Almost 21 years ago Laguna was founded in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. As a manufacturer of small workpieces, the company now has more than 100 machine tools that include 25 Tornos swiss type lathes.
In its very beginning, the company started with the technical knowledge of talented Russian engineer Yuriy Lutskiy and the administrative skills of Klavdiya Antonova, the company has become one of Russia’s largest manufacturers of small parts. Remaining deeply loyal to its roots, Laguna has unparalleled expertise in manufacturing complicated and high precision parts.
With its manufacturing site and headquarters in Saint-Petersburg, Laguna produces thousands of small workpieces every month. Committed to a culture of quality assured engineering excellence, Laguna invested in modern technology to support its customers and to extend the company’s opportunities. Part of its investment strategy has seen the arrival of a Tornos Swiss GT 13. The advanced technical turning centre incorporates six-axis kinematics that make the Swiss GT 13 ideal for the most complex parts on the market. It also provides Laguna with the required flexibility to expand its business. Laguna manufactures everything from connectors through to bolts, screws and much more for the electronics, instrumentation & control, automotive, aerospace, medical, transport and telecommunications sectors.
Project engineering
The installation of the latest Tornos arrival was undertaken by Politek Co Ltd, the Tornos dealer in Russia. Politek has provided engineering solutions, training and full-service support to Laguna plant. Being an innovative, quality conscious company, Politek has its own service support infrastructure that has applied SOP procedures with Laguna engineers.
Tornos increases productivity
The Tornos Swiss GT 13 has enabled Laguna to substantially increase the company’s productivity, much of this is credit to the machine’s rigidity and high coolant pressure that evacuates chips and improves machining performance, especially during the machining of dental instruments.
With up to 30 tools, including 12 rotating tools, the Swiss GT 13 is equipped with three motors (two on the platen and one for counter operation) to drive numerous rotating tools. A modular position is available to accommodate the addition of advanced tooling. The rotating tool holders on the rear platen and the counter operation station are easily exchangeable and these features allow Laguna operators to significantly reduce setup times for a large range of workpieces.
The quality benefits
The Tornos Swiss GT 13 allows the company to save precious seconds whilst ensuring it meets the highest quality and precision levels of Ø 1.6 (-0,005) during the machining of stainless-steel components. Tornos also helped Laguna to boost efficiency on short rigid parts and also long parts with small diameters. This is credit to the ability of the Swiss GT machine to be converted to run with or without a guide bush in less than 15 minutes. This fast turnaround is significantly improving productivity at Laguna.
From a management perspective, the TISIS software from Tornos improves production efficiency and it enables real-time process monitoring. Furthermore, the company says it helps when writing code as it points out any coding errors, reduces the risk of collisions and the resulting stoppages. Additionally, the Tornos TISIS software can display the part program in an easy-to-read Gantt diagram, making it easy to see the critical path and react quickly to optimise the process.
