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MACHINING: Bristling with intent.

Publication: Metalworking Production
Publication Date: 30-SEP-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Citizen machine technology with Renishaw probing hits productivity targets....at Renishaw.

Mark Buckingham, a principal manufacturing engineer in the Manufacturing Services Division of Renishaw, says the twelve Citizen M32-III CNC sliding head automatic turn-mill centres installed since 2003 remind him of hedgehogs - because they bristle with tools. 80 can be mounted on each of the 13-axis machines, so the Citizens play a key role in Renishaw's continual quest to maximise machine utilisation and productivity while minimising changeover times.

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