Tormach
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | CNC Machine Tools, Manufacturing |
| Founded | 2001[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | USA |
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| Website | www.tormach.com |
Tormach is an American machine tool builder headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin. The company designs and manufactures lower cost machine tools mostly aimed at the hobbyist, educational and small manufacturing markets.[2] The company's main products include computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment, such as cnc milling machines, cnc lathes[3][4] as well as support and software such as LinuxCNC based Pathpilot used to run its CNC machines.[5][6]
History
[edit]Tormach was founded in 2001 by Greg Jackson and Ed Korn in Madison, Wisconsin.[1] The company's first product was a compact and inexpensive CNC machine called the PCNC 1100 mill which launched in 2003.[2] In 2011 the company had released the PCNC 770 a smaller 3 axis mill aimed at home shops or small manufacturers.[7] Aside from mills, Tormach also released different lathe models over the years including the 8L in 2020.[8] The latest product launched by the company is the 1500MX mill which was released in 2024. Though the 1500MX is noted as being more powerful than the other machines Tormach offers.[citation needed]
Audience
[edit]Because Tormach has always manufactured smaller and cheaper machine tools it is well known in Hackerspaces,[9][10] schools and with hobbyist owners as a good entry level machine tool maker.[11][4] It's CNC-based mills and lathes might not have the features, rigidity or speed of larger machine tool manufactures, but they have made capable CNC-based tooling more accessible.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Tormach PCNC: A History of Supporting & Enabling Manufacturing in the USA". Industrial Machinery Digest. July 2020. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ a b "Tormach Expands Reach Across US, UK, and Europe". Aerospace Manufacturing and Design. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "CNC Machine Tending: Now with Accessible Robotics for Rapid R&D, Prototyping, and Specialty Manufacturing Runs". The Robot Report. May 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ a b "Flying into the Brotherly Wild Blue Yonder". Advanced Manufacturing. September 13, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ "Tormach's PathPilot CNC Control Software". Today's Medical Developments. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Transitioning to PathPilot from Mach3 on the Tormach". Maker Works. January 29, 2021. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ a b Senese, Mike. "CNC Mill Review". Wired. Wired. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ "Tormach 8L Lathe Promotes Affordable CNC Turning". Modern Machine Shop. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ "Tormach Mill". Duke Innovation CoLab. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
- ^ "New Tormach 8L CNC Lathe". Dallas Maker Space. September 17, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
- ^ "CNC Milling Is More Manual Than You Think". Hackaday. November 27, 2017. Retrieved September 25, 2024.