The latest investment by
Bedford-based milling and
turning specialist, Wickham
Engineering centres on a 20
hp/5000 rev/min XYZ
Compact Turn 52 turning
centre equipped with Siemens
828D ShopTurn CNC. A host
of canned cycles such as
residual material recognition
makes shopfloor program –
ming fast and simple, with the
minimum of keystrokes and
maximum reassurance to the
operator. Once written,
completed programs can be
checked using graphical
simulation, with the finished
component displayed onscreen
as a 2D or 3D image.

The Compact Turn 52,
Wickham’s fourth full-CNC
machine has a maximum
turning diameter of 220mm,
bar capacity of 52mm and, as
the name suggests, occupies a
compact 2.53m