Manufacturing Machinery World October 2021

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As a UK manufacturer that is committed to 

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Corporation (ITC) has now employed two 

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Roemheld will launch at EMO 2021 a new, 

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digital recording of its status. 

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RINGS & WEIGHTS

METROLOGY 

INNOVATIVE GUIDEWAY MATERIAL REDUCES 

CAPITAL COST OF LARGE-VOLUME GANTRY CMM 

British coordinate measuring machine 

(CMM) manufacturer LK Metrology has 

introduced a third series of large-capacity 

models to sit alongside its established bridgetype 

machines and very-large-scale gantrytype 

machines, which offer extremely high 

accuracy due to their ceramic moving 

guideways. Using the latest innovations in 

aluminium and steel CMM guideway 

technology, the new AEROS, AEROS S and 

AEROS P gantry-type CMMs, 40 models in 

total, lower the capital cost of such 

equipment. With measuring volumes up to 

8.0 x 3.5 x 2.5 metres, they allow a broader 

spectrum of manufacturers in industries such 

as aerospace, power generation, automotive 

and defence to benefit from the latest 3D 

metrology systems. 

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AEROS main structure of support pillars and 

longitudinal guideways remains static, with 

only the gantry beam assembly moving 

during measurement. The open design is 

extremely adaptable, providing full access to 

the work area during loading and unloading 

of parts. It is particularly well suited to 

SMART factories with autonomous guided 

carts and manually operated wheeled or railtype 

material handling systems. 

For consistent accuracy and dimensional 

stability, innovative design features have 

been incorporated into the AEROS range to 

minimises distortions and errors of inertia. 

Particular attention has been paid to the 

design of the guideway support system, 

which allow the longitudinal beams to freely 

expand without risking distortion. Multiple 

thermistors are fitted for automatic 

compensation of errors due to thermal 

expansion of structural components in 

uncontrolled environments, such as 

production areas. Extra-wide air bearing 

tracks and generous dimensioning of the 

distance between air bearings provides 

optimal mechanical rigidity. 0.1 µm optical 

linear scales provide accurate positional 

feedback and precise motion control, with a 

dual-readhead system on both X-axis 

guideways for excellent metrology 

performance. 

The AEROS range of machines offers a 

medium to large measuring volume, with 

configurations in a wide range of sizes to 

meet the requirements of large scale 

metrology applications. 14 standard models 

span Y/Z axis travels from 2.0/1.0 to 2.5/1.8 

metres, the X-axis being from 3 to 6 metres. A 

micro-machined, advanced alloy, Y-axis 

cross-beam and lightweight extruded 

aluminium Z-axis spindle ensure a high 

degree of stability while reducing the effect 

of inertia. Zero hysteresis friction drives are 

employed for the Y and Z axes, while a 

robust rack and pinion drive is used for X- 

axis movements. Measuring accuracy is from 

5.5+6.0L/1000 µm, while maximum 3D 

speed and acceleration are an impressive 500 

mm/sec and 1,200 mm/sec2 respectively. 

AEROS S machines cover measuring 

volumes dictated by Y/Z axis travels from 

2.5/1.8 to 3.0/2.0 metres and an X-axis up to 

6 metres - and there are 12 standard models 

to choose from. They are similar in 

construction to AEROS machines and offer 

nearly equivalent attributes but have a crossbeam 

of stabilised tubular steel construction. 

A dual-drive X-axis is standard over 3,000 

mm. Both the X and Y axes employ a rack 

and pinion drive system while the Z-axis 

features a zero hysteresis friction drive. 

Accuracy and maximum 3D speed range 

from 7.0+8.0L/1000 µm and 530 mm/sec 

respectively, with 3D acceleration at 800 

mm/sec2. 

AEROS P machines consists of 14 

standard sizes, similar again except that they 

feature coupled dual-drive and dualreadhead 

positioning in the X-axis to 

minimise structural deformation during 

movement, guaranteeing excellent metrology 

performance. Measuring accuracy, speed and 

acceleration are the same as for the AEROS S. 

Y/Z axis travels are from 2.5/2.0 metres to 

3.5/2.5 metres and the X-axis is up to 8 

metres. Both the X and Y axes employ a rack 

and pinion drive while the Z-axis features a 

zero hysteresis friction drive. 

Web: www.LKmetrology.com 


www.western-tooling.co.uk 

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Specialists in New and Used Measuring Equipment, Calibration and Sub Contract Inspection Service 

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TECHNOVA PRECISION LTD 

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Accuracy enhancement – Is usually achieved by Software Error Correction, 

and our in house software generates data from the calibration results for the 

compensation schemes used by most types of CNC controllers, from a simple 

straight line correction to a full volumetric error map. Usually the error 

correction is updated automatically, reducing the timescale and possible human 

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Reports and Certification – results can be analysed to various international 

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Minimum Downtime – Guaranteed by application of our Automated 

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error compensated and calibrated in approximately 7 hours. 

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WIGMORE CNC 

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Subcon Drilling Limited is a highly professional 

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Visit our website or contact us for more details. 

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APPOINTMENTS 

ITC EMPLOYS TWO APPRENTICES 

BOWMAN 

INTERNATIONAL 

APPOINTS NEW 

MANAGER 

Bowman International has announced the 

appointment of Chris Ager, as the new 

Business Unit Manager for its rapidly 

growing Split Bearings division. 

Having worked in the split bearings 

industry for 16 years, the last seven of which 

was for a leading competitor, Chris brings to 

his role a wealth of industry knowledge that 

will undoubtedly benefit Bowman’s 

increasing split bearing customer base, with 

the implementation of leaner ordering 

processes, increased distribution channels 

and the research and development of further 

split bearing innovations. 

Paul Hancock CEO for Bowman 

International comments on the appointment: 

“Chris joins Bowman’s team at the helm 

of our Split Bearings Division in 

Kingswinford. Charged with overseeing 

customer fulfillment, supplier relationships 

and the further growth of the division, Chris 

will draw upon his extensive and successful 

career in the industry to steer the 

manufacture and distribution of Bowman’s 

newest innovation – the Advanced Split 

Roller Bearing.” 

Building on the success that Bowman has 

had to date, Chris will be responsible for 

further developing routes to market via 

quality distribution partners, consulting 

customers on bearing selection and the 

streamlining and general management of the 

Kingswinford site. 

Chris concludes: “For a good while now I 

have admired Bowman’s passion for 

innovating products that solve real industrial 

challenges, and the Advanced Split Roller 

Bearing is the latest example of this 

ingenuity. I believe my skillset and industry 

experience are an excellent fit for the future 

growth plans of the Bowman Split Bearing 

business, and together with the team at 

Kingswinford I aim to take a customercentric 

approach to improving and 

implementing processes that will help us 

meet the needs of the industries we serve.” 

www.bowman.co.uk 

As a UK manufacturer that is committed to 

playing its role in building the skill base of 

British manufacturing, Industrial Tooling 

Corporation (ITC) has now employed two 

new apprentices. The Tamworth cutting tool 

manufacturer has a long tradition of 

employing engineering apprentices and it is 

delighted to welcome the arrival of Danny 

Cockbill and Blaine Hughes as the 2021 

cohort. 

The new additions to the ITC team have 

already undergone academic engineering 

studies at a local college and their arrival at 

ITC will certainly set the two teenagers on a 

fulfilling career in engineering. During their 

4 year apprenticeships, the two new 

apprentices will be exposed to a 

comprehensive practical and academic 

programme that will see the new starters 

learn their trade on state-of-the-art 

technology. 

Prior to and throughout the pandemic, 

ITC has invested extensively in new CNC 

grinding machines and peripheral 

equipment to retain its position as a leading 

UK manufacturer of high-quality innovative 

cutting tool solutions. It is within this hightech 

environment that Danny and Blaine will 

both gain valuable experience and academic 

After two years away from XYZ Machine 

Tools, former Applications Manager, Mike 

Corbett is returning to the Burlescombe, 

Devon-based machine tool company where 

he will take on the role of Production/ 

Technical Manager from the 1st September. 

The position became vacant within the 

decision by Mark Chappell, who has held the 

role since joining XYZ Machine Tools back in 

2018, to return to live and work in Dubai in 

September. “Mark’s decision posed a few 

challenges as finding good people with the 

relevant experience, in a relatively short 

timescale is exceedingly challenging,” says 

Nigel Atherton, Managing Director XYZ 

Machine Tools. “Fortunately, the move 

coincided with a chat with Mike and his 22 

years’ experience of our products and 

skill sets that will set them on a path to 

fulfilling manufacturing careers. 

Commenting upon the appointments, ITC 

Director Georgia Graves says: “Over the last 

9 years we have recruited more than 10 

apprentices that have become valued 

members of our continually growing team. 

Developing the engineers of tomorrow is the 

lifeblood of any manufacturing business and 

we are delighted to welcome our latest 

apprentices. Like our continued investment 

in technology and advancing our product 

offering, investing in the engineers of the 

future is a commitment that we take very 

seriously at ITC.” 

www.itc-ltd.co.uk 

XYZ MACHINE TOOLS WELCOMES 

BACK MIKE CORBETT 

systems provided the perfect fit.” 

In the role of Production/Technical 

Manager Mike will oversee the build of 

machines prior to delivery along with 

working with XYZ Machine Tools’ partners 

to ensure technical specifications are adhered 

to and to work to further develop the quality 

and performance of the full range of XYZ 

machines. 

“After 22 years working at XYZ Machine 

Tools in an applications capacity I felt I 

needed a change, but like many over the past 

18 months my priorities changed. Therefore, 

when the opportunity to return to XYZ, 

especially in this new position, it was a 

simple and straightforward decision to 

make,” says Mike Corbett. 

www.xyzmachinetools.com 


NEW PRODUCTS – NEW PRODUCTS – NEW PRODUCTS 

HOLEMAKING IS NO BORE WITH HYFORE 

Precision holemaking can be a daunting 

prospect without the correct boring tools. 

Thankfully, Hyfore Workholding has now 

introduced a comprehensive range of Acrow 

precision boring systems that can cater for all 

your hole making requirements. 

