Monday, May 20, 2013
Triple celebration
Triple celebration
Engis, a supplier of superabrasive finishing systems, is celebrating three different anniversaries in 2013: the 75th anniversary of the Wheeling, Illinois-based Engis Corporation USA... [Read More]600 UK open doors
600 UK open doors
600 UK will showcase its entire range of advanced CNC turning centres, manual/CNC teach lathes and manual centre... [Read More]Output beats forecasts
Output beats forecasts
UK industrial production was stronger than forecast in March, official figures show, boosted by the performance of the manufacturing sector.The Office for National... [Read More]
3000 attend Haas open house
3000 attend Haas open house
The recent HaasTec 2013 open house attracted nearly 3000 visitors to the company's headquarters and manufacturing facility in Oxnard, California.The four-day event drew customers from 44 different countries, including the USA, Canada, China, India, Korea, Latin America, the Middle East... [Read More]
Hardinge acquire Forkardt
Hardinge acquire Forkardt
Hardinge says it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Forkardt from Illinois Tool Works for $34m in a negotiated transaction.The acquisition will be funded with a combination of cash and debt.
With well-established brands, Forkardt includes companies that are global providers of precision workholding... [Read More]
Edgecam release Workflow
Edgecam release Workflow
A new application in Edgecam software has been designed to help manufacturers reduce costs, improve quality and achieve shorter lead times.Known as Workflow, Edgecam say that operators will be able to apply toolpaths within seconds.
Workflow tools aid in loading and positioning the component, choosing the manufacturing method and suitable machine tools... [Read More]
Simoldes Group select Delcam
Simoldes Group select Delcam
The Simoldes Group of Portugal, Europe's largest mouldmaking company, has standardised on Delcam's PowerMill CAM software for the manufacture of its tooling.Simoldes specialises in mould tools for the automotive... [Read More]
Manufacturing collaboration
Manufacturing collaboration
Aberdeen-based Schoolhill Hydraulic Engineering has signed a new manufacturing collaboration agreement with Teessidebased fabrication company, Francis Brown Engineering.The agreement will enable the companies, which provide parts for the oil, gas, chemical and offshore energy... [Read More]
MACH to feature World Skills
MACH to feature World Skills
The MACH 2014 exhibition in Birmingham will be hosting the regional heats of the apprentice competition, World Skills.The inclusion of the event is a significant first for MACH â€" the competition will be held in a dedicated area within... [Read More]
Mollart win £4.8m contract
Mollart win £4.8m contract
Mollart Engineering has secured a major long term export contract worth over £4.8m to supply high specification twin-spindle gun-drills.The machines will be supplied over a two-year period to a European fuel injection company and its subsuppliers around the... [Read More]
New tooling hits the UK
New tooling hits the UK
A new company in the cutting tool supply world, Werkztool, is set to hit UK shores.The company is currently setting up its UK wide... [Read More]
Ward Hi-Tech at AM 2013
Ward Hi-Tech at AM 2013
CNC machine tool distributor Ward Hi-Tech is exhibiting for the first time at the Advanced Manufacturing show (stand AM80), which is co-located with the Subcon 2013... [Read More]Ondrives shift into top gear
Ondrives shift into top gear
Chesterfield, UK-based Ondrives, a specialist in the manufacture of precision gears and gearboxes, will now produce precision ground gears in-house following the acquisition of a German-built Niles ZE400 gear profile grinding supplied by HK Technologies.“We already had gear hobbing... [Read More]
Heidenhain sponsor students
Heidenhain sponsor students
Heidenhain GB has awarded a series of scholarships to enable students to attend the recent Lamdamap laser metrology, machine tool, co-ordinate measuring machine and robotic performance conference at the Kavli Royal Society International... [Read More]£200k investment at Metalweb
£200k investment at Metalweb
Birmingham-based Metalweb, a stockist of specialist metals including aluminium alloys and stainless steels, has made a major commitment to its future by investing over £200,000... [Read More]Vargus extend Mini-V
Vargus extend Mini-V
The Vargus Groovex Mini-V range of indexable carbide inserts for mini grooving, boring and threading applications has been extended to include larger bore work with minimum bores from 14 to 16mm.Furthermore... [Read More]
A vice of some virtue
A vice of some virtue
Visitors to Autogrip Machinery's stand at the recent TIMTOS exhibition in Taiwan were able to see first-hand the largest three-jaw power chuck the company has ever produced (1600 mm diameter).Autogrip is represented exclusively in the UK and Ireland... [Read More]
Free training at Seco
Free training at Seco
Seco Tools is hosting free training courses throughout 2013 at its North American headquarters in Troy, Michigan as part of the Seco Technical Education Program (STEP).Courses combine classroom discussion with handson training.
The four-hour... [Read More]
Encouraging growth figures
Encouraging growth figures
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on manufacturing for the first quarter show that the capital goods sector was 1.9% ahead of the level it reached at the end of the first quarter in 2012.The output figures confirm the trend identified in the recent MTA Business Survey, which showed Britain's engineering-based manufacturing companies... [Read More]
Horn is first port of call
Horn is first port of call
Arbroath-based Weatherford International has switched to Horn Cutting Tools to optimise the machining of port details on oil well drilling equipment.The port details were previously machined using a multiple insert form tool followed by a single point thread milling tool.
Cutting trials by... [Read More]
Zimmermann unveil FZ33
Zimmermann unveil FZ33
Economical production of wind turbine rotor blades, aircraft structurals, automotive models and patterns, boat structures, and large moulds and tools are some of the applications for which the new Germanbuilt Zimmermann FZ33 5-axis machining centre is suitable.Components can be accommodated within a working volume from 3 to 40m in... [Read More]
Robotmounted CMM 3D scanners
Robotmounted CMM 3D scanners
Creaform, a specialist in portable 3D measurement solutions and 3D engineering services, has launched the MetraScan-R series of robotmounted optical CMM 3D scanners for automated inspection on and off the production line.The scanners are offered in two versions... [Read More]
Gulf rail project alerts global supply chain
Gulf rail project alerts global supply chain
The GCC railway network, with a total length of 2117 km, will start construction by 2014 and be operational by 2017/2018, says Dr Ramiz Al Assar, senior adviser to the GCC (Gulf Co-operation Council) Secretariat General and senior transport specialist at the... [Read More]
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