Lange Grinding & Machining uses the Doosan / DN Solutions Puma VTR1216M Vertical Turning Lathe to support large-diameter turning, live tooling, milling, drilling, contouring, and heavy-duty machining for industrial customers. This machine gives Lange expanded capacity for large round components that require rigidity, accuracy, horsepower, and dependable process control.
The Puma VTR1216M adds heavy-duty vertical turning capability for components that may be difficult to handle on a horizontal lathe or smaller turning center. With a massive work envelope, rigid column construction, high-torque table, integrated live tooling turret, and full C-axis control, this machine helps Lange complete more features in the same setup while improving concentricity and feature-to-feature accuracy.
For customers, that means stronger support for large-scale components such as flanges, rings, housings, heavy industrial assemblies, repair parts, and large round workpieces that need accurate turning, drilling, milling, and machining backed by Lange’s grinding and inspection expertise.
Heavy-Duty Vertical Turning Capacity
A vertical turning lathe is used when large, heavy, or large-diameter components need accurate turning and machining support. Unlike a horizontal lathe, a vertical turning lathe holds the part on a vertical table, which can be useful for heavy round parts, wide parts, and components that are easier to load, center, and support vertically.
The Puma VTR1216M gives Lange the rigidity and table strength needed for serious metal removal while maintaining the stability required for precision industrial work. This is especially valuable for customers with large-diameter components that require accurate turned surfaces, bores, faces, grooves, bolt patterns, milled features, drilled holes, or contouring operations.
For customers with heavy parts, repair components, production parts, or large industrial assemblies, Lange’s vertical turning capacity helps improve workflow, reduce unnecessary handling, and keep related machining, grinding, and inspection work coordinated under one roof.
Related Capabilities
- CNC Turning & Lathe Services
- Large Part Machining Services
- CNC Machining Services
- Contract CNC Machining Services
- 40,000 lb Lifting Capacity
- Quality Control
Doosan / DN Solutions Puma VTR1216M
The Puma VTR1216M gives Lange the heavy-duty vertical turning capability needed for large-diameter, high-precision components. Its rigid construction and high-torque table provide the stability needed for demanding cuts, large workpieces, and serious material removal.
This machine is designed to support both turning and additional machining operations. With its integrated live tooling turret and full C-axis control, the Puma VTR1216M can complete milling, drilling, and contouring operations in the same setup when the part design allows it.
For customers, this helps reduce part handling, improve concentricity, tighten feature-to-feature accuracy, and support more efficient cycle times on complex large-scale components.
Live Tooling and C-Axis Control
Live tooling allows powered tools to perform machining operations such as milling and drilling while the part remains on the vertical turning lathe. C-axis control allows the machine to position and control the rotation of the part for accurate machining features around the workpiece.
This combination gives Lange more flexibility when working on parts that require both turned and machined features. A large round component may need outside diameter turning, inside diameter boring, facing, bolt-hole drilling, milled features, slots, contours, or other secondary operations. Live tooling and C-axis control can help complete those features with fewer setups.
For customers, fewer setups can mean better alignment between features, improved concentricity, reduced handling time, and more consistent repeatability. This is especially important for heavy or high-value parts where each move adds time, complexity, and risk.
What This Vertical Turning Lathe Helps Us Machine
The Puma VTR1216M supports large-diameter turning and machining for heavy industrial components that require stability, accuracy, and strong setup control. This equipment is useful for parts that need turned surfaces, faced surfaces, bored features, drilled holes, milled features, accurate diameters, and concentric relationships between multiple features.
Common project types include:
- Large flanges
- Rings
- Housings
- Heavy round components
- Industrial assemblies
- Repair components
- Large-diameter turned parts
- Components requiring live tooling operations
- Parts requiring drilling, milling, or contouring after turning
- Parts requiring improved concentricity
- Large components requiring machining before or after grinding
This machine is especially valuable for customers that need more than basic turning. When a part requires multiple operations, Lange can review the print, dimensions, material, tolerance requirements, and finishing needs to determine the best machining and grinding process for the project.
Large-Diameter Turning with Better Process Control
Large-diameter components often require careful setup, stable workholding, heavy-duty machine construction, and experienced handling. The Puma VTR1216M helps Lange support these requirements by giving our team a rigid vertical turning platform designed for large, heavy, and demanding workpieces.
Because the machine can support turning, milling, drilling, and contouring operations, it can help reduce the need to move certain parts between multiple machines. This improves process control and may help maintain tighter relationships between features on complex industrial components.
For customers, that means more dependable results on parts where accuracy, repeatability, concentricity, and surface quality matter.
Supporting Lange’s CNC Turning and Large-Part Machining Services
The Puma VTR1216M directly supports Lange’s CNC turning and lathe services by expanding capacity for large-diameter and heavy-duty turning work. It also supports Lange’s large-part machining services by giving customers another option for oversized components that require careful handling, accurate machining, and dependable inspection.
This machine strengthens Lange’s ability to support parts that require both turning and additional machining. For example, a component may need turning, facing, boring, drilling, milling, inspection, and grinding before it is complete. Keeping those operations coordinated with one experienced provider can help reduce delays and improve communication throughout the project.
Related Services
- CNC Turning & Lathe Services
- Large Part Machining
- CNC Machining
- Contract CNC Machining
- Horizontal Boring Mill Services
- Quality Control
Machining and Grinding Under One Roof
Many large industrial parts require more than one process. A component may need turning before grinding, drilling after turning, milling before inspection, or finishing after heavy material removal. Lange’s combination of machining and grinding equipment helps customers keep these related operations coordinated with one experienced team.
The Puma VTR1216M works together with Lange’s broader equipment lineup, including CNC vertical machining centers, CNC horizontal boring mills, planer mills, surface grinders, Blanchard grinders, inspection equipment, straightening equipment, and large-part handling capacity.
This under-one-roof approach can help reduce delays, limit unnecessary transportation between vendors, improve communication, and maintain better control over the finished result.
Additional Related Capabilities
- Surface Grinding Services
- Blanchard Grinding Services
- Precision Grinding Services
- Planer Milling Services
- 40,000 lb Lifting Capacity
Useful for Repair, Production, and Heavy Industrial Work
The Puma VTR1216M supports new part production, repair-related machining, and heavy industrial machining work. Many large components are too heavy, too valuable, or too time-sensitive to move through multiple vendors without adding cost and risk.
With vertical turning, live tooling, C-axis control, and large-part machining support, Lange can assist with parts that require multiple machining operations, repair machining, large-diameter turning, drilling, milling, and final inspection.
This makes the machine valuable for manufacturers, fabricators, repair facilities, OEMs, and industrial customers that need dependable machining support for large, round, heavy, or complex parts.
Industries We Support
Lange Grinding & Machining supports customers across demanding industrial markets, including aerospace, automotive, construction, earth moving equipment, military and defense, mining, paper, power generation, steel mills, and other heavy industrial applications.
These industries often require large components that must perform under load, wear, heat, pressure, impact, or repeated use. The Puma VTR1216M helps Lange support these customers with large-diameter turning, live tooling, repeatable accuracy, and strong process control for heavy industrial components.