Touratech

Manufacturing for the future with Lasertube and tube bending machines

KPI:
da 10 a 2 min
The production time of a part with the laser

The client

Touratech - Lasertube and Tube Bender to produce for the future

Established in 1996, TOURATECH AG grew fast making mechanical parts and components for the most important motorcycle manufacturers.

Everything changed for TOURATECH when BMW saw great potential in its luggage racks.

From Inspired For Tube No. 19 - April 2014

The target

Automation for TOURATECH was the only way to make high-quality products while keeping down production costs and remaining competitive.

The solution

Thanks to E-TURN's all-electric bending, this machine is able to guarantee repeatability and precision unthinkable with previous hydraulic systems.

The addition of a Lasertube LT5 system for cutting tubes with fiber laser sources guaranteed accuracy and even faster production times with major cost reductions.

TOURATECH went from 10 minutes to make a luggage rack part using traditional methods, to just 2 minutes using laser cutting technology, and several intermediate steps are eliminated. Laser technology makes it possible to modify part drawings and create perfect joints. Another important advantage is related to the possibility of integrating multiple technologies.

TOURATECH has a B-Tools system for obtaining accurately bent tubes from the first part, but this feature alone is not sufficient unless the parts are pre-cut by the laser system. The holes are often in a different position from those originally expected because of the stretching and elastic return of the bent tube.

The solution, All-In-One, established a software connection between technologies which made it possible for the two systems to communicate to obtain correctly bent and cut parts from the first attempt.

LT5.10
The LT5.10 is an easy-to-use laser tube cutting system for medium-light tubes, capable of reliably producing high-quality parts and offering significant cost savings over traditional technologies.
E-TURN
All-electric tube bender with in-process, left- and right-hand bending capabilities that does not require any manual adjustment. It can produce parts with complex geometry and a reduced intermediate section between bends, guaranteeing perfect repeatability and maximum precision.
I was genuinely surprised that in just one week, the machine was up and running with virtually no problems! In our previous experience, machines of this type would take a few weeks of work before being able to kick off production.
Jochen Schanz, Partner-owner
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