Latest Machinery Trade News: 6/23/13

Monday, June 24, 2013

Metrology expert, Taylor Hobson, surface finishing specialist, RÃ¶sler, and grinding machine maker Haas Schleifmaschinen will jointly address the manufacture of medical implants at an event being held at RÃ¶sler's Prescot, Merseyside facility... [Read More]

Lighter marking gun

The new portable P123 marking gun from SIC Marking is particularly suited to the marking of heavy or large parts.
Made from robust and durable materials, it offers an all-new cast aluminium grip for a comfortable hold and easy placement... [Read More]

NPL open lab facility

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK's principal measurement institute, has opened a new laboratory at the University of Huddersfield's 3M Buckley Innovation Centre.
The NPL laboratory is equipped with a range of modern inspection equipment, including a co-ordinate measurement... [Read More]

New man at DMG/Mori

Peter Smith has been appointed regional sales manager (south) for DMG/Mori Seiki UK.
His knowledge and experience is drawn from having operated in the UK machine tool sales market for the past 15 years, latterly specialising... [Read More]

Lantek heat up coffee making

With the help of Lantek's sheet metal CADCAM software, Birmingham-based coffee machine manufacturer, Fracino, has implemented the latest profiling technology in the shape of an Amada Alpha III 3kW laser cutter.
"Although the Amada was pre-owned, it was a major investment for our company," says Paul Gurevitch-Beacock, sheet metal manager. "I have had around nine years... [Read More]

Train plant build starts

Hitachi has signed a turnkey contract with Merchant Place Developments for the construction and fitting out of its new Â£82m rolling stock manufacturing plant at Newton Aycliffe.
Construction will begin at the end of this year, with production due to start in 2016 when the plant will begin producing the first batch... [Read More]

Third Hermle for tooling company

A third Hermle C30U five-axis machining centre has been installed at Seco Tools UK for manufacturing bespoke tooling.
The Germanbuilt machine, supplied by Geo Kingsbury Machine Tools, is different from the other two in that it is equipped with a manual Erowa system to help the operator load and unload pallets, rather than having a pallet... [Read More]

Bank sponsors reshoring initiative

US Bank Equipment Finance has announced that it will sponsor the 'Reshoring Initiative', a Chicago-based organisation that aims to educate manufacturers on the benefits of bringing overseas operations back to the US.
US Bank Equipment Finance provides lease financing for metalcutting, fabrication, plastics... [Read More]

Plasma cutting on the move

ESAB is launching its PowerCut 700 portable plasma cutting package for use on all electrically conductive materials in production, assembly, repair and maintenance applications.
The system is said to be well balanced with a comfortable carrying handle, although... [Read More]

Rollomatic USA celebrate 20 years

Rollomatic is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its incorporation in the US.
Headquartered in Switzerland, the CNC machine tool manufacturer was incorporated in the state of Illinois on 8 June... [Read More]

Kammetal make history with Trumpf

On 10 May 2013 the spire for the new 'One World Trade Center' was installed in New York City and with it, Trumpf customer Kammetal-Kusack Architectural Metal Inc secured its place in history.
Kammetal, an architectural and ornamental metal fabricator based in Brooklyn, fabricated the top 12m of the spire and pinnacle of the new building.
The spire's glass and... [Read More]

Marked progress at DMM

Electrox is now helping climbing equipment expert, DMM Wales, to ensure traceability on its carabiners and other essential mountaineering equipment.
Due to the high risk nature of the product's operating environment, accurate and indelible marking is required for traceability purposes, and DMM must conform to a number of industry standards, including CE certification, ANSI and CSA... [Read More]

Signed, sealed and delivered

Cross Manufacturing of Devizes has invested in a second large Puma 480 lathe from Mills CNC for manufacturing high performance brush seals used by the aerospace and power generation sectors.
The latest Puma lathe brings the total number of Doosan CNC lathes on site to five, further demonstrating... [Read More]

$200m loco factory

Canadian train and aircraft manufacturer Bombardier Transportation will build a US$200m locomotive plant in the Russian city of Engels.
The plant will be launched in 2015 and the projected capacity will... [Read More]

Bosch start boiler plant

The Bosch Group has laid the foundation stone for its new 'Thermotechnology' production plant in Engels, Russia.
Bosch- and Buderus- branded industrial hot water and domestic heating boilers will be produced at Engels starting in the first quarter... [Read More]

Delcam Electrode benefits Cavalier

Switching to Delcam Electrode software for the design and manufacture of its electrodes has saved time and money for Cavalier Tools.
The Windsor, Ontariobased company has gone from outsourcing about $600,000 a year on EDM to pulling all that work back in-house with a single OPS Ingersol machine and Delcam's software.
Cavalier Tools creates 200 or more moulds per year, most... [Read More]

Digital boring head range complete

The Swiss manufacturer of modular tooling systems, Kaiser Precision Tooling, has been introducing digital boring head options to its range since 2010, beginning with the smaller diameter tools.
Now, new additions covering the middle and large diameters mean that the company today offers a boring head with digital readout to cover the full product spectrum... [Read More]

Dugard report on AM 2013

Dugard says it enjoyed a successful time at the recent Advanced Manufacturing 2013 exhibition at the NEC earlier this month.
Although the company reports that the show wasn't as busy as Southern Manufacturing earlier this year, the quality of visitors was exceptional, with good quality leads... [Read More]

Grinding wheels last 30% longer

Grinding wheel specialist, Saint-Gobain Abrasives, has launched a new bond named Norton Vitrium3.
Incorporated within the company's latest vitrified grinding wheels, the task of the bond matrix is to hold in place the abrasive grains, which can be of various types from the proprietary Norton Quantum ceramic to conventional aluminium oxide.
Saint-Gobain Abrasives' R&D division spent three years developing and... [Read More]

Mazak host Prince of Wales

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales visited Yamazaki Mazak's European headquarters in Worcester earlier this month.
He was greeted by group managing director Europe, Marcus Burton, and deputy group managing director, Hiroyuki Yamazaki.
The tour included Mazak's European Technology... [Read More]

Mecmesin acquire Blackthorn assets

Expanding its portfolio to include a new CNC machining service, Horshambased Mecmesin, a supplier of force and torque testing equipment, has acquired the assets of Blackthorn Precision Engineering.
The move has seen Mecmesin create a new enlarged... [Read More]

Factory 2050 gets green light

The University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) has secured funding for a new Â£43m state-of-the-art research factory, to meet the future needs of aerospace and other high value manufacturing industries.
The AMRC Factory 2050 will be the UK's first fully reconfigurable assembly and component manufacturing facility... [Read More]