The extensive range includes the 

impressive BSD fine boring system, the 

FBH/NBJ and the FBH84 modular fine 

boring system, which can accommodate an 

extremely diverse application range. The 

BSD system is available with a BT30, BT40 

and BT50 variant as well as a shank end for 

clamping in existing collet chucks – a 

combination that demonstrates diversity and 

flexibility to meet the requirements of the 

user. The BSD is perfectly suited to both 

rough and fine boring as the boring 

cartridges are securely clamped in the boring 

head. It is available with a range of options 

that includes adaptors for creating precision 

bores from 20 to 153mm diameter. 

Furthermore, the high-quality BSD boring 

system has an effective machining depth 

from 50mm through to 240mm. With each 

setting on the scale equivalent to 0.005mm 

and an additional fine adjustment vernier 

setting scale that is precise to 0.001mm, the 

BSD system is perfect for most machine 

shops. 

Complementing the BSD system is the 

FBH/NBJ modular fine boring system from 

Hyfore Workholding. Like the BSD, the 

FBH/NBJ is available with a round shank 

end to fit sleeves or collets, or as a BT30, BT40 

or BT50 variant. Both variants are suitable for 

boring holes from 3.5 to 40mm whereas the 

boring head incorporates a rigid 55 or 64mm 

diameter head with an adjustment dial that 

increases in 0.005mm increments with a high 

precision vernier scale for adjustments of 

0.001mm. This solution is also offered with 

through coolant facility to direct flow to the 

cutting edge and support chip evacuation as 

well as extending tool life. 

For longer reach applications, Hyfore 

Workholding can also offer the FBH84 

modular fine boring system that 

demonstrates exceptional precision with its 

fine adjustment boring head system as well 

as a clamping and adjustment system for the 

corresponding FBH84 boring bars. This 

modular technology offers manufacturers a 

BT40, BT50, NT40 or NT50 back end that 

works seamlessly with the boring head that 

can be adjusted from 8 to 280mm diameter. 

The FBH84 boring bars that seamlessly fit the 

boring head are available in a variety of 

diameter ranges and lengths, making the 

FBH84 boring line the most flexible boring 

system for the modern machine shop. 

As well as providing an expansive range 

of precision boring tools, Hyfore 

Workholding is also the UK’s leading 

supplier of standard and specialist 

workholding solutions as well as the 

industry’s leading bespoke workholding, 

clamping and automation experts. With an 

internal team of design engineers and a stateof-the-art 

manufacturing facility, Hyfore has 

a team of 30 engineers that can go above and 

beyond your requirements to engineer, 

implement and prove out a workholding, 

fixturing, jig or clamping system and even 

automate the solution to meet the exact needs 

of your business. So, if you want something 

as simple as a tool holder or vice through to 

specialist products or even bespoke 

hydraulic workholding systems – it's time to 

call Hyfore. 

Web: www.hyfore.com 

TC INTRODUCES NEW 

WIDIA ROUGH MILLING PLATFORM 

Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) has 

now announced the arrival of the latest 

WIDIA indexable milling platform for 

heavy-duty milling operations. The new 

M8065HD milling system for machining steel 

and cast-iron materials has been designed 

with eight cutting edges and extra-wide chip 

gashes. This makes the new M8065HD 

capable of achieving deep depths of cuts 

while producing high metal removal rates 

during face and shoulder milling 

applications. Furthermore, the new platform 

offers reduced set-up times and inventory 

costs by utilising just one tool for multiple 

operations when milling steel and cast iron. 

“Face milling is one of the most common 

machining operations, so we designed a 

versatile and cost-effective solution that 

delivers substantial improvements in metal 

removal rates in steel and cast iron for our 

customers,” said Christine Schneider, WIDIA 

Senior Global Portfolio Manager. “The 

M8065HD represents a turnkey solution for 

general engineering, energy and automotive 

customers who want to reduce their face 

milling tooling inventory and increase their 

machining output.” 

Now available from Tamworth cutting 

tool manufacturer ITC, the new milling line 

is engineered with a 65-degree approach 

angle and a 6.35mm thick insert. The exciting 

new M8065HD line is currently available 

with one universal insert geometry in three 

versatile grades, the WP35CM, WK15CM 

and WU20PM. The WP35CM grade 

demonstrates exceptional performance levels 

on all types of steels, while the WK15CM 

grade is designed for cast iron materials and 

performs best in dry applications. However, 

it can also be used in wet conditions. 

The universal WU20PM grade can be 

applied to the machining of steel, stainless 

steel and high-temperature alloys in both dry 

and wet applications. All insert grades are 

designed with a 2.37mm wiper facet to 

provide superior reliability and surface 

finishes. These key design features coupled 

with the eight-cutting edge insert design 

enables customers to reduce overall machine 

set up times and inventory costs by utilising 

one tool for multiple operations. The 

M8065HD indexable milling cutters are 

available in nine metric diameter ranges from 

50mm to 315mm. Enquiries and orders for 

the M8065HD tool bodies and inserts as well 

as other WIDIA metal cutting tools can be 

placed through Tamworth based ITC. 

Web: www.itc-ltd.co.uk 


NEW PRODUCTS – NEW PRODUCTS – NEW PRODUCTS 

SUPERIOR 

ALUMINIUM 

TOOLS 

With the MD266 Supreme solid carbide 

milling cutter developed for the aerospace 

industry, Walter is launching a universal 

aluminium specialist. It is suitable for 

universal application in all roughing, semifinishing 

and finishing operations and has 

been designed specifically for ISO N 

machining. 

Walter offers the uncoated MD266 

Supreme (z2/z3) with centre cut and a 

reduced neck from 2 to 25mm diameter in 

this product range. A transition radius at the 

end of the cutting edge minimises transition 

steps when wall finishing. According to 

Walter, this is why the milling cutter is ideal 

for machining deep pockets where slot 

milling or ramping has preceded in the 

process. The internal coolant with axial 

coolant outlet from 6mm diameter maximises 

the lubrication and improves the chip 

evacuation. This makes a long tool life 

possible with minimal build-up on the 

cutting edge, thereby ensuring increased 

process reliability. 

The high level of operational smoothness 

of the MD266 Supreme is the result of a 30° 

helix angle and low-vibration 

microgeometry. This is a particular 

advantage for users because high speeds are 

frequently accompanied by challenging 

conditions. The MD266 Supreme has been 

designed specifically for machining wrought 

aluminium alloys; particularly for 

applications where the focus is on high 

power and high metal removal rates, as well 

as maximum process reliability. 

The best examples of this are the 

machining of structural components in the 

aerospace industry, as well as components in 

general mechanical engineering. The milling 

cutter is capable of full slotting and ramping 

and, alongside its good performance and 

process reliability, is particularly impressive 

due to its suitability for universal 

applications. For Walter, this aluminium 

specialist is another premium tool in the 

high-end segment. 

www.walter-tools.com 

NEW DRILLS DEEPEN 

PRODUCTIVITY GAINS 

The productivity of deep hole 

drilling has now taken a huge step 

forward with the arrival of a new 

4-fluted series of gun drills from 

Guhring. The new VB 80 4-fluted 

deep hole drills with a solid 

carbide head and the solid carbide 

VB 100 Series is the ideal 

productivity partners for cast iron 

drilling. 

The straight flute deep hole 

drills are extremely robust with a 

geometry that ensures the drill 

core is more than 50% of the 

overall diameter, demonstrating 

maximum rigidity, strength and 

performance. Guhring has also 

developed an innovative 

geometry that consists of two core 

cutting edges that are supported 

by four outer flutes that are axially 

displaced to split the chips, 

improve centring and precision 

whilst reducing cutting forces. This means 

the bottom of the hole will be two-stepped, as 

the drill has a 141-degree angle on the 

primary cutting edge, which is followed by a 

145-degree cutting angle on the outer cutting 

edges. The chip clearance is further 

improved by four cooling channels that 

allow high-pressure coolant to be directed to 

each of the four cutting edges – prolonging 

tool life by preventing swarf re-cutting and 

creating an efficient chip removal sequence. 

The new VB 80 and VB 100 deep hole 

drills also consist of four round margins with 

For finish turning of HRSA materials, NTK 

cutting tools has now introduced its new JP0 

Bidemics range of inserts. Suitable for 

machining HRSA materials at unfathomable 

speeds of 480m/min, the JP0 is the latest 

addition to the NTK range of Bidemics, a 

revolutionary material that can greatly 

improve productivity for aerospace 

manufacturers that are regularly cutting 

challenging materials. Now, the newest 

evolution of this unique material technology 

from NTK demonstrates improved wear 

resistance and performance. 

Capable of machining at cutting speeds up 

a 90-degree division that further 

enhances precision, concentricity 

and surface finishes down to IT6. 

With the abrasive wear divided 

through 4-flutes as opposed to two, 

as in most ranges, the new VB 80 

and VB 100 have proven to improve 

tool life and performance 

significantly. In fact, the new deep 

hole drills have reduced cycle times 

by more than 30% during field tests 

whilst also extending tool life, hole 

quality and overall performance far 

beyond the realms of 2-flute gun 

drill variants. 

At present, the new VB 80 and 

VB 100 Series is available in 

diameters from 13.5 to 28mm 

diameter with flute lengths up to 

500mm. Additional diameters and 

lengths can be specified upon 

request. The new drills can be 

reground from 5 to 10 times 

depending upon the axial wear on the drills. 

This regrinding facility drastically reduces 

cutting tool costs for the end-user with the 

drills being returned in a perfect ‘as-new’ 

condition. At present, the VB 80 and VB 100 

are new product lines and Guhring is 

working tirelessly to develop an extended 

range of drill diameter and length options 

whilst trialling the exciting new drills on a 

host of additional materials, an exercise that 

will undoubtedly create huge productivity 

enhancements for manufacturers. 

www.guhring.co.uk 

NTK LEADS THE WAY WITH NEW 

AEROSPACE TURNING GRADE 

to 15 times faster than carbide and CBN 

alternatives, the NTK JP0 demonstrates 

exceptional wear resistance and consistency to 

deliver outstanding performance when 

machining all your heat resistant superalloy 

materials. The new JP0 insert grade is suitable 

for running at cutting speeds from 180 to 

500m/min with a feed rate of 0.05 to 

0.2mm/rev and a depth of cut from 0.1 to 

0.7mm. 

