Development, sales and service of milling, turning and boring centres for large-part machining.
BIMATEC SORALUCE Zerspanungstechnologie GmbH
Limburg a. d. LahnNew on Amplifa
Manufacturer of intelligent cutting technology from Limburg
BIMATEC SORALUCE is a machine manufacturer specialising in cutting technology, based in Limburg an der Lahn. The company develops and sells intelligent, flexible milling, turning and boring centres as well as vertical turning and milling centres in eight series – from fixed-bed and travelling-column machines to high-gantry portal milling machines and multitask milling, turning and grinding machines. The heart of the machines is the in-house developed, fully automatically exchangeable milling heads, whose connection is standardised and which can be exchanged for loaner milling heads within one hour. Workpieces machined are mainly made of steel and aluminium, including moulds and tools for the automotive industry. In addition to machine sales and project execution, Bimatec Soraluce offers comprehensive service: a hotline available 365 days a year, a regional service fleet with twelve service vans, a milling head workshop with 73 loaner milling heads, a spare parts warehouse with over 187,000 original parts, as well as training, retrofit and test machining in the 2,100 m² technology centre. As a sales and service location, the company belongs to the Soraluce Group (Danobatgroup, Mondragon Cooperatives) and employs over 100 staff.
- Site
- Limburg a. d. Lahn
- Processes
- 5-axis machining (high-gantry portal milling machine HGP), Milling, turning, boring, thread cutting, grinding, gear cutting (multitask), Production planning (machining plans, collision analyses, time studies, clamping concepts), Feasibility and machining time studies, test machining, Raw part measurement and alignment using photogrammetry (VSET), Milling head overhaul and maintenance (milling head workshop), Retrofit / overhaul of Soraluce machines, Training (operation, programming, maintenance)
- Materials
- Steel, Aluminium
- Certificates
- EcoVadis Silver Medal, VSET photogrammetry (raw part measurement), Zeiss measuring machine (milling head quality control)
- Founded
- 1991
- Employees
- over 100 (as of
- Industries
- General machining and supply industry, Mechanical engineering, Automotive industry, Construction machinery industry, Railway construction, Energy sector
- 01
Development and research (milling heads, intelligent machine technologies)
- 02
Engineering: feasibility and machining time studies, production planning
- 03
Sales and project execution of turnkey projects
- 04
Manufacturing of the machines at the Soraluce production plants (Basque Country)
- 05
Assembly, installation and commissioning at the customer
- 06
Test machining and training at the technology centre
- 07
Service, spare parts supply, milling head workshop and retrofit
Materials and machining processes
Steel
Workpiece material for roughing and finishing of moulds and tools, among others for the automotive industry.
Aluminium
Machined on the HGP high-gantry portal milling machines with 5-axis machining.
Locations
Limburg a. d. Lahn
DEHeadquarters: sales, project execution, service, spare parts warehouse, milling head workshop, training centre
- Materials
- Steel, aluminium (machining on demonstration machines)
- Travelling-column milling and boring centres FR 16000 and FP 8000
- Portal milling and turning centre PMG 12000
- Travelling-column duplex FLP 8000
- Fixed-bed milling and boring centres TA-Smart 35, TA-A 25
- Multitask fixed-bed milling, turning and grinding centre TA-M 35
- Jig boring machines Yasda/Dixi (milling head production, <0.005 mm)
- Zeiss measuring machine (milling head quality control)
Machines and series
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5-axis machining (high-gantry portal milling machine HGP)Cutting | – | 2,500 + 1,000 mm - unlimited × 2,000 / 3,000 mm × 1,200 / 1,500 mm | 3,000 / 5,000 kg/m² | – | Steel, Aluminium |
| Milling, turning, boring, thread cutting, grinding, gear cutting (multitask)Cutting | – | – | – | – | Steel, Aluminium |
