{"id":8795,"date":"2016-07-27T02:37:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T02:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/?p=8795"},"modified":"2016-07-27T02:37:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T02:37:29","slug":"trusted-family-business-trusts-in-haas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/trusted-family-business-trusts-in-haas\/","title":{"rendered":"Trusted Family-Business Trusts in Haas"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems there\u2019s always a need for general-purpose machine shops, wherever in the world they find themselves. These are companies, often family-owned, that make a specialization out of being generalists. Usually they don\u2019t have their own product lines; they maybe don\u2019t even have a preferred industry sector or a particular technology that sets them apart from other job shops. What they do have, however, is their reputation.<\/p>\n

Italy has its fair share of such companies, and G-Tech CNC, based near Reggio Emilia, is one of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here for what the market needs, when it needs it,\u201d says Davide Gherpelli, company front man. \u201cWe can supply prototype parts in small quantities, or we can provide parts in high volume \u2013 large batches of series production. No particular sector; we think of ourselves as a 360 degree company.\u201d<\/p>\n

From the 1970s until 2011, Davide\u2019s father, Giorgio Gherpelli, ran G-Tech. In fact, the company actually began with his<\/em> father, Davide\u2019s grandfather. It was 2004 when Davide joined and almost a decade later when they w\"haas-G-Tech-6-red\"elcomed Mirko, his younger brother, whom they call the \u2018mago\u2019 (the magician), for his skill with the Haas CNC. Now, there are 5 employees at G-Tech. But between them, they run a very busy machine shop.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe invested in our first Haas CNC machine in 2007,\u201d remembers Davide: \u201cAn SL-10 turning centre. We then bought a Super MiniMill, an ST-10Y turning centre with live tooling, a VF-2SS high-speed mill, and a VF-1, which is our general-purpose machine. In fact, we have a Haas machine tool for almost all our machining needs. We have a very good selection!\u201d<\/p>\n

Davide claims that his early experience with Haas helped make up his mind about the capabilities of the machines, and their suitability for a growing job shop. \u201cIt\u2019s not just me, though,\u201d he says. \u201cYou can look around the workshop and see how much we all love these machines. We eat, sleep and breathe Haas!\u201d<\/p>\n

Projects vary as much in type and industry sector as they do in volume of parts required. The company\u2019s Haas VF-2SS, equipped with an HRT210 is, says Davide, always busy. \u201cWe use this machine a lot for more complex parts \u2013 typically, prototypes. We use TopSolid CADCAM and programme off-line, whereas, with the ST-10, we usually programme at the machine. We\u2019re currently using the ST to make bearing housings for the Airbus A350 and Ti rear wheel hubs for the Politecnico di Torino hyper-mileage car. The VF-1 is being used to machine parts for a drone used to measure contours of the land in 3D.\u201d<\/p>\n

Around the workshop are various other projects that the company isn\u2019t at liberty to discuss openly. One component in particular looks like the inner part of a steering wheel for a high-performance sports car. \u201cI can\u2019t tell you<\/p>\n

anything about that,\u201d smiles Davide. \u201cSecrecy is important for some of our customers.\u201d Good reputations are hard to come by but very easy to lose. \u201cWe\u2019ve built our<\/em> reputation on delivering good parts on time,\u201d says Davide, \u201cbut also for being trustworthy and discreet, at the same time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe automotive sector in particular is very sensitive, especially in this part of Italy. There are some big names nearby.\u201d As proud Italians, that\u2019s work the Gherpelli family intends to keep and may well be the key to the company\u2019s future growth. \u201cAs our assignments become more complex, and we attract more big-name customers, we already know we will need more Haas machines; the UMC750, for example.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more than 50 years, five axis machining was simply too expensive for small to medium sized job shops like G-Tech CNC. Not anymore. \u201cThe UMC750 is an affordable 3+2 machine tool,\u201d concludes Davide. \u201cLike the Haas machines we already own, if we buy one it will allow us to expand and build our business for years to come.\u201d And with its reputation preceding it, perhaps this family will stay<\/em> in business for many more generations, as is the Italian way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems there\u2019s always a need for general-purpose machine shops, wherever in the world they find themselves. These are companies, often family-owned, that make a specialization out of being generalists. Usually they don\u2019t have their own product lines; they maybe don\u2019t even have a preferred industry sector or a particular technology that sets them apart […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32,1],"tags":[657],"class_list":["post-8795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-case-studies","category-cnc","category-uncategorized","tag-haas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}