Heavy duty WADRICH lathe renovation for a leading maritime sector companies in Sweden. The machine is designed for machining heavy, long, forged drive shafts. The scope of the renovation included scraping bed guideways, replacement of trapezoidal screw with a precision ball screw, assembly of a precision backlash-free system including precision gears, modernization of the headstock, design, fabrication and installation of an ergonomic operator cab, replacement of the dead head axial force control system, installation of a new Sinumerik 840 D control system with new motors and drives, replacement of the complete control cabinet with new electrical equipment and replacement of all the machine wiring.