PP Control & Automation

Mazak UK

As the years have gone by, the relationship between the two businesses has become more interlinked, with PP C&A increasingly being asked to be involved in the design stage of new machine builds to support ‘Design for Manufacturing (DFM)’ and understand how more specification can be added easily to new models.

The latest collaboration started towards the end of 2018 and has focused on the development of the company’s CV5-500, a new fully simultaneous 5-axis machining centre that is the only machine in its class to have been completely conceived, designed and built in the UK.

Fundamental to its success was the design and build of a modular/standard control system and interconnectivity solution that would allow both the efficient build within PP C&A and the simple and effective integration when building the CV5-500 at Mazak’s own facility.

This needed to be achieved against a highly competitive price point that allows Mazak to launch a world class machine that can be sold successfully within the target markets across Europe.