Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of equipment used previously by Holt Baldwin... [Read More]
BVA Auctions is conducting an online auction of woodworking machines owned previously by Dekora, Heerlen, Netherlands... [Read More]
Maynards is staging an online auction of equipment used previously by GM Opel... [Read More]
1st Machinery is facilitating online auctions of several machines from several UK sites... [Read More]
Hilco Industrial Europe is giving advance notice of the sale of machinery operated previously at Ford's transmission facility in Bordeaux, France... [Read More]

Machine tool sector shines

Machine tool sector shines

The German machine tool industry is back to its full vigour following the crisis, and finished last year with record figures.
For 2012, Martin Kapp, chairman of the VDW (German Machine... [Read More]

Maximising ROI

Maximising ROI

Adding Delcam's PowerMILL CAM software has helped specialist electronics company Magneton to maximise the return on its investment in two Sodick high speed machining... [Read More]

Sponsors needed

Sponsors needed

Nigel Bongers of used machinery specialist, Steven Mooney Machinery, is running the Barcelona Marathon on 25 March 2012 in support of Helen & Douglas House (www.helenanddouglas.org.uk).
Helen House, the world's first children's hospice, gave Mr Bongers... [Read More]

Valve part produced 75% quicker

Valve part produced 75% quicker

Cheltenham, UK-based Genhart Precision Engineers has acquired a Japanese-built Star SR-20RIII, the company's first CNC sliding head lathe.
Solenoid valve manufacture is a notable area of the company's expertise... [Read More]

Pumping up efficiency

Pumping up efficiency

Average reductions of 52% in cycle times and 58% in set-up times are reported by Clyde Union Pumps of Glasgow, UK using its first five-axis machining centre.
Supplied by DMG, the German-built DMC210FD five-axis machining
cell with turning capability is equipped with a fivepallet
carousel to allow offline workpiece... [Read More]

C & M benefit from ONA EDM

C & M benefit from ONA EDM

Dorset, UK-based C & M Mould Tools has replaced an older ONA CNC die sink EDM machine with the latest generation Spanish-built ONA NX3 EDM machine, supplied by UK agent Warwick Machine Tools.
"With this machine we can take on larger tooling projects and re-assemble... [Read More]

Dugard add five-axis VMC

Dugard add five-axis VMC

The latest addition to the Dugard portfolio is the HSM600 simultaneous fiveaxis vertical machining centre.
The machine has filled quite a large gap as there has only been one five-axis model... [Read More]

Grinding out results

Grinding out results

HSS and carbide tooling manufacturer, PJ Tooling of Warwick, UK, recently investigated advanced coolant oils and filtration options for the company's five-axis Walter CNC grinders, with the remit of optimising grinding performance... [Read More]

MTA\'s win-win situation

MTA's win-win situation

It was winners all round at the MTA's annual gala dinner held earlier this month at the ICC in Birmingham.
As well as the president's speech and great entertainment, the event saw the MTA present the Manufacturing Industry Awards, which were hosted by the BBC newsreader and presenter, Susanna... [Read More]

Industry comes together in northwest Russia

Industry comes together in northwest Russia

The 7th edition of the St Petersburg Technical Fair (PTFair) will take place on 13-15 March at Lenexpo in St Petersburg, Russia.
Over the years the PTFair has secured its status as the main industry event in Russian thanks
to becoming a reliable marketing
tool for evolving businesses... [Read More]