DMG MORI Ships First Linear Pallet Pool Manufactured in the U.S.

Machine tool company DMG MORI USA shipped its first linear pallet pool produced in the company’s U.S. manufacturing plant. Based in Davis, California, DMG MORI Manufacturing USA reports that it utilizes recent investments to boost local production, and continues to provide technology, automation and digitization solutions that are precision machined and assembled in the U.S.

The LPP 40, previously manufactured in Japan, is DMG MORI’s 400-mm, pallet-size linear pallet pool. It is said to be well suited for automating high-mix machining with the ability to handle a wide variety of parts, enabling customers to achieve lights-out manufacturing. Compatible with DMG MORI’s NHX 4000, another DMG MORI Manufacturing USA product, the LPP 40 is a highly flexible, multilayer pallet pool system with up to eight machines, 99 pallets and five setup stations, the company says.

LPS 4 launched this year and is the company's fourth-generation linear pallet system control software, marking 20 years of in-house pallet pool control software development experience in the U.S. The company says this flexible control software has been redesigned for touch-based operation from any networked device. Integrated job planning, scheduling and reporting tools provide customers the digital power needed to enhance their shop productivity. Including machine, order and tooling statistics, LPS is said to offer a concise look at production efforts complete with tool management integration, enabling customers to identify tool status and usage data.​