Mazak and Oak Ridge National Lab: additive deposition and five-axis finishing on one lineMazak 携手橡树岭国家实验室：增材沉积与五轴精加工整合进同一条产线

Japanese machine-tool maker Mazak, together with the US Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), has developed a hybrid metal additiveu2013subtractive manufacturing platform that will be publicly exhibited at the Emerging Technology Center at IMTS 2026.日本机床制造商马扎克（Mazak）与美国橡树岭国家实验室（ORNL）合作开发了一套金属增材—切削混合制造平台，并将在 IMTS 2026 的新兴技术中心（Emerging Technology Center）公开展出。

The platform integrates a Fronius wire-arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) system with two Mazak VC-Ez 20X five-axis vertical machining centers in one automated framework: WAAM deposits metal layer by layer from standard welding wire at high deposition rates, and the formed workpieces are then fed via an automated pallet-exchange system into the five-axis centers for 3+2 or full five-axis precision milling. Targeting high-mix, low-volume part production, it also covers structural repair, rapid tooling and near-net-shape manufacturing, handling workpieces up to about 700 mm in diameter and 400 kg. This layout matches the industry consensus — additive handles geometric freedom while CNC delivers precision and surface finish, and the two are converging as the mainstream line configuration for complex metal parts.该平台将 Fronius 电弧增材（WAAM）系统与两台 Mazak VC-Ez 20X 五轴立式加工中心整合到同一自动化框架中：WAAM 以标准焊丝逐层沉积金属、沉积速率高，成型后的工件再经托盘自动交换系统送入五轴加工中心完成 3+2 或全五轴精密铣削。系统面向高混合、小批量零件生产，同时覆盖结构修复、快速工装与近净成形制造，工件直径最大约 700 mm、承重 400 kg。这一布局与行业共识一致——增材负责几何自由度，CNC 负责精度与表面，二者合流正成为复杂金属件的主流产线形态。

Source: The Machine Maker来源：The Machine Maker