Prices for new, high-tech machines can often be prohibitively high, based on the promise of amazing performance and sure reliability. The single most important rule for evaluation of new machinery is benchmarking against your current capability and alternative machines under consideration. While this comparison testing may seem both obvious and tedious, the promise of superior performance is not always realised. Realise that too late, once the machine is bought and paid for, and the sting of low performance only adds to the insult of the high cost, every day. Be sure the machine of your dreams can really fulfill its promise.
Hybrids are a new and growing alternative to new machines.
These new machines are customised to meet special requirements. Moreover, hybrids allow you to choose the options that fit your special needs or goals. Retrofits are another alternative to build on your existing capability. The CNC control has proven to be the single biggest limitation to CNC performance. Performance gains of 10 times or more can be achieved by simply changing controls.