At this year's PRI Show, Mazak demonstrated the Kentucky-designed and built QT-Ez 12MY Turning Center that was designed to give job shops and other manufacturers affordable access to Mazak technology and engineering expertise.
Mazak's new VC-Ez 16X Vertical Machining Center and Mazatrol SmoothEz5 CNC are the latest additions to the company's cost-effective, compact Ez Series.
Mazak showcased a new machine type at the PRI Show. During the performance racing industry show held in December in Indianapolis, the company demonstrated the Syncrex 25/7 from its recently released series of Swiss-style machines.
How can you get the most out of an existing press-hardening line? According to AP&T, a company that develops high-performing production solutions for the sheet metal forming industry, when updating a press-hardening line there is significant potential to shorten cycle times and increase production.
Shortly after Mike Winters started his company in his garage on Nov. 10, 1982, first as Winters Carbide Tools and now TJ Grinding, in Waukesha, Wisconsin, he had the good fortune of being at a K.O. Lee facility in South Dakota and saw an interesting piece of equipment -- the FastGrind TG4 from an Australian company called ANCA.