Imagine the flashlight design possibilities with this monster 8)
http://www.liveleak.com/ll_embed?f=3c34c3d4a4b1
I wonder what was the elapsed time to create the finished product…
IIRC I have one of those in my polytechnic but I have yet to use it. 
to me it is clear that the sample part is not a real product but only a product for this demo purpose to show the capabilities of the machine
Coolest paperweight ever… 
It's amazing. I'm wondering how difficult is programming such a machine?
Yeah, but to me the cool part is not that the machine can do each of those operations, but that it can do all of them on one piece of work.
Yeah…has to be a demonstration piece just to show all the different operations the CNC machine can do because what the heck kinda machine would that thing go in? (battlemech or something??)
Cool carbide tools though, didn’t need that huge shower of messy coolant fluid sprayed all in it…but probably has the capability for it
As others have said…utterly amazing what those computer ran CNC machines can do now!
I thought the running hand-off between the four jaw chucks was an awesome demonstration of synchronous operation. The whole video is mesmerizing though…
Great vid. No good for me though
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CNC machines are cool, but that machine is a whole ’nother thing. Wonder what it cost?
Be cool to see a flashlight being CNC machined……
Thanks for posting Alex!
A brand new 5 axis cnc mill that size...I think a mere million would be a steal. Honestly I do not know what they run but a friend that uses them daily says that they very easily get into the millions of dollars. What is scarier to me is that those things usually pay for themselves 
Very cool video!
Those Germans… wow
Even the older ones are damn cool, we dont really need these kind of machines to make flashlights, unless we are going for a non-round shape.
Way cool
I have learned to program simple machining task on CNC milling machine with G-code before, but not to this level for sure, not even close! That surely takes hell of a time, energy and experience to be able to program the CNC and make something like this lol.
Wonder why they don’t need any spraying coolant at all. Any idea what kind of material are these cutting tools made from?
Hmm, serious question. Would it be able to make a paper clip? From start to finish in one go.
No need to program. This is german. Only import the ansys file, then machine compiles cnc steps automatically on its own
Lol
I am in Radiation Oncology and there are complicated treatment plans that are generated by planning system with iterative optimizations. All you need to tell the planning system is how you want the dose to distribute.
Would image this has the same thing. You give the “planning system” the dimensions of your part, the system decide what blades it will use and in which order. There must be some objectives (shortest overall time, least cutting time to minimize wearing) and optimization process in here.
A couple million…
There is! The coolant is built into the tool. Could be either water jet or air