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Efficiency in the round
Hi-tech laser cutting is making sure that IAE’s fencing products and more fit well prior to welding. |
07/05/2008
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Barfeed bonanza
Every good CNC lathe deserves a good barfeed; and there are products aplenty available, as Machinery reviews. |
03/05/2008
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Cutting the mustard
Machinery reviews a number of recent machining centre installations, highlighting benefits of latest technology |
29/04/2008
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Continual innovation
Gildemeister Group machine tool sales company DMG's annual Open House held in Pfronten, Bavaria, Southern Germany in February came just a few months after the major EMO exhibition last year at which it unveiled a plethora of new developments. The Open House still had plenty of news to offer, however. |
25/04/2008
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Applied technology
Sliding-head technology continues to improve, but the additional success factor is knowing how to apply it. Star Micronics GB is investing in the latter |
24/04/2008
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Automated success
An investment of £1.3 million in a single, automated production cell has secured the UK-based manufacturing of a key part for Spirax Sarco |
22/04/2008
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Virtual advantage
It came as something of a shock to Studer to discover that its new StuderGrind CAM system module, StuderTechnology, could outperform an experienced grinder.And, more importantly, the benefits are greater in short batch runs than they are in a production environment. Importantly because it is production environment users that are the typical purchasers of StuderGrind CAM, says the company. So users of S33 machines are ideal candidates for StuderGrind even though the software is more often a part of an S31 or S40 sale. |
03/04/2008
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Turning up the productivity
Machinery reviews a number of turning technology investments. While one-hit machining is a common theme, there are others too, it finds. |
02/04/2008
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The science of engineering
You’d expect to find a WFL mill-turn machine in a large OEM’s works, but UK sub-contractor AE Precision is WFL’s smallest customer to date world wide for such a machine. It's just part of this company's scientific approach to business. |
27/03/2008
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The mark of quality
An increase in the need for process traceability is ensuring that laser marking technology continues to grow, both in terms of sales and functionality. |
29/02/2008
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Laser gas – what choice?
Oxygen, nitrogen, compressed air, argon - laser profilers use all of these gases to cut materials. Machinery went in search of rules and found that there are few hard and fast ones. |
21/02/2008
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MACH 2008 preview
MACH, the UK's bienniel manufacturing technology event, will be held at Birmingham's NEC from Monday 21 April through to Friday 25 April.
This is Machinery's first preview of the upcoming exhibition. |
13/02/2008
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GRINDTEC 2008
With visitors numbers up nearly 20 per cent last time around, the pre-show buzz about GrindTec 2008 (12-15 March) is already starting to build. |
12/02/2008
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SIMODEC 2008
This year’s edition of SIMODEC (4-8 March) will open its doors next month to 14,000 visitors destined to discover a myriad of international exhibitors within. |
09/02/2008
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Sawing successes
Cycle times for cutting nickel and titanium alloy materials have been halved at the Milton Keynes stockholding centre of Aviation Metals following the installation of a KASTOtec AC4 bandsaw. |
05/02/2008
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Renewed fortunes
Following the 2001 ‘9/11’ downturn and the failure of one of its largest Taiwanese suppliers, Yang; Hove, Sussex-headquartered C Dugard Machine Tools was hit hard. A renewed strategy, however, has seen the company’s fortunes return, and following a successful Open House last year, it enters 2008 “with a record order book worth over £7 million, even before further Open House enquiries are processed,” reports managing director Eric Dugard, who adds that the company has experienced an average 20 per cent year-on-year growth over recent years, with that looking set to continue. |
01/02/2008
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Astronomical accuracy
The largest lightweight beryllium optic that has ever been made that will form a central element in the James Webb infrared optimised Space Telescope (JWST), due for launch in June 2013 to study phases in the history of our universe, has been machined in the USA using a custom-built Mitsui Seiki horizontal machining centre.
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23/01/2008
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On message
With a new managing director firmly ensconced at GF AgieCharmilles, Machinery went to find out more about the company’s strategy in the UK. |
17/01/2008
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Flexible response
Office furniture manufacturer Triumph has invested to provide an efficient, flexible response to bespoke customer requirements and so protects itself from low-cost competitors. Machinery reports. |
04/01/2008
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Technology meets history
Latest tube laser cutting machinery is helping to keep the costs of producing a UK motoring icon down and quality up. |
25/12/2007
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Hardinge - the next generation
Billed as the ‘next generation’ Open House, Hardinge recently opened its UK doors to visitors and revealed new branding and technology. |
21/12/2007
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The rough and the smooth
Andrew Allcock looks at two solutions to the same problem – that of increasing the speed of rough cutting while also offering precision finishing in a wire-cut EDM machine. |
21/12/2007
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Out-smarting competition
While some are still mourning the closure of the MG Rover plant at Longbridge and the Peugeot facility at Ryton, suppliers to automotive customers have had to dust themselves down and find new business. |
19/12/2007
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Feed me right
Barfeed systems help improve productivity, throughput and quality; but they must be matched to the particular needs of the turning operation. |
15/11/2007
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Cutting developments
Timet UK, one of the world’s major supplier of high quality titanium, has taken delivery of a large, special-purpose Cutmaster semi-automatic abrasive disc cut-off machine for its production site in Swansea. |
13/11/2007
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