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FIRST BROTHER R650X2 MACHINING CENTRE IN EUROPE

At the beginning of November 2019, Whitehouse Machine Tools delivered to the Andover facility of MRT Castings, an aluminium diecasting and machining specialist, the first Brother S... Read more

DIECASTER STARTS TO AUTOMATE ITS MACHINE SHOP

Andover-based MRT Castings, which has long used robotic systems in its aluminium diecasting foundry, has started to introduce automation in the machine shop following the arrival o... Read more

FILTER MANUFACTURER MOVES TOWARDS ONE-HIT PRODUCTI...

Headline Filters in Aylesford, Kent (www.headlinefilters.com) has taken a big step towards streamlining the manufacture of its components by adopting twin-spindle turning and 5-axi... Read more

PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO MACHINING CENTRE PURCHASE

Matching machine tool investment to the intended applications is something Crediton subcontractor Adaero Precision Components (www.adaero.co.uk) has done well over the years. The l... Read more

5-AXIS SPINNER U5 CUTS MACHINING CYCLES FROM 45 MI...

Traditionally a 3-axis vertical machining centre (VMC) user, Singer Instruments (www.singerinstruments.com) in Watchet, on the north coast of Somerset, installed its first 5-axis C... Read more

RUGGED, MID-SIZE MILLING CENTRES FOR MACHINING TOU...

A direct-drive spindle motor and linear guideways on a milling centre enable high speed metalcutting, but that configuration does not lend itself to efficient machining of highly a... Read more

MILL-TURN CENTRE MACHINES PLASTIC TO HIGH ACCURACY...

One machine does the work of two in medical R&D facility A Japanese-built Brother Speedio M140X2 5-axis mill-turn centre with 22-position magazine for 30-taper tools has been suppl... Read more

TURNKEY MILLING CELLS INSTALLED FOR MOTORCYCLE COM...

Established 20 years ago, Exeter-based motorcycle aftermarket specialist HEL Performance (www.helperformance.com) has for half of that time manufactured its brake line fittings in-... Read more

5-AXIS MILL-TURN CENTRE IS VERSATILE ALTERNATIVE T...

Tony Bess, director of subcontract machinists Plalite Ltd in Sittingbourne, Kent, has in the last three years invested £3 million in capital equipment. Included in the purchases we... Read more

30-TAPER MACHINING CENTRE IS 40% QUICKER THAN ITS ...

At the Barnoldswick factory of bicycle aftermarket component manufacturer Hope Technology, nearly all parts are machined from aluminium. Due to the relatively light metalcutting in... Read more

5-AXIS MACHINING CENTRE HALVES CYCLE TIME

Hailsham, East Sussex-based subcontractor, Dicker Precision, has decided to move its prismatic machining capability forward with the purchase of its first 5-axis, vertical-spindle ... Read more