A combination for complex parts When Graydon Udelhoven founded Forbidn Manufacturing in 2012, he chose its name to signify a company that could develop and machine products so outstanding, and of such seemingly unattainable quality,…
80 years in business and still innovating With its fingers in sector pies all over the world, from automotive and aerospace engineering to oil and gas to subcontracting, the world of CNC machining is all about variety.…
MACH 2020: Inspiring, Innovating and Connecting As one of the leading metrology institutes in the world, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington provided a fitting backdrop for the official MACH 2020 launch at the end…
The gains of manufacturing technology after Brexit Despite political wrangling over the past few years and subsequent business uncertainty, the UK remains a strong and successful market for sawing and storage specialist Kasto, according to Ernst Wagner,…
Boosting pump part cleaning efficiency The arrival of a front-loading, aqueous washing and rinsing system from Turbex at the Hampshire production facility of long-established UK pump manufacturer Selwood has improved dramatically the efficiency with which…
Increasing the performance of machines with carbon composites Composite materials are typically found in aeroplanes and racing cars, but their light weight and high strength also offer many benefits to machine tools. Head of business development at CompoTech,…
UK spin-out’s modelling software slashes compressor energy consumption Using specialist CFD analysis in compressor manufacture could produce energy savings equivalent to over 1% of the total energy bill of the United States.
Automated pressing of boiler chassis doubles rate of production Ideal Boilers in Hull, UK started manufacturing boilers back in 1906. Since autumn 2018, the boiler chassis for its domestic range have been manufactured in a fully automated and highly…
Building in circularity In this article Mats W Lundberg, sustainable business manager at Sandvik Materials Technology (SMT), discusses the benefits of adopting a circular approach to designing products and using materials for a…
Mitutoyo celebrates its 40th anniversary in the UK In 1980 the UK subsidiary of the Mitutoyo Group was founded in Andover, Hampshire, with the ambition of building a business on the importation of high quality metrology products from…
Gauging efficiency Cygnus Instruments, based in Dorchester, Dorset, manufactures ultrasonic thickness gauges. The company installed an MRP system back in 2011, however through a process mapping exercise it soon realised that it…
Second-hand lathe purchase prompts machine shop transformation When a customer of Salisbury-based subcontractor Apsley Precision Engineering stopped manufacturing components in-house, one of its redundant machine tools – a Miyano fixed-head, twin-spindle, single-turret lathe – was purchased by…
Extra-large plasma and flame cutting capability Like many start-ups, P.P. Profiles was a business conceived in a small building. In this case, a basement of a cotton mill in Walkden, Greater Manchester. 43 years later, the…
Real-time information across the board Jota Advanced Engineering, the subcontract precision engineering division of the Jota Group, has found that investment in the PSL Datatrack Status Board display system has brought a new dimension to…
Foundry to double transmission machining capacity A substantial proportion of MJ Allen Group's more than £30 million annual turnover comes from gravity die casting and machining the aluminium main case, intermediate and cover for a modified…
Mazak targets entry-level 5-axis market Yamazaki Mazak’s product range is vast, technologically advanced and all-encompassing but arguably there was one thing missing – an entry-level, simultaneous 5-axis machining centre. Missing that is until now.
A call to engineering arms With the news that the last decade was apparently the warmest ever recorded, it is becoming clear that climate change is a reality and many argue that we are on…
12kW fibre laser turns on the power The most powerful flat-bed laser profiling centre ever to be installed in the UK for processing sheetmetal has started operation according to Rotherham-based subcontractor ESP Laser Cutting which specialises in…
Grinding revelation Peterborough-based Marlor Tooling, a cutting tool manufacturer preparing to celebrate its 50th anniversary, has invested in a Rollomatic Shapesmart CNC tool grinding machine.
Production planning for small businesses Many types of production planning software exist that small businesses operating in the manufacturing industry could utilise in order to significantly improve their operations in terms of efficiency as well…
Soaring success for start-up company GZero Machining Services, is a family-run engineering business based in Derbyshire, has enjoyed significant levels of success in its first few months.
What is the impact of the Coronavirus on manufacturing? Manufacturers need to urgently review their supply chain to find out how exposed they are to the Coronavirus outbreak, explains Richard Wilding, professor of supply chain strategy at Cranfield School…
DMG Mori to focus on digitalisation and automation at Pfronten open house At DMG Mori's traditional open house to be held in Pfronten, southern Germany from 11-15 February 2020, the global machine tool manufacturer will stress digitalisation and automation.
How to develop a UK manufacturing workforce fit for the future The UK manufacturing industry’s skills crisis is well known – repeated surveys show an estimated 80% of firms struggle to recruit the talent they need to compete.
