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16 February 2024
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Following the acquisition of a Mazak VTC 800/30SLR vertical machining centre, Norton Motorcycles is now able to machine the fine detail onto its bike frames; work which previously required a manual process
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11 January 2024
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To support its business growth and open the door to lights-out production, Systco Unilap opted for saw blade sharpening solutions from Vollmer.
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07 August 2023
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In medical manufacturing, everything has to adhere to the most stringent of standards. So, when it comes to surgical cutting tools for the industry, it's important to have a production machine you can rely on, says Carlos Becerra
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16 June 2023
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ITC helped Howells Railway Products take its productivity gains to the next level with the introduction of the BIG KAISER tooling system
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01 June 2023
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Even though steel turning is, by nature, a waste producing process, it is possible for manufacturers to improve their sustainability without compromising process security, explain Rolf Olofsson
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26 January 2023
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FOUNDED IN 2005, Unterammergau-based MS Feinmechanik focuses its core technological expertise on milling.
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13 March 2023
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Rotherham-based Go Tools was hampered by ageing machines which lacked the desired precision, repeatability and reliability levels, leading the company to invest in Mitsubishi EDM technology to help drive productivity, explains Martin Doyle
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10 November 2022
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Taking place at the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, Southern Manufacturing and Electronics 2023 is set to host around 600 exhibition stands covering the mechanical engineering and electronics sectors.
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27 January 2023
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While UK manufacturing is facing a number of headwinds, research by Hoffmann Group UK suggests other factors, closer to home, could be responsible for declining productivity, says Tim Paddison
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24 November 2022
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Having experienced a significant rise in demand, West End Precision needed a CNC multitasking machine that could stand up to extensive use, says Martin Doyle
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26 July 2022
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NIDEC MACHINE Tool Corporation has launched MVR-Ax, a new series of double-column machining centres.
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30 January 2022
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A general subcontractor experienced pronounced growth thanks to forward planning and an assertive investment in machining centres and forward planning, with assistance from its long-term machine tool supplier, writes Russell Hinderwell.
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16 April 2021
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DESIGNED TO bring greater levels of efficiency and accuracy to the production of specialised gears and tooth forms, the new HG350-G precision gear grinding centre is the first first from PTG Holroyd – and believed to be the first in the UK – to use Siemens' new Sinumerik ONE future-proof CNC, the successor to the automation specialist’s 840D CNC.
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27 January 2021
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ANCA’s launch of integrated solutions with AIMS, connects sequential processes in tool manufacturing, to harness the benefits of automation and integration.
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08 October 2019
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Composites offer many benefits when used in the design of automation and machine systems, including faster speed and more effective damping, explains Humphrey Carter, head of business development at CompoTech.
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02 April 2019
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Lucas Bryk, global product marketing manager, Chicago Pneumatic Material Removal, offers three steps that can be taken to increase productivity and cost savings during the grinding process.
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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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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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30 March 2017
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Following its success in supplying distributors across Europe – and with a new order underway for a customer in Dubai – GRP Tools, specialist supplier of glass fibre applicators and ancillaries to the trade, is well on its way to 1500 units per day output of rollers. A wire forming and assembly machine from Whitelegg Machines has helped the company increase output
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28 October 2015
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When manufacturing very small parts, even a very minor temperature-related fluctuation in the machining centres can mean rejection. Here, Blum-Novotest explains how Günter Stoffel Medizintechnik overcame such issues using production metrology for temperature compensation as well as other measuring tasks
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