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Mazak Announces Open- ing of New Expanded Spindle Rebuild Depart- ment
Mazak Corporation has announced the completion of its newly expanded Spindle Rebuild Department, now lo- cated in the company’s South Building in Florence, Kentucky. The expansion coincides with other Mazak invest- ments, including a new Technical Center in Northern California.
Mazak expansion efforts that also extend to its manufacturing plant, encompass the installation of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing cell with fully automated storage and retrieval system, six of Mazak’s most advanced machine tools and several of its Mazak Smooth Technology digital process monitoring solutions.
In addition to visiting in person, individuals will soon be able to ex- perience the new expanded Spindle Rebuild Department and Mazak’s entire manufacturing campus as part of an interactive 360 Kentucky Cam- pus Tour. This virtual interactive tour is part of Mazak’s recently launched three-pronged holistic digital customer experience, which also features an immersive Virtual Technology Center and All Axes LIVE, an ongoing series of robust online events.
The Spindle Rebuild Department supports every Mazak machine tool spindle in North America. The ex- panded department will keep upwards of 1,000 rebuilt spindles in stock and ready for exchange.
Experienced factory-trained techni- cians use only genuine Mazak replace- ment parts to rebuild Mazak spindles. Within a tight turnaround window, these technicians perform every stage of the repair and rebuild process, provide comprehensive and trackable spindle documentation, and conduct stringent testing of every spindle.
Techniks Tool Group and
Mazak USA Announce
New Partnership
Techniks Tool Group (TTG) has established a partnership with Mazak USA to offer tooling certificates that are now available as an accessory op- tion with new machine tools.
Mazak dealers may now add TTG tooling certificates to machine quotes by using Mazak’s i-Quote system. Tooling certificates may be redeemed by Mazak customers directly from TTG for any solutions available from Techniks or Parlec, including all tool- holding, workholding, boring and even Turbo-Turn specials.
Greg Webb, TTG’s EVP of Business Development, said, “We have had a great relationship with Mazak, and we are excited to build on that relationship with this new commercial agreement. With the largest SKU offering in the business, we are looking forward to providing solutions to customers when they are ready to tool up their new Mazak machines.”
IMTS Canceled For First Time Since WWll
Because of health and safety requirements imposed by the state of Illinois for holding conventions, IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show has announced that it has cancelled IMTS 2020.
IMTS will offer two comprehensive digital programs, IMTS Network and IMTS Spark, over the next several months to assist exhibitors and the manufacturing community. IMTS is fully committed to returning to Mc- Cormick Place as scheduled for its normal rotation 2022.
“The show has been held uninter-
rupted for more than 80 years, but now
the global coronavirus health crisis
requires the cancellation of what would
have been the 34th edition of IMTS for
the health and safety of our exhibitors,
audiences and local business com-
munity,” says Peter R. Eelman, vice
president & CXO at AMT – The Asso-
ciation For Manufacturing Technology,
which owns and produces IMTS. “Our
organization and its members take im-
mense pride in presenting one of the
world’s largest manufacturing technol-
ogy events, one that dates back to 1927.
The cancellation is especially poignant
because the show was poised to offer
an unmatched breadth and depth of
resources to help industry rethink,
1 Column X 1 Inch chains disrupted by COVID-19.”
reestablish and reengage with supply
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