THEY CALL HIM MISTER HEM 

First Process Steel is a Tulsa, OK job shop that takes special care of its prize “employee,” a HEM Saw H90A that everyone refers to as, “Mister HEM.”  They name all of their machines, like “Mega-Max,” a 1300-ton bending machine they built to bend metals of up to 56-feet long. There’s “Baby Shear” that shears up to ¼” thick steel and “Big Guy” that bends material up to 5/8” thick. 

What makes Mr. HEM special is the fact that “He paid for himself after only the second or third job,” according to Production Manger, Curt Newton. “That’s a faster payoff than any other machine in the shop,” gleamed Newton. They like Mr. HEM because once they get him started he works alone, cutting primarily stainless steel, (including $10,000 pipes that must be cut right from start to finish), parts for heat exchangers, truck trailers, and winch bases for military tanks. They don’t have to constantly measure parts or change blades as often as they did with a now-retired Wells Saw. He gets respect from other employees. They all take turns keeping him clean. 

Curt’s brother, president and owner Dan Newton, likes the H90A’s outstanding profit performance. According to Dan, “He never takes a vacation, never goes on break, never needs supervision and never asks for a raise.  In fact, he’s now paying me to work!”  Needless to say, Mr. HEM is their best, and favorite ‘employee’. Curt says they’re going to have a contest to draw the best face for him.  

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