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Top 10 Machine Tool Brand & Manufacturers

This section provides a list of the top 10 Machine Tool manufacturers, Website links, company profile, locations is provided for each company. Also provides a detailed product description of the Machine Tool, including product introduction, history, purpose, principle, characteristics, types, usage and purchase precautions, etc.

Manufacturers （Ranking in no particular order）

: Qin Chuan Machine Tool & Tool Group Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 22, Jiangtan Road, Weibin District, Baoji City, Shaanxi Province

Company website: https://www.qinchuan.com/en/

Company Overview

Qinchuan Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Qinchuan Machine Tool", stock code: 000837) owns Qinchuan Machine Tool Headquarters, Baoji Machine Tool, Hanjiang Machine Tool, Hanjiang Tool, Walker Gear, Qinchuan Grande, Qinchuan Baoyi and many other enterprises. The company is the leading backbone of China's machine tool industry, China's precision CNC machine tools and complex tools R&D and manufacturing base, industrial robot reducer R&D and manufacturing base, national high-tech enterprise and innovative pilot enterprise. The main products include: CNC lathes, machining centers, cylindrical grinders, gear processing machines, thread grinders, precision measuring instruments and other CNC equipment and CNC complex tools; industrial robot reducers, precision (special) gearboxes and other products; rolling functional components, automotive parts, precision gears, precision instruments and meters, precision castings and other parts and components; intelligent machine tools, CNC systems, automated production lines, digital workshops, Qinchuan Cloud and other intelligent manufacturing and core CNC technologies and service businesses. The company takes "Equipping China, Going to the World" as its mission, focuses on its main business, and devotes itself to intelligently manufacturing good machine tools for China. It has established the development strategy of "insisting on the main engine-driven, creating strong support for high-end manufacturing and core components, breaking through key technologies of intelligent manufacturing and CNC, and actively undertaking major national special research and development tasks". It has clarified the "5221" development goals, and strived to build a system integration service provider and key component supplier in the field of high-end equipment manufacturing with world-leading level, and strived to create a source of original innovation in key core technologies of industrial mother machines.

: Shenyang Machine Tool Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 17A, Kaifa Road, Liaoning Economic and Technological Development Zone

Company website: http://www.smtcl.com/

Company Overview

Shenyang Machine Tool Co., Ltd. was established in May 1993 and was jointly initiated by the former Shenyang No. 1 Machine Tool Plant, Sino-Czech Friendship Plant, and Shenyang No. 3 Machine Tool Plant. The company has always been a key machine tool enterprise that the country has focused on building and developing. It was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 1996 (stock code 000410) and is one of the early listed companies in China's machine tool industry. The company joined China General Technology (Group) Holding Co., Ltd. in 2019, changing from a "local team" to a "national team". As an important state-owned backbone enterprise directly managed by the central government, China General Technology (Group) Holding Co., Ltd., based on national strategic needs and its own development foundation, puts strengthening and optimizing the machine tool industry at the top of the group's development strategy and takes up the banner of revitalizing my country's machine tool industry. The company's main business includes machinery and equipment manufacturing, processing, leasing, domestic general commercial trade and import and export trade. The main products include horizontal machining centers, vertical machining centers, horizontal CNC lathes, vertical CNC lathes, industry-specific machines, etc., totaling 8 categories and more than 20 series of products. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the company's scientific and technological innovation system will serve the national strategy and achieve high-quality development of the company. It will focus on the "intelligence", "efficiency" and "automation" of products, solve core key technical problems, and strive to launch a batch of high-end products and break through a number of core components to continuously strengthen value creation for customers. The company serves the development needs of customers with 17 strategic core products; upgrades 35 existing products to meet the needs of the mid-to-high-end market and achieve continuous upgrading of the existing product structure; deeply cultivates the automotive industry, develops 19 industry-specific aircraft, and strives to achieve full coverage of industry segmented parts processing solutions, becoming an internationally renowned complete set of solutions service provider for the automotive industry.

