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Support in difficult times: Aerospace industry looks to the future | MTDCNC Podcast
July 16, 2020 19:42 - 10 minutes - 23.9 MBA few months ago, Airbus and Boeing were working day and night to increase production to reduce a record order backlog. Today the picture is different. Dr Simon Weeks, Chief Technology Officer at t...
MACH Stepping Up | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 22:02 - 3 minutes - 7.47 MBBy James Selka DL, the CEO at the MTA This week I should have been sat writing my column for MTD magazine reflecting on what an amazing week we all had a MACH 2020. A real celebration of UK manu...
Refinance – opening up the flow of cash back into your business | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 21:55 - 4 minutes - 9.91 MBDuring normal times numerous business owners grapple with the question about what happens if the cash tap is turned off. The Covid-19 crisis has thrown this into sharp focus and made this possibili...
Your country needs you! | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 21:44 - 8 minutes - 19.3 MBIn a national response evoking Lord Kitchener’s “Your Country Needs You!” 1914 recruitment campaign, precision engineering companies and subcontractors up and down the country have stepped up...
Measurements realities and metrology’s answers | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 21:01 - 11 minutes - 26.8 MBBy Ian Wilcox Metrology’s key Having written several pieces in this magazine on the business impact and management of metrology, including looking at the implications of Industry 4.0 on measure...
Hexagon keeps track of precision | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 19:55 - 4 minutes - 9.38 MBMTDCNC recently visited Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence (HMI) where the team took a closer look at the Leica Absolute Tracker. The Leica Absolute Tracker is seen throughout the industry whether ...
Renishaw ready for industrial automation | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 19:50 - 5 minutes - 12.6 MBThe industry is facing challenges from all directions and one key challenge manufacturers are striving to overcome is the lack of skilled engineers. On a recent visit to Renishaw plc, MTDCNC spoke ...
Tracing medical instruments with Laser Lines | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 19:35 - 9 minutes - 22.6 MBWith the Coronavirus pandemic having such a significant impact on everyday life, the risk of cross-contamination is an issue where laser technology can offer some assurance and support in the b...
Subcontractor turns to powerful, precise and ‘scary’ Dugard machine | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 16:49 - 4 minutes - 10.7 MBOnly founded two years ago, Nerc Precision Engineering Ltd (NPE) was set-up by Konrad Nerc to ‘follow his dreams’. The Bristol-based business owner was working a full-time job whilst settin...
Ceratizit UK turns up ventilator volume for Cutting Edge | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 16:32 - 3 minutes - 7.36 MBWhen Cutting Edge Precision Engineering was asked to support the Ventilator Challenge by one existing and one new customer, it was faced with the challenge of sourcing tooling. To meet that demand...
Screws for endoprosthetics | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 16:18 - 4 minutes - 10.9 MB“When machining cobalt-chromium alloys, we demand very high performance from the tool due to the high material costs,” explains Tibor Veres, the Managing Director of Hymec Fertigungstechnik Gmb...
Quickgrind breathes life into ventilator challenge | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 16:17 - 5 minutes - 12.5 MBUnprecedented circumstances such as the current Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic can often amplify our focus on what is important, from a personal and business perspective. With so much of the manuf...
Cutting tools for miniature medical parts | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 16:14 - 5 minutes - 11.8 MBThe development of innovative parts in the miniature dental and medical industry presents a formidable and equally dynamic challenge. The fast-growing field is driven by orthopaedic surgeons and...
ITC answers the Covid-19 ‘call to action’ | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 15:45 - 5 minutes - 11.9 MBExtraordinary times call for extraordinary suppliers and for manufacturers like Birmingham based CNC Routing Ltd and Welsh company The Valley Group, a long-standing relationship with Industrial Too...
Breaking the barriers to additive adoption | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 15:29 - 9 minutes - 21.2 MBHaving been entrenched in 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM) for over 26 years, Dr Phil Reeves has wide-ranging expertise and experience of the industry. Tanya Weaver sits down with him to...
ABB makes automation flow | MTDCNC Podcast
June 01, 2020 15:00 - 10 minutes - 24.1 MBAny world leader in its industrial field has a modus operandi and for one fluid, pneumatic and motion control company with facilities around the world, its mantra is to remove ‘dirty, dull and da...
