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News Release from: TS Harrison and Sons | Subject: Alpha manual/CNC and electronic lathes
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 01 August 2003
Manual/CNC and electronic lathe ranges
enhanced
Harrison has enhanced its range of Alpha manual/CNC and electronic lathes with more powerful, more functional, even easier-to-use machines for 2003.
Harrison has enhanced its range of British-built Alpha manual/CNC and electronic lathes with more powerful, more functional, even easier-to-use machines for 2003, that more than exceed the demands of an industry that is leaner and more productive than ever before With many companies bolder, more efficient and more resilient than before the recession, it is to these companies - those ready and willing to invest early and break out of the downturn - that Harrison addresses three new recession-busting lathe packages
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 12 Sep 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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In addition to the simple 'Alpha' and full ISO programming systems, the control incorporates Manual Guide.
The Manual Guide system, which includes a teach mode, uses simple conversational language directly at the machine.
One of the heaviest and most powerful lathes in its class, the Alpha S1000 series punches its weight in terms of supreme cutting performance and ultra rigidity.
These are achieved through a combination of new features including the incorporation of a fully-automatic, three range, variable speed headstock; uprated digital inverter drives; and the use of super precision 'Gamet' tapered roller bearings throughout the drive train.
Complementing the Alpha S1000 series, Harrison's flagship Alpha U range receives a major upgrade with the incorporation of Fanuc touchscreen functionality.
The new lathes, designated the Alpha U1000 series, are claimed to be some of the most advanced and sophisticated two-axis machines on the market.
They are large capacity CNC/manual lathes constructed with a composite base assembly matched to a 30-degree box section slant-bed to form a single, rigid unit.
This configuration offers outstanding thermal, kinematic and dynamic damping characteristics that relate directly to the quality of component surface finish and accuracy of cut.
As well as the introduction of the Alpha S1000 series and Alpha U1000 series, a 250 per cent expansion in control user memory is just one in a raft of upgrades Harrison has incorporated on the new, extremely easy-to-use Alpha T range of electronic lathes.
Other refinements include the incorporation of an automatic three-range, variable speed headstock; while the use of a more efficient drive train running on ultra-high load bearing capacity Gamet bearings, has helped increase cutting performance.
Harrison Sales Director David Smith comments: "The Alpha ranges have always been a firm favourite in manufacturing industry, with new models in-tune with the changing production requirements of the customer.
While manufacturing has had to take bold steps in rationalising operations in-line with the economic pressures of the recession, so Harrison has responded by bringing to the market three technically advanced lathes which bring added value to the customer in terms of unparalleled levels of functionality, performance and reliability.".
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