Currently, NTK has introduced the new 

high-performance finish turning grade in three 

different designations, the CNGA, DNGA and 

VNGA geometries. The 4.76mm thick CNGA 

and DNGA inserts are available with a 0.4, 0.8 

and a 1.2mm corner radius and an IC of 

12.7mm. The VNGA insert designation is 

available with a 0.4 and a 0.8mm corner radius 

with a 9.525mm IC; all three designations 

demonstrate outstanding quality with the 

0.04mm honed edge preparation. 

www.ntkcuttingtools.com 


ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION 

TIPS FOR CHOOSING A 3D VISION SYSTEM 

THE FUTURE OF VISION SYSTEMS IN MANUFACTURING 

With four times as many as colour receptors 

as humans, the Mantis shrimp has the most 

impressive eyes in nature. Manufacturers 

have long relied on human vision for 

complex picking and assembly processes, but 

3D vision systems are beginning to replicate 

the capability of human vision in robotics. 

Here, Nigel Smith, managing director of 

Shibaura Machine, formerly Toshiba 

Machine, partner, TM Robotics, gives three 

rules to live by when choosing a 3D vision 

system for manufacturing. 

Advanced 3D vision systems are a stark 

contrast to the vision software of 

manufacturing’s past. Many existing systems 

still require professional CAD programming 

to ensure the robot can recognise shapes. 

However, even after programming, this 

software can have difficulties recognising 

multiple items at once. 

A common application for vision systems 

is removing and sorting items from a bin. 

While CAD-based systems can identify items 

in a bin, the challenge is recognising the 

position of each item when presented in a 

random order — let alone determining the 

best method for the robot pick them in. 

Advanced vision systems eliminate this 

problem by using passive imaging to enable 

the robot to automatically identify items, 

regardless of their shape or order. 

Shibaura Machine’s vision system, 

TSVision3D, for example, uses two highspeed 

cameras to continuously capture 3D 

images. Using intelligent software, the 

system can process these images and identify 

the exact position of an item. This determines 

the most logical order to pick them up and 

does so with sub millimetre accuracy, with 

the same ease as a human worker. 

Deploying a robot for bin-picking isn’t 

advantageous if the robot cannot identify the 

edges of the bin. Considering the speed and 

strength of most 6-axis robots, hitting the box 

sides could easily halt production or damage 

the product. 

Some manufacturers believe that motion 

stereo systems can effectively imitate a 

human’s perception of an item. Motion stereo 

systems use one camera, usually mounted on 

a robotic arm, to enable the system to move 

and take two or more photographs of an 

object. However, these systems require 

absolute precision as even the slightest 

movement can cause disparities in data and 

skew the measurement. 

For manufacturers hoping to automate 

their box-picking processes, they should 

identify whether the system has a collision 

avoidance function. Advanced systems, 

including TSVision3D, enable the system to 

be programmed according to the size of the 

bin, ensuring the robot can dive into the box 

without a hitch. 

Automation for jobs like bin-picking are 

designed to free manual operators from 

repetitive and menial tasks and speed up 

operations. However, some traditional vision 

systems involved multiple hurdles to 

implement, including longwinded 

installation methods and high levels of 

technical know-how. 

Using 3D vision systems for bin-picking, 

cycle times can be as fast as 0.7 seconds. But, 

these productivity gains are useless if 

implementation of the software has high 

costs for time and staff resources. 

When choosing a system, manufacturers 

must strike a balance between potential 

productivity gains and the resources 

required for installation. Today, 

manufacturers should opt for software that 

anyone, even with minimal training, can 

understand. 

Eyes are a testament to evolution’s 

creativity. While they all have the same basic 

duty, the more advanced the vision system, 

the more information it can acquire. When 

choosing a vision system for manufacturing 

applications, manufacturers should consider 

how the system will improve their process, 

how it will manage complex requirements 

and commercial applications. 

www.tmrobotics.co.uk 


ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION 

COMPACT AUTOMATED TURNING CELLS WITH 

INTEGRATED ROBOT ARM 

In a world first, Japanese machine tool 

manufacturer Okuma has incorporated a 

robotic arm inside its CNC turning centres 

for automated production of shaft- and 

chuck-type components. All of the 

manufacturer's machine tools are sold and 

serviced exclusively in the UK and Ireland by 

sole agent NCMT (www.ncmt.co.uk). 

One of the first Okuma lathes to benefit 

from an internal Armroid (Arm Robot 

Intelligent Design) workpiece load / unload 

system is the LB 3000 EX II, one of which is 

available for demonstration in the agent's 

Coventry showroom. 

Three different end-of-arm effectors are 

available for performing different tasks. One 

is for blasting air or coolant within the 

cutting zone. It can be programmed to follow 

the cutting tool for breaking up stringy swarf 

or to clean down the whole working area, 

greatly improving chip management. A 

roller end effector provides support under a 

shaft component during cutting to minimise 

chatter. 

In combination with a workpiece stacker, 

the third end effector is a two-finger gripper 

for automatically holding shaft-type 

workpieces around their circumference for 

loading and unloading, weight capacity 

being 5 kg. All three end effectors are stored 

within the machine and are exchanged 

automatically by the robot. 

A longer, more powerful Armroid can be 

integrated into a second Okuma turning 

centre, a Multus B250II multi-tasking lathe. 

The robot arm handles workpieces up to 10 

kg and possesses a fourth type of end effector 

with a 3-jaw gripper for holding billets 

around their end faces. 

Armroid systems are ideal for high mix, 

small batch work. The extended periods of 

unattended running free the operator to 

carry out duties in other parts of the factory. 

The cells are not, however, intended for 

lights-out production of large quantities of 

the same part due to the limited number of 

workpieces that can be accommodated by the 

stocker. 

While most conventional robotic systems 

require complex integration and special 

training for staff, Armroid needs neither. As 

the robot is part of the machine tool, 

expensive system integration is unnecessary. 

Using Okuma's own OSP-P300A control, an 

operator enters the coordinates for the start 

and finish points and the robot moves 

through its motions unerringly. Roid Navi 

software simplifies programming using 

images and on-screen guides. 

As the machine and robot operate 

seamlessly and always know where each 

other are, by enabling the control's built-in 

collision avoidance system each cycle is 

automatically generated while avoiding 

unwanted interference between the moving 

elements. In addition to automated running 

under program control, manual operation is 

possible via a pulse handle that micropositions 

the arm. 

Okuma has also developed a Standroid 

automation solution with the requirements 

of small and medium size enterprises in 

mind. The compact cell, which contains a 

floor-mounted robot, can be placed next to 

various Okuma vertical machining centres, 

either newly purchased or already in 

production on a shop floor. 

Currently six Okuma machining centres 

may be equipped with this cell. Simply 

connecting it to the power supply and a 

network cable completes the set-up. Whereas 

conventional robotic systems usually require 

three days to be integrated, adding a 

Standroid can be completed in a day and 

there is no need for safety barriers. 

Like Armroid, Standroid is easy to 

operate by simply defining start and end 

points of the robot arm, while the system 

automatically calculates movements and 

avoids collisions. This greatly reduces set-up 

and prove-out times. For maximum 

flexibility, it is possible to switch between 

automated and manual workpiece loading 

and unloading. 

In conclusion, these automation solutions 

are designed for OEMs and subcontractors 

involved in high mix, low volume 

production that want to use long periods of 

unattended operation to deploy personnel 

elsewhere and maximise operational 

efficiency. They are not intended for factories 

producing large volumes of the same 

component or for lights-out running. When 

used in suitable applications, the main 

advantages are a compact footprint, ease of 

use, minimal operator training, machinerobot 

compatibility and elimination of the 

cost and potential difficulties associated with 

integration by a third-party. 

www.ncmt.co.uk 


ND PRECISION PRODUCTS TAKES ADVANTAGE OF 

REAL TIME INFORMATION WITH STATUS BOARDS 

ND Precision Products (NDPP), an 

established ISO 9001:2015 accredited 

company and long-term user of PSL 

Datatrack production control software, has a 

stated mission to deliver precise, highquality 

and complex tooling to its customers. 

The business has continued to invest in 

customised PSL Datatrack solutions over the 

years to help achieve this goal. The latest 

investment has been in Status Boards, visual 

displays to provide real time production flow 

and order fulfilment information to the shop 

floor. 

Configured to NDPP’s exact 

requirements, the Status Boards give shop 

floor operators clear visual data on the 

production status of any job. Just as 

importantly, they give management even 

greater control at a glance. “The Status 

Boards allow us to complete work in the best 

order, improving our efficiency and helping 

us to meet deadlines,” comments Nick 

Squire, Managing Director. 

The first Status Board shows the specific 

job each member of the shop floor team is 

currently clocked on to and what stage they 

are at. Management can quickly check 

progress and make adjustments in line with 

business priorities, if necessary. The second 

Status Board shows a list of operations that 

still need to be conducted and when they 

need to be completed by in order to ensure 

on-time delivery of the order. Again, 

informed management decisions and 

adjustments to shop floor priorities can be 

made with this real time data available. 

When NDPP first acquired PSL Datatrack 

it replaced inefficient manual business 

administration methods, including the use of 

emails to raise quotations – an approach that 

could often result in undercosted work and 

lost revenue. 

This inefficiency was addressed through a 

series of PSL Datatrack modules, allowing 

the creation and administration of 

quotations, works orders, deliveries and 

invoicing to then be managed effectively. 

Work In Progress (WIP) and Shop Floor Data 

Collection (SFDC) were also implemented for 

order tracking and reporting capabilities for 

accurate costing reviews. 

More areas were later identified where 

additional PSL Datatrack modules could 

make a positive impact; Purchase Invoicing 

and Scheduling. The Purchase Invoicing 

module validates supplier invoices against 

goods received to ensure that payments are 

made for goods at the correct price and in the 

correct quantities. The Scheduler module 

helps to manage the production flow 

throughout the entire factory by providing 

an overview of the time required to complete 

jobs within a given period, with ‘work to’ 

lists to provide shop floor staff with the 

optimum sequence of work through each 

factory resource and estimated completion 

reports highlighting which jobs may be late, 

allowing replanning and rescheduling to 

take place. 

All of this investment resulted in total 

control over the entire supply chain. NDPP 

could demonstrate a fully integrated 

administration process to customers, 

including fair and accurate quotations and 

consistent on-time deliveries with reduced 

lead times. The company could even forecast 

tooling requirements to effectively manage 

even the most complex of engineering jobs. 

