The free to attend seminar programme for engineers and managers is presented by leading industrial experts. The diverse range of topical subjects includes: Automotive Standards; CE Marking; Lean Thinking; and High Speed Machining (see page 3).

A selection of exhibitor details are shown below.

www.industry.co.uk

Alpha Springs Ltd (stand 408) produces a wide variety of springs in wire sizes ranging from 0.10mm to 19.05mm. All types of spring material are manufactured into a full range of compression, tension, torsion, flat springs and wire forms. Springs produced for the automotive industry include: coil suspension springs, radiator caps, bonnet catches, brake shoes and carburettors.

www.alphasprings.co.uk

Baller and Mantle Ltd (stand 354) manufactures small, precision pressings for all trades, (max 20 tonne capacity). Process offered include: drilling, tapping, riveting, spot welding, Schlatter welding of silver contacts, and assembly operations. All tooling is designed and manufactured in-house.

www.ballermantle.co.uk

Birmingham Coldform and Special Fasteners (stand 378) is a family run business with a fifty year history in specialised manufacture of coldformed components for industry.

In-house facilities include: tool making, machining, heat treatments and surface finishes. New for 2005 is a state of the art production welding bay and fully functional assembly service. Tel: 0121 772 0562

Central Wheel Components (stand 372) produces spokes for the motorcycle industry, and their machinery has been expertly adapted to offer headed, threaded and swaged rods for numerous other industries including: Door components for the automotive industry; Tie rods used in the construction industry; and Double ended rods for the housewares industry. Capacity covers rods between 2 to 6mm in diameter, from 100 to 1,000mm in length, in small and large batches.

www.central-wheel.co.uk

Clayton Engineering Ltd (stand 306) offers a design and manufacturing capability for high quality mechanical engineering products built to order.

Particular areas of expertise are corrosion protection in marine environments, hydraulic systems, specialist vehicles, and integration of commercially available equipment. Fabrication of complex structures is carried out to a high standard, utilising TWI membership for specialist support. Clayton Engineering provides comprehensive support facilities for its products, including technical illustration, on site commissioning and 24 hour call out.

www.claytonengineering.co.uk

Drilling and Tapping Services Ltd (stand 356) specialises in secondary drilling, tapping and countersinking operations. These services help clients to win back work lost or declined because of the cost of secondary operations or the lack of specialist plant. Often cheaper than their client's own in-house prices, this company can drill and tap much faster on purpose built machines, jigs and fixtures that are designed and built in-house especially for each job; usually with no charge to the customer.

www.drillandtap.co.uk

Excalibur Manufacturing Solutions (stand 66) offers sheet metal working, powder coating and value added supplies to customer requirements with delivery possibly anywhere in the UK. Typical metal thickness up to 3mm. Committed to lean manufacturing principles. Tel: 01902 408 877

Fisco Fasteners specialises in the production of cold headed, cold formed and cold forged parts. The range of precision fasteners manufactured to customer requirements covers rivets, ball spigots, ball studs, shoulder rivets and other like fasteners.

www.fisco-fasteners.co.uk

Freeman and Proctor Ltd (stand 175) designs and manufactures high quality tubular fabricated assemblies for the aerospace and automotive industries. In-house facilities include: extensive capacity for CNC machining, CNC tube bending; measuring centre; and a comprehensive tool-room. The company has specialist skills in welding and brazing of all materials, including nimonic's titanium, aluminium and stainless steel. Full NDT facilities, including x-ray, crack detection and pressure testing.

www.freemanandproctor.co.uk

HPC Gears Ltd (stand 184) will be promoting a new comprehensive catalogue containing over 60,000 standard stock items including: Spiral and Straight Bevel Gears, Simplex, Duplex and Triplex Sprockets and Chains, Racks, Spur Gears, Helical Gears, Anti-backlash Gears, Moulded Gears, Timing Pulleys and Belts, Worms and Wheels, Ratchets and Pawls, Plastic Chains and Engineering Materials including aluminium, mild steel, nylon, delrin and stainless steel.

Belt Guides and Tensioners. HPC Gears also manufacture non-standard parts to samples or drawings. www. hpcgears. com

HS Rowe and Partners Ltd (stand 69) specialises in the manufacture, stock and distribution of precision turned and machined components. With a prestigious multi national client base products are manufactured in batches from one hundred to hundreds of thousands.

Diameters range from 5 to 150mm and an impressive array of materials are sourced and machined. Technologies include CNC multi axis turning centres, Wickman multi spindle automatics, CNC machining centres, rotary transfers and assembly.

www.hsrowe.co.uk

Laser Process Ltd (stand 150) is one the UK's leading CNC laser cutting jobshops. It operates the UK's only installation of the Trumpf HSL 2502 high speed laser and the new Trumpf L3050 5kW cutting systems.

