Mike Page, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "Mass Production",
and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Manufacturingtalk which will be of interest.
Let me be your guide.
Start with
the news release E-manufacturing is ready for mass production from
EOS Electro Optical Systems, which we summarised at the time by saying "Survey revealed that in the future, e-Manufacturing with laser-sintering is a key technology that will strongly compete with conventional technologies, such as casting".
A couple of weeks before,
we featured the news release Woodworking/engraving CAD/CAM production from
Delcam: "CAD/CAM software for the woodworking and engraving industries now has much greater emphasis on mass production applications such as cabinet making and decorated furniture".
In January 2008, we covered the news from Emag UK
concerning its BA 321 horizontal machining centre
- take a look at Horizontal machining centre has twin spindles
which says: "To minimises costs in the high-productivity machining of steel and cast iron workpieces, a twin-spindle hoizontal machining centre is designed for 3- and 4-axis production work".
Take a look also at the news release from DMG (UK), CNC multi-slide lathes replace automatics,
as well as Edge sintered inserts cut Al machining costs from WNT (UK),
and Modular circular saws are easy to use from Kasto.
See also:
Non-contact tool setting system introduced
(August 2007)
German metrology manufacturer will show a non-contact tool setting system, touch probes, tool length setting probe and software for in-process workpiece measurement at a UK GTMA event
Water jet service cuts rubbers, hardened steels
(August 2007)
A contract water jet cutting service is capable of cutting materials, ranging from rubbers and plastics to hardened steel, of up to 3m x 2m in size and up to a thickness of 200mm
One non-contact unit checks mill and turn tools
(July 2007)
For users of CNC mill-turn centres, one non-contact tool setting system is now available for setting the tool length and radius for milling and turning tools
CAD/CAM designs/makes furniture and parts
(June 2007)
CAD/CAM software is used to manufacture of wooden parts, or for the mass production of items like cabinets or other decorated furniture and requires little knowledge of engineering or computing
Pick-up spindle VTL changed over quickly
(June 2007)
Capable of machining small and large batches of high workpiece variety, a standard vertical pick-up spindle turning centre offers precision, high productivity and minimal set-up times
Circular saw challenges band saws for metals
(May 2007)
A high performance circular saw, offered as an alternatively to the band saw, has cutting speeds of up to 90% faster and offers improved cut quality in cutting tubes
Coated carbide tool inserts improve steel turning
(May 2007)
A grade of cemented coated carbide with improved wear resistance and toughness has been developed for improving performance in the turning of steel products
Sawing and storage systems benefit SMEs
(May 2007)
SMEs can profit from a manufacturer and supplier of all sawing methods (hacksaws, bandsaws and circular saws), bar storage and retrieval systems as well as sheet metal systems
Vertical bandsaw has large work area
(May 2007)
A vertical bandsaw has large work area, double-sided mitre adjustment and many automatic functions as well as a saw unit that can also be tilted forwards in different ways depending on each task
Modular circular saws have 180 deg swivel
(May 2007)
Modular range of circular saws offer a work support table that can be rotated to the left and right, allowing a fast and accurate angle adjustment of miter cuts between +/-90 deg
Korean materials handling firm at huge exhibition
(May 2007)
Hyundai Heavy Industries exhibited 35 machines from forklift trucks through wheel loaders, mini and wheeled excavators to crawler excavators at Bauma 2007
Woodworking CAM on show in Hannover
(April 2007)
ArtCAM Insignia 2008 includes vector-based design, extensive 2D machining and, for the first time, basic 3D machining functionality for wood
CVD and PVD upgrade tool inserts for steels
(April 2007)
Upgraded cutting insert grades have CVD and PVD coatings that provide an extremely smooth outer TiN coating layer for reducing friction when machining steels, stainless steels and steel alloys
Multiple in-mould decoration
(April 2007)
Georg Kaufmann Formenbau has developed a 'duo-lamination' system which enables the multiple in-mould decoration of vehicle interior elements in just one injection moulding machine
High-performance TFT panel displays
(April 2007)
A new line of high-performance TFT panel displays has been launched by Elma to enhance its presence in the industrial PC market
Tooling for 3D complex designs
(March 2007)
To satisfy a design need for an in-car sound system, FSG developed a tooling methodology which could cope with very thin section components and assemblies in a variety of materials
Footwear CAD/CAM software on show
(March 2007)
Demonstrations to show how Delcam's range of software can help footwear manufacturers fulfil their design, manufacturing and inspection requirements
CNC pick-up spindle lathes machine stators
(March 2007)
As part of ongoing investment in manufacturing compact vehicle alternators, eight inverted vertical spindle turning machines are now dedicated to the machining of stator assemblies
3G mobile phone handset development
(February 2007)
Joint development of a next-generation mobile phone platform for dual-mode handsets supporting HSDPA2/W-CDMA (3G) and GSM/GPRS/EDGE (2G)
Nnanoscale machining project for SME firms
(February 2007)
University collaboration in a 'nanoscale' machining project will have a macro payback
Laser technology and polymer optics
(January 2007)
Photonics West, which is being staged from January 22 to 25, 2007, is an important headline trade fair for photonics technologies and is held annually in San Jose, California
Modular, variable system to oust transfer lines
(January 2007)
A networked and fully integrated system is composed of flexible machine tools, linked together in an almost-infinitely variable pattern, to give maximum versatility in production
Copper capillary ensures wire bond quality
(December 2006)
Copper capillary supports highly consistent and stable fine wire 2nd bonds, while maintaining the quality of the overall wire bonding process
Nanomaterials tooling firm established
(December 2006)
A UK university and a leading manaufacturer of plasma tooling have set up Surrey NanoSystems, to provide commercial tools for producing nanomaterials
Geomagic integrated with 3D laser scanners
(December 2006)
Laser Design announces integration of Geomagic Studio Version 9 with its 3D laser scanners
3D laser scanning systems gain importer
(December 2006)
Laser Design has announced the availability of the new Catia importer for Geomagic Qualify 8
Rotary transfer machine grinds PCB drills
(November 2006)
Automatic rotary transfer machine is designed to mass grind printed circuit board drills and flexible grinding modules allow a large variety of tools can be ground
'Common sense' raises manufacturing efficiency
(November 2006)
Common sense was also the inspiration behind Renishaw's Stonehouse machining facility, which has a simplicity and pragmatism that is still uncommon amongst western manufacturers
Internet for industrial equipment
(November 2006)
eDindus is a customisable communications terminal for connecting industrial equipment to the Internet over GPRS, PSTN (V90 ISP) and Ethernet networks
Machining software eases Swiss auto programming
(November 2006)
Machining CAM software simplifies programming of complex Swiss-type automatic CNC lathes resulting in significant savings of both time and money
Fine-blanking press has larger bed
(November 2006)
An extended-table fineblanking press has a double-size tool table capable of accommodating multi-stage modular tools and total press forces of between 4500 and 11,100kN
Novel bending machines are flexible in concept
(October 2006)
Sheet metal bending machines are easy to install, incomparably flexible and with low maintenance costs and are available from 4 to 12m length, with a bending capacity of 1.25 to 4mm
Flexible working to cut special vehicle costs
(October 2006)
An EU-funded project, focusing on European special vehicles manufacturing, aims to develop technologies to cut product development times by 60%
Disc lasers securely weld copper sheet metal
(October 2006)
Laser specialists have been able able to weld 5mm thick copper sheet metal with a combination of disk lasers of varying laser power for the first time, it is claimed