Five UK finalists from across the country will be competing with the best young engineers from around the globe in the WorldSkills 2011 machining events in London from 5-8 October 2011. ...

“It’s got a toolchanger, an 8,000rpm spindle and has rapids of 20m/minute and to the casual observer it may look like any other vertical machining centre – but this is no VMC!” These are the words of Mike Corbett, applications manager at XYZ......

The increasing demand for new aircraft puts additional downstream pressures on the aerospace supply chain and for those companies manufacturing components from difficult-to-machine materials such as Inconel and titanium, minimising tool and machine wear whilst......

As all metalcutting engineers will know, titanium is not an easy material to machine, with the advantageous properties that appeal to designers also contributing to its awkwardness on the shopfloor. So much so in fact that Makino has gone back to the drawing board to......

A UK company at the forefront of the global development of robotic hands has purchased a Datron machining centre to help it move to the next stage of its growth programme....

An aluminium billet was put on a new Brother TC-22B-O vertical machining centre shortly after it arrived late in 2010 at the Crediton works of Adaero Precision Components. The finished component came off in 13 minutes, whereas previously it took over twice as long (28......

Although David Wicks decided against taking up a place at Art College because it would have interfered with his motor cycle racing, he has since succeeded in combining artistic flair with engineering know-how in the design and manufacture of bespoke mountain bikes, or......

Safety gates, protective covers and machine guards prevent hazards associated with moving parts. However, the correct functioning of a safeguard can only be guaranteed by using the appropriate sensor technology. Alex Bryce, sales manager at Pilz Automation Technology,......

As part of a radical transformation over the past five years that has seen it evolve from an outsourcing company to a leading medical device manufacturer, Leeds-based Surgical Innovations has installed two high precision, Swiss-built Willemin-Macodel 408B bar fed......

The meteoric rise of Mills CNC towards the upper echelons of the UK machine tool premier league is well documented but comparatively little is known about Doosan, the company Mills represents in the UK. To put the record straight, Dave Tudor jetted off to South Korea......