Production Engineering Solutions

 

Tooling & Workholding

  • 09.01.2012

    Growing organically

    PES_Jan12_F_Tooling_Guhring (10)

    If the UK Government needs a few pointers on how manufacturing can really benefit an economy, it could probably learn a lesson or two from Germany – a nation that really values its manufacturing heritage. A company typifying these traditional engineering values......

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  • 09.01.2012

    The great outdoors

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    Mountaineering and outdoor products manufacturer, DMM Engineering, reports it is reaping huge productivity rewards as a result of installing Chick workholding systems from 1st Machine Tool Accessories. ...

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  • 28.11.2011

    Large leaps forward for aluminium machining

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    A number of different tool criteria need to be fulfilled in order to meet the increasingly stringent cost and quality demands associated with the successful machining of aluminium aerospace components. Until now, solid carbide tools have been deployed to perform......

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  • 31.10.2011

    Cutting it fine

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    Substituting a Horn System DD replaceable insert drill for a heavy-duty jobber drill has paid significant productivity and quality dividends for Wolverhampton-based Paragon Engineering & Logistics. On a typical drilling operation in aerospace grade alloy......

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  • 31.10.2011

    Take aim

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    Over the past 35 years, Automatic Industrial Machines Limited (AIM) has established a reputation for the high quality of its output within the aerospace, autosport and general engineering Industries. ...

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  • 03.10.2011

    A merging of minds

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    Partnerships between companies are nothing new but tooling supplier WNT and machine tool company XYZ have gone a stage further and set-up a new, jointly branded 1,100m² showroom/demonstration centre at WNT’s premises in Sheffield. As Dave Tudor reports, the......

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  • 03.10.2011

    Independence day

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    “Knowledge is power when it comes to tool management – or the control of any other industrial consumables for that matter. While the basic benefits of vending systems are easily recognised, capabilities vary widely, with solutions installed by independent......

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  • 06.09.2011

    Tiny design, big improvements

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    Cutting tool performance is constantly evolving as we gain a higher understanding of the relationships between tool geometry, material and surface finish. In this article, Steve Dowey, project leader of the DMTC Next Generation Cutting Tool Project and technical......

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  • 16.08.2011

    Radical rethinking

    PES_Aug11_F_Tooling_Mollart

    By totally rethinking the production process around deep hole drilling technology, Mollart Engineering has won an important machining contract to produce oil and gas exploration tooling components for extracting samples directly from the well face. Normally the......

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  • 16.08.2011

    Swedish innovation

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    In the relentless quest for higher productivity and efficiency, the tooling sector has arguably seen the most change in recent years and consequently tooling companies need to stay one step ahead of the game in terms of new product development and innovation. At a......

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