Mactaquac, New Brunswick – Matt Tietz, vice president/owner of McDonough Manufacturing Canada, located here, recently announced that the company has purchased a Doosan Puma 3100 XLY lathe; a 4-axis model with the ability to turn parts up to 83 inches between centers. Also equipped with live tooling and a servo Y-axis, this lathe will greatly enhance their ability to manufacture turned parts with milled features, tapped holes, angular faces and either square or diamond cut knurling, according to a company press release.
In particular, this machine will be purposed towards the high quality, efficient production of the following critical parts for their customers:
• Knurled rolls
• Board edger and gang arbors
• Saw collars
• Table rolls
This investment, noted a statement from the company, shows McDonough’s commitment to the long-term success of its team in Mactaquac, as they continue to improve efficiency at that operation. In fact, this purchase was a recommended action presented to management by the employees in the McDonough Canada shop as the result of a recent improvement project led by their business excellence team located in Mactaquac. This new lathe will dramatically improve their machining capacity and will help them to drive parts to the assembly floor much faster.
Additionally, McDonough recently supplied Gutchess Lumber in Freedom, NY with an optimized linear edger system, joining their two already in-use McDonough carriages and headrigs, a 6 foot linebar resaw and a 62 inch horizontal resaw.
McDonough Mfg. Co. is a family owned and operated manufacturer of custom sawmill machinery. McDonough buys steel and all parts, fabricates, CNC and manual machines, assembles, tests and paints all of their machinery. McDonough has had its head office in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, since 1888 and has recently expanded its operations internationally with a manufacturing facility in Mactaquac, NB, Canada that opened in October of 2017. For more information, you can go to www.mcdonough-mfg.com.
