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Press, 25 February 1986, Page 21

Mr Yoichi Takahashi, of the Takisawa Machine Tool Company, Japan, and Mr Roy Beer, head of the machine-tool engineering department at Christchurch Polytechnic demonstrate the latest sophisticated tool installed in the depart-

ment. Mr Beer holds a stainless steel billet, a raw material for the brewery fitting held by Mr Takahashi. This was made in the Takisawa TC2 computer - controlled lathe in the background. The $lOO,OOO machine has

been installed at the polytechnic under a demonstration agreement

Moyes and Grove, the New Zealand agent for Takisawa, will use it for demonstrating to customers. When it is not required, polytechnic

staff and students will be able to use It. The lathe has a threejaw chuck for holding parts being machined rather than the traditional collets. It has a 12T Fanuc computer controller, and turret-head tools. The lathe’s programmable operations include facing, radius turning and drilling, boring, and chamfering.

The demonstration agreement coincides with Moyes and Grove setting up an office in Christchurch.

Later, this lathe will be sold and replaced by the latest model. Machine-tool construction is increasingly dominated by the Japanese. Mr Takahashi is deputy general manager of the international sales department of the Takisawa Machine Tool Company.