Identifying a business opportunity is one thing, but turning an opportunity into a profit centre is quite another. When the founder of Wuxi Fortune Technology decided to pursue manufacturing certification with one of the world’s largest automotive technology powerhouses, he chose Tornos as his partner for turning machines and the respective application and process support.

Managing director Jian Wang says: “We saw there was a place for high-end turned part production. To fulfil the great potential this opportunity represented we needed high-end, reliable and effective turning machines that would guarantee our ability to serve automotive customers. We knew that using advanced production equipment and technologies would help identify us as an excellent supplier, allowing Wuxi Fortune to deliver parts earlier than expected and even become an exclusive supplier of certain components.”

Jian Wang specifically wanted multi-spindle turning machines to gain higher efficiency and product consistency, while reducing manpower and production costs.

Wang visited and compared several turning machine manufacturers before purchasing from Tornos. Today, there are two MultiSwiss 6×14, one MultiSwiss 8×26, an SAS 16.6 and a MultiSigma 8×28 for small precision parts on site at Wuxi Fortune.

“Our Tornos machines are reliable and efficient,” he says. “Tornos provides completely integrated services, application knowledge, machine maintenance, training and spare parts to the Chinese market.”

Collaborating with Tornos helped pave the way for Wuxi Fortune to become the exclusive, worldwide supplier of a diesel injector pin shaft to a leading automotive technology player. The 23 mm long part has a maximum outer diameter of 9 mm and a minimum groove diameter of 1.3 mm, and requires a tolerance of ±0.03 mm on the outer diameter.

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