From Ø 2 mm Swiss pins to Ø 450 mm shafts.

Conventional CNC lathes hold the workpiece in a chuck and the tool moves in X-Z. Best for parts Ø 20–450 mm with moderate length-to-diameter ratios. Swiss-type lathes feed the bar stock through a sliding headstock and guide bushing, supporting the part very close to the cutter — ideal for Ø 2–32 mm parts with long slender features, where deflection would be a problem on a conventional lathe.

On our Citizen L20 Swiss lathes, minimum diameter is about 2 mm. We regularly produce medical pins, watch components, connector pins, and miniature shafts down to Ø 2.5 mm with tolerances of ±0.005 mm.

Yes. Our Doosan Puma and Citizen Swiss lathes have live tooling for cross-drilling, milling, threading and engraving. Mill-turn reduces setups on complex turned parts that also need flats, hex features, or off-axis holes.

Yes. Standard concentricity on turned features is 0.02 mm TIR. Precision concentricity to 0.005 mm TIR is achievable with a single setup and matched tooling. For critical shaft applications (spindles, precision pumps), between-centers grinding can achieve 0.002 mm TIR.

Yes — all common threading: ISO metric, UNC/UNF, tapered NPT/BSPT pipe threads, ACME power threads. Internal (threaded holes), external (threaded studs/bolts), and tapered threads to ANSI or DIN standards. Thread quality classes 6g/6H standard, tighter classes on request.

Top 10 turning materials at PifyC: free-machining aluminum 6061, stainless 303, stainless 304, mild steel 1018, alloy steel 4140, titanium Grade 5, brass C360 (free-cutting), copper C110, Delrin (POM), PEEK. Brass C360 is the fastest-turning material in our shop — 3× faster than stainless.