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  • 07.02.2010Technology in motion

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    Having taken on various fuel connector casting projects over the years, Tritech was well placed to secure the contract for Airbus Military’s A400M transporter. However, a redesign of the components meant a much more radical approach to manufacture with the......

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  • 21.11.2009Racing certainties

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    Laranca Engineering’s latest investment in 5-axis technology from GF AgieCharmilles is helping to put the company in pole position in the motorsport sector. Solutions reports. What do you do when, virtually overnight, you lose 50% of your predicted turnover......

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  • 21.11.2009Payback time

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    Bedfordshire subcontractor, Anotronic, specialises in machining exotic materials such as titanium alloys, nickel alloys and CPM10V – a 9.75% vanadium tool steel that is four times tougher than D2. To reap the benefits of 5-axis machining in these difficult......

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