Mori Seiki wins Productivity Award and gains £3.8 million in orders at MACH
company news from Mori Seiki (UK) Ltd
12 May 2008
Mori Seiki aims to bring productivity to its customers, and proved this by scooping the MWP Productivity Award at the MACH 2008 show. For its entry, Mori Seiki described how Bridge of Don based Hunting Cromar, a major international force in the oil and gas industry, has achieved efficiency improvements of 20% and higher, with anticipated payback within 16 months on its investment in Mori Seiki SL403 machines and six months on its new Mori Seiki NL 2500 SY 700. Furthermore, at Hunting’s Badentoy site, Mori Seiki machines have been operating continuously for 20 years in particularly arduous conditions, threading seam welded pipe 20 inches in diameter and producing 1500 to 2000 pipes each week in a range of diameters and in lengths up to 48 feet.
Companies visiting the Mori Seiki stand at MACH clearly recognised the advantages of choosing its equipment, placing orders valued at £3.8 million at the show. The new customers ranged from small subcontractors to blue chip multi-nationals, many of whom were ordering additional machines based on the productivity and profitability achieved from previous investments in Mori Seiki. One customer reported that his Mori Seiki NT, which was only installed in March, was already generating profits of £300 per hour.
Pure technology was the theme of the show for Mori Seiki. Advanced technology including DCG® (Driven at the Centre of Gravity), DDMTM (Direct Drive Motor), ORCTM (Octagonal Ram Construction) and BMTTM (Built-in Motor Turret) combine to achieve very low levels of vibration and unparalleled levels of rigidity and speed. A second customer cutting parts in Super Duplex, 100mm diameter with a 5mm wide insert with a requirement for parallelism of less than 10µm, reported that he was experiencing problems with insert life. His existing machine, purchased from a major competitor to Mori Seiki, was only completing 5 components per insert. By manufacturing the same part on his recently installed Mori Seiki NL3000, insert life increased to an astonishing 70 components per insert - just one example of how Mori Seiki technology can improve productivity and profitability.
Mori Seiki has increased its range offering Dixi machines to companies requiring exceptional levels of precision and Tobler workholding solutions for locating and holding complex turned parts. Mori Seiki also demonstrated its Mori Net system which monitors machine performance and provides remote diagnostics - feedback which will help users of its machine tools maximize productivity by ensuring their machine is operating at the peak of its capabilities at all times.
