Switzerland-based automatic lathe pioneer Tornos has selected premier advanced machining solutions provider Ellison Technologies as its partner in key United States markets. Ellison Technologies, headquartered in California, will represent Tornos in 15 US states.
The partnership was inked at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS), in Chicago in September 2024. Ellison will represent Tornos in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.
Tornos has traditionally run a direct sales model in key markets, supported by a network of expert agents and distributors covering other parts of the world.
Related Glossary Terms
- lathe
lathe
Turning machine capable of sawing, milling, grinding, gear-cutting, drilling, reaming, boring, threading, facing, chamfering, grooving, knurling, spinning, parting, necking, taper-cutting, and cam- and eccentric-cutting, as well as step- and straight-turning. Comes in a variety of forms, ranging from manual to semiautomatic to fully automatic, with major types being engine lathes, turning and contouring lathes, turret lathes and numerical-control lathes. The engine lathe consists of a headstock and spindle, tailstock, bed, carriage (complete with apron) and cross slides. Features include gear- (speed) and feed-selector levers, toolpost, compound rest, lead screw and reversing lead screw, threading dial and rapid-traverse lever. Special lathe types include through-the-spindle, camshaft and crankshaft, brake drum and rotor, spinning and gun-barrel machines. Toolroom and bench lathes are used for precision work; the former for tool-and-die work and similar tasks, the latter for small workpieces (instruments, watches), normally without a power feed. Models are typically designated according to their “swing,” or the largest-diameter workpiece that can be rotated; bed length, or the distance between centers; and horsepower generated. See turning machine.
