Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Cottrill & Co is holding an online auction of machinery used previously by Skil Environmental... [Read More]
Solutions for Industry is staging an online auction of machinery surplus to the requirements of a world class OEM... [Read More]
Hilco Industrial is facilitating an auction of equipment used previously by Seco Tools, Lenoir City, USA... [Read More]
CJM Asset Management is hosting an online auction of aircraft equipment used previously by Ground Equipment Supplies Ltd, Lincoln, UK... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is conducting a fixed date private treaty sale of a complete automotive mechanical press line located in Douai, France... [Read More]

Shark taps

Shark taps

Dormer Tools has introduced a range of taps for materialspecific applications branded 'Shark Line'. The programme encompasses spiral point taps for through-hole applications, spiral flute taps for threading blind holes and, in the case of white ring taps for cast iron, straight flute taps for both through or blind holes... [Read More]

Overcoming Al-Li issues

Overcoming Al-Li issues

It was the use of the recently introduced Aurora DLC 1500 (diamondlike-carbon) insert coating in combination with the SumiDrill WDX series of drills from Sumitomo Electric Hardmetal that has transformed troublesome drilling operations on a range of aluminium lithium aerostructure components at Wrexham-based Magellan Aerospace UK.
Previous supplier trials involving different tool types and process changes including solid carbide, pilot drilling, slot drilling and revised speeds and feeds, had always failed to overcome the problem of built-up edge.
And even with the use of... [Read More]

Schunk finds balance

Schunk finds balance

To achieve precision in the sub-micron range during ultra-precision machining, toolholders need features such as balancing grade extremes.
This is now being offered by Schunk with its Tribos-Mini and Tribos RM series of polygonal toolholders.
The toolholders are offered with HSK-E 25, HSK-E 32 and HSK-F 32 interfaces... [Read More]

JetStream delivers cool advantages

JetStream delivers cool advantages

Extensive research and development applied by SGS engineers to JetStream technology over a number of years has resulted in a method of ensuring coolant is supplied efficiently to the shear zone â€" the interface between the cutting edge of the tool and the raw material of the workpiece that is being cut away.
The coolant helps maintain thermal stability, provides lubrication for the cutting... [Read More]

Milling grade for Inconel overlays

Milling grade for Inconel overlays

The new SX9 ceramic insert grade for high speed milling from NTK is aimed at manufacturers in the oil and gas industry.
The insert has been launched to offer high speed and feed machining beyond 800 m/min, which compared with carbide grade tooling offers... [Read More]

CC930 for Big Plus

CC930 for Big Plus

Demand from Big Plus users for a secure tooling performance in milling and drilling operations has led to the additional availability of the CoroChuck 930 hydraulic chuck from Sandvik Coromant for this patented spindle system.
Suitable for meeting the demands for high run-out precision, extensive tests have shown that this new hydraulic chuck provides the best pull-out resistance... [Read More]

Iscar aids Horstman

Iscar aids Horstman

Bath-based Horstman Defence Systems, a specialist in military vehicle suspension systems, is using cutting tools from Iscar to help manufacture tank components in a new cell based on Mazak machines.
"With the aim of guaranteeing the instant availability of the most efficient cutting tool for every machining task, establishing an effective cutting tool ordering system... [Read More]

Seco technology boosts parting-off

Seco technology boosts parting-off

Seco Tools has introduced a new blade for parting-off in turning operations that incorporates the company's Jetstream Tooling Duo technology.
Called 150.10 Jet, the blade features two high pressure nozzles that direct coolant straight to the cutting zone â€" one jet from above the insert, and... [Read More]

Tooling costs cut by 50% at Bowyer

Tooling costs cut by 50% at Bowyer

The introduction of cutting tools from Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) at Andoverbased subcontractor, Bowyer Engineering, has led to a reduction in tooling costs of 50%.
Previously using a combination of HSS, cobalt coated tools and indexable insert... [Read More]

CMT achieves ISO9001

CMT achieves ISO9001

Chester Machine Tools has been awarded the ISO9001 quality management certification.
The company felt it was necessary to have these procedures in place to save time and cost, while improving efficiency and fundamentally boosting relationships with its existing... [Read More]

New heights for airshow

New heights for airshow

The Farnborough International Airshow reached a new high this year with the total sum of business orders and commitments valued at $201bn, beating all previous records set for the... [Read More]

Mollart serves biomass market

Mollart serves biomass market

Mollart Engineering has delivered a £900,000 order for an eightspindle gun-drilling centre that will produce multiple holes in tubular dies used for extruding wooden pellets under pressure for the biomass industry... [Read More]

Lasershape trains for future

Lasershape trains for future

Lasershape, a Nottingham-based CNC profiling specialist, is presently embarked on a yearlong programme of training that has already seen a large number of its team pass ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) Level III qualifications.
In addition, other managers are currently... [Read More]

Record Renishaw revenue

Record Renishaw revenue

Metrology specialist Renishaw has announced its trading results for the year ended 30 June 2014, which included record revenue of £355.5m, up from £346.9m in 2013. Furthermore, the company achieved a record... [Read More]

EOS marks 25th anniversary

EOS marks 25th anniversary

Additive manufacturing system manufacturer, EOS GmbH, has moved to a new technology and customer centre in an area of Krailling, Germany, known as 'Innovation Mile'.
With a floor space of 17,000 m², the building is able to accommodate an additional 300 employees, while its design follows specific architectural, spatial and... [Read More]

Putting theory into practice

Putting theory into practice

The final of the 2014 KMF Young Engineer of the Year awards saw 18 schools go head-to-head on the tarmac of Darley Moor race circuit in Derbyshire to discover which of them had developed the fastest and most efficient electric car.
The 12 students per team were supported on the day... [Read More]

Dugard reaches 75 years

Dugard reaches 75 years

On 2 August 1939, just one month and one day before the start of WWII, Bob and Eric Dugard's father Charles incorporated C Dugard Ltd.
Initially, the company was involved in munitions manufacturing... [Read More]

Delhi gears up for UMEX 2014

Delhi gears up for UMEX 2014

The eighth edition of UMEX, Asia's largest exhibition for used machinery, will take place at the Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India on 4-6 September 2014.
The show promises to be an ideal platform for business... [Read More]