http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij000.html Mike Page - editor's feature articles news releases on Manufacturingtalk en-gb Copyright (C)2008 Pro-Talk Ltd. All rights reserved. Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:00:00 UT Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:00:00 UT http://www.pro-talk.com/images/protalklogo90.gif http://www.pro-talk.com/ 90 79 The Winterthur Group, based in Villach, Austria, has reviewed research by its three R and D centres in production abrasive machining technology. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij143.html In the next two weeks or so, the UK's first major tidal turbine electrical generator will begin to feed into the National Grid, but Mike Page asks who will manufacture them in their thousands. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij142.html In addition to general and specialised manufacturing shows in Europe, there are two major international machine tool related events this year, writes Mike Page. Fri, 09 May 2008 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij141.html A five-man tool making firm recently described how it is keeping abreast of technology and coping with overseas competition, writes Mike Page. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij139.html 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. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij137.html Rotary transfer machines were originally conceived with short cycle times and long, high volume production runs, but today, they offer flexibility, writes Mike Page. Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij136.html 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. Fri, 30 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij135.html 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. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij134.html 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. Wed, 07 Nov 2007 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij133.html 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. Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij132.html 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. Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij131.html 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. Thu, 13 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij130.html 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. Thu, 06 Sep 2007 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij129.html 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. Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij128.html Is it time to bring machining back in-house - the technology is there to reduce manufacturing and machining costs 'at home', suggests Mike Page. Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij127.html 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. Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:00:00 UT Mike Page - editor's feature articles http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mij/mij126.html