Product category:
Workholding - miscellaneous clamping systems, components
News Release from: Hyfore Engineering | Subject: Workholding at MACH 2008
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 March 2008
Workholding supplier can boost user
productivity
A specialist in automation and workholding specialises in the design, manufacture and supply of bespoke automation, workholding and assembly systems.
First established in 1989, Hyfore Engineering is an ISO9001-accredited precision engineering company based in Coventry, UK It specialises in the design, manufacture and supply of bespoke automation, workholding and assembly systems for all types of metal cutting and welding applications
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Managing director at Hyfore, Gary Dickenson, said, "For UK-based manufacturers to stay competitive they need to get the maximum productivity, uptime and flexibility from their machine tools.
This means using approaches such as automated hydraulic part and tool clamping, zero point tooling systems and additional NC axes to minimise setup and loading times".
He said that hydraulic clamping is repeatable, accurate, allows people to work their machines hard and cuts cycle times.
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Hyfore's expertise means that the company can help manufacturers to get the most out of the technology and help them engineer their work for maximum productivity.
Dickenson added: "We have seen our business grow as more and more companies recognise the benefits that our solutions can provide".
The company has moved to larger premises and taken on more staff to cope with this increasing volume of business, and has taken on a technical sales manager, Stuart McCullagh, who has many years of experience in machine tool automation.
Hyfore has continued to build on its reputation for designing and manufacturing high-precision, high-productivity tooling for the automotive industry.
In recent years one of the most important areas for new development has been in the aerospace sector, with demand increasing for zero point, vacuum and hydraulic systems.
These include workholding cubes up to 3m long for the 5-axis machining of components such as wing ribs.
The company recently completed a GBP 160,000 zero point tooling order for a large aerospace manufacturer in Northern Ireland.
"We are now taking the lessons we have learnt in the automotive industry and applying them for aerospace customers," said Dickenson.
Over a quarter of Hyfore's business comes from other areas, including medical, fluid power, power generation and white goods.
And it is not all for large components: one recent project was for three automated thread-checking machines.
It also offers a range of 'off-the-shelf' hydraulic clamps, tombstone fixtures, cubes, clamps and vices.
"We have full 3D design facilities here and can work with any of the major machine tools - either on new turnkey projects or retrofits.
We cover all types of machining, including composites, and are one of the few companies that has specialised in tooling for twin spindle machines.
We can solve almost any problem you want to throw at us, the more complicated the better," says Dickenson.
Hyfore Engineering, has joined the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA) and will be exhibiting at the UK's MACH 2008 machine tool exhibition.
* Hyfore Engineering at MACH 2008, NEC, Birmingham, UK, April 21-25, Hall 4, Stand 4216.
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