Currently, designers at the Georg machine tools division are completing an upgrade for Siemens manufacturing center in Görlitz, Germany. A turbine rotor lathe first installed in 1963 has been updated, ...

Industrial gas turbines are increasing in size. As a result of this, repair facilities that overhaul and repair these machines must keep pace. One of the key tools is a large lathe. As one of the ...

The new VDF 800 DUS Big Bore CNC lathe from MAG Industrial Automation Systems is engineered for energy-industry work with 365-mm (14 inch) spindle diameter; 820 mm (32 inch) swing over the bed; 8,000 ...

The lathe is known as the King of Machine Tools for a reason. There are very few things that you can’t make with one. In fact, people love to utter the old saw that the lathe is the only machine tool ...

Some machining tasks demand serious equipment. Watch how a large lathe makes it possible to handle oversized parts with precision and control. What makes this job too big for a standard setup? Storm ...

PrecisionPlus VP of Engineering, Mike P. Reader, with one of the company’s cam-actuated Swiss lathes. Precision Plus is not your typical machine shop. Founded as a cam-type Swiss screw machine shop 40 ...

When the job is large enough to need a big lathe, every cut counts. Watch the team machine a set of levelling feet with the care and precision the equipment demands. Have you worked with a lathe this ...