Swiss Turning Lathes

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Swiss turning lathes.

Also known as swiss automatic lathes swiss screw machines or swiss lathes swiss turning centers are a unique type of lathe whereby the collet or holding mechanism is recessed behind the guide bushing. Swiss machining is optimal for jobs that are short run high precision and would otherwise require a number of different secondary operations. In contrast to a traditional cnc machine with 3 or 4 axes swiss machines can equip up to 13 axes. In a cnc turning center tools are arranged on round turret with tooling slots.

Absolute machine tools offering of nexturn swiss cnc lathes are engineered to maximize accuracy and economy in the production machining of precision parts. Ideal for micro turning applications in all swiss machines and lathes guaranteed cutting edge repeatability within 0004 complete micro turning system cutoff thread turn groove etc. The swiss lathes are also commonly known as swiss screw machines swiss automatic lathes or swiss turning centers. Swiss lathes are also be known as swiss turning centers swiss automatic lathes or swiss screw machines.

The machine feeds the work out of the spindle and past the tool as it goes. The swiss lathe differ from the traditional lathes in the way that the holding mechanism or collet that holds a bar stock will not be exposed directly to the lathe bed and the tooling. The swiss turning process was developed in switzerland to make miniature screws needed for the growing watch industry. Nexturn lathes include basic guide bushing equipped machines with maximum bar capacities from 12mm to 38mm diameter.

The bar stock is fed through a bar feeder and the turret is programmed to rotate and articulate on the x y z axis to meet the bar stock to cut the material. What you need to know about swiss turning m achines. A cnc swiss type lathe is capable of turning milling and threading to drop complex parts complete. Swiss style lathe swiss turning center a view inside the enclosure of a cnc swiss style lathe screw machine a swiss style lathe is a specific design of lathe providing extreme accuracy sometimes holding tolerances as small as a few tenths of a thousandth of an inch a few micrometers.

Cnc swiss lathes differs from traditional lathes and turning centers because of the way that the tool meets the stock. This means the od turning tool can always cut the stock near the bushing and therefore near the point of support no matter how long the workpiece. Unlike the conventional lathe the swiss lathe features a different holding mechanism that.