Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

Perfection Industrial Sales is holding an online auction of assets owned previously by J Hortz Automotive, Barcelona, Spain... [Read More]
Thompson is staging a public auction of CNC machines used formerly by TSS Technologies, Cincinnati, USA... [Read More]
Hilco Industrial is conducting an online auction of equipment used formerly by Isofoton, Malaga, Spain... [Read More]
1st Machinery is hosting an online auction of various machines from various UK sites... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is facilitating an online auction of CNC machinery used previously by James Thomas Engineering and others... [Read More]

CU-ICAR uses Okuma

CU-ICAR uses Okuma

As well as production applications, machine tool manufacturer Okuma says that facilities such as the Clemson University International Centre for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) in Greenville, South Carolina are proving a hotbed for its technologies.
CU-IAR has $1.5m of... [Read More]

JVM invests in Brother

JVM invests in Brother

JVM Castings, the UK's largest independent aluminium die casting shop, machines nine different JLR chassis castings at its Worcester headquarters and a further nine at its Tamworth facility. The finished parts are destined for production lines building all variants of the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. JVM partners... [Read More]

Gearbox shafts made easy

Gearbox shafts made easy

EMAG has unveiled a new vertical turning lathe â€" the VT 4-4 â€" designed specifically to deliver top efficiency levels in large volume gearbox shaft production.
This four-axis shaft turning machine is said to open up new potential in the machining of components up to 1050 mm in length and 200 mm in diameter.
Simultaneous machining... [Read More]

LX021 suits aero blade machining

LX021 suits aero blade machining

Starrag UK has announced the new LX021 machining centre as a compact, cost-efficient answer to the complete machining in a single set-up of aero engine turbine blades up to 200 mm long. The machine will also process impellers/small blisks. Importantly, the LX021 can include full capability for... [Read More]

Fiat upgrades CNC systems

Fiat upgrades CNC systems

Fiat Powertrain is upgrading the CNC systems of 20 key machine tools used on the crankshaft and cylinder block production lines of its engine manufacturing plant at Campo Largo, Brazil, in order to extend their life cycle and minimise future maintenance downtime. Each machine requires a custom upgrade kit, comprising a high... [Read More]

More tool life on CFRP

More tool life on CFRP

Developed in Japan to satisfy growing demand for higher quality holes and improved tool life when drilling carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP) materials used extensively by the aerospace industry, the resulting Sumidia diamond-coated SDC drill range is said to increase tool life and, by incorporating specialised geometry, reduce... [Read More]

P400 TEM at Delphi

P400 TEM at Delphi

Delphi-TVS, a joint venture between US-based Delphi Corporation and TV Sundaram Iyengar & Sons of India, is using a P400 TEM (thermal energy method) system from Kennametal Extrude Hone to remove burrs from high volume diesel fuel injector components. The system uses a pressurised mixture of combustible gas and oxygen that is injected... [Read More]

Laser scanners replace tactile probes for BIW

Laser scanners replace tactile probes for BIW

Turkish automotive manufacturer FIAT-TofaÅŸ is implementing new inspection methodologies for the diagnostic measurement of sheet metal components and body-in-white (BIW) assemblies. A key element involves the installation of Nikon Metrology XC65Dx-LS cross scanners and CAMIO multi-sensor metrology software... [Read More]

AMRC acquires Profimat MC 607 five-axis grinder

AMRC acquires Profimat MC 607 five-axis grinder

A Profimat MC 607 five-axis CNC grinding machine manufactured by Blohm Jung in Germany has been supplied in close cooperation with UK agent, JRA Bennett, to the University of Sheffield's AMRC. It follows a rigorous tender process that involved evaluating... [Read More]

UK rail

UK rail

Hitachi Rail Europe says that it is working with more than 30 UK-based suppliers to build trains for the first phase of train delivery in the Government's Intercity Express programme. Of the parts, systems and operations that Hitachi Rail Europe... [Read More]

Hardinge deal

Hardinge deal

US machine tool manufacturer, Hardinge, has entered an agreement to acquire the assets of the Voulmard internal diameter grinding business from Peter Wolters GmbH of Rendsburg, Germany.
Voumard, founded... [Read More]

EMO dates

EMO dates

The dates have now been finalised for EMO Hanover 2017, Europe's largest trade fair for the metalworking sector. The VDW (German Machine Tool Builders' Association), which is responsible for... [Read More]

E-learning aids metalworking skills

E-learning aids metalworking skills

Cutting tool manufacturer, Sandvik Coromant, has launched a programme to help production engineers and manufacturing specialists keep abreast of the latest metal cutting technologies and practices. The free online service represents an e-learning programme for metalworking skills that can be accessed from anywhere at any time.
The programme is based on the Sandvik Coromant 360-page 'Metal Cutting... [Read More]

Technicut takes Edgemaster

Technicut takes Edgemaster

Alicona has announced that cutting tool manufacturer, Technicut, based in Sheffield, has become the latest user of its InfiniteFocus Edgemaster system for R&D applications. "We've used optical 3D... [Read More]

£3m factory provides Street Crane with a lift

£3m factory provides Street Crane with a lift

Visitors from around the world joined Street Crane to celebrate the opening of its new £3m hoist factory at Chapel-en-le-Frith earlier this month. Street Crane is the UK's largest crane and hoist manufacturer, and the new factory will give the company capacity to increase wire rope hoist production from the current level... [Read More]

Mondiale and Harry Vraets open doors

Mondiale and Harry Vraets open doors

Machine tool specialists Mondiale and Harry Vraets Machinery are staging a joint open house at Zele, Belgium on 25-27 September 2014. The event will focus on a plethora of new and pre-owned machine tools suitable for all industry sectors and all budgets. The event is open from 09:00 to 20:00 on 25 and 26 September, and from 09:00 to 16:00 on 27 September.
Many of the machines... [Read More]

CMT supplies machine tools to Walsall College

CMT supplies machine tools to Walsall College

Chester Machine Tools has recently completed another successful installation of milling machines, drilling machines and lathes at the new engineering and manufacturing workshop at Walsall College. The project was instigated after the... [Read More]