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Listing of all 72 news releases from Star Micronics GB:

Sliding-head lathes speed up machining

User application article Drilling and sawing procedures during small bone surgery require a hand-held power tool rotating at up to 20,000 rev/min, so component parts must be accurate to avoid vibration and noise.

News from Star Micronics GB (18 September 2008)

Star launches mid-entry level sliding-head lathe

Star Micronics has introduced two sliding-headstock, seven-axis CNC mill-turn sliding head centres for the manufacture of turned parts up to 20mm diameter.

News from Star Micronics GB (27 August 2008)

CNC automatic lathes are fast to program

User application article Precision turned parts subcontractor said Star CNC automatic lathes are fast to set and program, so they are back in production quickly for the next batch run.

News from Star Micronics GB (26 June 2008)

Star sells GBP 1 million of CNC automatic lathes

During the UK's recent MACH 2008 machine tool exhibition, Star Micronics GB sold CNC sliding head automatic lathes worth over GBP 1 million and expects many more orders to result.

News from Star Micronics GB ( 8 May 2008)

CNC automatic lathe machining expands

User application article A subcontract supplier of precision turned parts to the aerospace industry and other sectors, the Techno Group is increasing its prismatic machining capability,

News from Star Micronics GB ( 2 April 2008)

CNC sliding head lathe sales soar in Europe

Manufacturer of CNC sliding head automatic lathes said that its sales hit well into four figures of units during 2007, making Star a market leader.

News from Star Micronics GB (28 February 2008)

Sliding headstock automatic has three turrets

A sliding headstock CNC mill-turn automatic lathe, with three turrets, can dramatically reducing cycle times for 'one-hit' machining of complex components up to 20mm diameter.

News from Star Micronics GB ( 4 February 2008)

CNC sliding head lathes do all jobs under 32mm

User application article Sub contract machinist reckoned that there are no components under 32mm diamter that can not be machined on the multi-axis CNC sliding head lathes operated by the company.

News from Star Micronics GB (11 January 2008)

In-process QC made on CNC sliding head lathes

User application article Subcontractor has developed a measuring system for real-time, in-process quality control of components on CNC mill-turn sliding head automatic lathes.

News from Star Micronics GB (13 November 2007)

Turnkey sliding-headstock lathe for subcontractor

User application article Star Micronics supplied a turnkey sliding-headstock lathe package that included a JBS compensating guide bush to subcontractor Metaltech Precision.

News from Star Micronics GB (11 October 2007)

CNC sliding head autos to combat competition

User application article UK machining subcontractor has bought two additional CNC sliding-head automatic lathes - offering faster cycle times - to combat overseas cpompetition.

News from Star Micronics GB (15 August 2007)

CNC auto lathe's fast feeds cut cycle time by 10%

User application article Having 35m/min rapid axis feeds on a CNC sliding-head lathe reduced cycle times by 10% for machining shaft-type, alloy steel components for the consumer industry.

News from Star Micronics GB (31 July 2007)

Open days boost CNC sliding head auto sales

UK agent for Star CNC sliding head automatic lathes reports a recent open day produced eight machine sales and three further orders taken that month brought the total to GBP 1.2 million.

News from Star Micronics GB (20 June 2007)

Open days sell sliding headstock automatics

A total of GBP 1.2 million in UK sales of Star CNC sliding head automatics - including eight at recent open days at the UK company - have been reported by Star Micronics.

News from Star Micronics GB (18 May 2007)

Sliding-head lathe ups mill-turning productivity

User application article Sliding-head mill-turning centres with high pressure coolant, supplied by Star Micronics, have boosted productivity by 30 per cent at DKW Engineering.

News from Star Micronics GB (24 April 2007)

'One-hit' sliding head autos replace lost work

User application article Once quite badly hit by loss of machining work to China, a UK subcontractor invested in 'one-hit' machining and is now exporting complex components, so replacing much of its lost business.

News from Star Micronics GB (23 April 2007)

Sliding head automatics Irish distributor named

Star sliding-head mill-turn centers are to be distributed by one of the foremost suppliers in Ireland of world leading brands of machine tools and precision tooling, Machine Tool Technologies in Cork.

News from Star Micronics GB (30 March 2007)

Sliding head automatic lathe deep-hole drills

CNC sliding head automatic lathe has a deep hole drilling facility and a motion control that allows very high speed cutting cycles for relatively simple turning operations.

News from Star Micronics GB (23 March 2007)

Sliding headstock lathe competition win

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.

News from Star Micronics GB ( 5 March 2007)

CNC sliding head automatic lowers batch sizes

User application article Connector parts are produced within tolerance and at lower cost on a CNC sliding head automatic and economical batch sizes are 200-off and less.