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Cnc Machining

  • Upgraded Vertical Borer Contributed to 25% Sales Increase in 12 Months

    01 Mar 2005

    Maple Worcester Ltd specialises in the reliable delivery of high quality, precision machined components and assemblies. The last 12 months has seen the company's sales increase by 25%. This growth is attributed to the success of new tooling projects with existing clients, and also to new business in the specialist area of turning large components. 

  • In Two Years, Start Up Turns £100k pm and Wins Work Away From USA

    01 Mar 2005

    In just two years since AEL (Dorset) Ltd began trading, it has built up £100k per month turnover; won contracts for work that previously could only be sourced from the USA and from France; and bought out another business in order to increase the size of its skilled workforce, add machining capacity, and provide more space. 

  • Apprentice Scheme Bridges Skills Gap

    01 Mar 2005

    The Modern Apprentice scheme, adopted by Shearline Precision Engineering, based in Cambridgeshire, is successfully helping to bridge the gap of skills shortages in the UK's manufacturing and engineering sectors. Two apprentices have recently joined Shearline's four year training programme and two others have just completed their training and are now full-time employees. 

  • Sliding Head Gives New Bearing On Productivity

    01 Mar 2005

    Scot Bennett Engineering, the Northampton-based subcontract precision machinist and bearing component manufacturer, is typical of the growing number of specialised UK subcontractors investing in CNC sliding head technology to reap the benefits that extended capability, quick set-up, flexibility and pure speed of production can offer. 

  • Specialised Tooling Optimises Productivity

    01 Mar 2005

    CNC Techniques Ltd of Buckingham manufactures a wide range of precision engineered components to the extreme tolerances demanded F1 motorsport and independent racing teams. The company recently purchased a high speed machining centre and has used specialist tooling to optimise the productivity of both its new and slower machining centres. 

  • CNC Purchases Press On

    01 Mar 2005

    In recent years GW Waite Ltd, the largest subcontract press shop in Cumbria, has made substantial investments with three CNC coil fed SMV presses (one 80t and two 125t), five high speed hydraulic Hare press (60t), projection welding machines (75kVA), and a Brown and Smart CMM. 

  • New Lathe is First on Site with Live Tooling

    01 Mar 2005

    Subcontract machinists Staffordshire Precision Engineering, Newcastleunder-Lyme, says that its new MHP65 CNC lathe from Geo Kingsbury is the first on site with driven tooling. The investment has been made to fulfil a particular new aerospace contract. 

  • A Unique Future is Set Up in CNC Turning Capability

    01 Mar 2005

    Being a recent IT/Computing graduate with the Open University and an Officer of the BTMA, WML Engineering's Jason Meir has developed a unique approach to the manufacturing of turned components with the help of Tornos Technologies. As a result the Swansea company has expanded its CNC turning capabilities exponentially. 

  • New VMC Achieves Dramatic Results

    01 Mar 2005

    CNC turning subcontractor Dicker Precision Components Ltd was looking for a replacement machine for its Hailsham factory, and chose to install the new Mori Seiki Duracenter 5 vertical machining centre (VMC) from Pollard to grow its productivity. The machine also includes a 4th axis, which enables the company to complete many of its parts in one setting. 

  • First Tier Supplier Takes Delivery of New Lathe

    01 Mar 2005

    Autofour Precision Engineering, which specialises in manufacturing high accuracy turned parts up to 50mm diameter in batches of 10 to 200 off for the defence industry, has also taken delivery of a MHP65 CNC lathe from Geo Kingsbury (see above), on the back of new business. 

Industry News

  • Will Supporting Lean Lead to Job Losses?

    01 Mar 2005

    'Will supporting lean and improving productivity lead to job losses?' is a familiar question posed by the workforce at every launch of a lean workshop or continuous improvement programme. How a senior manager chooses to answer it is a real test of their integrity. 

  • GTMA Can Offer Grants to EuroMold2005 Exhibitors

    01 Mar 2005

    The Gauge and Tool Makers' Association (GTMA), working in collaboration with the organisers of EuroMold2005, is able to offer eligible UK SMEs grant funding from UK Investment & Trade to a maximum of £2,500 to exhibit. 

  • Poor Pay Turns Graduates Away

    01 Mar 2005

    According to two recent surveys, graduates are not going into engineering careers because of poor salary prospects, despite more UK companies crying out for their skills. The problem in securing graduate engineers to the profession could worsen next year when the Government plans to increase annual tuition fees to £3,000. 

  • Current Trends in Machining Technologies Outlined at Show

    01 Mar 2005

    The Machining Research Group team at the University of Birmingham is ideally placed to outline high speed milling (HSM) and micro-machining developments, having worked on the former since the early 1990s and latterly on micro-machining technology. David Aspinwall and Leung Soo of the recently formed West Midlands Micro-Machining Centre (WMMMC), which comes under the remit of the Group, will be presenting the latest developments in machining technologies, during one of the many free seminar sessions at the Midlands Manufacturing event, (see preview on page 9) NEC, Birmingham, 13-14 April. 

Midlands Manufacturing

Specialist Materials

  • Polymer Cluster Sponsors New Plastics Event

    01 Mar 2005

    The Telford-based Polymer Cluster is to sponsor a brand new UK event for designers and producers of plastic products. Plastics Design and Moulding (PDM 05) will take place at Telford International Centre from 12th - 14th April and is planned to be the most innovative and progressive event to take place in the UK plastics industry for many years. 

  • Bio-Med Trend Demands More Complex Metal Parts Processed Like Plastic

    01 Mar 2005

    At the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing and Advanced Materials (IFAM) in Bremen, scientists have modified the metal powder injection moulding process to produce micromechanical and microfluidic components up to pilot stage production. There is a clear trend in biotechnology, chemical analysis and reaction technology for the use of small, complex, yet inexpensive and efficient, metallic components mass produced in this way. 

  • Sintered Preforms Hasten Aeroengine Braze Repairs

    01 Mar 2005

    Use of pre-sintered preforms as a high quality repair process can now extend the life of engine components by approximately 300%, significantly reducing costs associated with replacement parts and labour. Morgan Advanced Ceramics is offering an approved OEM and designated engine repair process for aeroengine component repairs that is a faster and more reliable method than traditional welding or brazing paste. 

  • Exotic Materials Eroded

    01 Mar 2005

    Specialist subcontractors Cambridge Electron Beam, with extensive expertise in the art and science of welding exotic materials, is using a Sodick wire EDM machine to erode complex forms and difficult-tomachine shapes in materials such as tungsten and molybdenum. 

  • New Composite Materials Centre's Doors Open

    01 Mar 2005

    The demand and use of composites is predicted to grow rapidly in the coming years and is expected to replace metal across a wide variety of industries. The first phase of a new £12 million hi-tech research centre that will lead the way for greater use of 'composite materials' was opened by Industry Minister Jacqui Smith last month. 

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