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Arthur Sanders – a new name in contract honing
30 Jul 2008
A joint venture between Delapena Honing Equipment’s contracting division and Apperley Honing has created a new contract honing business – Arthur Sanders (Cheltenham) Ltd. The venture will benefit from experience gained in Delapena’s 80 years as a leading manufacturer of honing equipment and Apperley’s 45 years as a contract honing specialist.
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Remploy wins electronics manufacturing award
30 Jul 2008
Remploy Electronics has been recognised in the Yorkshire Productivity Awards 2008, winning the National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) category. Remploy’s Bolton manufacturing site was nominated based on the number of its staff achieving level 2 NVQs in Electronics and won the category against competition from 20 other finalists from across the north of England.
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MAS North East and Productivity Alliance merged
29 Jul 2008
Regional development agency One NorthEast has signed a £30 million deal for PA Consulting Group to deliver its combined Manufacturing Advisory Service and North East Productivity Allicance (PA) until March 2013. One NorthEast brought the services together to simplify, streamline and improve manufacturing support across the region.
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Low cost diecastings from Rencol
29 Jul 2008
A low cost diecasting service has been introduced by Rencol, providing manufacturers with a cost effective alternative to machining. Volumes can range from prototypes to mass production in aluminium, zinc and special alloys – with other materials on request.
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More awards for Shearline apprentices
29 Jul 2008
Two Shearline employees, Joe Halls and Neil Dodd, have become the company’s latest apprentices to pick up awards for their achievements in the Engineering Employers Federation (EEF) Apprentice of the Year Competition.
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Farnborough International is £44billion success
29 Jul 2008
New orders worth approximately £44.35bn for some 480 aircraft and equipment systems were announced during the 60th anniversary Farnborough Airshow 2008, which ended on 20 July. This doubled the 2006 record. The event attracted 132,636 business visitors and 153,000 public visitors on the final weekend.
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Golden rays peep out
21 Jul 2008
The summer skies seem to be coming out in sympathy with the economic outlook - grey, gloomy and downright miserable – writes Simon Howes, Business Development Director of South West MAS. But is it as bad as we're told, or are we talking ourselves into a recession?
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Brandauer appoints head for new project
21 Jul 2008
Precision pressings specialist, C. Brandauer & Co. Ltd, has appointed Brian Tomlinson to head up the introduction of a new in-line welding process that is said to be 100% faster than off-line riveting techniques. It also virtually eliminates waste thereby saving costs and greatly increasing efficiencies in high volume parts production.
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Midland’s success celebrated at Accelerate awards
20 Jul 2008
Some of the West Midlands’ top automotive companies have been honoured at one of the Accelerate supplier awards ceremony. A Coventry steering parts manufacturer, a Birmingham tool-maker and a Cannock precision parts-turner took to the top awards.
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Aerospace supply chain event takes off in Frankfurt
20 Jul 2008
Airtec 2008, the International Aerospace Supply Fair, will take place from November 11 to 14 at the Exhibition Centre Frankfurt Main, Germany. Exhibitors include suppliers of tools, components and engineering services from all sections of the industry. This year’s event includes a number of special features including a ‘guest’ country, a focus on composites and an international conference.
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Shake away fatigue and stress with ultrasound
20 Jul 2008
An ultrasonic treatment service can extend the fatigue life of metallic components and relieve residual stress, as well as increasing surface hardness, toughness and corrosion resistance. Typical components that can be treated include tubular fabrications, solid shafts, threaded connections and welded joints.
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He’s a jolly good engineering Fellow
20 Jul 2008
Sheffield Forgemasters chief executive Dr Graham Honeyman has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He joins 43 other pioneering industry and academic figures on this year’s list of Fellows, including Queen Mary 2 designer Stephen Payne and leader of the UK Energy Research Centre John Loughhead.
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Global power in aerospace materials is launched at Farnborough
15 Jul 2008
ThyssenKrupp Services announced the launch of ThyssenKrupp Aerospace, the world's first global materials service provider, at the Farnborough Airshow. The new company incorporates ThyssenKrupp's existing aerospace distribution and supply chain management businesses with Apollo Metals and Aviation Metals, which it acquired earlier this year.
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Subcon proved UK pressworker can compete worldwide
15 Jul 2008
Presswork specialist H T Brigham says that Subcon 2008 allowed it to show that it could be competitive in global markets – despite the increasing trend for pressed components to be sourced from Eastern Europe and the Far East.
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Water pressures could send us down the plughole
10 Jul 2008
The fuel crisis will pale in comparison to the impact that limited water supplies and resulting price hikes could have if businesses continue current consumption levels, says sustainable business agency Envirowise, which is calling on UK companies to take action now to reduce the millions of litres they waste daily.
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30% laser cost savings revolve around second-hand Axel
03 Jul 2008
Doncaster Laser Logistics has invested in a pre-owned LVD Axel laser that will cut its costs by 30%. The Axel will run completely unmanned from 4pm to 8am increasing the company’s capacity at little extra cost.
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A dozen robot do’s and don’ts
03 Jul 2008
At first glance, industrial robot specification sheets look fairly straightforward, says Stirling Paatz of robot integrators Barr & Paatz, but a few tips can help in avoiding common specifying mistakes.