Customers in the automotive, aerospace and 

medical sectors, amongst many others, all 

benefitted. 

Today, the services in demand from 

NDPP can vary considerably depending on 

customer requirements, with press and 

mould toolmaking a particular area of 

expertise. Customers come from many 

different markets but the production control 

procedures that the company now has in 

place through PSL Datatrack, including the 

new Status Boards, allows them to adapt. The 

company was able to react successfully to 

demand for their engineering services from 

the medical sector during the Covid-19 

pandemic. 

PSL Datatrack's ongoing support for 

NDPP resulted in a strong relationship 

forging between the two companies, who are 

both members of the GTMA (Gauge and Tool 

Makers Association). Indeed, NDPP 

recognise the software as an ideal system for 

any precision engineering company of 

similar size and are happy to endorse it to 

fellow members. 

“Utilisation of PSL Datatrack is very 

beneficial for every project we undertake. It 

enables us to be much more organised and 

we can now closely track our work from 

order to invoice in live time,” concludes Nick 

Squire. “Whenever we have a query or 

require customised reporting, PSL's support 

team is always very helpful in suggesting 

solutions. Our investment over the years has 

suited us well and we are in a strong position 

for the future.” 

www.psldatatrack.com 


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AEROSPACE CASE STUDY 

AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER IMPROVES 

MACHINING EFFICIENCY FOR LARGER COMPONENTS 

Father and son team Andy and Owen 

Phillips, both of whom are pilots and 

aviation engineering enthusiasts, started a 

subcontract machining business in Havant in 

1994. After four years, they applied their 

extensive knowledge acquired over many 

years of building and flying aircraft to 

transition their firm, Andair 

(www.andair.co.uk), into a manufacturer of 

fuel system components for light aircraft in 

the sport, amateur-build and commercial 

aviation sectors. 

The business, which is certified by QAS 

International and to ISO 9001:2008, is now a 

leading global producer of such equipment, 

with 90 percent of its fuel selectors, filters, 

check valves, gascolators and fuel pumps 

going to export markets. Regular customers 

include Cessna, Cirrus, Czech Sport Aircraft, 

Diamond, Grob, Grumman-Northrop, 

Rotax/Bombardier, Scaled Composites, 

Technam and Vans. 

Miyano fixed-head, twin-spindle CNC 

lathes from Citizen Machinery UK 

(www.citizenmachinery.co.uk) have 

underpinned production of Andair's turned 

and milled parts since January 2005, when 

the first turning centre with sub spindle was 

delivered to the Havant factory, a 5-axis 

BND-42S. It proved so efficient that a second, 

identical model was ordered six weeks later. 

Fast-forward 16 years and the company has 

bought a total of seven Miyanos, the latest 

being the first 80 mm bar capacity ABX lathe 

to be installed in the UK. It arrived on the 

shop floor in June 2020 equipped with an 

Iemca KID 80 short bar magazine. 

Andair had been waiting eagerly for the 

Owen Phillips, joint owner of Andair. He is 

a pilot, aircraft builder currently 

constructing his third aircraft, a Vans RV7, 

and a radio controlled aircraft enthusiast as 

well as being a manufacturer of aircraft fuel 

system components. 

launch of the 80 mm version of this twinspindle 

machine with two Y-axis turrets, 

having since 2015 been producing 3 inch and 

2.75 inch diameter components from billet 

held in a Hainbuch chuck in the main spindle 

of a smaller ABX-64SYY, of which there are 

two in the Havant factory. The high 

requirement for components of this size 

meant that the lathes were being used for 

chuck work 60 percent of the time. 

Owen said, "Production efficiency of our 

larger components used to be lower because 

we could only manufacture a limited number 

of components from a billet, say five or 

perhaps seven. In the case of the aluminium 

Owen Phillips in front of the new 80 mm bar capacity Miyano ABX-80THY fixed-head 

mill-turn centre from Citizen Machinery UK. He is inspecting an oil-air separator body 

produced on the machine. 

body for an oil-air separator we are currently 

machining, we could only produce one per 

billet. 

"Now all these parts can be machined 

from bar using the 80 mm capacity lathe, 

saving a lot of time. It runs continuously 

throughout the day and although we are not 

set up for 24/7 operation at present, with this 

machine and our other Miyano bar autos is it 

is feasible in the future." 

The other lathes in the factory all have 

twin turrets and Owen had ordered a similar 

specification for the 80 mm model. Due to the 

cancellation of the MACH 2020 machine tool 

exhibition, however, which should have been 

held in Birmingham last April, Citizen 

Machinery had in stock a triple-turret ABX- 

80THY 12-axis model with a Fanuc control 

system that it had intended to launch at the 

show. Owen was initially hesitant when 

offered the machine, having never used a 

lathe of that configuration before, but 

decided to buy it anyway as it was available 

immediately. It turned out to be a revelation. 

He enthused, "I would not buy another 

twin-turret machine in future, because 

having three turrets is so much more 

productive. I would like a four-turret version 

if Miyano made one. 

"It is no problem to transfer work to the 

more complex lathe, as a new program can be 

checked easily using the manual retrace 

function in the control, avoiding any 

possibility of interference between tool and 

workpiece." 

He explained that the two turrets 

positioned above the spindle centreline, each 

with 12 live stations, are dedicated to 

working at the main and counter spindles 

respectively. The third turret is located below 

and has unrestricted travel to operate at 

either spindle to provide flexibility for 

balancing front and reverse end machining. 

Three tools can be in cut simultaneously to 

achieve very high levels of machining 

efficiency. 

About 60 different parts have so far been 

produced on the new lathe, all from 3 inch 

diameter bar. In fact, in one instance where a 

customer required a large valve machined 

from a 4.5 inch diameter billet, Owen turned 

the end of it down to 80 mm so that it could 

be machined in the collet. 

In the case of the oil-air separator body, it 

is now possible to machine five from bar in 

30 minutes whereas before, with an operator 

loading billets manually into the chuck of an 

ABX-64SYY, it took at least 45 minutes to 

achieve the same output. In other words, 

productivity has been boosted by more than 

50 percent. A further benefit to Andair is that 

the two 64 mm bar lathes can now be 


AEROSPACE CASE STUDY 

The oil-air separator body in the main spindle collet of the ABX-80THY. It was the first 80 

mm bar capacity Miyano to be installed in the UK. 

devoted to the collet work for which they 

were originally intended. 

Another example of where the 80 mm bar 

machine has introduced benefits is when 

machining one of the few Andair 

components the pilot actually sees, a fuel 

selector fascia plate that requires a very high 

surface finish, which is achieved on the 

aluminium part using a diamond tipped tool. 

The plate is also engraved to indicate which 

tank has been selected. Previously, after 

turning it from a billet, a second operation 

was required on a machining centre to mill 

material from the reverse and to drill four 

holes. 

The method of manufacture has now been 

altered, whereby milling and drilling as well 

as turning are carried out from bar on the 

Miyano, leaving only a small operation to 

clean the bore on a separate machine. Cycle 

time has been reduced by at least two 

minutes and an operation has been 

eliminated. 

In the case of another component, in fact 

the first part that was made on the ABX- 

80THY, all three turrets had almost an 

identical amount of work to perform. Cycle 

time is 2 minutes 15 seconds including 

parting-off and the component comes off 

finished, whereas previously the cycle was 4 

minutes, plus there was a need for a second 

operation, requiring extra time for both 

metalcutting and inter-machine handling. 

Aluminium accounts for three quarters of 

throughput at the Havant factory, with a 

wide range of other materials also machined 

including brass, bronze, plastics, tool steel 

and other steels including stainless. Batch 

sizes are relatively low, normally between 

100- and 500-off, so there is a lot of machine 

preparation. 

The Miyanos are quick to set up however, 

as they have built-in tool setters and 

programs are prepared off-line using an 

Esprit CAM system. Typical tolerance that 

needs to be held is ± 0.02 mm and Owen 

declared that if it is exceeded on any 

occasion, it is always the tool that is at fault, 

as the machines do not move. 

He concluded, "I am a big fan of Miyanos. 

They are very productive, accurate machines 

and have beautiful spindles that produce 

excellent surface quality. I wouldn't look at 

another make of lathe. 

"Support from Citizen has been fantastic, 

from sales to delivery, installation and 

commissioning – they are absolutely 

incredible." 

www.citizenmachinery.co.uk 

Machining area of the ABX-80THY showing the triple-turret, twin-spindle configuration. 

An Andair duplex fuel selector for which 

most component parts are produced on 

Citizen Miyano fixed-head lathes at 

Andair's Havant factory. Products are 

endurance-trialled on purpose-built test rigs 

and many are flown in Andair's own 

aircraft before they are released. 


EMO MILANO 

NEW WORKHOLDING PRODUCTS 

INCLUDING FOR AUTOMATED PRODUCTION 

Roemheld will launch at EMO 2021 a new, 

modular, sensor-based system that digitalises 

zero-point clamping by enabling digital 

recording of its status. STARK.intelligence 

enables data on workpiece loading and 

unloading to be integrated directly into an 

automated manufacturing process. Information 

is also provided on the condition of the 

clamping equipment to facilitate its scheduled 

maintenance. 

Each fixture is equipped with its own sensor 

box to measure position, temperature and 

pressure in real-time. A master unit receives 

data from several units and outputs the 

information to different devices via an IO-Link. 

The device can be the machine tool's control 

screen, computers in the quality assurance 

department or the service engineer's 

smartphone. 

STARK.intelligence can be combined with 

various STARK zero-point clamping systems 

and may be retrofitted easily to machine tables 

and quick-release fixture plates. Due to the 

modular design, users are able to choose 

between individual components or a complete 

solution, which may include the integration of 

an RFID interface that automatically detects 

pallets and workpieces. 

Another introduction at the show will be a 

range of compact bore clamps with a large 

clamping range for five-sided machining. The 

devices hold internally, exerting force both 

radially outwards and downwards against a 

support surface. The new models enable safe 

location in bores from 5.2 mm to 13.7 mm, so are 

suitable for clamping small workpieces. Bore 

size can be easily adjusted through 

interchangeable bushings while the clamping 

element remains in its fixture. Worn bushings 

can be replaced within a few minutes. 

