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Quick Change Challenge Demonstrates Benefits of Autoblock Workholding
01 Mar 2002
Masters of the quick change SMW Autoblock Workholding Ltd will launch their 'Silverstone Challenge' at MACH, Hall 4, Stand 4007.
Kursk Bow Was Cut By New Sawing Technology
01 Mar 2002
In September 2001 when the Mammoet-Smit salvage team succeeded in cutting off the bow from the nuclear submarine Kursk, they used a new cutting method developed by Smit's research and development department.
Portable Valve Seat Lathe Is Just The Job For Sub
01 Mar 2002
Overhauling high pressure air cylinders installed on submarines has always been a challenging task for Royal Navy engineers at Davenport Naval Dockyard. A new portable valve seat lathe (VSL) is now being used to save time and substantial costs.
Toolholders Perform Deep Face-Grooving
01 Mar 2002
Small-diameter deep face-grooving is acknowledged as one of the most demanding metalworking operations because of the difficulty providing sufficient support for the inserts while enabling swarf to exit and coolant to reach the work area. Special toolholders are being used by Benham Manufacturing, Southampton, to perform deep face-grooving on aluminium bronze components to tolerances of just 0.02mm.
Conventional Tooling is Too Hot for Composites
01 Mar 2002
"Nobody in the aerospace or automotive sectors can afford to ignore this tooling. It provides a really massive step forward" says David Haslehurst, Unimerco's sales director. The company will be exhibiting a new range of Diaedge veined end mills and drills at MACH, stand 4312.
