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News Release from: Unimatic Engineers | Subject: Training and demonstration centre
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 April 2002
Training centre aimed at schools and
colleges too
A new training and demonstration centre has been set up in North London to serve users of flexible machining centres and associated CAD/CAM software, initially in the industrial arena.
Unimatic Engineers has opened a new training and demonstration centre in North London and appointed Steve Brennan as Technical Support Engineer for its Isel and EduCam CAD/CAM equipment and services activities Unimatic CCM (Computer-Controlled Machines) was set up in 1999 to serve users of flexible machining centres and associated CAD/CAM software, initially in the industrial arena
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 7 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Brennan and his colleagues have developed a range of demonstrations and instructional courses to cater for the varying needs of delegates.
"Industrialists and educationalists have diverse training needs because they use the machines in such different ways, so many of our courses are bespoke to the actual delegates of the day," observes Brennan.
The chance to improve the relationship between education and engineering was one of the great attractions when Brennan accepted his new job.
"UK education does not prepare youngsters for the world of work as well as its European equivalents.
I see part of my role at Unimatic as reducing this gap and thus improving our competitiveness on the world stage." The centre is used for other purposes too, such as troubleshooting, developing programmes for non-standard applications and for trialling new machines.
One new machine Unimatic currently has on trial is a high performance four-axis servo driven machining centre, which will be launched onto the market as soon as tests are complete.
The test regime Brennan has implemented for this is inspired by the experience he gained in Research and Development while working as a machine tools specialist for Glacier Bearings, where he started his career in 1982.
This skill in developing rigorous technical programmes was honed to perfection when he spent five years with Swiss precision lathe specialist Tornos-Bechler. Request a free brochure from Unimatic Engineers ...
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