CNC Combination Lathes Produce High-Precision Parts
Clausing Industrial offers the Alpha series CNC combination lathes from Colchester-Harrison for high-precision turning applications. All 23 lathes are suited for producing detailed and intricate one-offs that are accurate and have a quality finish, the company says.

600 Group Appoints Chief Executive
Moving to further strengthen its management team, 600 Group has appointed David Norman as its new group chief executive and David Richardson as managing director of the new machine tool division. Mr. Norman replaces Andrew Dick, the outgoing chief executive who has left the company to pursue other business interests.

Overlapping Tool Turning Sequences
The Colchester-Harrison TT6 turn-mill center from Clausing features overlapped (twin turning) tool sequences to provide optimized productivity. The center offers reduced setup time, and waiting time between pieces is eliminated, the company says. The eight-axis machine has twin 12-station turrets; two identical 20-

Eight-Axis Turn-Mill Center Machines Complex Workpieces
The Colchester-Harrison TT6 turn-mill center provides overlapped (twin turning) tool sequences to provide maximum optimized productivity. According to the company, even the most complex workpieces can be machined simply, accurately and without setup changes. Setup times are said to be reduced, while waiting time be

VMC Series For Virtually Every Production Requirement

Two-Axis CNC Lathes Built For Stability

VMC Maximizes Productivity

Lights-Out Machining Gets Company Off To A Profitable Start
When Paul Brooke formed PZ Engineering (West Yorkshire, United Kingdom) in 2003, he immediately realized that lights-out, unattended machining would be an essential component of creating a viable company. He was also searching to equip his shop with machines from manufacturers that could provide local, responsive support.

Reducing The Anxiety When Turning Lights-Out
A turnkey lights-out package for CNC lathes may allay the concerns that shop owners may have in letting their machines run unsupervised during the night.

Heavy-Duty EVS Milling Machines

CNC Vertical Mills

Standard Lathe With Touch Screen Controls

Machining Center Expands EDM Business
As a supplier to leading parts manufacturers in such varied industries as appliances and automobiles, this shop was only initially handling the intricate and complex work on parts with its EDM machines. Outside companies would machine the base parts and all the less intricate details. Then they would return the parts, where they'd add the intricate details to each part.

Combination Machines Changing The Toolroom
There's a relatively quiet but relentless change in metalworking toolroom equipment. Handwheels are still there, so manual operation is preserved, but now there is the capacity to operate these machines automatically via CNC or using a combination of manual and CNC. Timing for this additional flexibility is perfect.

Let There Be Lights
Often, these unwelcome situations mean an expensive workpiece must be scrapped or remade, usually resulting in production delays, added costs, or missed deliveries.