Since the first lathe was built by Egyptians, those have been improved during the history. Until the end of the 18th Century there wasn’t any significant improvement: constant feed rate. Some years later, the thanks to IT improvements, CNC lathes were born. Before this technology, mechanical lathes were quite difficult to program, but now, where costs have to be reduced constantly, CNC lathes play a decisive role in purchase decision making. METRA has this compromise with the machining outsourcing industry, and is offering CNC lathes that can