Over five days (April 16-20), well over 20,000 people visited MACH 2012, inluding some 2,500 young people, many led on tours around the exhibition by apprentices from Machine Tool Technologies Association (MTA) member companies.
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Dawson Shanahan, a leading specialist in precision cold forming, is continuing to expand its UK engineering facilities' capabilities, with the installation of a new Mazak CNC machining centre and high volume degreasing system for component preparation, handling and finishing.
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WaterHog, the innovative system from Jemtech (UK) that drastically reduces the cost of disposing of waste metalworking fluids, is now available on low-cost finance over one, two or three years.
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The European Machine Tool industry, represented by CECIMO, has launched a European initiative focused on sustainability: the Blue Competence Machine Tools initiative.
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Kumi Solutions is holding an aerospace-focused event at its Nuneaton headquarters on 21 and 22 March 2012, focusing on parts cleaning using trichloroethylene and recent regulatory moves.
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Crown Oil, a major supplier of lubricants and road fuel to all branches of industry, has become an authorised distributor of advanced lubricants from Q8Oils.
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Leuze's 'Introduction to Machine Safety' training workshop, which is being held at the offices of HMK in Congleton, quickly became so over booked that a new session has been added for Tuesday 7 February.
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Leuze electronic's is holding a free-of-charge 'Introduction to Machine Safety' training workshop on Tuesday, 31 January, at the offices of the HMK Direct in Congleton, East Cheshire.
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Laidler Associates, part of the machinery division of TÜV SÜD Product Service, is lending support to the new Automating Manufacturing Programme, managed by the British Automation and Robot Association (BARA), a PPMA Group Association.
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The Lloyds banking group is sending 60 specialists to the MACH 2012 exhibition, to be held from 16-20 April next year at the NEC, Birmingham, and which is organised by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA).
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Beakbane's Matt Barnett has won the Engineering Apprentice of the Year Award at Worcester Group Training Association's Annual Apprentice Awards evening, held at Worcester Warriors Rugby Club.
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As part of a multi-million single 5-axis machine installation for a UK aerospace company, turnkey supplier 2D CNC Machinery (Mitsui Seiki), the customer, FSE and machine builder Mitsui Seiki developed a fully programmable, totally media-free high pressure coolant system capable of providing up to 200 bar pressure around the spindle and 120 bar through the spindle.
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Orders for engineering-based manufacturing across the sector for the first nine months of the year are around 66% higher than during the equivalent period in 2010, according to survey data released by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA).
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Fluid Maintenance Solutions has been appointed by RBM di Battistutta of Italy as the sole UK agent for its IFDR range of advanced metalworking fluid filtration solutions for machine tools and grinding systems.
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Coolant specialist Jemtech (UK) is offering companies the opportunity of free coolant.
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The very best in 3- to 5-axis machining centres, advanced mill-turning lathes and industrial cleaning machines will be promoted by Geo Kingsbury Machine Tools at Aero Engineering 2011, held at the Birmingham NEC from the 9 to 10 of November, with six machines promoted on the stand.
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An updated free guide to guarding standards has been published by Procter Machine Guarding. The 8th edition of 'On Your Guard - A Designer's Guide to Machinery Guarding Standards' reflects recent changes to standards, including one of the key machinery safety standards, EN ISO 12100:2010 (Safety of machinery. General principles for design. Risk assessment and risk reduction), which combines the previous versions of EN ISO 12100 and EN ISO 14121-1.
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MAG's ground-breaking low-flow cryogenic titanium machining process has been approved by the US government for use in production of the Lockheed Martin Joint Strike Fighter, F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter.
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Participants in the CNC turning, CNC milling and mouldmaking sections of WorldSkills London 2011 will now benefit from Blaser Swisslube metalcutting fluids, thanks to the support of Jemtech (UK).
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Jemtech says that, in the case its Waterhog spent coolant volume reduction system, getting your money back is as close to a dead cert as you can find.
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Visitors to this year's EMO, in Hanover, Germany – 19-24 September – will, for the first time, be able to access the full exhibitor, product and program directory in a format suitable for mobile phones and similar devices.
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Safety Systems Technology has set up a bespoke service to design, manufacture and install machinery/machine tool guarding, ensuring that machine manufacturers and users are compliant with the changes in the Machinery Directive that have recently come into force.
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Parker Hannifin has launched an innovative new software programme to help engineers determine the volume of wasted air due to leaks and pressure losses in compressed air networks.
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Jemtech (UK) has appointed Craig Wieland to provide the sales and product support for Blaser Swisslube metalworking fluids, WaterHog fluid evaporation system, and Cleanmist mist extraction units in Scotland.
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Pilz Automation has published a 200-page safety guide for mechanical and electrical engineers, machine builders and systems integrators.
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