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Turning Services

Our Turning Services meets Tight Tolerances and Short Lead Times

With numerous, high profile customers in an array of industries, JB Tool, Die & Engineering, Inc. leads the way in turning services. With a fast response and turnaround time, we provide turning services suited for a wide host of applications.

We specialize in working within extremely tight tolerances. Part diameters and lengths can vary depending on the lathe used. Machining processes available to our customers are numerous, and materials we work on, from standard to precious and exotic metals, plastic polymers, and more, are practically limitless. Our top-of-the-line, 2-axis lathes include center, CNC, gap bed, and tracer lathes. We also manufacture various types of fixturing. Our huge range of secondary services further enhances our level of quality and convenience.

With emergency and rush services available and short lead times, customers find our turning services to be superior. We can handle any size job, and take pride in our quality, expertise, and commitment to the client. Please contact us with any questions, and see below for details.

Capabilities

Industry FocusAerospace
Agricultural
Automotive
Electric Motors
Electronic
Energy
Food Processing
Industrial
Machine Tool
Marine
Medical
Military
Optical
Packaging
Pharmaceutical
Plastics
Metal Stamping
Wire
Intended ApplicationsMachine components
Engine components
Turbine components
Hydraulic components
Construction equipment
Shafts
Castings
Forgings
Valves
Spindles
Bushings
Cams
Dies
Tooling
Fixtures
Gauges
Molds
TolerancesStraightness : ± 0.0005
Concentricity: ± 0.0002
Diameter (outer/inner): ± 0.0002in
Length (over in): ± 0.0005 in
Part Diameter - CNCMax Though Spindle
3.5in
Max Chucking
12in
Part Diameter - Engine LatheMax Though Spindle
3in
Max Chucking
48in
Max Turn Dia.
52in
Part Length Between Centers - CNCMax 40in
Part Length Between Centers - Engine LatheMax 144in
Machining ProcessesBroaching
Spline
Parting/Cutting
Facing
Turning:
  • Contour Turning
  • Form Turning
  • Taper Turning
  • Straight Turning

Threading
  • External
  • Internal

Internal Forming
Knurling
Boring
Drilling
Counterboring
Countersinking
Pocketing
Profiling
Reaming
Tapping
Thread Milling
Hard Turning
Thin Wall Turning
OD Grinding
Materials (Metals)Alloy Steels
Aluminum
Brass
Bronze Alloys
Carbon Steel
Copper
Iron
Lead
Magnesium
Monel
Nickel
Powdered Metals
Stainless Steel
Titanium
Tool Steels
Tungsten
Materials (Exotic & Precious Metals) Inconel
Invar
Kovars
Monel
Superalloys
Tantalum
Materials (Plastic Polymers)ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene)
Acetal
Acrylic
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics
Nylon
Phenolic
Polyamide-Imide
Polycarbonate
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
Polyetherimide
Polyethylene
Polyphenylene Sulfide
Polypropylene
Polystyrene
Polysulfone
PTFE (PolyTetraFluoroEthylene)
PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride)
PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride)
Teflon
Materials (Other Materials)Ceramic
Composite Materials
Fiberglass
Graphite
EquipmentLathes
  • Engine Up to 144" Between Centers
  • Gap Bed
  • CNC
  • Tracer
FixturingCollet
Three-jaw chuck
Four-jaw chuck
In-House Fixturing & Tooling
Equipment CapabilitiesCNC Control Capabilities
Large Swing Lathe
Bar Feed
CAM Programming
Machinery Axis2
Secondary Services OfferedAssembly
Drilling
Deep hole Drilling
Tapping
Bending
Threading
Broaching
Counter Sinking
Pressing
Milling
Reaming
Welding
Plating
Passivating
Etch and Chromating
Heat Treating
Grinding
Anodizing
Inserting Plastic Molding
EDM
Certification
Industry FocusAerospace
Agricultural
Automotive
Electric Motors
Electronic
Energy
Food Processing
Industrial
Machine Tool
Marine
Medical
Military
Optical
Packaging
Pharmaceutical
Plastics
Metal Stamping
Wire
Advantages of TurningTight tolerances
Short lead times
Production VolumeSpecialty Production Shop
Prototype
Low Volume
Small Run
Large Run
Lead Times AvailableQuoted on job by job basis
Emergency services available
Rush Services Available
Industry StandardsISO 9001-2008 REGISTERED
File FormatsAutoCAD (DWG)
BMP
Bit Mapped Graphics
Catia (CGR)
DXF
Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
IGES
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, ANSI file format.
Inventor (IDW, IPT)
JPG or JEPG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
MasterCam (MDX, MC8, MC9, SET)
PDF
Portable Document Format
SolidWorks (SLDPRT,SLDDRW,SLDDRT)
STEP
Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data
TIFF
Tagged Image File Format