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News Release from: Tornos Technologies
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 April 2006
UK firm buys Swiss lathe at French show
The UK subsidiary of the sliding head turning centre Swiss manufacturer Tornos, sold a Deco 20s turning centre to AEL (Dorset) during an International Screw Cutting Machine Tool exhibition.
The five day Simodec (International Screw Cutting Machine Tool) exhibition that took place in La Roche-sur-Foron, France from the 7th -11th March proved a resounding success for UK based Tornos Technologies with the sale of a Deco 20s The UK subsidiary of the globally renowned sliding head turning centre specialist Tornos, sold a Deco 20s single spindle turning centre to AEL (Dorset) of Blandford Forum
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Following the phenomenal success of the DECO concept on sliding head and multispindle products, Tornos engineers wanted to develop a DECO incorporating fixed headstock technology.
Launched in 2005, the Deco 20s is designed to execute relatively complex parts up to 20mm diameter.
Already a Tornos user with a Deco 20a; the subcontract manufacturer serves the aerospace, electronics, medical and defence sectors and purchased the Deco 20s to provide added capacity for its rapidly growing success.
AEL has grown tenfold in its first two years of business and this has been highlighted with a proposed move to a new 9,500ft2 premises in July.
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AEL company director David Ross has been impressed with Tornos and saw the Deco 20s as the next logical step.
Ross said: "I recently saw the Deco 20s at a Tornos open house and thought it would be the ideal machine for our company.
We selected the Deco 20s for its flexibility, which was highlighted by the choice of control option.
Setting the machine is very simplistic and the Deco 20s appears very user friendly whilst highly productive." The Deco 20s has been geared towards simplicity with user friendly programming and kinematics coupled with strong mechanical elements to guarantee high precision.
With 6 linear axes, the lathe was designed for producing reasonably complex parts whilst producing an excellent price-to-potential ratio.
Its strength and power provide a very large machining capacity combined with versatility - the machine has 22 tool positions and a high level of interchangeability to give the Deco 20s exceptional flexibility.
"We are looking forward to taking delivery of the new machine.
The current Tornos Deco 20a has assisted us in recently achieving a Gold Standard Award from the Mars Corporation for delivery and quality.
The Deco 20a went a long way to helping us achieve this.
We are delighted to receive such a prestigious award particularly as it demonstrates appreciation for the hard work and diligence of all team members associated with this customer.
As directors, we can set the vision and encourage all to strive for perfection but in the final analysis, it is the quality of equipment and efforts of the people who guarantee success," concluded Ross.
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