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Cnc Machining

  • New Sliding Head Lathe Wins Back Old Contracts and Attracts New Ones

    01 Sep 2004

    Dawson Precision Components is a family-owned and run business that has invested more than £1m in the factory, offices and new equipment over the last five years. However, it was the latest addition (a 13-axis Citizen M32-III installed in September 2003), that enabled the company to win old business it lost prior to its investment campaign. 

  • Specialist Training Brings Immediate Benefits

    01 Sep 2004

    Kepston Ltd, whilst already a long term advocate of training (the company has had IIP for over eight years) was genuinely surprised at the immediate benefit of a spell of recent training. Within four weeks of specialised training for the Hauser S35-400 CNC jig grinding machine, £10,000 worth of orders were received and processed that previously would not have been possible. 

  • Bold Business Plan Meets DTI's Challenge Head On

    01 Sep 2004

    Business development director Andrew Chantrill of sub-contract machinist Springer Rapid Industries, Rotherham, expounds the virtues of the DTI's Manufacturing Strategy. As far as he is concerned the document is a challenge that his company should meet head on. Springer Rapid's business plan says that: '..In five year's time we will be the largest five-axis sub-contract machining company in the UK'. 

  • Investments Continue as Company Expands

    01 Sep 2004

    Contract-manufacturing specialist PG Technology, Surrey has recently completed the installation of two, top-of-the-range S31 5-axis CNC Studer grinding machines and a pair of two Mikron CNC vertical machining centres: a VCP600 and a VCE600. The installations come just a few weeks after the rapidly expanding company purchased a 5axis Mikron UCP 1350 vertical machining centre for its CNC machine shop. 

  • Switch to 5-Axis Machines Achieves One-Hit Targets

    01 Sep 2004

    The objective at Kencom Engineering is to machine complex components in one hit. The company's switch to 5axis machining coupled with a 'right first time' ethos has resulted in a significant reduction in machining times. Kencom took delivery of its first simultaneous five-axis controlled twincolumn Mazak Variaxis 500 in 2002. 

  • £300k Investment Will Free Up Hands-On Boss

    01 Sep 2004

    Next month a new 9-axis Puma MX2000 turning centre will be installed at Richmond CNC Engineering, Devon. It accounts for the largest share of a £300,000 investment in two Puma CNC machines (the other is a large capacity lathe) plus tooling. The new acquisitions were made possible by a good six months of increased orders, and mark a significant upturn in capacity for the family run firm, which has a total of 19 employees. 

  • Prestigious Award Won Second Year Running

    01 Sep 2004

    Knaresborough based Claro Precision Engineering has struck gold again. The company has won one of the most prestigious awards in the engineering industry, for the second year running. It picked up the coveted GTMA World Class Golden Globe award at the GTMA World Class awards ceremony recently. 

  • Five Year Contract Won for Engineering Services to UK Research Labs

    01 Sep 2004

    In June Acrona Engineering, Oxfordshire, won a five year contract to become one of the few engineering companies selected by the Central Laboratory of Research Councils (CCLRC), to provide a wide range of general manufacture, assembly and testing work. This success is the crowning point of Acrona's 10 year transition into a prestigious workshop that specializes in one offs and small batch work, where no machine is more than three years old. 

  • Leading 5-axis Machinist Enhances Capacity for Milling Large Impellers

    01 Sep 2004

    Earlier this year, Turbocam Europe, a leading specialist in 5-axis machining with a core competency in 5-axis milling, took delivery of the latest Hermle C40U machining centre. The company supplies impellers to major aerospace and industrial turbomachinery projects in Europe, and is part of a group of companies that also develops and sells specialized software for 5-axis machining. 

Corrosion & Wear Resistance

  • Zinc Flake Coat Protects High-Strength Steel Parts That Zinc Plating Cannot

    01 Sep 2004

    The Ford Motor Company Ltd has approved a new standard for coating fasteners (S442) based on the new material specification for 'DeltaProtekt', which has been on the market for only three years. This second generation micro-layer corrosion protection system is a nonelectrolytically applied zinc flake, which has been developed for corrosion protection of high-strength steel threaded parts, where traditional zinc plating methods cannot. 

  • Following Fire Wipe Out, Production is Due to Restart in November

    01 Sep 2004

    Production at NiTec (UK) Ltd, one of the UK's largest suppliers of electroless nickel plating, has all but stopped since a fire destroyed the Derbyshire facility in the early hours of 14 July 2004. However, thanks to the enormous efforts of NiTec's staff, the firm is set to be operating in full production in November, at new premises. 

