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News Release from: Colchester-Harrison
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 February 2004
One day 'Turning Workshop' makes CNC
lathe sales
Following a one-day 'Turning workshop' held at the Southern Technical Centre of Colchester Sales, and attended by 14 companies, immediate orders were taken for four machines worth over GBP 100,000.
Following a one-day 'Turning workshop' held at the Southern Technical Centre of Colchester Sales, located at RK International of Erith in Kent and attended by 14 companies, immediate orders were taken for four machines worth over GBP 100,000 The Technical Centre has a constant turnover of the latest Colchester machines where it provides demonstrations under power
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 5 Jul 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Says sales director Dick Aldrich: "These customer demonstrations have included mill/turning customers parts on the latest Tornado three-axis driven tool lathe, hard turning and extended unmanned running on the Tornado 'lights-out' turning cell package.
In full support of the Colchester products, RK is also working with technology partners such as Anilam for its digital readouts, Sumitomo carbide tooling, Renishaw probing and Oel-Held coolants.
These companies all have products on display and available for demonstration in the Centre.
Among the most recent machines to be installed is the Colchester Tornado 120 'Lights-out' turning cell package, the latest MultiTurn competitively priced CNC, electronic, manual flat bed lathe with manual guidance software, a Tornado A90 two-axis chucking lathe, a Combi K2 slant bed lathe with eight station turret and one of the top selling low-cost GBP 12,750 Triumph centre lathes which, through value engineering, is now being sold at a 40 per cent lower price than 12 months ago.
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