Machined components
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Probes put man and machine under pressure
29 Jul 2008
Machining complex, hardened steel bodies for aero engine probes can be a tricky business says Bob Duffin of Hi-Tech Aerospace components. “Sometimes we might only be producing a £250 feature on a component worth £3,000. However, the feature in question might specify tolerances as tight as 0.005mm, which puts a lot of pressure on the operator and the performance of the machine.”
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Subcon boosts enquiries for Arterial
23 Jul 2008
Arterial’s Sales and Marketing Director David Ross says that exhibiting at Subcon 2008 has led to a flurry of enquiries from top level aerospace customers. He adds that the company is ideally placed to make the most of these enquiries following a £600,000 investment in machine tools over the past year and its recent AS9100 accreditation.
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Software sets Itasco on course for growth
23 Jul 2008
Based in Fife, Scotland, Itasco Precision offers a precision machining and weld inlay service for applications within the marine, offshore, nuclear, aerospace and petrochemical industries. It has been serving the worldwide manufacturing industry since 1976 and specialises in turnkey solutions that include design and project management, precision machining, weld cladding, NDE services and heat treatment.
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Linear drives cut auto cycle time
21 Jul 2008
Small precision component specialist Tenable Screw Co has recently installed four Citizen R07 Type VI CNC sliding head autos with linear drive technology. This is allowing the fast machining of small components from bar stock and complements existing coil fed machines – particularly when the coil stock is no longer readily available. On one automotive component the cycle time was cut by 14 seconds.
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Gardner halves Ti machining times
16 Jul 2008
Gardner Aerospace Wales has cut scrap to below 1 percent and hand finishing by 85 percent on titanium machining contracts for aerospace primes. This has cut machining times in half – a vital consideration as 80 percent of production now involves prismatic machining of Ti64 (6% aluminium / 4% vanadium) titanium alloy. Just three years ago 80 percent of production was straightforward aluminium.
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Investments pay off for award-winning supply chain partner
16 Jul 2008
When it comes to machined components, Stockport based Components Worldwide / Mini Gears was described by the judges at this year’s MWP Awards as 'very market aware - investments in the latest technology have paid dividends.'
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Machining operation is disarmingly complex
03 Jul 2008
Next time you see a bomb disposal robot in action, hopefully on a television screen, it will probably be carrying a stainless steel component machined by Turntech Precision Engineering on an OKK 5-axis vertical machining centre
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Clifton brings motorsport to Farnborough
03 Jun 2008
Clifton Precision Tools, the Rowley Regis-based specialist in press tools and machining, has hit on a novel idea to attract visitors to its stand at Farnborough. Over the course of the show’s trade days, it will be giving away two miniature motorbikes to lucky visitors.
Marine Engineering
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Hy-Pro goes back to basics to banish burrs
21 Jul 2008
Hy-Pro, a specialist in hydraulic motion control, believes in going back to basics to come up with better manufacturing solutions.
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Vulcan’s castings capability secures £5.5m offshore contracts
03 Jul 2008
Unique specialist castings, invented and produced in Sheffield to handle the demands of the world’s roughest seas, have secured contracts worth £5.5m for Sheffield Forgemasters subsidiary company, Vulcan SFM, during a 3 month period.
Plastic Parts, Moulds & Moulding
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Plastic laser-sintering service extended
29 Jul 2008
Rapid manufacturing and prototyping specialist, Ogle Models, has introduced a flame retardant plastic to the range of materials that it uses to produce components for customers. Designated PA 2210 FR, the powder is produced by EOS for use in its laser-sintering machines, of which Ogle operates three, two of which were bought in June 2008 as part of a £1 million investment.
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Tiny parts make a name for AK
20 Jul 2008
Product miniaturisation, particularly in the medical, instrumentation, automotive and micro electro-mechanical systems sectors, is placing increasing demands on the component manufacturers who supply them.
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Weight, fuel economy and emissions drive expanding polypropylene market
16 Jul 2008
A report from the leading supplier of expanded polypropylene (EPP) declares that usage of the material is expected to grow by 5 percent in 2008 driven by increased adoption in new vehicle introductions. The reasons for growth are two-fold; increasing penetration by model and increasing penetration by application says Paul Compton of JSP.
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Software investment lets mould makers take on China
03 Jul 2008
Kavia Moulded Products has cut downtime by up to 50 percent and reduced machine set up time from an hour to three minutes since investing in NC part programming. This has allowed it to successfully beat off competition from China.
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Car part makers work together
03 Jul 2008
Working with nearby companies would have been unheard of twenty years ago, but a group of West Midlands’ suppliers have decided that the ‘whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ after landing an £8m contract jackpot.
Small and micro precision
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Free seminars on Micro Manufacturing
03 Jul 2008
The Micro Manufacturing event, MM Live 2008, which will be held on 21 and 22 October at the Ricoh Arena, will feature a series of free educational seminars. These are designed to give a complete overview of the Micro Manufacturing technology spectrum and give newcomers an introduction to the manufacture of precision micro components.
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Ultrafine filter maker sets new standards for micro holes
03 Jul 2008
Precision Micro, the Birmingham based specialist precision component manufacturer, claims to be ‘raising the bar’ for photo chemical etching by setting new precision standards in the production of ultra-fine filter components for the medical market.
