If you want a top performing team of specialists and tools, three mainstays required are reliability, accuracy, and flexibility. The trick to winning is to avoid losing at the starting gate. Every NASCAR or NHRA competitor knows the stark reality of that fact. This trio forms the standard for achieving high performance by avoiding the loss of that crucial edge. When the fundamentals are solid you can concentrate on speed to assure being a winner. Lathes are the backbone for any manufacturing shop. You cannot afford to have the qualities that are the foundation of high productivity and performance overlooked for superficial features that others rely upon. In the machine shop those qualities are found in the Captain L370-M proudly made by Okuma and configured to order in Charlotte, NC.

Clearly Okuma had the fundamentals of good machining practices and quality in mind when we designed and built the Captain lathe. Everything starts with Okuma’s solid base, bed, headstock, and spindle. Alloyed cast iron, computer-designed, one-piece construction are all characteristics our engineers know are mandatory for lathes that will perform reliably and produce accurate parts shift after shift. Our engineers eliminate weak links in the drive train, bearings, and software. We rely upon our Mechatronics concept that integrates all of the mechanical and electronic components needed for maximum performance without failure. Okuma controls everything as a single source, assuring that no detail is overlooked in our pursuit of perfection.