The support height is also easily adjustable 

to suit workpieces having clamping surfaces at 

different levels. Air blast helps to keep the 

bushing clean and ensures reliable operation. It 

is possible to check if the workpiece is clamped 

or unclamped, whether it is correctly located 

and if the clamping bolt is intact, so the devices 

can also be used in automated applications. 

A third innovation at the exhibition will be a 

compact flat lever clamp designed for use on 

fixtures in machine tools with low pressure 

hydraulics between 70 and 120 bar. It 

complements the successful Roemheld series 

rated at up to 250 bar. The hydraulic, doubleacting 

element is suitable for mounting in any 

position. There are built-in and block-type 

varieties as well as versions without a housing 

for installation in restricted spaces. 

Roemheld will also show two models from 

its large range of machine vices. Most flexible is 

the Hilma VarioLine, which is used vertically or 

horizontally and may be quickly adapted to 

different workpiece sizes due to magneticallysecured, 

quick-change jaws that can be 

exchanged in a single action. They can be 

individually configured using various 

parameters to adapt them to different machines 

and applications. 

Web: www.roemheld.co.uk 

PRODUCTIVITY, PROFITABILITY AND PLANET DRIVE 

MAZAK FOCUS FOR EMO 

Yamazaki Mazak is heading to this year’s EMO 

with 12 machines complimented by a range of 

automation and technology solutions that promise 

to deliver the three key customer benefits of 

productivity, profitability and environmentallyaware 

manufacturing operations. 

The Mazak stand at EMO 2021, which runs 

from the 4th to the 9th October 2021 in Hall 5, 

Stand E01 of the Fiera Milano in Milan, will 

focus on how technology can make machine 

users faster, leaner, greener and more 

intelligent. 

The Mazak stand will showcase a host of 

new machines, including integrated automation 

solutions, vertical machining centres and the 

most recent additions to the INTEGREX i-H 

series. Under its theme of ‘Discover More’, 

Mazak will display two world debuts at the 

show and another machine being exhibited for 

the first time in Europe. 

In addition, Mazak will display its latest 

CNC technology, MAZATROL SmoothEz, 

featuring a 15” touchscreen and an intuitive 

operating system to deliver increased efficiency 

through faster setup, programming and 

operation for those with limited NC 

programming experience. 

One of the key themes will be automation 

with over half of the products showcased with 

integrated automation systems on show 

including the latest generation of its flagship 

PALLETECH system, a new collaborative robot 

system and Mazak’s latest 5-axis automation 

solutions for high-mix, low volume work. 

Environmentally-aware manufacturing will 

also be a key focus with technologies such as 

energy dashboards and digital services helping 

customers to measure energy utilisation and 

CO2 impact. 

Mazak will also exhibit the latest in virtual 

machining with the next generation of 

MAZATROL SmoothAi and Digital Twin 

technology that can deliver machine and 

engineering data directly to those who need it 

supporting production plans and business 

decisions. 

For those that are unable to attend the show 

in Milan this year, Mazak will make available a 

digital experience where customers can 

discover all the latest and new technologies. 

Richard Smith, European Group Managing 

Director at Yamazaki Mazak, commented: “Our 

theme is ‘Discover More’, but our focus is on the 

benefits that Mazak users can gain from being 

faster, leaner, greener and more intelligent in 

their machining operations. 

“We want to clearly define the benefits of 

Mazak machines and their impact on 

productivity and profitability. We will 

demonstrate how lean manufacturing means 

you can get more from your machines and your 

people, and how in-built intelligence can drive 

even greater efficiencies in machining 

operations. Most importantly, we will also 

focus on how greener manufacturing can 

benefit the planet and the bottom line. I’m 

looking forward to welcoming machine users 

from across Europe to our stand and showing 

them a range of new technologies.” 

Web: www.mazakeu.co.uk 


EMO MILANO 

MICROMACHINING 

THE SMART WAY 

At the forthcoming EMO exhibition, 

CHIRON will present its Micro5 compact 

machining centre. The remarkably small 

machine that is now available in the UK from 

Wellesbourne based Engineering Technology 

Group (ETG) guarantees maximum precision 

for small workpieces. 

The smallest medical instruments and 

delicate parts for the micro-manufacturing, 

watchmaking and jewellery industries 

require machining that is both highly precise 

and also dynamic - that's where the Micro5 

machining centre by FACTORY5 comes into 

its own. The five-axis machine is extremely 

compact and quick and easy to set up almost 

anywhere. With a 5:1 ratio of machine to 

workpieces, and a five-times lower weight, 

not to mention 50-times lower energy 

consumption than conventional systems, the 

innovative machining centre is destined to 

open new opportunities to UK 

manufacturers. 

The central element of the Micro5, which 

is literally the size of a fridge – is a highperformance 

milling spindle. This reduces 

the machining time significantly compared to 

larger machines. Tool changes take less than 

five seconds. Thanks to its particularly high 

rigidity, the compact, five-axis machining 

centre also ensures high precision and 

optimum surface quality. At just 500 Watts, 

the Micro5 also consumes very little energy. 

It is operated simply by an intuitive HMI 

panel and with a noise level under 50 

decibels, it’s quieter than a dishwasher. 

Early users of the Micro5 were 

particularly keen to achieve increased 

autonomy – they wanted the machine to 

allow automatic loading for higher 

production capacity. Chiron and ETG have 

answered this call with the Feed5, a six-axis 

handling robot for loading and unloading, 

which automatically feeds in workpieces. As 

compact as the Micro5 is, the Feed5 is 

particularly useful for enabling increased 

autonomy and productivity for longer series 

runs as the handling system loads the 

machine. The maximum workpiece size for 

the Micro5 is 50 by 50 by 50mm. 

www.engtechgroup.com 

RENISHAW PROCESS AUTOMATION 

TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCTIVITY AND 

SUSTAINABILITY AT EMO MILANO 2021 

Global engineering technologies company, 

Renishaw, is showcasing its latest industrial 

metrology process automation technologies 

at EMO Milano 2021. 

Renishaw’s solutions for process 

automation deliver improved productivity 

and enhanced sustainability, ensuring 

manufacturers get more from their existing 

plant and equipment, while reducing energy 

consumption. 

Today’s manufacturers are increasingly 

looking to automation to drive operational 

efficiency and overcome skill shortages on 

the shop floor. However, only with process 

automation technologies in place can you 

implement the physical automation of your 

operations. Physical automation in turn leads 

to increased productivity, and productivity 

to sustainability through reduced waste and 

energy consumption. 

Renishaw’s industrial metrology 

technologies are a critical enabler for factory 

automation and addressing skills shortages 

in manufacturing. Renishaw uses high levels 

of automation and connectivity to master 

consistent, automated and productive metal 

cutting in its own production facilities. It 

now helps its partners to apply these 

technologies and integrate smart factory 

automation into their own production 

processes. 

By implementing Renishaw process 

automation technologies manufacturers can 

extend the life of their plant and equipment, 

increasing machine uptime and output 

without adding any extra machines. With 

businesses increasingly focused on their 

environmental impact and the need to reduce 

costs, Renishaw’s products also help 

customers to reduce energy consumption 

and minimise waste. For example, by 

reducing unproductive machine time, 

eliminating scrap components and reducing 

the total energy 

consumption required to 

produce the same level of 

machined components. 

Capture more data for 

greater control with 

Renishaw’s next-generation 

radio transmission probing 

system for machine tools 

Machine tool spindle 

probing technologies are key 

to process automation. Data 

relating to the condition of 

parts and tools, the 

performance of machines, 

process trends, interventions 

and environmental effects 

all reflect what is happening 

at critical points in a manufacturing process. 

Data can be analysed and automatically 

adjusted for tool wear and drift, before a bad 

part is produced – all in the pursuit of zero 

waste, re-work and manual intervention. 

New for EMO Milano 2021, Renishaw is 

previewing its RMI-QE next-generation 

radio transmission system for probing on 

machine tools. RMI-QE enables reliable, 

automated, on-machine tool setting, tool 

breakage detection, part set up and part 

verification capability. Integrating probing 

for process control into manufacturing 

processes can provide the data 

manufacturers need to significantly improve 

productivity, machine utilisation and reduce 

reliance on operators and human 

intervention. 

New ultrasonic probe increases the 

REVO® system’s multi-sensor capability 

Also new from Renishaw for EMO Milano 

2021, is the RUP1 ultrasonic probe for use 

with the REVO 5-axis measurement system 

on co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs). 

The RUP1 probe adds ultrasonic thickness 

inspection to the REVO system’s existing 

product range. Unlike many other ultrasonic 

systems, RUP1 does not require the use of 

water tanks or coupling gel to enable a good 

transmission of the signal. Instead, it uses an 

innovative elastomer tip ball to provide 

excellent coupling between the probe and the 

material. As a result, the RUP1 probe 

removes the need for skilled operators to 

interpret oscilloscope screens, and it releases 

shop floor real estate as immersion tanks and 

deep bore CMMs are not required. 

Further information on Renishaw’s latest 

process automation solutions for improved 

productivity and sustainability, visit hall 5, 

stand C14 at EMO Milano 2021 (4-9 October 

2021). 

www.renishaw.com 


DUGARD NEW 

MACHINES AT 

EMO 

At the forthcoming EMO exhibition, the 

principal partners of Dugard Machine Tools 

will be introducing a host of new machine 

tools that will be available from Dugard this 

autumn. The new arrivals include highly 

productive sliding head turning centres from 

Hanwha, robust turning centres from SMEC 

and multi-axis high-end machining centres 

from Kitamura. 

For manufacturers of turned parts, 

Hanwha will be demonstrating the 

capabilities of its new Hanwha XDI26 and 

XDI32 sliding head turning centres. 

Available from Dugard, the new Hanwha 

XDI26 and XDI32 are sliding head turning 

centres that provide a turning capacity of 

26mm and 32mm diameter respectively. The 

3-path 9-axis independent opposite gang tool 

machines demonstrate exceptional levels of 

productivity and flexibility for all your small 

turned part machining applications. The 

compact production centres are supplied 

with a FANUC 31iB CNC control, 7 turning 

tools plus 4 front and 7 rear ER16M tools as 

well as a multitude of cross drill and B-axis 

tools for optimum flexibility. As standard, 

the new XDI machines include cross drilling 

units, guide bush holder, coolant flow 

sensors, superimposed control, part 

conveyor and more. The optional extras are 

seemingly endless – ensuring that Dugard 

can facilitate all of your small turned part 

needs with this new series. 

