TWS has transitioned and is now certified to the new ISO 9001:2015 standard. On August 29, 2017, Thomas W. Springer, Inc. received certification from QAS International for the management systems, standards and guidelines of their ISO 9001:2015 system. The approved administration systems apply to the manufacture and production of precision machined components at their Landenberg,…
TWS Purchases Sixth Tsugami FMA3 Horizontal Mill
TWS has added another Tsugami FMA3 palletized machining center for redundancy and additional capacity. This machine is identical to their other FMA3s except for the addition of a full B-axis, Renishaw Touch Probe and through-spindle coolant. TWS will gain much needed capacity by adding another machine with unattended capability.
TWS Upgrades to Mitutoyo Measurlink SPC System
TWS has purchased Mitutoyo Measurlink SPC software to replace their current IN-SPEC SPC system. All instruments are linked to the software via USB to eliminate common errors associated with manual data entry. After researching many SPC systems over the past six months with the involvement of management, QC and shop floor employees, they ultimately chose…
TWS Purchases Second Haas VF-2 SS YT Vertical Machining Center
On March 22, 2017, Thomas W. Springer, Inc. purchased its second Haas VF-2 SS YT vertical machining center. This 40 taper, 24 tool machine with 12,000 RPM spindle and high-speed machining was also ordered with an extended table (30”x 20”x 20”) to accommodate larger parts. The machine is also equipped with a Renishaw wireless probing…
TWS Purchases Sixth Tsugami S206 Screw Machine
With increasing customer demand we have added yet another Tsugami S206, our second one this year. This machine is our first to be equipped with a Caron TMAC MP tool monitoring adaptive control. We chose the Caron system based on their strain gauge sensor technology since we have an on-going need to monitor tool breakage…
ISO 9001:2008 Recertification
On August 1, 2016, Thomas W. Springer, Inc. received recertification from QAS International for the management systems, standards and guidelines of our ISO 9001:2008 system. The approved administration systems apply to the manufacture and production of precision machined components at our Landenberg, PA manufacturing facility. We are pleased to say that we have passed all…
TWS installs AR-5000 Pollution Fighters
Although most of our machines are equipped with Tri Mist oil collectors, there is still a need for general shop air filtration. We recently replaced our old units with two Pollution Fighter AR-5000’s manufactured by Northern Air Corp. of Raynham, MA. These are 4-stage filtration units with a unique automatic roll filter located on the…
TWS Purchases Fifth Tsugami S206 Screw Machine
Out with the old and in with the new! The last of our older single spindle screw machines has been replaced by another Tsugami S206. With our current workload and new customers on the horizon, we knew that another S206 would give us the capacity that we needed plus the ability to run unattended. The new machine…
TWS purchases Haas VF-2 SS YT Vertical Machining Center
On September, 4th 2014, Thomas W. Springer, Inc. purchased a Haas VF-2 SS YT vertical machining center. This 40 taper, 24 tool machine with 12,000 RPM spindle and high-speed machining was also ordered with an extended table (30”x20”x20”) to accommodate larger parts. The machine is also equipped with a Renishaw wireless probing system and programmable…
ISO 9001:2008 Recertification
On August 29th, 2014, Thomas W. Springer, Inc. received recertification from QAS International for the management systems, standards and guidelines of our ISO 9001:2008 system. The approved administration systems apply to the manufacture and production of precision machined components at our Landenberg, PA manufacturing facility. We are pleased to say that we have passed all…
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