Machining

Kasto performance cutting and Cermet-coated blades impress Staniforth-HKB

Increasing business at Staniforth-HKB Steel, Rotherham, sent the stockholder's operations manager Dean Dainty in search of an additional bandsaw ... Read More

Furniture maker Burgess reinvests in product quality and productivity

In order to justify its premium prices, Burgess Furniture has installed both surface finishing and degreasing equipment to boost its quality ... Read More

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Tooling

WNT’s Centro-P toolholding grip and rigidity improves tool life and machining access for mouldmaker

Mould toolmaker BK Tooling attributes its exceptionally busy past 18 months to investment in equipment through lean times that has enabled it to ... Read More

Sumitomo Super Multi-drill XHT demonstrates lack of wander with hole-to-hole breakthrough on deep holes

Components destined for use in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest particle accelerator at Cern, near Geneva, presented ... Read More

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Workholding

Set-up time slashed 70-80% with Chick

DMM Engineering's has calculated that its Chick Workholding fast-acting vices have cut set-up times by 70-80% making its vertical machining ... Read More

Autosport manufacturing made easy

Complex parts, tight tolerances, difficult materials? Nothing a trip to Autosport 2012 won't resolve. Steed Webzell previews the main attractions Read More

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CADCAM/CNC

Alphacam helps HySpeed CNC to broaden customer base

Alphacam has not only made HySpeed (CNC)'s repeat business for the aircraft sector more efficient, but it has also opened up opportunities in ... Read More

Stamps steps up to Wankel prototype programming challenge with Delcam for SolidWorks

It took Stamps Engineering Services just five weeks to produce a prototype for a client who wanted to prove that a Wankel engine could give ... Read More

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Environment

Furniture maker Burgess reinvests in product quality and productivity

In order to justify its premium prices, Burgess Furniture has installed both surface finishing and degreasing equipment to boost its quality ... Read More

Coolant developments

Andrew Allcock revisits coolants developments, viewed through the lens of REACH legislation, explaining the background and companies' responses ... Read More

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Metrology

Autosport manufacturing made easy

Complex parts, tight tolerances, difficult materials? Nothing a trip to Autosport 2012 won't resolve. Steed Webzell previews the main attractions Read More

X-ray vision and more

The application of computer tomography is still limited in engineering, but one German mould maker is benefiting. Elsewhere, probing is paying ... Read More

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Subcontracting

Sumitomo Super Multi-drill XHT demonstrates lack of wander with hole-to-hole breakthrough on deep holes

Components destined for use in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest particle accelerator at Cern, near Geneva, presented ... Read More

Metamorphosis in Wales for subcontractor

Mollart Engineering, Resolven, Wales, was close to closure in 2005. Today, it is a thriving business, with ambitious plans for growth. Andrew ... Read More

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Industry Sectors

WNT’s Centro-P toolholding grip and rigidity improves tool life and machining access for mouldmaker

Mould toolmaker BK Tooling attributes its exceptionally busy past 18 months to investment in equipment through lean times that has enabled it to ... Read More

Pedal to the metal for automotive sector

The automotive sector is one element of manufacturing that is helping to pull the country back on a path to growth. Steed Webzell reports on the ... Read More

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Comment/Opinion

End of a “golden decade”

Defence expenditure in the world's largest military spender, the USA, is under attack, as is the UK's budget. The impact will be felt widely as ... Read More

Rebalancing revisited

The boom was bigger, the bust larger than was thought. So said Chancellor George Osborne during his Autumn Statement. Growth will be slower, ... Read More

Services

Massive Middle East machinery move project

TW Ward has completed a massive manufacturing plant relocation exercise, in the United Arab Emirates. In fact, involving 67 machines, it is the ... Read More

The three ‘Rs’: rebuild, retrofit, refurbish

When budgets are tight, one way to maintain investment programmes is to investigate cost-effective alternatives to new machine tools. Steed ... Read More

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