Agency deal for Leader CNC

Agency deal for Leader CNC

Leader CNC Technologies has become the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for Gruppo Parpas of Italy.
Leader CNC says it is particularly excited by the potential of the Gruppo Parpas table-type horizontal machining centres and... [Read More]

ANSYS purchase SpaceClaim

ANSYS purchase SpaceClaim

ANSYS, a developer of engineering simulation software, has acquired SpaceClaim Corp, a provider of 3D modelling software for engineers, for a purchase price of $85m in cash plus retention and an adjustment for working capital.
The two companies... [Read More]

Hurco report record MACH

Hurco report record MACH

Hurco Europe says that the MACH 2014 exhibition held in Birmingham during April was its most successful ever: the company took 27 orders valued at nearly £2m, up 70% up on... [Read More]

Amada UK celebrate

Amada UK celebrate

Sheet metal machinery specialist, Amada UK, has officially opened its reconstructed UK Technical Centre (UKTC) in Kidderminster.
A sparkling, Japanese-themed grand opening ceremony was marked by the presence of Mitsuo Okamoto, the president and CEO... [Read More]

Ajax launch AJCBM mills

Ajax launch AJCBM mills

With a budget less than £23,000, workshops and training schools can now acquire the AJCBM 720 milling machine with a 1270 x 254 mm table and travels of 720 x 380 x 500 mm.
The turret style head can tilt 90° left and right, while the spindle speed is controlled from the CNC via an inverter giving 60 to 3,800 rpm. When used in manual mode, the CNC displays the position as a... [Read More]

KMF share productivity pot of £105,000

KMF share productivity pot of £105,000

KMF Precision Sheet Metal's 'Productivity Share Scheme' (PSS) goes from strength-to-strength, with 165 employees sharing a pot of over £105,000 (£636 each) after successfully completing the 4th annual running of the scheme.
The PSS is now firmly established as KMF's preferred vehicle for encouraging... [Read More]

Mazak expand apprentice offer

Mazak expand apprentice offer

Machine tool manufacturer Yamazaki Mazak UK is on the lookout for budding service engineer apprentices to join the company.
Mazak is looking recruit two apprentices to join its field service engineering apprentice scheme at Worcester, as well as further apprentices to be based... [Read More]

MecWash meet auto standards

MecWash meet auto standards

Birmingham-based Concentric AB, a manufacturer of diesel engine pumps and niche hydraulic systems, has taken delivery of a fifth MecWash aqueous component cleaning and degreasing system following a comprehensive benchmarking process.
The latest parts washer, a MecWash... [Read More]

Industry awaits CIMES 2014

Industry awaits CIMES 2014

The 19th edition of CIMES (China International Machine Tool & Tools Exhibition), Asia's largest machine tool trading and sourcing event, is set to take place on 18-22 June in Beijing.
Located at the New China International Exhibition Centre (NCIEC), the show will cover... [Read More]

Auction Spotlight

Auction Spotlight

CJM Asset Management is facilitating an online auction of a machinery owned previously by Invicta Merchant Bar, Isle of Sheppey, UK... [Read More]
GoIndustry DoveBid is conducting an online auction of machines located in Gosselies, Belgium... [Read More]
Tallon is hosting an online auction of metalworking and fabrication equipment... [Read More]
Cottrill & Co is staging an online auction of machines used previously by DG Steel & Son, Bury, UK... [Read More]
Solutions for Industry is holding an online auction (in progress) of machinery used formerly by a world class gas turbine OEM... [Read More]

RoboCut on display

RoboCut on display

Last month's MACH 2014 exhibition at the Birmingham NEC provided Fanuc UK with the opportunity to show a RoboCut wire EDM from its α-CiA series.
Among the user benefits of RoboCut machines are a measuring system with high resolution (0.05 μm) linear scale, wire feed with servo technology and a start-hole search... [Read More]

Premium grade graphite

Premium grade graphite

Tokai Carbon has recently unveiled a new grade of graphite which will be available exclusively in Europe.
HK-10 is a high quality, premium grade graphite intended for use in the extremely competitive EDM market, says the company.
It is designed to have the attributes of higher grades,... [Read More]

HK put on a show

HK put on a show

At last month's MACH 2014 exhibition at the Birmingham NEC, HK Technologies, the sole UK representative for Mitsubishi Electric, promoted the MV-R and MV-S wire EDM models as the centrepieces of its stand.
These machines have a different take on drive technology, using a cylindrical configuration instead of linear drives.
At the core of this breakthrough are innovative tubular shaft motors... [Read More]

CADCAM for wire EDM machining

CADCAM for wire EDM machining

BobCAD-CAM has introduced its v26 Wire EDM two- and four-axis CADCAM software.
New features start with machining wizards for creating outside and inside cutting toolpaths as well as open shape cutting for two-axis and fouraxis programming.
The new machining wizards step the operator through all of the necessary stages required to create a program, while the new machining strategies allow the operator to add rough cut, skim cut and tab cut operations on the... [Read More]