MIDACO Blog: Machining Center

Why Stop at One Table? The Case for Automating Part Loading When it comes to CNC machining, we’ve come a long way from the manual Bridgeport era. Today’s Vertical Machining Centers (VMCs) feature Automatic Tool Changers (ATCs) that can store 30, 60, or even over 100 tools—automating complex operatio...

Small Shop, Big Growth: Apogee Manufacturing Steps Into High-Volume CNC Production Apogee Manufacturing Solutions, a growing machine shop based in New Holland, PA, has built a solid reputation delivering precision-machined components in prototype and low-volume quantities. Until 2020, their projects...

MIDACO Pallet Changers Running Production at the HAAS Factory in Oxnard CA. We're taken on a full tour of the HAAS factory in Oxnard, CA hosted by Andrew Harnett, Mfg. Engr., with a glimpse of how MIDACO's Automatic Pallet Changer Systems have been added to their own CNC machining centers. (timestam...

High mix low volume production is not a problem when changing set-ups outside the VMC while it's making chips. Get 50%-60% More Productivity out of your Existing VMC or 5-Axis You’ve invested in top-of-the-line machinery and your machine shop is cranking out parts to meet your customers’ demands. Yo...

MIDACO Automatic Pallet Changer at the Northwest Machine Tool Expo NWMT Bryan Hubble from Allied Systems Co. in Shorewood, OR stopped by to see MIDACO in the Hemenway Sales booth at NWMT 2019 (Northwest Machine Tool Expo) and to share how happy they are with the increased productivity they're gettin...