Muratec MW120

The Muratec MW120 is a 5-axis CNC Swiss-type automatic lathe with a 12mm sliding headstock capacity, engineered for ultra-small, high-precision components in the medical device, electronics, and watchmaking industries. With its 12mm bar capacity, the MW120 occupies the compact end of the Swiss-type spectrum where part complexity per millimeter of material is highest — miniature bone screws, dental implant components, electronic connectors, and precision valve spools all fall squarely in the MW120's production envelope. Muratec's Swiss-type engineering prioritizes rigidity and thermal stability at small diameter, where micron-level tolerances are the expectation rather than the exception.

The MW120 features a sliding headstock design with a precision guide bushing that keeps the cutting zone within millimeters of the workpiece support, virtually eliminating deflection during turning operations on slender, small-diameter parts. The 5-axis control architecture provides simultaneous movement across the main spindle Z-axis, cross slides, and driven tool axes, enabling complex multi-feature parts with turned profiles, axial holes, radial cross-holes, slots, and threads to be completed in a single continuous cycle from bar stock. This eliminates intermediate handling and re-fixturing — a critical advantage for parts so small that manual handling between operations introduces significant scrap risk.

Muratec designed the MW120 with a compact machine footprint appropriate for the small bar diameter it handles, while maintaining a full complement of driven tooling positions for both front and back machining. The back spindle enables complete part cut-off and simultaneous back-end operations, so workpieces exit the machine fully finished. Coolant management is tuned for the small diameter, high-RPM cutting conditions where chip control and thermal stability directly affect surface finish and dimensional consistency across long production runs.

For contract manufacturers and OEMs producing large volumes of miniature precision parts — medical screws in titanium and stainless, connector pins in brass or copper alloy, watch components in brass and nickel silver — the MW120 delivers the combination of small capacity, multi-axis capability, and Muratec's reputation for rigid, thermally stable Swiss-type construction. The 12mm capacity is the sweet spot for a wide range of miniature industrial components where the Swiss-type architecture provides decisive advantages over conventional CNC lathes.