The TRAUB TNL32-11 is the latest addition to the successful TRAUB TNL32 sliding/fixed headstock automatic lathe series. Its signature feature is a front working attachment mounted on a cross-slide which raises the number of linear axes on the machine to eleven. This means that the powerful TRAUB TNL32-11 can perform simultaneous machining with three fully independent tools. This saves machining time – especially for components with a high proportion of drilling.
The TRAUB TNL32 series has rapidly become a success on the market. Three different models – the TNL32-7B, the TNL32-9 and the TNL32-9P cover diverse market needs. All of them have explanatory product names: the 32 refers to the bar capacity, the numbers 7 and 9 indicate the number of linear axes, the B stands for an additional B-axis and the P for a machine with the TX8i-p control. So it is obvious that the fourth member of this lathe family, the TNL32-11, has two additional linear axes (see the overview in the box). Like the TNL32-9, the TNL32-11 has a headstock moving in the Z-axis, an upper and identical lower turret with X, Y, and Z-axes, and a counter spindle movable in the X and Z directions. A new feature is the front working attachment, which sits on an additional cross-slide moving in the X and Z-axes. It provides the user with further, freely positionable tools and enables the use of up to three tools, simultaneously and independently of each other.
