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    CITIZEN MACHINERY APPOINTS NEW SALES ENGINEER

    Eric Tollett, newly appointed Area Sales Engineer for Citizen Machinery UK in the north-east of England

    Based in Tyne and Wear and with 25 years’ experience working in the machine tool sector, ERIC TOLLETT has been appointed by Citizen Machinery UK as Area Sales Engineer for territories in north-east England, where he will be responsible for sales of the company’s Cincom sliding-head and Miyano fixed-head lathes and related automation solutions. The company has also announced an increase in the number of sales territories around the UK from five to six.

    While working at a subcontract machining firm and studying at South Tyneside College and Newcastle University, Eric completed a five-year apprenticeship in machine tool maintenance, during which time he gained an ONC, HNC and HND in the subject. He then joined a machine tool distributor in the Midlands where he worked as a service engineer for 10 years, subsequently moving into sales roles for three well-known machine tool firms before starting his current position with Citizen Machinery UK.

    On his new role, Eric commented, “I regard this as a great opportunity to work for a premier Japanese lathe manufacturer with a strong reputation for producing high-end machines and for providing fully integrated production solutions.”

    Megan McDonald Update

    Just thought I would send you an update on what’s gone on since the launch day.

    On Thursday 23rd of May I raced in the Ryton Pools 5mile road race. I had a really good race feeling strong throughout. I was able to win the race in 30.18s. This time shows my running has had a massive improvement over the winter. After looking at the power of 10. I have posted the 3rd fastest time for a U23 so far this year.

    At the weekend I Raced in the British Super Series at Blenhiem palace.

    My swim was never going to be anywhere near what it should be due to the nerve damage. I ended up coming out the water 1 minute down on the front girls.

    The bike leg, all I could do was put my head down. I worked hard with a couple of girls and ended up coming into T2 in 1st. My Biking is feeling really strong at the moment.

    On the run I was able to hold on to 4th, happy with the progress but still improvements to be made. My run time was 2 minutes faster than last year.

    Thanks so much for all the support.

    My next race is Two Castles 10km Road Race this weekend.

    Gym Session Triathlon

    Here are my top 5 gym exercises I do every week to make sure I stay injury free and have a well maintained working body ready for hard session.

    1:

    Barbell Hip Thrust

    Great exercise for your gluts and Hamstrings. Which are really important in triathlon for running and also running off the bike when tired. When running your Gluts work to stabiles your hips and legs when under impact. Making sure your Gluts are strong and conditioned means your gluts will activate when running helping you run faster and more economical so you are using less energy. Continue reading “Gym Session Triathlon”

    Turbo Sessions for the Winter

    Through the winter it can be difficult to do every bike session out on the roads, so I have decided to sharesome of the sessions I do at Loughborough with the Triathlon Performance Squad so that you canimprove your critical power and muscular endurance throughout the winter months.

    Session 1

    75 Minute Session Critical Power:

    The aim of this turbo session is for you to work at your max and produce as much sustainable power for the chosen time of the repetition.  At the end of the last rep you should be going as hard as possible and reaching a high heart rate. Make sure you don’t start the first 6 minutes too hard, think of it as a 25 minute time trial effort. This session is great to help improve you maximum power output. Continue reading “Turbo Sessions for the Winter”

    Megan McDonald Recipes

    Here are some recipes for your winter training. I have been using these recipes so far this winter and thought they are to good not to share:

    Snowballs: Cycling Energy Balls: When going out for them long winter rides, gels and energy bars sometimes are not that appealing. Why not try making your own Energy balls that can be specific to you. Making these are cheap quick and easy. These are my go to for them long 4h rides. I even add in protein recovery powder just to start that recovery quicker, also coconut for a good wintery look.

    INGREDIENTS: This batch makes 12 balls and 1 serving is 3 balls, 1 cup of dates ¾ cup porridge oats, 2 heaped tbsp. of peanut butter, 1 tbsp cocoa powder, 3 tbsp mixed seeds.

    DIRECTIONS, Soak the date in 1 cup of boiling water for 15 min (or longer) and then drain, Blend all the ingredients to form a paste, Roll into balls – if it is too dry, add a splash of water, Coat in coconut or leave plain. Continue reading “Megan McDonald Recipes”

    GEOFF BRYANT RETIRES FROM CITIZEN MACHINERY AFTER CREATING BUSINESS PLATFORM FOR RECORD SALES (NEW)

    A pre-Christmas gathering at Citizen Machinery UK of 79 employees, spouses and partners, plus a group of long-serving retired employees and specialist suppliers celebrated Geoff Bryant’s 43 years of service, of which 25 were given to the company as managing director.

    Significant in the last 12 months in his departure planning role, which involved liaison and progressive hand-over to the new management team of Edward James as MD, Darren Wilkins Deputy MD and Jon Hart as Finance Director, was a record breaking year of trading for the Bushey based business supporting the ranges of Citizen Cincom CNC sliding head and Miyano fixed head turn-mill centres.

