Whitehouse Machine Tools

Princes Drive
Crackley Industrial Estate
Kenilworth
CV8 2FD
UK

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Brother launches 30-taper machining centre

Japanese machine tool manufacturer Brother has unveiled a 30-taper machining centre that takes speed of operation and power consumption to high levels of efficiency.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 12 November 2008

OKK's HM-X6000 available in UK

A horizontal-spindle machining centre capable of fully interpolative five-axis machining of prismatic components has been introduced to the UK by Whitehouse Machine Tools.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 20 October 2008

Fast twin-pallet VMC raises spindle utilisation

To compete more effectively with overseas subcontractors, a UK subcontractor wanted a twin-pallet machining centre to allow off-line work setting and so maximise spindle utilisation.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 8 August 2008

Bar turning centres unloaded by robot arm

Biglia 14-axis CNC production lathes machine complex components from bar up to 65mm diameter in one 'hit' and a CNC unloading arm removes finished parts from either spindle.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 30 April 2008

Subcontractor moves into 5-axis machining

Next time you see a bomb disposal robot in action, it will probably be carrying a stainless steel component machined by Turntech Precision Engineering on its new OKK 5-axis vertical machining centre

News from Manufacturingtalk, 11 March 2008

Uprated machining centre control is powerful

An uprated, twin-pallet maching centre features automatic tool change from a 40-station magazine instead of the normal 27-tool model, and a more advanced and powerful control.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 29 February 2008

Twin-pallet machining centres boost output

Machining centres manufacture of aluminium compressor housings for automotive turbochargers, although other parts are also produced, such as engine and gearbox bracketry.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 13 December 2007

Vertical machining centre speeds machining by two

A Brother 4-axis, twin-pallet, vertical machining centre supplied by Whitehouse Machine Tools is helping Hydraulic Projects machine control valve and marine steering system components.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 12 October 2007

High quality from low cost drill-tap centre

Oberon Performance breathes new life into old mills with CNC drill-tap centre

News from Manufacturingtalk, 16 July 2007

HMC minimises valve machining operations

It now only takes one CNC machining cycle to carry out almost all the machining operations on valve bodies at a precision engineering company using an OKK 4-axis CNC horizontal machining centre.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 5 June 2007

Mill-turn parts from bar or castings in one hit

Irrespective of whether they are produced from bar or castings, complex components are machined one third faster on Interlube Systems' new Biglia B550YS mill-turn centre.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 16 October 2006

High speed VMCs meet telecommunications demand

To satisfy a sharp upturn in work from customers in the microwave communications industry, a UK subcontractor has installed two more twin-pallet, high-speed, vertical machining centres.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 27 September 2006

Bridge machining centre has faster cycle times

A vertical-spindle, bridge-type, 5-axis machining centre will allow a subcontractor to produce some components 20% faster, owing in part to the machine's 1G acceleration to 48m/min.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 14 April 2006

5-/6-axis turning centres offer high milling power

A 5-axis B-axis turn-milling centre, intended for OEMs and subcontractors that want to produce complex, high-added-value components in a single set-up, offers an 86Nm milling spindle.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 30 March 2006

High-speed VMC cuts machining time by third

Twin-pallet, high-speed, vertical-spindle machining centre achieved a cycle time over one-third faster than the next best machine when producing an aluminium chassis for a telecoms customer.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 22 February 2006

Large diecastings machined at higher speeds

Die-casting company has identified what it believes to be the best large-capacity, light-duty horizontal machining centre for machining the larger die-castings more efficiently.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 23 January 2006

Twin pallet VMC machines in five axes

At a recent 'Open House' a twin-pallet, VMC was shown in various set-ups including 5-axis machining, with tool breakage monitors in the tool magazine as well as in the work area.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 15 February 2005

Drill-tap centre is capable of heavy milling

Tapping centres are generally thought of as nimble, high-speed machines having moderate cutting capacity, but this one much heavier metalcutting than others on the market.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 10 March 2004

Tapping centres upgrade to 4/5-axis VMC status

Moving-column drill-tapping machine, having 30 taper tooling, a more powerful spindle motor and a chain-type tool magazine, is now more accurately described as a VMC.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 9 March 2004

Fast and rapid linear and rotary motions win out

High productivity, derived from fast rapid motions in the linear and rotary axes, is claimed to set these HMCs apart from competitors, said the supplier.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 18 July 2003

Two bridge-type M-Cs aimed at mould and die sector
Chuckers also aimed at small and medium batches
OKK machine tool agency to be changed
Hybrid combines sliding and fixed head strategies

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