GROB Systems to host 5-AXIS LIVE!, a machining and automation technology event

Published
June 23, 2025 - 08:30am
The  5-AXIS LIVE! technology event is scheduled for August 5 in Blufton, Ohio.
The 5-AXIS LIVE! technology event is scheduled for August 5 in Bluffton, Ohio.

GROB Systems, Inc., a developer of manufacturing systems and machine tools, is hosting a 5-AXIS LIVE! technology event featuring “The Future of Manufacturing - Made in the USA,” together with twenty-one of its industry partners, at GROB’s North America headquarters and production facility in Bluffton, Ohio, on August 5, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. through 4:00 p.m. 

The one-day event will feature informative seminars and live 5-axis machining demonstrations, highlighting new machining strategies for optimizing the production of complex aerospace, medical, and mold/die parts. Tours will be offered of the GROB 500,000 sq. ft. facility which features vertically integrated manufacturing of machining centers and automation. The event is complimentary, and manufacturing professionals are encouraged to attend. 

In addition to live demonstrations on a full range of GROB machining centers, other industry partners participating at 5-AXIS LIVE! are leaders in machining applications, software, cutting tools, automation design and integration and more. Partners include Allied Machine & Engineering, Benz Tooling, Blaser, BLUM, Caron Engineering, Concepts NREC, Complete Capital Services, EMUGE-FRANKEN USA, Haimer, Harvey Performance Company, Heidenhain, Lang Technik-USA, Mapal, Koma-Precision, OPEN MIND Technologies, Rego-Fix, Renishaw, SECO, Siemens, Third Wave Systems, and Zoller. Presentations will be conducted by SECO, OPEN MIND Technologies, and Lang Technik-USA.

A broad range of GROB 5-axis machining and automation solutions will be under power for attendees to see live demonstrations on a range of equipment such as GROB G150, G350, and G550 5-axis Universal Machining Centers including a Mill/Turn System. Automation solutions include pallet and part handling/ storage systems and robot systems. GROB will also have a customer panel available for attendees to learn firsthand what it is like to own a GROB machine. There will also be an opportunity to learn how the GROB Apprenticeship Program continues to be a tremendous success for manufacturing workforce development to address the skills gap crisis.

For more details and to register, click here.

Related Glossary Terms

  • centers

    centers

    Cone-shaped pins that support a workpiece by one or two ends during machining. The centers fit into holes drilled in the workpiece ends. Centers that turn with the workpiece are called “live” centers; those that do not are called “dead” centers.