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Whitehouse Machine Tools has been appointed, with immediate effect, sole agent to sell and service in the UK and Ireland the full range of machine tools manufactured by WELE Mechatronic. You can view the complete WELE range here. Founded in 2007, the Taiwanese firm produces vertical and horizontal machining centres with X-axis strokes up toRead more

Anyone needing to machine complex components weighing up to two tonnes within an 820 mm cube may wish to review the new VC1650 5-axis machining centre from German manufacturer, Spinner, represented in the UK and Ireland by sole agent Whitehouse Machine Tools, Kenilworth. Rigidity and accuracy are assured by deploying a +1°/-110° B-axis spindle toRead more

A robotic component handling system, Feedio, has been introduced by the Japanese manufacturer, Brother, to increase the production efficiency of its Speedio range of 3- to 5-axis machining centres. Available in the UK and Ireland through Whitehouse Machine Tools, the compact unit can be retrofitted to upgrade any machine in the range. All are highlyRead more

Brother, the Japanese manufacturer of very high speed machining centres, has introduced an uprated version of its Speedio M140X1 5-axis, 30-taper mill-turn centre. Called Speedio M140X2, the machine was launched at Jimtof 2016 last November and is available in the UK and Ireland through sole agent, Whitehouse Machine Tools. A video of the machine demo-cuttingRead more

The U-630 and U-1530 ranges of 3-, 4- and 5-axis vertical machining centres (VMCs) from German manufacturer, Spinner, have been significantly uprated in response to suggestions from end users. Sole sales and service agent for the UK and Ireland, Whitehouse Machine Tools, explains the improvements. Called U-Advanced Series, the machines offer larger magazines up toRead more

A new, vertical-spindle machining centre has been introduced by the German manufacturer, Spinner, which despite having a generous working envelope of 1,650 x 820 x 820 mm, occupies a relatively small footprint on the shop floor of 3,550 x 2,750 mm. Its compactness is a result of employing a novel method for protecting the 1,800Read more

New Brother Mill/Turn M140X cutting demo featuring super high-speed i-machining from Solidcam unveiled at METAV exhibition See the machine in action via the video link on our Brother page ;  Read more

Leading UK Diecasting company outlines the benefits of using Brother’s range of high-speed VMCs, including the new 1metre Speedio S1000X complete with 4th-axis Trunion with 550mm swing…..Read more

Many subcontractors offer to machine components from metal as well as plastics, but they are different disciplines and it is difficult to excel at both. Plastic materials present special challenges, not the least the long, stringy swarf that is normally produced during turning. Chip breaking is almost impossible, whatever tooling is used, except when machiningRead more

New, larger twin-pallet R650X machine added to SPEEDIO range

Subcontractor’s highly productive VMCs will give any competitor a run for their money, from Budapest to Beijing. A seminal moment has arrived in British manufacturing, it appears. Using the latest ultra-highspeed machine tools, UK subcontractors can rival their competitors in low-wage countries and still make a profit. Paul Cobb, managing director of Nottingham contract machinists, Hemlock Engineering, describes howRead more

Lincolnshire motorcycle accessory manufacturer, Drury Precision Engineering, is world-famous for its high quality Evotech Performance (www.evotech-performance.com) range of motorcycle accessories such as replacement tail tidies, crash protection products, engine guards and guards for radiators and oil coolers. Intended mainly for road bikes but, in some instances also fitted to their racing counterparts, the products areRead more

Leicester subcontract machinists, Nisan Engineering, was recently awarded a new contract to machine stainless steel splitter valves used in the food industry. Complex internal profiles dictated the need for full simultaneous 5-axis machining, so managing director Mukesh Prajapati set about acquiring suitable capacity for the work. After researching the market, he decided that a SpinnerRead more

With a specification that includes 1g or higher linear acceleration to 60 m/min rapid traverse and 20 m/min cutting feed, 1.2 seconds toolto-tool change and seven seconds pallet change, the new Akari HS-450j 4-axis horizontal machining centre from Whitehouse Machine Tools is one of the most productive on the market for producing components within aRead more

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is enjoying an unprecedented upturn in sales since Tata Motors took over the group in 2008, making the automotive manufacturer a major driver for growth in manufacturing across the West Midlands and beyond. Managing that success brings challenges along the supply chain due to difficulty in anticipating global demand for theRead more

5-axis machining cell is ideal for high mix, low-to medium batch production. A new, 5-axis machining cell has dramatically increased the efficiency and flexibility with which prismatic components are manufactured around the clock at the Crediton works of subcontractor, Adaero Precision Components. The turnkey cell, costing one-third less than similar equipment shortlisted, was supplied inRead more

