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09/ 02/ 21
Subcontractor Started with One Sliding-head Lathe: Now There Are Ten
When 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…
13/ 01/ 21
Citizen Sets Up Dedicated Solution Centre
Citizen Machinery UK, which supplies Cincom sliding-head and Miyano fixed-head turn-mill centres into the British and Irish markets, has been providing manufacturing solutions to OEMs and subcontractors in their supply…
05/ 01/ 21
Large-capacity Y-Axis Lathe
Components are becoming more and more complex and drawing tolerances ever tighter. The ability of live turret tooling in a CNC mill-turn centre to move in the Y axis as…
14/ 12/ 20
Citizen Machinery Upgrades Three CNC Sliding Head Turning Centres
Japanese CNC mill-turn centre manufacturer, Citizen Machinery, has announced improvements to three of its Cincom sliding-head models, all designed to shorten cycle times and raise productivity when producing components from…
17/ 11/ 20
Fixed-head Turning up to 40% Faster and Tool Life Doubled on Sliding-head Lathe
In 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…
17/ 11/ 20
New Turn-mill Centre with Two Y-Axis Turrets
Complex components up to 65 mm in diameter may be turned and milled from bar on a new Miyano fixed-head lathe launched by Citizen Machinery UK. The 8-tonne BNE65-MYY is…
15/ 09/ 20
Lubrication Equipment Manufacturer Produces Prismatic and Pressed Parts on New Lathe
Established 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
Despite 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…
08/ 06/ 20
Latest Citizen CNC Sliding-head Lathe Upgraded with Chip Control Software
When turning long-chipping malleable materials, Citizen’s low frequency vibration (LFV) software fragments swarf into manageable chip sizes, whereas normally it would become a stringy bird’s nest entangled around the tool…