Saturday 30 August 08 - 13:36
 

Cutting & Profiling

  • 6kW Flat Bed Laser is First of its Kind in the UK

    01 Dec 2004

    In a fast growing industry sector, Mayflower Technology Ltd is at the fore front of laser cutting technology in the UK. Due to continued growth, the company has invested in a new 6kW flat bed Trumpf laser system. This machine, which is the first of its kind in the UK, has a 4000mm x 2000mm bed size and is capable of laser cutting 25mm thick stainless steel and 25mm thick mild steel. 

  • Laser Services to Double in Size, with £1.2m Budget

    01 Dec 2004

    As an exceptionally successful year draws to a close at Carlton Laser Services of Leicester, the company is looking forward to 21 January 2005 when an adjoining unit will be officially opened by Patricia Hewitt Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. The additional unit, which doubles the company's floor space to 36,000 ft2, will soon be operating with £1.2m of new automated laser cutting and fabrication cells. 

  • Growth in Laser Cutting Work Exceeds Targets

    01 Dec 2004

    CNC laser cutting specialist Coleherne Ltd has purchased a new 5kW Trumpf laser to provide additional capacity and take advantage of the latest technology. 

  • Continued Productivity Improvements Hit Jackpot

    01 Dec 2004

    Two Bystronic lasers purchased last year by JLF Engineering, the Croydon based precision sheet metal firm, have enabled the company to continue to increase productivity, meet lead times and secure major contracts. The company has just won a substantial order for the gaming industry to be delivered over the fist two months of the New Year. 

  • Move to New and Larger Facilities Completed

    01 Dec 2004

    As from November 1st, Molyneux Engineering Ltd has relocated to a new and larger premises in Chesterfield. The company specialises in laser cutting, sheetmetal working, fabrication and machining, as well as a standard range of products for mining and quarrying. 

  • Cutting Machine's a Gas

    01 Dec 2004

    When high quality welding and metal fabrication subcontractor H and JW Howells, Camarthen, was looking to invest in a cutting machine that would improve the scope of service capability it could offer to its customers, the choice was an ESAB Automation Hancoportal gas and plasma machine. 

Honing & Deep Hole Drilling

  • £700k DHD Machine is Largest Available in Europe for Contract Work

    01 Dec 2004

    A £700k TBT Tiefbohrtechnik deep hole drilling (DHD) machine that was delivered and installed last month at TBT UK Ltd, Coleshill, Birmingham, is probably the largest deep hole drilling machine available for subcontract work in Europe. An additional large deep hole boring machine is also due for delivery early next year, which will further extend TBT UK's capabilities from: 0.9mm minimum drilling diameter up to a maximum of 200mm drilling diameter with drilling depths of up to 5m; and a 25t maximum work piece weight. 

  • Honing Work Led to Machine Sale

    01 Dec 2004

    Delapena, the leading UK manufacturer of honing machines, also offers sub-contract honing services. A project that began 18 months ago illustrates the importance of subcontract work to the company: its link with the other business activities; and provision of a valued service for large companies where complex honing is required, usually with a fast turnaround. 

  • Customer Specific Cell Adds Value to Services in Machined Parts Project

    01 Dec 2004

    Premier Deep Hole Drilling of St Albans, specialist in high-quality sub-contract honed, drilled and bored parts, has invested over £250,000 during the past 12 months on high-tech multi-axis turning centres and inspection equipment to create a customer-specific manufacturing cell to satisfy a value-added machining project on a range of parts. 

  • Honing Activities Move to Make Room for Extra DHD

    01 Dec 2004

    Relocating its manual honing activities to an adjacent site has enabled Hone-All Precision to begin re-organising its main machining facilities in readiness for the installation of another deep hole drilling and boring machine. 

Industry News

  • Are the Nation's Trading Interests Being Sacrificed to Political Expediency?

