Does your company have any problems related to lathe processing of thin-walled products?

Nakagawa Iron Works carries out a wide range of machining tasks by adeptly integrating tried-and-tested craftsman’s technology with the latest NC processing technology.

We are ready to challenge difficult tasks. For example, even in the case of items that are impossible to grip with a chuck, we can process them by using specially constructed jigs.

However, depending on the nature, shape or tolerance of the material being worked, here are some instances in which we can’t guarantee the highest levels of precision. (In some cases, we may ask the customer to reconsider whether to perform trial manufacturing or mass production.)

Aluminum, in particular, requires a rather high level of technology due to its thermal expansion and machining deformation characteristics and inherent material stress.

You may be forgiven for thinking that wire cut processing is a method employed exclusively for dies. This is not the case.

The images below show examples of products made using wire cutting together with a machining center. The recent progress in machining center and cutting tool technology has been nothing short of remarkable.

However, regardless of how far conditions improve, given the problems of the raw material’s material deformation, processing deformation caused by processing stress, etc., in the present situation it remains difficult to produce machined products to a satisfactory degree of precision.

To improve this situation, we are introducing a processing method that combines wire cutting and machine center processing.

In addition, we are introducing processing based on DXF file data and integrated processing using lathe and wire cutting technologies.