Archive for March, 2009
An open frame laser micro-machining center
By admin at 29 March, 2009, 11:31 am
An open frame laser micro-machining center is ideally suited for stencil cutting and advanced high frequency micro-machining.
SG Series Laser System Online Automation, designer and manufacturer of economical industrial laser systems, now offers their Split Gantry Laser System.
The SG Series Laser Systems are an open frame laser micro-machining center ideally suited for stencil cutting and advanced [...]
High-energy liquid jets are finely controlled to cut and shape features
By admin at 29 March, 2009, 11:30 am
NanoMatrix, the developer of a new approach for performing small-scale fabrication, offers its customers micro and nano machining services and equipment.
High-energy liquid jets are finely controlled to cut and shape features with sizes below 50 nanometers in a wide variety of materials.
The company’s proprietary technology includes the control of high-energy liquid jets to cut and [...]
For the scribing or perforation of plastics films
By admin at 29 March, 2009, 11:29 am
The StarScribe Easy, manufactured in the UK, is the latest addition to the product range offered by Rofin-Baasel for the scribing or perforation of plastics films.
For the scribing or perforation of plastics films, a compact plus easy to integrate entry-level solution requires no connection to external gases plus has low power consumption.
A compact plus [...]
C Dugard of Hove has added a CNC horizontal boring machine to its Dugard Eagle range
By admin at 21 March, 2009, 3:07 pm
C Dugard of Hove has added a CNC horizontal boring machine to its Dugard Eagle range
The machine is designed for those who need a high-specification, rigid & powerful solution for large components weighing up to two tonnes & up to 5.5m by 2.6m by 1.3m that need precision boring, milling, drilling & certain turning cycles.
A [...]
CNC bed-type milling machine has than paid for itself in the machining of the 32 tonnes of steel for tooling plates
By admin at 21 March, 2009, 3:06 pm
CNC bed mill machines cell door tooling plates.CNC bed-type milling machine has than paid for itself in the machining of the 32 tonnes of steel for tooling plates used in the robotic fabrication of prison cell doors.
Fern Engineering Systems is using an XYZ SMX 5000 manual/CNC bed mill to machine various sizes of steel tooling [...]
Holroyd Precision, part of the Precision Technologies (PTG)
By admin at 21 March, 2009, 3:04 pm
Rotor milling machine for screw rotor production.Holroyd Precision, part of the Precision Technologies (PTG), has announced a GBP2.4m order from a south east Asian customer for a Holroyd 8EX rotor milling machine.
Due for delivery in February 2009, the 8EX machine has a swing of 900mm and will used for the production of screw rotors for [...]
Schaublin Machine Tools has supplied a medical device manufacturer with a Schaublin 48V CNC mill
By admin at 21 March, 2009, 3:02 pm
Schaublin Machine Tools has supplied a medical tool manufacturer with a Schaublin 48V CNC mill & Renishaw probe system to produce high-accuracy parts.
Schaublin engineers helped train Clada Medical’s Raphael Blowick, to use the equipment.
Blowick said: ‘I’ve always liked designing parts in Solidworks.
Blowick, not a production engineer, faced a steep learning curve when it came to [...]
Jean Michel Vallet has built his engineering workshop by making precision components on CNC machines
By admin at 21 March, 2009, 3:01 pm
Engineering workshop utilises Haas CNC machines.Jean Michel Vallet has built his engineering workshop by making precision components on CNC machines for mostly local companies, but always with four eye on his long-held dream of building a race automobile.
In the early 1970s, Vallet was quick to realise the potential of CNC, investing in the first of [...]
CNC sliding head turn-mill centres have helped Adaero Precision Components secure lucrative components contracts
By admin at 15 March, 2009, 4:34 am
Adaero Precision has seven Citizen machines installed in its newly extended facility at Crediton, Devon; an M32-III and a mid-range L20 with the high pressure Coolblaster 2,000 lb/in2 coolant process.
Citizen Machinery has revealed how its CNC sliding head turn-mill centres have helped Adaero Precision Components secure lucrative components contracts.
The machines produce batches of 500 or [...]
Star has announced Two CNC sliding-headstock lathes operated by Rodmatic
By admin at 15 March, 2009, 4:24 am
Brian Steatham, owner and managing director of Rodmatic, made the claim and added that the turned finish achieved using the Stars, mainly on stainless steel and steel components, is so nice that subsequent grinding is frequently eliminated, lowering unit production cost.
three CNC sliding-headstock lathes operated by Rodmatic are able to mill-turn components of medium to [...]
L20 CNC automatic sliding-head lathe, which offers flexibility when compared to a fixed-head machine
By admin at 15 March, 2009, 4:22 am
Nigel Bargery & Pamela Oakley set up the subcontract precision machining business Peerless Precision Engineering (PPE) 11 years ago.
Peerless Precision Engineering is using a platen style tooling arrangement on a Citizen L20 CNC automatic sliding-head lathe, which offers flexibility when compared to a fixed-head machine.
With a secondhand lathe & a few drill spindles to satisfy [...]
CNC sliding head lathe to perform one-hit machining cycles on parts up to 20mm diameter
By admin at 15 March, 2009, 4:18 am
Soon after setting up DJM Precision Engineering Malin was working all hours of the day & night & quickly became confident enough to install a second Citizen from NC Engineering, now Citizen Machinery UK, of Watford.
Five years ago Dave Malin set himself up as a one-man subcontract machinist having bought a Citizen L20 CNC sliding [...]
Lenack Engineering has cut cycle times by up to 20 per cent on certain components
By admin at 15 March, 2009, 4:17 am
Lenack Engineering has been machining parts on Citizen CNC sliding head lathes for lots of years.
Since the installation of its first Citizen A20-VII PL CNC sliding head automatic lathe, Lenack Engineering has cut cycle times by up to 20 per cent on certain components.
Managing director, Neil Bonafont, maintains that the installation of Citizen machines has [...]
CNC punching tools designed by Mate for users of Trumpf CNC punch presses
By admin at 13 March, 2009, 6:08 am
Mate LongLife slitting tool process for Trumpf style punch presses combines premium tool steel punch & die inserts with robust punch & die holders for the most cost effective slitting tool solution.
CNC punching tools designed by Mate for users of Trumpf CNC punch presses include a long life slitting tool & a catalogue describing a [...]
