4X Higher Productivity and Tool Life in Titanium Milling

This advanced machining technology overcomes low metal removal rates and limited tool life associated with titanium machining by improving spindle performance, coolant delivery, vibration damping, machine rigidity and cutting strategies.

ADVANTiGE™ machining technology from Makino (Mason, OH) is set to change the way manufacturers think about titanium machining. This advanced process solution enables four times the productivity and tool life in titanium machining operations, dramatically reducing costs and lead times for titanium manufacturers.

“ADVANTiGE provides a degree of machining efficiency that no other titanium technology has offered in the past,” says Mark Larson, Makino’s titanium R&D manager who is located at the company’s Global Titanium R&D Center in Mason. “This technology overcomes the traditional challenges of low metal removal rates and limited tool life associated with titanium machining by improving spindle performance, coolant delivery, vibration damping, machine rigidity and cutting strategies. By combining these improvements into one package, we’re able to break through the limitations of the past.”

This machining technology is currently available on the T-series five-axis horizontal machining centers and is composed of several key machining technologies, including a high power, high torque tilting spindle, Collision Safe Guard and Autonomic Spindle Technologies, high pressure, high flow coolant system, vibration damping system, and a rigid machine construction.