Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Troostwijk is staging an online auction due to the bankruptcy of Precisie Makaniek, Oudenaarde, Belgium... [Read More]
CJM Asset Management is holding a private treaty sale of unused steel uncoiling and roll forming equipment for inner and outer roof/wall panel skins... [Read More]
1st Machinery is hosting an online auction of machinery used previously by Alternative Precision Sheetmetal, Swansea, UK... [Read More]
Maynards is conducting a liquidation sale of a shock absorber production line located in Sochaux, France... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is facilitating an online auction of a toolroom facility operated formerly by RSM Industries Ltd... [Read More]

Lantek 2014 unveiled

Lantek 2014 unveiled

The latest 2014 version of Lantek's software portfolio for sheet metal applications includes improvements in 2D and 3D CAM solutions. The integration of its 2D CAM solution with the Lantek Expert suite, for example, has achieved significant results in terms of user experience and... [Read More]

Exquisite bikes made better

Exquisite bikes made better

The award-winning custom bike manufacturer, Thunderbike, now produces a large number of its individually machined parts using HyperMill CAM from Open Mind Technologies. Deploying the five-axis machining strategies from HyperMill, the number of operations in many instances has been halved at the company's facility in Hamminkeln, Germany, while machining... [Read More]

Edgecam 2014 R2

Edgecam 2014 R2

Newly developed functionality in Edgecam 2014 R2 begins to show how Edgecam Workflow will be the default method for using this CAM software.
Enhancements to the package include 2D to 3D functionality for Part Modeller... [Read More]

Purdue opts for NUM\'s CNC and software

Purdue opts for NUM's CNC and software

Purdue University's College of Engineering in the USA has chosen to equip one of its key educational laboratories with NUM's open-architecture CNC systems and 3D simulation software. The equipment will provide students with hands-on CNC programming experience and help to familiarise them with advanced machine tool operation and control techniques... [Read More]

Radbend software goes with the grain

Radbend software goes with the grain

Crop processing machine manufacturer, Alvan Blanch, has eradicated a production bottleneck by driving four press brakes with Radbend software from Radan. Before the investment, the operators needed time when working on new components to look at engineering drawings, deciding on tooling and calculating bend sequences.
"We put mini PCs... [Read More]

TopSolid\'Mold 7 CADCAM

TopSolid'Mold 7 CADCAM

Missler Software's TopSolid'Mold 7, its latest generation CADCAM software for mould design and machining, is now available with numerous enhanced features, such as an easy-touse, intuitive interface offering modern graphical possibilities that are better adapted to modern day CADCAM... [Read More]

CNC with OPC UA interface

CNC with OPC UA interface

It is now possible to record the latest machine and process data from a plant using Siemens' Sinumerik OPC UA option.
OPC UA is a platform independent, service-oriented architecture that integrates the functionality of individual OPC Classic specifications into one extensible framework. In short, the option allows the... [Read More]

Acu-Rite DROs suit student needs

Acu-Rite DROs suit student needs

The University of Nottingham's Faculty of Engineering has updated its machining workshop with the installation of 12 Colchester Student two-axis lathes fitted with Acu-Rite two/three-axis VUE DROs. This substantial investment â€" the latest evidence of the close co-operation between machine... [Read More]

Delcam\'s Vortex speeds Bloodhound

Delcam's Vortex speeds Bloodhound

Delcam's PowerMill CAM software is being used by the University of Sheffield's AMRC (Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre) to produce a series of components for the Bloodhound SuperSonic Car project.
Bloodhound SSC aims to set a new world land speed record of 1000 mph in South Africa in 2016.
One particularly challenging part machined at the AMRC was for the front suspension... [Read More]

Proving innovation

Proving innovation

Newburgh Precision has been selected as a strategic supplier to the automotive sector initiative 'The Proving Factory'. Led by Productiv and Tata Steel, The Proving Factory is a manufacturing, assembly and validation organisation, bridging the market... [Read More]

Expansion at Concept

Expansion at Concept

In light of extreme growth in the market and to meet the increase in incoming orders, Germanybased additive manufacturing specialist Concept Laser says it is building a new 3,500 m² production hall in Lichtenfels.
The project is the result of a collaboration between... [Read More]

Nederman acquisition

Nederman acquisition

Sweden-headquartered Nederman has acquired the design and technology for the production of downdraught benches from Air Cleaning Systems Ltd (ACS), the Walesbased manufacturer which went into administration in June.
Nederman has... [Read More]

Good times continue at Precision Products

Good times continue at Precision Products

Turned parts subcontractor, Precision Products (Brighton) Ltd, is reporting a significant upturn in business in the first half of 2014, its 40th year of trading, which has given the company the confidence to increase investment in its plant and workforce. In January this year, a Miyano ABX 64 TH3 10-axis CNC turn-mill centre... [Read More]

New engineering hotspot?

New engineering hotspot?

The creation of a 'University Technical College' in Scarborough will be of enormous benefit to the many engineering companies in the area, notes one of the project's key backers â€" tube bending machine manufacturer and software provider, Unison. "For as long as... [Read More]

Navy patrol ships deal worth £348m

Navy patrol ships deal worth £348m

Details of a deal which will see three new Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) built on the Clyde have been confirmed by the Ministry of Defence. Plans for the vessels to be built at BAE Systems' Govan and Scotstoun yards were announced last year.
The MoD has now said the deal is worth £348m and... [Read More]

RK unveils surface grinder range

RK unveils surface grinder range

RK International Machine Tools has added the Perfect range of surface grinders to its portfolio. Table sizes range from 150 x 450 mm, to 1600 x 6000 mm, available as saddle, column, cantilever, double column type and CNC configurations. The initial focus of RK will be on the X-series of grinders, which is headed by the flagship Perfect X25 PLC controlled surface grinder.
With a 250 x 500 mm table and 500 mm clearance between spindle... [Read More]

Plate full of benefits for Cook

Plate full of benefits for Cook

Part of the multinational Dover Corporation, Ellesmere Port-based plate valve specialist, Cook Compression, has seen a number of benefits following the installation of Wogaard Coolant Saver units on its CNC machine tools. Unusually, the unit proved its worth on a bandsaw... [Read More]

UMEX 2014 opens next week

UMEX 2014 opens next week

The doors will swing open next week at UMEX 2014, Asia's largest exhibition for used machinery.
The eighth edition of this highly popular event will take place at the Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India on 4-6 September 2014, with the organiser promising it to be the perfect platform for business transactions and networking.
Dealers from 18 different countries... [Read More]