Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Machinebidder.com is facilitating a short notice online auction sale of a York reciprocating chilling unit with digital control and electrical control cabinet... [Read More]
BVA is holding an online bankruptcy auction of equipment used formerly by Meijers Steel Construction, Serooskerke, Netherlands... [Read More]
1st Machinery is conducting an online auction of machinery from various UK sites... [Read More]
Mckay is hosting a tender sale of
modern structural steel and fabrication plant used previously by SIAC Butlers Steel, Portarlington, Ireland... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is staging an online auction of machinery used previously by Profile Gauge & Tool... [Read More]

Mazak launch VTC 800

Mazak launch VTC 800

Yamazaki Mazak has developed a heavy duty version of its UK-built VTC 800 series of vertical travelling column machining centres.
The new VTC 800/30HD, which stands for 'heavy duty', is a 50 taper variant that provides a platform for cutting hard-tomachine materials, such as Inconel and titanium, which can cause spindle vibration during... [Read More]

Mécanat acquire Huron MX12M

Mécanat acquire Huron MX12M

Mécanat Précision, part of the Euclide Industrie Group, has purchased a Huron MX12M five-axis milling centre.
Of the more than 10 machine tool suppliers that were contacted, Huron and two others were asked by Mécanat Précision to submit... [Read More]

Hi-Spec take Hurco VM10U

Hi-Spec take Hurco VM10U

Rutland-subcontractor, Hi-Spec Precision Engineering, has installed the company's first five-axis vertical machining centre, a trunnion-type Hurco VM10U, which joins two four-axis models from the same supplier. Hi-Spec director, Darren Grainger says: "We invested in five-axis capacity for two reasons.
First, we are keen to expand... [Read More]

Ageing borer restored \'as new\'

Ageing borer restored 'as new'

The retrofit by Starrag Group company, Dörries Scharmann, of a 30-year-old Wotan Rapid large capacity borer has restored the machine's operation "to as good as original" but at half the cost of buying a comparable new machine.
The project also avoided the added expense and headaches inherent with machine replacement, including excavating and... [Read More]

College install five-axis DMU ecoline

College install five-axis DMU ecoline

The Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department at Lincoln College has installed a DMG Mori five-axis machining centre to assist in giving its students practical experience of programming and operating advanced metalcutting equipment.
In a part-exchange deal, the DMU 50 ecoline replaced a similar size of machining centre from the same supplier that had been the mainstay of five-axis tuition... [Read More]

Reliance order Hermle C22U

Reliance order Hermle C22U

Huddersfield-based engineering firm, Reliance Precision, has placed an order for a Hermle C22U five-axis machining centre fitted with IH60 integrated workpiece handling system and a 24-position magazine for System 3R pallets.
Sole UK agent, Geo Kingsbury, will deliver and commission the production cell this summer.
"The flexibility of the Hermle... [Read More]

First five-axis Quaser is a hit

First five-axis Quaser is a hit

Adding a Quaser UX 600 five-axis CNC machining centre to its roster has increased capacity and efficiency at Swindonbased precision machining specialist, Metalite, while adding the capability for 'one hit' component manufacture.
Supplied by the Engineering Technology Group, the UX 600 is currently the largest Quaser fully simultaneous, vertical five-axis machine operating... [Read More]

Techno acquire four Doosan machines

Techno acquire four Doosan machines

The Techno Group, a subcontractor with facilities in Rugby (Technoset) and Hastings (Technoturn), has invested in four new Doosan machine tools from Mills CNC.
At Technoset, the arrival of two new Doosan DNM 500 vertical machines... [Read More]

D&D purchase 20-tonne VMC from XYZ

D&D purchase 20-tonne VMC from XYZ

The first of XYZ Machine Tools' range of large capacity vertical machining centres has been delivered to longstanding customer D&D Engineering (Hull).
The XYZ 2010 VMC weighs in at 20 tonnes and is the largest VMC ever sold and delivered by XYZ Machine Tools, although with two larger variants in the range, this record may not last long.
The machine delivered to D&D Engineering features... [Read More]

Tooling fund available

Tooling fund available

A new £24m government fund is set to give UK-based automotive suppliers a welcome boost as they look to grow their businesses.
Announced by Business Minister Michael Fallon at a recent SMMT meet the buyer event at ExCeL... [Read More]

Investment at UFL

Investment at UFL

Universal Fabrications (Coventry) Ltd, a steel manufacturing company based in the Midlands, has expanded its performance and capabilities with a £1m investment.
Recent machinery installed includes: an Amada FOII NT 4 kW 3000 x 1500 laser profiling... [Read More]

CECIMO report growth

CECIMO report growth

During CECIMO's recent general assembly, which took place in Prague at the end of last month, the organisation's economic committee confirmed that European machine tool production increased to €22.8bn in 2013, and that machine tool consumption... [Read More]

Airbus complete A350 test fleet

Airbus complete A350 test fleet

With the first flight at the end of last month of A350 MSN005, the five-strong Airbus development fleet is now complete.
Being the second passenger cabin-equipped A350, and tasked with route-proving and ETOPS validation, MSN005 embodies the operationally definitive configuration for 'type certification' duties.
This milestone means that the A350 XWB... [Read More]

Best Kasto open house

Best Kasto open house

The UK launch of a new range of economically priced bandsaws at Kasto's open house in Milton Keynes last month resulted in four machine sales, more than at any previous open house.
Three steel... [Read More]

Top CIMdata ranking for Delcam

Top CIMdata ranking for Delcam

The latest 'NC Software Market Analysis Report' from US analysts CIMdata shows that Delcam continues to be the world's largest specialist supplier of CAM software and services.
Delcam employs over 700 staff, some 100 more than the second placed company, and over twice the number of employees... [Read More]

Largest UK virtual welding studio

Largest UK virtual welding studio

Welding products supplier, Weldability-Sif has opened the UK's largest virtual welding studio at Goole College as part of the ongoing strategy from the Weldability-Sif Foundation Charity to encourage the development of new welder training facilities across the country.
The dedicated virtual reality... [Read More]

Alcoa to purchase Firth Rixson

Alcoa to purchase Firth Rixson

US aluminium giant Alcoa is to buy British aircraft components maker Firth Rixson for $2.85bn (£1.7bn).
The New York-based firm will pay $2.35bn in cash and $500m in shares for Firth Rixson, which produces jet engine parts such as turbine and compressor cases.
Alcoa will add $150m to the deal if the company meets agreed performance... [Read More]

MTA refocus China office

MTA refocus China office

The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) has refocused its China office to offer improved services to members.
Craig Chen has been appointed as the new general manager of the MTA office in China, who will provide the lead on market intelligence... [Read More]