March 2020 - 02: Measuring tool performance By Arthur Turner
April 18, 2020 16:00 - 5 minutes - 13 MBHow do we improve tool life? It’s a time old question that we all want to know the answer to. In the incomprehensibly competitive cutting tool market, sales engineers will all tell you to invest in the latest high-tech cutting tool solution with a new grade, coating, geometry or edge prep. There may even be some conscientious engineers that will take a closer look at your set-up, machine tool, machining strategy and then try to enhance tool life and machining parameters from a ‘differe...
March 2020 - 04: Why consider tool vending?
March 18, 2020 16:00 - 5 minutes - 12.6 MBAs part of the Quickgrind Group of companies, Quick-vend is an industry benchmark in tool management systems; the company explained to us some of the points to consider before taking the next step in tool vending. First and foremost, engineers need to look at their tool inventory procedures with a fresh pair of eyes and ask a number of pertinent and sometimes searching questions. These questions include points such as: Is your tool availability secured? Is your inventory reduced to a mi...
Mar 2020 - 01: British niche vehicles hit top gear
March 18, 2020 16:00 - 8 minutes - 19.7 MBThe British have always been good at sports cars. While high volume car brands like British Leyland and Austin Rover have been consigned to the history books, names like Morgan, Lotus, Caterham and Lister hold a global reputation for well-built, British, two-seated driving heaven. Look deeper into the niche vehicle industry and you will find far more than a handful of car makers with a racing pedigree, however. From the micro, carbon fibre-framed Axon Automotive concept car to Jaguar Cl...
March 2020 - 05: Studer makes 'diversification' an art form
March 18, 2020 16:00 - 11 minutes - 26.4 MBLast month, MTD Magazine attended the Fritz Studer AG ‘Motion Meeting’ at its headquarters in Thun in Switzerland. With 2018 being a record year, it was encouraging to hear the company report another positive set of results in 2019, but this event wasn’t a stakeholders meeting to discuss numbers, it was an introduction to a new brand design, new product enhancements and an overview of the company’s evolution. Now Rhys Williams continues the story. Reporting that 2019’s results were posit...
Marh 2020 - 03: ISCAR Experts Drive Productivity for Subby
March 18, 2020 16:00 - 10 minutes - 23.9 MBTo retain a position as a successful subcontract manufacturing business for more than 60 years is an achievement. But, to be an industry leader and innovator, like Pope & Meads, is something that has required significant investment. In the last three years, the company has invested in 8 new machine tools, all being optimised by cutting tools from ISCAR. The Hertford Company manufactures very high-quality components and assemblies for the aerospace, defence, medical, automotive and scie...
Automation - The Expert Overview | MTDCNC Podcast
March 18, 2020 15:33 - 16 minutes - 36.6 MBLast Autumn, FANUC hosted its first-ever automation and digital transformation event. The engaging and insightful event was aimed at not only selling products but also addressing the issue of the U...
Jan 2020 - 23: Flocking South for the winter
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 4 minutes - 9.19 MBFlocking South for the Winter. The Southern Manufacturing & Electronics exhibition has certainly risen in prominence in the last decade. It's now in a position where it can arguably be described as the UK’s most popular annual engineering show. Now entering its 22nd year, the 2020 exhibition is set to be one of the busiest yet, with more than 400 exhibitors lined up to demonstrate their wares. In 2019, the exhibition drew almost 9,000 visitors and as this number excludes exhibitors, a...
Jan 2020 - 22: Simple Solution Offers Significant Savings at Rolls Royce
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 9 minutes - 22 MBSimple solution delivers significant savings at Rolls-Royce. Twelve months ago, Freddy Products Ltd received a telephone call from an intern at Rolls-Royce plc based at Derby. This enquiry was the first step to the development of the new Coolant Health Unit, or CHU filtration machine from the Pershore manufacturer. Simon Hanmer, Managing Director at Freddy Products says“Initially, the intern asked about cleaning and recycling coolant.” Rolls-Royce has a long-standing commitment to re...
Jan 2020 - 21: Gewafa Offers New Collect Chucks
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 1 minute - 4.01 MBGewefa offers new collet chucks. Gewefa UK Limited has expanded its partner portfolio with the addition of products from the Fahrion Precision Centro P Premium range of collet chucks. The Corsham company will introduce three key products from the Premium programme, the Ultra Power Chucks, Dynamic Performance Chucks and Mini Precision Chucks. Available with features integral to all Fahrion systems is the new standard Centro P collet chuck system. Additionally, the new Ultra Power Chuck...
