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Cnc Machining

  • Business Success Brings New Jobs

    01 Sep 2005

    A thriving Rotherham engineering firm has secured two new contracts, worth more than £2m a year. The rapidly expanding Newburgh Engineering has won business from oil industry leader Sondex Wireline to create a device that checks the condition of oil pipe walls. It has also gained a new agreement with Vetco Gray Controls to produce and supply a maintenance-free control valve for oil wells. 

  • Laser Scanner Speeds Up New Rapid Response Engineering Service

    01 Sep 2005

    Holden Engineering, was acquired in January 2005 by current managing director Chris Perkins, who recognised that there was a need within the industry to provide a high-quality, rapid response engineering service for precision parts. The Derby based company has installed a state-of-the-art laser scanning facility (one of only nine of its kind in the UK) to complement a comprehensive machine tools capacity list, established over sixty years. 

  • Exotic Alloy Machinist Increases Tool Life by 50%

    01 Sep 2005

    For CS Simmons Engineering Ltd, based in Radstock, Devon, current work on stainless steel impellers (see image on p4) demonstrates the company's specialist subcontract machining capability with regards to machining exotic alloys (including Hastalloy, Waspalloy, Inconel and numerous stainless steels in addition to titanium). The company has found that the Hanita Varimill range of cutters from ITC have increased tool life by 50% whilst improving surface finish. 

  • A New Sliding Head Lathe Every Year Enables Multi-Task Processing

    01 Sep 2005

    West Yorkshire based Yorkshire Precision Engineering Ltd is exceeding projected targets year on year. Formed in early 2001 with just one Star sliding head lathe, the company has invested in another every year since. The most recent addition is a SV32J which has been so successful that there are plans for a 5th STAR later this year. 

  • Documentation Generated at the Touch of a Button

    01 Sep 2005

    WML Engineering Ltd, Swansea, has recently invested in a comprehensive data management system from Prospec Systems Ltd, a fellow member of the BTMA (the trade association for precision turned parts and machined component manufacturers in the UK). The new system links the company's parts database to its management system and makes available, at the touch of a button, all works orders, drawings, material traceability reports, batch and first off analyses. 

  • Precision Machinist Drills Smaller, Deeper Holes

    01 Sep 2005

    Bonspiel Engineering Ltd have installed the first Star SV32 multi axis CNC in Scotland adding to it's already impressive range of 19 Star sliding head machines. In addition to the power and flexibility the machine provides the adoption of the high pressure coolant system allows the drilling of small diameter deep holes. 

  • CNC Milling to Microns Gives Edge to Precision Waterjet Cutting Service

    01 Sep 2005

    The addition of a 3-axis CNC milling machine at Leicester Water Jet Ltd gives the rare capability of in-house precision waterjet cutting to 0.1mm and CNC milling to microns. The company specialises in the precision profiling of metals, composites, stone, glass and plastics. 

  • Five-axis Machining Extends Demo Facility 's Remit

    01 Sep 2005

    Although founded as a demonstration facility for market-leading CAD/CAM software, ISO 9001-accredited Delcam UK Tooling Services is very much a business unit in its own right. The recent installation of a Mazak Variaxis 630-5X machining centre provides Delcam for the first time with a five-axis simultaneously controlled machining capability. 

  • Technology Upgrade Assisted by Grant Fund

    01 Sep 2005

    Burcas has been awarded the maximum available grant of £30,000 from the "LiftOff" programme, which is a support and development initiative specifically targeted at West Midlands companies operating in the aerospace industry, funded through the European Regional Development Fund. 

  • Off Shore Operation Expands CNC Plant

    01 Sep 2005

    AMP Rose (P) Ltd the Bangalore based manufacturing operation of AMP Rose Gainsborough continues to expand its operations in India by moving to a new purpose built facility on the outskirts of Bangalore. In addition to this investment in larger factory premises, AMP Rose intends to expand its present manufacturing capabilities, by considerable expansion of its present CNC manufacturing operations. 

Heat Treatment

  • £2m Invested in Hard Coating and Advanced Heat Treatment

    01 Sep 2005

    High-tech hard coating and heat treatment specialist Tecvac Ltd and it's parent company Wallwork Heat Treatment (WHT) have both recently invested in vacuum carburising, representing a £700,000+ investment. This advanced heat treatment technology, with other enhancements in production to meet the requirements of automotive and power transmission customers, has enabled a substantial increase in capacity at both Bury and Birmingham treatment facilities. 

  • Online Tool Shop Opened for Cryogenic Treatments

    01 Sep 2005

    Cryogenic Treatment Services have launched Cryo Cutting Tool Shop online where a range of cryotCUT? cryogenically treated drills, end mills, slot drills, rippers and taps can be purchased for next day delivery anywhere in the UK. 

  • Client Decides Out-Sourcing is Best

    01 Sep 2005

    Since March, Nitram Vacuum Heat Treatments Co Ltd, Middlesex, has successfully undertaken the heat treatment of tooling and pressings that was previously performed inhouse by a client. The specialised services at Nitram have enabled the client to work with a wider range of materials, dispose of under-used equipment, reduce staffing and maintenance costs and produce a superior product. 

Industry News

  • Subsidised 2005/6 Programme for Overseas Trade Missions

    01 Sep 2005

    In order to promote the overseas market for the engineering industry, the following overseas exhibitions have been successful in securing subsidies from UK Trade & Investment. This would effectively reduce the cost of participation and enable exhibitors to take advantage of grants of 50% of the expenditure on stand space, construction and freight up to a ceiling of between £1,600 and £2,000, says Karen Finegold, of the Engineering Industries Association (Tel: 020 8950 9832, Kfinegold@aol. com). 

  • The Power of the Young Needs to be Harnessed

    01 Sep 2005

    If the younger elements of your workforce seem less than motivated perhaps you should take a closer look at how you manage them. Have you asked what excites them, what unusual skills they have or how they think things should be done? You might be pleasantly surprised, says Arthur Richardson of the South West MAS. 

  • GTMA Boosts Supply Chain Message at Interplas Showcase

    01 Sep 2005

    The GTMA Village at Interplas 4-6 October, Birmingham NEC, once again showcases the association's focus on the importance of building robust supply chain networks and the tangible business opportunities that can result for GTMA members. 

  • Britain's Workers Stand for Worse Conditions than the Victorians

    01 Sep 2005

    Up to 11 million UK workers could face serious health problems from prolonged standing at work, and they are offered less protection than employees from the Victorian era, says a new report from the TUC published last month. 

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