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Tornos Makes The µ As Standard
A robot used in spinal surgery can now guarantee the positioning of pedicle screws to within a few microns. This is credit to precision actuators and the respective ball bearing components on the hexapod robot being produced by Micro Precision Systems (MPS) with an EvoDeco 16 turning centre from Tornos. MPS manufactures micro-precision ball bearings and ball-bearing mounted precision systems fo ...
Tornos Opens Up Capacity at Machined Component Systems
Steering its way through a relentless recession and coming out the other side with remarkable success has been a difficult journey for Redditch based Machined Component Systems (MCS); a journey that according to Managing Director Mr Warren Gray has tested and proven the true character of the staff, the management and the company's ability to work closely with its customers. The resulting succe ...
Accuracy in the Micron Realm
Miniaturization of tools and cutting sizes, faster machining speeds and contact sensitive coatings, provide an ever-increasing challenge in terms of tool monitoring. As a result, machines used for micro manufacturing now feature almost exclusively non-contact laser measuring systems, since they are the only way to detect and compensate for all factors influencing tools while machining. An impor ...
ITC Illuminates Sign Industry Throughout 2011
As a market leading supplier of high quality cutting tool solutions to the Sign Industry, Industrial Tooling Corp (ITC) has continued its relentless development of new products throughout 2011. With a UK based manufacturing and R&D facility, ITC has built an enviable reputation for servicing the UK sign industry with the most dynamic tooling solutions available. Throughout 2011, ITC has launche ...
Komet Group Polishes PCD Cutters with Vollmer
As a manufacturer of precision cutting tools, the Komet Group GmbH has employed Vollmer technology in its Stuttgart manufacturing plant to automatically polish PCD (polycrystalline diamond) blades. Komet has selected the universal QXD 200 machine that also automatically polishes PCD milling tools when they are eroded. With polished PCD cutters, Komet aims primarily to increase the lifespan of its ...
Tornos Supplies Turning Solution to French Automotive Manufacturer
The new MultiSwiss machine that was launched at EMO had been delivered to several 'test' customers to create workpieces for several months prior to launch. The machine installed in France at Joseph Martin SA has produced more than 160,000 workpieces and proven a major success. The company specialises in creating parts for the automotive sector that are geometrically and in terms of the ...
Blum Novotest Wins Prestigious Aerospace Award
Market leading metrology and measurement device manufacturer Blum Novotest is delighted to announce that it is part of a team that has won a prestigious Chairman’s Award from globally renowned BAE Systems. BAE Systems has awarded a team at its Samlesbury plant that includes BAE Systems and Blum Novotest employees the award after the German measuring and testing technology specialist reduced cy ...
Norfolk Sawmill Installs Five-Machine Vollmer Saw Blade Shop
Thomson Sawmills Ltd, a forward-thinking manufacturer of fencing and landscaping/architectural timbers, has replaced the subcontract reconditioning of its bandsaw blades and circular saw blades with five machines supplied by Vollmer UK. Not only does this impressive investment in its capability save on the costs of subcontracting, but Thomson Sawmills is also reaping the rewards that come with gre ...
Vollmer Sparks Success for Tooling Manufacturer
When Exactaform realised that its CBN insert production could not compete with cheap Asian imports from multi-national manufacturers, it made the bold move to target niche markets with rotary diamond tooling. And nine years after the company acquired the UK’s first Vollmer QWD760 5-axis wire erosion machine for the automatic measuring and erosion of tools – the company has grown to become the UK’s ...
Vollmer Cuts Cycle Times for Coventry Saw Blade Manufacturers KR Saws
When KR Saws Ltd witnessed increasing customer demand for its circular saw blades, the company visited MACH 2010 where Vollmer UK provided the answer with its Loroch K850 Solution circular saw blade grinding centre. Set up in 2004 as a joint venture by two of the world’s leading saw blade manufacturers, the Coventry based manufacturer of band saw and circular saw blades has witnessed continual ...
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