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Listing of all 45 news releases from Matchmaker M/C:

VMC mini mill does more than drill and tap

User application article While many machines on the market described as 'mini mills' are just mill/tap centres, a subcontractor says that its 'mini-mill' is a powerful three axis vertical machining centre.

News from Matchmaker M/C (22 January 2008)

Taiwanese machine tool firm has new plant

Taiwanese manufacturer of machine tools - Tongtai - has moved into a new factory built on a greenfield site in Kaosiung, occupying an area of over 86,200m2.

News from Matchmaker M/C ( 4 December 2006)

Compact VMC offered at affordable UK price

A 'mini-mill' vertical machining centre offers small footprint (1850 x 1850mm), large capacity (610 x 305 x 460mm) and affordable price in the UK (at just GBP 24,950).

News from Matchmaker M/C ( 6 November 2006)

Tong Tai CNC machine tools come to UK

Agency agreement brings range of horizontal and vertical machining centres, tapping centres, CNC lathes, multi-axis turning centres and vertical CNC lathes to the UK.

News from Matchmaker M/C (18 October 2006)

Compact 'mini mill' VMC offers larger X-axis

While still saving space, 'mini-mill' CNC milling machines are getting bigger - as shown by the introduction of a compact vertical machining centre equipped with an X-axis travel of 610mm.

News from Matchmaker M/C (24 July 2006)

Name-change machines was positive at MACH

The MACH 2006 exhibition came at the right time for Matchmaker M/C, as it was the first major opportunity for the re-named company to put itself before the general engineering public.

News from Matchmaker M/C (31 May 2006)

HMCs transform turbocharger production

User application article Installation of six horizontal machining centres and product redesign has enabled a turbocharger maker to machine nozzle rings from solid, bringing major cost, and performance advantages.

News from Matchmaker M/C ( 3 March 2006)

Horizontal machining centre is very accurate

Highly accurate and productive HMC offers effective chip removal, reduced non-cutting times, fast acceleration and deceleration, oil-cooled ballscrews and straightforward maintenance routines.

News from Matchmaker M/C (14 February 2006)

Accurate HMC has fast acceleration

Key features of a highly accurate HMC include: effective chip removal, reduced non-cutting times, fast acceleration and deceleration and more straightforward maintenance routines.

News from Matchmaker M/C (17 January 2006)

Vertical machining centres gain latest CNC

Matchmaker VMC 820 and VMC 1100 vertical machining centres have been upgraded with Fanuc 0i-MC control built-in as an integral part of the machine and floor area requirement reduced.

News from Matchmaker M/C (10 January 2006)

VMC offers high definition machining

Digitally controlled vertical machining centre's CNC offers high speed contouring, user-friendly graphics, high definition die mould machining and fast block processing,

News from Matchmaker M/C ( 7 November 2005)

Twelve machine tools demonstrated at Open House

'Star turns' at a 2005 Open House even were new Mitsubishi VMC and HMC demonstrated alongside 12 machine tools including Matchmaker VMCs, Kiwa HMCs and a CNC gear hobber.

News from Matchmaker M/C (24 June 2005)

Machining centre's accelerations quadrupled

Spindle power has been doubled compared with previous models and axis acceleration rates are now up to four times faster on the latest Mitsubishi vertical machining centre.

News from Matchmaker M/C (27 April 2005)

Machining centres and CNC hobber to make UK debut

Two new machining centers along with a CNC gear hobber from Mitsubishi will be on show for the very first time in the UK at a forthcoming Open House staged by Yamazen.

News from Matchmaker M/C (15 April 2005)

Customer feedback determined HMC specification

Based on customer feedback, HMC combines high accuracy and productivity, offers improved levels of performance and is much easier to operate, run and maintain.

News from Matchmaker M/C (17 March 2005)

CNC machine tool agent invests GBP 2m in machines

Leading CNC machine tool specialist Yamazen (UK) has moved from its old Kingston-upon-Thames base to brand new, hi-tech facilities in Leatherhead - an investment of some GBP 2m.

News from Matchmaker M/C ( 4 November 2004)

Modern VMC boosts university's production ability

User application article The installation of a VMC will help optimise wing section machining and certain mould making routines at Kingston University's School of Engineering.

News from Matchmaker M/C (27 April 2004)

Powerful VMC has increased programming versatility

Larger and more powerful VMC offers improved productivity and performance and is supplied as standard with the powerful Heidenhain iTNC 530 CNC system for increased programming versatility.

News from Matchmaker M/C (12 April 2004)

HMC purchased to generate fresh business

User application article Milfab Engineering in Essex prefers to bring in additional capacity in key areas where it knows it can generate fresh business, factors which influence its choice of HMCs.

News from Matchmaker M/C (12 March 2004)

VMC and off-line programming up capability

User application article The installation of a VMC and off-line programming system has provided a subcontractor with a highly productive and efficient manufacturing capability for doing new work.