooling & Design manufactures complex injection molds for a variety of industries. For decades it had slowly been transitioning the operation from manual to commodity computer numerical controlled (CNC) machines, to improve its performance. Company personnel saw this new precision mold- making equipment as another contributor to its mission of exceeding customer expectations. When it was time to consider the purchase of high-performance machining equipment to enhance its operation, the company was hoping to obtain additional accuracy, quality and speed. THE SOLUTION Batesville purchased the Makino F5 vertical machining center to replace some of its EDM operations. Company personnel also attended technical training at Maki

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