Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

GoIndustry DoveBid is conducting a private treaty sale of two 350,000 tonne per annum merchant bar rolling mills by order of Gruppo Beltrame... [Read More]
CJM Asset Management is facilitating an online auction of machinery owned previously by Invicta Merchant Bar, Isle of Sheppey, UK... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is staging an online auction of machines used previously by DG Steel & Son, Bury, UK... [Read More]
1st Machinery is holding an online auction of machines from various UK sites... [Read More]
IAG is hosting an online auction of woodworking machinery used previously by Algaydak Cocinas... [Read More]

ATP order second index

ATP order second index

Auto Turned Products (ATP), which specialises in manufacturing precision turned parts, presswork and assemblies for luxury vehicle builders like Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Aston Martin, has ordered a second Index six-spindle CNC automatic turning... [Read More]

Ward CNC excel at X-Cel

Ward CNC excel at X-Cel

The continual need to satisfy rising demand for consistently machined, high value workpieces has led to further capital equipment investment at Sheffield-based X-Cel AMP, including a number of Hyundai-Wia machines: a quartet of vertical and boring (VTL) machines; a two-axis CNC lathe; and a turning centre â€" all installed by T... [Read More]

Techno order three Miyanos

Techno order three Miyanos

The Techno Group (with sites at Rugby and Hastings) has ordered three Miyano fixed head, turn-mill centres from Citizen Machinery UK which are to play a key role as part of ongoing restructuring and expansion plans at this precision subcontractor.
The Miyano turn-mill centre orders for two BNJ-42SY5 and an ABX-64SYY bring what... [Read More]

Diba eliminate bottleneck with Tornos

Diba eliminate bottleneck with Tornos

When Cambridge-based Diba Industries identified a bottleneck in its machine shop that produces connectors, fittings and adaptors for the fluid handling industry, it found the solution with a Tornos Delta 12/5 turning centre.
Already a user of other sliding head turning centres with 16 and 32 mm diameter capacity, the first point of contact for Diba... [Read More]

Hard turning proves faster than grinding

Hard turning proves faster than grinding

Sleeves and spools for servo control valves are now being hard-turned by Eaton Fluid Power of Havant on a robotically loaded CNC lathe built by Spinner, and supplied through UK agent, Whitehouse Machine Tools.
The production cell has slashed cycle times by up to 600% compared with grinding, reducing manufacturing costs, while accuracy and... [Read More]

Dyson machine marks XYZ milestone

Dyson machine marks XYZ milestone

XYZ Machine Tools has delivered its 5000th XYZ ProTurn lathe, in the form of a ProTurn SLX 425 to design and technology company, Dyson.
The machine will be used to further expand the company's prototype machining capacity at its Malmesbury headquarters.
Speaking as the machine was delivered, Nigel Atherton, XYZ Machine Tools' managing... [Read More]

A good turn from Mills

A good turn from Mills

Specialist motorsport exhaust parts and systems manufacturer, Aylesbury-based Good Fabrications, has invested in two new Doosan lathes from Mills CNC.
A 10" chuck Puma 2600 lathe and an 8" chuck box guideway Puma GT2100 have helped the company eliminate subcontract machining costs.
"Subcontracting... [Read More]

Past meets present at AJ Glew

Past meets present at AJ Glew

The purchase of a Harrison Alpha 1400XS manual/CNC lathe from 600 UK has brought major improvements in speed, product quality and costeffectiveness to AJ Glew, a restorer of vintage Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor cars. The Alpha is used for turning up to 400 automotive parts, manufactured to the specification of original Rolls-Royce technical drawings. AJ Glew believes... [Read More]

Nakamuras add efficiency at RPE

Nakamuras add efficiency at RPE

Abingdon-based Reading Precision Engineering is investing in Nakamura Tome turnmill machines to allow it to produce parts in one hit from bar and billet.
The company has just taken delivery of a WT300 twin-spindle, twin-turret turning centre with 10" chuck and 80 mm through-spindle bar capacity, and a Nakamura SC-200 single chuck... [Read More]

Agency deal for Leader CNC

Agency deal for Leader CNC

Leader CNC Technologies has become the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for Gruppo Parpas of Italy.
Leader CNC says it is particularly excited by the potential of the Gruppo Parpas table-type horizontal machining centres and... [Read More]

ANSYS purchase SpaceClaim

ANSYS purchase SpaceClaim

ANSYS, a developer of engineering simulation software, has acquired SpaceClaim Corp, a provider of 3D modelling software for engineers, for a purchase price of $85m in cash plus retention and an adjustment for working capital.
The two companies... [Read More]

Hurco report record MACH

Hurco report record MACH

Hurco Europe says that the MACH 2014 exhibition held in Birmingham during April was its most successful ever: the company took 27 orders valued at nearly £2m, up 70% up on... [Read More]

Amada UK celebrate

Amada UK celebrate

Sheet metal machinery specialist, Amada UK, has officially opened its reconstructed UK Technical Centre (UKTC) in Kidderminster.
A sparkling, Japanese-themed grand opening ceremony was marked by the presence of Mitsuo Okamoto, the president and CEO... [Read More]

Ajax launch AJCBM mills

Ajax launch AJCBM mills

With a budget less than £23,000, workshops and training schools can now acquire the AJCBM 720 milling machine with a 1270 x 254 mm table and travels of 720 x 380 x 500 mm.
The turret style head can tilt 90° left and right, while the spindle speed is controlled from the CNC via an inverter giving 60 to 3,800 rpm. When used in manual mode, the CNC displays the position as a... [Read More]

KMF share productivity pot of £105,000

KMF share productivity pot of £105,000

KMF Precision Sheet Metal's 'Productivity Share Scheme' (PSS) goes from strength-to-strength, with 165 employees sharing a pot of over £105,000 (£636 each) after successfully completing the 4th annual running of the scheme.
The PSS is now firmly established as KMF's preferred vehicle for encouraging... [Read More]

Mazak expand apprentice offer

Mazak expand apprentice offer

Machine tool manufacturer Yamazaki Mazak UK is on the lookout for budding service engineer apprentices to join the company.
Mazak is looking recruit two apprentices to join its field service engineering apprentice scheme at Worcester, as well as further apprentices to be based... [Read More]

MecWash meet auto standards

MecWash meet auto standards

Birmingham-based Concentric AB, a manufacturer of diesel engine pumps and niche hydraulic systems, has taken delivery of a fifth MecWash aqueous component cleaning and degreasing system following a comprehensive benchmarking process.
The latest parts washer, a MecWash... [Read More]

Industry awaits CIMES 2014

Industry awaits CIMES 2014

The 19th edition of CIMES (China International Machine Tool & Tools Exhibition), Asia's largest machine tool trading and sourcing event, is set to take place on 18-22 June in Beijing.
Located at the New China International Exhibition Centre (NCIEC), the show will cover... [Read More]