SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY
Lathes for the shipbuilding industry:
Comprehensive machining of ship shafts
Looking for a solution that sets new standards in shipbuilding?
DTi delivers heavy-duty horizontal lathes dedicated to ship shaft machining – precise, efficient, and fully automated.
- machining of shafts up to 150 tons
- between-centers capacity up to 100 tons without steady rests
- cast machine frames, 4-guideway beds, ball screws up to 100 mm
- maximum quill cross-section: 800 × 800 mm
The use of cast bodies, 4-rail beds, sliding guides, a square quill with a maximum cross-section of 800 mm x 800 mm and ball screws with a diameter of up to 100 mm allows for maintaining appropriate rigidity and accuracy of machining even the largest details.
Lathes for the shipbuilding industry – TV series
DTi TV lathes offer:
- axial and radial spindle runout: 0.003 mm
- axis positioning accuracy: 0.008 mm / 1 m
- positioning repeatability: 0.005 mm
Available operations: turning, milling, drilling, boring, threading, grinding, polishing, burnishing, taper machining.
In the most advanced configuration: up to 24 CNC axes and complete shaft machining in a single setup, enabled by an innovative pallet system.
The heaviest TV lathe – power and efficiency
- spindle power: 300 kW
- torque: 340,000 Nm
- maximum turning diameter: 3000 mm
- bed swing: 3400 mm
- workpiece length up to 33 m
- material removal up to 50 mm in a single pass using two synchronized tool rests
Special options: manual and CNC steady rests, workpiece lifting systems for precise loading.


