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XYZ ProTURN SLX 425 Installation – CJ Engineering

XYZ ProTURN SLX 425 Installation – CJ Engineering
The fact that Kevin Locke prefers to be out on the shopfloor rather than sitting in an office doesn’t mean that C J Engineering is lacking either strong leadership or a sound business plan.
It was back in 1998 that, in partnership with younger brother Nigel Locke and colleague [...]

Fanuc supplies CNC solutions for healthcare applications

The medical engineering market embraces many products and manufacturing processes – control units must be versatile, covering turning, milling, whirling etc in series and piece part production, tackling high precision and surface quality requirements.
The medical engineering market embraces many products and manufacturing processes. Control units must be versatile, covering turning, milling, whirling etc in series [...]

CNC Router designed for foam cutting

CNC Router designed specifically for foam packaging and foam cutting applications has a standard 19in gantry clearance and a 24in Z-axis stroke – assuring maximum tool reach and clearance.
Techno is proud to announce a new CNC Router designed specifically for foam packaging and foam cutting applications.
This machine is available in three sizes (X-Y travel): 59in [...]

CNC sliding head automatic lathe

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.
Lenack Engineering has been machining parts on Citizen CNC sliding head lathes for many years.
Managing director, Neil Bonafont, maintains that the installation of Citizen machines has [...]

Chukar unveils waterjet abrasive removal system

Chukar Waterjet, a supplier of waterjet parts for waterjet cutting and cleaning equipment, has introduced the Waterjet Cyclone waterjet abrasive removal system.
This abrasive removal system is a cyclonic garnet extraction machine that removes up to 10lb (4.5kg) of garnet abrasive per minute from any waterjet cutting system.
The system features a 1yd hopper that requires 25ft2 [...]

Vertical machining centre speeds mould making

Yamazaki Mazak has delivered three additional machine tools to the McLaren Technology Centre as part of its official supplier partnership agreement with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes.
The machines were delivered prior to the start of the 2009 Formula One season, and are claimed to have played a pivotal role in the renewed success of the Formula One [...]

LANCNC Controller for All CNCs

Calmotion Announces: LANCNC Controller for All CNCs
Calmotion, a leading motion control engineering organization, today announced the LANCNC controller, which allows fast drag and drop bi-directional file transfers between any CNC and PCs on a network without additional software. Also, the LANCNC uses a 2 GB SD card to store programs at the CNC, allowing the [...]

Cutting 3D face – Hexapod Robot CNC Router

Headland on the OMAX Bevel Head and Tilt-a-Jet

HEADLAND has outlined the usefulness of OMAX Bevel Head with Tilt-a-Jet capabilities.
Tilt-a-Jet is used to improve the precision of waterjet cutting by removing taper. It is most suited for Wire EDM shops or fabricators specialising in die and stripper plates.
Most CNC shops that own machining centres and prioritise production speed by cutting blanks on a [...]

CNC cylindrical grinding machine has a rotatable wheel head that can be changed from straight to 30 deg angle approach

Toyoda Machinery’s latest CNC universal grinding machine, to be shown by the 600 Centre at the UK’s MACH 2008 exhibition, has the flexibility of being able to be changed from straight to 30 deg angle approach by rotating the wheelhead.
A universal CNC cylindrical grinding machine has a rotatable wheel head that can be changed from [...]

New Goodway GLS series of CNC turning centres from UK agent YMT Technologies

The GLS-150MY & GLS-200MY use industry-leading technology & high-quality components to deliver performance advantages to all industry sectors.
Built to withstand plenty of years of rigorous production turning, the heavily ribbed thermally balanced Meehanite cast bed provides a single, solid platform & the low centre of gravity on the slant bed design provides a rigid foundation [...]

Jordan Engineering has recently invested in a high-performance Puma 700LM CNC lathe

Subcontract manufacturing company has invested in a Doosan 3.2m Puma 700LM lathe to machine complex high-precision components used in the oil/gas sector.
Jordan Engineering has recently invested in a high-performance Puma 700LM CNC lathe supplied by Mills Manufacturing Technology, Leamington, UK.
Installed at Jordan’s Gateshead facility in May 2008 the Puma is machining complex high-precision components used [...]

Metal Processes, a flat bed laser-cutting sub-contractor

Metal Processes, a flat bed laser-cutting sub-contractor, has ordered a Bystronic Byvention laser cutting method & a Bystronic Byspeed laser cutting technique.
Bystronic advised Metal Processes to buy the Byvention because of its cutting area of 1562 x 772mm &, when equipped with the 2.2kW resonator, its ability to cut a maximum sheet thickness of 4mm [...]

Modular tooling arrangement on the Tsugami SS32 CNC automatic lathe

Modular tooling arrangement on the Tsugami SS32 CNC automatic lathe offers operational flexibility to machine complex components in one set-up.
At the USA’s IMTS 2008 Chicago machine tool show, Rem Sales, plans to operate several Tsugami Swiss-type and fixed headstock CNC automatic lathes.
The will highlight the Tsugami SS32 model, about which, marketing manager at Rem, Jeff [...]

An Irish subcontractor’s CAM automatic lathes

In County Wexford, Ireland, Mann Engineering manufactures components for the medical, oil & gas, electrical engineering & hydraulic sectors in batch sizes from three off up to 100,000 parts.
An Irish subcontractor’s CAM automatic lathes could not cope with large batches that needed complex secondary milling & drilling operations so it bought a Tornos Deco 2000.
So [...]