http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/indexes/categorybrowsewa.html General Machining Subcontracting Services latest news on Manufacturingtalk en-gb Copyright (C)2008 Pro-Talk Ltd. All rights reserved. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT http://www.pro-talk.com/images/protalklogo90.gif http://www.pro-talk.com/ 90 79 Precision engineering company, Di-Spark, has strengthened its position as a supplier to aerospace companies by gaining accreditation for AS 9001. Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT Di-Spark http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/dis/dis101.html By re-engineering a machined hydraulic valve body, Unicut precision eliminated previous process problems of porosity in the casting and variation in hole and feature positions. Wed, 28 May 2008 08:00:00 UT Unicut Precision http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/uic/uic143.html Precision turned parts subcontractor, Qualiturn, has added a computer-controlled vertical lift system for storing and retrieving bar to aid part price reduction and reduce lead times further. Fri, 16 May 2008 08:00:00 UT Qualiturn Products http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/quq/quq102.html Staffordshire Precision Engineering has invested over GBP 100,000 in new machinery to help meet unprecedented demand for their services. Tue, 06 May 2008 08:00:00 UT Staffordshire Precision Engineering http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/slz/slz103.html Subcontract machinist has installed a non-contact, optical-based component measurement system to significantly improve productivity and confidence in the high quality work. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Rodmatic http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/raw/raw118.html When asked by customers to either increase output or loose the work overseas, a UK subcontractor had multi-spindle automatic lathes re-engineered to take carbide tooling and raise output 30-50%. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Rodmatic http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/raw/raw117.html A subcontractor manufacturing oil and gas industry components has acquired a powerful new turning centre capable of taking heavy interrupted cuts and maintaining high quality finishes. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT Campbell Machine Company http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/cdq/cdq100.html A UK subcontract component sourcing company is providing kits for a wide range of OEMs including office and automation equipment, industrial/commercial pumps and white goods. Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Blue Diamond Technologies http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/bue/bue118.html By installing a programmable automatic component cleaning system, a sub-contract machinist factory has made a massive improvement in its quality standards. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Rodmatic http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/raw/raw116.html Four more CNC automatic lathes have been added to a small parts machine shop extension at a UK subcontractor, following a 12% increase in sales during 2007. Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT Unicut Precision http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/uic/uic142.html A high technology machining subcontractor has invested GBP 200,000 in a programmable component cleaning system and a TESA-SCAN non-contact optical based measuring system. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT Rodmatic http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/raw/raw115.html Subcontacting machinist reports that it has achieved a 15% cost reduction in machining a family of brass components by using a CNC mill-turn centre and recommending a small design change. Mon, 12 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT Qualiturn Products http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/quq/quq101.html Precision sheet metal working subcontractor has had installed one of th latest CNC punching centres, which with 2G axis accelerations offers higher productivity. Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT Fife Fabrications http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/fiw/fiw104.html Although a precision machining firm had lost work to the Far East and Eastern Europe, investment highly automated 24h unmanned CNC machining is winning UK business back. Fri, 31 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT Acro Precision Technology http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/acl/acl113.html A subcontractor operating 16 CNC sliding head and two fixed head CNC automatics has grown its turnover by one-third since its move to a new factory in 2004. Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT Qualiturn Products http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/quq/quq100.html Not only has a subcontract machine shop invested GBP 2.5 million in a modern building, it has auctioned off most of its mainly manual machine tools. Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:00:00 UT PG Technology http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/pge/pge101.html Radshape Sheet Metal presented the Lord Mayor of Birmingham, Randal Brew, with a gift symbolising Birmingham's manufacturing heritage to mark their fortieth anniversary. Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:00:00 UT Radshape Sheet Metal http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/rwi/rwi100.html Cope Allman has seen business grow in the pharmaceutical and OTC sectors, and has invested in five IBM, EBM and injection moulding machines. Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:00:00 UT Cope Allman Plastic Packaging http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/cuc/cuc101.html Rodmatic Hytec has invested GBP400,000 in CNC sliding head technology, a mill/turn centre and a two-axis lathe to accommodate batch sizes of between 100 and 2,000 parts. Wed, 13 Jun 2007 08:00:00 UT Rodmatic http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/raw/raw114.html The new LPM Engineering website provides visitors with information about the organisation's key business: consultant quality engineering services and business improvement initiates. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:00:00 UT LPM Engineering http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/lpm/lpm100.html M J Allen won a contract to cast and machine the transmission housing of the All-Wheel-Drive Ford Transit, and turned to Heller to help them develop a production system. Thu, 31 May 2007 08:00:00 UT Heller Machine Tools http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/hel/hel152.html Hemlock Engineering's five-axis production centre at Stapleford, Nottingham has developed a radial foot component for the front forks of a superbike. Thu, 31 May 2007 08:00:00 UT Hemlock Engineering http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/hem/hem119.html Subcontract machinist, Unicut Precision, acquired the loss-making subcontract turning company A J Clarke in December 2005, and has made it profitable. Thu, 17 May 2007 08:00:00 UT Unicut Precision http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/uic/uic139.html Unicut Precision has won a long-term contract to produce batches of 250 flow control bodies that caused concern even to the supplier of the machines on which the parts would be processed. Thu, 17 May 2007 08:00:00 UT Unicut Precision http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/uic/uic140.html Rodmatic called in the Carbon Trust to carry out a full environmental survey, which resulted in a saving of GBP11,800 and 77 tonnes of CO2 a year. Wed, 16 May 2007 08:00:00 UT Rodmatic http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/raw/raw113.html Arc Energy Resources has announced the completion of a Fabrication Unit to service its customers in the water, wastewater, instrumentation, sub-sea, oil and gas industries. Tue, 01 May 2007 08:00:00 UT Arc Energy Resources http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/aen/aen124.html After a management buy out three years ago, Barker Collins Engineering in Sheffield has been transformed from jobbing general engineers into highly specialised precision engineers. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:00:00 UT Barker Collins Engineering http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/byh/byh100.html Rodmatic Multico of Reading has contracted Machine Tool Spares to overhaul and refurbish its 37 Wickman multi-spindle automatic lathes, resulting in savings on cycle time. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:00:00 UT Rodmatic http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/raw/raw111.html Sliding-head mill-turning centres with high pressure coolant, supplied by Star Micronics, have boosted productivity by 30 per cent at DKW Engineering. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:00:00 UT Star Micronics GB http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/srm/srm163.html