Colpa Precision in Watford have a suite of Citizen Sliding Head Lathes, all equipped with 3m bar feed to ensure efficient manufacturing of components.
We talked a little bit about the specification of the machine but what did Martin like?
Fast
Accurate
Easy to learn
An example is the controls; you can readily switch between Fanuc and Mitsubishi, and the Mitsubishi option does give a little bit extra code.
But, in a few words, Martin tells us how manufacturing of some tricky parts has been simplified; if you can take 4 ops down to 1 then you know something is right!
