Using mill/turn machines to combine operations, means less machinery – or less floor-space. Fewer machines in turn means reduced operators. It also means less power and compressed air is consumed. All of these reductions combine to deliver cost savings and improve profitability.
As the advances in user-friendly CAD/CAM packages with Mill/turn platforms and post-processors, mean it is also much more accessible and no-longer just the preserve of large tier one specialists.
And with more machine tool manufacturers beginning to produce Mill/turn technology so it becomes more commonplace and more affordable than you might think.
The benefits of this technology is increasingly being harnessed by forward thinking sub-contractors, looking for a competitive edge.