For the turning of larger parts, SMEC will 

be introducing the new PL2000 and NS2100 

turning centres. The SMEC PL2000 Series is a 

6 or 8-inch chuck machine with a 45-degree 

slant bed with torque tubing for heavy-duty 

machining. Available in several variants, the 

new PL2000 offers a swing over bed of 

570mm with a machining length up to 

307mm and a through bore capacity of 61 or 

76mm depending upon the chosen variant. 

With a powerful 11/18.5kW spindle motor 

and up to 12 tool positions on a turret, the 

PL2000 is a compact and powerful 

workhorse that will improve productivity 

and performance for any turned part 

manufacturer. 

www.dugard.com 

EMO MILANO 

COME AND MEET THE PEOPLE 

BEHIND HYPERMILL ® 

The EMO metalworking exhibition being 

held from 4 to 9 October 2021 will provide a 

great opportunity for manufacturers to meet 

the OPEN MIND Technologies AG team and 

discuss their challenges with machining 

specialists from many sectors in person. 

Version 2021.2, the most recent release of the 

hyperMILL® CAD/CAM suite, will also be 

presented at booth G12 in hall 7. 

The CAD/CAM specialists will also be 

providing an early look at what’s to come in 

Version 2022.1 as well as demonstrating the 

hyperMILL® VIRTUAL Machining Center 

that generates simulations based on real NC 

data and creates a perfect virtual rendering of 

reality in the machine, marking the first step 

in advanced process optimisation and 

automation. 

OPEN MIND provides innovative 

technologies for 2.5D to 5-axis simultaneous 

machining, additive manufacturing and 

automation. Playing a central role in process 

optimisation is hyperMILL® VIRTUAL 

Machining, this simulates and optimises 

machining operations using a digital twin, 

Gleason Corporation will showcase the latest 

technologies in design, manufacturing and 

inspection of cylindrical and bevel gears. 

Special focus will be given to the new 

KISSsoft Gear and Transmission Design 

Capabilities, 100%-In-Process Control, Gear 

Noise Analysis and live manufacturing 

demonstrations from Gleason operations 

around the globe. 

Gleason will present several new 

products with live webcasts directly from its 

global operations including a world 

premiere, the 280HCD Genesis® Gear 

Hobbing Machine with Integrated Chamfer 

Hobbing, high precision Threaded Wheel 

and Polish Grinding, combined Power 

Skiving and gear hobbing, and the new 

Phoenix® 500C Bevel Gear Cutting Machine 

with Pentac® Ecoblade Cutter System for 

considering the individual machine 

kinematics. 

Alongside live demonstrations on CAM 

workstations, OPEN MIND will also be 

presenting machining examples to showcase 

the wide range of functions the software has 

to offer. The main attraction this time around 

will be an aluminium panther that will be on 

display on the booth. This extraordinary, 

highly detailed piece is the outcome of a 

collaboration with OPEN MIND and the tool 

clamping experts at HAIMER GmbH, who 

are sponsors of the German Ice Hockey 

League (DEL) team, the Augsburg Panthers. 

www.openmind-tech.com 

CLOSED LOOP MANUFACTURING, 100% 

IN-PROCESS QUALITY CONTROL WITH 

GEAR NOISE ANALYSIS, AND LIVE DEMOS 

bevel gears up to 500 mm in diameter. 

Experts will be available to answer questions 

and demonstrate specific features of 

products. For customers not able to 

participate in EMO 2021, Gleason’s 

“emotions” virtual showrooms will be 

available to experience all exhibits remotely. 

For more details, please refer to Gleason’s 

website and social media channels. 

www.gleason.com/emotionsregistration 

The Gleason Show Team is looking 

forward to welcoming customers to booth 

E26 during EMO Show in Milano, Italy. 

Attendees can schedule meetings at the 

Gleason booth in advance to ensure that 

appropriate expert personnel are available. 

Book an appointment: 

www.gleason.com/emo2021 


CASE STUDY 

GERMAN STEEL STOCKHOLDER BENEFITS FROM 

ADVANCED WAREHOUSE SOFTWARE 

The warehouse management system (WMS) 

KASTOlogic and the intelligent app 

KASTOlogic mobile, two software solutions 

from industrial warehouse system 

manufacturer Kasto, are helping to streamline 

the operation of automated and manual storage 

areas at Schwarzwald-Eisenhandel GmbH & 

Co.KG (SchwarzwaldEisen). They are allowing 

the steel stockholder to accelerate its processes, 

minimise error rate and track orders seamlessly. 

SchwarzwaldEisen has become the leading 

steel distributor in the Baden-Württemberg 

state of south-west Germany, delivering 

approximately 120,000 tonnes of material per 

year. The fourth-generation, family-run 

company dates back to 1870. Since 1966, the 

headquarters has been located in Lahr and the 

company has since opened other facilities in 

Freiburg im Breisgau, Bad Säckingen and 

Karlsruhe. There are also subsidiaries in the 

Rhineland-Palatinate state in Germany as well 

as in Switzerland. 

Dr Steffen Marco Auer, joint managing 

director together with his brother Ingo Auer 

and Alexander Hatt said, “We focus on organic 

growth and running a decentralised 

organisation. Instead of operating one major 

facility, we have several regional sites that are 

close to the customer, enabling fast and flexible 

deliveries. 

“Efficient communication between the 

individual locations and well-organised 

logistics are essential for such an operation. 

That is why we structure all subsidiaries 

according to a similar principle and utilise 

proven and standardised technologies and 

processes across the sites.” 

SchwarzwaldEisen uses Kasto as the 

preferred supplier of storage systems. For about 

eight years, an automated storage system in 

Lahr from the UNICOMPACT 3.0 series has 

been providing quick and efficient storage and 

retrieval of solid bar, tube and section up to six 

metres in length. The stockholder offers a range 

of materials consisting of around 10,000 

products, mainly construction steel, stainless 

steel and also aluminium. 

Seventy to 80 per cent of orders for steel 

section are semi-processed to customers’ 

specifications using machine tools in Freiburg. 

Dr Steffen Marco Auer, joint managing 

director at SchwarzwaldEisen. 

For about eight years, SchwarzwaldEisen in Lahr has operated a Kasto UNICOMPACT 

3.0 automated storage system for long stock, allowing quick and efficient storage and 

retrieval of bar, tube and section up to six metres long. 

For long stock, the Kasto system supplies 

material to two removal stations via an 

operating gantry crane having short access 

times based on a material-to-operator principle. 

Sheet material is stored in a separate, manually 

operated area. 

Steffen Auer outlined the challenges by 

stating, “Our customers expect us to provide 

fast, error-free and trackable deliveries. To 

ensure this, we depend on a simple, clear and 

reliable control system for our entire material 

flow.” 

SchwarzwaldEisen uses the eNVenta 

inventory management system (IMS) across all 

of its sites. The storage system in Lahr is linked 

to it via an interface created specifically for the 

purpose, as is the case for two other automated 

Kasto storage systems at Karlsruhe and 

Westerwald in Rhineland-Palatinate. It ensures 

standardised order management and a high 

level of inventory transparency. The IMS 

transfers order data electronically to the 

KASTOlogic WMS, which in turn triggers the 

required material to be called up at the 

respective site. All processes can be tracked 

seamlessly, virtually eliminating operational 

errors. 

Steffen Auer added, “In the past, our 

manually operated metal sheet warehouses 

required paper-based management. It was not 

always easy to locate the required material in 

the long rows of shelves. Due to the broad 

product range, staff sometimes removed the 

wrong sheets or incorrect quantities and the 

customer did not always receive what was 

ordered.” 

To integrate these storage areas into the 

intelligent electronic control system, Kasto 

engineers assessed the problem and developed 

a solution to display all storage areas in a 

standardised and consistent control format. 

One of the tools used was KASTOlogic mobile, 

a platform-independent, mobile version of 

KASTOlogic. The software makes it possible to 

use the essential functions of the WMS on 

mobile devices such as tablets and 

smartphones, independently from the 

UNICOMPACT’s operator panels. 

The mobile facility is able to manage the 

UNICOMPACT automated storage system for 

long stock and, just as easily and flexibly, the 

manually operated metal sheet storage area. 

Warehouse staff have access to order and 

product data at any time. When removing 

sheets, the system directs the operator to the 

respective storage location and specifies the 

required quantity. 

The shelves have QR and bar codes. When 

an operator scans one with the mobile device, 

the material’s removal is confirmed and a 

replenishment order is triggered if the 

inventory is running low. All information is 

available both in the WMS and IMS via 

customised interfaces. The software system is 

scalable to include other sites as required. 

Both the storage system and the control 

system can be serviced remotely. Kasto is able 

to access the software and clear malfunctions 

quickly and easily at any time. If necessary, a 

service engineer can be on-site from the 

supplier’s Achern headquarters at short notice. 

Stephan Auer concluded, “The concept is 

impressive in every aspect and we want to 

implement it at our other locations to help us 

become even more efficient across all of our 

sites. If an ordered product is not in stock at a 

specific facility, it can be found in the system 

quickly and delivered from another site.” 

www.kasto.com 

Thanks to KASTOlogic mobile, warehouse 

employees have access to order and product 

data at any time, preventing errors and 

increasing efficiency. 


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London Office: Tel: 0208 944 1898 Fax: 0208 879 7269 

Email: london@ppauctions.com 

AUCTIONS & VALUATIONS 

LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON 

Email: plantsales@lsh.co.uk Web: www.lsh.co.uk/assetadvisory 

Bristol Office: 

Desk Lodge House, Redcliffe Way, Bristol BS1 6NL. 

Tel: 0117 926 6666 

Birmingham Office: 

Interchange Place, Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 2TA. 

Tel: 0121 236 2066 

Exeter Office: 

Sterling Court, 16 Dix’s Field, Exeter EX1 1QP. Tel: 01392 880180 

Leeds Office: 

9 Bond Court, Leeds LS1 2JZ. Tel: 0113 245 9393 

Southampton Office: 

3rd Floor, Enterprise House, Ocean Way, Southampton, 

Hampshire SO14 3XB. Tel: 023 8033 0041 

London Office: 

UK House, 180 Oxford Street, London W1D 1NN. Tel: 0207 198 2000 

Manchester Office: 

6th Floor, 3 Hardman Street, Spinning fields, Manchester M3 3HF. 

