Tornos Technologies U.S.

Based on the Tornos Deco a-line, the new EvoDECO includes fully synchronous drives to significantly reduce cycle times for parts that require a lot of stopping.

 Swiss shop with heavy medical experience shares how to get and keep medical customers.

 The lastest advances in bar feeding can help you prepare for the coming manufacturing resurgence.  

The Sigma 20, a high-speed sliding headstock turning center, is designed with the flexibility required in a job shop environment. This machine can turn simple to moderately complex parts. The counterspindle is as powerful as the main spindle, allowing operators to perform simultaneous machining to minimize cycle times, the company says.

The Tornos Sigma 20, a high-speed sliding headstock turning center, provides users with several features that make it especially useful for the flexibility required in a job shop environment. This machine can turn simple to moderately complex parts. The counterspindle is as powerful as the main spindle, allowing operators to perform simultaneous machining to minimize cycle times, the company says.

The D2 CNC Esco is an automatic turning machine designed for manufacturing simple parts as large as 0.157" in diameter in large and small lot sizes. Suited for parts with high production, the turning machine accommodates as many as 100 pieces per minute without cams to reduce production times and manufacturing cost

The D2 CNC Esco is an automatic turning machine designed for manufacturing simple parts ranging to 0. 157" in diameter in large and small lot sizes.

Tornos' Sigma 20 Pursuit, a sliding headstock turning center is capable of turning parts ranging from simple to moderately complex. The machine comes pre-loaded with attachments and accessories needed to turn a variety of parts for the electrical, consumer goods, automotive, aerospace and defense industries.

For more than 20 years this Chicagoland shop has been a supplier to one of the world’s largest manufacturers of medical devices. It’s a relationship that is built on mutual trust, consistent performance and a long-term view of the business of manufacturing. It’s also about properly applied technology.  

It’s probably blasphemous to describe Germans as giddy, but that’s the best word I can conjure for the mood at the recently completed EMO exhibition in Hannover.  

It’s pleasant to have a feeling of hopefulness at last after the dark days of the last few years. The American psyche was severely affected by 9/11, which devastated the financial markets and the economy in general. Not to say there isn’t that lingering sense of hurt, anger and fear. There is. But we are healing in spite of it and moving on.  

Tornos Technologies is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Swiss machine tools and automatic lathes. The company had its beginnings in the Swiss watch-making industry, which is known for its emphasis on superior mechanical precision.

You may have noticed a change in the way Tornos U.S. is operating. Since becoming president of Tornos U.S in June 2006, I have implemented sweeping changes that are at the heart of our drive for original thinking.

- Read about Tornos' MultiDeco 32/6c, including the main benefits- Describes the new counter-operation, workpiece gripper and integrated palletization - Lists the technical characteristics of the machine with a color-coded diagram.

The Deco 8sp single-spindle Swiss-type multi-axis, multifunction machine accommodates moderately complex parts as much as 8 mm. This precision machine was initially developed for new markets in the electronics sector, however, this machine is being applied for many other types of short parts, high-precision work in the watch, medical and automotive industries, also. Key specification of this machine include spindle rpm as much as 15,000 powered by a 3.

This New Hampshire manufacturer is an expert in manufacturing small, complex parts. Having a niche is one solid strategy for survival, but it takes dedication, focus and technology to pull it off.

- Brochure focuses on MultiDeco 20/6b, 20/8b, 32/6i and their benefits- Explains how the machines operate in detail- Describes TB-Deco programming software- Each model's technical characteristics, detail of axes and general characteristics are featured.

Tornos Technologies' Deco 20s Swiss-type machine is targeted to medical, automotive, electronics, connector and general manufacturing companies producing precision parts that are moderately complex and up to 20 mm in diameter. According to the company, the machine is a "mirror image" machine, having almost an equal number of tools available for both the main and counterspindle. Both tool systems have three independent axes for a total of six axes.

As the baby-boomer generation inexorably falls apart, screws, plates, rods and less invasive surgical tools are increasingly available to put "humpty" back together again. A question for many precision part makers is, "How do I get into the medical machining game?" To find out, we talked to a major OEM about its supplier selection criteria.

The Deco (a-line) family of lathes comprises of four machines, including the Deco 20a, which is particularly suited for the medical sector. Because of its kinematic and high output, this unit is able to machine complex parts required for human implants, among others, with very short cycle times and without having to rework the part. The Deco 20a versatile machine has 10 axes and a counterspindle.

