XYZ News
ProtoTRAK update adds even greater ease-of-use
When the latest version of the world-leading ProtoTRAK control system was introduced it brought with it a range of benefits to improve programming efficiency and ease of use, all based around the 15.6 inch touchscreen that put all of ProtoTRAK’s advantages at the...
Iron Mason all round capability enhanced with XYZ turning centre
If a company can be all-things to all-men, then Iron Mason is it. Founded six years ago by Chris Mason who had worked in the film industry as a model maker and animatronics specialist. The Derby-based company now provides engineering, fabrication and finishing...
XYZ Machine Tools meets customer needs with extended z-axis machining centre
When approached by one of the UK’s leading thermoforming toolmakers with a request to increase the z-axis on one of its vertical machining centres by 1000 mm, XYZ Machine Tools was not in the least bit daunted. The modified machine will leave XYZ’s Devon factory today...
XYZ Machine Tools delivers on its promise of loan machines for vital NHS work
The first customer to take advantage of XYZ Machine Tools’ offer of free loan machines to aid the fight against Covid-19 has taken delivery of its machine. The Midlands-based subcontractor needed additional turning capacity to assist with an order for respirator and...
A machining need is turned into business opportunity at Techgrave
While a relative newcomer, in terms of business, having been founded in 2016, Techgrave has carved out a market-leading position thanks to its combination of machine tool technology and the decades of experience held by its founders Pete Adams and Dillon Evitts and...
Fast Make specialist Raysun Innovative Ltd turns to XYZ for toolroom update
Rugby-based Raysun has developed its business from a designer and manufacturer of bespoke jigs and fixtures with a well-equipped toolroom facility to become one of the UK’s leading ‘Fast Make’ specialists for turbine components, with a particular emphasis on...
Carney UK chooses XYZ for in-house machining capability
Carney UK began life as a business development consultancy in 2014 to deliver the project management expertise of founder Simon Carney to small and medium sized engineering companies. While working on a business turn-around project for a fabrication company, things...
Nacom Automation sees business grow thanks to machining investment strategy
Nacom Automation Ltd and its range of Flexopress printers rose from the ashes of liquidation when current owner Nick Cadby, who was a creditor to the original owner of the printing machine business, realised the only way to get his money back was to buy the...
XYZ Machine Tools unveils turning centres at MACH 2020
XYZ Machine Tools will use MACH 2020 to reveal the latest addition to its Compact Turn turning centre range, the XYZ CT52LR. The arrival of the XYZ CT52LR mirrors the development of XYZ Machine Tools’ machining centre range, with the introduction of linear rail...
Large capacity turning now available with ProtoTRAK control
XYZ Machine Tools has extended its turning range with the addition of the ProTURN RLX 780, a 3 metre gap bed lathe with a swing of 780 mm, that has been engineered to use the latest ProtoTRAK control. Previously XYZ Machine Tools’ XL series of lathes had been...