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Posted in Technical Members News on 17th Dec 2019

2019 Closing Statement from Stephen Totty

  2019 has been an interesting year for Star GB and the industry as a whole. Despite the scepticism amassed through the continued uncertainty of the economy and political climate, it... Read more

Posted in Our Events & Meetings on 3rd Dec 2019

Wednesday 18th March. General Meeting 1 Fanuc UK

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Posted in Technical Members News on 18th Nov 2019

Chance purchase of a second-hand lathe triggers transformation of subcontractor's machine shop

When 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... Read more

Posted in Technical Members News on 18th Nov 2019

WTX Co-Pilot drills from Team Cutting Tools aids deep hole drilling

Developed as an intermediate step between the WTX-UNI and WTX-Quattro 4F pilot drills and the WTX High Performance Deep Hole drills in the WNT range, the new WTX Co-Pilot solid... Read more

Posted in Technical Members News on 6th Nov 2019

Kingsbury Quadruple-spindle lathe doubles output

Even in its standard version, the C200 lathe built in Germany by Index-Werke is a highly productive bar auto with three turrets and two spindles that are horizontally opposed. Now... Read more

Posted in World Industry News & Events on 4th Nov 2019

SHEP Welding Seminar

SHEP seminar aims to prepare engineering SMEs for 2020 HSE inspections 31st October 2019: The Safety and Health Engineering Partnership (SHEP) is running a one-day welding fume and metalworking fluid seminar... Read more

Posted in Technical Members News on 25th Oct 2019

Qualiturn Products Ltd Reduce Inspection to Seconds with Sylvac Scan F60T from Bowers Group

Qualiturn Products Ltd has reduced the inspection time of its turned parts to just seconds using the Sylvac Scan F60T optical measurement centre. Located in Hertord, Qualiturn Products Ltd was... Read more

Posted in Technical Members News on 17th Oct 2019

TWIN-SPINDLE TWIN-TURRET LATHES ARE IDEAL FOR HYDRAULIC COMPONENT PRODUCTION

A 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... Read more

Posted in Technical Members News on 11th Oct 2019

Bowers Group Sales Team

Bowers Group Announces Management Team Restructure   Bowers Group is pleased to announce the recent important changes to the structure of its management team. On 1st October 2019, Martin Hawkins was promoted... Read more

Posted in Technical Members News on 9th Oct 2019

Citizen Machinery UK's open house on 1st and 2nd October 2019 focused on machine price and purchasing options.

Citizen Machinery UK's open house on 1st and 2nd October 2019 focused on machine price and purchasing options. This article highlights some of the points of discussion with potential customers... Read more