The Captain series machine is 20-30% faster than its predecessors (LB-15, LB-25, Crown, and Cadet) using the same part program. How is this possible? Although the speeds and feeds are the same, the machine can move and process while out of the cut much quicker than in years past.

Hartwig, the machine tool distributor for Miyano machine tools, representing 14 states in the midwest was awarded the 2008 distributor of the year. With more than 25 sales engineers and over 60 service and application employees, Hartwig is one of the largest machine tool distributors in the country, offering machines, turnkey solutions, technology and applications.

Partners in THINC represents the joining of multiple companies in providing manufacturing solutions to customers with machining operations. Most manufacturing processes involve multiple types of equipment to complete a necessary task.

On Friday, July 31, all eight Hartwig offices supporting 14 states in the Midwest went live with the new electronic service reporting system. Tied directly to the company CRM application, a customer will be able to receive their confirmation and sign a digital signature pad at the point of completion of a project. The process that originally incorporated paper copies and took days to run through the approval and processing system now takes minutes and is completely digitalized.