Southern Manufacturing will be the first opportunity for UK manufacturers to see the latest cutting tool launches from Industrial Tooling Corporation (Stand H250).

Representing Widia in the UK, application experts from ITC will be on-hand to discuss tools such as the newly developed VSM890-12 face and shoulder milling series. The VSM890-12 is hailed as one of the very few eight-edged, double-sided cutters with genuine 90° milling capability, and is able to perform operations such as face milling, shoulder milling, Z-axis plunging, contour plunging and 100% radial engagement slotting on a complete range of materials.
For further information www.itc-ltd.co.uk

MACH Machine Tools is exhibiting two of its latest tool-room machines on Stand J310.

The machines, a MACH MDM 1000 CNC bed mill and a MACH MDL 1800 CNC flat-bed lathe, are both equipped with the DynaPath WinDelta control, which was launched by the company into the market last autumn. The DynaPath control on the MDM bed mills (and on the latest range of MDL flat-bed lathes) comes with a range of sophisticated functions and time-saving features which help manufacturers reduce set-up and cycle times, eliminate input and programming errors, and improve operational efficiencies.
For further information www.machmt.co.uk

The theme on Hurco’s stand will be programming simplicity, where the company will be showcasing the latest software deployed on its proprietary Max5 control.

Present at Stand G200 will be one of the company’s 19” colour touchscreen controls. On demonstration will be the latest solid model import option, which is said to be capable of reducing programming times even further. Whereas previously only 2D DXF files could be loaded directly into the control to create conversational data blocks, it is now possible to import 3D STEP or IGES files, including splines and Z depths.
For further information www.hurco.co.uk

Yamazaki Mazak will be taking its newly developed fully simultaneous five-axis machining centre, the CV5-500, to Southern Manufacturing.

The CV5-500 has been designed and built at Mazak’s European manufacturing plant in Worcester, specifically for customers engaged in, or aspiring to, five-axis machining. Offered at a competitive price point, the machine has a high-rigidity bridge construction with a fully supported trunnion table. Furthermore, a newly developed 12,000 rpm spindle, capable of a peak performance of 18.5 kW and 119.4 Nm, makes the machine suitable for a wide range of materials.
For further information www.mazakeu.co.uk

Matsuura Machinery will use Southern Manufacturing to show a MX-520 five-axis CNC machining centre and HP Jet Fusion 580 3D colour printer on Stand E260.

The machines will be working in harmony to demonstrate the real-world benefits of current production strategies being supplied by the company to UK manufacturers. Matsuura’s MX-520 will be utilising fixtures produced on the HP Multi-Jet Fusion 4200, demonstrating the time and cost savings generated by printing work-holding systems in hours rather than waiting weeks, sometimes months, for conventional metal solutions to be supplied.
For further information www.matsuura.co.uk