Of the 21 orders secured at the Citizen Machinery UK autumn open house in October, four were placed by companies that had never bought Cincom sliding-head or Miyano fixed-head turning centres before. Over the three days, a total of 177 visitors representing 87 manufacturers were welcomed into the Brierley Hill showroom and demonstration centre.

The technology on display was designed to explain what is possible in terms of productivity gains, lights-out machining and return on investment when investing in CNC machine tools. A case in point was Citizen’s roll-out of four-axis simultaneous LFV (low-frequency vibration) chip-breaking across a majority of its lathes. This capability makes uninterrupted superimposed machining possible without the unwanted generation of stringy swarf when turning ductile and malleable metals and plastics.
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