The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

Greetings, In reading about the risks of creating, storing and working with lacquer blanks; and factoring the business-risk of relying on aging equipment, and obsolescence of their consumable parts, I'm wondering if there is any industry chatter (present year 2021) regarding potential new or existin...

This is an excellent synopsis - thank you. Q1: Regarding the supply-steam to the process - is there an intermediate heat-exchanger that transfers heat to a working-fluid or cavity within the press? Q2: Regarding the process-chilled-water - .. HXr .. - that transfers to a working-fluid or cavity with...

These are excellent questions and I'm curious to see some substantial responses. As I understand it, there are few actual working disc cutting lathes, whether lacquer or DMM, in the world; which portends that not all pressing-plants have in-house, mastering/final-stamper production capabilities. As ...