Latest Machinery Trade News: 6/2/13

Monday, June 03, 2013

GoIndustry DoveBid is hosting an online collective auction (IMEM #141)... [Read More]
1st Machinery is offering various machines from UK sites as part of a collection auction... [Read More]
Peak Asset Sales is facilitating an online auction of equipment used previously by A2B Plastics, Colwyn Bay, UK... [Read More]
Cooney Industrial is staging a tender sale of equipment used previously by Milltown Engineering, Garryhill, Ireland... [Read More]
Van Beusekom is conducting an online execution sale of machinery used previously by Sareco BV, Nijmegen, Netherlands... [Read More]

CADCAM tie-up

Edgecam Solid Machinist has reinforced its CAM-partner credentials by gaining 2014 certification from Autodesk Inventor and Autodesk Vault.
Using the Edgecam add-in for Autodesk Inventor, the CAD model is sent to Edgecam Solid Machinist for feature finding and CAM application processes.
As Edgecam loads the Inventor model directly, without using a translator, there is no data loss.
Any changes... [Read More]

Zoller to open doors

Zoller UK is to stage a series of demonstration days between 11 and 13 June at its Derby facility to enable visitors to gauge the benefits of tool presetting and management software, the advantages of the growing trend in heat-shrink toolholding technology... [Read More]

High speed cast iron fishing

Developed to provide superior fracture resistance when turning and milling due to high orders of binding strength between the medium grain size particles of cubic boron nitride (CBN), the new Sumitomo Sumiboron BN7000 inserts are said to be suitable for high speed finishing... [Read More]

Material world at Seco

Best practice seminars on machining titanium, stainless steels, nickel and composites have been announced by Seco Tools.
The seminar programme comprises: titanium (26 June); stainless steels (4 July); nickel (25 September); and composites (23 October).
All events are free of charge and will take place at the company's UK headquarters in Alcester.
All four seminars combine practical machining demonstrations with keynote presentations... [Read More]

SGS install 8 Walter grinders

A battery of eight Walter multi-axis tool grinders and three Walter Helicheck tool measuring machines are at the heart of SGS Carbide Tool's new Â£6m facility in Wokingham for the manufacture of special-purpose solid carbide rotary cutting tools.
The machines include a Helitronic Vision with robot loader and 12-wheel changer.
"The functionality of Walter's tool manufacturing technology is critical to the success... [Read More]

Party marks milestone

Friction welding machine specialist, Thompson, has celebrated a golden milestone with a party for more than 500 staff, customers and suppliers.
The company organised the fun-filled event at Dudley's Black Country Living Museum to mark the 50th anniversary of its first-ever friction weld.
Ex-workers from Thompson's original site in Ettingshall... [Read More]

SIC introduce Laser L-Box

The new Laser L-Box from SIC Marking is said to be a compact and easy-to-use marking system that fits easily on a workbench.
Equipped with an ytterbium-doped fibre laser source, its power allows it to produce high contrast markings in milliseconds.
The Laser L-Box marks metals of all types (including steel, aluminium, stainless steel and titanium), composites, ceramics... [Read More]

BEL buy Â£2.5m Skoda borer

Cramlington, Northumberlandbased BEL Engineering, a new division of British Engines Ltd, is about to install a Skoda HCW 2-200 horizontal floor boring and milling machine.
Costing more than Â£2.5m, the impressive new machine boasts XYZ axis travels of 10,500 by 4000 by 1300mm.
The machine also features an angular milling attachment, facing head and full five-axis head.
"Based on growing requests for large capacity... [Read More]

AM group

The European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) has launched a new sector group focusing on additive manufacturing (AM) within the European powder metallurgy industry.
The group... [Read More]

Avon CNC offer Romai

Avon CNC has announced a new partnership with precision tooling supplier Romai.
The company will now supply Romai products exclusively in the UK.
Based in Germany, Romai manufacture... [Read More]

New MD at Bowers

The Bowers Group has appointed Geoff Jackson to the position of managing director, with overall responsibility for the Bowers, Baty, Moore & Wright and CV Instruments brands... [Read More]

Faro measure up at KLB

Herbolzheim, Germanybased KLB Blech in Form GmbH has acquired a Faro Fusion portable measuring arm to measure welded parts, punched and curved parts, and prototypes. The large amount of time needed for re-measuring various component details simplified the decision in favour of the 3D measuring... [Read More]

