Booth Offers Eye Candy, Interactive Displays

By admin | Published: April 30, 2013

A subtle military motif underlies two of the most prominent displays at Republic Lagun Machine Tool Company’s booth S-8470, while others are somewhat unusual in their own right, albeit for different reasons.

Article From:  Modern Machine Shop, Matt Danford, Associate Editor

“The Grunt,” a one-off custom motorcycle by manufacturer Roland Sands.

A subtle military motif underlies two of the most prominent displays at Republic Lagun Machine Tool Company’s booth S-8470, while others are somewhat unusual in their own right, albeit for different reasons.
The flashiest exhibit is a one-off, custom motorcycle with a camouflage paint job that has been dubbed “The Grunt” by manufacturer Roland Sands, which uses the company’s FTV 2 mills and American Turnmaster lathes to machine linkage arms, air filters, tubular accessories and other custom bike components. Nearby is the KPCU-AR, a 75-ton gantry mill from Zayer in Northern Spain. This machine will be shipped to Hill Air Force base in Utah for machining landing gear components after the show. Although machine is hard to miss, the company invites visitors to climb aboard a 4-foot platform for a closer look.
While those attractions might be more eye-catching at first glance, impeller machining on a VGC 4428 VMC provides a somewhat unusual example of combining multiple processes on one platform. This machine might initially appear to be no more than a standard five-axis VMC, but a closer look reveals a grinding wheel in the tool changer. The machine is a custom model developed at the request of General Electric, which sees advantages in the precision and control possible with grinding compared to five-axis milling, Mr. Gillingham says.
Finally, the company’s demonstration of hydrostatic steady rests from Spanish builder Goratu invites attendees to not only look, but also touch. More notably, a touch is all that’s required to move the 11,000-pound part, which is supported on the steady rest by a 0.002-inch-thick film of oil that reduces friction and vibration, Mr. Gillingham says.
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Huge Tax Incentive 2012

By admin | Published: November 15, 2012

 

 

It’s not too late to SAVE THOUSANDS on our new machinery with                                        TAX INCENTIVE section 179!From our in-stock Heavy-duty GHT-5 CNC Geminis lathes to Multi-Axis Bridge Mills,

we want to remind you that TAX INCENTIVE section 179 allows you up to

$145,600 in 2013 write offs!

To take advantage of this deduction, your Section 179 Qualified Financing and your equipment must be in place on or before December 31, 2012.

 

Who Qualifies for Section 179?

 

All businesses that purchase, finance, and/or lease less than $560,000 in

new or used business equipment during tax year 2012 should qualify for the

Section 179 Deduction. If a business is unprofitable in 2013, and has no taxable

income to use the deduction, that business can elect to use 50% Bonus Depreciation

and carry-forward to a year when the business is profitable.

Want to learn more  …  Check out our products here:

Last Longer, Built Stronger – Republic Lagun!

 *Remember to always speak with your tax consultant or CPA to confirm tax savings.

 

 

 

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Come visit the Republic Lagun booth @ IMTS: S-8470!

By admin | Published: July 17, 2012

 
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Huge Tax Incentives on Brand New Lagun Machinery!

By admin | Published: February 23, 2012

 

 

Save THOUSANDS on our new machinery with TAX INCENTIVE section 179…!

From our in-stock Heavy-duty GHT-5 CNC Geminis lathes to 5-axis Horizontal Mills,
we want to remind you that TAX INCENTIVE section 179 allows you up to
$145,600 in 2012 write offs!

 

Who Qualifies for Section 179?

 

All businesses that purchase, finance, and/or lease less than $560,000 in
new or used business equipment during tax year 2012 should qualify for the
Section 179 Deduction. If a business is unprofitable in 2012, and has no taxable
income to use the deduction, that business can elect to use 50% Bonus Depreciation
and carry-forward to a year when the business is profitable.

Want to learn more  …  Check out our products here:

Last Longer, Built Stronger – Republic Lagun! *Remember to always speak with your tax consultant or CPA to confirm tax savings.

