NEWS
DMG Mori launches M1
Global machine tool manufacturer
DMG Mori has entered the vertical
machining centre (VMC) market at the
lower end of the price range with a
new, nominally half-metre-cube model,
the M1.
www.is.gd/qxfxeh
New Ceratizit drill reamer
Ceratizit has launched a new product to the market – the WTX Feed BR drill reamer –
which it says “ensures high accuracy with tight tolerances and perfect surface
quality”. www.is.gd/vCTUNN
ITC brings indexable insert drilling line to UK
Widia has extended their TDMX indexable insert drilling line to further boost stability,
reliability and performance in drilling operations, which are available in the UK from
Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC). www.is.gd/bnBUVn
DAH82 and DAH84 arrive on the market
A new generation of milling cutters designed for machining at high feed rates has
been introduced by German tool manufacturer, Horn. The DAH82 and DAH84 milling
systems are available in the UK through subsidiary company Horn Cutting Tools,
Ringwood. www.is.gd/330FKQ
GOM develops mobile measuring cobot
GOM – part of the Zeiss Group – has launched the GOM ScanCobot – a mobile
measuring station with a collaborative robot, motorised rotation table and powerful
software. www.is.gd/5jVR6h
Floyd introduces optimised universal boring tool
Floyd Automatic Tooling has introduced the new cost-effective MicroTurn eLine of
boring tools from Ifanger in the shape of the new MicroTurn eLine MTEE, an
optimised universal boring tool. www.is.gd/0hiqnp
Motoman range extended
Motion control and robotics specialist Yaskawa has continued to develop their
Motoman range of robots with their newly developed Motoman-PL series.
www.is.gd/t95vTO
New series released by Renishaw
Renishaw has launched the innovative FORTiS enclosed linear absolute encoder series,
for use in harsh environments such as machine tools.. www.is.gd/gamBUy
Key range expanded by LK Metrology
LK Metrology has expanded its FREEDOM arm range of 3D
articulating arm metrology systems (pictured left), or portable
measuring arms, with the launch of five ultra accuracy models in
both 6-axis and 7-axis variants. www.is.gd/8TEdYo
Diver by Guhring further evolves
Guhring has grown its Diver series of end mills with the launch of the
new RF100 Micro Diver end mills. www.is.gd/bLPWGC
The Manufacturing Technology
Centre (MTC) has developed a
flexible industrial robot which it
claims has the decision-making
capability of a human operator.
www.is.gd/wWIJc0
Japanese car manufacturer Nissan
has told the BBC that its Sunderland
manufacturing plant is secure for the
long-term, giving a major boost to
the North East. www.is.gd/NqlkZk
The Rolls-Royce factory in
Barnoldswick, Lancashire, has
been saved and with it 350 jobs
after a deal was struck by Unite the
union and the company’s
management. The facility will
become a ‘core manufacturing
facility’ and host a new ‘centre of
excellence’. www.is.gd/uVjt7v
BAE Systems is to hire more than
1,250 new trainees into its early
career programmes in 2021 – with
more than 850 apprenticeships and
400 graduate roles available across
the UK, the highest number it has
ever recruited in a single year.
www.is.gd/QxxsE7
The Digital Catapult has
announced that seven industry
partners – including BAE Systems,
Babcock International Group and
Sainsbury’s - have partnered with
the match-funded Made Smarter
Technology Accelerator programme
and have set 14 challenges for
companies to respond to.
www.is.gd/UPSGoF
Belgrave & Powell Limited has
launched a new robotics division
within its Machine Technology Group
division. Addison Robotics &
Automation will focus on the
growing trend for automation and
robotics to improve productivity and
manufacturing efficiency in the UK
and overseas. www.is.gd/NIA1pG
Esprit – the CAM software for
CNC programming, optimisation
and simulation company – has
announced the debut release to the
general public of its on-demand
training platform Esprit Learning
Centre. www.is.gd/N1Uvhx
Ametek Precitech in conjunction
with Micro-LAM, precision
engineering firm Taylor Hobson
and Zygo is setting up a Precision
Advancement Centre of Excellence
(PACE) at Taylor Hobson in
Leicester. To improve capabilities
Ametek Precitech has suppled a
4-axis Nanoform X configured with
the optimus laser assisted
machining system from Micro-LAM.
www.is.gd/QYaRP1
Gloucester-based Advanced
Grinding Supplies Ltd has been
appointed as the exclusive
agents in the UK and Ireland for
both Meister Abrasives and
Alfons Schmeier Abrasives.
www.is.gd/g5rtuV
The latest Contract
Manufacturing Index
(CMI) has shown
that the
subcontract
manufacturing
market showed
resilience in 2020 –
ending 1% up on the
final quarter of 2019.
www.is.gd/qShtI2
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