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Mazak will highlight its range of machine tool technology and automation designed to boosts job shop production and profitability during its three-day “Discover More With Mazak” event from May 6-8, at its Midwest Technology Center in Schaumburg, Ill.

Attendees will experience live cutting demonstrations, multiple forms of automation, technology and application displays, along with educational seminars and panel discussions. Mazak will feature most categories of its machine tool portfolio for job shop production, including full five-axis machines, CNC horizontal and vertical machines and turning centers, “Done in One” multitasking machines, Swiss-style production, friction stir welding (FSW) and additive manufacturing (AM).

For five-axis multisided machining of complex 3D curved surfaces, the event will feature Mazak’s Variaxis i-700 Neo with a two-pallet changer, VC-Ez 16X, Variaxis C-600 with 12-station Multi-Pallet Pool (MPP) automation and the UD 400/5X Ultra Precise five-axis machining center. The Variaxis i-700 Neo is a full five-axis VMC designed to provide advanced multisurface machining for parts with complex profiled surfaces.

The Kentucky-built VC-Ez 16X, featured with FSW capability, provides cost-effective, long-term part processing reliability, and the Variaxis C-600 high-speed, simultaneous five-axis VMC features high-rigidity structure and Mazatrol SmoothAi control for processing stability. The high-speed UD 400/5X is designed for microprecision and is well suited for mold machining.

Mazak will also showcase its HCN-4000 Neo HMC paired with the Palletech modular, scalable automation system for multipart production. The machine is said to enable high productivity in a diverse range of applications, from high-volume to mixed-part processing.

From its Kentucky-built Ez Series of VMCs, Mazak will spotlight the VC-Ez 20 2PC with two-pallet changing and the three-axis VC-Ez 26. Both machines are said to provide easy programming, machining and setup for virtually any size shop. During the event, the VC-Ez 26 will demonstrate its Thermal Displacement Control for stable and reliable part processing.

The vertical machine lineup on display will also include the FJV-35/60, which features a double-column design to accommodate large workpieces.

Additionally, Mazak will highlight its Integrex i-150, which is well suited for shops processing small, square workpieces. For expanded processing capability, the Integrex i-450H ST AG multitasking machine features a second turning spindle and Hybrid Auto Gear (AG) package that enables three types of gear machining: gear skiving, hobbing and end milling.

To round out the multitasking machine lineup, Mazak will also demonstrate its HQR-150MSY, QTE-100MSY SG, Quick Turn 250MY and QT-Ez 10MY. The high-production HQR-150MSY is a two-turret/two-spindle CNC turning center with upper and lower turrets. With its MSY configuration, the machine features milling and Y-axis functionality that give shops high-efficiency machining and increased production with significantly reduced cycle times. The compact QTE-100MSY SG features a second turning spindle along with the fast Mazak GL-30 gantry loader, enabling shops to go from raw material to finished parts in a single setup.

Outfitted with a Mazak Ez Loader 20, the Quick Turn 250MY demonstration will feature the machine processing differential pinion carriers for an agriculture application. From the Ez Series, the QT-Ez 10MY featuring milling and Y-axis off-centerline capability will showcase Mazak’s cobot automation for added performance and value in a compact design.

For machining of small, precise parts, Mazak will feature three models of its Syncrex Swiss-type turning machines. The largest machine in Mazak’s Syncrex portfolio, the Syncrex 38/9 outfitted with an Edge Technologies Patriot bar feeder, will be live cutting an automotive guide plug, and the eight-axis Syncrex 12/8 paired with an Edge Technologies Minuteman 12' bar feeder will turn a medical Luer lock in a live demonstration.

Completing the Swiss-style machine display for job shops will be the Syncrex 25/9X together with an LNS GT 326 bar feeder. The nine-axis machine provides full five-axis contouring using its B-axis tool post and will be cutting hydraulic spool valves for an agricultural application.

Lastly, Mazak’s VC-500A/5X AM HWD five-axis machine features hot-wire deposition (HWD) capability for combining both subtractive and additive operations. With HWD, the machine precisely melts metal wire directly onto a base material for generating parts and part features that are then machined to size on the same machine platform.

In addition to live machine demonstrations, attendees can gain insights from a variety of industry and applications experts.