Bracalente Manufacturing Group (BMG) has a 65 year long track record of machining parts and components with industry leading precision. Today, our CNC turning services are the centerpiece of our high precision machining capabilities.

CNC Turning Services at BMG

Between our two ISO 9001:2008 certified facilities — our Trumbauersville, PA headquarters and our second plant in Suzhou, China — we operate more than 75 CNC turning machines. Our CNC turning machines are manufactured by industry specialists, including:

  • Miyano
  • Tsugami
  • Mori Seiki
  • Okuma
  • Wasino
  • Hardinge
  • Star
  • Haas
  • Kia
  • Hyundai
  • Daewoo

Processes

We bar feed our lathes up to 3” (75mm) in diameter and chuck work pieces up to 10” (254mm) in diameter. We are also equipped to perform a wide variety of CNC turning processes:

  • Hard turning — A process designed to replace grinding processes used for hardened materials.
  • Facing — Facing creates a large planar surface, or a face, on an end of the workpiece.
  • Grooving and face grooving — The process of cutting grooves of predetermined depth into the sides or face of a workpiece.
  • Drilling — Used primarily to remove material from the interior of a workpiece beginning at its face, more advanced CNC turning machines can stop workpiece rotation and drill or mill off center or cross center to work piece.
  • Boring — The process of enlarging pre-drilled holes with a single-point tool.
  • Reaming — The process of enlarging pre-drilled holes with a multi-fluted tool designed to cut to size of the diameter of the tool.

The Basics

Turning is one of the oldest machining processes — it has roots in ancient Egypt, Assyria, and Greece — and also, at its core, one of the most basic.

In turning, a base material in bar form is spun rapidly around its center on a lathe. One or more cutting tools, generally non-rotary tool bits of various forms, move along the workpiece linearly, removing material from the spinning workpiece as it moves.

In modern manufacturing scenarios, virtually all turning is performed on CNC turning machines. Fully automated, CNC turning machines are capable of producing fully completed pieces with a high degree of precision, holding even the tightest of tolerances, using robotic automation and tool load censoring to optimize tool life.

Learn More

The methods listed above represent only a small sampling of the CNC turning services we offer at BMG. To learn more about our capabilities, take a look at our spec table below, or contact us to request a free quote!

Specifications

 Turning Processes
 CNC Turning
 Profile
 Face
 Groove
 Face Groove
 Boring
 Single Point Threading
 Thread Rolling
 Knurling
 Parting Cut-off
 Turning Machines
 CNC Hydromat
 CNC Multi-axis X, Y, Z, C, Y, B
 CNC Multi-spindle, 2 & 6
 CNC Swiss
 Bar Machines
 Tolerances  +/- .00025
 Part Diameter  Max: 12″ – Dia/300mm
 Min: .060″ – Dia/1.5mm
 Part Length  Max: 30″/ 760mm
 Equipment Capabilities  ON and OFF Line CAD CAM Programming
 Multi-axis Machining
 Robot Loading Machines
 Automatic Bar Loading Machines
 Bar & Chucking Machines
 Tool Detection & Probing
 Tool Load Monitoring
 Tool Life Management
 Chuck Type  2, 3, & 4 Jaw Chucking
 Quick Change ID & OD Collet Systems
 Modular Work Holding
 Custom In-house Workholding Design & Manufacturing
 Production Volume  Low, Medium, & High Volume
 Prototype to Production
 Lead Times Available  24 Hour Turnaround Upon Request
 Quoted on Job-by-Job Basis
 KANBAN
 Consignment
 Pull System
 EDI Systems
 Materials (Metals)  Alloy Steels
 Aluminum
 Brass
 Bronze Alloys
 Aluminum Bronze
 Carbon Steel
 Copper & Copper Alloys
 Stainless Steel
 Titanium
 PEAK
 Hastelloy
 Inconel
 Molybdenum
 Monel
 Materials (Plastic Polymers)  Delrin
 PVC
 Lucite
 Graphite
 Nylon
 Teflon
 Ultem
 Secondary Services Offered
 Grinding
 Broaching
 Threading (Cutting & Rolling)
 Deburring
 Passivation
 Vibratory Finishing
 Tumbling
 Plating
 Heat Treating
 Anodizing
 Painting & Powder Coating
 Welding
 Coining
 Metal-to-Metal Sealing
 Industry Focus  Aerospace
 Medical
 Agriculture
 HVAC
 Hydraulic
 Pneumatic
 Oil & Gas
 Energy
 Alternative Energy
 Recreation
 Professional Lighting Systems
 Military & Defense
 Ordnance
 Intended Applications  Bar
 Plate
 Castings
 Forgings
 Metal Injection Molding
 Sintered Metals
 Manifolds
 Pins
 Bushings
 Armatures
 Poppets
 Collars
 Housings
 Mechanical Assembly
 Check Valves
 Diaphram
 Covers
 Body
 Rollers
Any mechanical component or assembly machines from metal or plastic in our size range would be in our wheel house. Please contact someone from our sales or customer service team for assistance.
 Industry Standards ISO 9000:2008
 AS9100 (Fall 2016)
 Compliant to AS9100, TS
 File Formats  AutoCAD (DWG, DWZ)
 BMP – Bit Mapped Graphics
 Catia (CATDrawing, CATPart)
 DXF – Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format
 GIF – Graphics Interchange Format
 IGES – Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, ANSI File Format
 Inventor (IDW, IPT)
 JPG or JPEG – Joint Photographic Experts Group
 PDF – Portable Document Formation
 Pro-E or Pro/Engineer (DRW, PRT, XPR)
 SolidWorks (SLDPRT, SLDDRW, SLDDRT)
 STEP – Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data
 SurfCam (DSN)
 TIFF – Tagged Image File Format