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In short, five-axis machining capability does not make a shop a Top Shop. Rather, it takes a Top Shop to make the most of five-axis machining, to the extent that lower-performing shops might be better off without it.
A 6061 aluminum pump housing undergoes five-axis machining operations on a Variaxis i800 Neo from Mazak. The company’s Mazatrol programming system reportedly allowed easy offsetting to control tight tolerances on the ports, holes and threads, and the machine’s two-pallet changer is just one of a variety of automation options.
The reason why is simple: Five-axis machining is expensive. The benchmarking data show that overall, five-axis shops (both Top Shops and other shops) spend roughly double the amount of non-five-axis shops on tooling, materials, people and capital equipment. Those that can generate enough revenue to make up for the additional costs have much in common. Based on our analysis of the data, here are the leading five traits of shops that do five-axi