Compact Manufacturing Systems (CMS), a California based machine tool builder, manufactures a variety of compact CNC lathes specializing in small part turning. We have focused on creating products that possess three major elements:

  • Compact Footprints (Providing superior space efficiency)
  • Value Pricing (Offering outstanding economy to maximize profitability)
  • World Class Components (Ensuring reliability and superior performance)

We employ this philosophy in all the products we manufacture. Our success is based on the continuous development of machines that utilize the latest in technological advances while at the same time offer superior value.

In addition to the above three elements you will also find gang tooling and small turning specialty solutions. CMS has been successful in penetrating niche markets where traditional machine tool manufacturers have not had a significant presence. For example:

Jewelry Industry
Ballistics
Medical Specialty
Nuclear Products
Government Research

In addition to those markets, CMS has been successful in also providing simple and cost-saving solutions for specific manufacturing requirements of the broader market. Some of the companies which have benefited from our expertise are:

NASA
Synthes
Atlantic Research
ITT Canon
Porter Cable
General Electric
Master Lock
3M
Delphi (General Motors)
Allied Signal
AVM

The Polymer Composite Technology Difference

Beginning in 1998 CMS began engineering machine tools that employ polymer composite technology. This advanced material is now used in all new CMS machines.

Polymer concrete has traditionally been found in machine tools that cost significantly more. It is a material produced by mixing a variety of mineral fillers together with a polymer resin-binding agent. When combined through a process of mixing, molding and curing, an extremely powerful cross-linked bond is formed. The end result is the ideal structure for a machine tool base. This superior material is used by only a handful of advanced machine tool builders -- CMS is proud to be one of them.