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4 CNC WEST June/July 2016
VOL. XXXIIII NO. 5
June/July 2016
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TURN, TURN, TURN
According to Wikipedia, turning is considered to be the oldest
method of machining. I suppose that would mean that turning ma-
chines were the first machine tools. I would have guessed drilling
but who am I to argue with our modern day Britannica Encyclo-
pedia. And for you youngsters out there reading this, an encyclo-
pedia was the 50’s and 60’s and 70’s version of Google.
This issue is our annual Turning Issue. We have some nice sto-
ries about companies using turning methods to get the job done.
Our cover story is about a Washington state company that has a
huge turning machine from Lagun Engineering Solutions. They
evaluated 14 machines and decided to choose the Geminis GT5-4
from Lagun and so far so good. And when I say the lathe is big it
has 20’ travel in the Z axis and weighs 60,000 pounds. Check out
the story beginning on page 22.
Another interesting story about turning begins on page 38.
LISI Medical in Escondido, California has nearly 40 Citizen
Swiss machines in their shop, which they love. A job came up
though for large bone screws and they found that a Tsugami
Swiss machine was the best choice for this job. Since they bought
the first Tsugami they have bought two more to go with the 39
Citizens.
Keeping on the medical theme is a story called ‘You Gotta
Have Heart’ on page 46. A Silicon Valley shop decided to take on
an attractive but dedicated high volume job with a steep challenge
of manufacturing a non-conventional part. Methods Machine
Tools proved to them that a Nakamura Tome multi-tasking turn-
ing center could do the job of manufacturing a component of a
heart valve delivery system.
As usual there are numerous other good reads in this issue
including story’s from Huntington Beach, CA., Idaho, San Fran-
cisco and more. Thanks for reading this issue of CNC WEST and
hope you have a nice summer.
Sincerely
Shawn Arnold
Shawn Arnold
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