Nottinghamshire-based Vision Precision Engineering has complemented its two XYZ
machining centres, which include an XYZ 710 featuring a 4 th axis, with a new XYZ TC 320 LTY
driven-tool lathe. The machine will better help the company keep pace with rising demand
for its services. Prominent among existing orders is the machining of parts for coffee
machines in Costa Coffee stores.
“The ability to produce milled and drilled features on our turned parts was taking up
capacity on our XYZ 710, so it made sense to purchase a machine that could produce our
parts in one hit – hence the arrival of the TC 320 LTY,” explains managing director Ian
Gibson.

With the machine’s hardened box ways, Y and C axes, and driven-tool capability, Vision
Precision set about getting the most from its latest purchase. Indeed, the company is now
quoting for work previously beyond its reach, partly due to the maximum turned diameter
of 320 mm and maximum turning length of 550 mm. In addition, with a bar capacity of 78
mm, Vision can produce more parts from bar rather than billets. Thanks to its investment in
a bar-feed, lights-out machining has become a regular occurrence.
“The machine just seems to tackle everything we throw at it, and the material removal rates
are phenomenal,” states Gibson. “From 20 mm depths of cut when turning, to drilling a 70
mm diameter hole with a modular drill in super duplex material, I think we can justify our
nickname for the machine as ‘The Beast’. It’s a well-built lathe with great power and it holds
the tolerances we demand of it all day, every day.”
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