Mazak Achieves Production Milestone, Announces Plans to Open New Technical Center

Source: Mazak Corp.

Mazak North America has produced advanced machine tools in North America since 1974 and now celebrates the completion of its 40,000^th machine built at the Mazak iSmart Factory in Florence, Kentucky. The 518,320-square-foot facility produces many of Mazak’s most popular machine models, including its Quick Turn series machines, VTC series machines and Ez series of turning and milling centers. It is also home to the company’s U.S. manufacturing technology R&D efforts.

Mazak designated the facility as a Mazak iSmart Factory because it fuses advanced manufacturing cells and systems together with full digital integration to achieve free-flow data sharing in terms of process control and operation monitoring. At the facility, the company manufactures multitasking machines, three-, four- and five-axis vertical machining centers, two- and three-axis turning centers and Swiss-style machines, along with hot wire deposition and friction stir welding enabled machines.

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Manufacturing close to its customers allows Mazak to provide immediate benefits in terms of productivity and performance, the company says. Mazak continuously expanded its Kentucky production portfolio and evolved its manufacturing operations and the products produced. As a result, Mazak has brought numerous technological advancements to the industry, from the company’s multitasking Done-in-One machine concept to advanced digital solutions and innovative automation systems.

Mazak has also developed more than 10 CNC controls, starting with the Mazak Mazatrol T1 control back in 1981, the first conversational CNC for turning machines. The Mazatrol CNC evolution has progressed with Mazak’s recent development of Smooth Technology that encompasses a range of CNCs, some of which incorporate AI along with machine monitoring and learning capabilities.

The Kentucky manufacturing campus is also home to the company’s spindle repair and rebuild department that keeps existing Mazak machines in the field up and running and extends their operational lifespans. According to the department’s head Matt Whissel, Mazak’s spindle service provides shops with quick three- to five-day turnaround times, and the department can rebuild or remanufacture any spindle the company produces, even those manufactured as far back as the 1970s.

Source: Mazak Corp.

Mazak also plans to expand its service and support network for the Western U.S. with the opening of a new Phoenix Technical Center, which is scheduled for later this year in Phoenix, Arizona. The facility will provide local manufacturers in all industries access to process and application engineering expertise, training and collaboration opportunities for new manufacturing solution development.

The technology center will house call centers, applications engineers and sales and service support personnel. It also provides space for customer programming classes, machine demonstrations, test cuts and machining system run-offs, as well as regularly scheduled Mazak Discover events.

“Mazak continues to establish new facilities to further ensure customers receive the local service and support they need,” says Dan Janka, president of Mazak Corp. “For the Phoenix area, our new Technical Center will play a key role in that strategy and will center on the manufacturing needs of the area’s key industrial sectors that include semiconductor, aerospace and defense, electronics and several others.”

The Phoenix Technical Center will be Mazak’s sixth in North America. Currently, Mazak’s service and support network includes its technical centers along with eight technology centers that work closely with manufacturers and focus on their specific area’s major industries.