“Some years ago, we realised that we weren’t using the full capacity of our 5-axis milling machines,” relates Justin Lehman, fifth generation manager of his family company. “In our bar-fed machining centres, one of which include turning, we were getting out 150 hours a week. However, our milling machines, which account for most of our production, were only achieving a fraction of this. Thus, something had to be done.”
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