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News round-up First DMG Mori Lasertec 30 for UK
A Starrag Group-supplied
Droop+Rein gantry milling machine
with X, Y and Z axes travels of
14,000, 13,000 and 3,500 mm,
plus an 11 m rotary table to permit
turning operations in the same
set-up, will be the largest machine
ever to be put into operation in
Australia. www.is.gd/enunik
As of January next year, DMG Mori
says it will manufacture all machines
in a completely climate-neutral
manner – from raw materials to
delivery. “Climate protection
concerns each and every one of us.
Technological leadership and
environmental protection go hand in
hand. DMG Mori therefore takes on
complete responsibility,” says
Christian Thönes, chairman of the
Executive Board of DMG Mori
Aktiengesellschaft.
www.is.gd/reciga
London-based 3DPRINTUK, an
experienced service provider of the
polymer powder bed fusion (PBF)
3D-printing process for
manufacturing applications, has
installed one of the latest MultiJet
Fusion (MJF) systems from HP
distributor Matsuura. This is the
culmination of a £1 million strategic
expansion plan by 3DPRINTUK to
grow its 3D-printing services at its
London facility. www.is.gd/ohutab
For the rst time, preliminary data
has revealed the economic
importance of the UK’s future
combat air programme, Tempest –
predicting it will support an average
of 20,000 jobs every year from
2026 to 2050. The Tempest
programme is being delivered by
Team Tempest, a UK technology and
defence partnership formed by BAE
Systems, Leonardo UK, MBDA, Rolls-
Royce and the RAF, and involving
hundreds of high-tech companies,
SMEs and academic institutions
across the UK. www.is.gd/gisike
British manufacturing companies
are already major players in the
global export market, with 95% of
UK companies sending goods
overseas, ensuring we have a
manufacturing sector much larger
and more powerful than it would be
based solely on domestic
consumption, reveals new research,
‘International Trade Report 2020’
published by Make UK, the
manufacturers organisation. But in
order to drive economic growth in
communities across the
whole of the UK and
the 2.7m
manufacturing
jobs the sector
provides
nationally,
manufacturing
needs
government to
offer additional
export support so
companies can compete in
new markets as the UK begins its
new journey outside the EU.
www.is.gd/enepam
SME manufacturers already hit
hard by Covid-19 are being
squeezed between a huge drop in
demand and weaker supply chains,
according to a new report out today.
Sixty-four per cent of the 289
respondents who are engaged with
the Manufacturing Growth
Programme (MGP) said orders had
dropped due to the pandemic.
www.is.gd/vefexe
The latest Contract
Manufacturing Index
(picture, left) for the
third quarter of
2020 (Q3) shows
that the subcontract
market bounced
back strongly in July
and August after the
Covid-19 shutdown, with
the market up 151% in Q3 2020,
compared to Q2, and 43% higher
than it was a year ago.
www.is.gd/sikodu
The results of GKN Wheels’
ambitious, multi-million pound
investment programme in its Telford
Motorsport and automotive
specialist JRM Group has installed
the rst DMG Mori Lasertec 30 SLM
2nd Generation 3D-printing
machine in the UK. The new unit
will be the cornerstone of building
closer relationships with its existing
customers and expansion into
other sectors that include
aerospace and medical, the news
release says.
JRM already has two of the
German/Japanese machine tool
giant’s DMU 75 monoBLOCK and
two DMU 50 3rd Generation 5-axis
machining centres, together with
CLX 450 and AL2 turning centres,
and works in partnership with DMG
Mori to optimise its machining
performance. The experience of the
productivity, service and reliability
delivered by DMG Mori made the
Lasertec 30 SLM 2nd Generation
the preferred solution for metal
powder bed additive manufacture.
Investing in the Lasertec 30
SLM 2nd Generation will enable
JRM to provide far more innovative
solutions for its customers. For
example, multiple components can
be combined into one, while others
impossible or very dif cult to make
are made feasible.
Racing the Bentley Continental
GT3, JRM works with manufacturers
such as Aston Martin, Jaguar Land
Rover and Arctic Trucks, and on
projects for high performance cars
from Subaru and Nissan Nismo.
It is a Tier 1 supplier and has
achieved wins and podiums across
a variety of motorsport categories,
including LMP1, GT, Rally and
Rallycross, as well as celebrating a
championship title win in GT.
Key to these achievements is
the breadth and depth of skill and
experience of its workforce, who
have a long history of motorsport
experience at the highest level.
The Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), which owns and runs the
biennial MACH exhibition, has taken the decision to reschedule MACH
from January 2021 to April 2022 – the event had already been postponed
from April this year.
In a survey, the overwhelming sentiment was that, in order to minimise
risks to visitors and exhibitors, and to provide the best possible platform
for both, the event should be moved to April 2022. The event will be held
in the same Halls at Birmingham’s NEC from 4-8 April 2022.
www.is.gd/tebigi
JRM Group installed the DMG Mori Lasertec 30 SLM unit, in part
based on previous experience with its other DMG Mori purchases
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