Mazak iSMART Factory™ Initiative Spreads to Japan Plant

FLORENCE, Ky., July 12, 2017 – Mazak continues its steadfast advancement toward the complete digitization of all its manufacturing operations with the recent transformation of its Oguchi, Japan, facility into yet another Mazak iSMART Factory™. The Oguchi plant now joins Mazak’s iSMART Factory in Florence, Kentucky, as the first two in the company’s plan to eventually designate all ten of its manufacturing operations as Mazak iSMART Factories.
 
As a dynamic, ongoing and limitless concept, the next-generation iSMART Factory represents Mazak’s all-encompassing manufacturing vision and global branding initiative. These next-generation factories use advanced manufacturing cells and systems together with full digital integration to achieve free-flow data sharing in terms of process control and operation monitoring.
 
In the Mazak iSMART Factory, the MTConnect® open communications protocol works with process support software and provides connectivity and the capability to monitor then harvest data from all the different production floor machines, cells, devices and processes.
 
“There is little doubt in the industry that MTConnect will soon be the standard worldwide and the foundation of tomorrow’s digitized manufacturing operations,” said Brian Papke, chairman of Mazak. “At Mazak, we’ve experienced double-digit increases in productivity and machine utilization in each facility immediately after the implementation of digital process monitoring through MTConnect and our SmartBox technology.”
 
For the Oguchi Mazak iSMART Factory, the MTConnect open protocol allows the plant to use its own in-house cyber monitoring software. This software then works in conjunction with Mazak’s Smooth Monitoring software so the plant can monitor operations and optimize production efficiency.
 
With its Mazak iSMART Factories, Mazak continues to position itself at the forefront of factory digitization. Relative to that, the company will make further announcements concerning that ongoing initiative at this year’s EMO Hanover 2017 show September 18-23 in Hanover, Germany.

About Mazak Corporation

La société Mazak est chef de file en matière de conception et de fabrication de machines-outils productives. Engagée à titre de partenaire pour ceux de ses clients qui misent sur une technologie novatrice, son établissement de calibre international à Florence dans le Kentucky produit plus de cent modèles de tours numérique, d’appareils multitâches et de centres d’usinage vertical, dont les modèles à cinq axes. Grâce à sa politique d’investissement continu dans la technologie de fabrication, l’usine Mazak iSMART du Kentucky est la plus évoluée et la plus efficiente du secteur d’activité; elle fabrique ainsi des produits de première qualité et fiables en misant sur l’idée de production à la demande. Mazak compte huit centres technologiques en Amérique du Nord afin de fournir des applications concrètes, des services de ventes et un service après-vente à sa clientèle à l’échelle locale. Pour de plus amples renseignements sur les produits et les solutions de Mazak, rendez-vous au www.mazakusa.com ou suivez-nous sur Twitter et Facebook.