Experts in Mazak Mazatrol
Programming, Training and Consulting
Improve your investment with smarter throughput
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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.
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