How shops use the multi-spindle machine tool is changing. Complex workpieces, shorter production runs, rapid change-over and single part handling reflect the new reality of multi-spindle production. Builders are responding to these changing needs with new ways to make the multi-spindle machine more profitable, useful and efficient.

- Read the application profile and features of the Escomatic D2/D5 Flex Speed, the NM 64X NC lathe and the EC 12 turning center- The Esco concept is also highlighted as well as services the company provides- Photos illustrate the machines and their parts.

Tornos and PartMaker Software/IMCS Inc. have integrated their respective software products, TB-Deco and PartMaker SwissCAM, to offer the end-user another choice for programming the entire line of Deco Swiss-type lathes. Integrating these two technologies allows Deco users to create and validate CNC programs more easily, thus speeding programming and reducing setup time.

The screw machine industry, not surprisingly, started out making screws. Then, screw machines were used to make almost everything but screws—electrical components, aerospace fasteners, plumbing connections and thousands of other kinds of parts.

The Esco concept turns turning 180 degrees. Unlike conventional lathes, the material, which is coil stock or bar from 0.02 mm to 12 mm, does not rotate. Stationary stock allows the use of round and profiled material.

Just like a car or a machine, the human body benefits from the technological progress of small parts turning equipment. Precision and stringent requirements for safety and stability are essential in the medical industry. In fact, the demands made on surgical screws (bone screws, maxillary-facial screws, implants and so on) and bio-implants can be much greater for the human body than for many industrial and commercial product applications.

The magazine-style bar feeder is said to reduce channel guide changeover times to 15 minutes, according to the company. The Deco 20a accommodates bar capacity up to 20 mm in diameter bars (25. 4 mm optional) and is said to offer the speed and productivity of the old cam-style Swiss-type screw machines and the flexibility and precision of CNC.

This brochure includes information on the multi-spindle automatic lathe, MultiDeco 32/6i. Read about the Deco concept and benefits, integration, parallel numeric control, programming software and functions, characteristics and philosophy. .

At first glance, one might not think that spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on new CNC multi-spindle technology could actually improve a shop’s financial statement within several months, but it can and has at 64-year-old Kaddis Manufacturing in Rochester, New York.

This company employs 55 people. As labor costs have continued to grow, ownership has begun to realize that the only way to maintain profit margins is to become more efficient. Analyzing the operation, they've honed in on eliminating, or it least drastically reducing, secondary operations.

Technically, this control is not a CNC, but a PNC (parallel numerical control), and that is the difference. The PNC control was developed using a FANUC system that allows each machine axis to be governed by its own chip, which carries the part program.

In 1999, this company and its management team started comparison shopping and decided to buy a this single spindle, Swiss-style CNC sliding headstock machine from their distributor. Now, the company says it can attract different types of work, especially high-precision jobs, because of the technology and versatility of this machine.

The DECO 42f incorporates fixed headstock technology. It has 12 axes (+ two C-axes) and mirrored design. It can machine complex operations on both ends of the part.

There are thousands of cam-driven multi-spindles out in the field producing millions of parts 24 hours a day. And while there may always be a place for these machines when high volumes of relatively loose-tolerance parts are required, the tide is turning. CNC multi-spindles have emerged as a viable alternative now.

The MSF 522/6 bar feeder was developed for integration with the MultiDECO 20/6 multispindle. These bar feeders can accommodate up to 100 bars, depending on bar size. Bar diameter capacities range from 2 mm to 32 mm, depending on the machine model, and bar lengths can be up to 4,000 mm. The bar feeders offer continuous production of up to 35 parts per minute.

The company will exhibit the DECO 2000 13 mm Swiss-type, single-spindle turning machine. This member of the 2000 family is configured for machining parts up to 13 mm diameters (16 mm with bar end preparation). Like all 2000s, the 13-mm model combines the advantages of cam-controlled and CNC machines through the use

The company's new automatic bar feeder is said to be extremely accurate in positioning and feeding automatically. Its rigid design can handle up to 100 bars, yet provide high rotational speed, and easy and fast loading. The oil bath allows quiet operation. The continuous production can boost part per minute producti

The Deco 13 Basic I Series features: a five-position tool system for revolving tools and tools for turning; an end working attachment combining 3 end working positions and three turning stations; integrated counter spindle combined with end working attachment (3 numeric axes); numeric centering of all tools; rapid p