Okuma's MU-S600V 5-axis vertical machining center has won the 48th Machine Design Award for Excellence, sponsored by the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (Business & Technology Daily News (METI Minister's Award) [Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry]).

The MU-S600V is a "smart machine" that can be used for high-mix, low-volume (HMLV) and variable-mix, variable-volume production, as the core of "smart factory" operations.
In developing the MU-S600V, Okuma targeted the following design concepts.

As machines playing a vital role in the new factories of the future

• As machines that, just by being connected, can build compact automated production lines into innovatively smart production line systems
• As machines that can adapt to changes in production (market requirements) from stand-alone to multi-machine applications (agile manufacturing)

Designing smart machines that lead the way to new, master-craftsmanship manufacturing

• From large operations to small job shops, the MU-S600V is an easy door opener to effective 5-axis machining
• A slender machine, only 1,400-mm wide has a large machining area (maximum diameter of ø600 mm)

Designed ease of use in 5-axis machining

• Leveraging the convergence of ease of use, IIoT, and AI
• With new usability designing that focused on practical and successful 5-axis machining

As Your Single Source for M-E-I-K (Mechanics-Electronics-IT-Knowledge), Okuma offers this 5-axis VMC with an entirely new design concept, for the future of advanced craft-based manufacturing.

Okuma’s Machine Design Award history

• The “ECO suite” Next-Generation Energy-Saving System Wins
  Excellence Award / Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award
  at Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun’s 45th Machine Design Awards
• MCR-C Double-Column Machining Center for 5-Sided Applications
  Japan Machine Tool Manufacturers Award, 44th Machine Design Awards (2014)
• UNIVERSAL CENTER MU-10000H 5-axis horizontal machining center
  Jury’s Special Award, 43rd Machine Design Awards (2013)
• MULTUS B300II intelligent multitasking machine
  Excellence Award/Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award, 42nd Machine Design Awards (2012)
• VTR-A Series double column machining centers
  Jury's Special Award at the 40th Machine Design Awards (2010)
• MULTUS B200 intelligent multitasking machine
  Japan Machine Tool Builders Association Award, 38th Machine Design Awards (2008)
• 2SP-150H parallel 2-spindle CNC lathe
  Japan Machine Tool Manufacturers Award, 35th Machine Design Awards (2005)
• UNIVERSAL CENTER MU-400VA 5-axis vertical machining center
  Jury’s Special Award, 34th Machine Design Awards (2004)