Imagine building a ship in a bottle, but instead of using a preexisting bottle, you build the ship along with the bottle while machining the ship's and bottle's surfaces as you go.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2015-01-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/hybrid-machining-expands-part-designers-pallet/
Legacy path: /articles/hybrid-machining-expands-part-designers-pallet