Gent Machine sees highest sales month in History
With January 2023 coming to an end, Gent machine saw it’s highest sales month in the history of the company. This will easily go down in the record books because it was well over our estimated sales for January and February combined and in fact it was more than twice...
CNC machine provides automation for secondary processes
A Takamaz J-Wave was recently placed on our shop floor to automate a secondary drilling process. The machine is a CNC controlled lathe that uses grippers to pickup a blank part and load it into a chuck while also unloading a completed part. This automation is a welcoming sight to...
New Swiss CNC Machine delivered
We took delivery of our 10th Marubeni Citizen Cincom Swiss CNC Machine this week. The machine is an L32 with a Y2 axis and LFV. This means the machine can handle up to 32mm diameter bar stock, or 1.25″ diameter. The Y and LFV ensure we have the latest technology...
Production on CNC Milling begins
We originally purchased our Hwacheon Vesta 660 to do production CNC milling. It’s 24″ by 18″ table has enough travel to take on a bunch of different projects. Whether its milling features on to extrusions or milling a complete part out of a block of metal. It is a good entry...
Acme, Davenport and CNC machine manager added to staff
Gent Machine added a production manager to the staff several months ago. The process to find this production manager has been long and with many bumps along the way. He comes to us with over 30 years of experience with Acme, Davenport and CNC machine department management. In addition, he is a...
CNC and Screw Machine shop at the top of it’s industry
Gent Machine offers a wealth of precision machining (whether it’s screw machining or CNC machining) experience. When seeking a job shop in Northeast Ohio, customers have several to choose from to meet their part requirements. Gent Machine exceeds the offerings of the average job shop. The organization recognizes that its target customer values...
An abundance of work but not CNC machinists
The labor force continues to be a problem for CNC machining companies. The shortage has only gotten worse as the pandemic has continued. Because of this, we’ve found new customers, looking for new suppliers. Their current sources are at capacity so they found us. This is good. Kind of. We have our...
Lack of raw materials hurting CNC Machining
The lack of raw material has been hurting all industry and especially the CNC machining industry. Whether it’s a CNC Milling machine or a CNC lathe turning center or a CNC Rotary transfer, whatever can produce metal parts is not able to produce parts due to the sheer lack of raw materials....
Reuters article on lack of robotics in CNC Machine shops
An article from Reuters put out a study on from MIT. It shows that the overwhelming majority of small to medium sizes CNC Machine shops are not filled with robotics and automation. As the data shows only 1 of 34 shops had brought in robots to automate processes and displace...
Distinctions of Precision CNC Machining
There is machining and then there is precision CNC machining. Gent Machine is an ISO 9001:2015 – ANSI/ISO/ASQ Q9001-2015 and IAFT 16949:2016 certified producer of screw machine parts. Precision parts is what we do. The company has experienced employees handle all facets of precision machining in our Acme, Davenport, and Citizen...