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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…
20/ 05/ 20
Contract Machinist Re-purposes Three-quarters of it’s Capacity for Ventilator Component Production
Subcontractor Unicut Precision, Welwyn Garden City, is no stranger to producing large quantities of components, one million items being shipped to customers in the UK and overseas in a typical…
06/ 05/ 20
Advanced Chipbreaking Technology Helps Ventilator Challenge
Like most turned parts subcontractors, Sub CNC Precision uses its 14 twin-spindle, multi-axis bar autos, in this case all from Citizen Machinery UK, to turn-mill parts in one hit from…
22/ 04/ 20
Motivational Time has united Manufacturing Industry
In the opinion of Citizen Machinery UK’s managing director Edward James, the Covid-19 pandemic has united the whole of the manufacturing sector to an extent never seen before in terms…
30/ 03/ 20
Five subcontractors respond to call for more ventilators by ordering seven Sliding-head Lathes in a fortnight
Edward James, Managing Director of sliding- and fixed-head lathe supplier Citizen Machinery UK, posted on social media on 16th March 2020 that the company is continuing to operate under the…
17/ 03/ 20
Plastics machining specialists invest in sliding-head lathe with novel chipbreaking software
Gloucester 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…
28/ 02/ 20
Redesigned sliding-head lathe offers 5-axis machining and three tools in cut
In response to feedback from users, Citizen’s M32 sliding-headstock lathe, a popular model in the Japanese manufacturer’s range capable of economical machining of components in small or large batches, has…
05/ 02/ 20
Citizen to Present New Sliding-head and Fixed-head Lathes Plus Software Enhancements
A total of 12 CNC Cincom sliding-head and Miyano fixed-head turn-milling centres will be demonstrated under power on the Citizen Machinery UK stand at MACH 2020, including automated production cells…
21/ 01/ 20
Pump Manufacturer Installs First Sliding-head Lathe
Two-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…