We are at full capacity in 3 of our departments: Swiss CNC, Davenport and Acme. We have added new machines to these departments in the last 2 months and personnel as well. However, and oddly enough, our Hydromats sit empty. This is most likely due to the need for high volume on these machines but none the less they are still temporarily idle. Stay tuned!

Around 4pm on January 29th a truck driver wiped out the West entrance fence. Instead of taking a conservative approach and entering from the East, the driver came from the West and thought he could make the turn. He could not and his flat bed hit the support post and tore it out of the ground, tore off the sliding gate door and sent chainlink and posts flying. Thankfully this was all of the damage he caused but the craziness continued. He needed 3 people to then help him navigate the parking lot and then 3 more to help him back out of the receiving garage. 

Needless to say, we hope we don’t see him driving a truck ever again.

Gent Machine has gained a new customer where the parts must be assembled. First off, the parts are precision machined on our CNC swiss machines and then cleaned and sent for Eddy Current testing. This will verify that the surface of the parts are defect free. Then the parts receive a anodized coating for visual appeal. Then comes the assembly process where we place an electrical battery contactor in the part and then use a rubber bumper to secure it in place. Next, a thin cable is cut to 7 inches long and looped around the head of the part and pulled tight to ensure no more than .150″ of slack. The cable is crimped using a special fixture fitted to a hand press and the cable is secured to the part. We test this cable with 20 pounds of force. This part is a cap for a battery case which can be subjected to harsh situations. 

Please contact us for your assembly needs today.

Gent Machine was featured in a Rea & Associates publication called the Rea Report. Rea is a CPA firm and it’s newsletter touches on tax reform and other current events affecting today’s workforce, and economy. The article focused on our Top Tier growth and how it came about. Thank you to Rea & Associates for the support and for chosing to highlight us.

“The entire world is going to higher-
precision products. In order to have
things more precise, you need newer
and more accurate equipment,” said Rich Gent.

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With our move to the new facility, we gained an extra 32,000 square feet of space. This has allowed us to position equipment and stock in the most effective positions and has also allowed us to bring in new equipment.

Our newest piece of equipment is a rebuilt Hydromat 32/4-16 machine. Similar to our Hydromat Epic, this gives us 16 stations to place tools in order to maximize cycle time but this machine is hydraulic rather than CNC controlled. We purchased this machine to produce a 1.100″ diameter part that is 3″ long. It is a bar fed machine but already we are looking to change it to load a slug that will be produced by a cold header. Stay tuned on this project.