Skills initiatives:
Over the last three decades manufacturing in Britain has undergone a dramatic shift in skill
profile.Traditionally, apprentices were the most important route into manufacturing and
their decline has been a key cause of the
Over the last three decades manufacturing in Britain has undergone a dramatic shift in skill
profile.Traditionally, apprentices were the most important route into manufacturing and
their decline has been a key cause of the
Schunk has launched a new Prismo
tool grinding toolholder.With its
variable clamping diameter, a
threefold prism guidance and intermeshed
chuck jaws, the all-purpose
mounting achieves repeat accuracies
of less than 0.00
TaeguTec is adding to its range of new
product offerings with the TSK Collet
Chuck which has been designed
specifically for precision machining.
The new chuck has a 4 degree
collet taper that is said to offer a wider
HBM has launched a hole-drilling
rosette to increase the accuracy of
residual stress measurement. The
new RY61M SG has a patented
structure that uses six measuring
grids to determine the eccentricity of
a hole, a potent
Following reports of faulty LEDs,
Schneider Electric is highlighting
the importance of buying quality
products from the outset. It is urging
customers to recognise that although
a low price may seem attractive, the
end
The TBN 200 breaking torque
wrench uses a 20° breaking action
that reduces the possibility of overtightening
by clearly indicating to the
operator when the preset torque has
been achieved. Access to awkward
places is po
Industrial coating specialist
Austin Hayes has enhanced
capability at its Leeds facility
with the installation of a selfcontained,
dedicated plastic
blast stripping
system from
Mac’Ants. The
self-contained
unit can b
QwikStak modular sub-plates are the
latest addition to the versatile Chick
System 5 workholding system
available in the UK from machining
equipment specialist, 1st Machine
Tool Accessories (1st MTA).
Highlighting the
Guyson International has supplied a
PLC-controlled two-stage Kerry
Microsolve M250/2M mono-solvent
ultrasonic cleaning
system to one of
Europe’s leading
manufacturers of
commercial and Mil
Spec electrical and fibre
o
Hughes Pumps’ range of ultra high
pressure (UHP) positive
displacement plunger pumps and
water jetting equipment is designed
for heavy duty cleaning and cutting
at pressures to 2750bar and power
ratings to 375kW.
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