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Heavy Shafts Machined to H8 Along 3.185m Length
01 May 2004
BIFTV, the Glenrothes based heavy precision machining company has succeeded in taking the production of large scale precision components to a new level of accuracy in the recent manufacture of large rotor shafts for hydroelectric power generation.
Subcon Boosted Niche Specialist's New Status as Single Source Supplier
01 May 2004
Dunstable-based Hone-All Precision intended to use its presence at Subcon last month to raise awareness of its recent diversification from a niche drilling and honing job shop to a provider of fully machined components. The plan was evidently successful as Hone-All's cost of participating at the show has already been recouped.
Contractor Increases the Complexity of its CAM for Competitive Advantage
01 May 2004
Since January 1997 LMS Precision Engineering created its own CNC programmes for its vertical machining centres using SmartCAM software. However, last year, the purchase of a six pallet Matsuura HP405 horizontal machining centre demanded a more complex level of programming. LMS called in Bill Payter of Keynsham Engineering Services to create the programmes, again using SmartCAM. Later this year, SmartCAM version 12 will be released; the first update since the product became unavailable in 2001.
Grinding Operations Will Be Most Advanced in UK
01 May 2004
On the second day of MACH 2004, Vincent Bootes, owner of PG Technology Ltd, signed a purchase order for two Studer S31CNC cylindrical grinding machines. The purchase is part of a £multi-million investment program that has seen PG evolve over the past two years into a consolidated manufacturing organisation offering contract manufacturing, advanced toolmaking, 5-axis CNC machining, CNC grinding services, and CNC grinding wheel profile dressing systems.
Medical Technology Day To Show Latest Advances
01 May 2004
On 23 June, the GTMA, supported by Advantage West Midlands, is holding a Medical Technology day, hosted by CERAM Technology, at its Research Centre at Stoke on Trent.
Geared Up To Be Lean
01 May 2004
With support from the Manufacturing Advisory Service for the South East, Kent-based HV Wooding Ltd, producers of millions of precision engineered components and assemblies, has reviewed its company processes and introduced a number of 'Lean'manufacturing techniques to improve overall performance and customer satisfaction.
