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| MTT Shop Upperclassmen: Trevor Cunningham (Ellwood City), Raleigh Boots (Ellwood City), Griffin Holtom (Mohawk), Kurt Miller (MTT Instructor), April Boots (Ellwood City), Lane Kline (Wilmington), Aaron Harper (New Castle), Cory Williams (Ellwood City), and Brandon Linonis (New Castle) |
These machines are larger than the three other vertical milling machines in the shop enabling students to handle larger parts.
For the last two years, MTT instructor Mr. Miller has been applying for grants to purchase these machines that run almost $20K a piece. Having them now allows the opportunity for more students to manufacture larger and more intricate parts for Golden Eagle Manufacturing which makes parts for outside companies such as Ellwood Specialty Steel.
Having updated equipment comes with many benefits: These new machines have features such as auto feed which allows a worker to control the speed at which he or she can travel across a workpiece; additionally, the digital readouts have a third access readout which allows the machinist to have more control over the depth of cut.
In addition to equipment granted to us from outside companies like Ellwood Quality Steel, these new mills are a great new addition to the LCCTC Machine Shop offering even more versatility, experience, and opportunity to learn new techniques.
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The forklift bring in the new milling machine while Aaron Harper, Griffin Holtom, and Brandon Linonis make sure it safely arrives. |
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| MTT instructor, Kurt Miller, moves the new machine to its new location |
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| It's like Christmas! Students happily unwrap the new machines. |
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| Cory Williams, Brandon, and Trevor Cunningham unpack the new milling machine |
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| Griffin helps his fellow classmates unload the new machines from the pallets |
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| MTT students throw a little muscle into securing the machine in place. |
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| Raleigh, Brandon, Griffin, and Lane set up the machines |
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| Vectrax -- the manufacturer of the new machines |
