‘Special Purpose Machines’

A Manufacturingtalk guide

Start with the news release Brown and Holmes to showcase Forkardt chuck ranges from Brown and Holmes, which we summarised at the time by saying "Brown and Holmes is to launch three Forkardt chuck ranges at Mach 2010: the tool grind chuck; diaphragm chucks and the high-precision chucking system.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Citizen debuts four mill/turn centres at Mach 2010 from Citizen Machinery: "Citizen Machinery has announced that four mill/turn centres will be debuted on the shared stand of Citizen Machinery UK and Miyano Machinery at Mach 2010.".

In March 2010, we covered the news from Broadbent Stanley - take a look at Baker Hughes selects Yorky oilfield grinder which says: "Broadbent Stanley and the GAC Group have delivered their fifth Yorky Type 'O' oilfield grinder following their purchase of the machine's design and manufacturing rights.".

Take a look also at the news release from Kaltenbach, Behringer bandsaw delivers high-speed cutting, as well as Telsonic showcases ultrasonic packaging at event from Telsonic, and Horn launches precision high-feed reamers from Horn Cutting Tools.

Latest stories...

Jung jacks and skates ease movement of heavy loads (March 2010)

Jung lifting jacks and machinery skates supplied by Movetech UK are helping Flowserve Flow Control move heavy and awkward loads from the assembly line to an external despatch area.

Pneumatic scissor lift table tilts and rotates (March 2010)

Herkules Equipment has designed and built a scissor lift table that tilts and rotates.

Decorative Panels saves space with Fanuc robots (March 2010)

A furniture component manufacturer has integrated two Fanuc robots onto an existing processing system to save space at its Huddersfield facility.

Mach 2010 to feature Open Mind product debuts (March 2010)

At this year's Mach event, Open Mind will present its Hypermill 2009.2 with CAD-integrated solutions for Autodesk Inventor, Solidworks, Thinkdesign and its own Hypercad package.

TRM motion controllers enable hardware savings (March 2010)

TRM has launched a range of motion controllers, which include colour screens and keypads and therefore remove the need for an external human-machine interface (HMI).

Mecwash units clean aircraft braking components (March 2010)

Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems has utilised two Mecwash Midi units to ensure extreme cleanliness of aerospace components.

Lubriserv synthetic coolants have long sump life (March 2010)

Lubriserv has revealed how it solved operator complaints at a Midlands aerospace company by using Sintral MCF 565 synthetic-oil-based coolant on CNC machining operations.