Monday, November 10, 2014
Boost for the Baltic states
Boost for the Baltic states
Haas Automation Europe has opened a new Haas Factory Outlet (HFO) for the Baltic region based in Riga, Latvia. The facility is owned and operated by Haas distributor, Abplanalp Consulting, which has more than 10 years' experience selling and supporting Haas CNC... [Read More]AMRC training centre opens
AMRC training centre opens
HRH The Duke of York has opened the £20.5m AMRC Training Centre in Rotherham. Part of the University of Sheffield's Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC), the focus is on delivering the skills that manufacturing companies need to compete... [Read More]Gearing up for MTEX 2014
Gearing up for MTEX 2014
The third edition of the MTEX show for machinery, tooling and equipment is set to take place on 8-10 December at the International Exhibition Centre in Muscat, Oman. Building on momentum from the successful 2013 edition, MTEX will once again provide... [Read More]Monday, November 03, 2014
Shark bites into cycles
Shark bites into cycles
The construction of the Gruppo Parpas Shark machining centre from Leader CNC is the result of finite element analysis (FEA) to optimise the frequency and rigidity calculations of the machine base. With a cage-shaped column and central sliding saddle, the Italian-built Shark has a thermo-symmetric structure that supports linear... [Read More]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]
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