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CNC machinery for automotive and components
Automotive parts and series components — short shafts, bushes, flanges, brackets and housings — are usually made on a slant bed lathe with live tooling plus a vertical machining centre: Vurcon's SBL lathes run up to 5,000 rpm with a 12-station turret, and the Y-axis and sub-spindle versions (SBL66MYS, SBL60H) finish both sides in one cycle. The VL vertical machining centres, with 650 to 1,700 mm of X travel at 10,000 rpm, mill housings, brackets and fixtures.
Typical parts
- Short shafts — turning, threading and milling keyways and flats with live tools in one set-up.
- Bushes and sleeves — inside and outside turning from bar; Ø71 or Ø92 mm spindle bore depending on the SBL.
- Flanges and hubs — turning both faces and drilling axial and radial holes; ideal with a sub-spindle.
- Housings and covers — milling joint faces, boring housings, drilling and tapping on a vertical centre.
- Brackets — several parts per clamping on the VL table to cut time per part.
- Fixtures and inspection gauges — precision one-offs for your own production line.
Machining challenges
In automotive components everything is measured in cycle time and cost per part. Each operation moved to another machine adds handling, queues and risk of error, so the goal is a finished part from a single station. With a driven turret, Y-axis and sub-spindle, a slant bed lathe turns, mills and drills both sides without the operator stepping in.
The second challenge is repeatability across the run and quick changeovers between part numbers. A consistent machine park — same controls, same tool holding — simplifies programming, fixturing and training, and lets you move jobs between machines as load demands.
Recommended Vurcon machines
How we work
We start from your part and volume: drawing, material, batch size and target cycle time. From that we choose model, turret set-up and options, and suggest how to split operations between lathe and machining centre.
In stock in Spain: the SBL60H, SBL66MYS and SBL713M lathes and the VL-116, VL-137, VL-157 and VL-178 machining centres. Installation and commissioning, operator training, service and spare parts, backed by Grupo Ferrotall.
Frequently asked questions
Slant bed or flat bed for series parts?
For series work, slant bed: better chip flow, a 12-station live tooling turret and up to 5,000 rpm. A flat bed lathe makes more sense for long or one-off parts.
What does a sub-spindle add?
The part is handed from the main spindle to the sub-spindle and the second side is machined in the same cycle, with no re-clamping. The SBL66MYS and SBL60H have it, both also with Y-axis.
What bar diameter do the SBL lathes take?
The SBL65M, SBL66MY and SBL66MYS have a Ø71 mm spindle bore; the SBL713M and SBL78M have Ø92 mm.
Which vertical centre for housings and brackets?
It depends on part size and how many you want per clamping: the VL-65 travels 650 × 400 × 500 mm and the VL-178 1,700 × 800 × 800 mm, all at 10,000 rpm with BBT40.
Which models are in stock?
SBL60H, SBL66MYS and SBL713M lathes; VL-116, VL-137, VL-157, VL-178 and VU65 machining centres, all in stock in Spain.
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