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Machining cell investment encourages exports
User application article Investment in a machining cell has given Arrell Engineering the confidence and capability to start exporting for the first time in the company's 50 year history.
News from DMG (UK) (24 June 2003)
Fast-acting pallet handling systems cut downtime
User application article Three fast-acting pallet handling systems now deliver palletised vacuum pump components to machining centre systems and considerably reduce cranage, waiting and handling times.
News from Fastems Division, Helvar (30 May 2003)
FMC uses full 5-axis to machine wing ribs
User application article A flexible machining cell comprising two five-axis, horizontal machining centres and materials handling system is dedicated to the production of 40 of the 124 Airbus A380 wing ribs. Brochure available
News from NCMT (17 April 2003)
Compact robot offers low-cost automation entry
A compact robot pallet-changer will allow companies to gain the advantages of full automation of milling and EDM machine tools at a lower-cost entry point than ever before.
News from System 3R (UK) (24 February 2003)
Deep groove dry milling transforms rotors, worms
User application article An innovative deep groove dry milling machine and a super precision helical grinding machine has transformed the production of precision helical profiles such as rotors and worm gear shafts.
News from Holroyd (23 December 2002)
Flexible cell machines camshaft carriers
User application article A cell of eight Okuma machining centres - comprising four MA40 horizontal-spindle models and four MX45 verticals - is being used to machine 200,000 camshaft carriers per year. Brochure available
News from NCMT (17 December 2002)
Fast pallet handling systems prolong 'lights out'
Three integrated automation packages have been developed for handling workpieces up to 300kg for long periods of unattended machining.
News from Traub Heckert UK (16 September 2002)
Plug-and-play magazine delivers machine pallets
Designed as a versatile, expandable alternative to the pallet pool, a flexible pallet container will be shown serving a new HMC during MACH 2002.
News from Fastems Division, Helvar (29 April 2002)
FMS cuts more metal than setting-up
User application article As the production manager in any jobbing shop will tell you, some components take so long to set up that a whole day can go by without metal being cut, until you set up an FMS.
News from Fastems Division, Helvar ( 9 April 2002)
Stacker-fed VTL cell beats horizontal CNC lathe
User application article Machining trials on an automotive component, using a Kia SKT 21V vertical spindle turning cell have beaten the machining times achieved by a horizontal two-axis CNC lathe.
News from T W Ward CNC Machinery (15 January 2002)
Year-old FMS success led to expansion
User application article Such has been the success of the Mitsubishi flexible manufacturing system installed at Kenard Engineering (Tewkesbury), that the company has added two more machining centres to it.
News from Yamazen (UK) (23 August 2001)
FMS meets tight tolerances on missile parts
User application article A FMS based on a pair of Makino A77 machining centres supplied by NCMT to Flight Refuelling, Wimborne, is providing high levels of flexibility and productivity in machining missile components. Brochure available
News from NCMT ( 8 August 2001)
System serves any make of M-C with pallets
One of the main benefits of the Fastems FPM compact pallet storage and retrieval systems design is that the pallet crane can deliver pallets to a variety of machining centres.
News from Fastems Division, Helvar (19 July 2001)
System proves more versatile than pallet shuttles
User application article With experience of radial and shuttle layouts, Plenty was seeking a more compact and versatile system. A Fastems DMC-MD medium duty pallet handling installation provided the answer. Brochure available
News from Fredk. Pollard and Co ( 5 June 2001)
Agile system to machine cylinder heads
Cross Huller has announced that Exkor, a division of Linamar, has selected its facility in Ludwigsburg, Germany as the supplier for a new agile manufacturing (cu
News from Cincinnati Machine ( 4 June 2001)
FMS features flexible fixture storage
User application article Coventry-based Viasystems has installed a new, flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for machining the front and rear extrusions that go into electronic equipment racks.
News from Fastems Division, Helvar (23 May 2001)
FMS investment secures telecomms racking contract
User application article Coventry-based Viasystems has installed a new, flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for machining the front and rear extrusions that go into electronic equipment racks.
News from Fastems Division, Helvar (24 April 2001)
Small parts FMS to amortise in one year
User application article At the end of October 2000, the first phase of a GBP 600,000 flexible manufacturing system project became operational at the Poole factory of Westwind Air Bearings.
News from Fastems Division, Helvar (20 February 2001)
Gantry machining systems to almost any size
Custom-designed, high accuracy gantry machining systems measuring up to 100m long are now available as part of a new applications-engineering service from Gudel UK Ltd.
News from Gudel UK ( 7 September 2000)
A diverse manufacturing philosophy from Chiron
UK companies can now enjoy the ultimate in production flexibility and productivity for both high volume and variable part manufacture with the Chiron Flexline 'diverse manufacturing' philosophy.
News from Chiron Werke UK (29 June 2000)
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