Machines

V.MAX1500 PVD and DLC

The compact system footprint is 2.1m x 4.8m, and all components are on one skid for easier transport and a faster, streamlined installation. Straightforward maintenance with dual chamber doors, easy-to-remove deposition shields, and quick access to all sources for target changes. The most recent version of our easy-to-use VaporTech coating system software interface.

SW North America demos fully automated, independent machining center

Kirk Stewart, general manager of sales and life services for SW North America Inc., shows off the company's BA 322i machining center — a fully automated, independent manufacturing cell from the floor of EASTEC 2021 in Springfield, Massachussetts. SW North America demonstrates a cut on a slide (a firearm component) to highlight the machine's capabilities, its architecture and integrated loading solution.

Jasper Engines & Transmissions

Jasper Engines & Transmissions sought to increase productivity to keep up with production requirements while reducing scrap, the Jasper, Indiana, company turned to the Mazak Corp. for a solution using a horizontal machining center with a two-pallet changer and an automatic tool changer that can accommodate long boring tools. Mazak then featured Jasper Engines & Transmissions in a "Real Shops, Real Results" video report, which is provided here as a video supplement to the Productive Times article published in the February 2022 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.