Tsugami TMA8F

The Tsugami TMA8F is a turn-mill multitasking center for 65 mm (2.56 in) bar, with 220 mm (8.66 in) of turning diameter and 580 mm (22.83 in) of turning length. It pairs a 14.9 kW (20 hp) main spindle with an 11.2 kW (15 hp) sub-spindle and a 20,000 rpm, 15 hp milling spindle that draws on 60 Capto C4 tools as standard. The control is a FANUC 31i-B5.

The sub-spindle rating is what makes this a done-in-one machine rather than a lathe with a pickoff. At 11.2 kW (15 hp), the second spindle has the power to face, turn and drill the back of a part after transfer, so a bar-fed part can leave the machine finished on both ends instead of waiting for a second setup.

The 20,000 rpm milling spindle favours small end mills and drills: cross holes, flats, slots and pockets on shafts and fittings. With 60 Capto C4 holders in the magazine, the tooling for several part families can stay loaded, which is where a multitasking machine pays back against a lathe and a separate mill.

This is Tsugami America's version of the table, and it is short. It gives no spindle speeds for the main and sub-spindles, no B-axis range and no rapid traverse. The TMA8H table from Tsugami Japan lists a 5,000 rpm main spindle (rated 4,000 rpm) and rapids up to 40 m/min (Z); ask whether the TMA8F matches the TMA8H before relying on those. The TMA8F weighs 8,500 kg (18,739 lb) and measures 3,700 × 2,126 × 2,250 mm (145.7 × 83.7 × 88.6 in).