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Motor sports manufacturing: machining, software, CAM
News Release from: Yamazaki Mazak UK | Subject: Multi-axis and multi-tasking machine tools
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 October 2005
Motorsports can benefit from 5-axis
machining
Multi-axis and multi-tasking machine tools benefit the machining of low-volume, highly complex components for the many sub-contractors that supply motorsports.
Yamazaki Mazak UK will use its presence at the Autosport Engineering show to highlight the benefits and the cost-effective manufacturing capabilities of its multi-axis and multi-tasking machine tools The show, which takes place at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, UK, between 12 and 15 January 2005 is an ideal opportunity to emphasise the ability to manufacture low-volume, highly complex components to the many sub-contractors that supply the motorsport sector
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Yamazaki Mazak will exhibit two of its high-technology machines, which will be demonstrating, among other things, their ability to use five-axes simultaneously to produce components, and how this technology can make significant inroads into reducing the fixturing requirement and shortening lead times, thereby cutting component costs.
Yamazaki Mazak has a long-standing relationship with the motorsport sector.
Many of its customers are actively involved in manufacturing components for motorsport teams from leading Formula One teams to smaller, more specialist component manufacturers, in numerous motorsport disciplines.
Furthermore, Yamazaki Mazak Corporation has a longstanding association with the Team McLaren Mercedes Formula One as the team's official supplier of CNC lathes and machining centres.
The 15 machine tools in use at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking include Variaxis 500 models in the production of suspension and transmission components for the Formula One cars, and represent the majority of the machine base at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking. Request a free brochure from Yamazaki Mazak UK ...
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