Midwest DISCOVER MORE WITH MAZAK

Mazak will highlight its extensive range of machine tool technology and automation that boosts job shop production and profitability during its three-day DISCOVER MORE WITH MAZAK event May 6-8, 2025, at its Midwest Technology Center in Schaumburg, Illinois. Mazak has a long-standing commitment to job shops and the rigorous demands they face, and this event will help them learn more, do more and make more with Mazak in 2025.

Attendees will experience live real-world cutting demonstrations, multiple forms of automation, technology and application displays along with educational seminars and panel discussions. The event is expected to draw participants from across the country, and students are welcome to attend on May 8. Mazak will spotlight virtually all 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 multi-tasking machines, Swiss-style production, Friction Stir Welding, and additive manufacturing.

For 5-axis multi-sided machining of complex 3D curved surfaces, the event will feature Mazak’s VARIAXIS i-700 NEO with a 2-pallet changer, VC-Ez 16X, VARIAXIS C-600 with 12-Station MULTI-PALLET POOL (MPP) automation, and the UD 400/5X Ultra Precise 5-axis machining center. The VARIAXIS i-700 NEO is Mazak’s next generation full 5-axis vertical machining center, providing advanced multi-surface machining for parts with complex profiled surfaces.

The Kentucky-built VC-Ez 16X, featured with friction stir welding (FSW) capability, provides cost-effective long-term part processing reliability for virtually any shop, and the VARIAXIS C-600 high-speed, simultaneous 5-axis vertical machining center enhances shop production with a high-rigidity structure and MAZATROL SmoothAi control for processing stability. The high-speed UD 400/5X is designed for micro-precision and is ideal for mold machining.

As a producer of the industry’s most accurate horizontal machining centers, Mazak will showcase its HCN-4000 NEO paired with the PALLETCH modular, scalable automation system for multi-part production. The machine represents Mazak’s next generation horizontal machining center for high productivity in a diverse range of applications from high-volume to mixed-part processing.

From its affordable Kentucky-built Ez Series of vertical machining centers, Mazak will spotlight the VC-Ez 20 2PC with two-pallet changing and the 3-axis VC-Ez 26. Both machines provide easy programming, machining and setup for virtually any size shop. During the event, the VC-Ez 26 will demonstrate Mazak’s Thermal Displacement Control for stable and reliable part processing.

The vertical machine lineup will also include the FJV-35/60. With its double-column design, the machine accommodates large workpieces.

Mazak’s multi-tasking will take center stage in Schaumburg, and attendees will experience the INTEGREX i-150 and INTEGREX i-450H ST AG. The INTEGREX i-150 is ideal for shops processing small, square workpieces. For expanded processing capability, the INTEGREX i-450H ST AG multi-tasking machine features a second turning spindle and HYBRID AUTO GEAR (AG) package that allows three types of gear machining; gear skiving, hobbing and endmilling.

To round out the multi-tasking machine category, Mazak will also demonstrate the new 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 DONE IN ONE machining and increased production with significantly reduced cycle times. Also for those shops looking to add DONE IN ONE part processing capability, the compact QTE-100MSY SG sports a second turning spindle along with the fast Mazak GL-30 gantry loader, allowing shops to go from raw material to finished parts in single setups.

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 broad SYNCREX portfolio, The SYNCREX 38/9 outfitted with an Edge Technologies Patriot bar feeder, will be live-cutting an automotive guide plug in a real-world demonstration, and the eight-axis SYNCREX 12/8 paired with an Edge Technologies Minuteman 12-foot 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 9-axis machine provides full five-axis contouring using its B-axis tool post and will be cutting hydraulic spool valves for an agricultural application.

Manufacturers exploring additive manufacturing technology won’t want to miss Mazak’s VC-500A/5X AM HWD. The 5-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 will gain insights from a variety of industry and applications experts. 

The Midwest Technology Center, located at 300 East Commerce Dr., Schaumburg, Illinois, is one of eight Mazak Technology Centers in North America. The 56,000ft² facility gives Mazak customers access to process and application engineering expertise, training, and collaboration opportunities for new manufacturing solution development.

Every Mazak machine, including those at the DISCOVER MORE WITH MAZAK event, are backed by Mazak MPower Complete Customer Care, the industry’s most comprehensive machine support program. Plus, Mazak Capital Equipment Financing (MCEF) allows shops to easily move their manufacturing forward with one-stop, factory-direct financing on Mazak equipment.