Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

1st Machinery is hosting a short notice online auction of two Leadwell CNC lathes with barfeeds that were used previously by a leading aerospace manufacturer... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co staging an online auction of machinery used previously by multiple vendors... [Read More]
1st Machinery is conducting an online auction of machines located at various UK sites... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is staging an online auction of machinery used previously by Profile Gauge & Tool... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is staging an online auction of machinery used previously by a UK carbide blade manufacturer... [Read More]

NL offers Molemab

NL offers Molemab

Through a strategic working relationship with International Abrasives, based in Leicestershire, NL Machine Tool Consulting can now bring to customers Molemab grinding wheels, dressing tools and filtration paper.
Molemab offer solutions focused in the following... [Read More]

Grinder for solid carbide

Grinder for solid carbide

The launch of the VGrind 160 tool grinding machine marks a paradigm shift for Vollmer as it enters the global market for processing solid carbide cutting tools.
Unlike alternate machines, the VGrind 160 utilises two vertical spindles to enable multi-level machining that is a first for machine... [Read More]

Foundry cut-off wheels

Foundry cut-off wheels

Saint-Gobain Abrasives, under the Norton brand, has introduced a range of cutoff wheels for use in foundry environments.
This latest generation of cut-off products has been developed with the new Foundry X bond technology, engineered to increase cut rate and wheel life.
The range is available in standard Norton (good tier) and Norton... [Read More]

Toolholder boosts automated grinding

Toolholder boosts automated grinding

The new generation of Schunk Prismo tool grinding toolholders has been developed to provide greater efficiency during production grinding and re-sharpening of cutting tools.
This is because the Prismo 3 clamps every shank diameter between 3 and 20 mm automatically without... [Read More]

Ellesco open house delivers opportunities

Ellesco open house delivers opportunities

The recent open house held by deburring and surface finishing specialist Ellesco, proved a huge success, with the company winning a number of orders at the event.
The supplier of deburring solutions used the open house to give manufacturers that showed an interest at the MACH... [Read More]

Delphi-TVS opts for TEM

Delphi-TVS opts for TEM

Delphi-TVS, a joint venture between Delphi Corporation of Michigan, USA and TV Sundaram Iyengar & Sons of Kancheepuram, India, has installed a new P400 TEM machine from Kennametal Extrude Hone to help it remove burrs on crosssectional holes found in high volume diesel fuel... [Read More]

Hone-All goes vertical

Hone-All goes vertical

Leighton Buzzardbased subcontractor, Hone-All, is showing no sign in slowing up with its capital investment programme following the announcement of an order for a Sunnen SV-20 vertical honing machine.
The investment comes hot on the heels of the company ordering additional turning and deephole boring capacity, and is being driven by increased... [Read More]

Turbine firm opts for PDJ Vibro

Turbine firm opts for PDJ Vibro

The Lincoln facility of Turbine Efficiency, a specialist in rebuilding gas turbines for power generation applications, has recently brought in-house its surface finishing requirements for turbine components, saving around £4000 per turbine on subcontract services.
A key facility... [Read More]

Installation of 11th Hauser at Slack & Parr

Installation of 11th Hauser at Slack & Parr

One of western Europe's largest jig grinding cells operating 11 Hauser S series machines has been described by its operator as 'the heartbeat' of high precision manufacturing operations.
Located in the Kegworth, Derbyshire production plant of Slack & Parr, the cell is dedicated to the manufacture of key components used in a range of gear... [Read More]

Gühring plans 50,000ft² UK HQ

Gühring plans 50,000ft² UK HQ

Cutting tool specialist, Gühring, which employs 76 people in the UK from its current base at the Castle Bromwich Business Park, is developing plans to build a new 50,000 sq ft facility on the eastern... [Read More]

MAG upgrades

MAG upgrades

Machine tool manufacturer MAG, which is responsible for brands such as Boehringer, Ex-Cell-O, Cross Hüller and Lamb, is raising its profile as an expert in retrofitting by purposely expanding its services in this area.
The company... [Read More]

Graduates vote for Renishaw

Graduates vote for Renishaw

Metrology specialist, Renishaw, has been named in the top 50 companies for graduates in an annual list produced by The JobCrowd.
The listings are the only results voted for by graduates themselves.
Peter Bowler, group human resources manager says: "Renishaw takes its graduate recruitment... [Read More]

Nissan ups the pace using automation

Nissan ups the pace using automation

By automating one of its existing press lines with the help of AP&T, Nissan's Sunderland plant is planning to increase the company's production capacity by about 900,000 large car body parts a year.
The project involved reducing the number of original presses in a tandem line from five to four.
Together with... [Read More]

Impressive growth in UK

Impressive growth in UK

The pound hit its highest level against the US dollar for nearly six years after a survey suggested the UK's manufacturing sector grew at its... [Read More]

Build up to Maktek begins

Build up to Maktek begins

Maktek Eurasia 2014 is set to take place on 14-19 October at the Tüyap Fair Convention and Congress Centre in Büyükçekmece near İstanbul, Turkey.
The show will concentrate on areas such as machine tools, tooling, metrology... [Read More]

GF acquires Liechti

GF acquires Liechti

GF Machining Solutions, which offers brands such as AgieCharmilles and Mikron, is to acquire Liechti Engineering AG of Langnau, Switzerland.
Liechti is a manufacturer of five-axis milling machines designed to produce blades and blisks for aircraft engines and power... [Read More]

Dürr unveils EcoCWave

Dürr unveils EcoCWave

With its EcoCWave, Dürr Ecoclean says it has developed a system for aqueous cleaning processes which can handle a range of tasks â€" from coarse to fine cleaning.
The machine is equipped with two or three flooding tanks, depending on customer specifications.
The tanks exhibit a flow-optimised... [Read More]

Micro to begin at Hambantota

Micro to begin at Hambantota

Sri Lanka's only motor vehicle manufacturer, Micro Car, laid the foundation stone for another factory at Hambantota on 27 June. The company, in collaboration with China's Sino Motor Industries... [Read More]