Production Software
01 Aug 2004
Pathtrace Engineering Systems will launch the latest release of its EdgeCAM software on stand E5, and will demonstrate the latest features and functionality included in EdgeCAM version 9. This release sees the introduction of EdgeCAM Solid Machinist for CATIA V5, allowing users to load part and assembly files from CATIA V5 into EdgeCAM. Also enhanced with this release of the software is EdgeCAM Strategy Manager, which allows lead time reducing machining strategies to be saved as simple flow chart templates for machining similar components.
Electronic Controls
01 Aug 2004
FAW Electronics Ltd, Derbyshire, award-winning designers and manufacturers of customised electronic control solutions, is launching two new innovative products: t-mac (an internet enabled remote monitor and control device for facilities management); and the RGB Control System (for LED lighting control/effects). FAW's innovative designs are used by a variety of multinational companies spanning industry sectors from automation to quarry management, brewing to fume extraction and the shipping industry within UK, Europe and America. The company has recently purchased new surface mount production equipment to increase production capacity and cut leadtime by up to a quarter.
Subcontract Machining
01 Aug 2004
Molyneux Engineering Ltd, Darley Dale, Derbyshire has a high speed laser cutting machine with automatic loading/unloading with which it competes with punch pressing in thin sheet metals but with no tooling costs, and smaller batch sizes. In addition to the laser facility the company offers pressbrake bending up to 3m long.
Cryogenic Treatment
01 Aug 2004
Cryogenic Treatment Services will be promoting a range of services that change the molecular properties of a material and produce some desirable benefits. The range includes:
Tool Supplies
01 Aug 2004
Berger Tools are celebrating becoming a distributor of the ClewsTipco range of spiral ground high speed steel press tool punches, high grade steel dies; and the highest quality range of PCD (Polycrystalline Diamond) and PCBN (Polycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride) tools. PCD tools guarantee a considerably longer life between regrinds than conventional cutting tool materials and have many operating advantages compared with single crystal diamond tools. On their stand, Berger Tools will also be displaying their new HR-series (compact lower height) nitrogen gas springs, and competitively priced mould products such as mould ejector pins, pillars and bushes.
Gears, Belts & Pulleys
01 Aug 2004
HPC Gears manufactures nonstandard parts to samples or drawings, and offers a comprehensive range of products ex-stock: Spiral and straight bevel gears, simplex, duplex and triplex sprockets and chains, racks, spur gears, helical gears, antibacklash gears, moulded gears, timing pulleys and belts, worms and wheels, ratchets & pawls, plastic chains and engineering materials including aluminium, mild steel, nylon, delrin and stainless steel. The new extended range also includes belt guides and tensioners.
Marketing Services
01 Aug 2004
Panther Interactive Marketing is a strategic marketing consultancy with both engineering and marketing skills.
Event Raises Profile of East Midland's Industry
01 Aug 2004
The positive image of manufacturing industry in the East Midlands was reinforced last year by the outstanding success of the first ever exhibition dedicated to promoting the region's industrial capability. The second East Midlands Manufacturing 2004 Exhibition takes place at Donington Park, Derby, 22-23 September, and promises to be the leading component sourcing, subcontracting and manufacturing technology exhibition for East Midlands' buyers and suppliers.
Subcontract Calibration
01 Aug 2004
CMM (GB) Ltd, Leicester, a market leader in 3D co-ordinate metrology, and a provider of subcontract measuring services, is launching Actiris 350, a vision based portable coordinate measuring machine with 15 microns accuracy. CMM will be demonstrating its claims that Actiris 350 is the ideal tool for forming, moulding, fabricating, casting and assembly facilities needing manual and automated statistical analysis.






