Will Dalrymple

600 UK shows lathes in hall 5 and workholding and education lathes in hall 4 at MACH (stands 5658, 4501 and 4776)

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600 UK’s presence at MACH 2016 extends to three individual stands, comprising Colchester and Harrison manual and CNC lathes on stand 5658 in hall 5; Pratt Burnerd International workholding and chucking systems on stand 4501 in hall 4; and 600 UK’s benchmark education lathes on stand 4776 in the hall 4 learning and development zone.

There, they are exhibited together with the US-based Clausing range of metal cutting machine tools, which is making its European debut.

Hall 5 sees three new Colchester and Harrison lathes:

  • The new ultra-heavyweight Colchester Magnum centre lathe, available with 660 and 800 mm swing over bed options, centre distances up to 4,000 mm and with spindle bore options up to 230 mm. Colchester Magnum lathes are capable of fast, heavy metal removal, allied to fine precision finishing.
  • 600 UK is also showcasing the newly-redesigned Colchester Triumph centre lathe that now gives industrial operators increased productivity benefits with enhanced design features including flexible guarding and moveable, integral digital readout with constant surface speed (CSS) offered as standard.
  • Another new product is the Harrison Alpha XC combination CNC lathe that incorporates driven tooling and full C-axis interpolation on the simple-to-use flat-bed CNC Alpha lathe range. With this extra capability, operators can carry out secondary operations on one-off and small batch components including milling, drilling and tapping at the machine.

In hall 4, Pratt Burnerd International customers will see a full range of manual and power chucking solutions, including large special manual chucks and the Gripfast combination power chuck. The Gripfast can be retrofitted to any existing production CNC machine, helping to reduce operator downtime between jobs.

A new addition is the Gripsafe chuck force measurement ‘gripmeter’. It is said to offer the most reliable way to accurately measure and permanently record gripping forces being applied by a chuck under both static and dynamic conditions. This is a critical health and safety concern for all CNC turning jobshops.

Across hall 4, 600 UK is displaying Colchester and Harrison lathes said to be ideally suited for the education and training sectors. A new product is the Harrison EziTurn electronic lathe. The EziTurn has been developed to bridge the gap in skill levels required between manual and CNC turning, when preparing engineering apprentices for working in industrial workshop environments.

Finally, the US-based Clausing Precision Machine Tools brand will make its European debut on this stand. 600 UK is exhibiting Clausing machinery from its catalogue of milling, drilling, sawing, grinding and large-swing turning machines. Although new to Europe, the brand has enjoyed success in North America, the Middle East and Australasia.