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Business challengesContinue offering state-of-the-art services, including five-axis machining

Keys to successAdvanced design and CAM softwareThorough training Comprehensive support from local Siemens distributor

ResultsFaster machining timesIncreased tool lifeHigher qualityAbility to handle more complex work

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JM MendiolaCommitted to the cutting edge

NX ability to support efficient, precise five-axis machining keeps this Spanish company at the forefront of its industry

State-of-the-art equipment wins businessJosé Mª Mendiola, S.A., founded in 1982, offers general machining services using state-of-the-art equipment at a modern facility in Andoain, Spain. At present, the company has a staff of 50 working in a 43,000-square-foot factory with 5,000

square feet of office space, all located at a single site enjoying excellent communica-tion and transportation access. Continual investment keeps the company’s equip-ment and facilities up to date. This, com-bined with a focus on quality, explains why customers trust JM Mendiola for high-precision jobs. Customers include Fagor, Aceralia, Lazpiur, Echesa, F. Estanda, ITP, Alstom Power and Ecotecnia.

JM Mendiola’s main activities include: CNC turning (vertical and horizontal), CNC milling, CNC boring, five-axis machining

(a SNK five-axis machining center with palette changer), surface machining and verification and checking.

Moving to five axesA year ago, JM Mendiola’s technical office, headed by Jose Mari Zabaleta, was faced with the need to program a five-axis machine. As Iñaki Aizpurua, head of production, comments, “In the past, we machined in three axes but the software we used for that wasn’t able to meet the new requirements of five-axis work. We needed advanced software to be able to get the best performance out of the five-axis machine.”

After evaluating various solutions on the market, the company chose NX™ design

and manufacturing automation software. “We chose NX because it appeared to be the most appropriate for machining any kind of part,” Aizpurua says.

Unicad, the local Siemens distributor, is currently assisting the company in com-missioning, technical service, licence updating and generation of tailor-made postprocessors. This is in accordance with the Siemens strategy of providing a high quality service to its customers through its local and specialized distributors.

Thorough training and fast implementationThe implementation process was preceded by a complete training program consisting of a two-week basic CAD course, followed

“ We reduced machining time, increased tool life and gained in quality.”Iñaki Aizpurua Head of Production JM Mendiola

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Customer’s primary businessJosé Mª Mendiola, S.A. provides general machining services. www.jmmendiola.com

Customer locationAndoain Spain

“ We chose NX because it appeared to be the most appropriate for machining any kind of part.”

Iñaki Aizpurua Head of Production JM Mendiola

by how to use CAD to design complex surfaces, two and three-axis CAM and finally five-axis CAM. Once this training had been completed, the system was implemented and production began in two months.

Since installing NX, the company has reaped many practical bene-fits with its five-axis machining. “We reduced machining time, increased tool life and gained in quality,” Aizpurua says. JM Mendiola currently plans to migrate its existing I-deas™ software to NX and to expand its CAM operations.