Trace-A-Matic has a wide variety of precision CNC turning centers to machine high-quality prototypes, and high-volume production runs. Decades of proven machining experience and continuous technology investment has earned the trust of major OEMs to manufacture their mission-critical parts. Our state-of-the-art horizontal slant and flatbed CNC lathes armed with multiple cutting tools at the ready, and our multi-machine cell approach, increase machining speed, efficiency, and productivity while ensuring accuracy. We are a customer service driven precision machine shop, prompt to provide a free quote for our turning services.
Part Types:
Cylinders, spindles, shafts, axles, specialty pressure vessels, downhole drilling components, rollers, and other cylindrical parts
Part Size:
22” swing over carriage | 35” swing over ways (flatbed) by 160” between centers
Metal Types:
All standard metals,
aluminum, armor plate, brass, bronze, chromium, copper, gammalloy, Hastelloy, Incoloy, Inconel, Invar, manganese, Monel, nickel, Nitralloy, powdered metals, stainless steel, steel ,Stellite, titanium, Waspaloy, and many other superalloys
Material Types:
Large-scale castings, forgings, weldments, tubing, and bar stock
Turning Processes:
Boring, cutting, drilling, facing, internal forming, knurling, necking, parting, shoulder facing, threading (external, internal) and turning (contour, form, taper, straight)
Industries Served:
Aerospace, Defense, Food Processing, Heavy Equipment, Medical Equipment, Military, Mining, Oil & Gas, Power Generation, and Transportation
Machine Brands:
DMG Mori, Mazak, Mori Seiki, Samsung, Smart, and Weiler
Please refer to our Equipment List for specific lathe information and capabilities.
A horizontal CNC (computer numerical control) turning center or lathe rotates metal parts in a horizontal orientation during the machining process. The raw material is held in the chuck by a 3-jaw, 4-jaw, pie jaw, mandrel, collet, or face driver. The chuck connects to the headstock assembly driving workpiece rotation with a heavy-duty motor. The carriage assembly travels along the lathe bed, holding the cutting tool against the workpiece and removes material on each “side to side” pass. Like CNC milling, this is a multi-axis, subtractive manufacturing method. Longer workpieces require the use of a tailstock and steady rest to help stabilize the part while machining.
Horizontal lathes allow for longer part machining and have cleaner gravity chip removal compared to vertical turning centers. Drawbacks to horizontal CNC turning machines are they require more floor space and have part weight limitations. Turning centers equipped with live tooling (rotating tools) allow for additional boring, drilling, tapping, “turn and mill” type operations. We offer vast selections of surface finish from semi-finished to fine finishing, often not requiring a grinding process.
Contact Trace-A-Matic for 3-D modeling of CAD files to finished produced parts!
Hub Machining
Turning Steel
Turning Aluminum
Turning Bass
Flange Machining
Aluminum Spindle
Aluminum Rollers
Brass Flanges
Rollers
Aluminum Castings
Conveyor Rollers
Forming Rollers
Housing
Hub and Rings
Machined Assembly
Large Machined Axles
Roller Guides
Steel Casings
Steel Rotors
Steel Shafts
Threaded Posts
Brass Machining
Other CNC machining services offered: 5-Axis Machining, 5-Axis CNC Machining, Multi-Axis Machining, 4-Axis Machining, 3-Axis Machining, Horizontal Milling, Vertical Milling, Horizontal Turning, Vertical Turning, CNC Engineering, CNC Inspection, and Special Machining Process
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