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High Efficiency Machining Solutions

Introducing the FF/CAM and FFAUT Machining products by Makino. By Utilizing years of process based manufacturing experience coupled with today's modern High Speed Machining (HSM) Strategies, your company can start to realize the benefits of tomorrow’s challenges, Today.


With FF/cam you can:
  • Achieve Superior Surface Finishes
  • Standardize Your Machining & Programming Processes
  • Drastically Reduces Programming Time & Effort
  • Minimize Machining Time
  • Increase Cutting Tool Life
  • Reduce or Eliminate Bench Time
  • Rationalize Manufacturing Processes
  • Much Much More...

Integrated Within the Siemens NX Enviornment or as a Stand Alone CAM Package
Makino's FF Machining process brings out the tool's maximum cutting capabilities while providing stable, high-efficiency machining that extends tool life and improves surface finish. As a machine tool manufacturer, Makino has built up a comprehensive database of machining conditions based on the FF Machining principle. These machining conditions are not derived from theoretical calculations, but represent the accumulation of proven results in actual cutting conditions that can be applied to your processes today.

Ease of Use

By utilizing the pre-installed process library and FF/cam's Intelligent Process Modeler, FF products allow new users to start producing high efficiency, HSM toolpaths today. While productivity starts immediately, FF products also allows experienced users access to detailed control and configuration capabilities which allow for further customization.

CAM Programming Wish List

If you were to write down the top 5 things that your company would most benefit from in utilizing a CAM system, what would they be? Common answers might include:

  • Quick and Easy to Use
  • Elimination of Tool Breakage
  • Superior Finishes and Quality
  • Increased Machine Tool Utilization
  • Decreased Programming Time
  • Tool and Process Database

FF/cam Provides All of These and Much Much More...