Monday, November 03, 2014
Vamec\'s fast future
Vamec's fast future
Italian firm Vamec, a manufacturer of carburettors for racing kart teams, is based near Bologna in a region famed for its motorsport heritage. The city of Modena, the birthplace of Enzo Ferrari and home to Maserati and Lamborghini, is just up the road, while the legendary Imola F1 circuit and the Torro Rosso F1 team are both neighbours.Racing is in the blood at Vamec. In his day, founder Vincenzo Vannini was... [Read More]
Exeron HSC MP7 launched into UK
Exeron HSC MP7 launched into UK
CNC International has introduced the Germanbuilt Exeron HSC MP7 machining centre to the UK marketplace.Said to be sitting in the upper echelons of high end machining centres, the new Exeron MP7 incorporates a gantry structure, integrated temperature control and linear drives throughout.
According to CNC International, the MP7 is pitched at... [Read More]
YMT offers Hedelius
YMT offers Hedelius
The Hedelius range of machining centres is now available from exclusive UK and Ireland agent, YMT Technologies. Each Hedelius CNC machine tool is produced in-house at the company's facility in Meppen, Germany.The machines are pitched particularly at the customers in the aerospace, mould and die, and motorsport industries.
The vertical spindle, moving column product range covers three-, four- and five-axis machining, in pendulum and... [Read More]
Aerospace research benefits from Huron
Aerospace research benefits from Huron
The Bedford-based Aircraft Research Association (ARA) provides specialist services to the aerospace industry, including high speed wind tunnel testing, computational fluid dynamics and high precision wind tunnel model design and manufacture. With recent government emphasis on the aerodynamic and aerospace industries, ARA has been... [Read More]Five-axis Ajax VMC for less than £80,000
Five-axis Ajax VMC for less than £80,000
Targeting the single operational trend by users in vertical machining centre technology, now available from Ajax Machine Tools International for under £80,000 is a fiveaxis, Heidenhain-controlled machine with 17 kW, 10,000 rpm spindle and chiller, a 200 mm diameter rotary/tilt table and 24 tool magazine. Significant in the installation support of the accuracy and repeatability... [Read More]Start-up opts for Hartford machine
Start-up opts for Hartford machine
A multi-axis Hartford vertical machining centre will be used by a startup company as the springboard for the provision of machined components for oil and gas customers. Supplied by T W Ward CNC Machinery (Ward CNC), the four-axis, open-fronted HCMC 2082AG machine is now at the heart of future success at Central Machining Services (CMS).Established by directors Billy Dale, Colin Kirkwood and David McElhinney â€" all ex-shift leaders who between them have some 50 years’ experience in the manufacture of components for the oil and gas sector â€" CMS has been set up in a newly-acquired... [Read More]
University expands with XYZ bed mill
University expands with XYZ bed mill
The mechanical workshop of the Department of Physics at Durham University has expanded its manufacturing capacity following the purchase of an XYZ SMX 3500 bed mill with ProtoTrak control. The new machine sits alongside several other XYZ machines, including an SLX 1630 ProTurn lathe, and is being used in the manufacture... [Read More]Sunday, November 02, 2014
Auction Spotlight
Auction Spotlight
Peaker Pattinson is facilitating an online auction of equipment used formerly by the BBC, London... [Read More]New England is holding an online auction of machinery located in Witton, West Midlands, UK... [Read More]
1st Machinery is staging an online auction of various machines located in Leicester, UK... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is conducting an online auction of machines owned previously by Millbank Tool Co Ltd... [Read More]
Machinebidder.com is hosting an online auction of assets owned previously by Northwest Forgings Ltd, Manchester, UK... [Read More]
Double productivity
Double productivity
The latest Germanbuilt Chiron DZ machining centres from the Engineering Technology Group bring the high volume productivity benefits of twinspindle machining centres to larger components, it is claimed. DZ machines... [Read More]ONS report upbeat
ONS report upbeat
Perceptions that manufacturing is disappearing from the UK are wide of the mark, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Despite the number of workers employed falling significantly since the... [Read More]Mazak opens doors
Mazak opens doors
The annual Yamazaki Mazak open house will take place on 18-21 November at the company's European Technology Centre and manufacturing plant in Worcester.It will feature 20 machine tools, including the latest Integrex, the VTC 800 series... [Read More]
Record 1st quarter
Record 1st quarter
Metrology specialist Renishaw has experienced a record first quarter, with revenue for the three months to 30 September 2014 of £101.4m, a 28% increase over the £79.0m for... [Read More]Arefco purchases two Romi machine tools
Arefco purchases two Romi machine tools
Ashington-based Arefco Special Products, a manufacturer of sealing solutions predominantly for the oil and gas industry, has installed two new Romi machines: a C-1600-H CNC lathe and a GL-350B sub-spindle CNC lathe (both models feature live tooling and C axes). The two machines (the first of their type in Europe), together with... [Read More]£1.4m orders secured
£1.4m orders secured
Citizen Machinery says that 12 sales at its October open house for CNC sliding head and fixed head turn-mill centres worth over £1.4m makes a significant contribution to achieving the financial target of an order book worth £40m in 2014.Machines from across the company’s range, valued between £55,000 and £300,000, brought... [Read More]
McAree expands into painting
McAree expands into painting
McAree Engineering, based at Bellanode, near Monaghan, Ireland, has recently introduced spray painting and powder coating to its production processes as part of a planned expansion. To facilitate the move, the company decided to invest in a shot blasting, spray painting and spray... [Read More]£5.8m facility will plug skills gap
£5.8m facility will plug skills gap
A training centre that is preparing young people and adults for careers in engineering has opened its doors in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. West Nottinghamshire College has invested £5.8m in creating a flagship engineering and automotive hub that provides students with some... [Read More]Car output reaches six-year high
Car output reaches six-year high
UK car manufacturing in the first nine months of 2104 hit a six-year high. More than 1.13 million cars were produced between January and September, the best figures since 2008, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) says. Furthermore, figures released last month showed UK car sales reaching a 10-year high in September... [Read More]ASEAN pride at Metalex 2014
ASEAN pride at Metalex 2014
Metalex 2014, which takes place on 19-22 November in Bangkok, Thailand, is expecting over 70,000 visitors through its doors over the four days of the show.Spread over 46,000 sq m of exhibition space, Metalex is the largest machine tools... [Read More]
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