ACCU- SUCCESS STORY #232:

und Boats aggressively cuts “Over 3500 hours of hard stacked aluminum sheets 5-8 Lat a time. Router spindles just production time on this XR- couldn’t hold up until Lund put the XR-15 on line. Carlson 15 spindle and it’s still explains, “I believed that the spindle on a CNC router was the producing the world’s best weakest link. Since we’ve gone with the Accu-Router XR-15 spindle, it’s aluminum fishing boats.” eliminated that belief.” Lund Boats has solved their spindle problems -- the XR-15 spindle just Myron Carlson keeps running. Stacked aluminum and stacked plywood products are ambitiously Lund Boats • Alignment and balance produced at Lund. perfection • Exclusive ceramic bearings — long life • Out cuts any other spindles Lund’s Carlson continued, “The Accu-Router is definitely a world class piece of equipment, we have three of them on the production floor cutting aluminum and . And, I will tell everyone that the XR-15 is definitely my spindle of choice.” Accu-Router XR-15 spindles. The best on the market. Just ask our customers. --RR ccccuu oouu t AA tee Product Description rr Lund Boats, New York Mills, Minnesota, manufactures aluminum fishing boats with wood components used on the floor and side panels covered with vinyl or carpet. Cutting requirements include stacked aluminum sheets up to .640” or stacked plywood up to 1 1/2” thick. TT ee ss Requirements ttii ll An excessive amount of vibration was being mmoonniiaa experienced while routing these applications. The vibration had an enormous impact on the spindle bearings and Lund suffered from continuous spindle failures. They desperately needed a solution to cut the enormous costs of poor quality production as well as constant spindle repair and replacement.

Machine Specifications “The spindle problems we ran into previous to Numerous equipment components and cutting tool manufacturers looked at Lund’s application and getting the XR-15 spindles? You name it! The other nobody would touch it. Since there were three Accu-Router machines already on the production spindles we’ve tried just couldn’t stand up to our floor including a Series II, Series III and a Series III-C, Accu-Router met the challenge by designing applications in the wood shop and aluminum shop. and producing their very own spindle — the XR-15. We would go around and around from poor quality workmanship to failures because of the application. To combat the excessive vibration and stringent Now, the XR-15 is my spindle of choice.” machining requirements, Accu-Router used a cast iron housing mounted on a cast iron base and incorporated a massive shaft with exclusive ceramic Myron Carlson bearings that are totally enclosed and liquid chilled. Lund Boats

The Results Spindle failure has been in-effect eliminated. Myron Carlson, Manufacturing Engineer for Lund Boats stated it best, “Accu-Router did their homework on this product. We’ve never seen anything like this spindle, it’s absolutely the best spindle we have ever run in to. We have over 3500 hours on the XR-15 and it just keeps running.” “And when it comes to Accu-Router’s service and support — they truly are a company that believes that the customer comes first, no matter what day and time it is.” This is just one of the many success stories in the industry. Numerous manufacturers throughout North America are talking about their remarkable success with the XR-15 spindles. To learn more — contact Accu-Router today, we look forward to improving your bottom line.

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