CNC milling is now a priority at Gent Machine. With the purchase of our first CNC mill, a Hwacheon Vesta 660, we have added to our capabilities and now we look to grow this department. We target high volume CNC milling because, as a business, we are setup to process high volumes. Milled parts would be no exception.

Although it's easy to look for new work for this machine, programming and setting it up is a different story. We have lived in a world of machining only turned parts for 94 years. Machining is machining so milling metal should not be too much of a learning curve but we still lack the expertise of quoting, fixture design and process development. To fill this void we hired an expert. Richard Shafer started on January 18th as a manufacturing engineer. He has experience with many CNC milling applications and will be able to help us with our Eurotech mill/turn and help improve many of our processes. He is proficient with CAD/CAM software which he uses to draw fixtures, assembly concepts and will use to program future parts. We will lean on him to generate accurate quotes and design a process that will help us be successful in this new industry. Welcome Rik!