Significant cost savings and single-digit micron tolerances achieved. Since June 2013, sleeves and spools for servo control valves have been hard turned by Eaton Fluid Power, Havant, in a robotically loaded CNC lathe built by the German firm, Spinner, and supplied through UK agent, Whitehouse Machine Tools. The high precision production cell has slashed cycleRead more

Machine tool supplier to Ford and Bosch, transforms machine accuracy without design changes Most CNC machine tool manufacturers invest heavily in machine developments that improve accuracy but by using the latest calibration systems at its factory in Istanbul, Turkey, leading manufacturer Spinner has improved specified machine accuracies without the need to change designs. As Mr Nurhan,Read more

Three entry-level, 5-axis machining centres were introduced by the German manufacturer, Spinner, at EMO 2013. Called the U5 Compact series, they are cost-optimised versions the established 620, 1520 and 2520 models that have been sold since the late 2000s. Available in the UK through sole agent, Whitehouse Machine Tools, the machines lower the 5-axis investmentRead more

In 2012, a new name in metalcutting equipment came to the fore in the UK when Whitehouse Machine Tools, Kenilworth, took over the sole sales and service agency for Spinner Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik GmbH, near Munich. It gave British manufacturers the option of buying top quality, European-built machines at prices that are more competitive than those offeredRead more

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is enjoying an unprecedented upturn in sales since Tata Motors took over the group in 2008, making the automotive manufacturer a major driver for growth in manufacturing across the West Midlands and beyond. The right products (luxury cars and utility vehicles) at the right time (burgeoning middle classes in developing countriesRead more

Japanese machine tool manufacturer, Brother, which specialises in building turret-type machining centres with 30-taper spindle tooling, will unveil a successor to its TCS2DN high torque, 10,000 rpm, 500 x 400 x 300 mm capacity model. Called Speedio S500X1, it offers even faster acc/dec, rapid traverse rates and tool change, which were already very quick. TheRead more

The 5-axis, vertical spindle machining centre with turning capability, employing a rotary table on an integrated, swivelling trunnion, is a proven configuration offered by many machine tool manufacturers, mainly in BT40 and BT50 variants or their HSK equivalents. Now the Japanese firm, Brother, has entered the arena with a similarly designed BT30 version that addsRead more

In the past year, a new name in metalcutting equipment has come to the fore in the UK since Whitehouse Machine Tools, Kenilworth, took over the sole sales and service agency for Spinner Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik GmbH, near Munich. It gives British manufacturers the option of buying top quality, European-built machines at prices that are more competitiveRead more

As a result of receiving new, ongoing business from a manufacturer of flow meters used in the oil, gas and food industries worldwide, Leicester subcontractor, Nisan Engineering, has invested in an Akari 4-axis, horizontal machining centre (HMC). Supplied by Whitehouse Machine Tools, the machine is built by Averex Automation in Taiwan and is the first ofRead more

Comments like “marvellous value” and “all jobbing shop machines should be built this way” make it clear that Andrew Russell and Stephen Boocock, owners of contract machinists Progress NC, are very keen on their first 5-axis machining centre. It is a German-built Spinner U5-620, the first in the UK, supplied in January 2013 by recentlyRead more

Manchester-based Renthal, a world leading producer of accessories for motorcycles and mountain bikes, is changing its rear chainwheel (sprocket) manufacturing process from CNC drilling followed by a sequence of manual operations to virtually one-hit production on a pair of Brother machining centres. The Japanese-built, high-speed, twin-pallet machines were installed in January 2012 by UK agent,Read more

Moreover, as the Brother machine is equipped with a twin pallet changer – Greenway Pepper’s first – parts are presented more quickly to the spindle so floor-to-floor times are reduced further. It is not surprising that Greg Pepper, joint owner and managing director, reports such dramatic improvements in productivity. The Brother TC-32BN QT has aRead more

The part required like-for-like, single-hit, 3-axis milling and drilling on both machines, underlining the raw speed of the Brother. It has a 16,000 rpm spindle, 60 per cent faster than on the other machine, and has commensurately higher cutting feed rates of 20 m/min. Very high speed tapping at 8,000 rpm is another feature. However,Read more

In an unusual move by Japanese machine tool builder, Brother, which specialises in producing high-speed, 30-taper-spindle machining centres, a high torque, 10,000 rpm spindle option has been introduced for two of the models in its range. One is the TC-S2D while the other is the recently launched TC-R2B, the first of which has just beenRead more