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Sunday, July 06, 2014

College install five-axis DMU ecoline

The Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Department at Lincoln College has installed a DMG Mori five-axis machining centre to assist in giving its students practical experience of programming and operating advanced metalcutting equipment.
In a part-exchange deal, the DMU 50 ecoline replaced a similar size of machining centre from the same supplier that had been the mainstay of five-axis tuition... [Read More]

Reliance order Hermle C22U

Huddersfield-based engineering firm, Reliance Precision, has placed an order for a Hermle C22U five-axis machining centre fitted with IH60 integrated workpiece handling system and a 24-position magazine for System 3R pallets.
Sole UK agent, Geo Kingsbury, will deliver and commission the production cell this summer.
"The flexibility of the Hermle... [Read More]

First five-axis Quaser is a hit

Adding a Quaser UX 600 five-axis CNC machining centre to its roster has increased capacity and efficiency at Swindonbased precision machining specialist, Metalite, while adding the capability for 'one hit' component manufacture.
Supplied by the Engineering Technology Group, the UX 600 is currently the largest Quaser fully simultaneous, vertical five-axis machine operating... [Read More]

Techno acquire four Doosan machines

The Techno Group, a subcontractor with facilities in Rugby (Technoset) and Hastings (Technoturn), has invested in four new Doosan machine tools from Mills CNC.
At Technoset, the arrival of two new Doosan DNM 500 vertical machines... [Read More]

D&D purchase 20-tonne VMC from XYZ

The first of XYZ Machine Tools' range of large capacity vertical machining centres has been delivered to longstanding customer D&D Engineering (Hull).
The XYZ 2010 VMC weighs in at 20 tonnes and is the largest VMC ever sold and delivered by XYZ Machine Tools, although with two larger variants in the range, this record may not last long.
The machine delivered to D&D Engineering features... [Read More]

Tooling fund available

A new Â£24m government fund is set to give UK-based automotive suppliers a welcome boost as they look to grow their businesses.
Announced by Business Minister Michael Fallon at a recent SMMT meet the buyer event at ExCeL... [Read More]

Investment at UFL

Universal Fabrications (Coventry) Ltd, a steel manufacturing company based in the Midlands, has expanded its performance and capabilities with a Â£1m investment.
Recent machinery installed includes: an Amada FOII NT 4 kW 3000 x 1500 laser profiling... [Read More]

CECIMO report growth

During CECIMO's recent general assembly, which took place in Prague at the end of last month, the organisation's economic committee confirmed that European machine tool production increased to â‚¬22.8bn in 2013, and that machine tool consumption... [Read More]

Airbus complete A350 test fleet

With the first flight at the end of last month of A350 MSN005, the five-strong Airbus development fleet is now complete.
Being the second passenger cabin-equipped A350, and tasked with route-proving and ETOPS validation, MSN005 embodies the operationally definitive configuration for 'type certification' duties.
This milestone means that the A350 XWB... [Read More]

Best Kasto open house

The UK launch of a new range of economically priced bandsaws at Kasto's open house in Milton Keynes last month resulted in four machine sales, more than at any previous open house.
Three steel... [Read More]

Top CIMdata ranking for Delcam

The latest 'NC Software Market Analysis Report' from US analysts CIMdata shows that Delcam continues to be the world's largest specialist supplier of CAM software and services.
Delcam employs over 700 staff, some 100 more than the second placed company, and over twice the number of employees... [Read More]

Largest UK virtual welding studio

Welding products supplier, Weldability-Sif has opened the UK's largest virtual welding studio at Goole College as part of the ongoing strategy from the Weldability-Sif Foundation Charity to encourage the development of new welder training facilities across the country.
The dedicated virtual reality... [Read More]

Alcoa to purchase Firth Rixson

US aluminium giant Alcoa is to buy British aircraft components maker Firth Rixson for $2.85bn (Â£1.7bn).
The New York-based firm will pay $2.35bn in cash and $500m in shares for Firth Rixson, which produces jet engine parts such as turbine and compressor cases.
Alcoa will add $150m to the deal if the company meets agreed performance... [Read More]

MTA refocus China office

The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) has refocused its China office to offer improved services to members.
Craig Chen has been appointed as the new general manager of the MTA office in China, who will provide the lead on market intelligence... [Read More]