    Said Mr James: “I must compliment Geoff who has set such a high standard and raised the profile of the business over so many years. He has created an enviable platform that enables us to further develop the company and its people, in particular involving keen younger employees. This will enable us to provide customers with the level of support that such a high technology based product deserves.” Continue reading “GEOFF BRYANT RETIRES FROM CITIZEN MACHINERY AFTER CREATING BUSINESS PLATFORM FOR RECORD SALES (NEW)”

    CITIZEN LAUNCHES CINCOM D25 SLIDING HEADSTOCK TURN-MILL CENTRE WITH TRIPLE X-, Y- AND Z-AXES PLUS B-AXIS AT MACH 2018

    Stand No: H20-570

    MACH 2018 NEC Birmingham 9-13 April 2018

    The next generation of Citizen’s advanced CNC system featuring touch screen and qwerty keyboard is to be launched at MACH 2018 as a key feature on the new Cincom D25-VIII and -VII sliding headstock turn-mill centre. Operational flexibility is maximised for complex cycles with two gang vertical toolposts each with X-, Y- and Z- axes and one with a B-axis capable of both front and back machining. In addition there is a back toolpost and opposite toolpost with a tool capacity of up to 59 tools with the added advantage of removable guide bush for more economic material use on shorter components.

    The Cincom D25-VIII is configured as a 10-axis sliding headstock 25 mm capacity machine which also incorporates the added flexibility of 0 to 135 deg swivelling B-axis. This swivel axis is incorporated within the first (X1, Y1, Z1) axis gang toolpost capable of holding four double-sided driven spindles to service both the main and sub-spindles.

    In addition, a second gang toolpost (X2, Y2, Z2) is able to work independently or simultaneously with the (X1, Y1, Z1) toolpost to overlap for instance, rough or finish turning operations or apply in unison, drilling or milling based cycles. Continue reading “CITIZEN LAUNCHES CINCOM D25 SLIDING HEADSTOCK TURN-MILL CENTRE WITH TRIPLE X-, Y- AND Z-AXES PLUS B-AXIS AT MACH 2018”

    GEOFF BRYANT RETIRES FROM CITIZEN MACHINERY AFTER CREATING BUSINESS PLATFORM FOR RECORD SALES

    A pre-Christmas gathering at Citizen Machinery UK of 79 employees, spouses and partners, plus a group of long-serving retired employees and specialist suppliers celebrated Geoff Bryant’s 43 years of service, of which 25 were given to the company as managing director.

    Significant in the last 12 months in his departure planning role, which involved liaison and progressive hand-over to the new management team of Edward James as MD, Darren Wilkins Deputy MD and Jon Hart as Finance Director, was a record breaking year of trading for the Bushey based business supporting the ranges of Citizen Cincom CNC sliding head and Miyano fixed head turn-mill centres.

    Said Mr James: “I must compliment Geoff who has set such a high standard and raised the profile of the business over so many years. He has created an enviable platform that enables us to further develop the company and its people, in particular involving keen younger employees. This will enable us to provide customers with the level of support that such a high technology based product deserves.” Continue reading “GEOFF BRYANT RETIRES FROM CITIZEN MACHINERY AFTER CREATING BUSINESS PLATFORM FOR RECORD SALES”

    ADDITIONAL UK FACILITY IN BIRMINGHAM BOOSTS CITIZENS TURNKEY SOLUTIONS SERVICE (NEW)

    Citizen Machinery UK is to open a new regional office, applications engineering and machine showroom in the West Midlands to further enhance its customer service offerings and “to provide users with a significant machine preparation service to support the growing number of high-value automated turnkey solutions” being handled by the company.

    The circa £2 million investment on a 1.1-acre site at the Hurst Business Park in Brierley Hill, near Birmingham, will include a 600 m2 showroom. Construction is scheduled to start in early 2018 and the new facility is expected to be officially opened late next year.

    “Importantly,” says Deputy Managing Director Darren Wilkins, “this new facility in the heart of the country will complement our existing Citizen Machinery UK headquarters and showroom for Cincom (Citizen) and Miyano machines in Bushey, Watford, “and will play an important role in serving the modern-day demands of our growing customer base.” Continue reading “ADDITIONAL UK FACILITY IN BIRMINGHAM BOOSTS CITIZENS TURNKEY SOLUTIONS SERVICE (NEW)”

    MACH TO PROVIDE MAJOR OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZEN MACHINERY TO EXPAND ITS APPLICATIONS OF LFV TECHNOLOGY

    Stand No: H20-570 MACH 2018 NEC Birmingham 9 -13 April 2018

    MACH 2018 will be the first opportunity for a full exposure to visiting engineers of Citizen Machinery UK’s low frequency vibration (LFV) cutting technology on both its Cincom sliding head and the latest Citizen sliding headstock turn-mill centres which takes the LFV capability up to 42 mm diameter bar size. On stand H20-570 will see the official launch of Miyano’s BNA-42GTYLFV, and the Citizen Cincom D25-VIII plus the first UK exhibition showing of the smaller capacity, high speed Cincom L12-VII with LFV.

    Such has been the take up of LFV technology that 500 installations were made worldwide during 2017 with massive predictions for future sales by Citizen as it progressively feeds the advanced technology feature across its product range.

    LFV is controlled via programming special G-codes at the control to impart the ideal size of chip required to offset problems such as swarf ‘bird-nesting’. It is also able to improve tool life, often enables an increase in depth-of-cut and improved surface finish, for instance. This is achieved by introducing oscillation of the cutting tool to introduce air-cutting’ through the machine’s servo axis drives in the direction of feed while being synchronised to the rotation of the spindle. Continue reading “MACH TO PROVIDE MAJOR OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZEN MACHINERY TO EXPAND ITS APPLICATIONS OF LFV TECHNOLOGY”

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