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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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Tooling challenge met
It was with weary resignation that one company gave WNT (UK) a chance to solve a intractable problem with the machining of an EN8 forging. But the Sheffeld-based cutting tool firm delivered. |
25/02/2008
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Hard material specialist
The relationship between hard materials/cutting tool manufacturer and supplier Ceratizit and its WNT cutting tool distribution operation may not be clear. Machinery makes it so. Both have separate, complementary, strategies. |
22/02/2008
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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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Performance vices
Simple but reliable and accurate workholding technology complements high-tech 5-axis machining at Hemlock Engineering. |
08/01/2008
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Tooling, torque, rigidity
I hate looking at car stickers! But there is one that seems very pertinent to our industry: “A dog is for life and not just for Christmas.” Surely this analogy can be applied to those seeking higher productivity from machining? |
19/12/2007
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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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Competitive advances
Faster EDM; faster programming; better tooling; CADCAM developments; the use aluminium instead of steel tools; mould and die makers have many routes to better productivity. |
09/11/2007
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Tonnes and microns
When you are machining some of the largest castings ever produced, it pays to have cutters, and a tooling supplier, that deliver on its promises. Sheffield-based heavy engineering company Davy Markham and tooling supplier Ceratizit are developing a partnership that is delivering just that. |
17/10/2007
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30,000 tools for the job
Leitz Metalworking Technology Group (LMT) is a Germany-headquartered tooling organisation which boasts sales of £215 million from six tooling specialists employing 3,000 employees. It is itself part of the Leitz Association of companies which today employs 6,400.
LMT (UK), Coventry is the UK organisation that represents LNMT Group’s six companies of Bilz, Boehlerit, Fette, Belin Kieninger, and Onsrud. Together, these six companies claim a product portfolio of around 30,000 items, most of which have been developed within the group. Some 5 per cent of revenues are invested into product R&D. |
16/10/2007
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Tooling up for the future
Tooling firm Seco's chief executive explains his comany's expansionist agenda in an industry where the large players continue to snap up the small fry. |
03/08/2007
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Master Craftsman
Craftsman Tools, the Yorkshire-based provider of workholding equipment, toolholding products and contract machining services, is doing a roaring trade. Turnover now stands at £4.5 million, with 60 per cent of this generated by UK customers, employee count is up 10 per cent on last year (currently standing at 54) and investment is at record levels. |
27/07/2007
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5-axis success factors
Some 50 delegates attended Machinery’s 5-axis seminar last month at the Heritage Motor Centre. Machine tools, CNC, tooling, workholding, programming, program simulation and user experience, all formed part of the day, which took in nine presentations in total. |
24/07/2007
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On the inside at Seco
A UK journalist hasn’t been invited to Seco’s production facilities in Sweden for over 15 years. Machinery accepted the invitation. With a turnover in 2006 of €600 million, Seco Tools AB is the world’s fourth largest cutting tool group, employing some 4,300 people globally.
Inserts remain the heartbeat of Seco, accounting for two-thirds of the company’s revenue. Insert production, along with the majority of Seco’s research and development takes place at the company’s principal site at Fagersta, some 150 km northwest of Stockholm.
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19/07/2007
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Get (pre)set for productivity
Presetting helps manufacturers raise productivity and produce correct parts, first time, at less cost. Here's how. |
17/07/2007
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Accurate, rigid, repeatable
The new toolholding system for the all-new Hardinge RS-Series turning centres — Eppinger’s ESA top-plate, toolholders and PreciFlex adapters — was developed and made on the German toolholder specialist’s four Harding Quest CNC turning centres. Today, machining time on almost all parts running on these four Quest turning centres with the new tooling system has fallen greatly — operating and set-up time have been reduced by 80 per cent. But the story started some years ago, recalls Eppinger GmbH president Ewe Eppinger whent he met a representative from Hardinge in Europe at an exhibition. |
14/07/2007
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Accurate; repeatable; rigid
The new toolholding system for the all-new Hardinge RS-Series turning centres — Eppinger’s ESA top-plate, toolholders and PreciFlex adapters — was developed and made on the German toolholder specialist’s four Harding Quest CNC turning centres. Today, machining time on almost all parts running on these four Quest turning centres with the new tooling system has fallen greatly — operating and set-up time have been reduced by 80 per cent. But the story started some years ago, recalls Eppinger GmbH president Ewe Eppinger whent he met a representative from Hardinge in Europe at an exhibition. |
13/07/2007
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Tooled up for multi-tasking
Multi-tasking machine tools require complementary tooling systems. Sub-contractor Oxford Engineering has implemented such a system and has witnessed benefits. |
12/06/2007
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More time at the bar
Almost 85 per cent of barfeeds are sold with new machines so the selecting the right model for the task can be tricky, considering that you’ve never even switched on the lathe you are buying, let alone seen it cut metal over an extended period of time. |
24/05/2007
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Combined strength
Walter, Titex and Prototyp - three brands now available from a unified sales operation. |
11/04/2007
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Exotic sub-strates
CBN, PCBN, ceramics and cermets. What are their application areas today? Machinery reveals the current state of the art. |
11/04/2007
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Cutting tool coatings
Coatings technology developments continue to support cutting tool performance improvements. Machinery reviews latest advances, highlighting their particular focus or strength. |
11/04/2007
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The drive for productivity
Tooling and toolholding innovations are helping sliding-head auto users to get the most out of their machines. |
02/03/2007
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Tooling Matters
A new one-day event this year will bring users and suppliers together for a day of one-to-one discussions about cutting tooling challenges. Twenty of the UK's tooling experts will be on hand to advise. |
27/02/2007
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