MTM Shows 'Anything Is Possible' With Siemens CNC Platform

May 10, 2013
How Machine Builder Is Retrofitting Its Mill/Turn Machine Tool Centers
Major Tool & Machine (MTM) produces milling and turning machines. Owner and CEO Steve Weyreter says "MTM is more competitive by way of a significant CNC technology change, one that started with an aggressive retrofit strategy." Over the past two years, more than a dozen of the company's large machine tool centers have been retrofitted to a new Siemens CNC platform. In this article, MTM discusses how the company's decision to adopt Siemens Sinumerik CNC platform has reduced production time and cost in areas of programming, maintenance engineering and machine operations.Read the full article at American Machinist.

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