  • Hard Chrome Process Improved at No Extra Cost

    01 Sep 2004

    In partnership with the Environmental Technology Best Practice Programme, Poeton Industries has completed a three-year project to reduce the environmental impact of chrome plating by developing a plating plant that minimises effluent. 

  • £300k Tufftriding Plant Extends Services Offered

    01 Sep 2004

    Kepston Ltd has invested over £300k, on a new Tufftriding plant in Whitburn, Scotland. The plant extends the wide range of subcontract heat treatment services carried out at the site including several variations of annealing, hardening, and nitriding. 

Heat Treatment

  • Revolutionary Fluidised Bed System for Foundries is Protected by Patent

    01 Sep 2004

    With the ever increasing need to reduce the costs of energy, and the search for modern, environmentally friendly processes, the recently patented Multi Purpose System (MPS), from Clayton Thermal Processes, enables the foundry industry to address the problems of sand reclamation, de-coring of castings and heat treatment with one process technique - fluidised beds. 

  • Benefits of Contract Heat Treatment Outlined Online

    01 Sep 2004

    Representing the majority of the UK contract heat treaters, the Contract Heat Treatment Association (CHTA) has introduced a unique website recently. 

  • Nitroblack Process Added

    01 Sep 2004

    Established in 1966, Hammond Heat Treatment (HHT), West Midlands, has grown to become the largest single site heat treater in the UK. The company has recently introduced the 'Nitroblack' process to its range of heat treatment processes that includes: surface treatment, through hardening and tempering, austempering, case hardening and induction hardening. 

Industry News

  • Visitor Demand Leads to New Dimension Added to Manufacturing Shows

    01 Sep 2004

    As part of its long-term growth strategy, European Trade & Exhibition Services (ETES), organisers of the UK's six successful regional manufacturing exhibitions, is launching three new product centres at Southern Manufacturing, Thorpe Park, Surrey, 16-17 February 2005, that will benefit exhibitors and visitors alike. The Machine Tool Centre, Subcontracting Centre and Used Machinery & Equipment and Live Auction Centre, will be introduced into all subsequent exhibitions. 

  • Launch of e-newsletter Spreads Advice and News

    01 Sep 2004

    A new e-newsletter for manufacturers, called Innovation Network, is a free service launched this month by the business improvement team at EEF South, the regional manufacturers' organisation. It is designed to keep manufacturing and engineering businesses in the South East up to speed with the latest industry intelligence every month. 

  • All About Sheet Metal

    01 Sep 2004

    'Technology transfer for sheet metal working' is the theme for EuroBLECH 2004, the industry's global exhibition to be held in Hanover 26 - 30 October. 

  • UK Contractors Could Catch Pizazz from Eventing Abroad

    01 Sep 2004

    This is not a health warning; it's a call to action. As the UK's annual round of general (not sector specific) contract manufacturing and engineering exhibitions begins again with nine shows occurring between 1 September 2004 and the end of May 2005 (six regional and three national) it's timely to reflect on the value of these trade shows, and how the UK ones differ from those abroad. 

  • Toolmakers' Survey Shows Sharp Rise in Costs of Materials

    01 Sep 2004

    The results of the latest GTMA survey of toolmakers, for second quarter 2004, confirms a marked rise in material costs, with 56% of responders saying that prices have risen since 1Q2004 and 88% reporting increases since 2Q2003. 

  • Manufacturing Awards Recognise Excellence

    01 Sep 2004

    The Manufacturer of the Year awards were presented on 15 September at a gala dinner during The Manufacturer Live 2004, a major industry showcase of best practice held at the Telford International Centre. Prizes in ten categories were awarded, as well as the overall title of Manufacturer of the Year. 

  • Competing on Brand Rather Than on Price Could Sustain Growth

    01 Sep 2004

    Once thought of as the arena of 'arty' designers and marketing agencies, adopting best practice in design and brand management is set to become a major driver for sustaining UK industry in a global economy says Mark Eaton, director of the MAS (South East & London), for EEF South. 

  • Northern European Fair Attracts UK Exhibitors

    01 Sep 2004

    Elmia Subcontractor is a major international trade fair exclusively for the subcontracting industry. 

Welsh & South West Manufacturing Show

  • Welsh & South West Manufacturing Show

    01 Sep 2004

    This year's Welsh & South West Manufacturing 2004 exhibition takes place during 13 -14 October, at the Cardiff International Arena. 

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