Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of equipment owned previously by a Nottinghamshire, UK-based injection mould toolmaker... [Read More]
Heritage Global Partners is hosting an online auction of equipment used formerly at a power plant in Stade, Germany... [Read More]
1st Machinery is facilitating an online auction of equipment used previously by Bodycote, Neath, UK... [Read More]
Troostwijk is staging an online auction of assets owned previously by steel plate processor, Oxybel, Liège, Belgium... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is conducting a private treaty sale of a hydraulic blanking press line used by Renault Trucks, Vénissieux, France... [Read More]

Large fiveaxis VMC

Large fiveaxis VMC

Having enjoyed its best year to date, DTS UK Ltd has announced the launch of the new LU800 five-axis machining centre with large working envelope.
Built with a trunnion table, the LU800 offers engineers a working capacity of 800mm in the X-axis and 900mm in the Y-axis.
To support this capacity, the machine boasts a... [Read More]

2D CNC offer Wele AA65

2D CNC offer Wele AA65

2D CNC is launching in the UK the first Wele AA65 series comprising four precision vertical machining centres that each have Y- and Z-axis travels of 650 by 600mm but with X-axis options of 900mm on the AA965, 1100mm on the AA1165, 1300mm on the AA1365 and 1500mm... [Read More]

Three from Spinner

Three from Spinner

Three entry-level, fiveaxis machining centres have been introduced by Spinner. Called the U5 Compact series, they are cost-optimised versions of the established 620, 1520 and 2520 models that have been sold since the late 2000s.
Available in the UK through sole agent, Whitehouse Machine Tools, the machines claim to lower the five-axis investment threshold... [Read More]

Fast turnkey response

Fast turnkey response

When subcontractor Vineham Engineering urgently needed extra capacity to take on a new contract, Feeler UK, part of the Engineering Technology Group (ETG), was able to provide a turnkey machine within weeks.
The Feeler HV800 vertical machining centre installed at the Swindonbased company is able to carry out the work twice as fast as... [Read More]

F1 Mazak partnership extended

F1 Mazak partnership extended

Formula One team, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, has further extended its contract with Yamazaki Mazak.
The agreement ensures that Mazak continues in its role as the sole official supplier of CNC machine tools to Vodafone McLaren Mercedes for a further three years.
Mazak has supplied the team since 1999 and currently has a total of 25 machines installed at the McLaren Technology Centre in Surrey, including multi-tasking... [Read More]

Fanuc take spindle from ITC

Fanuc take spindle from ITC

A strategic partnership has been struck up between Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) and Fanuc.
The Coventry-based machine tool manufacturer recently retrofitted a high speed spindle from Air Turbine Technology (ATT) to a threeaxis Robodrill machining centre to increase spindle speeds from the standard 10,000 rpm to 50,000 rpm.
Supplied by ITC, the ATT 625... [Read More]

Ajax launch five-axis VMC

Ajax launch five-axis VMC

Southern Manufacturing 2014 will mark the first showing by Ajax Machine Tools International of its new five-axis vertical machining centre which is priced at under £80,000.
The move into five-axis technology with the Ajax V700-5X under Heidenhain TNC 620 control follows the success of the three/four-axis version of the... [Read More]

Scharmann unveil ultra-fast VMCs

Scharmann unveil ultra-fast VMCs

Two new Ecospeed machining centres from Dörries Scharmann (part of the Starrag group) have been announced to extend the range of machines that utilise the company's innovative parallel kinematic head for high metal removal rates: a 4 tonne aluminium billet can be transformed into a 120kg complex structural part in less than 20 hours when an Ecospeed... [Read More]

New milestone in complex part machining

New milestone in complex part machining

German machine tool manufacturer Hedelius has introduced the Tiltenta 7, a tilting spindle machining centre with integrated NC indexing table.
Available in the UK from Dugard, the T7 is said to be extremely versatile.
Among numerous design innovations is the combination of an infinitely pivoting main spindle and indexing table.
The latter features a 750mm faceplate diameter and an interference... [Read More]

Fanuc merge in Americas

Fanuc merge in Americas

Fanuc has officially merged all of its operations in the Americas into a single company named Fanuc America Corporation.
The new company, headquartered in Rochester Hills, Michigan, will be led by Rick Schneider who will serve as president and CEO.
Mr Schneider previously served as president... [Read More]

$130m Chery engine plant

$130m Chery engine plant

Chinese automaker Chery has confirmed the construction of an engine plant near Brazil's Jacarei (São Paulo) vehicle assembly and supplier park.
The investment will... [Read More]

Seminars announced

Seminars announced

The free technical seminar programme for Southern Manufacturing 2014 at Farnborough on 12-13 February has been announced to run on both days of the show.
Among the highlights, Tim Scurlock from Automotive Lean Consulting will be looking at how lean concepts can be applied to the elimination of waste in manufacturing... [Read More]

Multi-sensor measuring system launched

Multi-sensor measuring system launched

With the introduction of the new Optiv Performance 443 measuring system, Hexagon Metrology now offers a complete multi-sensor package in the mid-price range.
The system features the tactile LSP-X1 high speed scanning sensor, touch-trigger probes, a variety of optical sensors and the optional Dual... [Read More]

Trumpf UK set record

Trumpf UK set record

The Trumpf financial year runs from July to June and the company has not only confirmed steady growth since the summer but also its highest order intake ever in November.
Indeed, one of the nine fibre laser... [Read More]

Cutting through lead-times

Cutting through lead-times

In the wake of heightening demand, Perth-based Ox Engineering, a provider of products, parts, repairs and services for drill rigs used in mining and exploration, has invested in a new Haco Kompakt 4020 CNC plasma cutting machine with patented Hypertherm technology to bring plate cutting in-house and help alleviate growing lead-times.
According to Ox Engineering, the new machine has... [Read More]

XYZ reward long service

XYZ reward long service

XYZ Machine Tools has rewarded two of its longest serving employees with new roles within the company that will strengthen its existing sales team and enhance the support it provides to the education and training sector.
With over 40 years' service at XYZ Machine Tools between... [Read More]

CNC skills challenge

CNC skills challenge

Haas has opened two new HTEC (Haas Technical Education Centre) facilities in Portugal, bringing the total number across Europe to over 70.
The Escola Profissional de Espinho (ESPE) near Porto, now boasts a Haas TL-1 CNC toolroom lathe and a Haas Super Mini Mill, while the Centro de Emprego e Formação Profissional... [Read More]

JLR invest in Brazil plant

JLR invest in Brazil plant

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive, the British luxury car unit of India's Tata Motors, intends to invest £240m to launch a manufacturing unit in Brazil.
The car giant is likely to establish a plant in Rio de Janeiro, employing 400 people with an annual... [Read More]