Category: Case Studies
09/ 02/ 21
Subcontractor Started with One Sliding-head Lathe: Now There Are Ten
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Case StudiesWhen physics graduate Paul Cobb asked his father Reg in 1997 to help him invest in a subcontract machining business specialising in CNC sliding-head turning, Mr Cobb senior groaned; he…
17/ 11/ 20
Fixed-head Turning up to 40% Faster and Tool Life Doubled on Sliding-head Lathe
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Case StudiesIn August 2020, Merseyside subcontractor Bryken took delivery of its sixth Miyano BNE-51MSY turn-mill centre, having bought its first as recently as June 2018. Operations director Phillip Taylor says that…
15/ 09/ 20
Lubrication Equipment Manufacturer Produces Prismatic and Pressed Parts on New Lathe
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Case StudiesEstablished in 1942, Coventry-based Adams Lubetech is member of a leading European group of specialist manufacturers of single-point and centralised lubrication equipment for OEMs in the food and beverage industry,…
28/ 07/ 20
Used Sliding-head Lathe Receives Full Support from the Manufacturer
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Case StudiesDespite starting out more than 25 years ago, Dudley-based TWP Manufacturing opened its CNC machine shop as recently as the beginning of 2019 to produce in-house most of the components needed…
17/ 03/ 20
Plastics machining specialists invest in sliding-head lathe with novel chipbreaking software
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Case StudiesGloucester subcontractor Stratos Precision Engineering, a majority of whose business comes from machining plastics, has strengthened and diversified its turning department with the addition of its first sliding-headstock lathe, a…
21/ 01/ 20
Pump Manufacturer Installs First Sliding-head Lathe
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Case StudiesTwo-year payback expected by bringing subcontracted work in-house One of the UK’s largest pump manufacturers shipping more than 200,000 units per year, Charles Austen Pumps (www.charlesausten.com), has invested in its…
15/ 11/ 19
Chance purchase of a second-hand lathe triggers transformation of subcontractor’s machine shop
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Case StudiesWhen a customer of subcontractor Apsley Precision Engineering suddenly stopped manufacturing components in-house, one of the redundant machine tools, a Miyano fixed-head, twin-spindle, single-turret lathe, was purchased by the contract…
16/ 10/ 19
Twin-spindle Twin-turret Lathes are Ideal for Hydraulic Component Production
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Case StudiesA second pair of Miyano BNE-51MSY turn-mill centres from Citizen Machinery UK has been installed at contract machinists Unicut Precision, Welwyn Garden City. Joining two identical twin-spindle, twin-turret lathes with…
24/ 06/ 19
Citizen’s New 32mm Sliding-head Lathes have Low Frequency Vibration Software
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Case StudiesTwo new sliding-headstock, twin-spindle, turn-milling centres of 32 mm bar capacity have been added to Citizen Machinery’s Cincom programme. Designated L32-X LFV and L32-XII LFV, both feature the firm’s patented,…