| Production planning (machining plans, collision analyses, time studies, clamping concepts)Engineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Feasibility and machining time studies, test machiningEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
| Raw part measurement and alignment using photogrammetry (VSET)Testing | 0.05 mm per metre of workpiece length (+0.02 mm per | – | – | – | – |
| Milling head overhaul and maintenance (milling head workshop)Surface | – | – | – | – | – |
| Retrofit / overhaul of Soraluce machinesEngineering | – | – | – | – | – |
18 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-gantry portal milling machine (H series, 5-axis machining) | Soraluce HGP | – | X: 2,500+1,000 mm-unlimited; Y: 2,500/3,500 mm; Z: 1,200/1,500 mm; table width 2,000/3,000 mm; | – | Limburg a. d. Lahn (manufacturer workshop, series) |
| Fixed-bed milling and boring centre | Soraluce S series | – | – | – | – |
| Travelling-column milling, turning and boring centre | Soraluce F series | – | – | – | – |
| Vertical turning and milling centre | Soraluce VTC series | – | – | – | – |
| Universal fixed-bed milling machine | Soraluce T series | – | – | – | – |
| Multitask milling, turning and grinding machines | Soraluce Multitask series (TRM35) | – | TRM35: X 3,500 mm; Y 1,300 mm; Z 1,600 mm; milling head 37 kW, up to 6,000 min⁻¹; NC | – | – |
| Horizontal boring machine | Soraluce KB series | – | – | – | – |
| Portal milling and turning centre | Soraluce P series | – | – | – | – |
| Travelling-column milling and boring centre | Soraluce FR 16000 | – | – | – | Technology centre Limburg |
| Travelling-column milling and boring centre | Soraluce FP 8000 | – | – | – | Technology centre Limburg |
| Portal milling and turning centre | Soraluce PMG 12000 | – | – | – | Technology centre Limburg |
| Travelling-column milling and boring centre duplex | Soraluce FLP 8000 | – | – | – | Technology centre Limburg |
| Fixed-bed milling and boring centre | Soraluce TA-Smart 35 | – | – | – | Technology centre Limburg |
| Fixed-bed milling, turning and grinding centre | Soraluce TA-M 35 | – | X 3,500 mm; integrated vertical rotary table Ø 1,250 mm, up to 400 min⁻¹ | 2018 | – |
| Fixed-bed milling and boring centre | Soraluce TA-A 25 | – | – | – | Technology centre Limburg |
| Fixed-bed milling machine | Soraluce TA-A 35 | 1 | – | 2021 | Achenbach Buschhütten (customer reference) |
| Jig boring machine | Yasda / Dixi | – | Accuracy below 0.005 mm | – | Milling head production Limburg |
| Measuring machine | Zeiss | – | – | – | Milling head quality control Limburg |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and technologies
Milling head production takes place on jig boring machines from Yasda and Dixi with accuracies below 0.005 mm; quality control of the milling heads is performed by a Zeiss measuring machine. The patented VSET system measures raw parts by photogrammetry with an accuracy of 0.05 mm per metre of workpiece length.
| Evidence | Limburg a. d. Lahn |
|---|---|
| VSET photogrammetry (raw part measurement) | |
| Zeiss measuring machine (milling head quality control) | |
| EcoVadis Silver Medal |
Milestones
- 1988
Start of milling head development, the heart of the machines
- 1991
Company founded
- 1996
Introduction of the milling head exchange system
- 2012
Opening of the 2,100 m² technology centre in Limburg an der Lahn
- 2016
reddot award in the functionality category for the ergonomic machine design
- 2018
Technology days in Limburg with presentation of the intelligent machine and the multifunctional centre TA-M; over 500 visitors
- 2019
Over 100 employees; expansion of the service fleet from eight to twelve service vans
- 2021
Technology days; DWS nominated for the Best of Industry Award
- 2022
First climate-neutral Soraluce machine delivered to Achenbach Buschhütten
- 2023
Soraluce takes over the high-gantry portal milling machine product line from CMI (Danobatgroup)
- 2026
AMB Stuttgart and in-house exhibition in Limburg (03.–06.11.2026)