For the second time in as many years, Mori Seiki - the venerable Japanese machine tool monolith - is putting on its "Innovation of the Americas machining competition.
The competition is open to machining professionals in North, Central and South America, and is intended to showcase the people behind "...the most intricate cuts, the most challenging materials, the most inventive parts."
The contest is "open to all individuals, companies, schools and research institutes involved in metalcutting, (and) this contest has one requirement: each entry must be processed on a CNC machine tool."
Winners will be chosen from 4 categories:
- Aircraft/Aerospace - Featuring innovation in aircraft and aerospace components
- Automotive - Featuring innovation in automotive components
- Die/Mold/Artistic - Featuring innovation in die, mold and artistic components
- General/Tool/Toy - Featuring innovation in general, tool and toy components
Winners get a boatload of prestige, a trip to Chicago for IMTS 2008, and more.
If you cut metal - and you're really, REALLY good at it - you're gonna want to look into this. But make it snappy - Mori Seiki must receive all entries before June 30, 2008.
Details of the contest can be found at the Mori Seiki Web site.
And for some visuals on the 2006 winners, take a gander at them over at MMS Online.
