Multi-spindle is designed for high volume medical part production

MultiAlpha is a multi-spindle turning machine for machining medical parts in long production runs. With its MultiAlpha turning machine, Tornos was already meeting productivity and quality requirements in sectors like the automotive and watchmaking. This new turning machine is equipped with eight spindles, each with its own motorspindle. This type of equipment ensures each station can work at the optimum speed for machining an exact area on the workpiece. In addition, the workpiece can be positioned independently on each station and operations repeated if necessary. To increase capability, the counter spindle of the MultiAlpha turning machine is equipped with five different tools that enable the same number of counter operations. This machining capacity would usually mean that the workpiece can remain at this station for a prolonged period, a disadvantage when it comes to the total cycle time of the workpiece. However, Tornos engineers have avoided this problem by positioning a second counter spindle with five tools – a major benefit. This has allowed for enhanced flexibility of the turning machine and a reduction in operational time on the workpiece by doubling the time available for counter operations. Multi-spindle machining time for the same workpiece is 4 to 6 times faster than on a single-spindle turning machine.