Inside the 5-axis cell that cut a German toolmaker's scrap rate from 11% to 0.4%
When Reinhardt Werkzeugbau rebuilt their high-mix cell around a single 5-axis Hermle and rewrote every post-processor in-house, the gains were not subtle. We spent three days on the floor in Aichach to understand exactly how — and what any shop can borrow from the approach. Includes the actual G-code, the fixture library, and the unsentimental accounting that made the case to the board.
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