: Beijing Beiyi Machine Tool Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 16 Shuanghe Street, Linhe Industrial Development Zone, Shunyi District, Beijing

Company website: https://www.byjc.com.cn/

Company Overview

Beijing Beiyi Machine Tool Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Beiyi Machine Tool") is a state-owned high-end CNC machine tool intelligent and integrated manufacturing and service provider. At present, the company's headquarters is located in the Shunyi Park of Zhongguancun Science Park, and it has many subsidiaries, including Waldrich Coburg Machine Tool Co., Ltd. in Germany and CB Ferrari in Italy. Beiyi Machine Tool, which is the same age as the Republic, adheres to the corporate spirit of "excellent manufacturing and pursuit of excellence", and always insists on technological innovation as the driving force for the company's sustainable development. It has a "nationally recognized enterprise technology center" and a testing and calibration laboratory accredited by CNAS laboratory. In recent years, it has won many national major scientific and technological special projects of "high-end CNC machine tools and basic manufacturing equipment". At present, Beiyi Machine Tool can provide heavy-duty and ultra-heavy gantry boring and milling machines, vertical lathes, CNC milling machines, CNC lathes, vertical and horizontal machining centers, turning and milling machine tools, five-axis linkage blade/impeller machining centers, CNC grinders, special grinders, super-finishing machine tools and other multi-brand, multi-variety, full range of machine tool products, and has integrated automatic production lines and machine tool remanufacturing and other related business capabilities. The products are widely used in automobiles, ships, power generation, rail transportation, molds, machinery and other industries. Beiyi Machine Tool has always placed service to users in a prominent position. In line with the mission of "creating lasting high returns for shareholders, winning social respect for employees, creating value for users, and becoming the backbone of the equipment industry", it strives for excellence, innovation and win-win, and is committed to becoming a globally competitive machine tool manufacturer and service provider.

: Jinan No.2 Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 2, Machine Tool Second Factory Road, Huaiyin District, Jinan City, Shandong Province

Company website: http://www.jier1937.cn/

Company Overview

Jinan No.2 Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd. was founded in 1937, covering an area of 1.23 million square meters and employing more than 5,000 people. The company developed China's first planer in 1953 and the first mechanical press in 1955, respectively. It is known as China's "hometown of planers" and "cradle of mechanical presses". In different periods of national economic construction, the company has developed more than 600 national first products, providing equipment support for various industries in the country. Jinan No.2 Machine Tool is a manufacturing base for forging equipment and large heavy metal cutting machine tools. It mainly produces forging equipment, CNC metal cutting machine tools, automation equipment, casting machinery, CNC cutting equipment, etc. These products are widely used in the automotive, aerospace, rail transportation, energy, shipbuilding, metallurgy, molds, engineering machinery and other industries, and are exported to 67 countries and regions in the world.

: Jiangsu Yawei Machine Tool Co., Ltd.

Address: Xiancheng Industrial Park, Huanghai South Road, Jiangdu District, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Company website: https://en.yawei.cc/

Company Overview

Yawei Co., Ltd. was founded in 1956. Its products are 100% CNC-controlled. It is an early listed company in China's forging machine tool industry and a domestic supplier of advanced digital, flexible, automated and intelligent metal sheet processing solutions. The company has total assets of 4.2 billion yuan, net assets of 1.7 billion yuan, covers an area of 400,000 square meters, and has more than 1,900 employees. In recent years, the company has actively responded to and actively integrated into the strategy of building a strong manufacturing country, accelerated the integrated development of intelligent manufacturing and "Internet +", and its achievements have been fully recognized by all sectors of society. It has been awarded the "National Technology Innovation Demonstration Enterprise", "National Advanced Unit for Quality Work", "National May 1st Labor Award", "China Industrial Award Nomination Award", "National Advanced Collective of Machinery Industry", "National Model Harmonious Labor Relations Enterprise", "Jiangsu Province Excellent Enterprise", "Jiangsu Manufacturing Outstanding Contribution Award Excellent Enterprise" and other honorary titles. The company is a leading enterprise in industrial digitalization, realizing product intelligence, production automation, management informationization, and service networking. All digitalization is carried out simultaneously and comprehensively. The company is a leading enterprise in metal forming machine tools. Its bending machine products have been rated as the national manufacturing champion by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The production and sales scale of products such as CNC turret punch presses and plate rolling processing machinery are firmly in the forefront of the industry. The company is a developer of major industry standards, leading, participating in and issuing 12 national and industry standards. The company is a major national project undertaking enterprise, undertaking 9 major national and provincial scientific research projects, and helping the industry break through the core technology bottleneck through independent innovation. The company has established a complete sales and service network: more than 60 offices integrating sales and services have been built in China, and sales agencies have been established in more than 60 countries abroad, providing customers with high-quality products and thoughtful and timely services, and winning the long-term favor and trust of domestic and foreign customers. At present, the company's main businesses include three major sectors: laser processing equipment business, metal forming machine tool business, and intelligent manufacturing service business.

