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£120K invested in sand recycling at Wallwork Cast Alloys

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Business and Trade Secretary gives lift-off to over £100 million for greener air travel

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New circular sawing line for steel distribution

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Makino top management visits NCMT in 60th year of cooperation

Shotaro Miyazaki, president of Tokyo-based Makino Milling Machine Co, which manufactures machining centres, spark erosion machines and Viper grinding centres, visited UK and Ireland sales and service agent NCMT in Coventry at the end of May to participate in its joint 60th anniversary celebrations.

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£120K invested in sand recycling at Wallwork Cast Alloys

Nickel and chromium heat resistant castings expert, Wallwork Cast Alloys, has invested £120K in new bespoke sand recycling plant from FMS.

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Grenville Engineering invests in first vertical milling machine

Grenville Engineering, a leading provider of high-quality metal fabrication solutions based in Stoke-on-Trent, has announced the arrival of its latest technological investment, the Hurco VM20i.

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Latest Victor HMC offers performance improvements

Victor machines from GM CNC are widely accepted as some of the most robust, reliable and productive machine tools in their class.

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Travelling column machine from DMG Mori is big news

DMG Mori has added a 4/5-axis, travelling-column machining centre with a working volume of more than 4.6m³ to the upper end of its swivelling-spindle-head DMF range.

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Yamawa expands Z-PRO VU tap series

The Z-PRO VU series of taps from Japanese company Yamawa is especially designed for use with water-soluble cutting fluid and represents the optimum solution for tapping on high performance machining centres. Recently, the company has broadened the range of the VU series with new products and sizes.

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Business and Trade Secretary gives lift-off to over £100 million for greener air travel

Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has today (22nd July) announced over £100m of government-industry funding for cutting-edge aerospace tech projects to support greener air travel, at the launch of the 2024 Farnborough Airshow.

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Lantek Expert and iQuoting: indispensable at A13 Engineering

A13 Engineering moved from plasma cutting to laser cutting in October 2023 with the installation of a Bodor 12kW laser and Lantek Expert software.

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New circular sawing line for steel distribution

With 1,450 employees worldwide and a turnover in excess of €2bn, the Carl Spaeter Group is a leading steel distributor that has remained a family business since its inception in 1875.

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Sheffield Forgemasters seeks planning for new facility

Engineering specialist, Sheffield Forgemasters, has submitted a pre-planning application for a landmark 30,000m² machining facility on brownfield land in Sheffield’s Meadowhall district.

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Dugard appoints new sales manager for South West and South Wales

Dugard has strengthened its team with the appointment of a new area sales manager. Paul Roberts has been appointed as the area sales manager for the South West and South Wales areas to enhance market presence in the region.

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The fine road ahead for Amada Automation

Sheetmetal technology specialist Amada has expanded its European automation manufacturing plant in Finland to meet the growing demand for these systems.

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F 5000 – Designed for production

The new F-series with the 5th axis in the tool for high-performance 5-sided and simultaneous 5-axis machining.Find out more and visit us at Farnborough Airshow in July.

STEM students recognised as Design & Make celebrates 5 years

A major competition designed to get more young people involved in manufacturing has recognised the talented engineers of the future.

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New robotic systems for automating machine tools

A new range of storage and handling systems for loading and unloading machine tools automatically has been introduced to the UK and Ireland by Kenilworth-based Whitehouse Machine Tools in partnership with the Turkish manufacturer Tezmaksan.

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New tool for milling drive shaft splines

Cutting tool manufacturer Horn has introduced a mill with indexable inserts for machining external straight or involute splines on power take-off (PTO) shafts.

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Fast and stable back working tool holders from Arno

Tooling specialist Arno has introduced a series of tool holders for back working on Swiss-type auto lathes.

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Accurl fibre laser proves to be a hero at Kellys Welding

When Kellys Welding was looking to replace its ageing and costly to run CO₂ flatbed laser cutter it found that the Accurl Masterline 3105 supplied by Axe & Status was the ideal machine it was looking for.

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Editor's comment for July 2024

Our cover story this month is all about sawing, storage and automation specialist Kasto. I’ve been to their headquarters in Achern, Germany a number of times over the years, but this visit, apart from providing an opportunity to take in all the new technology, also marked a rather important anniversary – 180 years since the company’s formation.

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