Tel: 0161 228 6411 

Nottingham Office: 

First Floor, City Gate East, Tollhouse Hill, Nottingham NG1 5FS. 

Tel: 0115 950 1414 

Newcastle Office: 

41-51 Grey Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 6EE. 

Tel: 0191 232 6291 

Auction Office: 

1st Floor, 2 Manor Court, Barnes Wallis Road, Fareham, 

Hampshire PO15 5TH. 

Tel: 023 8046 1643 

BARRELLING/SUPER FINISHING 

SHARMIC ENGINEERING LIMITED 

Vibratory/shotblast finishing. New & Used vibratory machines, repairs & 

consumables 

Baldwin Road, Stourport-on-Severn, Worcs. 

Tel: 01299 878123 Fax: 01299 879409 

Email: info@sharmic.co.uk Website: www.sharmic.co.uk 

BROACHING AND KEY WAY CUTTING 

ALCESTER BROACH & TOOL CO. LTD. 

Comprehensive sub-contracting broaching facilities, including own 

tooling. Broach manufacturing and re-grind & repair services. The total 

broaching service. 

Pipers Road, Park Farm South, Redditch, Worcs B98 OHU 

Tel: 01527 523107 Fax: 01527 526137 

Email: sales@alcesterbroach.com www.alcesterbroach.com 

BROACHING AND KEY WAY CUTTING 

B & H GEARS LTD 

Spur, helical, bevel. racks and pinions, sprockets, timing pulleys, 

worms and wormwheels, gear crowning/barrelling/tapering, splining, 

serration, broaching, internal and external gears. 

Star Ironworks, Greenacres Road, Oldham, Lancs. OL4 2BT 

Tel: 0161 627 4610 

Fax: 0161 628 3141 

Email: sales@bandhgears.co.uk Web: www.bandhgears.co.uk 

CNC GRINDING 

AARON MANUFACTURING LTD 

ISO 9001:2015 registered. 7 CNC Grinders, cylindrical and fully 

universal internal / external, Int Process gauging, modern 

manufacturing facility. 

Unit K, L & M, 25-27 Willis Way, Poole, Dorset BH15 3TD 

Tel: 01202 670071 

Fax: 01202 682952 

Email: aaron@aaroncnc.co.uk Web: aaronmanufacturing.co.uk 

CENTRAL GRINDING SERVICES LTD 

Precision Internal & External C.N.C. Grinding, 50 offs up to large qtys, 

all materials including Exotics, Carbide & Coatings. ISO 9001-2000. 

3A Pomery Drive, Oadby Industrial Estate, Oadby, Leicester LE2 5NE. 

Tel: 0116 271 8188 Fax: 0116 271 8199 

Email: info@centralgrinding.co.uk 

Web: www.centralgrindingservices.co.uk 

CNC MACHINE TOOLS SPARES AND 

SERVICE, REPAIRS 

CNC SYSTEMS LTD 

Fanuc Systems & Fuji AC and DC drive repairs, supply of spares and 

installation. 

40 Redwoods, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 1JN Tel: 07740 187341 Tel: 01932 

830492 

Email: offices@cncsystemsltd.co.uk 

Web: www.cncsystemsltd.co.uk 

CNC PROGRAMMING & TRAINING 

GARDNER CNC 

For Training: Programming: CAD/CAM Systems: Technical Assistance 

and more. Help is just a phone call away. 

1 Green Hill Farm, Bishop Itchington, Warwickshire CV4 72SS 

Tel: 01926 614882 Fax: 01926 614884 

Email: info@gardner-cnc.co.uk 

CNC RETROFITTING 

MACHINERY PLANT SERVICES LTD 

Specialists in Retrofitting all types of Press Brakes and Guillotines - 

App. UK Agent for CYBELEC Controls 

38a Doddington Road, Earls Barton, Northampton NN6 0NF 

Tel: 01604 811634 Fax: 01604 811123 

Web: www.cybelec.co.uk 

Email: info@machinery-plant-servs.com 

CNC TURNING / MILLING 






Tel: 0161 627 4610 Fax: 0161 628 3141 

Email: sales@bandhgears.co.uk 

Web: www.bandhgears.co.uk 

N.A.B. PRECISION TOOLING LTD 

Up to 2 metres Diameter CNC Turning 900 Diameter x 4 meter BC. 

Knowl Piece, Wilbury Way, Hitchin, Herts SG4 0TY 

Tel: 01462 456565 Fax: 01462 420039 

Email: nab_sales@btconnect.com 

Web: www.nabprecisiontooling.com 

S E R V I C E P R O V I D E R S - I n c r e a s e y o u r c u s t o m e r b a s e f o r l e s s t h a n £ 2 a w e e k 



CNC VERTICAL BORING 

N.A.B. PRECISION TOOLING LTD 

Up to 2 metres Diameter CNC Turning 900 Diameter x 4 meter BC. 


Tel: 01462 456565 Fax: 01462 420039 

Email: nab_sales@btconnect.com Web: www.nabprecisiontooling.com 

COIL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT 

BULLDOG INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS 

Rollforming machinery, Decoilers, Straighteners, Pressfeeds, CNC 

folding, Shearing, Fully automated production lines, Cut to length, 

Slitting and all coil process machinery. 

SK9 7TN. 

Tel: 0161 477 0775 

Email: sales@bulldog-uk.com 

Web: www.bulldog-uk.com 

DEEP HOLE BORING 

HONE-ALL PRECISION LTD 

Capacity Available – Call us today! 

AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015 & Rolls Royce approved supplier for: Deep 

Hole Boring, Deep Hole Drilling, CNC Honing & CNC Turning, ø2.5mm – 

220mm internal diameter x over 3 metres long. Prototype to production 

batch, aluminium to aermet, for the highest levels of quality and 

service, contact us for a quote today! 

Cherrycourt Way, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. LU7 4UH. 

Tel: 0845 555 5111 / 01525 370666 Fax: 0845 555 5222 

Email: sales@hone-all.co.uk 

Web: www.hone-all.co.uk 

SUBCON DRILLING LTD 

ISO 9001 : 2000 Quality Assured Company. The UK Leader in Ejector 

Drilling, Gun Drilling & Honing, fast response and turnaround. 

Subcon Drilling, Unit 6, The Heron Business Park, Eastman Way, 

Hemel Hempstead HP2 7FW. Tel: 01442 205960 Fax: 01442 205961 

Email: dean@subcondrilling.co.uk 

Web: www.subcondrilling.co.uk 

DEEP HOLE DRILLING 









Tel: 0845 555 5111 / 01525 370666 Fax: 0845 555 5222 

Email: sales@hone-all.co.uk 

Web: www.hone-all.co.uk 

DIGITAL READOUT EQUIPMENT 

machine dro 

DRO supplier of all major brands including M-DRO, Newall, Acu-rite, Mitutoyo. 

Linear and rotary encoders specialist. Install, repairs and spares. 

Machine DRO Dept, Pindar Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 0BZ, UK. 

Tel: +44 (0)1992 455921 Email: sales@machine-dro.co.uk Web: www.machine-dro.co.uk 

WARREN MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS 

Independent DRO company offering sales & service on all makes of 

DRO. 

9 Woodford Road, Burton, Latimer, Northants, NN15 5UX 

Tel: 01536 722712 Fax: 01536 609025 

Email heather@warrenmeasurement.co.uk 

FINANCE FOR MACHINERY 

CITY AND EUROPEAN ASSET FINANCE LIMITED 

Independent finance broker funding machinery of all types, new or 

used on Hire Purchase or Lease. 

Bay Tree House, Ricksons Lane, West Horsley, Surrey, KT24 6HU 

Tel: 01483 280111 Fax: 01483 280117 

Email: dmcphillips@leasingfinance.com Web: www.cityandeuropean.co.uk 

Contact Name: Duncan McPhillips.City and European Asset Finance Ltd is 

authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. 

FULLY AUTOMATED PRODUCTION 

BULLDOG INDUSTRIAL HOLDINGS 

Rollforming machinery, Decoilers, Straighteners, Pressfeeds, CNC 

folding, Shearing, Fully automated production lines, Cut to length, 

Slitting and all coil process machinery. 

SK9 7TN. 

Tel: 0161 477 0775 Email: sales@bulldog-uk.com 

Web: www.bulldog-uk.com 

GEAR CUTTING 






Tel: 0161 627 4610 Fax: 0161 628 3141 

Email: sales@bandhgears.co.uk Web: www.bandhgears.co.uk 

GRINDING 

CENTRAL GRINDING SERVICES LTD. 

Precision grinding, 1 offs - batchwork, all materials, universal, surface, 

centreless and thread grinding universal up to 2 metres long 

3 Pomeroy Drive, Oadby Industrial Estate, Oadby, Leiceester, LE2 5NE 

Tel: 0116 2718188 Fax: 0116 2718199 Email:info@centralgrinding.co.uk 

Website: www.centralgrindingservices.co.uk 

GUARDING 

CRESCENT MACHINERY 

PUWER Inspections, all types of machinery guarding. Mechanical 

barriers or infra-red guarding, full perimeter interlock guarding. 

Group Rhodes Limited, Unit 21, Calder Vale Road, Wakefield WF1 9RD. 

Email: information@grouprhodes.co.uk 

Tel: +44 (0) 1924 371161 

GUILLOTINE BLADES 

CRESCENT MACHINERY 

Regrinding + Turning Service, same day regrinding if pre-booked. 

New blades any size or make of machine. 

To cut all materials. Onsite service all makes of Guillotines. 

Group Rhodes Limited, Unit 21, Calder Vale Road, Wakefield WF1 9RD. 

Email: information@grouprhodes.co.uk 

Tel:+44 (0) 1924 371161 

GUN DRILLING 









Tel: 0845 555 5111 / 01525 370666 Fax: 0845 555 5222 

Email: sales@hone-all.co.uk Web: www.hone-all.co.uk 



Drilling, Gundrilling & Honing, fast response and turnaround. 

