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SWISS TYPE.
Maximum profitability up to ø38

The Swiss Type Turning Centers are the most productive solution for the manufacturing of parts up to ø38 milimetres, using bar stock and in small, medium and long series. For higly complex parts, wether due their length/diameter ratio, their small diameter or the number of operations to be carried out and their difficulty, Swiss Type lethes can also be the best option for almost unitary production (below one hundred parts) and for extremely long series (several million parts per year).

Despite its ability to reduce cycle times, a Swiss Type lathe is no more complex and time-consuming to set up than other type of machines.

Find out how a Swiss Type lathe works and the answers to all the questions you have always wondered about.

Rigidity and Precision

Tsugami machines are known for their bed strength. Category by category, they have much larger and more rigid beds than all their competitors: for example, the Tsugami BW329ZE is the only ø32 Swiss Type lathe on the market that weights more than 5 tons, with a difference in its favour between 2,000 and 2,500 kg compared to ø32 machines from other manufacturers.

A well thought-out bed design and generous dimensiosn give Tsugami machines an unquestionable rigidity that allows stable machining even with large chip removal, better dimensional accurac and surface finishes and an unrivalled thermal stability thanks to which production stops and and resulting temperature changes hardly affect the Tsugami machines.

Tsugami is, in the end, synonymous with rigidity, precision and excellent surface finishes.

ABILE, The easiest way to create a program

All TSUGAMI Swiss Type lathes include ABILE software in their basic package. Although the use of ABILE is not essential and machine programming is still possible, it can save a great amount of time and errors.

ABILE is an automatic programming software which, from the solid of a part, an arrangement of tools in machines and their cutting conditions, is able to generate a CNC program including its synchronisms and even, on machines with 8 or more linear axes, complex operations such as twin milling or rough turning and mirror finishing.

ABILE includes a simple and intuitive drawing module and a fully customisable tool library. Once the program has been generated, it allows checking possible collisions, calculates the cycle time, the productive and unproductive times of each operation and generates a Gantt diagram with the operations of each channel in sequence for a simpler understanding of the program. It also incorporates a fully interactive 3D simulation of the process and the possibility of modifying operations and synchronisms in a graphical and intuitive way or even modifying the program manually by editing it in ISO code.

OSCILLATION CUTTING

Machining materials with difficult-to-handle swarf (Inconel™, 17-4PH™, PEEK™, etc.) is the order of the day. Working with long swarf and hard-to-break materials significantly reduces tool life and increases non-productive times, either due to frequent stoppages to clear the machining area of the swarf generated or to change tools. It also significantly reduces the quality of surface finishes.

In order to guarantee optimal swarf management, the Tsugami machines are optionally available with the low-frequency oscillation cutting system Oscillation Cutting.

With Oscillation Cutting the axes generate micro-vibrations at the desired angular positions synchronously with the rotation of the machine spindle. These micro-vibrations cause dry-run working moments (no material cutting) which ultimately break the swarf. The programming of Oscillation Cutting is very simple; it is activated with the command G8.5 followed by two parameters I and K.

Maquinser & Tsugami
A quality partnership

We are in an increasingly demanding market sector. Part geometries are becoming more complex, materials are becoming more and more demanding, tolerances are becoming tighter and, at the same time, production times must be continuously improved… Maquinser and Tsugami are the ideal partners to overcome these difficult challenges.

Maquinser

Founded in 1987, Maquinser is today recognised by its customers as one of the most important distributors of machine tools and high-tech equipment for machining and additive manufacturing under the brand 3D Maquinser. It represents in Spain and Portugal such prestigious brands as Matsuura, Muratec, Biglia, Tsugami, SNK, HP, GE Additive, Carbon and operates from five locations throughout the Iberian Peninsula, with a total surface area of 7,500 m² and more than seventy employees.

Tsugami, World Leader

TSUGAMI is the Japanese brand with the longest tradition in the manufacturing of Swiss Type lathes, with a history dating back to 1923.
With more than 12,000 machines produced annually, Tsugami is the world’s leading manufacturer of Swiss Type lathes with a range that covers all requirements, with “Swiss Type” machines from ø1 to ø38 bar pitch and from 3 linear axes to 11 CNC axes.

