CNC Turning-
Our equipment list includes eight turning
centers capable of diameters from ¼"
up to 23-1/2". Our "Swiss style"
lathe is a high production, automatic machine
capable of holding tighter tolerances than
a screw machine. Our Ikegai TUR30 has live
tooling making it a perfect machine for large
hub and shaft castings with bolt-circles.
Our Okuma LB 25 is our newest large lathe.
It is powerful (25h.p.) and fast. This is
a good machine for medium quantity runs (200-2000pcs.)
of gear blanks and collars. We also have two
Ikegai TUR15 mill turn centers with live tooling
and two Ikegai FX20N 2-axis lathes.
CNC Milling-
Thompson Industries has six vertical mill
machining centers. All of our mill machining
centers are Ikegai TV series. Four are TV-4’s
with a table travel of 22" by 16". Our largest
mill machining center is a TV-5 with a table
travel of 40" by 20". We have HAAS rotary
tables for programmable 4-axis machining.
lthough Thompson Industries has decided to
concentrate our efforts on turning, we will
remain current with CNC milling machines and
plan to purchase a large horizontal or 5-axis
mill in the future.
Manual Machining-
Thompson Industries has many pieces of manual
machinery including mills, lathes, saws, presses
and grinders. Our manual machines are used
primarily for "tooling up" for production
runs on automatic equipment and making welding
fixtures. We do not actively seek "tooling"
or 1 and 2 piece work, but we can accommodate
our customers needs in this area.
Welding-
Thompson Industries currently has MIG welding
capabilities and due to the amount TIG welding
we out-source, we will be adding TIG welding
by the end of the year 2000. Thompson Industries
excels at producing tight tolerance weldments.
Assembly & Packaging-
Thompson Industries currently runs two assembly
lines for customers. On one line we assemble
boring/insertion machines for a hinge manufacturer.
These machines are completed and packaged
for direct shipment to the end user. At the
customers request we have also had these machines
approved by Underwriters Laboratory for both
U.S. and Canadian Standards.
On the second line we assemble a door opening
assembly for an air cylinder manufacturer.
We have plans to install our customers air
cylinder on these assemblies and ship them
directly to the end user, a motor coach manufacturer.
