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Posted in Technical Members News on 6th Jan 2020

CONSTANT IMPROVEMENT AT THE CENTRE OF LATEST PSL DATATRACK VERSION

The latest version of PSL Datatrack production control software is now available. 227 Wishlist ideas have been satisfied in this release, adding 131 new configuration options which now total in... Read more

Posted in Technical Members News on 17th Dec 2019

Team Cutting Tools keeps you UP2DATE with latest developments

Team Cutting Tools from CERATIZIT has its latest UP2DATE publication containing 122 pages of the latest cutting tool developments from the CERATIZIT Group. The latest UP2DATE focusses on brand new... Read more

Posted in Technical Members News on 17th Dec 2019

NEW TURN-MILL CENTRES FOR MORE POWERFUL MACHINING

The common platform launched in 2018 for the manufacture of two universal turning machines, the B400 from Index and the TNA400 from its subsidiary Traub, has been expanded with the... Read more

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 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 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