The answer to this will depend upon what kind of Brown & Sharpe work they are looking to move to LICO Machinery. We have customers who have consistently run parts either faster, or at no cycle time loss, but who have experienced a much higher machine utilization rate on the LICO machines. We even have some customers who run their parts slightly slower but have eliminated any post-machining handling (deburring) and the result is more good parts (due to utilization) at the end of the day. With the use of magazine bar feeds, customers may be able to run many parts untended to lightly tended. So, one person can manage more machines than with Brownies. Now, the difficulty comes with parts that are running under 15 seconds and have no secondary operations. Single spindle CNC machines will never run very low cycle time parts as fast as cam-operated screw machines. The reason is simple physics. Cams operate on a ‘predictive’ nature. They expect the last operation is finished/cleared before the next one starts. And if the previous tool has not cleared, you have a wreck. CNC machines, on the other hand, pause, make electronic checks to make sure the previous tool is clear and avoid wrecks. However, all this checking to confirm an operation is done before the next one starts can be time consuming. Correct use of Start/Wait codes can reduce some of this time, but for very fast parts CNC lathes will always be slower than cam-operated machines. Most Brownie jobs running in 30 seconds or more, can be reduced on a LICO machine. Jobs utilizing high speed form tools on Brownies can be run significantly faster on LICO machines using standard carbide insert tools. Less expensive than custom form tools and higher surface feet result in a reduced cycle time. Also, many times complex jobs require a second chucking, and those parts can usually be dropped complete on the LICO machines.