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Cutting edge fabrication for Chinese tunnelling project
08 May 2008
Sheffield heavy engineering company DavyMarkham has fabricated and shipped a 320 tonne cutterhead for a 12.4m diameter tunnel boring machine (TBM), being built by The Robbins Company of Ohio. It has been despatched to the mountains of Sichuan Province, China, where it will bore a 17km tunnel feeding water to the turbines of a new 4,800MW hydropower station.
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Water jet cuts costs and composites
08 May 2008
Chesterfield-based Access Engineering has ordered at £350,000 Bystronic water jet cutting machine. The machine is fitted with a shuttle table that the company believes will give huge cost savings for customers by eliminating loading and unloading times. Access also expects the the machine’s ability to cut composites without causing delamination will open up new markets.
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World’s largest robotic press brake?
08 May 2008
MTL Group has acquired what is believes is the largest robotic press brake system in the world. The £750,000 7.2m, 640 tonne Ursviken press brake is fitted with a 600kg capacity robot and will allow MTL to produce large components for OEMs such as Caterpillar, JCB, Sandvik, Bombardier and BAE more quickly, accurately and cost-effectively than traditional methods.
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Hydro powers up the contracts
12 May 2008
Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd (SFIL) has secured its largest ever order for hydro-power castings to be used on India’s Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Project. The order includes an initial run of six crowns and bands for the rotating turbine runners over 18 months, all cast in 13/4 grade stainless steel and valued at more than £2m, with the potential for two further sets by 2011.
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Birmingham laser company moves home
22 May 2008
R&S Laser Cutting and Fabrication, which has been supported by Birmingham Chamber’s Accelerate programme, has just moved to a new 30,500 sq ft factory in Hockley that gives it double the space and help it break the £2.5m sales barrier.
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Hydram welcomes press brakes to the fold
22 May 2008
Hydram Sheet Metalwork has added two Bystronic Xpert press brakes to its three Bystronic laser cutting systems. The new machines will minimise scrap, increase productivity and save costs – all of which will benefit Hydram’s customers says managing director John Young.
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