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Listing of all 34 news releases from Holroyd:

Thread grinders and rotor millers gain orders

UK precision machine tool builder, Holroyd, has gained orders from Germany, China and a UK university for rotor milling and thread grinding machines wotth some EUR 3 million.

News from Holroyd (23 March 2007)

Plated CBN wheels up output on rigid machines

Why higher production rates using plated CBN abrasive grinding wheels cannot be achieved may be the spindles are not fast enough and the machine requires fast set-ups and high rigidity.

News from Holroyd ( 2 February 2007)

UK precision grinding machine builder acquired

UK manufacturer or precision, superabrasive grinding and gear cutting machines, Holroyd Edgetek, has been acquired by the Precision Technologies Group.

News from Holroyd ( 3 January 2007)

Super abrasive peel grinding slashes cycle times

User application article Super abrasive peel grinding machining technology has reduced the cycle time for producing turbo charger stators from 5 1/2 minutes to just 46 seconds.

News from Holroyd (13 November 2006)

HEDG plunge grinding saves crankshaft costs

User application article Cranfield University's production trials have revealed potential costs saving using High Efficiency Deep Grinding - or HEDG - technology in the plunge grinding of automotive crankshafts.

News from Holroyd (16 June 2006)

Grinding machine company appoints sales director

Holroyd has appointed Neil English as its international sales and marketing director - he will be responsible for sales of thread grinding, gear grinding and super abrasive machines and services.

News from Holroyd (27 February 2006)

Superabrasives halve sintered part cycle times

User application article Superabrasive machining technology is drastically reducing the cycle times for producing automotive parts manufactured from sintered metals, in one case from 70s per component to just 22s.

News from Holroyd (31 January 2006)

Precision helical gear grinder is top of range

User application article Although a helical gear grinder is designed to provide DIN 2 levels of accuracy, its 'best ground' performance with a tooth profile of DIN 1, is considered to be pinnacle of grinding performance.

News from Holroyd ( 9 December 2005)

High accuracy internal threads ground in alloys

User application article Recently developed internal grinding arm and accompanying software allow extremely high accuracy internal and external threads to be ground quickly and consistently.

News from Holroyd ( 2 November 2005)

Superabrasive machines 'turn' parts 40% faster

Superabrasive turning system achieves productivity rates far in advance of those obtained with hard turning and remove stock from the OD of cylindrical parts in many materials.

News from Holroyd (31 October 2005)

Machine tool builder expands technical support

Machine tool builder Holroyd has expanded its technical support team and introduced a new product-wide support structure to help users get the best in terms of performance, reliability.

News from Holroyd ( 4 July 2005)

'Smart' grinding achieves best gear performance

User application article Bespoke helical gear production service uses a combination of stress prediction software and DIN 2 'smart' grinding to achieve maximum gear performance.

News from Holroyd ( 3 June 2005)

Revolutionary blade grinding halves cycle times

Technical background article Revolution in grinding technology streamlines the manufacture of jet engine compressor blades and has improved consistency and halved product cycle times, reports Paul Hannah.

News from Holroyd ( 7 April 2005)

Data analysis and capture used to make screws

User application article Holroyd Machine Tools is using a bespoke measuring fixture with DataMyte data analysis and capture, supplied by Quality Gauging Systems, in the manufacture of rotary screws.

News from Holroyd (17 March 2005)

Queen's Award given to Holroyd for innovation

Holroyd has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise 2004 recognising technological achievement in a revolutionary gear grinding centre and thread grinders.

News from Holroyd ( 7 January 2005)

Low cost centre grinds gears to better than DIN 2

Although easy to set and operate, a grinding centre uses a novel machining system to achieve better than DIN 2 accuracy for the form grinding of high precision helical, spur and worm gears.

News from Holroyd ( 2 December 2004)

Machining time in Inconel reduced from 8h to 12min

User application article A super abrasive machine has been integrated with a Mitutoyo CMM to replace seven conventional milling and grinding machines to machine a hard Inconel part in 12 min instead of 8h before.

News from Holroyd (13 July 2004)

Special millers produce largest screw rotors yet

User application article Specialist machine tool and helical component manufacturer is to produce three sets of the largest screw rotors ever made for a German compressor manufacturer.

News from Holroyd ( 9 June 2004)

Superabrasive machining beats hard turning rates

Superabrasive turning system employs CBN wheels to achieve productivity rates far in advance of those obtained with hard turning, machining at rates 40% faster than a conventional lathe.

News from Holroyd (14 May 2004)

Worm gears: a mature technology still evolving

Technical background article A number of initiatives in the evolution of wormgears are leading both to higher accuracy and also greater efficiency in gear performance, as this article from Holroyd explains