For a set price of GBP 20,000, Colchester Sales is launching a ground-breaking specification of a flat bed combination CNC/electronic/manual lathe at Productivity in the North.

For a set price of GBP 20,000, Colchester Sales is launching a ground-breaking specification of a flat bed combination CNC/electronic/manual lathe at Productivity in the North. The machine has a swing of 400mm, 1250mm between centres, 7.5kW drive and the latest Fanuc Oi TB control and driven package. Productivity in the North, staged at the Colchester Sales Technical Centre between 17 and 19 June, brings together 12 of the leading UK suppliers of machine tools, tooling, metrology, CADCAM, support equipment and finance as part of the opening of the centre in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire.

The centre is located adjacent to the Colchester Lathe machine tool plant.

Participating companies include Colchester Lathe with its range of turning machines, 600 Centre demonstrating its Fanuc Robodrill, Wire EDM, Joemars vertical EDM and Okamoto surface grinder, Richmond vertical machining centres, Fanuc Robotics, Sandvik Coromant, Renishaw, Tech CADCAM, Centreline, Pratt Burnerd, Oel-Held coolants, Nikken and Hirschmann.