Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

BIDITUP is hosting an online auction of assets no longer required by Noranda, Salisbury, North Carolina, USA... [Read More]
New England is facilitating an online auction of machinery used previously by MML Manufacturing (EDM) Ltd, Horsham, UK... [Read More]
CJM Asset Management is staging an online auction of machines owned previously by Castellini Officine Meccaniche, Brescia, Italy... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is holding a tender sale of a Schuler TH1200-2.5x1.6 hydraulic press line with 1200 ton capacity... [Read More]
CJM Asset Management is conducting an online auction of machines located in Blaenavon and Sheffield, UK... [Read More]

Eco-friendly dust control

Eco-friendly dust control

Dust extraction specialist, Dustcontrol, has introduced new eco-green motors into every appliance within the company’s entire mobile dust extractor range.
Previously the motors were only used in Dustcontrol's AirCube 500 and AirCube 2000 models.
The upgrades now mean that 100% of Dustcontrol's mobile dust extractor products include an eco motor.
Each motor has 100 W lower consumption than previous Dustcontrol... [Read More]

Vapormatt launch Sabre

Vapormatt launch Sabre

Sabre, the latest wet blasting system from Vapormatt, has been developed as a result of customer demand to help small to medium volume manufacturers, coating centres and R&D facilities improve output quality on a range of cutting tools.
The system’s innovative nozzle arrangement focuses blast guns on critical faces and... [Read More]

Mohawk opt for Anca grinder

Mohawk opt for Anca grinder

Having recently identified the need for a productive and flexible tool and cutter grinder, Shannon-based Mohawk Special Cutting Tools evaluated machines against a list of essential attributes before selecting an Anca GX7.
According to Mohawk, Anca's reputation for reliability and the company's high levels of service and back-up were also deciding factors... [Read More]

Tooling services get the master class

Tooling services get the master class

To focus on the company's tool servicing offer, Master Abrasives has launched a new website (www.master-toolservices.co.uk) dedicated to the programme offered for the repair and controlled maintenance of pneumatic tools.
The initial introduction of Master Tool Services was a strategic... [Read More]

EMAG introduce vertical hobber

EMAG introduce vertical hobber

The EMAG Group has introduced its Koepfer VLC 200H vertical hobbing machine to meet demand from transmissions manufacturers.
According to the German Federal Statistical Office, German companies in the transmission sector generated a combined turnover of over €17bn last year alone.
The VLC 200H vertical hobber is the first Koepfer machine... [Read More]

Delapena show honing duo

Delapena show honing duo

Delapena has announced that it will showcase two new honing machines at MACH 2014 (Birmingham NEC, 7-11 April): the precision vertical honing machine, PrecisionHone (E3000S); and the small bore machine, EAS SpeedHone.
According to Delapena, PrecisionHone (E3000S) holds tolerances down to 1 μm, with sub-micron adjustment and has a honing capacity from 1.14 to 80 mm diameter (subject to application).
EAS SpeedHone is designed... [Read More]

Europe launch for VGE60A

Europe launch for VGE60A

A new concept in thread grinding technology is being launched into the European market by Mitsui Seiki that creates a universal machine capability also able to perform a range of additional processes including spline, gear teeth, surface, outside diameter and edge grinding in a single set-up.
Significant in the Mitsui Seiki VGE60A universal thread grinder, now available in the UK through 2D CNC, is the vertical configuration of the machine that minimises the... [Read More]

Apperley complete historic project

Apperley complete historic project

Apperley Honing says it was approached recently by a customer looking to improve the performance on his 1934 Rover Tourer.
The car is the ninth of only 11 that were ever built of this exact model.
With only three of the original 11 to have survived, this is an extremely rare vehicle.
As part of the refurb, current owner Ian McCarroll started looking at ways to help reduce... [Read More]

Harmon double up on Europa Jainnher

Harmon double up on Europa Jainnher

Increased demand for the precision ground products supplied to the aerospace and defence sectors at Harmon Precision Grinding, has led to the Wimborne-based business installing its second Europa Jainnher centreless grinder from RK International Machine Tools.
"We had been in discussion with Dick Aldrich at RK International to buy a centreless grinder just as the recession... [Read More]

Sanderson complete MBO

Sanderson complete MBO

Long established Huddersfield manufacturing company, Sanderson Precision Engineering, has undergone a management buyout in a seven figure deal with funding from Santander Corporate & Commercial.
Employing 17 people at its headquarters in Lindley, the £1.1m turnover... [Read More]

DMG Mori partner Porsche

DMG Mori partner Porsche

Machine tool supplier DMG Mori has become a premium partner of the Porsche Team for its return to the top category of the World Endurance Championship (WEC).
The WEC consists of eight rounds... [Read More]

UKTI funds for trade shows

UKTI funds for trade shows

The Engineering Industries Association (EIA) together with the MTA has been successful in securing funding from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to support UK SME companies participating at a number of major overseas exhibitions.
Eligible companies will... [Read More]

Haco-Kingsland customise press brake

Haco-Kingsland customise press brake

The Hungary plant of MSK Covertech-Group, a specialist in packaging, palletising and shrink/stretch wrap systems, has invested in a new Haco-Kingsland tandem CNC press brake as part of a material flow reorganisation.
The machine's configuration was custom-made and consists of two aligned press brakes that can either work together or separately.
MSK's goal is to buy less preformed... [Read More]

£1.5m expansion at Altec

£1.5m expansion at Altec

Altec Engineering has announced a £1.5m expansion programme for the company's Bowburn facility.
The investment will see floor space increase by 75%, the recruitment of additional personnel, including more... [Read More]

Air Turbines boost Flying S

Air Turbines boost Flying S

When Peter Bowman, an engineer in charge of part fabrication at Flying S Inc, a manufacturer of aerospace components based in Palestine, Illinois, encountered a problem cutting carbon fibre, he turned to Air Turbine Tools (ATT) for the solution.
Flying S sought an economical solution that could run small end mills at the speeds needed for this particular application.
"With some of... [Read More]

Mazak partner with Trust

Mazak partner with Trust

A group of local young people were given an opportunity to visit one of Europe's most advanced manufacturing facilities when Yamazaki Mazak opened its doors as part of The Prince's Trust 'Get Started with Robots' programme.
Mazak invited the group to its European headquarters as part of a week long course organised by the youth charity and Roaming Robots, the company behind TV show Robot Wars.
During... [Read More]

Haier plan to invest $20m

Haier plan to invest $20m

Home appliances specialist, Haier, plans to invest US$20m to expand capacity at its Ranjangaon plant near Pune.
Haier India makes refrigerators and washing machines at Ranjangaon with a unit capacity of 4000 per day.
Eric Braganza, president of Haier India, says the company... [Read More]

Rapid response is key for race team

Rapid response is key for race team

Based in the rural setting of Frant, Kent, the Jota Group has developed from its early days as a race team in 2000, to being a multi-faceted organisation servicing the needs of its own motorsport teams, groups and individuals.
However, when it came to machining parts for the modern and historic race cars, it needed to move further up the grid.
"With an increasing number of cars to support we had to review our machining... [Read More]