Speed and precision: the balance of advanced manufacturing
After analyzing the main trends in precision mechanics for 2026 in our previous article, we chose to delve deeper into some key themes by bringing them into the operational reality.
We did this by involving MABO management, gathering reflections and points of view gained in the field. A direct comparison that allows us to understand the evolution of the sector through experience, method, and industrial vision.
In the next articles – one per month – we will explore a more operational reading of trends, putting industrial experience, method and vision at the centre.
But let’s start with the first one: HIgh-Speed Machine.
In the precision mechanics landscape, increasing machining speeds represents one of the main technological drivers. Machine tools evolve, cycles shorten, performance grows. But in the face of this acceleration, the real challenge remains unchanged: maintaining micrometer tolerances while ensuring process stability and control.
This is where industrial value is played out today.
Speed and control: a balance to be built
High-Speed Machining is not simply a matter of higher spindle numbers or revolutions. It is a paradigm shift that involves the entire production system.
In this regard, we asked Samuele Bonaccini, CEO of MABO:
“Increasing processing speeds is one of the main technological drivers today: how can micrometer tolerances be maintained without compromising process stability?”
“Today, machine tools combine mechanics, electronics, and software to ensure precision even at high speeds.
Stiffer structures, thermal compensations and advanced CNC controls make processes fast but stable.
This, however, requires new skills: operators and technicians must be able to read data, understand mechatronics, and manage the process more comprehensively.”
Speed, therefore, is no longer an isolated factor: it is the result of an integrated system where technology and skills work in synergy.
The machine evolves, but so does the role of people, called upon to interpret and govern increasingly complex processes.
Productive organization: the real enabling factor
Working at high speeds also means drastically reducing margins of error. In this context, internal organization becomes a strategic element, no longer just an operational one.
We explored this aspect further with a second question:
“What aspects of production organization become fundamental when working at increasingly higher speeds?”
“A much leaner organization is needed: quick setups, standardized equipment, and precise CAM/CNC programming.
At those speeds, the margins of error are reduced, so continuous monitoring and reliable measurement systems become indispensable.”
Three key elements emerge:
– standardization, to reduce variability and time
– programming accuracy, to avoid upstream errors
– constant control, to ensure stability throughout the cycle
In other words, speed is not only managed in the car, but throughout the production chain.
Productivity and quality: a false compromise
One of the most recurring themes in the sector concerns the relationship between productivity and quality. Often perceived as opposites, they must necessarily coexist today.
We then asked:
“In your approach, where does the real balance between productivity and quality control lie?”
“For us it’s not a choice between ‘speed’ or ‘quality’: they have to go together.
Productivity means running better, not running more.
Putting data, skills, and technology at the center allows for rapid processes that are always under control.”
This view completely overturns the traditional paradigm.
Productivity is no longer tied to speed of execution alone, but to the quality of the process as a whole.
A new idea of advanced manufacturing
The balance between speed and accuracy is not a point of arrival, but a system to be built every day.
It requires technological investment, of course, but above all method, skills and control capabilities.
For entities like MABO, this means taking a clear approach: integrating data, people, and technology to ensure increasingly high-performance processes, without losing sight of what really matters — quality. Because in advanced manufacturing, running is not enough.
You need to know exactly how to do it.
