BALL SCREW MANUFACTURER

Shuton-Ipiranga is a leading company in the design and manufacture of high performance ball screws located in the Basque Country, central focus and leader of the machine tool industry in the north of Spain.

Shuton and Ipiranga, specialized in the design and manufacture of Precision Ball screws and with over 50 years’ experience each one, started a path of collaboration in the year 2018 that has resulted in the final merge of both companies.

We join forces, multiplying capacities, adding solvencies. A single organization that optimizes resources to be more efficient.

This year has also brought us an important milestone, as we become part of the world’s leading bearings and power transmission manufacturer The Timken Company.

A global and joint project that allows us to expand our product range with more technologies, group perspective investments and access to more markets.

Shuton-Ipiranga has its own Technology Centre and collaborates with selected Technological centres. Its Engineering Service offers comprehensive advice for the selection of the precision ball screw and optimal use for each application, studying the different solutions and detecting new developments needs that may arise.

Shuton-Ipiranga designs and manufactures precision ball screws for the sectors of machine tools, injection moulding, presses and other heavy load applications, automation solutions, actuators, semiconductors, elevation systems, etc.

We are an active and experienced team, of innovative mentality and great capacity for growth and improvement, committed to offer the most innovative and appropriate products and services that best suit the needs of our customers.

Excellence is our key principle that leads us to be present today and in the future as key collaborators and best partners of our customers.

OUR VALUES

01 HIGH PERFORMANCE

Shuton-Ipiranga main objective is to offer our customer the ball screw that will offer the best performance. SHUTON-IPIRANGA combines three key aspects for this.

The first is the knowledge of the requirements of the most demanding applications of our customers, being present in the most advanced machine constructions markets, keeping a close collaboration with our customers and carrying a continuous research of the necessities that may arise. Among others we focus on getting a higher performance, higher dynamics, higher rigidity, higher durability, less maintenance requirement and increased uptime.

The second is a strong research and development program, focused in the optimization of Shuton-Ipiranga balls crew technologies, selection of materials and its thermal treatment, improvement of manufacturing processes and study and optimization of all other aspects that may improve the performance of the ball screw. SHUTON-IPIRANGA has developed different technologies adapted to application areas: COMPLEX for demanding, high-precision machine tool applications, IML, HDL and PKL technologies for injection moulding, presses and other heavy load applications, PRIME for precise positioning and average dynamics demand machine tool applications and TMBS and ROLLED for transport applications.

The third aspect is the detailed design of each ball screw for each application. Shuton-Ipiranga Engineering service analyses every aspect of the application, determining the best option at the most appropriate conditions, thus providing to the best performance of the ball screw. SHUTON-IPIRANGA Engineering service has carried out several Technical studies over the years carefully adapting SHUTON-IPIRANGA ball screws to customer applications.

 

02 RELIABILITY

The high performance offered by SHUTON-IPIRANGA products has its guarantee of reliability.

SHUTON-IPIRANGA has its own Technological Centre and works in close collaboration with leading external Technological Centres and Universities. SHUTON-IPIRANGA leads several innovation projects and has various test units for simulating real cycles and measuring of temperatures, noise, the effect of misalignments, vibrations, dirtiness, etc., getting homologation of the new developments.

The components of the precision ball screw are studied with great care, selecting the best materials (reducing residual stresses), thermal treatments (improving the treatment layer) and the use of components such as balls, wipers, MIM deflectors, etc. of the highest quality.

The continuous update and improvement of the manufacturing and control systems, together with the process traceability and the verification of each ball screw, guarantee the supply of the precision ball screws in the most demanding standards.

"Productivity for longer" is one of our leit motifs, which is why we offer our clients advice both for optimal ball screw selection and the best way to use it, with the aim of ensuring the best behaviour of the precision ball screw during its life.

 

03 APPLIED ENGINEERING

Our innovative mentality and the continuous search to improve results and respond to new needs have led us to develop new technologies that make SHUTON-IPIRANGA precision ball screws the most competitive. This is how SHUTON-IPIRANGA precision ball screw range was defined.

XP Xtrem Position

- COMPLEX High precision ball screws for high dynamics machine tools with efficient rigidity requirements and extreme duty cycles. Oriented to improve machining times in productively demanding sectors such as automotive, aeronautics, die mold processing machines,etc.

- PRIME Fine-lead high precision ball screws for average speed applications, such as grinding machines and EDM machines that ensure smooth rotation in short strokes.

XL Xtrem load

- IML, HDL, PKL High dynamics and high load ball screws for injection molding machines, presses and other heavy duty applications operated by electric servo drive in extreme conditions.

XT Xtrem Transport

- TMBS High efficiency precision transport ball screws for automation applications, accuracy grade ISO1-3-5.

- ROLLED High efficiency transport ball screws for automation applications, accuracy grade ISO1-3-5.

In addition to these product ranges, SHUTON-IPIRANGA develops specific solutions adapted to the needs of our customers, such as double start ball screws, nuts with cooling systems, triple effect wipers, rotary nut systems, specific profiles, and special nut designs among others.

One of the projects in development at the moment is the Monitoring 4.0, the intelligent ball screw iBALL SCREW, which allows us to anticipate the lack of lubrication, vibrations or an increase in temperature that would hamper the proper use of the ball screw. In this way, we help make maintenance for our customers to be easier and more predictive.

SHUTON-IPIRANGA “Engineering Service", which has 3-dimensional drawing systems, CAM programming, and different calculation programs, offers its customers comprehensive advice for the selection of the precision ball screw and optimal use for each application, studying the different solutions and detecting new developments needs that may arise.

 

04 HIGH RESPONSE CAPACITY

One of key principles of Shuton-Ipiranga is to become the "Best Partner" of our customers. We work to respond to the needs that our customers may have in all aspects of engineering, supply and support.

Our applied engineering department provides the necessary knowledge both at technical level and at product level, to offer the best solution adapted to customer needs.

Latest generation machines and continuous investment in new equipment allow us to offer an agile and flexible response, offering the best product in the best term, with the possibility of defining adapted supply plans.

Our extensive commercial network has specialized personnel in the main markets around the world, offering a close and personalized service to our customers. Its extensive technical and market knowledge allows us to detect the needs of our customers and offer the appropriate solutions for each case.

Shuton-Ipiranga is a modern company with an advanced management system and bold company values such as communication, commitment, participation and professional ethics, reinforced continuously by personnel formation, involvement and commitment.

 
MORE THAN 45 YEARS
IN THE SECTOR

More than 45 years in the sector, together with the presence in the main machine tool markets around the world, endorse us as leaders on an international scale.

ACTIVE AND EXPERIENCED TEAM

We have an active and experienced team, of innovative mentality and great capacity for growth and improvement, committed to offer the product and service which best suit the needs of our customers.

EXCELLENCE IS
OUR KEY PRINCIPLE

Excellence is our key principle that leads us to be present today and in the future as key collaborators of our customers, always providing the most innovative and appropriate product to their needs.

BALL SCREW ONLINE CALCULATION

SHUTON-IPIRANGA "Engineering Service" offers its customers comprehensive advice for the selection of the PRECISION BALL SCREW and definition of the optimal use mode for each application, studying the different solutions and detecting needs of new developments that may arise. Soon we will put at your disposal the possibility of online simplified ball screw calculation.

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