NIGP 44578: Tool Lathe (Quick-Change Type)

NIGP 44578 Tool Lathe (Quick-Change Type) is an Item code under which state and local governments procure specialized lathe equipment designed for rapid tool changeover in manufacturing, maintenance, and fabrication shops. The quick-change mechanism reduces setup time between operations, making these lathes common in public works departments, vocational and technical schools, community colleges, and municipal repair and maintenance facilities that perform metal fabrication, equipment repair, and custom part production. Issuing bodies for this code span state departments of transportation and public works, county facilities maintenance operations, city public utility shops, and secondary and postsecondary educational institutions with hands-on technical programs.

The source provides no recent state and local contract opportunities under NIGP 44578, precluding characterization of current geographic activity, representative solicitations, or recent buying patterns. This code appears dormant in recent public procurement activity, suggesting either that quick-change lathes are acquired infrequently through state and local channels, sourced through cooperative purchasing agreements without individual jurisdictional notices, or procured below the threshold triggering public posting.