In addition to witnessing the s191’s grinding, gearcutting and broaching, as well as turning and milling routines in a single set-up as part of a live, complex component machining demonstration, the visitors – representing primarily aerospace and a variety of industrial industries - also enjoyed a series of presentations.
These outlined the machine’s capabilities across a range of components, including medical and dental as well as aerospace workpieces.
Explains Jonathan Knill, business development director at Victoria Production Engineering (part of the Hyde Group): “Not only were the presentations extremely interesting – especially the insight into using the Bumotec for machining aero-engine fuel injectors and other small precision aerospace parts requiring multi-discipline machining operations – but the live demonstration clearly showed the machine’s flexibility and efficiency in multi-task machining in a single set-up. The whole event certainly provided much food for thought.”
Adds Dr David Curtis, technical fellow at the AMRC with Boeing Centre: “The Bumotec s191 gives us opportunities to develop revolutionary new machining processes in any material and for any sector.
“We are now looking for projects where we can take small, complex components and develop optimised, cost-saving solutions that add value to UK industry.”