A founder member of the Association of Industrial Laser Users.

www.laserprocess.co.uk

Machined Component Systems Plc (stand 146) supplies precision engineered, automotive, marine, defence and medical products from all materials including titanium and 316L medical grade stainless steel. A bespoke research and development service is also offered to assist in the creation of new and innovative-engineered products.

www.machinedcomponent.com

Micrometric uses high cost, high technology laser systems to supply a wide range of products from very small micro optic components through to large steam turbine parts; from prototype to full production.

www.micrometric.uk.com

Molbro Forgings Ltd (stand 46) produces a wide range of products in carbon, alloy and stainless steels for a variety of markets including agriculture, railways, hydraulics and conveyors.

Production takes place on a range of drop hammers capable of making components up to around 6kg nett weight and is complemented by state of the art die and tool making facilities using high speed milling equipment.

www.molbroforgings.com

Muller England Ltd (stand 276) is a privately owned precision machining group with five manufacturing sites in the UK (four of which have achieved TS16949 quality status. ) In addition, Muller India Ltd, will commence manufacture in March 2005. A diverse capacity profile allows Muller to deliver product ranges from miniature parts to 0.5mm3 components, through to complex assemblies utilising CNC and conventional equipment.

Acclaimed Arvin Meritors European Supplier of the Year.

www.muller-england.co.uk

Process Plant (Metal Finishers) Ltd remains the largest phosphate jobbing shop in the south of Britain. A combination of automatic and manual processing plant cater for small or large volumes. An extensive powder coating facility enhances the comprehensive range of industrial coatings offered.

The fully traceable quality system has gained quality recognition from global manufacturers.

www.processplant.co.uk

Rosler UK (stand 74), one of the worlds largest producers of surface finishing machines, will demonstrate its ability to offer equipment and processes from simple vibratory deburring and shot blasting, to the high quality surface finishes required on many aerospace, medical and automotive components. A small working surface finishing machine will be on the stand, and staff will be on hand to discuss specific requirements, and the many services available at Rosler's Knowsley centre of excellence.

www.rosleruk.com

Rowan Precision (stand 256) manufacturers high precision components for industries varying from medical, defence and instrumentation, to high technology electronics and leisure, using Swiss 13-axis CNC automatics with secondary operation and assembly facilities, producing precision volume components from 1 to 85mm diameter in most materials including stainless steel, nylon and PTFE. Production control is continually monitored with computerised job processing software from order to despatch. Latest additions are a Citizen M32, Bumotec S188 CNC machines and Hawk noncontact video measuring equipment to provide customers with detailed and accurate measurement reports.

www.rowanprecision.co.uk

Syspal is a specialist subcontract manufacturer of aluminium and stainless steel components and fabrications for many industries including, transport, aerospace, architecture, marine, leisure and the MOD. Processes include: Laser cutting of sheet, tube and box section; Tube manipulation; and Robotic welding for large batch welded components.

www.syspal.co.uk

Target Precision (stand 296) has replaced all of its old machinery with 11 new CNC sliding head machines, which also include the latest Citizen M32 sliding head with capacity up to 32mm, in the past 5 years. www. target-precision. com

Westley Engineering Ltd (stand 42) offers contract tool-making facilities together with the production of small/medium sized pressed components to many industries including: automotive, electronics, building and air conditioning industries. The company operates more that 36 presses ranging from 20 to 160 Tons capacity equipped with roll/air feeding, together with robotic welding and assembly work. A full inhouse contract tool-room, is supported with the latest CAD/CAM, wire cutting and machining centres.

www.westleyengineering.co.uk

WML Engineering Ltd (stand 310) is a high precision turned parts manufacturer with production capabilities for turning, milling, gear hobbing, external reaming (grinding), deep holes, splines. The company uses Tornos Deco lathes with overlapping operations, which produce complex components in 'onehit'. Off-line object orientated programming, Ethernet and Internet wireless network capabilities, ensure fast and efficient use of time.

Schedule and JIT Logistical operations of Kanban and supplier lead inventory controls are accommodated. High precision scanning measurement equipment ensures repeatability and reliability.

(see more about this company in the CNC Machining feature on page 13)

www.wml-eng.co.uk

XYZ Machine Tools will be emphasising the versatility of its extensive range of metalcutting machine tools, with machines ideally suited to prototype, small batch and volume production work. On display will be the groundbreaking XYZ Mini Mill 560, a compact vertical machining centre equipped with Siemens control as standard, together with the new XYZ ProTURN VL 300 manual/CNC lathe and the XYZ ProtoTRAK SM 2000 manual/CNC turret mill.

www.xyzmachinetools.com