‘Tolerance’

A Manufacturingtalk guide

Start with the news release Barden manufactures cylindrical roller bearings from Barden Corporation, which we summarised at the time by saying "The Barden Corporation has announced it is able to manufacture a range of cylindrical roller bearings up to 150mm outside diameter.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Combined bending machines improve GKN operations from Unison: "GKN Aerospace has improved the efficiency and speed of tube-bending operations at its wing component facility in Filton, UK, despite using demanding tubing materials and fabricating complex shapes.".
 
In June 2009, we covered the news from Citizen Machinery UK - take a look at Citizen machines provide maximum productivity which says: "Citizen machines are playing a key role in Renishaw's continued quest to maximise machine utilisation and productivity while minimising changeover times. ".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Doncasters Group Ltd, Doncasters invests in machining fabrication, as well as Ross and Catherall offers superalloys casting from Doncasters Group Ltd, and Powerinspect checks part sizes against CAD data from Delcam.
 

Latest stories...
Pryer unveils Triform BD hydroform presses (June 2009)

Pryer has revealed the Triform 16-32-5 BD 1,140tonf hydroform press.

PP group offers plate profiling/grinding (May 2009)

The PP group of companies is to display its solutions at Subcon 2009 on 9-11 June at the NEC in Birmingham.

Barden bearings make surgical robots more accurate (May 2009)

Trevor Morris, product engineering manager at Barden, describes how super-precision bearings help guarantee the accuracy and flexibility of articulated arms used in surgical and industrial robotics.

Ball bearings offer reduced noise and friction (May 2009)

Schaeffler's Generation C deep groove ball bearings offer 35 per cent less friction and 50 per cent less noise than their predecessor.

M and M attributes growth to waterjet technology (May 2009)

M and M Cut-o-Matic's AJ Martin attributes his company's continued success to its decision to add waterjet cutting technology to its long list of cutting capabilities.

ITC details aerospace tooling developments (May 2009)

Peter Graves of ITC Tooling has considered the development of composite machining in the aerospace sector over the last decade.

Systems automate wind-turbine blade fabrication (May 2009)

MAG is to introduce its Rapid Material Placement System (RMPS) and quick-cure moulding system for wind-turbine blades at the American Wind Energy Association's Windpower 2009 show.

DJJ invests in high-spec machinery (May 2009)

A GBP1m investment in high-specification machinery is helping Subcon exhibitor DJJ Engineering stay competitive in global markets, and even win back work that had been lost to India.

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Further reading
  • Free tolerance checking from Elite Consulting

    Tolerance analysis consultancy Elite Consulting is offering a free demonstration of statistical tolerance analysis software to companies with tolerance-related issues or a 6-Sigma quality programme.
  • Laser-sintering meets tight tolerances

    Northwest UAV Propulsion Systems has purchased an EOSINT P 390 laser-sintering machine from EOS to produce aircraft components from CAD models by fusing successive layers of polyamide powder.
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