Latest Machinery Trade News: 6/30/13

Saturday, July 06, 2013

Walker Singleton is facilitating a tender sale of machinery used previously by JMW Aluminium Ltd, Newcastle, UK... [Read More]
IAG is conducting an online auction of equipment used previously by INECSA, Girona, Spain... [Read More]
1st Machinery is hosting an online auction of selected equipment from its Leicester auction house... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of various machine tools... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is staging an online auction (IMEM #142) of manufacturing, metalworking and heavy machinery assets... [Read More]

Fresh start for Haas

Last month, an open house at the Milan facility of RF Celada Macchine Utensili SpA, inaugurated the latest Haas Factory Outlet (HFO) in Europe, and publicly became the exclusive distributor of Haas CNC machine tools and rotary indexers in Italy.
â€œWeâ€™re delighted to be working with RF Celada, the biggest and best... [Read More]

EDMs enter British market

EDM specialist CNC International has been appointed sole UK and Ireland agent for a number of machine tool manufacturers looking to break into the British market.
The company now supplies new wire erosion machines from Seibu and Accutex... [Read More]

Glebar appoint president

Grinding machine specialist, Glebar, has appointed a new executive management team with Adam Cook named president of the company.
Mr Cook served most recently as head of investment banking for... [Read More]

PC-DMIS 2013

Hexagon Metrology has announced the launch of PC-DMIS 2013, a significant development release of the metrology software.
Among the enhancements, PC-DMIS 2013 rolls out a major new feature, Width Construction, which facilitates the construction of width features from two opposing sides of a notch, tab, or other similar surface.
This new construction is useful for GD&T applications that require the width as a datum in... [Read More]

USETEC set date for 2014

After the successful third edition of the World Trade Fair for Used Technology in April of this year, USETEC will open its doors to the world next year on 5-7 May in Cologne.
USETEC will present itself as 'stand alone' event with a clear focus on used machines and equipment for all areas of the manufacturing... [Read More]

Inca win mould press contract

Island Leisure Products (ILP), a specialist commercial moulder producing a range of products from recycled truck tyre rubber has ordered a 60 tonne, twin-ram hydraulic press from Inca Geometric.
The bespoke, twin-ram vertical hydraulic press installed at the Sittingbourne-based company has a 1600 by 900mm table... [Read More]

Hones on wheels

Apperley Honing decided that the best way to finish the bore of a large stainless steel valve body was to take the honing machine to the customer. The Â£250,000 sub-sea component weighed 4000kg and, taking into consideration its weight and value, moving it was not practical.
Destined for a liquefied gas project... [Read More]

Keeping the wheels turning

Specialising in the production of prototype components and complex small batch runs for the automotive sector, Birmingham-based Advanced Engineering (UK) Ltd has acquired three seats of Open Mind's HyperMill CAM software.
"Our MD didn't believe our existing software was up to the job, so to improve our quality he investigated and... [Read More]

Tornos plan open house

Turning machine specialist, Tornos, will stage an open house at its UK facility in Coalville on 15-17 October. The event will focus on efficient one-hit machining and the reduction of bar end waste.
Tornos will demonstrate its abilities to meet these demands with the first UK showing of... [Read More]

Funding approved for CiC

The Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) has been set up by the Government to help existing UK supply chains grow and achieve world class standards while encouraging major new suppliers to come and manufacture... [Read More]

100,000 technicians

The Government has announced a new initiative which will help create 100,000 registered engineering technicians by 2018.
Working through new and established apprentice schemes, the initiative aims to create 100,000 engineering technicians by giving... [Read More]

Gripfast takes hold

Pratt Burnerd International, a division of 600 UK, has launched its new Gripfast combination power chuck. Gripfast offers CNC lathe customers with a chuck, a collet chuck and a mandrel chuck, all combined in... [Read More]

Apprentice scheme award

Coventry-based Fanuc has been presented with a prestigious award by training business, Midland Group Training Services Limited (MGTS).
Supported by the Skills Funding Agency, a partner organisation of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), MGTS presents the award annually to businesses... [Read More]

Renishaw make progress

Renishaw has completed a further 66,000 sq ft refurbishment of production space at its Miskin site, located close to Cardiff.
The new area will provide the company with additional capacity for its assembly operations, which includes a dedicated area for the production of Renishaw's additive manufacturing machines... [Read More]

Mills go large at MACH

Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of Doosan machine tools in the UK and Ireland, has secured the largest stand at next year's MACH exhibition in Birmingham.
The 806 sq m stand booked by Mills in Hall 5 (stand... [Read More]

Sumitomo expand DGC range

Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal has expanded its DGC double-sided insert face milling cutter body range to accept high cutting efficiency SNMU eight corner inserts.
Alternatively the units can also take more economical (in cost-per-edge terms) 16 corner ONMU type inserts. The high precision dual-purpose cutter body has a stronger than normal rating against single-sided cutters and is... [Read More]

Free breakfast forum

Ceram is holding a free breakfast forum on surface modifications and functional coatings at its headquarters in Stoke-on-Trent.
Taking place on 12 July, the forum will focus on how material surfaces contribute greatly to product performance.
Furthermore, using case studies, the benefits of surface... [Read More]

More Feeler machines available

Two new product lines â€" a five-axis vertical machining centre and a vertical turning centre â€" will be launched by Feeler at the forthcoming EMO exhibition and available in the UK from the Engineering Technology Group from September.
Feeler's U600-5AX machining centre (pictured), which won 'Best in Show' at the TIMTOS exhibition earlier this year, is aimed at the general machining, mould and die... [Read More]

Do you qualify for RGF?