HMC for aerospace market

The Japanese machine tool manufacturer, Makino, has introduced a new, automatic pallet changer to its a61nx horizontal machining centre and added a fifth computer controlled axis, boosting productivity by reducing idle times and the number of component set-ups needed.
The machine now has a -110/+180Â° B-axis in addition to the 360Â° C-axis rotary table and is available in the UK through sole agent, NCMT... [Read More]

Sunday, June 02, 2013

Red Bull extend Hexagon contract

Hexagon Metrology has renewed its 'Innovation Partnership' contract with Red Bull Technology, which now runs until the end of 2015.
The partnership means that aside from using production products from Hexagon Metrology, Red Bull Technology engineers are also involved with... [Read More]

XYZ help Seeco diversify

The installation of a ProtoTrak LPM vertical machining centre supplied by XYZ Machine Tools has enabled an established sheet metal and fabrication subcontractor, Seeco UK, to take its first step into component machining as part of its expansion plans to create a one-stop production facility at its Bedford headquarters.
The machine has helped deliver savings on subcontracting... [Read More]

Confidence builds

Manufacturers continue to expect strong output growth in the next three months, according to the CBI's latest monthly Industrial Trends Survey.
While the survey of 404 firms found that output growth was broadly flat over the three months to May, the outlook is much brighter for the next quarter, with... [Read More]

Right for graphite

Oldbury-based Tokai Carbon Europe has invested in a new Doosan Puma 2600SY turning centre supplied by Mills CNC to help it produce complex graphite parts.
The machine is equipped with a 4000 rpm main... [Read More]

Grip force measurement

The regular verification of chuck clamping force is vital for a safe, precise and productive machining process.
Those facing tough competition can no longer afford to manufacture with 'theoretical' clamping forces.
Modern standards and regulations demand... [Read More]

Kawasaki switch to aqueous cleaning

A Â£500,000 upgrade and reorganisation of the pump manufacturing section at Kawasaki Precision Machinery (UK), coupled with a steady increase in production volumes, has prompted the Plymouth manufacturer to replace solvent cleaning machines at the beginning of last year with aqueous models from Mafac.
The three machines were supplied by Turbex, following extensive trials at its Alton showroom... [Read More]

WNT extend student support

Following on from the success of its partnership with the 4x4 In Schools Technology Challenge, which encourages children aged between 11 and 19 to design and manufacture a 4x4 off-road remote control vehicle, cutting tool specialist WNT UK has increased... [Read More]

Whiteley Brooks select Hardinge

Four Hardinge/ Bridgeport XR 1000 vertical machining centres with five-axis capability are the latest machinery investments by Coventry-based Whiteley Brooks Engineering, a subcontractor renowned for manufacturing and adapting high performance... [Read More]

Hwacheon Europe grand opening

Hwacheon Machine Tools has completed the Grand Opening of its European Technical Centre in Bochum, Germany.
Designed as a European base that will provide technical advice and applications support, the new Hwacheon European Technical Centre will also deliver services such as distributor training, parts holding and showroom facilities.
It is estimated that the spatiallydesigned showroom has capacity for up to 20 medium-to-large Hwacheon machine tools when fully populated.
Among the 450 people in attendance were Mr YD Kwon (president of Hwacheon Machine Tools Korea) and Mr... [Read More]

Toyoda introduce HMC

Billed as a 'new world' horizontal machining centre by machine builder Toyoda, the FH800SX-i offers a Z-axis stroke of 1550mm, 1009Nm of torque to the 30kW, BT50 spindle and 54m/min rapid traverse rates achieved with an acceleration of 4.9m/sec².
Also include is a thermal stabilisation package at the end of the... [Read More]

Aquasub benefit from Ballbar test

Aquasub Engineering of Coimbatore, India, one of the largest pump manufacturers in Asia, has acquired a QC20-W ballbar from Renishaw to reduce maintenance costs, increase capacity and reduce scrap.
With up to 18 separate geometric, plug and dynamic errors diagnosed, the system gives far more reliable diagnosis than the company's previous practice.
To reduce the necessity of purchasing new machines, Aquasub wants to maintain... [Read More]