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News Release from: Yamazaki Mazak UK
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 February 2007
UK machine tool plant expansion is
nearly complete
Japanese machine tool builder, Yamazaki Mazak has almost completed a significant expansion of its UK plant near Worcester, including a 5-axis machining centre and laser profiling.
Following the significant investment in the company's Machining Department with an extension to the flexible manufacturing system, the installation of a Mazak Variaxis 500-5X II simultaneous 5-axis machining centre equipped with a 20-position Palletech automated pallet loading system, and two large Integrex e-500 HS machines, one with an award winning e-Bot manufacturing cell, Yamazaki Mazak UK has implemented the next major part of its manufacturing capacity with the installation of four new press brakes and a state-of-the-art, three machine laser profiling system The laser system comprises three Mazak HyperGear 510 2.5kW laser profiling machines that make use of Mazak's linear motor technology in all five axes
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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These machines deliver precise positioning to accuracies of +/-0.01/500mm and high speed traverse rates of up to 120m/min.
Further efficiencies are gained by the integration of Mazak's Optopath sheet handling system, a feature of which is the automatic part picking device with 7200 vacuum cups that allow individual components to be lifted simultaneously from the sheet.
This eliminates the need for micro-joints and the time-consuming process of breaking individual parts from a complete sheet.
Sitting behind this system is a further investment in a fully-automated material handling system that allows continuous unmanned operation of the lasers seven days per week if required.
"This important installation will expand our sheet metal processing capacity while allowing space to be released to meet the increasing demand for the assembly of machining centres and lathes manufactured here at Worcester," said Richard Austin, Yamazaki Mazak's general manager-Direct Production. Request free introductory details about products from Yamazaki Mazak UK ...
"Not only do we now have one of the most up-to-date manufacturing facilities in the UK, the extended machining facility is an ideal means of promoting the products that Mazak manufactures by showing them in a real-life manufacturing environment.".
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