Jan 2020 - 20: Quickgrind has a ball with new Ibis
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 2 minutes - 6.27 MBQuickgrind has a ball with new Orbis. Quickgrind has now expanded its ‘Infinite Possibilities’ portfolio with the arrival of the new Orbis Lollipop cutter range. Unlike some manufacturers, the business model at Tewkesbury based Quickgrind is focused around the supply of products tailored to the demands of the end user, hence the ‘Infinite Possibilities’ branding. An example of this is the new Orbis series of Lollipop End Mill Cutters. As part of the ‘Infinite Possibilities’ range, the ...
Jan 2020 - 15: Mouldmaker rises to new challenge
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 4 minutes - 9.51 MBMouldmaker rises to new challenges Injection mould manufacturer Alpha Precision welcomes new challenges, believing it can push the boundaries of what is possible in precision engineering through its state-of-the-art software. Based at Tubbercurry in County Sligo in Ireland, Alpha Precision operates an almost full suite of VISI modules, which Director Brendan Feely describes as a seamless communication tool. The 16-employee company produces an average of around 40 tools a year, ranging i...
Jan 2020 - 08: Precision packed into a small footprint
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 4 minutes - 10.4 MBPacking precision into a small footprint. Headquartered near Barcelona, in Catalonia, Vilardell specialises in the production of precision parts with a high added value and comprises two divisions, the Medical Division and the Industrial Division. At the Industrial Division, Jordi Roy Torras, The Manager of the Industrial Division says Vilardell has specialised in the production of highly complex parts for some time. He says “This is our core competence. Something we have developed yea...
Jan 2020 - 09: Siemens delivers Simplicity on Dugard Machines
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 5 minutes - 11.4 MBSiemens delivers Simplicity on Dugard Machines. Benfleet based Wilson Tool & Engineering Ltd has recently purchased a brand new SMEC SL2000 turning centre from Dugard. MTD’s Paul Jones visited the Essex subcontractor to take a look at the new installation. For over 50 years, Wilson Tool & Engineering has been at the forefront of the UK precision engineering industry. It's provided CNC machining, in-house heat-treatment, grinding & JIT services to global companies in a wide and varied...
Jan 2020 - 10: Tru-Tech makes EDM investment based on trust
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 4 minutes - 11.1 MBTru-Tech makes EDM investment based on trust Tru-Tech Precision Engineering is a company that has established a reputation for quality and reliability within the high-tech industry sectors it supports. It bases its business model on the expertise of its staff and the manufacturing equipment it relies upon. Based in a 5,000sq/ft facility in Dundalk, in Ireland, Tru-Tech was originally established in 1996 to provide subcontract centreless grinding services to customers in the medical dev...
Jan 2020 - 11: When Precision Creates Joy
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 3 minutes - 8.94 MBWhen Precision Creates Joy. The headline phrase isn’t commonly associated with mechanically engineered parts, but it sums up how one company owner views his production facility. Werner Buschorr owns a medium subcontract manufacturing plant in Switzerland and had two growing problems. The first was that his customers’ tolerances were getting tighter and on his existing equipment he was relying on his operators to ‘tweak’ the programmes and tooling to achieve the desired results. His s...
Jan 2020 - 12: Diecaster Introduces Automation
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 4 minutes - 10.1 MBDiecaster Introduces Automation. After long using robotic systems in its aluminium diecasting foundry, Andover-based MRT Castings has started to apply automation in its machine shop. This follows the arrival of a Brother Speedio M140X2 5-axis mill-turn cell. Fed with raw material from an interlinked Feedio robotic handling system from the same manufacturer, it is the first to be installed in the UK. The turnkey cell was supplied by Whitehouse Machine Tools to keep production costs dow...
Jan 2020 - 13: Subcontractor
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 4 minutes - 9.99 MBSubcontractor has been winning with XYZ since 2002. When Roant Precision Engineering was founded in 2001, it was set up as a small precision subcontract business relying on a selection of manual machines to make a living. Now, 18 years on and the company has just completed the takeover of its biggest customer, Eiger Torrance, a manufacturer of mixing, milling and de-aeration systems for the production of paints and printing inks. This investment will secure machining work for Roant Pre...
