Two German firms, 5-axis vertical machining centre manufacturer Wenzler (Heller group) and workholding equipment specialist Roemheld, have developed a process that allows a casting or other component to be secured ready for machining, while at the same time checking it for accuracy of form and position before machining starts....
13/07/2021
Designed to reduce set-up times on lathes, the new BR-series of 3-jaw chucks from Japanese firm Kitagawa is capable of a gripping accuracy of 0.01 mm TIR (total ......
26/06/2020
OnRobot, a specialist in robotic end-of-arm tooling, has launched a compact, single-pad version of its Gecko no-mark adhesive gripper. The Gecko SP (single-pad) gripper ......
24/02/2020
At Southern Manufacturing 2020 (11-13 February, Farnborough, Stand G205) 1st Machine Tool Accessories will show for the first time in the UK the newly developed Kitagawa ......
11/12/2019
Gewefa UK is expanding its partner portfolio with the addition of products from the Fahrion Precision Centro P (Premium) range of collet chucks. The company will ......
21/11/2019
Hainbuch has released a fully updated version of its TESTit device for measuring the force of external and internal clamping. Some six years after the product was first ......
05/07/2019
The newly launched Maprox AIR chucks and the ER range of pneumatic collet holders for automation are now available in the UK from exclusive agent, Leader Chuck ......
20/06/2019
Japanese manufacturer Kitagawa, represented in the UK and Ireland by sole sales agent 1st Machine Tool Accessories, has introduced the first in its MK series of general ......
28/05/2019
Under its sole agency agreement with Japanese manufacturer Kitagawa, 1st Machine Tool Accessories is offering the newly developed Swift Klamp to machinists in the UK. ......
22/03/2019
Workholding equipment supplier 1st Machine Tool Accessories is advising that a quick-change chuck has the ability to eliminate a majority of the time wasted when ......
08/01/2019
Röhm’s upgraded KZS centric-clamping vices are suitable for, among other things, six-sided machining involving two clamping operations on round or prismatic workpieces. ......
14/12/2018
The MASA range of Microconic workholding systems for sub-spindle clamping of small workpieces in sliding-head lathes such as those manufactured by Tornos, Citizen and ......
22/11/2018
The Hilma division of German workholding specialist Roemheld has entered into a 50:50 joint venture (JV) with long-term co-operation partner Rivi Magnetics, Sassuolo, ......
07/09/2018
Aerospace engineering firm JJ Churchill has signed a further contract exceeding £70m with Rolls‐Royce Civil Aerospace, company announced today (18 July)....
18/07/2018
Gripping systems and clamping technology leader Schunk has expanded its product range with a sealed six-jaw pendulum compensation chuck Rota NCR-A for clamping ......
07/05/2018Lantek is one of the pioneers in digitization of sheet metal production and was already thinking about networking when ......
Automation specialist and industrial robot manufacturer Fanuc has received another major order in the field of ......
The Manufacturing Technology Association (MTA) and Engineering Industries Association (EIA) have announced the passing ......
