THE CHALLENGE Davis Tool of Hillsboro, Ore., is a precision manufacturer of complex titanium and aluminum aerospace components. It often invests in new technologies to make its shop more productive than others and to become more e cient and more protable. The company had been using geared-head machines to produce its titanium aerospace components, which proved to be time-consuming. To improve e ciency and exibility, it felt that it needed a more modern automated machining cell with a high-torque integral drive spindle. This spindle would improve acceleration and deceleration rates and allow higher process speeds. THE SOLUTION Davis Tool had been using Makino machines since 1987. The reliability and e ciency of these machines caused the company to again look to Makino. In

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