"We wanted Heavy duty machining without losing its capability and accuracy."
FRISA is one of the world´s leading forged steel manufacturer; We want to be the best option for each of our customers, offering high-value forging solutions; for the Aerospace industry, we´ve been providing seamless rolled rings in nickel and titanium alloys for components for aero engines.
We´ve been working with Shibaura Machine Company as one of our preferred machine-tool manufacturer for the last 10 years.
What the FRISA Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering Manager says
"The biggest challenge we have is to improve productivity and quality stability for our rough machining business. We wanted a machine that was proven to be reliable, that was good enough to perform heavy duty machining without losing its capability to be very accurate for high precision parts, and for that purpose, the Shibaura TUD model for vertical turning was a perfect fit for us."
Alejandro Montemayor
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
"The biggest challenge we have is to improve productivity and quality stability for our rough machining business. The Shibaura TUD model for vertical turning was a perfect fit for us."
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