Haas a class apart at Leiden

Haas a class apart at Leiden

The engineering department at the Leiden instrument-makers School (LiS) in the Netherlands has installed three new Haas CNC milling machines: two Super Mini Mills and a VF1.
As a result of its investment in Haas machines, LiS is now one of the few schools where students can pursue machining courses at a high level, both conventionally and using CNC, as principal Dick Harms confirms: "We are distinguishing ourselves from... [Read More]

Fanuc launch Robodrill Alpha

Fanuc launch Robodrill Alpha

Fanuc UK has announced the launch of the Robodrill Alpha (D21iA5), a high speed, high precision CNC machining centre.
The machine is said to offer a range of benefits including: directly driven axes for quick acceleration of 1.5 G in all three axes (54 m/min); dynamic spindle with 10,000 or 24,000 rpm speed; optimal acceleration and deceleration control... [Read More]

Toyoda introduce HMC

Toyoda introduce HMC

A new generation of horizontal machining centres from Toyoda Machinery is launched in the UK having 800 and 630 mm pallet sizes.
The Japanese machine tool manufacturer is claiming best-in-class for workpiece swing, axis strokes and cutting performance.
The Toyoda FH800SX-I, for example, has a workpiece swing of 1500 mm for parts up to 1500 mm in height and weighing up to 2.5 tonnes.
X-axis travel is 1450 mm by 1250 mm in Y, while the Z-axis is 1550 mm.
Each... [Read More]

Innova acquire pre-owned Mikron

Innova acquire pre-owned Mikron

Hampshire-based precision subcontractor, Innova Design & Build, has invested in a Mikron five-axis machining centre with integrated automation.
The machine, a preowned Mikron UCP 600 Vario with seven-station automatic pallet is designed for 3+2 positional and simultaneous five-axis machining, and has been installed at the company's Emsworth facility.
The machine provides... [Read More]

Ward CNC to install world\'s largest mill

Ward CNC to install world's largest mill

The world's largest machining centre of its kind available for collaborative research is being installed at the Nuclear AMRC by TW Ward CNC Machinery (Ward CNC), the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for Soraluce of Spain.
With a Soraluce FX12000 floortype travelling-column milling and boring centre at its heart, a machine with X, Y and... [Read More]

Top treatment

Top treatment

Lines for surface treatment including anodising and chemical cleaning are now being sold in the UK by Turbex as a result of a new sole agency agreement signed with Finnish company Galvatek in February 2014.
Supply of electroplating plant forms a large part of business... [Read More]

Second electric bender at SL

Second electric bender at SL

Aerospace tubular parts manufacturer SL Engineering of Sleaford has acquired a second all-electric CNC tube bending machine from Unison.
The new machine, a Unison Breeze 80, enhances SL Engineering's manufacturing... [Read More]

Employer evening at AMRC

Employer evening at AMRC

For companies that already have an AMRC apprentice, are considering one, or are just interested, the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre is staging an open evening on 3 June (16:00-19:00) at its facility at Catcliffe
near Rotherham... [Read More]

Amada celebrate UKTC with open houses

Amada celebrate UKTC with open houses

Sheet metal machinery specialist, Amada, is hosting three open house events in May and June to celebrate the opening of the company's refurbished UK Technical Centre (UKTC, pictured) in Kidderminster.
On 13-16 May, 20-22 May and 17-19 June, Amada will open the doors at its 9,500 m² flagship building.
Aside from getting a first-hand look at the company's... [Read More]

IKCO set 2014 target

IKCO set 2014 target

Iran-based car manufacturer, IKCO, is targeting the production of 600,000 passenger cars and pick-ups by the end of the current Iranian year (through to 21 March 2015), says the company's CEO and president Hashem Yeke Zare. What's more, some 30% of this total... [Read More]

MACH bonanza for XYZ

MACH bonanza for XYZ

MACH 2014 is proving to be the best exhibition in the 30 year history of XYZ Machine Tools, with orders taken during the five day exhibition exceeding all expectations.
And, with orders continuing to arrive on a daily basis, the company is looking forward to a record breaking year as well.
Total sales... [Read More]

Dugard sell 17 machines

Dugard sell 17 machines

Dugard is reporting that it sold a total of 17 machines at the MACH 2014 exhibition held at the Birmingham NEC last month.
Sales included three of the new Dugard 500A cost-competitive VMCs, three Dugard 1000E VMCs, and two Dugard 760E models.
Dugard also had success with the largest machine on the stand, the Dugard HD1886B, selling... [Read More]

Fastest optimism rise since 70s

Fastest optimism rise since 70s

Business optimism among manufacturers saw its sharpest improvement since 1973 on the back of strong growth in orders at home and abroad.
That's according to the latest CBI quarterly Industrial Trends Survey.
The survey of 405 manufacturers found that in the three... [Read More]

Lathes sold to Middle East energy firms

Lathes sold to Middle East energy firms

Broadbent Stanley, a specialist in heavy duty, oil country manual lathes, is reporting a reversal in the ratio of CNC and manual machines sold.
While the former have dominated in recent years, conventional machines are exhibiting something of a renaissance, particularly in the Middle East. The recent machine orders, mainly for hollow spindle PA models, include: a PA 40 x 3000 mm for Perfect Tools of Dubai; a PA 45 x 2000 mm destined for Saudi Arabia; and two BS430... [Read More]