: Wuhan Heavy Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 3, Fozuling 1st Road, Donghu New Technology Development Zone, Hubei Province

Company website: http://www.whhdmt.com

Company Overview

Wuhan Heavy Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd. of China North Industries Group Corporation (hereinafter referred to as "the Company") is one of the 156 key projects in my country's "First Five-Year Plan" period. It is a large-scale backbone enterprise that produces heavy and super-heavy machine tools with complete specifications and varieties. In October 2011, the Company became a subsidiary of China North Industries Group Corporation. The Company is currently the rotating chairman unit of the China Machine Tool Industry Association, the chairman unit of the Heavy Machine Tool Branch, the chairman of the Heavy Machine Tool Standardization Committee and the affiliated unit of the Secretariat. There are more than 3,000 employees on the job and more than 600 engineering and technical personnel, including 7 national experts, 11 provincial and municipal experts, 1 chief scientist of the Ordnance, and 2 science and technology leaders. Through the overall relocation and transformation, the company has become a domestic CNC heavy and super heavy machine tool R&D base with leading processing equipment capabilities, complete functions and strong comprehensive manufacturing strength, and a first-class international processing cooperation base in the central region. It has built a large number of national or industry-level innovation platforms such as the National Enterprise Technology Center, the National Technology Innovation Demonstration Enterprise, the National Postdoctoral Research Station, the National High-end Heavy Machine Tool Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance, the Machinery Industry High-end Heavy Machine Tool Engineering Research Center, and the Academician Expert Workstation. The company has 8 subsidiaries (branches) under it, including Wuhan Heavy Machine Tool Company, Wuhan Shanfu Heavy Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Wuhan Heavy Machine Processing Company, Wuhan Heavy Casting and Forging Co., Ltd., Wuhan Heavy Metal Structure Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., Wuhan Heavy Equipment Remanufacturing Engineering Co., Ltd., Wuhan Heavy Mining Machinery Co., Ltd., and Asset Management Company. The leading products include heavy-duty and super-heavy vertical lathes, horizontal lathes, floor-standing milling and boring machines, gantry boring and milling machines, gear hobbing machines, rotary tables, shield machines, rotary drills, railway equipment and various special machinery and equipment, etc., with 10 categories, more than 50 series and more than 400 varieties. All products have realized CNC and composite functions; the company can provide customers with machine tool overhaul, equipment remanufacturing, mechanical processing services and various castings and metal structural products. Up to now, more than 20,000 sets of machine tools developed by the company have served my country's energy, transportation, metallurgy, machinery, railway and other industries, and exported to more than 40 countries and regions. In recent years, the company has undertaken and completed the development of 1 national "863" plan project, 9 national major science and technology projects, 2 national debt projects, and more than 10 provincial and municipal scientific research projects. It has developed a batch of the first domestically produced high-end CNC machine tool products with independent intellectual property rights, meeting the processing needs of major national projects and making important contributions to improving the level of my country's equipment manufacturing industry. The new products developed by the company have won many awards. The DL250 super heavy CNC horizontal boring and turning machine was selected as one of the top ten landmark products of the major projects during the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" period by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, and won the first prize of the major scientific and technological innovation of the Ordnance Industry Group in 2012; the CKX5680 CNC seven-axis five-linkage turning and milling machine tool of the National 863 Project won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2012 and the first prize of the China Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award; the XKD2755×570 CNC fixed beam double gantry mobile boring and milling machine won the first prize of Hubei Province Science and Technology Progress Award; the super heavy CNC horizontal boring and turning machine won the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" Major Scientific and Technological Achievement Award for the Machinery Industry. The company organized the formulation and revision of 36 heavy machine tool standards, presided over and participated in the review of 47 national and industry standards, and has obtained more than 120 national patents in total. The company has also won the national "2017 Service-Oriented Manufacturing Demonstration Enterprise", the national "Machine Tool Industry Integration of Industrialization and Informationization Demonstration Benchmark Enterprise", China's first demonstration unit of major industrial technical equipment, Hubei Province's "Intelligent Manufacturing Demonstration Enterprise", "Innovative Enterprise", "High-tech Enterprise" and Wuhan Mayor's Quality Award and other honorary titles.

