Mazak presents recipe for productivity

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Overcoming UK industry’s much-bemoaned productivity gap by tapping into the potential of automation is widely seen as vital to the future success of the sector. And machine tool maker Yamazaki Mazak claims to have the perfect solution for manufacturers of all shapes and sizes on display at this week’s MACH exhibition.

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“We’ve got 13 machines on the stand covering the whole plethora of Mazak designs and solutions we can offer,” explained Alan Mucklow, the firm’s director for UK and Ireland.

“Our aim is to make sure UK manufacturing has a visibility of what’s out there to assist them and we think the 13 machines we’ve got on the stand here demonstrate that,” he added. “We think the machine mix and applications we’re showing gives something for everybody from operators to production engineers, to finance directors to MDs.”

Mucklow highlighted a number of key exhibits amongst the portfolio machine tool and laser cutting machines on the company’s huge stand (Hall 20 - 760 – 790) including the HCR-5000S a five-axis horizontal machining centre specifically developed for high-speed 5-axis aluminium cutting. “This is very much focussed on aerospace, so high metal removal rates for aluminium, where removing the swarf as quickly as possible is the key objective so you don’t get the thermal impact,” he explained.

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