    01 Dec 2004

    The 2005 programme of overseas tradeshows, missions and seminars at which UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) funding and support is available to UK firms has just been released. Sadly, 2005 may well be the last year that this assistance is delivered nationally under the SESA (Support for Exhibitions and Seminars Abroad) scheme. The Engineering Industries Association (EIA), along with other industry bodies represented by Sponsors Alliance, is urging its members to use their influence to ensure the nation's trading interests are not sacrificed to political expediency and bureaucratic idiosyncrasy. The EIA's Karen Finegold explains why? It costs UKTI over £150m to pass just £38m of programme spend to the industry representative bodies who are accredited to assist small firms to develop international trade. 

  • GTMA's Buyers' Network Encourages Collaboration

    01 Dec 2004

    GTMA has launched a Buyers' Network, a new initiative enabling OEMs and UK suppliers to work more productively together. 

  • Purchase of Components on eBay is "Misguided"

    01 Dec 2004

    The decision by Tube Lines to resort to using auction website eBay to track down and purchase vital spare parts was described as "misguided", by one of the UK's leading experts in component obsolescence. 

  • Manufacturers Need the Benefits of Networking

    01 Dec 2004

    It is just as important for manufacturers to network as in any other industry sectors says Arthur Richardson of the South West Manufacturing Advisory Service. Traditionally, managers in manufacturing are not in the habit of joining or attending networking meetings. So what benefits could justify valuable time spent attending external events? 

Tooling & Machinery Services

  • GTMA Membership Grows Across Whole Spectrum

    01 Dec 2004

    A recent bumper intake has seen the GTMA continue to grow across the whole spectrum of membership, from Rapid Prototyping, Toolmaking, through Precision Engineering, to Tooling Technologies and Metrology. Recent new members include the following Amersham Precision Tools is a R&D prototype toolmaking company, specialising in the production of multi-impression, fully automatic tooling, particularly the design, manufacture, trial and inspection of technical close-tolerance mould tools of under 1 tonne tool weight. 

Turning & Milling

  • High Pressure Coolant Turns Platen Machines into More Flexible Tools

    01 Dec 2004

    When turned parts subcontractor, INRO, retrofitted its Star ECAS-20 CNC sliding-headstock lathe with a high pressure coolant system recently, the benefits achieved were such that an order for a new Star SR20R Mk2 also includes a high pressure coolant system. 

  • Trio of Alphas Save Time on Repeatable One-Offs

    01 Dec 2004

    Aberdeen-based engineering specialists, ATR Engineering Services Ltd has added three new Harrison Alpha lathes to its line-up of advanced turning machines in recent months. The most recent acquisition is a second Alpha 460T, which has a swing over bed of 460mm and distance between centres of 1500mm. 

  • £200k Investment Underpins Growth

    01 Dec 2004

    Precision turning specialist, APT Leicester Ltd has extended the high speed CNC production capabilities at its Groby, Leicester site with a £200,000 investment in two new Miyano BNJ 42S fixed head lathes. 

  • Fifth Axis Milling is a Big Turn On for Customers

    01 Dec 2004

    Morris Engineering, the Plymouth based subcontracting and automation design and manufacturing company, is introducing its customers to a new level of production speed due to its latest investment in a world leading CNC rotary table. 

  • New Business was Won After Diversification into Sliding Headstock Work

    01 Dec 2004

    Wilco Manufacturing, Birmingham, specialises in the sub-contract manufacture of precision turned parts and, to broaden the scope of its manufacture, has supplemented its 100 or so single- and multi-spindle cam automatics, sprints and fixedhead CNC lathes with three slidingheadstock, multi-axis turning centres from Star Micronics GB. 

  • Turned Parts Subbie Sets Sights on Automotive Market Following MBO

    01 Dec 2004

    The management buyout at RPL Productions Ltd, Birmingham, was made official earlier this month, although the three new directors have been operating as such for the past 18 months. The new team has established ongoing 'cost down' initiatives for reasonable volumes and has already achieved TS16949 on open status with the intention of developing sales in the automotive market. 

  • Fastener Stockist Supplies Special Turned Parts

    01 Dec 2004

    Northern Precision, the Doncaster based specialist single-source supplier of fasteners as well as special-purpose turned and coldformed parts, has added an array of downloadable technical guides and comprehensive specification sheets to complement a wide range of product information covering the 5,000 in-stock standard line items. 

Stevens Rowsell is a specialist precision sheet metal engineering company in East Sussex