: Ningbo Haitian Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 1688, Haitian Road, Xiaogang, Beilun District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province

Company website: https://hision.com.cn/en/

Company Overview

Ningbo Haitian Precision Machinery Co., Ltd. is a listed company specializing in the manufacture of CNC machine tools. It owns the Ningbo Dagang Manufacturing Base, Ningbo Yanshan Manufacturing Base, Dalian Haitian Precision Machinery Manufacturing Base, and Ningbo High-end CNC Machine Tool Intelligent Production Base, with a total of more than 500,000 square meters of modern constant temperature processing and assembly plants and nearly 1,900 employees. It is a national major technology equipment enterprise, a national high-tech enterprise, and a provincial high-tech R&D center.

: Baoji Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd.

Address: Gaoxin 14th Road, High-tech Development Zone, Shaanxi Province

Company website: http://www.bjmtw.com/en

Company Overview

Baoji Machine Tool Group Co., Ltd. is an important R&D and production base and intelligent manufacturing base for medium and high-end CNC machine tools in my country. Founded in 1965, the company has 9 subsidiaries, an annual income of 3 billion yuan, and export earnings of 30 million US dollars. Its main business income ranks among the top in China's machine tool industry. The company adheres to the corporate mission of "making China's best machine tools with ingenuity", upholds the market concept of "meeting user needs is the bottom line of corporate survival", and insists on the "two-wheel drive" of scientific and technological innovation and market development. It has established a complete R&D and manufacturing production system integrating talents, technology, and brands, forming a medium and high-end machine tool product group with 14 categories, more than 200 varieties, and 400 specifications dominated by full-function CNC lathes, intelligent machine tools, intelligent manufacturing units, and automatic production lines, which are widely used in the field of high-end equipment manufacturing. The group has five major marketing service centers around the world. The company has a national CNC system engineering technology research center and a national skill master studio. It fully applies new technologies such as industrial Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence, continuously promotes the digitalization of production, management, and services, and accelerates the transformation from single-machine intelligence to production line intelligence. It is committed to providing users with complete production and manufacturing solutions. The company has brought together a large number of employee innovation teams, technical elites, and skilled craftsmen, and has hosted national, provincial, and municipal employee professional skills competitions many times. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the company took high-quality development as its theme, accelerated the implementation of the re-entrepreneurship of "customer-centric, market and product transformation as the main line, intelligent manufacturing and technological innovation as the basis, and quality and efficiency as the goal", created a "high-end turning and milling compound and high-precision machining center R&D and manufacturing base", built a digital factory, and became an industry-leading equipment supplier.

