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First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Green button process supported by novel workholding

A bespoke fixturing solution, for use in a new Aerospace 'green button' cell, has been developed as a result of a collaboration between Brown & Holmes (Tamworth) and Roemheld (UK).Engineers from the aerospace supplier approached precision machining and ... [Published Machinery - May 23 2013]

Entities: Machining, Stainless Steel, Machine Tool, Corrosion, Construction

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Seco Tools AB

Free-to-attend best practice machining seminars at Seco Tools (UK)

Free-to-attend best practice seminars on machining titanium, stainless steels, nickel and composites are to be held at Seco Tools (UK)'s new Technology Centre in Alcester.The first seminar on machining titanium and titanium alloys is being held on 26 ... [Published Machinery - May 22 2013]

Entities: Machining, Titanium, Seco Tools AB, best practice

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Trumpf Open House gets artistic and more

In this online-only feature, Andrew Allcock reviews the recent Trumpf Open House at its Luton HQ. New laser welding, profiling and marking technology were revealed, along with a push on the company's one-stop-shop offeringUK industrial heritage and tourism, ... [Published Machinery - May 22 2013]

Entities: Laser, TRUMPF GMBH CO. KG, Profiling, Scott Simpson, United Kingdom

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Mazak Open House highlights include single-hit large part machining and automated, efficient 2D laser profiling

Amongst the 17 machines on show at the recent Mazak Open House event (May 14/15), two highlights were the Integrex e-670 H II multi-tasking machining (pictured) centre and the Optiplex 3015 4 kW CO2 2D laser profiling machine.It is the first time that ... [Published Machinery - May 21 2013]

Entities: Mazak Corporation, Machining, Laser, Profiling

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

TechCADCAM celebrates 25 years

TechCADCAM, UK distributor for GibbsCAM, celebrated its 25-year anniversary in April.GibbsCAM software itself hails from 1982, with founder Bill Gibbs setting up and developing software with an emphasis on user-friendliness. GibbsCAM became part of the ... [Published Machinery - May 20 2013]

Entities: Machining, Cimatron Limited, WILLEMIN-MACODEL, Columbus (Ohio, United States)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Renishaw plc

Renishaw acquires Germany-based additive manufacturing parts maker

Metrology, measurement, medical and additive manufacturing technology specialist Renishaw, via its German subsidiary, has acquired the business assets of LBC Laser Bearbeitungs Center GmbH, Kornwestheim, Germany - a claimed pioneer in the field of metal-based ... [Published Machinery - May 16 2013]

Entities: Renishaw plc, Additive Manufacturing, Laser, Pliezhausen (Germany), Kornwestheim (Germany)

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Mori Seiki Co Ltd

DMG/Mori Seiki increase direct sales network in Europe

In line with DMG/Mori Seiki's intention to move its sales model for Europe from dealership to direct sales, long time Italian Mori Seiki dealer Micron S.p.A has been acquired by DMG Mori Seiki Italia SRL, a joint DMG and Mori Seiki company. ... [Published Machinery - May 16 2013]

Entities: Mori Seiki Co Ltd, MICRON

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Sutton Tools develops VA-Harmony optimised endmill for highly alloyed steels

An addition to Melbourne, Australia-based Sutton Tools' Harmony Endmill range, the VA-Harmony endmill, is aimed at the milling of stainless steels and super alloys such as austenitic grades 304 and 316, duplex grades, as well as Inconels 718 and 725.Available ... [Published Machinery - May 15 2013]

Entities: Steel, Geometry, OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, Carbide

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

600 UK Open House

600 UK will showcase its entire range of advanced CNC turning centres, manual/CNC 'teach' lathes and manual centre lathes at a special Open House event for all UK customers, worldwide distributors and other engineering specialists at its Heckmondwike, ... [Published Machinery - May 14 2013]

Entities: United Kingdom

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Control 2013 preview

The annual metrology show, Control, will be held in the Stuttgart Exhibition Centre from 14 to 17 May this year.With roughly 900 exhibitors from more than 30 countries and exhibition floor space of some 590,000 ft2, Control (www.control-messe.de/en) will ... [Published Machinery - May 14 2013]

Entities: CMMS, Laser, nanometre, United Kingdom

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Hardinge to acquire Forkardt workholding range

US-headquartered machine tool maker Hardinge is to acquire workholding specialist Forkardt from Illinois Tool, also headquartered in the USA. The acquisition price is put at $34 million.Forkardt includes companies that are leading global providers of ... [Published Machinery - May 13 2013]

Entities: Machine Tool, Manufacturing, Acquisition, Economic Group, Traverse City (United States)

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Schunk produces flattest yet Vero-S NSE mini quick change pallet module

Schunk believes that its 20 mm high, 90 mm diameter and 20 mm clamping pin diameter Vero-S NSE mini is the flattest pneumatic quick-change pallet module in the world.The Vero-S NSE mini lends itself to retrofitting on to existing machines while a patented ... [Published Machinery - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Schunk, Stainless Steel, Patent

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Kevin Ward, joint director of Brown & Holmes, said: "This presented us with several challenges. We needed to ensure accurate and repeatable positioning of the components into the fixture, repeatable fixture location onto the machine tool and positive clamping and support of the component through the machining processes: alongside a number of size and weight constraints"

Green button process supported by novel workholding [Published Machinery - May 23 2013]

Says Mike Fleming (pictured), technical and marketing manager at Seco: "The seminars achieve the optimum balance between theory and practice.For example, our titanium seminar in June will feature presentations (in the morning) from Dr Wei Ming Sim, machining technologist, (Airbus), and Dr Richard Hood, lecturer, (University of Birmingham); whilst after lunch, attendees will be able see a number of titanium machining demonstrations on our CNC machine tools (using the latest advanced tooling solutions) and have the opportunity to discuss their own machining challenges directly with our engineers."

Free-to-attend best practice machining seminars at Seco Tools (UK) [Published Machinery - May 22 2013]

...One course has already been run, but it is still a new offering here. "Feedback from Germany has been that companies have got payback from the course in three months on one part alone" Mr Smyth underlines

Trumpf Open House gets artistic and more [Published Machinery - May 22 2013]

...Machining CNC programming software," explains Robb Weinstein, senior vice president of sales and strategic planning of Gibbs and Associates. "For the last 10 years, Gibbs has been a leader in supporting full functionality for programming 'standard' MTM machines. During the last few years, GibbsCAM has become a recognised leader in programming Swiss style MTM machines, too."

TechCADCAM celebrates 25 years [Published Machinery - May 20 2013]

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