Case Study: Paul Precision Machine achieves single‑machine production, cuts cycle time by two‑thirds, and boosts income with 3D Systems

GibbsCAM Multitasking Software Turns A Profit

Paul Precision Machine, a Tulsa shop founded in 1978, faced a critical bottleneck in the mid‑1990s: a new natural‑gas compressor customer created high prototype and production demand just as larger lathes needed frequent, slow repairs and the shop’s CAM supplier folded. Attempts to use another CAM were costly, hard to use, and poorly supported, leaving the shop saddled with multi‑operation, multi‑machine processes that ate time and margins.

The shop bought a Doosan Puma MX3000S dual‑spindle multitasking lathe and the GibbsCAM MTM module, adopted aggressive live tooling, and retrained staff. A 120‑lb cylinder head job went from four operations on three machines to a single‑machine cycle, cutting machining time by two‑thirds, raising income (peak output reached 3,200 heads/year), speeding changeovers, helping pay down debt, and enabling networked GibbsCAM use across the shop.

Paul Precision Machine

Greg Hauth

Paul Precision Machine