: Qi Zhong Numerical Control Equipment Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 66, Xincheng Road, Longsha District, Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province

Company website: http://en.qzsk.cn/

Company Overview

Qiqihar Heavy Industry CNC Equipment Co., Ltd., formerly known as Qiqihar No. 1 Machine Tool Factory, was founded in 1950. It is a large-scale key backbone enterprise and a leading enterprise in my country's machine tool industry. It was awarded the title of "Little Giant" Enterprise of Specialization, Specialty and New by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Qiqihar Heavy Industry CNC is a national industrial mother machine manufacturing enterprise that produces high-end heavy-duty CNC machine tool products. The company's products have a strong brand influence in the national equipment manufacturing industry. The leading products are heavy-duty machine tools such as vertical lathes and horizontal lathes. At the same time, it has 10 categories, 26 series, and more than 600 varieties of machine tool products such as heavy-duty deep hole drilling and boring machines, roll lathes, and vertical grinders, which are exported to more than 30 countries and regions such as Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea. It is a national first-class metrology enterprise and a high-tech enterprise recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology. The company has a national enterprise technology center and a scientific research and development team represented by experts with special contributions from the government and leaders of domestic machine tool industry disciplines. Adhering to the business philosophy of "lean manufacturing, winning by quality", with the purpose of exceeding user needs, we serve as the user's craftsman, provide users with integrated solutions, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results for both parties. We insist on innovation-driven development as the direction, promote the transformation and upgrading of enterprises to intelligence and service, and promote the new goal of high-quality development of enterprises.

: GT Qiqihar No.2 Machine Tool Co., Ltd.

Address: No. 289, Yong'an Street, Longsha District, Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province

Company website: http://www.q2jcyxzgs.com/

Company Overview

General Technology Qiqihar No. 2 Machine Tool Co., Ltd. (formerly Qiqihar No. 2 Machine Tool Plant) was relocated from Shenyang to the north in October 1950. It joined China General Technology (Group) Holding Co., Ltd. in July 2008. In the 70-year development history, the company has successfully developed CNC milling machines, automatic cold heading machines, heavy-duty floor-standing milling and boring machines, CNC multi-link press production lines, CNC milling and boring machining centers, wide-width aluminum production lines, large composite cylindrical component tape laying machines, CNC multi-station presses and large box ring seam assembly welding systems. It has now become one of the backbone enterprises in my country that produces heavy-duty and super-heavy CNC machine tools and large-scale complete sets of forging equipment. The company's products are mainly heavy-duty, divided into four categories of products: metal cutting machine tools, metal forming machine tools, special equipment and technical services. The company's products mainly include heavy-duty CNC floor-standing milling and boring machines, CNC vertical and horizontal lathes, mechanical presses, CNC special machine tools and other machine tool products, as well as industrial service products such as machine tool overhaul and reconstruction, equipment remanufacturing, mechanical processing, and technical consulting. The company's products mainly serve national key industries such as civil aviation, civil ships, automobiles, metallurgy, and rail transportation. It has provided more than 2,000 major equipment to dozens of domestic key enterprises, making important contributions to the construction of national basic industries.

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What is a Machine Tool?

A machine tool is a device used to shape, cut, grind, or otherwise transform a workpiece to the desired shape and size. It uses a power source such as electricity or hydraulics to drive the cutting or shaping tools. Machine tools are the cornerstone of modern manufacturing, enabling the production of a vast array of components and products with high precision and repeatability.

History of Machine Tools

The history of machine tools dates back to ancient times. The earliest forms were simple hand - operated tools like the bow drill and the lathe, which were used for basic shaping of materials. The Industrial Revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries saw a significant evolution of machine tools. The development of steam power and the use of metal - cutting techniques led to more complex and efficient machines. With the advent of electricity and the continuous advancements in metallurgy and control systems in the 20th century, machine tools became even more sophisticated, leading to the highly automated and precise machines we have today.

Purpose of Machine Tools

Shaping Materials: Machine tools are used to convert raw materials such as metal bars, plates, or blocks into finished or semi - finished products. They can create a wide range of shapes, from simple geometric forms to complex, custom - designed components.
Precision Machining: To achieve high - precision manufacturing, machine tools are equipped with advanced control systems and precision components. This allows for the production of parts with tight tolerances, which is essential for industries such as aerospace, automotive, and electronics.
Mass Production: They play a crucial role in mass - production processes. By enabling the efficient and consistent machining of multiple identical parts, machine tools help to meet the high - volume production demands of modern manufacturing.