Jan 2020 - 14: Sodick reduces setups for precision machinist
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 5 minutes - 11.6 MBSodick reduces setups for precision machinist. Berkshire-based Duckworth & Kent (Reading) Ltd has invested in its first Sodick wire erosion machine, a VL600Q model supplied by Sodi-Tech EDM. The new machine was purchased to advance wire erosion capabilities, reduce the number of set-ups, improve quality and repeatability and introduce unmanned overnight operations. With 52 years’ experience, Reading based Duckworth & Kent Ltd undertake everything from prototype and development projects t...
Jan 2020 - 16: How Guhring and Chiron are together milling their way
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 7 minutes - 16.6 MBHow Gühring and Chiron are together milling their way into the HPC record books As machine manufacturer and cutting tool specialist, Chiron and Gühring share common development goals and the aspirations. Both aim to deliver outstanding products and to further increase their respective efficiency through symbiosis. Together, the Swabian manufacturers have now set a ground-breaking record: machining 1,000cm3 of steel in 60 seconds. That’s eight kilograms of steel per minute! Common de...
Jan 2020 - 19: Walter’s new inserts drive performance
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 1 minute - 2.96 MBBoehlerit expands 3d system Under a joint sales cooperation with Boehlerit, Ringwood-based Horn Cutting Tools has introduced to the UK market an expanded 3D milling programme for the tool and mould making industry. The ISO 00P is a universal tool system for general mechanical engineering and mould making. As the inserts are mounted in a neutral position in the tool holder, they ensure a high level of contouring accuracy. Despite the neutral position, the edge geometry enables a soft c...
Jan 2020 - 18: Boehlerit expands 3d system
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 1 minute - 3.97 MBBoehlerit expands 3d system Under a joint sales cooperation with Boehlerit, Ringwood-based Horn Cutting Tools has introduced to the UK market an expanded 3D milling programme for the tool and mould making industry. The ISO 00P is a universal tool system for general mechanical engineering and mould making. As the inserts are mounted in a neutral position in the tool holder, they ensure a high level of contouring accuracy. Despite the neutral position, the edge geometry enables a soft c...
Jan 2020 - 01: MTD Greetings
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 2 minutes - 5.09 MBFirstly, the MTD team would like to wish all our readers, social media followers and listeners, a Happy New Year. It’s been an eventful few months since the November issue. We’ve had a thumping election victory, a promise to ‘Get Brexit Done’, the lull of the festive period followed by the annual headache of ‘year-end’ paperwork; and now, we move onward into a new decade. So, where do we go next? Nobody has a crystal ball, but the election victory and the Brexit promise has given the ...
Jan 2020 - 02: Can 2020 be the year of not Brexit?
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 3 minutes - 8.93 MBCan 2020 be the year of not Brexit 2019 was a year in which a lot happened in politics; Government defeats, the fall of a Prime Minister and what may come to be viewed as an era-defining election. Will 2020 be the same? First and foremost, it will almost certainly see the UK leave the European Union on the 31st of January. On one level nothing very much will change because we will enter a transition period designed to give time to agree on a new relationship. The economic relation...
Jan 2020 - 03: An expert overview of the industry
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 4 minutes - 9.34 MBAn expert overview of the industry. For the last decade and more, Close Brothers Asset Finance has been surveying business owners in the manufacturing and engineering industries on a quarterly basis about a broad spectrum of issues. Ian Barker, Managing Director, Manufacturing, Close Brothers Asset Finance. He says the contents of the survey range from financial confidence to mental health and has provided a unique level of insight and we're now sharing some of the points, and where re...
Jan 2020 - 04: New Year, New Investment, New Materials, Same Challenges
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 9 minutes - 21.4 MBNew Year, New Investment, New Materials, Same Challenges... A review of the aerospace industry in January 2020 can be summarised in three parts: big themes, new technology investment and new materials. Will Stirling reports... THE FIGHT IS ON FOR UK WING MANUFACTURE Airbus has expressed a more upbeat tone about the company’s long-term UK prospects since new chief executive Guillaume Faury said that expertise in the UK supply chain is critical to Airbus. Before then, uncertainty ove...
Jan 2020 - 05: Moving up the value chain
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 12 minutes - 28.3 MBMoving up the value chain. The UK aerospace sector, and particularly the many SMEs are facing a variety of challenges. These range from the uncertainty caused by Brexit, to consolidation of supply chains and the steep production ramp-ups driven by record growth and back-logs. Now more than ever, to survive and grow, companies need to be competitive. This is well-recognised by government which, as part of the Aerospace Growth Partnership, has invested in programmes to help companies to ...
