Coming-out of new Genos of Okuma in the days of Maqcenter
on June 1, 2011
In times in which the market stomachaches protagonist, there are many formulas that companies machine tool distributors have taken to keep in touch with your customers and know not, new. And the conventional fairs, which often pose a great economic effort for the company, are not always the answer, because not everyone attends them to buy, but primarily to see and be seen. For this reason, every time, you choose more to open days. Maqcenter already has extensive experience in this type of event, which celebrated even before the economic crisis. "Unlike the conventional trade fairs, the presence of customers exclusively interested in our firm is achieved with these open days and obviously the cost is much lower," says Antonio Minguell, CEO of Machine Center, S.A. And it seems that this formula gives off: "the balance has been very positive, that we have received many visits from customers with an interest in investing in new machines." "In fact, some sales have been closed and we also have several projects underway which will hopefully cristalicen soon". But does this mean that the thing has improved on the previous exercises? "Spanish machine tool market is better than last year, there is activity and clients is working." The problem comes in the time of investment, that the majority of companies need external funding, and this is a pending subject that we have in our country. "Financial institutions are still remisas to open the issue of the credit." On future developments, Minguell prefers to be positive "but to achieve levels of sales as who got in 2007 will be difficult in the short term".
"Innovative, efficient and productive solutions"
On this occasion, Maqcenter had a total of 12 teams Okuma in exhibition. Thus, alongside the already recognized as the motorized LB3000, and with subhusillo, lathes MU-400VA 5-axis vertical machining center or the Multus B300W multitasking, among others, the Japanese brand presented as a novelty this year newline Genos of vertical and horizontal machining centers. In the words of Antoni Minguell, "the main characteristic of these new centers Genos M, as well as the range of horizontal lathes Genos L is that they are machines with extremely high quality, precision and durability in time, intrinsic factors in the Okuma brand and also have a very attractive price." "The new lathes Genos L, in addition, offer a wide range of models: lathes of two shafts, motor, with axis and with subhusillo and combination of the above options".
Another new feature to be highlighted was also presenting the new range of centres horizontal Okuma MB1000H, with models of pallet of 400, 500 and 1,000 mm.
Also, for two days, expert engineers of Okuma made a presentation to interested attendees on the new features of 3D Virtual Monitor and control P200/20, the Machining Navi. "Okuma is continually developing applications to offer to the market innovative, efficient and productive solutions." "This it can be done thanks to the control that equip our machines, the OSP", Antoni Minguell tells us. "Okuma is the only manufacturer worldwide that develops and manufactures all the components of the machine, since the mechanical part to electronics, allowing and guaranteeing in this way the support and perfect communion between machine and control." Machining-Navi is an application that monitors and prevents vibration machining, both lathes and machining centers. The 3D Virtual Monitor is a software that is installed on the PC of the Department of programming of machines. It reflected the 3D of the machine in a reliable manner, as well as profiles of piece and tools. The application allows the development of machining program easily and true 3D images for possible collisions that could occur. "Once the 3D Virtual Monitor gives good program is the total guarantee that this program can load on machine and get it running without any problem".
Hand in hand with Renishaw and Italmatic
Machine Center featured in these days of open doors of Renishaw, which presented his new team of verification of pieces Equator, which replaces useful control in the workshop manuals. The company made a theoretical introduction and practical demonstrations of its new system during the Conference. In the same way, Italmatic showed its new chips with filtration Fox extractor and the new model of avanzabarras LNS.
"These companies are cooperating in the solutions that we offer to our clients, adding those necessary complements to our machines," says Minguell.
