THE CHALLENGE Innovative Mold of Washington, Mich., excels in producing complex mold making applications such as two-shot rotational molds. Most of the company’s projects are built for the automotive industry’s tier-one and tier-two original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), but the company has also expanded its reach into the consumer goods and medical industries. Innovative Mold was having problems with parting-line inaccuracies, which were causing extensive labor and nishing times in the company’s complex molds. It sought a solution that would help the company improve part quality and compete better on price. THE SOLUTION The company purchased several of the following Makino machines: • SNC64 vertical machining center • S56 vertical machining center •

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