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MAKINO EUROPE NEWSOhm & Häner Metallwerk,Olpe, GermanyOhm & Häner, a company founded in1961, manufactures mechanically pro -cessed and frequently coated castingsmade of nearly all standardisedand non-standardised aluminiumalloys. The individual weight of castingsvaries from 20 g to 1,500 kg. Allthe castings are produced using eithersand casting or gravity die castingtechnology for all branches of industry,though most are destined for themechanical engineering and equipment-buildingindustries and, to anincreasing extent, the automotiveindustry. Even highly demanding alloysare cast at Ohm & Häner. The companysatisfies customers’ individualwishes by supplying castings in quantitiesranging from one piece per batchin the manual moulding mode to medium-sizedseries on automatic mouldingmachines and state-of-the-artgravity die casting units. After Ohm& Häner decided to go for a twosupplierstrategy with respect to itshorizontal machining centres (HMC),two Makino a61 HMCs were or der edin April and delivered in October 2008.Ohm & Häner chose the Makino a61for the following reasons: Makino’sgood reputation in the market; a convincingdemonstration of the ma -chine’s capabilities at a company thatis both a customer of Ohm & Hänerand Makino; the machine’s expectedhigh availability and extremely fastmachining times, which have a verypositive impact on the hourly output;and the very high precision the a61makes possible – a must for the componentsto be machined.WSK “PZL – Rzeszów”,Rzeszów, PolandFounded in 1937, WSK “PZL –Rzeszów” has become one of theleading players in the Central Europeaerospace industry. It was stateownedfor over 60 years and joinedthe United Technologies corporationfamily in 2002. WSK “PZL – Rzeszów”employs more than 4,100 people infour Business Units (Aerospace, Casting,Service and Tooling) at a singlefacility located in the city of Rzeszówon the banks of the River Wisłok. UTCis a global technology corporation witha long history of pioneering innovationin aerospace, aviation, helicopterdesign, climate control, elevatordesign and hydrogen fuel cells. As themajority shareholder in WSK “PZL-Rzeszow” S.A., UTC has enabled WSKto become a world-leading aerospacemanufacturer and join the chain ofworld aerospace component suppliersand aircraft engine manufacturers.WSK “PZL – Rzeszów” recently investedin two Makino a81 horizontalmachining centres and one a92-5XR.They chose Makino machines for tworeasons: first, their very good reputationin the market, not only in Polandand Europe but also in the USA andCanada; and second because Makinoensures high-quality technical supportin application and service fromthe Makino Technology and TrainingCentre in Bratislava.The Makino a92-5XR in a 5-axisapplication14