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A Swabian Saw Manufacturer Invests In New Sharpening Technology
Based in Schwaikheim, Swabia, Dewald Schärftechnik GbR is sharpening carbide-tipped circular and band saw company that pays particular attention to precision. Part of the success story at Dewald is their six Vollmer machines. Located in an idyllic location in the Rems Valley, this region is characterised by meadows scattered with fruit trees and fields of corn. These features also adorn the jo ...
Voestalpine Invests in Edge Finishing Technology
Processing over 60,000 tons of steel plate a year, Austrian manufacturer Voestalpine has invested in a slag removal, deburring and edge rounding system from Lissmac to increase production capacity and improve consistency. Available from Surtech in the UK, the new plant has been a revelation to the Linz based automotive manufacturer. At the beginning of the steel plate production process at Vo ...
PP Keeps a High Profile With Kerf
With a manufacturing facility that runs 24 hours a day, Batley based PP Profiles (West Yorkshire) Ltd is a professional sub contract steel profiling company that cannot afford machine downtime and inadequate productivity levels. The business has a full order book, and to maintain its short customer lead-times, it has to invest in the latest technology. So, when the ISO:9001 company discovered ...
ITC Showers Subcontractor in Success
Since its inception in 1984, the Fabricon Group has been involved in the production of aluminium showering systems; something that later led Managing Director Mr Mark Bushdyhan to buy shower manufacturer Autumn UK. Whilst shower manufacture remains a major aspect of the Fabricon Group, the company now provides 3D computer design, prototyping & testing and full scale plastic part production as well ...
AG/CAD Provides Prestigious Printer With Cutting Table
With a proud history spanning over 100 years at the prestige end of the packaging industry, Clarke Rubicon is truly a unique manufacturer of paper over board bespoke presentation packaging and products. However, like any manufacturer steeped in tradition, transferring highly skilled processes into the modern manufacturing era requires investment. At Clarke Rubicon, the company prides itself on ...
Mitsubishi Becomes Worlds First SC21 Bronze Award Cutting Tool Manufacturer
At the recent Farnborough International Air Show, Mitsubishi Materials UK was presented with an SC21 Bronze Award, making it the worlds' first cutting tool manufacturer to obtain the prestigious aerospace and defence industry award. Supply Chain 21st Century (SC21) was a concept developed into a full programme 8 years ago as a joint collaboration between 16 of the UKs primary aerospace OEMs ...
A New Environment for the Tornos SwissNano
Tornos latest product launched, the SwissNano, is a remarkable machine in many respects. Produced entirely in Moutier, Switzerland, the SwissNano is assembled in an equally exceptional setting. The Manager of the new SwissNano Center, Mr Giovanni Ladarola highlights some of the philosophies implemented and how the machines are built on the new production line: "Firstly, we have grouped togethe ...
Watch Pinion Produced on the SwissNano
The first SwissNano machines supplied by Tornos have been integrated into customers' production lines. One of the first installations and a test-bed customer was Oxomedic in Saint-Aubin, a small bar turning workshop that was founded in 2000. Now working exclusively with Tornos turning machines, company owner and director Stéphane Liechti highlights why: "When I decided to start producing pa ...
Touch Probe Halves Production Costs
The requirements in terms of quality and accuracy in the automotive industry are continuously increasing. This also has consequences for toolmakers such as G.RAU based in Pforzheim in Germany as the basis for low tolerances in subsequent end products is created here. At G.RAU, laser measuring systems for tool measurement, workpiece touch probes and the associated FormControl software from Blum Nov ...
Diba Industries Eliminates Bottleneck with Tornos
When Diba Industries identified a bottleneck in its machine shop that produces connectors, fittings and adaptors for the fluid handling industry, it found the solution with a Tornos Delta 12/5 turning centre. As a market leading provider of innovative solutions to the most demanding fluid path applications for the clinical and scientific sectors, Cambridge based Diba has a turning section that ...
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