Machine tool supplier, Dugard, along with a finance partner, says it is able to accept grant applications under the Regional Growth Fund scheme.
Grants can be considered for SMEs unable to get finance on a standard agreement (with a 10% deposit plus VAT).
The grant can pay up to 20% of the machine price, which together with the 10% deposit, increases the deposit to 30% overall... [Read More]

Turbocharged tool production

Pforzheim, Germanybased Kleiner Stanztechnik GmbH produces more than 60 complex progressive form tools a year, and since switching to VISI for 3D tool design, the company has evolved an integrated process chain based on 3D data, covering everything from quotations, through to design and NC programming.
Today, the company has VISI Modelling and the cutting and stamping tool module VISI Progress, for processing, strip layout and tool construction.
There are three further VISI Machining installations in the production department.
Once the tool design is complete, manufacturing begins with all programs created... [Read More]

Leg up for Mantis

Mantis, the world's biggest operational allterrain hexapod robot, which was unveiled earlier this year, features 18 Rexroth 4WREE6 valves and an A10VO63DFR pump.
The 2.7m tall robot, which resembles a giant insect and can be driven remotely or piloted from the machine's cockpit, took four years to develop.
Rexroth 4WREE6 valves provide the integral function... [Read More]

Jaguar gain speed and precision

Jaguar Cars' manufacturing facility at Castle Bromwich has invested in a FaroArm Platinum portable CMM and Laser Line Probe for use in its body-in-white (BIW) department.
"In addition to the advantages gained by using the FaroArm Platinum tactile probe, we are able to quickly attach our Faro Laser Line Probe to the FaroArm... [Read More]

Ford double engine capacity

Ford took the latest step in its industrial expansion in Asia Pacific last week with the official opening of a US$500m engine plant in Chongqing at its joint venture with Changan Ford Automobile.
With an initial capacity of 400,000 units, the new Changan Ford engine plant... [Read More]

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Auction Spotlight

Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of machinery used formerly by a column and jib manufacturer... [Read More]
Hilco Industrial is staging a website and onsite auction of the assets of a wind tower manufacturing facility, Chattanooga, USA... [Read More]
IAG is conducting an online auction of equipment used previously by INECSA, Girona, Spain... [Read More]
1st Machinery is hosting an online auction of selected equipment from its Leicester auction house... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of various machine tools... [Read More]

Anodising equipment

Riley Surface World has announced a major site clearance of associated anodising plant and equipment from a world class manufacturer of surfacefinished aluminium coil based in Milton Keynes.
The sale, which is due to the restructuring of the company's production... [Read More]

CNC Indexing acquire MTA

CNC Indexing and Feeding Technologies of Mason, Ohio, has purchased MTA International, an importer, distributor and service provider for bar feeder and bar loader systems.
CNC Indexing will now conduct bar feeding equipment business out of MTA International's... [Read More]

Doncasters strike ASMP agreement?

UK-based Doncasters Group says it has signed a letter of intent to purchase Automatic SMP (ASMP), a manufacturer of internally threaded fasteners and precision components.
If acquired, ASMP will become an integral part of the growing aerospace fastener business for Doncasters. Doncasters currently provides aerospace... [Read More]

ANCA invest in Techni

Techni Waterjet's equity partner, the ANCA Group of Wixom, Michigan, has chosen to take up an option that will increase its stake in the Lenexa, Kansasbased company to 40%.
The increase will take place over the next two years, with further options to develop... [Read More]

Heavy workload for Quaser VMC

Since installing a threeaxis Quaser MV184E vertical machining centre, the toolmakers at Margam, south Wales-based plastic moulding experts Clean Plastic Mouldings (CPM) have transferred over 90% of their workload to the machine with significant improvements in repeatable accuracy and machining productivity.
Although developed... [Read More]

Index box clever

Ashford, Kent-based Index Enclosures has acquired a TruLaser 3030 Lean Edition laser cutting machine, a TruBend 5130 press brake, and associated software â€" all facilitated by a fiveyear hire purchase package from Trumpf Financial Services.
"Our team is unique in the enclosure market, serving sectors ranging from oil and gas to pharmaceuticals, and from highways to food and drink," says company investor, Daniel Baker... [Read More]

Sickness survey

Almost a third (30%) of the UK workforce has taken a day off sick over the past quarter according to new research from Adecco, with almost one in ten workers (9%) taking five days or more.
The research found that men battle through more than women - three quarters of men (74%) haven't taken any days off sick compared to 67% of women.
And surprisingly, the older the worker, the less chance of taking... [Read More]

