Soraluce Celebrate 60 years of state-of-the-art technology

‘To produce  pioneering engineering solutions to drive the tech advances, establishing new standards and addressing the challenges of the most demanding machining work, with high productivity and efficiency ‘  This is the concept which machine tool manufacturer Soraluce has been perfecting for six decades since its beginnings in 1962.

To commemorate its 60 years of state-of-the-art technology, the firm is holding another Soraluce Summit, from 18 to 20 May at its Bergara plant. Over three days, the machine tool manufacturer will be showing the general public its customised range adapted to each customer, divided into three sections: the very latest machinery -Leading Generation-, state-of-the-art technological solutions -Smart Technology- and cutting-edge Digital Services, the benefits of which will be made clear with demonstrations and live machining.

Leader range

Higher production rates, greater accuracy, higher efficiency, better performance, greater user-friendliness, improvements to ergonomics, safety and higher profitability, lowering cycle times, downtime, consumption and emissions. This is the premise on which Soraluce has been providing the machine tool sector with innovative solutions for the last 60 years.

At the open-day event, among other new features, the company will be presenting a new large-format multitasking machine integrating milling processes with turning processes with a high automation capacity, for Austrian firm Krones, a world leader in production lines for the food and beverage industry.

The machine features bridge-type moving table architecture, and has two rotary-travelling milling/turning tables, diameter 6,000 mm, tilt 7,100 mm, with up to 40 Tn parts capacity. It has a range of milling and turning heads, and robotised storage with 500 tools.

Smart technology

On a guided tour, Soraluce will be showcasing its latest progress and milling, boring, multitasking and automation projects, along with new smart damping solutions to boost the removal of chips during machining. Those at the event will be able to study all these technologies first-hand in live demonstrations.

The Soraluce Summit will be presenting its active damping system DAS®, a smart system which oversees the machining process and chooses the best technological alternative to eliminate vibration, and its active damping facility DWS (Dynamic Workpiece Stabiliser) which eliminates chatter or vibration when flexible parts are being machined, and which won the 2020 Quality Innovation of the Year award.

Advanced digital services

In addition to its new features in terms of machinery and techn solutions, the firm will also be demonstrating innovation in industrial digitalisation, all produced at the Soraluce Software Factory, an in-house system developing advanced software solutions, the latest technology and digital services.

Here Soraluce will be showcasing some of the advanced digital services that are helping step up the pace of the digital transformation of businesses operating in the sector, such as the Autocheck system producing an automatic diagnosis of machine status, the FactoryConnect solution for plant digitalisation; the EMaintain tool which automates and digitalises maintenance processes, and the new functions of the Smart HMI interface, boosting the efficiency of manufacturing processes.

To complete the range of new digital services, for the first time the machine tool manufacturer will be showing the general public its integral monitoring platform “My Soraluce”, for better monitoring of current machine status. A new system which, as Soraluce’s head of Services and Solutions Alejandro Martínez explains, “provides customers with direct access to all the machine’s information, enabling them to check its current status at any time from any location, making the process easier, faster and clearer.”

Soraluce are exclusively represented in the United Kingdom and Irish Republic by T.W. Ward CNC Machinery Ltd (Ward CNC)

Speaking of the milestone and event, Ward CNC’s Head of Strategic Accounts & Projects – Stuart Lawson comments “Soraluce’s unrivalled production technologies have led the sector for six decades and Ward CNC are proud to have shared this journey with Soraluce right from the very beginning.”

Mr Lawson continues “Soraluce’s exclusive event will showcase their outstanding successes and industry leading solutions. Myself and colleagues at Ward CNC are delighted to be attending the event and we would encourage all UK and Ireland engineering companies with an interest in milling, boring, multitasking and automation solutions to register and join us at this unique celebration.”