Mori Seiki has unveiled two new machines utilising new ‘Driven at the Centre of Gravity’ technology – NV4000 DCG and NH4000 DCG

Following trials in Switzerland, Citizen’s new R04 sliding-head lathe, confirms its advantage over cam-driven machines. For a watch pinion, the 3/16 in (4 mm) capacity R04 delivered a cycle time of 19 secs versus a ...

Government and its agencies are overtly driving ‘cluster’ creation or nurturing those that already exist. According to Michael Porter, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and the most ardent ...

Gary Ramsey envies bodies such as the North West Aerospace Alliance, because: “They have raised the profile of the North of England’s aerospace capabilities, and are successfully selling them on an international basis."

Considering the large quantities of standard components made on conventional machining centres, one wonders why there’s growing interest in five-axis machining. Surely the cost, complexity and elaborate methods of ...

CNC sliding-head specialist Citizen is targeting small capacity cam auto users with its new 3/16 in/4 mm capacity R04. The machine has been designed so that its dimensions make it a direct physical replacement for cam ...

Based in South Shields, on the banks of the river Tyne, 216-employee tier 2/3 contract manufacturer Ford Component Manufacturing is a company full of surprises and amply demonstrates the adage ‘don’t judge a book by its ...

Within the UK,there are currently some 50 000 hip replacements and over 35 000 knee replacements annually. In addition there are numerous other orthopaedic operations. And earlier this year,the then health secretary ...

Mikron has launched the UK’s first high-speed, four-/five-axis machining user group. The group is part of a series of Mikron initiatives aimed at raising the profile of the technologies and demonstrating their ...

Contracts totalling around £50 million in value have been placed with BAE Systems and Thales UK to complete the Assessment Phase (AP3) of the Future Aircraft Carrier (CVF) project. AP3 sets out to increase design ...

The medical and healthcare sector is a growing one, but the UK is yet to take best advantage across the whole supply chain of the opportunity on offer, it seems

Manufacturing industry is not heading for disaster, but it is changing in ways which focus on strengths built up over our 200 years as a manufacturing nation. The key to future success does not lie in bringing our ...

The radar housing on the Royal navy’s new Type 45 Destroyer’s will rotate on Timken bearings. The radar – Samson – rotates at 30 revs/min on an innovative bearing setup which US-based The Timken Company assisted in ...