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hyperMILL® Delivers Case Full of Benefits
When Pro-Cut Precision Engineering Ltd opened its doors for business just over 10 years ago, the objective was to invest in the very latest equipment to ensure the Milton Keynes business could machine high-quality components with short lead times. As a company that has acquired a multitude of 3 and 5-axis Hurco machine tools for machining complex parts, part programming was becoming a time-consumi ...
hyperMILL is On-Point for Subcontractor
Founded in 1995, Point CNC has provided a high quality and flexible CNC machining service to its customers in the medical, aerospace, surveillance and automotive sectors since it opened its doors for business. The evolution of the company down the years has seen the Kent manufacturer invest in high-end machine tools from YMT and CAM software from OPEN MIND Technologies. The Sevenoaks subcontrac ...
ITC Gives ‘Cutting Edge’ to Game of Thrones
With almost 20 years in business and thousands of successful projects undertaken, Cutting Edge Designs specialises in routing, trade signage, acrylic fabrication, panelling, wood and laser cutting, printing, 3D carving, finishing and assembly and CAD design. Since its inception, the Newry-based company has been working closely with the cutting tool experts at Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) t ...
ITC is no bore at A&M EDM
A&M EDM Ltd is an engineering solutions company always striving to maximise its service to clients in the aerospace, motorsport, automotive, marine, medical, rail, defence and general subcontract sectors. To achieve this, the West Midlands company has invested in technology from 3, 4 and 5-axis machine tools, EDM wire and spark erosion and laser welding that is comprehensively supported with cutti ...
High-precision tooling enables accurate superalloy machining for energy applications
Founded in 1994, Covis SRL designs and manufactures tailor-made solutions to strict deadlines and quality standards, managing and certifying the entire production cycle at its three operating sites in Italy. The company specialises in the precision machining of parts for the energy sector with customers in the offshore and onshore oil rigs and platform industry. This results in the processing of e ...
Bike Maker Discovers Savings with Special Tool Holders
Bicycles are one of the oldest modes of transportation, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t evolved with the times. Having built bikes in Wisconsin since 1976, Trek Bicycle knows this evolution well. Moving with the times, the bike manufacturer has invested in tooling systems from BIG KAISER that are supplied and supported in the UK through Tamworth based Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC). Tr ...
GPE Invests in ETG Machines to build Post-Pandemic growth
The last 18 months of Covid induced business stagnation has been a challenging period for most manufacturers, but one thing it has taught us is that companies willing to invest will always weather the storm better than those that do not. One company that has not only weathered the storm but flourished is Milton Keynes subcontractor Goodman Precision Engineering Ltd (GPE). The subcontract compa ...
ETG EDM Machine Slashes Lead-Times for Irish Subcontractor
With up to 30% of its machined components manufactured from hard metals, Longford based N&E Precision Ltd acknowledged a requirement for EDM technology to complement its extensive CNC machine shop facilities. In September 2019, the subcontract manufacturer invested in its first Mitsubishi wire EDM machine and it proved such a success, the company purchased a second Mitsubishi machine from the Engi ...
JEB Takes-off with Nakamura Turning Centre
When JEB Precision Ltd won an order to manufacture a complex component for an aerospace air handling system, the Northwich subcontract manufacturer recognised that its existing production method needed to be upgraded to improve productivity. The solution was a Nakamura-Tome AS200LMYS turning centre from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG). In 2019, the Cheshire manufacturer that primarily pr ...
Subcontractor Blossoms with Nakamura Turning Centre
After winning a prestigious power generation project to turn critical stainless-steel components, subcontract manufacturer Fairbrother & Grimshaw (Engineering) Ltd recognised that it needed to reconsider its machining strategy to improve cycle times and shop floor throughput. The answer was a Nakamura-Tome AS200LMYSF turning centre from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG). Based in Cherry Tr ...
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