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13 November 2018
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Modern computer numerical control (CNC) machines are often marketed as requiring much less maintenance than their predecessors. While there’s less need to replace cutting tools in these machines, there’s more complexity to their upkeep. John Mitchell, global sales & marketing director at CP Automation explains how poor power quality can cause recurrent issues for CNC machines
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03 July 2018
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The tide is turning back for UK manufacturing, as companies realise that producing at home – or sourcing locally – can make better business sense than contracting out to lower cost economies, explains Jeff Kiernan, commercial director at Dawson Shanahan.
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19 April 2018
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Richard Bastable, director of the Parts Cleaning Innovation Platform at NCH Europe, explains the challenges of cleaning parts in the aviation industry and outlines some of the factors maintenance staff need to consider.
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21 March 2018
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Whilst the principles of selective laser hardening are not new, advances in laser technology have made the process more practical for a wider range of applications and an efficient and cost effective method of heat treating ferrous metals. TLM Laser’s director Andy Toms, explains more and looks at the increased efficiency that, he says, results when high powered diode lasers are combined with a mobile laser hardening robot system
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17 March 2018
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The JCB Academy delivers high-quality engineering and business education. When a £1.2m apprentice training centre was added in 2017, a metrology department was included that is fully supported by Mitutoyo and which is now recognised as a Mitutoyo Satellite Centre.
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09 April 2018
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In highly competitive global industries, all aspects of developing and engineering are constantly in the spotlight with continuous improvement always near the top of the agenda. Hadleigh Enterprises believes that component masking considerations merit close attention across the manufacturing and engineering sector.
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09 April 2018
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Whether you’re coming to MACH 2018 to create valuable connections, generate new business, acquire the latest machinery, learn new skills or visualise the future of advanced engineering first hand, the five-day exhibition is the place to be, as the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), explains
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12 February 2018
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A special version of a Zenith 400 helical profile grinding machine from Precision Technologies Group (PTG) company, Holroyd Precision, is being used by NETZSCH in Brazil to produce a range of pump screws
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15 January 2018
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Southern Manufacturing & Electronics returns to Farnborough from 6th to 8th February 2018 for its 20th anniversary event. Although in a new permanent home, developed on its familiar Farnborough site, the show will once again bring together about 800 participating firms from all over the world in one, multi-discipline event that covers pretty much the entire spectrum of industrial activity
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10 January 2018
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The importance of quality welding in a vast range of fabrication processes, from widely used MIG and TIG equipment to specialist facilities such as orbital systems, needs little emphasis. Yet, according to Claire Spillane, company secretary at Westermans International – a company that has been involved in the industry for almost 60 years – major investment in new equipment may not always be the best option
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13 March 2018
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Doncasters Precision Castings, a manufacturer of industrial gas turbine airfoils, has seen considerable growth in demand for its machining services, which has led to an investment of more than £2 million in Mazak vertical machining centres. These have been equipped with Renishaw high accuracy probes
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17 November 2017
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A lot of development work has gone into creating epoxies that can withstand 250°C for long periods and which also have a good bond strength at temperature, as Eamonn Redmond, sales manager with Inseto (UK), explains
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16 November 2017
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Norbar Torque Tools' laboratory has been accredited to perform calibrations on hand torque tools to the newly revised BS EN ISO 6789-2:2017 standard. Here, Neill Brodey, managing director, outlines key changes to the standard and explains what they mean for manufacturers and tool users alike
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18 October 2017
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Whether you’re looking to design cost out of an existing component, or bring a new part to full production, working with a Far Eastern supplier can prove the ideal solution for delivering high quality products on a budget. For the unwary, though, there can be pitfalls, as Blue Diamond director Mike Doel explains
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16 March 2018
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Laminates have a low thermal conductivity and incorrect machining technique can cause heat build-up that will result in a poor surface finish. Selection of the correct standard form is also important to ensure laminations are running in the right direction for the application. Here, Roy Thomason, managing director for Tufnol Composites, gives his advice on the most common machining methods for laminates
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17 October 2017
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Trend Technologies Ireland, a contract moulder of devices for the medical and life sciences sectors, and automotive components for some of the world’s leading vehicle brands, has opened its third ISO Class 7 (10,000) cleanroom at its manufacturing facility in Mullingar. Investment at the site included a number of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag 50t IntElect machines that have enabled the company to boost process stability and achieve shorter production runs
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29 June 2017
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Degreasing is a vital part of good maintenance practice, not least because industrial grime could be covering abnormalities or problem areas that could incur costly downtime and higher maintenance costs. Despite traditional perceptions, solvent-based degreasers aren’t the only option, as Peter Crossen, VP of the Maintenance and Partsmaster Innovation Platform of NCH Europe, explains
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28 June 2017
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In the production industry, energy chains help protect moving machine cables and hoses from tensile and torsional forces, as well as external influences such as impact or welding sparks. Even then, the demands on the cables remain high. Justin Leonard, the-chain director at igus, believes that, in order to ensure reliability and predictability, continuous technological advances in materials, test standards and procedures are needed
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26 May 2017
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Industry 4.0/Smart Manufacturing offers a golden opportunity for manufacturing to integrate seamless digital technology in effective production processes that should realise greater economies of production, realise improved efficiencies and keep UK industry as a world leader in innovation on the global market. David Wright, director general of the United Kingdom Lubricants Association considers the role of lubrication in this new environment
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24 April 2017
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To help meet the demands of an increasing workload, Lancashire-based Orthoplastics has invested in two further Mitutoyo Crysta-Apex S Coordinate Measuring Machines, bringing its Mitutoyo CMM count to five machines.
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