Mike Page, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "Sliding Headstock Lathes",
and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Manufacturingtalk which will be of interest.
Let me be your guide.
Start with
the news release Sliding headstock lathe competition win from
Star Micronics GB, which we summarised at the time by saying "Rhonda Bruce, wife of Steve Bruce, managing director of UK subcontractor, Bonspiel Engineering, won 'best driver of the day' award at sliding head stock lathe firm's competition".
A few weeks before,
we featured the news release Hexagonal bar turning needs better feeders from
Kitagawa Europe: "When replacing CNC production lathes with higher speed ones, it is not always possible to use existing bar feeders as they may not cope with hexagonal bar higher rotational speeds".
In January 2006, we covered the news from Tornos Technologies
concerning its 13-axis CNC sliding head automatic lathe
- take a look at Sliding head CNC auto lathe halves cycle times
which says: "Using the counter spindle and back operation functionality of 13-axis CNC sliding head automatic lathe has represented a halving of many cycle times for a subcontractor".
Take a look also at the news release from NC Engineering, One-man show operates three CNC autos,
as well as Turned parts specialist says goodbye to cams from Star Micronics GB,
and Star Micronics CEO is on fact-finding world trip from Star Micronics GB.
See also:
News on the Citizen CNC sliding headstock lathes from NC Engineering
(March 2004)
Body piercing may not be immediately associated with CNC sliding head automatics, but body jewellry and piercing equipment maker has bought six such machines for their high precision
Up market sliding head auto gets back the work
(March 2003)
Acquiring a 13-axis sliding head automatic lathe allows a precision turned parts specialist to offer a larger, multi-featured parts service that competes with overseas suppliers
Fixed and sliding head designs combined
(February 2003)
A two spindle CNC automatic lathe combines many of the benefits of a sliding head machine with fixed head machine design to provide a high surface finish and close tolerance machining capability
Ease of use and high reliability sold the autos
(February 2003)
The appeal of these sliding head CNC automatics was based on their comparative ease of use and the promise of high reliability and has been borne out in practice, says the user
News on the Dampening device for sliding headstock lathes from Iemca Division, Igmi SpA
(October 2002)
When fitted to a long sliding head stroke lathe headstock, this device dampens vibrations during bar machining
Centreless grinding to very tight tolerances
(May 2002)
The need to hold roundness tolerances within one micron and surface finishes of 0.2 micron Ra on aluminium spools sparked a search for the most cost-effective centreless grinding process
Sliding head autos win work for subcontractor
(December 2001)
C and M Precision, a turned parts specialist, quoted a diving equipment maker and won the contract to produce complex air manifolds using parts machined in Citizen CNC lathes