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CUSTOM MACHINING - LATHE TURNING

We have both vertical and horizontal lathes.  Our lathe machinists are experts at holding tight tolerances and producing precision fit-up parts for the weld shop.

​We frequently fabricate modified conflat flanges with knife edges, dovetail o-ring grooves, and indium seal grooves.  Our live tooling lathe is capable of performing turning and milling operations in a single setup.  In addition to turning we also do a great deal of polishing on our lathes due to the tight seal surface finish requirements associated with most of our projects.

HAAS ST35 Live Tooling Lathe:
23" Swing, 30" Between Centers

HAAS TL3 Lathe:
20" Swing, 60" Between Centers

MORI SEKI Lathe:
18" Swing, 24" Between Centers

CLAUSING Lathe:
16" Swing, 48" Between Centers

BULLARD Vertical Lathe:
70" Swing, 50" Under Column

Post-Weld Turing Down of Weldments

We perform quite a bit of post weld machining that involves turning parts down to final print dimensions. Working around the hardened weld heat affected zones always poses a bit of a challenge.

Turning ASME Code Flange in Live Tooling Lathe

A single lathe station is capable of turning a rough forged ring into a finish machined flange complete with o-ring groove and radial bolt hole pattern using the live tooling feature on our newest piece of equipment.

Weld Prepping Components

Turning down weld preps, creating custom weld transitions, and fitting up mating parts ensures the highest weld quality and dimensional conformance possible.

Precision Turned Parts

We are used to fabricating high precision custom components. We will devise a fabrication plan that will generate the highest quality parts in the shortest possible time. Speeds and feeds will be optimized and proper tooling adjustments will be made.