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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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