Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

GoIndustry DoveBid is staging an online auction of machinery located in Gosselies, Belgium... [Read More]
1st Machinery is holding an online auction of machines used formerly by Kirker & Co, Seaham, UK... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is facilitating an online auction of an FMS system no longer required by Inov-8 Technologies, UK... [Read More]
Fairfield Industries is hosting an online auction of equipment used previously by a pressure vessel manufacturer in Oswestry, UK... [Read More]
Maynards is conducting a live and online auction of a complete exhaust manufacturing facility in Loudon, Tennessee, US... [Read More]

ONA upgrade NX series

ONA upgrade NX series

The latest version of ONA's NX series machines is equipped with new high speed heads and a new servo-control system that combine to offer acceleration up to 1G (10m/s²).
The result, according to ONA, is that machine productivity is improved by up to 30%.
This advance is particularly significant in machining... [Read More]

Anotronic unveil two

Anotronic unveil two

At the recent Southern Manufacturing exhibition in Farnborough, Anotronic showed two new fast-hole drill EDM machines.
According to the company, the new River 3 is a competitively priced, entry level model offering extended work height that allows 300mm high jobs on its 300 x 200mm... [Read More]

Makino launch UPN-01

Makino launch UPN-01

Japanese machine tool manufacturer, Makino, has released its new UPN-01 wire EDM for microtolerance and fine surface finish applications.
Designed with a horizontal wire feed system, this sub-micron level wire EDM is said to provide reliable, unattended operation even when working with wire diameters as fine as 0.02mm.
According to Makino, the machine's oil dielectric configuration... [Read More]

Excetek EDM proves cost competitive

Excetek EDM proves cost competitive

Bray, Ireland-based Key Plastics has acquired a new Excetek V350G CNC wire EDM machine from Warwick Machine Tools to help it produce injection mould tooling.
As well as the new Taiwan-built V350G Excetek wire EDM machine, Warwick Machine Tools also supplied the company with a refurbished ONA Techno H400 die sink EDM machine.
"Getting your... [Read More]

Brandauer select two CUT 3000 models

Brandauer select two CUT 3000 models

Birmingham-based contract presswork and stampings specialist, Brandauer & Co, has installed two new wire EDM machines from GF Machining Solutions.
The machines, both CUT 3000 models, are now part of a thermally-controlled EDM manufacturing cell.
The Swiss-built... [Read More]

Rapid erosion of tooling

Rapid erosion of tooling

Vollmer is introducing its new QXD 250 eroding machine into the UK.
The machine can produce PCD tipped tools up to 30% faster than has been possible up to now with credit to its new Vpulse EDM generator technology, says the company.
With targeted eroding impulses, the Vpulse EDM claims to increase surface finish by a factor of two or more... [Read More]

Multi-wire EDM prototype

Multi-wire EDM prototype

Mitsubishi Electric says it has developed prototype multi-wire electrical discharge processing technology capable of cutting hard, 100mm square polycrystalline silicon carbide (SiC) ingots into 40 pieces in a single operation.
The technology is expected to improve both the productivity of SiC slicing and the effective... [Read More]

Erodatools invest in the future

Erodatools invest in the future

Erodatools of Penistone, near Sheffield has been looking at new equipment for some time, and with beneficial changes to capital allowances due to end soon, now seemed like as good a time as any to upgrade its portfolio of EDM machines.
As a result, the company recently approached CNC International.
"We were not familiar with... [Read More]

Sodick AG400L doubles cutting speed at JEB

Sodick AG400L doubles cutting speed at JEB

Mildenhall-based JEB Engineering has acquired a new Sodick AG400L Premium wire EDM from Sodi-Tech, which is helping meet increasing demand for group-wide tooling requirements, particularly in the medical sector.
The machine is the first Sodick model on site and JEB says it has already doubled wire cutting speeds and increased accuracy at this... [Read More]

Workshop investment

Workshop investment

Encoders UK â€" for more than 20 years an approved sales and service distributor for Heidenhain (GB) â€" has invested in a new service workshop at its Sutton Coldfield site.
Featuring the latest test equipment, in particular the Heidenhain PWM20 softwaredriven system for EnDat scale re-programming and repairs, the new facility provides the company with a servicing... [Read More]

Free safety seminar

Free safety seminar

The British Safety Council will be providing a programme of free seminars on the latest developments in health, safety and environmental law, policy and practice at Birmingham's... [Read More]

Face mill for cast iron

Face mill for cast iron

With eight cutting edges, the new KSSM8+ face milling platform from Kennametal is said to be focused on maximum metalcutting performance in cast iron and steel workpieces at the lowest possible cost.
The IC10 size provides... [Read More]

Subcontractor switches to Hurco

Subcontractor switches to Hurco

In 2004, Machining Techniques says it was one of the first subcontractors on Tyneside to wholeheartedly adopt five-axis machining.
The move allowed the South Shields-based firm to create a niche for itself in the medical sector, one that still exists today.
To begin with, founder and managing director, Dave Ditchburn, bought... [Read More]

XYZ rentals offer finance alternative

XYZ rentals offer finance alternative

XYZ Machine Tools says that its low cost rental scheme provides a quick and cost effective route to new machine tool availability.
The scheme operates in 12-month blocks with a single payment equating to 29% of the machine's purchase price being made at the beginning of the period, with nothing to pay for the following 11 months.
At the end of each 12-month period the user has... [Read More]

First metal 3D printed bike frame

First metal 3D printed bike frame

Renishaw, the UK's only manufacturer of metalbased additive manufacturing machines that print metal parts, says it has collaborated with a British bicycle company to create the world's first 3D printed metal bike frame.
Bolton-based Empire Cycles designed the mountain bike to take advantage of Renishaw's additive manufacturing technology... [Read More]

50 E-range machines sold

50 E-range machines sold

Machine tool supplier Dugard reports that it has already sold 50 of its new E range models since they were launched at the company's open house in October.
Dugard says it has endured trouble keeping any in stock, although... [Read More]

Crowds await PT Fair 2014

Crowds await PT Fair 2014

The St Petersburg Technical Fair (12-14 March, Lenexpo Exhibition Complex) is an annual trade show in Russia that focuses on sectors such as metalworking, tooling and other manufacturing technologies. This successful annual event, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2014, continues to attract attention.
The 2013 show drew over 500 exhibitors from 20 countries... [Read More]