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Cutting edge fabrication for Chinese tunnelling project
08 May 2008
Sheffield heavy engineering company DavyMarkham has fabricated and shipped a 320 tonne cutterhead for a 12.4m diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM), being built by The Robbins Company of Ohio. It has been despatched to the mountains of Sichuan Province, China, where it will bore a 17km tunnel feeding water to the turbines of a new 4,800MW hydropower station.
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Water jet cuts costs and composites
08 May 2008
Chesterfield-based Access Engineering has ordered at £350,000 Bystronic water jet cutting machine. The machine is fitted with a shuttle table that the company believes will give huge cost savings for customers by eliminating loading and unloading times. Access also expects the the machine’s ability to cut composites without causing delamination will open up new markets.
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The colour of money
08 May 2008
Dagenham based Colourite Metal Treatments has had a costing system overhaul that has not only increased turnover but has resulted in an energy saving of 12%. MAS helped the company introduce some lean techniques that allowed it to reduce scrap and defect rates by 50% and cut energy costs by 12%.
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World’s largest robotic press brake?
08 May 2008
MTL Group has acquired what is believes is the largest robotic press brake system in the world. The £750,000 7.2m, 640 tonne Ursviken press brake is fitted with a 600kg capacity robot and will allow MTL to produce large components for OEMs such as Caterpillar, JCB, Sandvik, Bombardier and BAE more quickly, accurately and cost-effectively than traditional methods.
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Stroud Metal Co acquires Platform Pressings
08 May 2008
Stroud Metal Co has acquired London-based Platform Pressings. Managing director, Matthew Large, says the acquisition will offer higher levels of production flexibility and service to both companies’ customers.
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Mould maker goes for micro market
01 May 2008
Avenue Mould Solutions has invested over 500,000 Euros in a Kern Pyramid Nano 5-axis machining centre that can achieve an accuracy of +0.001mm (+1µm) in three axes on the workpiece and spindle speeds of up to 50,000 rpm.
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Midlands manufacturing show success
01 May 2008
The recent Midlands Manufacturing Technology Show demonstrated the effectiveness of regional engineering exhibitions in bringing together buyers, producers and service companies in their area, say the organizers European Trade & Exhibition Services (ETES).
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CMM investment for Turbocam
01 May 2008
Fareham-based Turbocam, one of the world’s largest five-axis machining specialists, with 75 five-axis machines at its facilities in the UK, USA and India is upgrading its UK inspection facilities with two new Wenzel CMMs.
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£600,000 Correa milling machine for Clifton
01 May 2008
Clifton Precision Tools, the Rowley Regis-based press tool and machining specialist has ordered a new Correa FP40 milling machine to enhance its large milling capacity. The company currently has 10 CNC milling machines and installed its first Correa in August 2007.
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DLC process coats internal bores and pipes up to 50 microns
01 May 2008
Tecvac now offers a DLC (diamond-like carbon) coating process that coats internal bores, pipes, pump parts cylinders and tubes up to 3m long with a corrosion-resistant, very hard film, up to 50 microns thick. The coating is inert, biocompatible, environmentally friendly, and can reduce friction losses to very low levels.
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Investment helps Staffs cope with demand
01 May 2008
Staffordshire Precision Engineering has invested over £100,000 in new machinery to help meet unprecedented demand for its services. Turnover rose 12.5% in 2007-08, following an increase of 11% the previous year, and the company is on target to record another 12% rise based on the results of the first quarter of 2008-09.
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China and India may not be the right answer
24 Apr 2008
Many firms are failing to establish effective global production networks and rely too heavily on short-term outsourcing and offshoring to countries such as India and China, says Paul Christodoulou of Cambridge University Institute for Manufacturing (IfM).
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New machining business for low to medium volumes
24 Apr 2008
Matco, a new, Midlands-based parts machining business believes it has spotted at gap in the market for a machining company willing to work in partnership with customers to offer and end-to-end service on low to medium volume parts.
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Exports boost Craftsman’s record turnover
24 Apr 2008
Strong export sales particularly to the US and Ireland have helped Craftsman Tools boost its annual turnover to record levels to a record £6 million, an increase of 30 per cent on the previous year and well ahead of schedule.
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Companies join forces to create new machining subbie
21 Apr 2008
Teknek Howwood, the subcontracting division of Glasgow-based Teknek and Blantyre-based precision engineering company Fortec have joined forces to create Metallo, a new company offering turning, milling and horizontal and vertical boring.
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NPL notes upturn in UK foundry business
21 Apr 2008
NPL Technologies, which provides prototype and production tooling services to the foundry industry, has recently seen a 30% increase in business from UK-based foundries, following several years in which its foundry tooling business declined to a low level.
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Filters made to measure from Tecan
17 Apr 2008
Cost-effective single-part metal filters can be tailor-made for a diverse range of applications using Photo Electro Forming (PEF) and Photo Chemical Machining (PCM), says Tecan. Examples range from inkjet nozzles to audio baffles, light filters to particle characterisation screens.
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Savekers turn up the heat on tube work
17 Apr 2008
Savekers, a long-established Birmingham manufacturer of bespoke and standard metalwork and joinery, has boosted its subcontracting business by investing £655,000 in a Trumpf Tru Laser Tube 5000 laser. The investment was made possible with the help of a £90,000 SFIE (Selective Finance for Investment in England) grant from regional development agency Advantage West Midlands.
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Pressing down costs
17 Apr 2008
Southampton-based Simplefit says it can save customers about 75% on the unit cost of components by designing tooling that combines pressing, shear forming and piercing techniques to replace machining operations. The result is major cost savings on long term products.
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China sourcing is a hot topic for Hamworthy
17 Apr 2008
Leading commercial boiler manufacturer Hamworthy Heating will be sharing the lessons it has learnt in successfully sourcing low-volume components from China as part of the Subcon 2008 free seminar programme. The presentation, entitled “Building supplier relationships in China” is part of a series of specially commissioned presentations for visitors to the show.
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Rapid prototyping in the frame
17 Apr 2008
Prototal AB, a leading Swedish prototyping and part production company, has used stereolithography to produced a fully functional model of a new FLIR infra-red camera for testing and customer approval. It produced numerous iterations of the design, taking just two days for each model.
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Acquisition will create major new machining subcontractor
17 Apr 2008
Responsive Engineering has acquired Exact Engineering and created a new company Exact Machining UK Ltd which will join forces with Responsive’s existing precision machining subsidiary Kingsway.
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Techno Group moves on two fronts
17 Apr 2008
The Techno Group, a subcontract supplier of precision turned parts to the aerospace industry and other sectors, is made up of two sister companies, both owned by Fred Moser and run by local management teams. The Group has now appointed a new Managing Director for Rugby-based Technoset and is expanding the group’s prismatic machining capabilities.
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How Eaton Aerospace tackles global sourcing
09 Apr 2008
How does a global aerospace tier one company go about finding new suppliers? That’s the question that Malcolm Herrington of Eaton Aerospace will be answering in a free seminar session at Subcon 2008. The presentation, entitled ‘Why global re-sourcing is good for Eaton’, is part of a series of specially commissioned presentations for visitors to the show.
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Sector focus: The UK Machine Tools Marketplace
30 Mar 2008
Machine tools have been at the heart of UK innovation since the industrial revolution; they are truly the mother machines – the machines that build machines and are used to create almost everything around us that is made from metal, plastics, polymers, composites and ceramics.
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