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How to choose a machine for your part

Match the machine to the part, material and output before you compare price.

Match the machine to the part, material and output before you compare price. Start with the workpiece: material, maximum size and the features that must be cut, turned or formed.

From there the range narrows to a family — for example a CNC machining center, CNC lathe or laser cutting machine — and only then to a configuration.

Send the part from the contact page when you want the shortlist checked.

Checklist

Four questions before a quote

01

Shape

Milled, turned, flat, formed or molded.

02

Material

Metal, plastic or something else.

03

Output

A few pieces, or a steady line.

04

Place

The country where the machine will run.

From the range

Three machines this guide mentions first

See the full range

Every machine is on the category page. The machining center page is the worked example.

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