From April 30 to May 2, Mazak Corporation will host a portion of the Valve Manufacturers Association's (VMA) annual "Manufacturers Workshop and Tour" at its North American headquarters in Florence, KY. The event is open to VMA members and will include a tour of Mazak's manufacturing campus as well as workshops on supply chain management, MTConnect, problem solving and lean manufacturing.
Mazak will demonstrate how it contributes to productive and profitable valve production by giving VMA members a behind-the-scenes look at its recently expanded North American Production-On-Demand Manufacturing Plant as well as its National Technology Center and Center for Multi-Tasking Excellence. "Together, these two facilities produce and support some of the world's most advanced multitasking, 5-axis, turning, milling and automation solutions for industries that rely on high-quality valves, including oil and gas exploration, power generation, chemical processing and commercial construction," said a company spokesperson.
Mazak recently completed a 100,000 sq. ft. expansion of its manufacturing plant so that the company could continue to effectively support the ever-evolving technology demands of its customers and their unique application requirements. As a result of the expansion, Mazak can now produce up to 200 machine tool units per month, depending on product mix.
Inside Mazak's 100,813 sq. ft. National Technology Center and Center for Multi-Tasking Excellence, which also went through a recent expansion, VMA members will experience several innovative machine tools and automation systems in action, including solutions that are ideal for high-quality valve production. The facility is the main hub for Mazak's network of regional Technology Centers in North America, providing manufacturers with applications, service and part support, programming classes and more.
Following the Mazak manufacturing campus tour, VMA members will participate in workshops led by Mazak application experts on effective supply chain management and improving factory utilization via MTConnect, an open-source, royalty-free manufacturing protocol that easily connects devices and systems from different suppliers to capture and share information in a common format.
The University of Kentucky will also conduct workshops that highlight the successes Toyota has achieved through its eight-step problem-solving process as well as the people side of lean manufacturing.
Event registration for VMA members is at www.vma.org/?page=ManufacturerWorkshop.
For more information contact:
Tasha Riddell
Mazak Corporation
P.O. Box 970
Florence, KY 41022-0970
859-342-1700
triddell@mazakcorp.com
www.mazakusa.com
Malena Malone-Blevins
VMA Meetings Manager
Valve Manufacturers Association
202-331-8105 ext. 310
mmaloneblevins@vma.org
www.vma.org