Manufacturing

Design and manufacturing work hand in hand to create a high quality product. By manufacturing the components of our products ourselves in-house, we have full control of quality throughout the entire production process. 

Quality is our priority

All machining and assembly technicians take personal responsibility from programming to finished part.  This is an integral part of the Tractive quality assurance. 

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Production equipment

Design and manufacturing work hand in hand to create a high quality product. By manufacturing the components of our products ourselves in-house, we have full control of quality throughout the entire production process. 

 

Mori Seiki NT3200 DCG/1000SZ

Ultra precision 10-axis CNC-controlled multi function machining centre with gear hobbing capability, 80 + 10 tools, Twin opposed spindles, Quick change chucks, Sandvik Capto C5 tool holders.

All shafts, gears and other complicated high accuracy, rotation symmetric parts are machined in multifunction turning centres.

 

Mori Seiki NL2500SY/700

5-axis CNC-controlled multi function machining centres with gear hobbing capability. One with gantry loader, one with Ø72 mm capacity bar feeder. 24 tool stations - Sandvik Capto C3, Twin opposed spindles, Quick change chucks, Gantry loader with magazine or bar feeder

 

Hitachi Seiki HiCell Multifunction

Tool changer and 22 tool magazine, Single spindle with tailstock, 4-axis CNC-controlled multi function machining centres, Quick change chucks, Kennametal quck change tool holders.

Three Hitachi Seiki Hi-Cell Turning Centres using up to 22 fixed and live tools are used for efficient and ultra precise production of advanced turned, milled and tapped components.

Gears, shafts and various other components are machined in these high precision Hitachi Seiki Turning Centres, equipped with live tools and in-process measuring.

 

CNC turning centers

Less complicated parts are machined in convential Hitachi Seiki-Lathes.

 

Mori Seiki NH4000 DCG and Niigata SPN Machining Centres

12 / 12 / 2 pallet magazines, 240 / 253 tool magazines, Ultra High Accuracy Version, High Speed Machining

The Mori Seiki NH4000 DCG and Niigata SPN40 Ultra Precision Machining Centres are in full production every day. These machines are specified for increased accuracy and are used mainly for production of casings, covers and a great variety of other aluminium components.

 

Niigata PN40

We keep a Niigata PN40 machining centre for production of tooling and some simpler prototype parts.

                        

CNC Gear hobbing and Shaping Machines

Two 6-axis CNC Pfauter Gear Hobbing machines use specially designed tooling to generate computer designed gear tooth profiles. All gears are inspected before and after heat treatment, before gear tooth profile grindingn, and are finished using spezialized tooling and processing methods.

 

Gear shaping machines

Various gear shaping machines are used for cutting external and internal splines.

 

Höfler Helix 400 KK gear grinding machine

Routinely produces gears meeting DIN 1 – 2 specifications. For up to Ø 400 mm gears.

 

Studer S31 and S36 CNC Grinding Machines

The S31 is a universal 5-axis CNC-controlled grinding machine.

Tolerances within 0.002 mm are routinely achieved. The S36 is a CNC controlled grinding machine for external grinding. Internal grinding is done on the S31 and a Reinecker CNC internal grinding machine.

 

5-axis Huron EX30

Large parts are machined in our 5-axis Huron EX30. X-axis stroke 2400 mm, Y-axis 800, Z-axis 800 mm, B-axis +- 100°, full contouring C-axis. 100 - 14.000 RPM, 25 kW.

                        

DMC Deckel Maho V70 Linear Vertical Machining Centre

Plastic parts are machined in our DMC Deckel Maho V70 Linear Vertical Machining Centre.