Williams Machine & Tool Co., Installs New Mori Seiki NV5000

Williams Machine & Tool Co., Inc., Galena, Kansas, has recently installed a new Mori Seiki NV5000 vertical machining center.

The 23-year-old company offers CNC machining, precision grinding, heat treating, black oxide coating and magnesium phosphate coating.

Started by Dennis Williams (as the sole employee) in the family garage in 1979, the company has grown into its current 41,000-sq.ft. facility with 42 employees.

The company maintains a family feeling with Dennis' sons Kelly and Brian, daughter Denise Titus, and numerous other family members on staff.

The new CNC vertical machining center is part of Williams Machine & Tool's ongoing effort to utilize the latest technology to improve quality and turnaround. The company already has numerous pieces of CNC equipment with auto bar feeders, gantry loaders and pallets.

"We were looking for size and speed when we picked the Mori, Seiki," noted Kelly Williams, vice president. "The NV5000 met our needs with its rapid traverse rate of 1,653/ipm, quick tool change time (2.6 seconds) and large spindle range 31.5" x 20" x 20".
Besides the new vertical machining center, the company's machining area also has: 12 CNC lathes; five CNC vertical machining centers; two 32mm CNC Swiss lathes; 11 screw machines; three turret lathes; two engine lathes; and a wire EDM.

The grinding area has five CNC grinders, 15 conventional grinders (including centerless and blanchard) and various honing and gearing equipment.

The heat treating area has 21 pieces of equipment including internal quench furnaces, draw furnaces and an induction hardening machine.

Welding, sawing and inspection equipment round out the assortment.

Williams Machine & Tool serves customers across the country and around the world in such industries as hydraulic (internal components); agriculture; construction and consumer goods.

"Our success has come about by being a family-oriented business that caters to our customers' requirements," noted Kelly Williams. "We can take an emergency part order in the morning, machine it, finish grind it, heat treat it, inspect it and ship it out at the end of the day."