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Products and Services

 

 

DEVELOPMENT TO DATE

1968
Lumco Manufacturing Company was incorporated by Patrick and John Gleason. Lumco than began providing GM with cutting tools.
1971
Developed special milling cutter product line and developed special high density boring bars.
1973
Patented special crankshaft tooling.
1983
Developed turn broaching machines and tooling in conjunction with Pontiac Motors
1985
Engineering department switched to computer-aided design. We are currently using AutoCad 2004 and Solidworks 2008.
1991
Developed standard indexable endmill product line.
1994
Purchased engineering and rights to produce Brettrager Machines.
1995
Accelerate crankshaft equipment development
1996
Developed CNC ceramic production equipment and developed CNC pick and place loaders.
1999
Developed indexable drills.
2000
Developed the pencil mills.
2006
Design and build standard size double end boring machines.
2008
Patented I.D. scrap chopping tools.

 

Turn-Broach Crankshaft Tooling

Tooling designed and built in conjunction with Turn-Broach

In 1989, Turn-Broach, Incorporated was sold to Litton Tooling design and built in conjunction with Michigan Machine, a subsidiary of Litton:

The original Pontiac crankshaft machines were shipped to China in 1994.

 

Sales Force and Distributors

Our customer base now covers 27 states and 8 countries.

Please e-mail or call us for one of our local sales representatives or distributors in you area.

Lumco Manufacturing Company
2027 Mitchell Lake Road
Attica, MI 48412
(810) 724-0582
(810) 724-0583 fax
email : lumco@tir.com

 

Articles

Cutting Fiction From Fact (American Machinist, February 2002)

Turn Broaching Gets A Toolhold In Auto (American Machinist, January 1988)

Pontiac Turns To Broaching (American Machinist, December 1984)

 

 

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