Jan 2020 - 06: The Challenges of a Subcontractor
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 9 minutes - 21 MBThe Challenges of a Subcontractor. by Paul Brunton, Managing Director at Arnold Wragg Ltd. In the Summer, MTD spoke with Paul to discuss the challenges of a modern-day subcontractor. As the figurehead of the A-S:9100 approved specialist manufacturer of first level safety critical fastener’s, we discussed a number of topics. These included challenges such as material technology and advancements like additive manufacturing; working to revision B, C & D of historical drawings older than...
Jan 2020 - 17: No Set up no Downtime for smart industries
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 4 minutes - 10.2 MBNo Setup, No Downtime for Smart Factories. Manufacturing is on the eve of comprehensive digitisation that will impact product design, process planning, machining, assembly and more. The driving force behind the changes is a series of technological breakthroughs related to the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0. With the use of network communication, new digital technologies combine physical manufacturing systems with virtual worlds of knowledge and 3D modelling. The target is ...
Jan 2020 - 07: A New Era of Machine Manufacture
January 29, 2020 17:00 - 5 minutes - 11.9 MBA New Era of Machine Manufacture. By Kasra Mehraky Most people don’t pay much attention to the method of construction when looking to purchase a new machine tool. Although, the most known machine bed structure is gray cast iron and welded steel, there is another method that has gained popularity, mineral casting. Whilst there are several methods and materials for producing a machine tool bed, such as polymer concrete, natural or artificial granite, here we will discuss mineral casting...
Nov 2019 - 20: ETG awakens ‘sleeping giant’
November 28, 2019 09:31 - 15 minutes - 21.8 MBIn August, the Engineering Technology Group or ETG acquired HK Technologies. Group Managing Director Martin Doyle immediately installed Gareth Jones as the new Managing Director to head up HK Technologies. The astute move to bring the Warwickshire-based business under the ETG umbrella will create countless synergies and opportunities for both companies. MTD magazine attended the recent ETG Open House to speak to Gareth Jones to get a better understanding about what the marketplace can...
Nov 2019 - 19: ISCAR imparts turning wisdom at seminar
November 28, 2019 09:25 - 5 minutes - 8.18 MBISCAR Imparts Turning Wisdom at Seminar Last month ISCAR hosted its Machining Techniques Customer Seminar. The two-day programme welcomed more than 320 customers . MTD magazine visited the action-packed event to look at the latest innovations. Following-on from the successful event that the cutting tool manufacturer hosted in June, the comprehensive Autumn programme was packed with cutting tool demonstrations that were transmitted live from the technical centre to the seminar theatre...
Nov 2019 - 18: Guhring has something special
November 28, 2019 09:04 - 9 minutes - 13.3 MBIn June 2017, Guhring officially opened its new 60,000sq/ft manufacturing facility on Birmingham's Advanced Manufacturing Hub. The new £12 million UK headquarters of the globally renowned German-owned cutting tool manufacturer was opened for Guhring to realise its growth ambitions. The previous Castle Bromwich facility was home to Guhring UK for more than 40 years and the growth over the decades had certainly pushed the capacity of the facility to its limits. At the time of the ...
Nov 2019 - 17: REGO-FIX gets to grips with dentistry
November 28, 2019 08:59 - 4 minutes - 7.29 MBAs a renowned manufacturer in digital dentistry, Phibo has developed, produced and sold dental products for more than 30 years with a key focus on research and scientific innovation. Over 8,000 customers, more than five million implants produced, and 2.5 million CAD/CAM-customised prostheses are a testament to the company’s success. In addition to products such as implant systems and prostheses, Phibo also offers services and digital solutions and is currently a market leader in Spa...
Nov 2019 - 16: Lehmann rotary table provides accurate and flexible machining
November 28, 2019 08:51 - 7 minutes - 10.9 MBSpecialising in precision engineering and optical systems, Loesch T-P-L Feinwerktechnik was founded in 1950 in Darmstadt. With a workforce of ten and an annual turnover of €2m Euros, LOESCH T-P-L is a source of ideas as well as a supplier to major machinery manufacturers. At the company’s production facility, complex parts are machined with impeccable accuracy and the Mazak VCN 530C VMC stands out for its efficiency. This is credit to the addition of a two-axis C-N-C rotary ta...