‘Optical Components’

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Start with the news release Trulaser 3040 increases fabricator Powell's uptime from Trumpf, which we summarised at the time by saying "Bradford-based subcontract fabrication specialist Powell Manufacturing has achieved uptime of 99.68 per cent since installing its latest Trulaser 3040 laser-cutting machine from Trumpf. ". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Ford buys CO2 laser cutter for processing parts from LVD: "Ford Component Manufacturing has purchased an LVD Orion 3015 CO2 laser cutting system with a 2.5kW laser source for processing components.".
 
In January 2010, we covered the news from Leader CNC - take a look at Leader CNC distributes Unamuno turning centres which says: "Leader CNC has become the sole UK agent for the range of Spanish-built Unamuno turning centres.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from ITC Tooling, High-feed milling cutters machine hard steels, as well as OC launches Explorer range of snake-arm robots from OC Robotics, and Data-mining software lets companies predict future from Sage.
 

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Smartrac NV releases TI Tag-it HF-I Plus Prelam (January 2010)

The TI Tag-it HF-I Plus Prelam satisfies the demand for ISO plastic card Prelam products using Texas Instruments' Tag-it HF-I Plus Chip.

Paragon TCM eliminates hidden procurement costs (January 2010)

Paragon Electronic Components' kitting solution is intended to eliminate hidden costs from manufacturers' procurement processes.

Bott delivers storage solution for assembly line (January 2010)

A range of workplace systems from Bott has been used to provide an ergonomic storage solution to meet lighting specialist Urbis's lean manufacturing criteria during the design of a new assembly line.

Barker Collins installs Doosan horizontal borers (January 2010)

Precision subcontractor Barker Collins Engineering has installed five Doosan DB 130C/CX horizontal boring machines, supplied by Mills CNC, to exploit the potential of renewable offshore energy.

Wells launches lens-testing unit at Photonics West (January 2010)

Wells Research and Development has announced the OS400B, the newest version of the company's Opticstudio range of lens-testing systems, at Photonics West.

C and M declares reliance on Citizen CNC machines (January 2010)

John Cable, managing director of precision turned-parts specialist C and M Precision, has paid tribute to the role Citizen CNC machines play in his business.

Micro-Epsilon to display Thermoimagers at Maintec (January 2010)

Micro-Epsilon will display its handheld thermal-imaging cameras and laser inline process temperature sensors at Maintec 2010, to take place 2-4 March.

Rodmatic introduces smaller-batch production (January 2010)

Rodmatic is utilising its Hytek high-technology subcontract machining division with a smaller batch capability in addition to its more traditional volume-production operation, Rodmatic Multico.

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