High-performance lathes: Sub-contractor's sliding-head machines prove to be more than a match for cam-type multis

摘要

Brian Steatham, owner and managing director of the Reading-based sub-contract machining company Rodmatic, says his two Star CNC sliding-head lathes can mill-turn components of medium-to-high complexity as quickly as any of the 42 cam-type, six-spindle automatics on site.