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A leading East Anglian hydraulics specialist, with a history of more than 30 years’ success in the industry, has invested in its first large-capacity manual/CNC combination lathe - a top-of-the-range Colchester-Harrison Alpha 1800XS.
In the face of the current economic climate, 600 Lathes has come out fighting with a new management structure and a plan to introduce a range of new technologies.
600 Lathes has appointed Jonathan Wright as the new head of its engineering design department.
Introducing a totally new simultaneous five-axis, high precision vertical machining centre.
The first of a totally new generation of a ‘global’ lathe range is to be launched at MACH 2008 at the NEC in Birmingham by Colchester-Harrison on 600 Centre's showcase stands 5128, 5130 and 5136 in Hall 5.
Hi-Spec Precision has recently installed a Colchester-Harrison Tornado T8MSY to capitalise on a rising order book for precision turned parts.
A totally new ‘first’ from Colchester-Harrison is the availability of simultaneous five-axis, high precision vertical machining centre cycles achieved via the latest, high specification Heidenhain or Fanuc control.
The british designed and manufactured Colchester-Harrison Tornado TT6 turn-mill centre, is the ideal platform for high performance turning and Y-axis milling operations.
The installation of a five-axis Colchester-Harrison Tornado T6MS turn-mill centre enables Hydraulics System Products to achieve continual improvements in productivity, quality of surface finish and aid reduction of overall product lead times.
Colchester-Harrison has created a single source for European designed vertical machining centre (VMC) solutions, that will be on show at MACH 2008.













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