News & Happenings at Southern Machine Works
December 2020 – Southern Machine Works (SMW) is pleased to announce our latest new equipment acquisition. SMW has purchased and installed a MAZAK HCN-4000 Horizontal Machining Center – please see attached document. Thanks to the continuous support and trust of our customers, we were pleased to make this $400,000+ investment to improve efficiency and lead-times for our customers milled prismatic part needs. To see a video of the HCN-4000 in action click here. Let SMW put this high-precision HMC to work on your next milled part projects requiring high-production output.
September 2020 – Southern Machine Works (SMW) is pleased to announce our latest equipment acquisition. SMW has purchased and installed a MAZAK Hyper Quadrex 250MSYE 34”/850U high-precision turning center. Thanks to the continuous support and trust of our customers, we were pleased to make this $500,000+ investment to improve efficiency and lead-times for our customers mill/turn project needs. To see a video of the Hyper Quadrex 250MSYE in action click here. Let SMW put this workhorse high-precision turning center to work on your next mill/turn project!
April 2020 – An automotive OEM customer had been routinely purchasing a Torque Limiter Assembly from Southern Machine Works (SMW) that required a combination of off-the-shelf (OTS) purchased components and custom-machined parts. The inner and outer gears were OTS purchased parts, and each had slow delivery times – often as long as 12 weeks. SMW records showed that each time these gears were re-ordered, the vendor had increased the price. SMW’s challenge was to continue to supply the completed Torque Limiter Assembly to our OEM customer at a fixed negotiated price – without any price increases.
More New Equipment at SMW
June 2021 – Southern Machine Works is pleased to announce that we’ve added two new pieces of equipment:
- Mazak 575C/50II Mill
- Mazak HCN-4000 Mill/II
Stay tuned for a forthcoming announcement on an important new addition to our shop!