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  • 01.03.2010Advantage titanium

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    In response to the growth in demand for the use of surgical grade titanium in preference to 316 stainless steel for trauma related components, Mollart Engineering, in conjunction with its tooling partner Botek and a specialist supplier of cannulated tube to the medical......

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  • 03.02.2010It's a long story

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    Apperley Honing has offered a contract honing service since 1963 and claim to operate some of the largest hones in Europe. From its Cheltenham factory, its experienced staff operate 45 hones operate on a daily basis with three machines specifically designed for......

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  • 07.01.2010Team effort

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    The ongoing investment at Mollart-Cox Engineering has recently seen the deep hole drilling specialist move to 50,000ft² premises and invest over £1 million in plant and peripheral equipment in the last 12 months. Part of the technology investment at the......

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  • 07.01.2010In for the long haul

    With several well known race teams listed as customers, motorsport provides many technically challenging demands that the team at Premier Deep Hole Drilling always enjoys the thrill of meeting. The passion extends to the race track and 2009 marked the 10th anniversary......

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  • 07.01.2010Lean and green

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    Deep hole drilling with its requirement for copious amounts of neat cutting oil can be a messy process, contributing to the negative image of engineering as a dirty business that poses a potential risk to health, safety and the environment. However, as Solutions......

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  • 07.01.2010Hone and dry

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    Often beyond the scope of general engineering subcontracting companies, honing is a discipline steeped in tradition and success is dependent on having the right equipment, the right skills and the right experience. Apperley Honing, based in Cheltenham has been in......

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  • 08.11.2009High Cpk holemaking

    PESNov09Hon - Sunnen

    Honing is one of the few metalworking processes where manually operated machines, new or decades old, carry out sterling service in millions of shops every day on basic bore sizing and finishing applications. But as Rich Moellenberg, custom products manager at Sunnen......

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  • 08.11.2009All in one solution

    PESNov09Hon - Mollart

    The flexibility of the 5-axis Mollart Centeplex to combine deep hole drilling of compound angle holes and thread milling into a single cycle won Mollart Engineering the order to produce 36 oil feed porting holes in a 7.5 tonne marine bearing. The nickel chrome steel......

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  • 08.11.2009Drilling for gold

    PESNov09Hon - Hone-All 1

    With eight orders confirmed in the month following Hone-All Precision participation in the recent Offshore Europe oil and gas industry exhibition and currently more than 30 enquiries to the good, the Leighton Buzzard-based subcontractor is understandably delighted with......

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