Latest Machinery Trade News: 7/21/13

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Cottrill & Co is conducting an online auction of various machine tools and equipment... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of equipment used previously by a major subcontractor... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of equipment used previously by FJ Wilkinson, Stockton-on-Tees, UK... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is staging an online auction of assets located in Oiartzun, Spain... [Read More]
Edward Symmons is facilitating an online auction of equipment used formerly by Thales Avionics, Leicester, UK... [Read More]

High productivity turning

The new Nakamura Tome NTJ-100 is a fast B-axis, twin-turret, twin-spindle milling and turning centre that features a number of innovative features.
For instance, the angular positioning capability of the B-axis turret configuration typically gives much shorter cycle times on components than an ATC-type machine due to its short chip-to-chip times.
The small dodecahedral, servodriven turrets give a... [Read More]

ACT release spotting tool

For chamfering and spot drilling holes prior to tapping operations, Advanced Carbide Tooling (ACT) has launched the new W Spotting series of cutting tools from Nine9.
This radical new concept eliminates the requirement... [Read More]

GFAC launch die sink EDMs

GF AgieCharmilles has introduced a new range of Form 20 and Form 30 EDM die sink machines.
Despite being pitched at entry level, the machines have a... [Read More]

DRO with Bluetooth

The UK agent for Sylvac, Bowers Metrology, has launched the D300s Bluetooth Smart digital readout unit from the Swiss metrology manufacturer.
Sylvac's new digital readout unit benefits from the latest wireless transmission technique â€" Bluetooth Low... [Read More]

CFS merge with AEP

CFS Aeroproducts Ltd, an aircraft component repair and overhaul facility, says it has merged with AEP (Aero Engineering & Powerplant Ltd).
Under the terms of the agreement... [Read More]

Pryor appoint Russian distributor

Following an extremely successful first collaboration at the recent Metalloobrabotka 2013 trade show, Pryor Marking Technology has appointed Moscow-based InterTulMash as a new distributor in Russia.
At the show, requests were received for demonstration and testing equipment, as well... [Read More]

Success with Samsung lathe

Bolton-based subcontractor, Beldam Crossley, has acquired a Samsung PL25MC turning centre with driven tools from Dugard.
The machine is producing steel materials from exotic steels with irregular shapes.
"We wanted a lathe that was both heavy duty and also available on a short lead-time," explains... [Read More]

ALM automate machining

Newton Aycliffe-based aerospace subcontractor, ALM Products, has installed three Fanuc Robodrill machining centres, one of which is teamed up with a Fanuc M-10iA robot for unmanned production.
The Fanuc robot loads from a pallet stacked with up to 1000 parts for machining, into the Robodrill T21 machining centre.
"We originally invested in Fanuc Robodrills because we knew that to manufacture our components in-house... [Read More]

Round table Q&A at EMO

Visitors to the EMO 2013 machine tool exhibition in Hanover are to be invited to a machine tool 'round table', a question and answer session with Scott Walker president of Mitsui Seiki USA.
Key elements of the event will be a briefing on the current trends in the machine tool industry as well as new technologies under development by... [Read More]

Avingtrans invest

Nottingham-based engineering group Avingtrans has acquired the UK operation of US-based Exterran, which is based in Walsall.
The principal activity of the acquired business is the design, fabrication and installation of products for the global oil and gas market.
In the financial year ended 31 December 2012, Exterran UK reported... [Read More]

Bilz to import Diebold

As of 1 July, Bilz Tool USA will serve as importer of Diebold products, including the company's ThermoGrip toolholders, high precision spindles and tooling gauges. Bilz and Diebold products will be shipped from inventory in the US... [Read More]

Young designers praised by MTA

The future of Britain's engineering-based manufacturing looks bright if the quality of the finalists at this year's TDI Challenge was anything to go by.
The annual awards, organised by the Manufacturing Technologies Association, recognise the very best engineering projects produced by Britain's 14-19 year olds.
The final judging was held at the Worcester factory and technology centre... [Read More]

Delcam top CAM list, again

The latest NC software market analysis report from US analysts CIMdata shows that, in 2012, Delcam again had the highest vendor revenues and received the highest enduser payments of all the CAM-centric companies.
This means that the company has completed 13 years as the worldâ€™s leading specialist supplier of CAM software and services, having first achieved... [Read More]

Ultra-robust turning centre

Korea's largest independent machine tool builder, Hwacheon, has introduced the Hi-Tech 450, a CNC turning centre said to be stronger and heavier than typical mid-sized competitor models.
Available in the UK from distributor, Ward Hi-Tech, the new machine features all-boxway guides, a gearbox-driven main spindle and 10-15" chuck options.
This robust design strategy... [Read More]

Roemheld plan ahead

Terry O'Neill has been appointed as the managing director of workholding specialist, Roemheld (UK) Ltd.
He shares the role with incumbent managing director, Bill Neal, who will retire at the end of 2014.
In his new role, Mr Oâ€™Neill, who was previously southern area sales... [Read More]

Mollart win 40th China order

UK-based Mollart Engineering says it has recently taken its 40th order for deep hole drilling machines to be installed in China.
The order for a DrillSprint machine will produce automotive... [Read More]

PTG select Meta Vision

Laser tracking equipment manufactured by Meta Vision Systems is being integrated into the latest generation of friction stir welding (FSW) machines built by PTG Heavy Industries at its Elland factory in West Yorkshire.
As a result, the globally exported Powerstir FSW machine range may now be controlled automatically... [Read More]

MTI install five VMCs

Watford-based aerospace specialist MTI has acquired five Matchmaker vertical machining centres supplied by Matchmaker CNC.
Installed at the company's Kings Langley machining facility, the machines have been set to work on a contract producing parts for wing de-icing systems used on the Boeing Dreamliner at a rate of 10 sets per month. The company prefers the versatility and costeffectiveness of vertical... [Read More]

Industrial extraction unit

Flextraction, a specialist in the dust and fume extraction industry, has introduced its Laminar Flow Booth, a modular unit available in 2, 4 or 6m widths. Suitable in environments where dust generation is unavoidable, cannot be contained or collected at source, it is designed to... [Read More]

Easy upgrade for driven tooling

The cost of replacing driven tooling can be prohibitive, but with WNT's introduction of Modifix the need to purchase the spindle units has been eliminated as the adaptors will fit any standard ER collet-type driven tooling system.
Modifix adaptors provide a low cost route to enhancing or replacing existing stocks of driven tooling for engineering companies and have the added advantage of being available with side-lock and shell mill fittings, as well as... [Read More]

CAM shapes success at Reverie

Colchester-based Reverie Ltd, a producer of carbon fibre parts for the motorsport sector, is now using HyperMill CAM software supplied by Open Mind Technologies.
The investment has resulted in new revenue streams that have seen the company increase its turnover by 30% in the past 12 months while becoming less reliant... [Read More]

JM take second MultiSwiss

During EMO 2011, a new concept of machine that forms a link between sliding headstock lathes and multi-spindle machines was unveiled by Tornos.
At the time, a Tornos customer in France, Joseph Martin SA, was the first company to be used as a test bed for the MultiSwiss 6x14 turning machine. Now, Joseph Martin has purchased a second MultiSwiss machine, this time a chucking variant.
â€œWe asked Tornos if it was possible to reverse the cycle to facilitate loading of the workpiece and we worked closely... [Read More]

Machine tool industry growth

A recently released report by the CSMF (Brazil Chamber for Machine Tools) suggests that 2013 is set to record further growth in the Brazilian machine tool industry.
According to industry data, Brazilian production of machine tools stood... [Read More]