A new portal to improved metalworking Spanish machine tool builder Soraluce, available in the UK from TW Ward CNC Machinery, recently held a three-day summit to reveal its latest revitalised machines.
Gas spring manufacturer explains its machine tool set-up Since 1984, Metrol has been designing and manufacturing gas springs predominantly for the automotive industry for customers such as JLR who incorporate the springs into their own press tools.
Wiltshire manufacturer brings metalcutting in-house with Hurco Loadpoint Micro-Machining Solutions, a manufacturer in Cricklade that more than 40 years ago invented the industry standard saw for dicing semiconductor wafers, has brought all of its metalcutting in-house following…
A place for everything With its in-depth expertise of electric propulsion, Electroflight has been chosen to support Rolls-Royce in developing all-electric propulsion for aircraft applications as part of the Accelerating the Electrification of Flight…
Ceramic end mills help optimise aerospace part machining With components made from nickel-based alloys becoming increasingly prevalent across the aerospace industry, the demand for optimised cutting tools continues to grow. In this article, Sandvik Coromant extols the virtues…
Editor's comment for June 2019 I was fortunate to visit Vision Engineering earlier this year to discover more about its latest revolutionary 3D viewer.
Vape manufacturer makes use of modern machining Squonker, Stumpy, Atty and Whistle-Tip could easily be mistaken for characters in a Lord of the Rings style fantasy novel, rather than products from the more down-to-earth world of vaping.…
Massive gains from revisited CAM acquisition Engineering subcontractor I & G Precision recently moved all its CAM programming across to Edgecam with spectacular results in terms of cycle time reductions. PES takes a closer look.
Exceeding customer expectations every time It is crucial precision manufactured parts pass goods in quality inspection tests first time.
June cover story: A new way of seeing Vision Engineering has been at the forefront of microscope and industrial viewing technology development since the 1950s. Ed Hill visited the company to experience its very latest DRV-Z1 3D imaging…
Thin walled parts made easy Headquartered in the West Midlands and employing over 1,000 people across 13 sites, the LoneStar Group manufactures and supplies a wide range of high-performance fasteners, precision engineered components and sealing…
Automation investment sustains confidence Investing in new machinery and automation is high on the list of priorities for UK companies despite the current uncertainty according to Steve Finn, managing director of DMG Mori UK.
Milling machine investment helps cater for growing F1 workload Quality and precision performance are helping a Milton Keynes engineering firm expand its sales at the cutting edge of Formula 1.
Vericut leads the way for digital twins in the aerospace industry While digital twinning is a relatively new phenomenon, one of the early adopters of the physical ‘twin’ concept was NASA, where a full-scale mock-up of the early space capsules were…
Railway braking system manufacturer utilises advanced metrology tech Metrology on the right lines Knorr-Bremse Rail UK is a member of the global Knorr-Bremse Rail Division and is a leading braking system manufacturer for all types of rail vehicles,…
Stable milling option for tough alloys Stroud-based LB Bentley machines a range of difficult nickel alloys and stainless steels. When it needed to replace a pair of ageing vertical machining centres, it found Whitehouse Machine Tools…
How can industry 4.0 benefit your manufacturing process? With the rise of Industry 4.0 innovations in the manufacturing industries, Subcon Laser Cutting explains how they can benefit UK manufacturers.
Editor’s comment for May 2019 As I sit on my sofa in my lounge at home, mobile phone in hand with the Wi-Fi switched off, I wonder if I’ll ever be able to get a…
Alitech reduces costs after installing 5-axis VMC at Silverstone facility Subcontractor Alitech Precision, which specialises in supplying motorsport and automotive customers from its Silverstone facility, installed its first 5-axis, vertical-spindle machining centre (VMC) in March 2017.
M-Steel offers particular benefits in hard part turning, Ovako says M-Steel has been proved to increase productivity and improve tool life in a variety of machining applications, especially in the automotive and general engineering industries.
Subcon 2019: Excelling in innovation and partnerships Subcon, the UK’s only dedicated event to enable subcontract manufacturing buyers to source suppliers, benchmark capabilities, and form new manufacturing partnerships, returns on the 4-6 June 2019 at the NEC,…
Bright Engineering: a shining example of subcontracting success UK manufacturing in recent times has been driven and underpinned by an army of dedicated, resourceful and highly skilled precision subcontractors – just like Nelson, Lancashire-based Bright Engineering for example.
Automation technology futureproofs sheetmetal business Unitrunk, the largest Amada user in Ireland, is also enjoying a number of benefits with the sheetmetal specialist’s part-picker units.
Visitor numbers up 20% at WFL Technology Meeting It was double celebration for WFL Millturn Technologies at its biennial Technology Meeting which took place in Linz, Austria at the end of March.
