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retrofits, the machines have been running like new. The result has been amazing. We’ve had little or no downtime, which is unheard of because I used to have two to three machines down a week. If anyone were to ask me about doing a retrofit on an old yet sound machine, I would tell them to go ahead.” Stuckart said that if he were to buy a new Mägerle today, decked out with everything he wanted, it would cost almost $1 million. For all three retrofits, he did not spend in excess of $250,000 apiece. “You can’t buy a creep-feed machine for $250,000 that’s rigid, reliable, repeatable with highly precise accuracy. Plus, you’ll not get the kind of support you get from a supplier like UGT.” Lakes Precision’s operators have been very open to the new controls, because the Siemens 840D is very user-friendly. “They say the conversational control is simple to use; the programmed cycles make programming as easy as selecting items on a menu. Should they have a problem, they just call UGT, and UGT will have a solution in a very short time,” said Stuckart.
Samples of various wire stripping/crimping blades produced on UGT CDCF machines by Lakes Precision.
“The controls are highly intuitive: you see the picture, you know the diameter, you just plug in numbers, and you’re not guessing at different codes. Everything is right there on the screen for the operator see. The Siemens 840D conver- sational controls are so much easier and result in quicker setups and complete repeatability. I have one control now instead of three different controls. As a result, I can move my people to where I need them, the setups are all the same. There is no difference from one setup to another, and
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