Okuma America Corporation and distributor Hartwig, Inc. will host Productivity Improvement Days at the Okuma Technology Institute at Davis Applied Technology College, just north of Salt Lake City, UT, from June 16 through 17, 2010. Activities, seminars and machine and equipment demonstrations will feature applications and topics related to the medical, aerospace, oil & energy and gun manufacturing industries.
Machines on display include: a horizontal machining center, horizontal lathes, a vertical machining center and multi-tasking machines. All machines will be cutting parts and will utilize the THINC control to connect to peripheral equipment and software. Members of Partners in THINC will be on hand representing tooling, workholding, gauging, software and other machine tool accessory equipment.
The feature seminar will be presented by Hexagon Metrology and will demonstrate Reverse Engineering using Hexagon equipment and an Okuma MB-46VAE vertical machining center. Other presenting companies include Sandvik and Caron Engineering as they combine classroom seminars with a hands-on look at Okuma machines.
The event is free for manufacturers and lunch will be provided. To register, log onto http://events.okuma.com/DATC061610.