Windsor, CT (PRWEB) August 29, 2013
Morris South will hold an open property– Southern Tech Fest– at its 15,0000 square-foot Huntsville, Alabama facility on Wednesday and Thursday, October 23-24, 2013. The regional machine tool distributor, a division of Morris Group, Inc. headquartered in Windsor, Conn., will exhibit new machines with live cutting demonstrations from Okuma, Tsugami, Chiron, Bridgeport, and Hardinge. Item specialists from machine tool builders and participating demo partners will be present to answer technical questions.

A wide representation of Okuma machine tools will be exhibited. The Genos M560-V vertical machining center, which has drawn crowds at other industry events with its high metal removal cutting demonstrations, will feature a reside cutting demo of a titanium portion. The Okuma MB-4000H horizontal machining center with an Inconel cutting demo, reasonably priced Genos L400 lathe, and incredibly capable LB3000 EX MYW-BB CNC lathe with multitasking capabilities will round out the display of Okuma technologies.

Making its North American debut will be the Chiron FZ12 MT. Capable of performing high-speed six-sided complete machining, the FZ12 MT performs simultaneous turning and milling of bar stock up to 65mm in diameter. The FZ12 MT characteristics a swivel head, turning spindle, opposed spindle, and reduce turret with up to 12 driven tools.

From Tsugami/Rem Sales, the new Tsugami SS327-5AX 32mm sliding headstock lathe with B-axis swiveling tool spindle will be exhibited along with the S206 20mm six-axis opposed gang tool lathe. Each machines could be converted from sliding headstock operation to chucker mode, offering tremendous flexibility of use.

Hardinge Group will be represented by the Hardinge CHNC 42 horizontal lathe and Bridgeport GX 250 5-Axis machining center. The Hardinge CHNC 42 accommodates up to 42mm diameter bar its major spindle accepts collets or jaw chucks without having need for a spindle adapter, permitting for fast changeover from bar work to chucking. The Bridgeport GX 250 5-axis, a current addition to the Bridgeport GX Series of vertical machining centers, attributes a 20-horsepower main spindle with up to 15,000 rpm, a 30-station ATC, and x-y-z travels up to 12” x 16” x 17”.

According to Luke Tankersley, Vice President of Sales, Morris South, Southern Tech Fest will be the Huntsville office’s initial open property in many years. “Over the past year, we refurbished the basic office space and our five,000 square-foot technical center,” says Tankersley. “We appear forward to showing the regional manufacturing community every little thing Morris South gives– world-class technologies, dedicated customer service, and an incredibly talented application engineering team.”

Meals and refreshments will be provided both days, with a complimentary Southern-style buffet dinner on the evening of Wednesday, October 23. For more data, please go to http://www.morrissouth.com or telephone 256-461-8111.

About Morris South

Morris South (http://www.morrissouth.com), a division of Morris Group, Inc., is the exclusive distributor of Okuma, Tsugami, Bridgeport, and Hardinge machine tools in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Chiron and Kira machine tools are obtainable all through the distribution region except in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Morris South provides new gear, engineered solutions, replacement parts, service, preventative upkeep and more. Solutions incorporate consumer consultation, financing, installation, instruction, service and disposition of retired machines.

About Morris Group, Inc.

Morris Group, Inc., (http://www.morrisgroupinc.com) whose history dates to 1941, is one of the largest machine tool distribution networks in North America. Primarily based in Windsor, Connecticut, the family members-owned and operated firm employs a lot more than 500 men and women across fourteen company units in the eastern half of the United States.





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