Experts in Mazak Mazatrol
Programming, Training and Consulting
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We Do Process Improvement
Specializing in Mazak lathes, our vast experience with Mazatrol programming will change the way you work for the better.
Mazatrol Services
Improve efficiency and your company's bottom line as a pre-production engineer, process improvement engineer, expert trainer of Mazatrol/Mazak processes, or spot-fill operator.
Experience
Extensive hands-on experience in Mazatrol programming, processing, tooling, training, and troubleshooting on Mazak lathes.
Proven Throughput
Over 25 years of Mazatrol programming experience translates to consistent, dramatic increases in work-piece throughput for your shop.
Mazak Mazatrol Programming, Processing, Tooling, Training and Troubleshooting
Times of high workload present a great opportunity for increased efficiency. The name of our company says a lot about what we do: we are experts in Mazatrol programming, processing, tooling, training, and work holding.
We specialize in process improvement for increased efficiency and more throughput on Mazak lathes.
Since the inception of Added Performance Machining, we have consistently and dramatically increased work-piece throughput for our clients. The attention we give to setup rigidity and professional Mazatrol processing are key factors to APM's success.
You can hire us as a pre-production engineer, process improvement engineer, an expert trainer of Mazatrol/Mazak processes, or as a spot fill for operators. There is no long-term commitment on your part. You only contract for our time to fit your needs. You incur no social security tax, no insurance costs, no overtime.
We would love to talk to you about your specific needs:
- Mazatrol Training
- Mazatrol Programming
- Mazak Lathe Consulting
Interested in Working With Us?
Send us the part, the machine, and the control. We'll tell you what's possible.
About Tom
Tom Herzog founded Added Performance Machining after being employed at Mazak Corporation as an Applications Engineer for almost 20 years.
In the fifteen years before Mazak, he gained knowledge and experience by working in every area of his father's shop, Michigan Automatic Turning, where the main business included manufacturing and machining transmission shafts and gears with CNC machines.
Recent Articles
Nov 7, 2026
A Mazak Lathe Sitting Idle Is a Paid-For Machine Making Nothing
Good Mazak lathes sit idle in good shops for predictable reasons — and every one of them has a path back to production. Here's how Tom Herzog assesses an idle Quick Turn or Integrex, what the first days look like, and how to know when the honest answer is to sell it instead.
Nov 7, 2026
Mazak Parameter Backup and the Battery Alarm: Do This Before You Lose the Machine's Memory
On older Mazatrol controls, your parameters, tool data, offsets, and programs live in battery-backed memory. A battery alarm is the control telling you that memory is on borrowed time. How backups work, what to do the day the alarm appears, and what recovery looks like if you waited too long.
Nov 7, 2026
Mazak Sub-Spindle Transfer: Why Parts Drop, Crash, or Come Out Wrong
A sub-spindle transfer is the most choreographed move a Mazatrol lathe makes, and small setup errors turn into dropped parts and crashed chucks. The checks that prevent it, how the transfer position and Z offset actually work, and what to verify after a crash before you run it again.