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News Release from: 600 Centre | Subject: Fanuc machine tools
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 February 2001
Fanuc demonstgrates high productivity
machining
Fanuc's machine tool division is to demonstrate high productivity machining at The Thompson Engineering Skill Centre in Weymouth, Dorset, during March 7 and 8.
Fanuc's machine tool division, one of the best known names in metalcutting, is to demonstrate high productivity machining at The Thompson Engineering Skill Centre in Albany Road on the Granby Industrial Estate, Weymouth on 7 and 8 March, 2001 The demonstrations include high performance machining of aluminium and steel components as well as high speed machining of models and electrodes will be performed by UK distributor 600 Centre of Shepshed near Loughborough on two Fanuc T14i vertical mill/drill machining centres
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 22 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Staged throughout the day, between 09.30 and 18.00, the demonstrations are free of charge and open to production engineers across original equipment manufacturers, subcontract machining companies as well as visitors interested in the latest machining technologies.
Further details can be obtained from 600 Centre on 01509 600600.
While being exceptionally quick, with computer controlled movements carried out at a rate of 48 metres/minute, the Fanuc machines have an excellent reputation for high accuracy and profiling capability with a proven high reliability in service for both small batch and volume production.
The T14i's are also very quick to change from one job to another.
The Fanuc machines are widely used worldwide to achieve high productivity machining and are often run in limited or completely unmanned automatic working conditions.
They have proved to be very popular in mould and die, aerospace, motorsport as well as the telecommunications, electronic, hydraulic, pneumatic, automotive industries as well as general machining.
The Thompson Engineering Skill Centre was opened in January to promote training in engineering skills following a trust being established by the late Professor Leonard Thompson who died in 1997.
The professor was an eminent design engineer and, in later life, was concerned over the falling interest in engineering in the UK.
The 5,000 sq ft facility has been equipped with manual and computer driven machine tools and has computer aided engineering, welding and fabrication and toolmaking facilities.
It is open to anyone keen to learn engineering skills or gain an appreciation of the subject from school children, through to apprentices and local industry.
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