Latest Machinery Trade News: 6/9/13

Monday, June 10, 2013

MGR Appraisals is hosting an online auction of equipment used previously by Panel Technology Ltd... [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]
Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of machinery used formerly by First Components and others... [Read More]

Cutting tool coating service

Equipped with the only Cemecon HiPIMS (high power impulse magnetron sputter) coating chamber in the UK, Hardcoating Technologies is offering advanced cutting tool coating technology for drills and milling tools with a service that is set to create a stir in the industry.
Unlike the arc PVD process, which melts the coating... [Read More]

Quality indicator

The advent of an advanced wireless transmission technique â€" Bluetooth low energy (BLE) â€" has enabled Sylvac to design the first of a series of measuring instruments (S_Dial Work Nano Bluetooth Smart) that feature this innovative communication technology.
Sylvac has successfully integrated BLE components into its new indicator range, which now makes it possible to... [Read More]

AM start-up

Three engineers from Warwick are aiming to create a world class centre for additive manufacturing in the West Midlands.
Additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, is the process of making a 3D solid object of virtually any shape... [Read More]

Free CAM for SolidWorks

Delcam has launched a free version of its Gold-Certified 'Delcam for SolidWorks' integrated CAM system.
Delcam for SolidWorks XPRESS provides the essential 2D milling and drilling functionality available in Delcam for SolidWorks.
The product is intended... [Read More]

JBI take two more Doosans

Cwmbran-based subcontract specialist James Brown Industries, has installed two new 10" chuck/76mm bar capacity Doosan Puma 2600M lathes equipped with 22kW/3,500 rpm main spindles, 5.5kW/5,500 rpm driven tooling capability and 12-station turrets.
Supplied by Mills CNC, it brings the total number of Doosan models on site to 16.
"We welcome new ideas and encourage new ways of working," says managing director, Martin Brown.
"We use the expertise... [Read More]

Tagged for life

Using faulty or worn equipment can have dramatic consequences in the manufacturing sector, which is why regular inspections are often in place to avoid accidents resulting from using flawed equipment.
To help better-facilitate this process, Brady now offers practical visual tagging solutions to communicate inspection history on a broad range... [Read More]

Quick and accurate

Sometimes the simple things in life can make all the difference.
While a lot of focus may be given to the latest toolchanger or cutting technology that has gone into a machine tool, how much thought is given to positioning components? With this in mind, WDS has launched a new range of knurled index plungers for applications that require reliable and quick fastening of moving parts.
Ergonomically designed... [Read More]

Keep tabs on production

The recently introduced SwissNano automatic turning machine for small parts incorporates an application that allows machine production to be remotely monitored with a tablet.
Olivier Marchand, chief technology officer at Tornos says: "In what I think is a first for the industry, the SwissNano [or several SwissNanos] can communicate with an... [Read More]

Dassault to acquire Apriso

Dassault SystÃ¨mes, a France-headquartered specialist in 3D design software and PLM solutions, has announced its intent to acquire US-based Apriso, a provider of manufacturing software solutions, for approximately... [Read More]

Apprentice numbers climb

The National Apprenticeship Service says that in the engineering and manufacturing technology sector, the number of apprenticeship applications has increased by over 10% â€" 59,520 (Q3 2012/13) up from 53,650 (Q3 2011/12) â€" but the number of vacancies has... [Read More]

RTDC white paper

An authoritative new white paper on the importance of real time data capture (RTDC) and how to achieve it, has been published by Javelin â€" part of the Vero software group.
It highlights the business case for real time update information and the best ways of ensuring that manufacturers achieve this valuable business intelligence.
Javelin's white paper â€" the importance of real time data capture (and how... [Read More]

Â£100k waterjet at Exova

Testing and calibration specialist Exova has invested a six figure sum to provide customers with the latest abrasive waterjet cutting technology.
Exova has installed and commissioned a Maxiem 1515/40 hp waterjet cutting centre, which will give its Salford laboratory a significant increase... [Read More]

Haas name HFO and HTEC

Haas Automation Europe joined celebrations in Poland, at the opening of the country's latest Haas Factory Outlet (HFO) and Haas Technical Education Centre (HTEC), a combined teaching and demonstration facility at the RzeszÃ³w Polytechnic University in the southeast of the country.
The new HTEC is equipped with four Haas... [Read More]

World\'s largest all-electric tube bender

World's largest all-electric tube bender

Unison has received an order from Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a supplier of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines to the US Navy, for an all-electric CNC pipe bending machine capable of bending large-bore tubing up to 219mm in diameter.
The machine extends the shipbuilderâ€™s range of precision software-controlled... [Read More]

Hainbuch open new facility

Hainbuch America, the North American subsidiary of the Germany-based workholding technology supplier, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Germantown, Wisconsin.
The facility will serve markets in the US, Mexico and Canada.
Hainbuch says it has aggressive growth plans for the North American... [Read More]

MACH bookings on the rise

MACH 2014 exhibition bookings have now passed the 16,000 sq m mark, significantly higher than at the equivalent point in the build up to the 2012 show, says the organiser.
Confirmed and provisional exhibitors... [Read More]

Faro show staying power at Alstom

The accuracy and flexibility of a Faro Edge ScanArm portable CMM has helped improve the quality and repeatability of the critical measuring tasks performed by Stafford, UK-based Alstom Power Services and negated the need for expensive jigs and fixtures.
"Given that our... [Read More]

Laser resonator and control package

LVD has introduced a new Fanuc resonator and control package to select models of its CO2 laser cutting systems.
According to LVD, the fully integrated Fanuc 31i-L CNC control and i-C Series resonator... [Read More]

Workholding collaboration

A bespoke fixturing solution, for use in a new aerospace 'green button' cell, has been developed as a result of a major collaboration between Brown & Holmes and Roemheld UK.
One of the main goals of the new cell was to reduce the amount of manual intervention in the manufacturing process.
The fixtures would move the components through the mill-turn cell utilising... [Read More]

Ricardo gearup with HÃ¶fler

Vehicle systems specialist, Ricardo, has installed a HÃ¶fler Helix 400 SK gear grinding machine at its Midlands Technical Centre in Leamington Spa.
Supplied by UK agent, Micronz, the decision was based largely on the fact that Ricardo has enjoyed six years of reliable service and quality output from its existing HÃ¶fler Promat 400 SK profile gear grinder.
"Although our operators... [Read More]

PCML switch to turn-mills

The switch from producing components in separate set-ups on two-axis lathes and milling machines, to one-hit operations on two Miyano BNA-42 DHY seven-axis turnmill centres, has enabled Precise Component Manufacture Ltd (PCML) to be considerably more competitive in the production... [Read More]

Manufacturing alive and well

Held at Yamazaki Mazak's European headquarters in Worcester, the GTMA's Manufacturing UK 2013 event attracted over 120 visitors from many leading UK engineering and technology companies.
As well as visiting the exhibition zone, which featured 38 of the association's members, visitors were able to listen to... [Read More]

Machine tool exports to China increase

Exports of machine tools to China are increasing according to new data released last week by the China Machine Tool and Tool Builders' Association.
Although China's own machine tool industry is struggling to demonstrate consistent growth, imports of metalcutting machine tools have pushed up, showing... [Read More]