common to tap on a lathe. Tese have a fairly tight tolerance on the pitch diameter of that thread, so we thread mill them to control that pitch diameter better.” Kulbeth noted they also still do mandrels and packers for


downhole drilling, the majority of which is done for Halli- burton. However, they do a lot of work for Weatherford, and almost everything for Weatherford goes down in the hole.


Buy the Machine for the Job “In a couple of places the Hyundai WIA machines have


replaced older equipment,” Kulbeth said, “but most of the Hyundai WIA acquisitions have been as new technology that we needed to grow and keep pace with energy sector de- mand—oil, gas and mining. Te majority has been purchased as additional equipment for additional capacity, to reduce cycle times, and in the case of the multitasking machines, to reduce setup times. “In the beginning as a job shop,


you try to find a machine that will do just about anything that comes your way. However, during the last few years we’ve gotten jobs and then acquired machines to do those jobs. Actually, it’s a pretty good position to be in, to get the job and then buy the machine to do the job rather than having the machine and trying to find work to put on it.” Kulbeth said they’ve been happy


with uptime for the majority of the Hyundai WIA machines—which is not to say they haven’t had a few issues. However, Hillary Machinery has been very responsive as far as service calls, usually having a service rep out in no longer than two days. “One thing about Hillary and our


sales guy, Randon Beavers,” Kulbeth said, “back when I was in that 2000- ſt² shop, he would consistently call on us, not knowing if we would ever give him an order. I guess he had a little faith in us because he kept call- ing and calling on us. He had been calling on us for six or seven years before we ever gave him an order. “Hillary has had some pretty sig-


nificant growth during the time that I have known them, which probably precedes my going into business on my own in July, 1998. Overall, I think Hillary is a first-class orga- nization to work with, and they are very responsive to our needs. It’s a class organization.”


Setting up a part on the LV800M vertical lathe.


Edited by Yearbook Editor James D. Sawyer from information provided by Hyundai WIA.


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