Discover Mazak – Northeast Event

Encompassing more than a traditional open house, Discover Mazak – Northeast at the company’s Northeast Regional Headquarters and Technology Center will focus on specific medical and aerospace part manufacturing solutions, and on those solutions for other key regional industries. The two-day event is scheduled for May 17 and 18, and attendees are encouraged to come prepared with their most challenging medical, aerospace, or other industry-specific parts and projects.
 
Throughout each day of Discover Mazak – Northeast, a wide variety of keynote-speaker presentations, breakout sessions and real-world application machining demonstrations will be conducted at multiple times, allowing attendees to configure their schedules to include all of the activities that are most important to their unique operations. This same schedule will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day, so visitors can attend either the first or second day without missing any valuable information.
 
Mazak’s Northeast Regional Headquarters and Technology Center is conveniently located near Bradley International Airport, in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, between Hartford, Connecticut, and Springfield, Massachusetts. The facility will have on-hand the latest industry and part-specific machine tool technologies to help attendees develop and test new part processes. Those processes can then be further enhanced through Mazak’s VIP Program partner companies and other manufacturing suppliers that will be on hand to offer their newest and most effective technologies and processes for specific part machining applications.
 
Among the Mazak machines that will be processing actual medical and aerospace components are the INTEGREX i-150 for knee liner components; the VARIAXIS 730 for aerospace components; the QUICK TURN NEXUS 100MY for medical development work; and the HORIZONTAL CENTER NEXUS 4000 (automated with Mazak’s 6-station, single-level PALLETECH system) for orthopedic implant components. Additional Mazak machines geared toward medical and aerospace work being demonstrated include the HYPER QUADREX 150MSY CNC twin spindle/twin turret Multi-Tasking turning center, the QUICK TURN SMART 100 two-axis turning center, the new VERTICAL CENTER SMART 430 3-axis vertical machining center, the INTEGREX 200 IV-ST Multi-Tasking machine, and, for the first time in the Northeast region, the new INTEGREX j-200 Multi-Tasking machine.
 
With laser cutting’s increased use in medical and aerospace applications, the Discover Mazak – Northeast event will also feature a laser cutting system from Mazak Optonics Corporation. The system will showcase Mazak Optonics’ HyperLean™ manufacturing technology that involves design features for accelerating the cutting process while simultaneously maximizing beam on time. Attendees will see how the system is specifically designed to integrate “intelligent” automation features with superior cutting speeds to assist in implementing the efficiencies of Lean Manufacturing initiatives while improving throughput.
 
“What makes Discover Mazak – Northeast unique is that the latest Mazak machine tool technology, along with the most advanced tooling innovations, will be demonstrated by processing actual medical and aerospace components made from various materials, including polymers, titanium and many others currently being used in those industries,” said Steve Wilkins, general manager of the Mazak Northeast Regional Headquarters and Technology Center. “At this type of regional event, the customer's expertise in the design and functionality of his particular part comes together with the deep knowledge of leading technology providers to achieve break-through, cost-slashing manufacturing strategies.”
 
Additionally, Discover Mazak – Northeast attendees can take advantage of the Northeast Regional Headquarters and Technology Center’s regional industry expertise and its process and application engineering resources tailored to those and other industries. Mazak Technology Center engineers and technicians, as well as those from Sandvik Coromant and LNS (both Mazak VIP Program partners), along with Royal Products, Fanuc integrator Automation Cells and Equipment (ACE), Kennametal, and others, will be readily available to discuss all aspects of the manufacturing process, including cutting tools, laser cutting, workholding, automation, material handling, quality assurance, chip handling, coolant and hydraulics, safety, and software.
 
Interactive breakout session topics will cover Mazak’s Five Levels of Multi-Tasking, machine automation and tending, and effective machining techniques for several key materials being used in the medical and aerospace industries. There will also be special “myth-busting” sessions involving Mazak’s MX Hybrid Roller Guide System and its MAZATROL levels of controls. Mazak Optonics will also present its popular “Automated Recovery” session focused on increasing laser-cutting capacity without the burden of adding manpower.
 
To register for Discover Mazak – Northeast, visit www.mazakusa.com