Principle of Machine Tools

Most machine tools operate on the principle of relative motion between the cutting tool and the workpiece. The tool is driven by a power source to move along specific axes with a defined speed and feed rate. The feed rate determines how quickly the tool moves across the workpiece to remove material. The cutting force generated during the operation depends on factors such as the tool geometry, the material of the workpiece, and the cutting parameters. The control systems of modern machine tools ensure that these motions and forces are precisely regulated to achieve the desired machining results.

Features of Machine Tools

Precision and Accuracy: High - quality machine tools are designed to provide accurate and repeatable machining operations. They incorporate precision components such as ball screws, linear guides, and high - precision spindles to ensure the dimensional accuracy of the machined parts.
Versatility: There are various types of machine tools, each capable of different machining operations. Some machines can perform multiple operations such as milling, drilling, and turning, providing a versatile solution for manufacturing different parts.
Automation and Control: Modern machine tools are often equipped with computer - numerical - control (CNC) systems. These systems allow for automated operation, programming of complex machining sequences, and real - time monitoring of the machining process to optimize performance and quality.
Tooling Compatibility: Machine tools can be used with a wide range of cutting tools. The ability to quickly change and adapt tools enables efficient machining of different materials and part geometries.

Types of Machine Tools

Lathes: Used for machining cylindrical workpieces. The workpiece rotates while a cutting tool moves along it to shape the part. Lathes can produce shafts, spindles, and other rotational components with high precision.
Milling Machines: Milling machines use a rotating cutter to remove material from a stationary workpiece. They can create flat surfaces, slots, gears, and complex 3D shapes by moving the cutter along multiple axes.
Drilling Machines: These are designed to create holes in workpieces. They can drill holes of different diameters and depths, and some advanced drilling machines can perform operations like reaming and tapping.
Grinding Machines: Used to achieve a high - surface - finish on workpieces. Grinding machines use abrasive wheels to remove material and can produce very smooth and accurate surfaces.

Precautions for using Machine Tools

Operator Training: Operators must be properly trained to understand the operation, safety procedures, and maintenance requirements of the machine tools. They should be familiar with the controls, tool changing procedures, and emergency stop mechanisms.[!--empirenews.page--]
Tool Handling: Cutting tools should be selected, installed, and maintained correctly. Incorrect tool installation can lead to poor machining quality, tool breakage, and safety hazards. Tools should be checked for wear and sharpness regularly.
Workpiece Fixturing: The workpiece must be securely clamped to prevent movement during machining. Inadequate fixturing can result in inaccurate machining and potential damage to the workpiece and the machine.
Safety Equipment: Operators should wear appropriate safety gear such as safety glasses, ear protection, and protective gloves. Machine tools have moving parts and cutting edges that can cause serious injury if proper precautions are not taken.

Things to consider when purchasing Machine Tools

Workpiece Requirements: Consider the types of workpieces you will be machining, including their size, shape, and material. Different machine tools are better suited for different workpiece characteristics.
Required Machining Operations: Determine the specific machining operations you need to perform, such as milling, turning, or grinding. Some machines are more versatile and can handle multiple operations, while others are specialized for a particular task.
Precision and Quality: If you require high - precision machining, look for machine tools with advanced control systems and precision components. The reputation of the manufacturer and the machine's accuracy specifications are important factors.
Budget and Cost - effectiveness: Evaluate the cost of the machine tool, including the initial purchase price, installation costs, and ongoing maintenance and operating expenses. Consider the long - term return on investment based on your production needs.

Terms of Machine Tools

Spindle Speed: The rotational speed of the spindle in a machine tool, usually measured in revolutions per minute (RPM). It affects the cutting speed and the quality of the machining operation.
Feed Rate: The rate at which the cutting tool moves across the workpiece, measured in units such as millimeters per minute (mm/min) or inches per minute (IPM). It determines the rate of material removal.
Tolerance: The allowable deviation from a specified dimension of a machined part. Tight tolerances require more precise machine tools and machining processes.
Tool Path: The path followed by the cutting tool during a machining operation. It is determined by the programming of the machine tool and affects the shape and quality of the machined part.