A Technological Reference

Tsugami has always been at the forefront of technological innovations: it has been mounting integrated motors for more than three decades, guidebushes with built-in motors (without belts) for more than a decade and introduced the six-axis kinematics that are now the market standard.
Today, it continues to set trends with ø38 mm Swiss Type spindles, the Oscillation Cutting system and Abile, the assisted programming software.

Before purchase

Deciding on the purchase and making the right choice is a crucial decision for a production company. Maquinser will be at the customer’s side from before the purchase, helping them to choose the machine that best suits their needs, and advising them on the configuration of the machine, and if necessary, carrying out complete production studies to determine the optimum cycle time for the part to be studied.

Training – Applications

Machine installation is accompanied by extensive training focusing on programming with and without Abile, machine handling and set-up, adjustments and maintenance. Maquinser can subsequently provide basic or advanced training for experienced or inexperienced personnel.
The Swiss Type application service is always available to assist the user with machining operations, propose processes and tools or even implement turnkey projects.

AFTER-SALES Service

Maquinser accompanies the customer throughout the useful life of the machine, quickly solving any incidents that may occur and helping to make the investment more profitable. With the intention of providing the fastest service on the market, Maquinser’s twenty-eight technicians operate from six locations throughout the Iberian Peninsula. In addition, Maquinser’s spare parts service is able to respond quickly to all customer needs, including retrofits.

Areas of application

Maquinser and Tsugami have wide experience in all kinds of applications in a variety of areas.

Automobile / Motorcycle

Every year, several tens of billions of parts are produced for the manufacture and replacement of passenger cars, commercial vehicles and motorbikes. This is a very important market for bar turning due to its volume and at the same time very complicated due to its high demands in terms of production, quality and logistics as well as continuous cost optimisation.
Having the right technical partner is very important in this industry; Maquinser and its applications team are more than prepared to do so thanks to their extensive experience in the sector.

Dental

The high quality of Iberian bar turning has established its companies as an international reference in the dental sector. This is a sector with a very high added value and, logically, with high demands not only in terms of dimensional quality, but also in terms of the difficulty of the materials worked, visual appearance and surface finishes, design engineering, applicable standards and approvals, etcetera.
Tsugami is a benchmark among the leaders in the dental sector, both in Spain and worldwide.

Traumatology

The traumatology sector manufactures parts of a high technical level, due to the materials to be worked (basically titanium and stainless steel), but also due to the presence of external thread whirling, small diameter and deep drilling – with drills with a length that can exceed 50xd – and complex operations such as Torx milling. Like the dental sector, this is a very high added value sector in which Maquinser and Tsugami have a great deal of experience and the possibility of responding with high-pressure equipment, whirling tool holders, high-frequency spindles, etc.

Connectics / Electronics

In an increasingly electrified and connected world, the connectivity and electronics sector is, in terms of volume of machined parts, another major market for the Swiss Type lathes. In this sector we find parts with a wide range of diameters and complexities, from micro parts to large diameter parts and from low level of complexity to parts with complex operations and added difficulties.

Aerospace / Defence

Two sectors with high entry barriers but with a wide variety of parts in the sliding head diameter range: from small to large parts and from simple to highly complex parts. Working with difficult materials such as titanium, Inconel™ or 17-4PH™ is commonplace, which is why Tsugami machines with their particularly strong beds and high-powered spindles are perfect for this sector.

General Bar Turning

Bar turning is present in everything that surrounds us: locks, taps, fittings, furniture, household appliances, bicycles… Some sub-sectors involve the need to manufacture high quality and technically complex parts, while others require only the highest productivity. Maquinser and Tsugami are prepared to provide the most appropriate response to each sector, with the machine and process most suited to the customer’s priorities.

Productividad Máxima

Maquinser y todo su equipo editan y publican trimestralmente la revista PRODUCTIVIDAD MÁXIMA. En ella se analizarán novedades tecnológicas del sector del decoletaje, técnicas y mejoras productivas, máquinas – tornos, entrevistas, y en cada número se realiza un artículo a fondo sobre un decoletador. Si quiere recibir nuestra revista, regístrese en el formulario que encontrará a continuación. No se lo pierda!