 

 

 

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Vertical Mills Suited for Variety of Applications

By admin | Published: November 9, 2011

Republic Lagun’s FTV manual vertical mills incorporate a number of design elements to ensure rigidity and stability during machining, including Meehanite main castings; wide saddles; an air-cooled, two-speed motor; a 3?” quill that is hard-chromed and uses a ground rack; and high-nickel-content lead screws that are rolled and ground.
New Product Announcements From: Modern Machine Shop

Posted on: 11/9/2011
Republic Lagun’s FTV manual vertical mills incorporate a number of design elements to ensure rigidity and stability during machining, including Meehanite main castings; wide saddles; an air-cooled, two-speed motor; a 3 ?” quill that is hard-chromed and uses a ground rack; and high-nickel-content lead screws that are rolled and ground. The mills’ heads can tilt 45 degrees forward and backward, and swivel 90 degrees left and right. A flood coolant system is standard.

The mills are available with 4″4 × 10″, 55¼” × 10″ and 58″ × 11″ table sizes. Handles for table locks are spring-loaded to allow repositioning once locked, clamping the table to the saddle rather than pushing on the gib to keep the saddle from distorting when locked.

The mills are suited for a variety of applications. In fact, five FTV-2 models with Newall digital readouts are used by All American Racers, a company led by racing legend Dan Gurney. Those mills proved helpful in manufacturing a ?-scale model of the innovative “DeltaWing” 2012 Le Mans race car for wind tunnel testing. The model’s carbon fiber tires and stainless steel wheels include features that were milled to ±0.01 inch. The mills were said to be chosen by All American Racers because of their reliability while performing daily machining and precision work.

Click here to view the Manual Vertical Mills or call (800) 421-2105

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USA Luge Team Wins Norton Junior National Titles

By admin | Published: March 12, 2011

Hyrns/Sherk, Britcher and Morris Win Norton Junior National Titles

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On Saturday, March 12, Jake Hyrns and Andrew Sherk became repeat winners in the doubles competition of the Norton Junior National Championships, adding the 2011 title to their 2010 honors. Summer Britcher and Taylor Morris, both first-time title winners, won in the women and men’s divisions, respectively. Junior events are for athletes under the age of 20 and represent the last step before elite level racing.
Early morning snow was forecast to change to rain at the Olympic Sports Complex, but never made the transition, as athletes raced under a constant snow flurry with temperatures in the upper 20’s.

Hyrns of Marquette, Mich. and Sherk of Ft. Washington, Pa. took their second Junior National title with a two-run combined time of one minute, 27.346 seconds. The duo, who took silver at the Norton National Championships held on March 5, cemented their performance as our nation’s best junior doubles team.
Earlier in the season, Hyrns and Sherk captured the overall international junior world cup title.
“We had two solid runs, so we couldn’t be happier,” added Sherk. “It was a good day and a great way to end the racing season.” said Sherk, who will head to Whistler, Canada tomorrow to join a group of sliders from around the world to help evaluate potential new starting points for the 2010 Olympic luge course.

A pair of Utah athletes took the silver medal. Ty Anderson of Alpine and Pat Edmunds of Park City stopped the clock at 1:28.461. A rare all-female team, Kate Hansen of La Canada, Calif. and Emily Sweeney of Suffield, Conn., were third in 1:30.258.
Prior to getting on the doubles sled, Sweeney, age 18 and Hansen, age 19, faced each other in the women’s race, but it was 17 year-old Summer Britcher of Glen Rock, Pa. who surprised to take the gold.

“It feels good,” said Britcher, the 2010-11 overall youth A (to age 17) World Cup champion. “I knew it was going to be close between the three of us, Emily, Kate, and I, but I wasn’t expecting to win.”
And close it was. Britcher’s winning time was 1:29.051 to Sweeney’s 1:29.088, a margin of only .037 seconds. Hansen’s time was 1:30.195.
Taylor Morris of South Jordan, Utah, bronze medalist at the Norton National Championship held a week previously, easily won the men’s competition, with a total time of 1:42.116. Second place went to 2011 Empire State Games gold medal winner Tucker West of Ridgefield, Conn. with a time of 1:43.137. Isaac Underwood of Skandia, Mich. was third in 1:43.183.