Unison open new facility

A manufacturer of allelectric tube bending machines, Unison, has opened a new facility in Scarborough.
The 2200 sq m building more than doubles the company's production capacity and accelerates machine building times by around 15%.
One of the most important new features is a dedicated flow line for building machines, fitted with a gantry crane... [Read More]

CADCAM, in Turkish

Delcam Turkiye, the subsidiary in Istanbul formed by Delcam last year, has introduced a Turkish-language website, www.delcam.com.tr, to promote the company's CADCAM business in the country.
The site includes details on the range of software and support services provided by Delcam Turkiye and its resellers in the country.
Work is now under... [Read More]

Exact grinding

Coventry-based cutting tool manufacturer, Exactaform, has taken delivery of a Studer S33 universal grinder, supplied by Micronz.
According to Exactaform, "the machine's logical layout and... [Read More]

XYZ expand service support

With 17 years' previous experience as head of police transport, Martin Davis has been appointed as customer service manager at XYZ Machine Tool's headquarters in Burlescombe, Devon.
He joins the in-house customer support team of four plus 12 engineers deployed around the country with the brief to plan the development of customer communications and support.
Prior to... [Read More]

LVD dedicate to India

Sheet metalworking equipment specialist, LVD, has established LVD-Strippit India Pvt Ltd, a dedicated sales and service subsidiary based in Bangalore.
The new enterprise follows the joint venture of Magal Engineering and LVD India in 2008.
Narasinga Rao will serve as managing... [Read More]

Auto giants join forces

Two major auto part manufacturers, one from India and the other from Spain, are joining forces to create a new billion dollar global business.
India's largest automotive component manufacturer Mahindra Systech, part of the Mahindra Group, and Spanish auto parts supplier CIE Automotive SA have agreed to pool resources... [Read More]

Machined yoke adds flair

With a handful of races gone in the 2013 Monster Energy Motostar Championship, WNT UK-sponsored Sam Burman is still looking to improve both the performance and the look of her Honda Moto 3 machine.
The latest development in this fine tuning involves her making full use of the WNT technology centre and its selection of XYZ Machine tools, to improve the parts on her race bike.
The latest project was to manufacture a new... [Read More]

Manufacturers hold steady

Production orders among manufacturers were level in the three months to June, according to the latest CBI monthly Industrial Trends Survey.
The survey of over 400 manufacturers found that total orders and export order books were little changed... [Read More]

New man in the north

Robert Neat has been announced as the new, dedicated Dugard sales manager for northern England (and Wales).
Mr Neat decided to make the move to machine tool sales in December 2006 and hasn't looked back since.
His previous training and... [Read More]

Record month at SSC Laser

UK laser cutting specialist, SSC Laser, is celebrating an exceptional second quarter after revealing that it achieved a record Â£700,000 turnover in April.
Much of SSC Laser's performance has been attributed to the accomplishments of its recently established division in Aztec West, Bristol.
The new site is already exceeding its targets and proving to have been a wise move by the company... [Read More]

Supreme display

An up-rated Jones and Shipman 1000M cylindrical grinder from the new Suprema range will be one of four new grinding machines featured on the Hardinge Grinding Group stand D60 in Hall 11 at the 2013 EMO exhibition in Hanover, Germany (16-21 September).
Jones & Shipman will be exhibiting alongside its fellow Hardinge grinding experts Kellenberger, Hauser, Tschudin and, for the first time... [Read More]

Payne install five-axis mill

Precision subcontract specialist, Payne Plastics, has recently invested in a new five-axis machining centre from GF Agie Charmilles.
The machine, a HPM 450U with integrated seven-station pallet changer, is being used at the company's facility in Woodchester, Gloucestershire to machine complex, high precision parts predominantly, but not... [Read More]

CNC upgrade targets veteran machine

Birmingham-based grinding specialist, RefreshEng, has launched a re-engineered centreless grinder based on one of the world's most widely used machines, with the aid of software development support from CNC vendor NUM.
Controlled by NUM's Flexium CNC kernel, the upgrade solution converts any of the veteran Cincinnati 2-OM family of... [Read More]

Dah Lih enter compact five-axis market

Dah Lih, a long-time specialist in the design and manufacture of C-frame and portal-type machining centres with large table areas is launching the smallest five-axis model in its range - the DMX-320.
Available from UK distributor Ward Hi-Tech, the new machine features an innovative structural design to deliver high levels of rigidity and stability that belie its compact size.
The machine will suit any manufacturer producing complex, high quality machined parts to exacting tolerances.
Despite a footprint of just 2.85 by 2.8m, the new Dah Lih DMX-320... [Read More]

Lack of finance crippling UK innovation

Research commissioned by new product development contractor, Pera Technology, shows that a massive 91% of SMEs are failing to innovate via new product development (NPD) or commercial research, which potentially has severe implications for the UK's economic recovery and competitiveness.
The research reveals that only 8% of SMEs and only 2% of manufacturing and technology SMEs, are doing any product development or research... [Read More]

Gear cutting solutions seminar

F&H Machine Tools is set to host a Gleason gear solutions seminar on 9 July 2013 at the Iscar Conference Centre in Modderfontein on the outskirts of Johannesburg.
Gleason experts will be covering all aspects of gear generation during the... [Read More]