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"75 Per Cent Faster using the Star SR20RIII”
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"First Star slider still holds microns after working 24/7 for 18 years”
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"Now operates four CNC mill-turn centres from Star”
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"Star Lathes Cope with Oversize Aluminium Bar”
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"Modern Sliding Head Lathes are Eco Friendly”
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(1) Cycle times on our new Stars are around half those on older lathes - Oxley Developments
(2) Our first slider, a Star JNC-16, is still running 24/7 after more than 25 years - BGT Automatics
(3) UK firms can compete if they buy advanced cnc machine tools like Star sliders - KM Engineering
(4) Better than 10 microns concentricity is routinely held - Integra
(5) There are no sub-32mm parts that we cannot put on our sliding-headstock lathes - Macvere Engineering
(6) On average, Star lathes are 25 per cent heavier than other sliders on the market - Davromatic
(7) Savings in machining time around 20 percent and lead time can be done from days to under 10 mins - Bushell and Meadows
(8) Even though we were new to sliding-head turning, after one week’s training we were able to program and run - APPH
(9) Cycles are 50% faster on Stars than on fixed-head lathes and second cycles are eliminated - B&D Patterns
(10) One-hit mill-turning on the Stars helps us to quote lower prices and make more profit, with 25% fewer staff - DKW
(11) We turn bearing journals to 0.8 µm on the Star the previous supplier had to grind them - Metaltech
(12) We achieve a 60% saving over the sub-contract cost of machining an electrical connector post- Harwin PLC
(13) Star Sliders are twice as productive as any fixed head - Rodmatic Hi Tech
(14) We thought CNC sliders were difficult to program but it’s not the case with the Star - quite the reverse - Rotamic
(15) AERO PARTS PRODUCED 35 PER CENT FASTER ON SLIDING-HEAD LATHE - Staffordshire Precision Engineering
(16) Star lathes underpin the quick leadtimes for which we are renowned - Wilco Manufacturing
(17) The Star SB-16C is an excellent value-formoney, entry level slider - Asgard Engineering
(18) Reliability and repeatability of the Stars are very good and so too is the service- Harwin PLC
(19) Savings in energy and consumables are becoming more and more important - Wealdpark
(20) As a firsttime user of sliders, we were heavily reliant on Star's excellent service and support - Air Arms
(21) A majority of productive hours on the Stars are minimally manned, resulting in labour cost savings. - Vaughan Jones
(22) The 10% cycle time advantage made all the difference to the financial viability of the contract - Ultra Precision
(23) We recently turned a 230 micron dia. part to within +5 microns, -0, on one of our Stars - Techno Group
(24) There is little money to be made using basic machines - you need Star sliders- Croft Engineering
(25) A 5-minute cycle on one of our fixedhead lathes can typically be carried out in 3 minutes on Stars - Stourbridge Turning
(26) Manufacture of complex parts costing pounds rather than pence is the future - Qualiturn
(27) The Stars allowed us to increase turnover by 50% and cut our headcount from 17 to seven in just two years - Autoscrew
(28) Sliders draw less than half the power of an equivalent fixed-head lathe, so are less costly to run. - Doughty Precision
(29) Our first slider, a Star JNC-16, is still running 24/7 after more than 25 years - BGT Automatics
(30) £25,000 saved / year producing 1,000 shafts monthly for major client. - Pailton Engineering
(31) It is vital to embrace one- hit CNC machining just to stay in  business, let alone be competitive. - NSR
(32) Star lathes still hold microns after 18 years working 24/7, with an uptime of 95% . - Oglesby & Butler