SW North America's twin-spindle CNC to produce tibia spacers at PMTS 2025 | Cutting Tool Engineering

Feb 28, 2025

SW North America plans to conduct live demonstrations demonstration of SW North America’s BA 322i, a twin-spindle horizontal CNC machining center, making tibia spacers for knee prosthetics.

The demo will be on display at the Precision Machining Technology Show (PMTS) at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland on April 1-3, 2025.

The machining center, designed as a fully independent manufacturing cell, will be equipped with an internal Fanuc LRmate 200id 7L robot and an integrated workpiece storage unit, the BA 322i can run an entire shift with minimal human interaction.

The live machining demonstration will include the following:

“At SW North America, we are committed to redefining what’s possible in precision machining through automation and innovation. The BA 322i demonstrates how manufacturers can achieve higher productivity with less floor space and minimal manual intervention,” said Andrew Rowley, general sales manager, SW North America. “PMTS 2025 is an opportunity for industry leaders to see firsthand how our smart manufacturing solutions can drive the right efficiency and quality that they need in today’s production environments.”

Microprocessor-based controller dedicated to a machine tool that permits the creation or modification of parts. Programmed numerical control activates the machine’s servos and spindle drives and controls the various machining operations. See DNC, direct numerical control; NC, numerical control.

CNC machine tool capable of drilling, reaming, tapping, milling and boring. Normally comes with an automatic toolchanger. See automatic toolchanger.

Machining and measuring to exacting standards. Four basic considerations are: dimensions, or geometrical characteristics such as lengths, angles and diameters of which the sizes are numerically specified; limits, or the maximum and minimum sizes permissible for a specified dimension; tolerances, or the total permissible variations in size; and allowances, or the prescribed differences in dimensions between mating parts.