With its traditional EMO Encore Open House (on 8-11 December), Worcester-based Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd (
www.mazakeu.co.uk) will be bringing ‘a flavour of Italy’ back to the UK.
Some 22 machines will be on show, the stars being two members of the company’s new Smooth Technology product family.
The SmoothX is for five-axis simultaneous machining, while the SmoothG has been developed to handle four-axis simultaneous motion on machines with up to 16 axes.
This comes with a 19in touch-screen designed to reduce the number of keystrokes required to enter a program by 38% (compared with its predecessor).
Cycle times are also significantly reduced through a combination of the latest generation of high-speed servo drive and motors package and the high-speed processing capability of the CNC system.
Richard Smith, managing director of the UK and Ireland sales division, says: “If you missed EMO in Milan, I would advise you not to miss EMO Encore, which is bringing the best of Europe’s premier machine tool exhibition back to the UK.
“Our guests will be able to get ‘hands on’ with the world’s fastest CNC system and our range of machine tools — many making their UK debut.”