“I knew I had to do the best that I possibly could in my last year as a junior,” said the 19-year-old Morris. “I wanted to finish it (my junior career) out the best that I could. I wanted a national title and I got it.”
Racing resumed the following day, with identical podiums in the men’s and women’s races during the Norton Junior National Seeding Race. In the overall points total, Tucker West earned 200 points, Aaron Barge earned 160 and Ty Anderson earned 130. Taylor Morris and Isaac Underwood both will move on to the senior ranks next season, thus becoming ineligible to earn points.
In the women’s points total, Summer Britcher earned 200, Emily Sweeney 160 and Kate Hansen 130.
Tucker West and Summer Britcher have both earned spots on next year’s Junior National squad as a result of winning the most points.
With Jake Hyrns and Andrew Sherk traveling to Whistler for track testing, no doubles competition was held during the Norton Junior National Seeding Race.

Article from March 16 2011 USA Luge Team Newsletter

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Zayer Sizes Up the Large Machine Market

By admin | Published: December 15, 2010

Republic Lagun Machine Tool Co. is promoting this line of traveling column machines to users in the wind turbine, airframe, oilfield and rail industries.

Article From: Modern Machine Shop, Mark Albert, Editor in Chief
Posted on: 12/15/2010

zayer republic lagnInterest in large machine tools continues to grow in the United States and elsewhere in North America, especially because oversized workpieces are prevalent in the wind turbine, airframe, oilfield and rail industries. One machine tool builder active in these industry segments is Zayer, a company headquartered in northern Spain but represented in the North American market by Republic Lagun Machine Tool Co. (Harbor City, California). Although Zayer specializes in large CNC bridge- and gantry-type machines, it also offers traveling-column models.

According to Joseph Bezic, president of Republic Lagun, potential users evaluating a large machine should pay particular attention to the configuration of the worktable. That’s because part handling, rather than machining time, is a major factor in the overall productivity of large part processing. The point is to move large parts as little as possible while getting the most out of the flexibility and capacity of the machine’s worktable, Mr. Bezic says.

For example, the Zayer 30KCU and 60KCU models, available with five-axis machining capability, are traveling column machines with table configurations that can be customized for the user’s application. In fact, Mr. Bezic says, Zayer’s engineers are adept at customizing tables because most installations of these machines in Europe have involved some degree of customization. One of the main advantages of the traveling-column type machine is that it is possible to incorporate a wide variety of worktable features such as built-in rotary tables, floor plates, right-angle plates and other options. Generally, these machines are configured as floor-type models; that is, the table is level with the surrounding floor surface so that parts can be loaded by forklift or overhead crane.

Because pallet shuttles for machines and workpieces of this size are impractical, the ability to divide the worktable into separate machining zones is key to high machine utilization. The builder recommends a table that is sized to enable the establishment of multiple zones. Thus, one zone is always available for machining, while the other zones are occupied with set up and/or tear down procedures. The column of the machine simply moves to whichever zone is ready for production. For safety sake, zone boundaries are protected by laser beams to prevent intrusions in adjacent zones.

Of course, as Mr. Bezic is quick to emphasize, volumetric accuracy is especially important in large-part machining because the machine tool is likely to be active throughout its entire work envelope. For this reason, he says, the KCU series of traveling column machines are equipped with a dual-function guideway system with fluidic axis support. These machines are also equipped with hardened and ground box guideways; cylindrical roller packs for the X, Y and Z axes; rack and dual motor-driven pinions on the X axis; ballscrews with double preloaded nuts for the Y and Z axes; optical linear scales on all three lineal axes and refrigeration for the gearbox, ram and spindle head.

Machines in this series have an X-axis (longitudinal) capacity ranging from 118 inches to 944 inches (3,000 to 24,000 mm), Z-axis (vertical) capacity ranging from 59 to 196 inches (1,500 to 5,000 mm) and Y-axis (cross) capacity ranging from 49 to 63 inches (1,250 to 1,600 mm). A universal spindle head with 360,000 positions is a standard feature, but head changing capability also is available because the company offers an assortment of heads designed for specific applications. Spindle taper is ISO 50 or BigPlus CAT 50.

Mr. Bezic also notes that Zayer has been particularly successful serving the high speed and light rail industries in Europe. The company, he says, has the expertise to guide the manufacturers in America who are anticipating resurgence in intercity and commuter rail lines. This resurgence is in response to energy and environmental concerns. Zayer machines are also well represented among Europe’s wind turbine, ship building, military and aerospace industries.
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