Fred Hutton and Simon Burchett, two former production engineers at F1 team, Red Bull Racing, decided in 2008 to start their own CNC machine shop specialising in the manufacture of composite patterns and moulds.  Called Freeform Technology, the company chose......

Comments like ‘marvellous value’ and ‘all jobbing shop machines should be built this way’ make it clear that Andrew Russell and Stephen Boocock, owners of contract machinists Progress NC, seem to be pretty keen on their first 5-axis machining......

Subcontractor and mouldmaker, Norjon Engineers has more than doubled the size of its factory to 14,000ft² following a 60% per cent increase in turnover in 2011 compared with the previous year. ...

Machine tool builder Mitsui Seiki has just completed an intensive development programme to optimise the capability and characteristics of its 5-axis machining centre technology in order to meet the future demands of its customers to efficiently cut the latest......

Claiming to increase productivity by up to 30%, the HBZ Trunnion 80 5-axis horizontal machining centre from Handtmann CNC draws on the company’s experience in the aerospace sector to bring together a wealth of high performance features in a single machine....

Average reductions of 52% in cycle times and 58% in set-up times are reported by Clydeunion Pumps in Cathcart, Glasgow, using its first 5-axis machining centre. Supplied by DMG (UK) the DMC210FD 5-axis machining cell with turning capability is equipped with a five......

“Before taking the 5-axis route it is vitally important that you assess the nature of the work you expect to be carrying out. Otherwise, a costly incorrect selection could result.”...

Subcontractor Pro-Tek Engineering has had its Mori Seiki NMV3000 5-axis vertical machining centre for twelve months. Already it is fully loaded and the company is thinking of purchasing a second machine. ...

With a BP quality award hanging on its office wall alongside a platinum award from Cameron Subsea Systems confirming 24 consecutive months' delivery of zero defect products, Blantyre-based Quadscot Precision Engineers is a leading Scottish subcontractor serving the......

“When it comes to CAM for 5-axis programming, Delcam’s PowerMILL is hands down the easiest and best I have ever used,” states Jason Taylor, 5-axis CNC programmer at Viking Yachts. ...