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Listing of all 35 news releases from Mike Page - editor's feature articles:

Machine tools go on show worldwide

In addition to general and specialised manufacturing shows in Europe, there are two major international machine tool related events this year, writes Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles ( 9 May 2008)

Mould and tool maker invests in probing and VMC

A five-man tool making firm recently described how it is keeping abreast of technology and coping with overseas competition, writes Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (27 February 2008)

Machine tools take the lead - for now

At one time, tooling development tended to be a year or so ahead of machine tool development, lately the trend went the other way, though toolmakers are now more than catching up, writes Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (24 January 2008)

Take another look at rotary transfer machines

Rotary transfer machines were originally conceived with short cycle times and long, high volume production runs, but today, they offer flexibility, writes Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (14 December 2007)

Specialised drills save machining costs

Six drilling developments shown by Kennametal at EMO 2007, included hole making in SS and carbon-fibre reinforced polymers, deep-hole drilling and a modular drilling system, reports Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (30 November 2007)

Some bearing developments reviewed

All engineers, whether in production, design or process industries, should keep a watch on bearing developments, as their reliability can determine plant efficency, writes Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (21 November 2007)

Wind generates more machine tool sales energy

For some builders of heavy-duty machine tools at EMO 2007, the worldwide spread of wind farms has generated up to 30% in new business, reports Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles ( 7 November 2007)

Multi-spindle automatic lathes advance

As the operational flexibility of CNC multi-spindle lathes increases and the changeover times dramatically reduce, is it time for large batch production to use more of them, asks Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (17 October 2007)

Lean manufacturing and 'one-hit' machining

Lean manufacturing and 'one-hit' machining techniques are ways of retaining machine shop activity at European plants instead of letting the work go abroad, writes Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (12 October 2007)

Is it a high speed machine tool or highly dynamic?

One local area of minor confusion for some, when visiting a German machine tool exhibition and talking about machining, is the difference between 'high speed' and 'highly dynamic', writes Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (13 September 2007)

Linear motors used in machine tools

In many types of production machine tools, linear motor drives have replaced ballscrews to power and position machining tables or machining heads writes Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles ( 6 September 2007)

Twin-spindle machining centres cut downtime

If you are regularly machining small to medium batches of relatively complex prismatic parts it may be time to look at twin-spindle machining centres, says Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (30 August 2007)

Shorter CNC machining lead-times win orders

Is it time to bring machining back in-house - the technology is there to reduce manufacturing and machining costs 'at home', suggests Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (22 August 2007)

Pick-up spindle VTL - a true machining centre?

Some while ago a production engineer said that the pick-up spindle vertical turning lathe can be the true machining centre, yet some countries don't make enough use of them, writes Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (17 August 2007)

Insert drills offer holemaking flexibility

When machining a hole, a carbide insert drill offers flexibility for drilling diifferent materials and can be quickly changed as tool wear increases, reports Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles ( 9 August 2007)

Drilling - why use up too much time?

According to a leading cutting tool supplier, some 36% of machining hours in Europe are spent in making holes, maybe not all shops are aware of the benefits of carbide tooling, writes Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles ( 3 August 2007)

Engineering group offers versatile foundry service

UK group has a ferrous and non-ferrous foundry that offers design, pattern-making and prototyping facilities for small batch work in irons, aluminium alloys, bronzes and gunmetal, writes Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (27 July 2007)

Changing automotive manufacturing in Europe

The European automotive manufactures face many technical and strategic changes in how and where they build cars and trucks, reports Mike Page from a recent German conference.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (22 May 2007)

Automation determines BIW consistency

Technical background article Where prudent, a German builder of luxury car body-in-white assemblies on a low volume basis uses automation where consistency of assembly is required, reports the editor, Mike Page.

News from Mike Page - editor's feature articles (21 May 2007)

CNC boring/milling machines output booms

Builder of CNC 5-axis milling and boring machines, Hermle, has recorded its best sales performance in 60 years, with sales turnover of EUR 220 million in 2006, reports editor, Mike Page.