Production Engineering Solutions

 

Subcontracting

  • 28.02.2012

    Star performer on solenoids

    PES_Mar12_F_Subbies_Star

    Frank Clifford, managing director of contract machinist, Genhart Precision Engineers, operated cam type sliding head automatics extensively in the early 1980s. ...

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  • 28.02.2012

    No rest for Eagle trio

    PES_Mar12_F_Subbies_Rodmatic1

    Rodmatic has just installed its third Eagle 32 sliding headstock turn/mill centre at its Reading factory to expand its mid-volume, higher value subcontract machined component production and free-up much needed capacity on its CNC sliding head turn/mill centres....

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  • 28.02.2012

    Machine versatility underpins expansion

    PES_Mar12_F_Subbies_Hurco1

    Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in research and development activity at medical device manufacturing facilities around Galway, while the same area in the west of Ireland has also seen a surge in the growth of companies in the biosciences......

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  • 28.02.2012

    Laser set to stun

    PES_Mar12_F_Subbies_Robinson

    Robinson Engineering is a County Durham-based provider of subcontract sheet metalwork and fabrication services to some of the most prestigious names in British industry. The recent installation of a large Amada laser cutting machine from World Machinery has allowed the......

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  • 28.02.2012

    Brand loyalty

    PES_Mar12_F_Profiling_LVD (1)

    An LVD Sirius 3015 CNC laser cutting system, with twin 3m by 1.5m shuttle tables is providing West-Midlands subcontractor De-Met with the flexibility to provide rapid turnaround on complex components. Solutions reports....

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  • 28.02.2012

    Economic sense

    PES_Mar12_F_Subbies_MSS1

    Tiernan Automation in Leicester has been using pre-owned laser machines from MSS Lasers in Rugby since 2003 and has recently purchased a nitrogen generation plant to support its latest machine. Formed in 1985, the company initially produced parts mainly for the......

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  • 28.02.2012

    Water quality

    PES_Mar12_F_Subbies_Wightman

    Wightman Stewart has supplied a turnkey waterjet system to CML Alloys that includes an Accustream AS series intensifier and diamond cutting heads, a WardJet waterjet cutting table and twin screen CNC controller....

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  • 28.02.2012

    No time for standing still

    PES_Mar12_F_Subbies_Midtherm

    When Richard Andrews, managing director of Midtherm Laser set up the company in December 2000 with one Bystronic Laser machine in the corner of a factory that he rented from his father, little did he know, that one day he would own one the largest subcontract laser......

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  • 28.02.2012

    Staying competitive

    PES_Mar12_F_Subbies_BCMZ2

    Nakamura-Tome WT-100 multi-tasking turning machines are helping Suffolk subcontractor BCMZ Precision provide the service levels and machining costs it needs to stay competitive as a UK manufacturer. ...

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  • 09.01.2012

    Singapore bound

    PES_Jan12_F_Deephole_Apperley

    The first of two new 10m stroke 30kW horizontal honing machines has been successfully delivered and installed by Apperley Honing to a client in Singapore. ...

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