Swiss Turning Lathes

What you need to know about swiss turning m achines.

Swiss turning lathes.

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. Swiss machining is optimal for jobs that are short run high precision and would otherwise require a number of different secondary operations. The swiss turning process was developed in switzerland to make miniature screws needed for the growing watch industry. The swiss lathes are also commonly known as swiss screw machines swiss automatic lathes or swiss turning centers.

Removable guide bushing machines from 20mm to 38mm capacity and non guide bushing machines with 26mm to 51mm bar capacity. Read more to see how it has evolved. A cnc swiss type lathe is capable of turning milling and threading to drop complex parts complete. Absolute machine tools offering of nexturn swiss cnc lathes are engineered to maximize accuracy and economy in the production machining of precision parts.

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. 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. In contrast to a traditional cnc machine with 3 or 4 axes swiss machines can equip up to 13 axes.

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. Swiss lathes are also be known as swiss turning centers swiss automatic lathes or swiss screw machines. 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. Cnc swiss lathes differs from traditional lathes and turning centers because of the way that the tool meets the stock.

A swiss type lathe is a variety of turning machine that feeds the stock through a guide bushing. 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. A swiss lathe is a style of lathe in which the collet or holding mechanism is recessed behind a guide bushing.