‘Prismatic Machining’

A Manufacturingtalk guide

Start with the news release Unicut builds clean room and sub-assembly line from Unicut Precision, which we summarised at the time by saying "Unicut Precision has established a clean-room area as part of the expansion of its production facilities at Welwyn Garden City.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Barden manufactures cylindrical roller bearings from Barden Corporation: "The Barden Corporation has announced it is able to manufacture a range of cylindrical roller bearings up to 150mm outside diameter.".
 
In July 2009, we covered the news from NCMT - take a look at Makino machining centres cut titanium faster which says: "Japanese machine-tool builder Makino has introduced the Makino T4 and T2 five-axis, high power, horizontal machining centres for machining components from titanium and its alloys.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Clitheroe Light Engineering, Clitheroe plans further FMS extension, as well as ITC aluminium milling cutter quickly clears swarf from ITC Tooling, and DP to display Esprit CAM software at DMTS 2009 from DP Technology.
 

Latest stories...
Micro manufacturing event programme finalised (June 2009)

The programme for the Micro Manufacturing Conference, set to take place at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, on 20-21 October 2009, has been finalised.

HS 5000 HMC accommodates table load of 500kg (June 2009)

The Hyundai-Kia HS 5000 HMC from Ward CNC combines a 500 x 500mm table and X-, Y- and Z-axis travels of 800 x 70 x 750mm with a high-speed rapid traverse rate of 80m/min in all axes.

ADS relies on PSL Datatrack software (June 2009)

Applied Drilling Systems (ADS) of Clevedon, a precision engineering company manufacturing multi-spindle drilling heads, is now using PSL Datatrack production and business administration software.

Messier-Dowty invests in WFL Millturn technology (June 2009)

Messier-Dowty's UK operation at Gloucester has invested in WFL Millturn technology to meet the strength and rigidity requirements of large titanium components.

Heller introduces F series of five-axis machines (June 2009)

Heller Machine Tools is adding five-axis horizontal machining centres to its range.

Citizen machines provide maximum productivity (June 2009)

Citizen machines are playing a key role in Renishaw's continued quest to maximise machine utilisation and productivity while minimising changeover times.

Rodmatic develops automated production line (June 2009)

Rodmatic Multico has completed the first-stage investment to produce 20,000 mechanical components a week for assembly in energy efficiency monitoring equipment.

EDM machine eliminates corrosion effects (June 2009)

Agie Charmilles has launched the FI 2050 Two EDM machine that uses oil as a dielectric, instead of water, and is equipped with the company's twin-wire technology.

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Further reading
  • FMS cells enhance large prismatic machining

    Ever since the introduction of the first FMS cell in 2001 at Stoke-on-Trent-based John Hyde Engineering (JHE), prismatic machining on workpieces to 1300 x 1100 x 1100mm has been greatly enhanced.
  • Subcontractor doubles prismatic machining capacity

    At the start of 2007, RE Thompson, a contract machinist serving the aerospace and defence sectors, was running all of its manually operated, twin-pallet (2APC) machining centres around the clock.
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