Subcon Drilling, Unit 6, The Heron Business Park, Eastmman Way, Hemel 

Hempstead. 

Tel: 01442 205960 Fax: 01442 205960 

Email: subcondrilling@aol.com Web: www.subcondrilling.co.uk 

HONING 

APPERLEY HONING LTD 

Honing capacity available from 3.00mm to 750.00mm diameter and 

lengths up to 15metres. ISO 9002 

Contact: Michelle Sanders, 

Malmesbury Road, Kingsditch Trading Estate, Cheltenham GL51 9PL 

Tel: 01242 525868 Fax: 01242 224738 

Email: michelle@apperleyhoning.co.uk 

Web: www.apperleyhoning.co.uk 




HONING 









Tel: 0845 555 5111 / 01525 370666 Fax: 0845 555 5222 

Email: sales@hone-all.co.uk Web: www.hone-all.co.uk 



Drilling, Gun Drilling & Honing, fast response and turnaround. 

Subcon Drilling, Unit 6, The Heron Business Park, Eastmman Way, Hemel 

Hempstead. 

Tel: 01442 205960 Fax: 01442 205960 

Email:dean@subcondrilling.co.uk Web: www.subcondrilling.co.uk 

INSPECTION EQUIPMENT 

MIDLAND METROLOGY LTD 

Profile projectors, vision systems, hardness testers, granite plates/tables/squares – 

used inspection equipment, calibration laboratory. 

Unit G3, Little Heath Industrial Estate, Old Church Road, Coventry CV6 7ND 

Tel: +44 (0) 2476 638280 Fax: +44 (0)2476 638772 Email: sales@midland-metrology.co.uk 

LAPPING 

KEMET INTERNATIONAL LTD 

70 years experience in Lapping and Polishing Systems and 

Consumables, fast and efficient contract Lapping service. 

Cuxton Road, Maidstone, Kent ME15 9NJ 

Tel: 01622 755287 Fax: 01622 670915 

Email: sales@kemet.co.uk Web: www.kemet-lapping.co.uk 

PRECISION LAPPING LTD. 

16 Marine Way, Hogwood Lane Industrial Estate, Finchampstead, Berks 

RG40 4RF 

Tel: 0118 973 5989 Fax: 0118 973 7241 Web: www.precision-lapping.co.uk 

LASER CALIBRATION 

C.D. MEASUREMENTS LTD 

Specialists in laser calibration of machine tools & measuring 

equipment. UKAS accredited. No. 0344 for on site calibration. 

Chomlea House, Hadfield Road, Hadfield, Glossop, Derbys. SK13 2ER 

Tel: 01457 852929 Fax: 01457 860619 www.cdmeasurements.com 

MACHINE TOOL REBUILD 

BLUE DIAMOND MACHINE TOOLS LTD 

Suppliers of new and used machine tools, rebuilding and repairs, 

suppliers of new tooling and sub-contract slideway grinding, CNC 

retrofitting. 

Unit 6B, Hackworth Park Industrial Estate, Shildon, 

County Durham DL4 1HG 

Tel: 01388 776052 Fax: 01388 774770 

Email: sales@bdmtools.co.uk 

Website: www.bluediamondmachinetools.co.uk 

METROL 

CNC SYSTEMS LTD 

High accuracy sensors. Used on CNC Lathes, Machining Centres and Grinders. 

40 Redwoods, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 1JN 

Tel: 01932 830492 Mob: 07740 187341 

Email: offices@cncsystemsltd.co.uk Web: www.cncsystemsltd.co.uK 

PRESS SERVICING MAINTENANCE 

GROUP RHODES LTD 

(Competitive OEM Mechanical and Electrical repairs to Rhodes, HME, 

Bentley, Cowlishaw Walker and other makes. Full Spares service and 

free advice on CE/PUWER legislation. ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and CE 

(Lloyds) approved) 

PO Box 740, Calder Vale Road, Wakefield, WF1 5PE. 

Tel: +44 (0)1924 371161 Fax +44 (0)1924 370928 

Email: sales@grouprhodes.co.uk Website: www.grouprhodes.com 

T.M.A. ENGINEERING LTD 

Power Press Specialists, Service, Spares, Repairs, Insurance 

Inspections, Maintenance, Guards. 

95-111 Tyburn Road, Erdington, Birmingham B24 8NQ 

Tel: 0121 328 1908 Fax: 0121 322 2017 

Email: sales@TMAeng.co.uk Web: www.TMAeng.co.uk 

PRESSBRAKE TOOLING 

PK TOOLING 

New & Used Pressbrake Tooling supplier for most makes of machines 

282 Newton Road, Rushden, Northants, NN10 0SY. 

Tel: 01933 355726 

Email: sales@pktooling.com Web: www.pktooling.com 

PRODUCTION CONTROL SOFTWARE 

PSL DATATRACK 

Production control software for sub-contractors and precision engineers. 

Quotations, Sales & Works Orders, Process Layouts, Stock Control, Purchasing, 

Scheduling, Shop Floor Data Collection, Quality & Tooling, Traceability, Financial, 

CRM. 

Lily Hill House, Lily Hill Road, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 2SJ 

Tel: 01344 827312 or 08456 345931 

Email: machworld@psldatatrack.com Web: www.psldatatrack.com 

ROLLFORMERS 

FORMIT LIMITED 

Design & supply of cold Rollform Equipment & Tooling, Press Feeding 

& Coil Processing Equipment. New & Used Machinery For Sale 

Unit 3, City Estate, Corngreaves Road, Cradley Heath, West Midlands B64 

7EP. 

Tel: 01384 895150 Fax: 01384 895303 

Email: sales@formit.co.uk Web: www.formit.co.uk 

ROLLING MILLS 

DURSTON ROLLING MILLS 

Rolling mills for all applications 

Progress House, Hospital Hill, Waterside, Chesham, Bucks, HP5 1PJ 

Tel: 01494 535388 Fax: 01494 792966 

Email: sales@durston.co.uk Web: www.durston.com 

ROTARY TABLES 

1st MACHINE TOOL ACCESSORIES 

4th & 5th Axis tables and custom-buillt solutions. 

1 The Headlands, Downton, Salisbury, Wilts SP5 3JJ 

Tel: 01725 514000 Email: enquiries@kitagawaeurope.com 

SAWING 

ADDISON SAWS LTD 

(Sawing machine and consumables specialists. Est. 55 years) 

Attwood Street, Lye, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY9 8RU 

Tel: 01384 264950 Fax: 01384 264955 

Email: sales@addisonsaws.co.uk Web: www.addisonsaws.co.uk 

BEHRINGER LTD 

(SAWING MACHINE SUPPLIER ESTABLISHED OVER 100 YEARS ) 

Subsidiary of the parent company Behringer GmbH, in Germany. Behringer, 

Behringer Eisele and Vernet Behringer products 

Complete range of billet cutting and mitre cutting, band saws and circular 

cold saws and plate saws including Vernet Behringer structural fabrication 

processing equipment. 

Handling equipment to suit specific requirements 

After sales and service and support across the UK with next day delivery. 

Demonstrations available at our service centre 

Tel 01296 668259. Web: www.behringerltd.co.uk 

E mail info@behringerltd.co.uk 

ADS PRECISION LTD 

For all your metal cutting needs. Suppliers of new & used metal sawing 

bandsaws & circular saws (from manual to automatic CNC), Bahco bimetal 

& carbide bandsaw blades, spare parts for a wide range of saws, 

breakdown, repairs & servicing, lubricants and in house subcontract 

cutting/sawing, CNC milling, turning and machining. 

710a-716 Penistone Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 2DF 

Tel: 0114 2347352 Fax: 0114 2347362 

Email: sales@adsprecision.com Web: www.adsprecision.com 

JHP MACHINE SALES LTD 

UK agents for BEWO and RUSCH Sawing Machinery, Manual to 

Automatic and CNC Bandsaws, Automatic Tube Saws, Circular Saws, 

Blades, Breakdowns, Spares, Service and Repairs to a wide range of 

machinery. 

EchoENG: A wide range of Machine Tools i.e., Press Brakes, 

Guillotines, Machining Centers. Lathes, Mills and much much more. 

UK agents for DYNOBEND Bending and Tube end forming Machines. 

Unit 2 Phoenix Park Ind Est, Chickenhall Lane, Eastleigh SO50 6PQ 

Tel: 02381 942827 Email: sales@jhpengineeringservices.co.uk 




SCRAP METAL RECYCLING 

H. A. MASON (METALS) LTD 

Buyers of all non-ferrous scrap metals 

Two Woods Lane, off Mill Street, Brierley Hill, West Midlands DY5 1TA 

Tel: 01384 79841 Fax: 01384 76414 

Email: info@masonmetals.co.uk Web: www.masonmetals.co.uk 

SERVO MOTOR & DRIVE REPAIRS 

EUROSERV LIMITED 

Specialist Repairs to all Manufactures of Servomotors, Spindle Motors 

and Drives + Associated Equipment. 

Unit 16 & 17, Whitworth Road, Armstrong Industrial Estate, Washington, 

Tyne & Wear 

NE37 1PP. Tel: +44 (0)1915 193344 Fax: +44 (0)1915 368707 

Email: enquiries@euroservltd.net Web: www.euroservltd.net 

SERVICE & REPAIR 

TPH MACHINE TOOLS 

Offer Service & Repair on most Metalworking & Fab Machines, 

both Electrical & Mechanical 

Tel: +44 (0)1708 523916 Email: miket@tphmachinetools.co.uk 

Web: www.tphmachinetools.co.uk. Established 1923 

SHOT BLAST MACHINE ENGINEERS 

DOUG BOOTH & SONS (SHOTBLAST) LTD. 

The largest UK stocks of new and re-conditioned shotblast machines 

of all types. 

Olympia Works, Church Street, Ossett, Wakefield, West Yorks WF5 9DG 

Tel: 01924 274887 Fax: 01924 262219 

Email: paul@dougbooth.co.uk Web: www.dougbooth.co.uk 

MNB PRECISION 

MNB offer precison services including CNC Milling and Turning, Jig 

Boring, Spark-Erosion, Wire-Erosion, Grinding and Shot Peening up 8M 

long. 

Units 3-5 Binns Close, Torrington Avenue, Coventry, CV4 9TB 

Tel: +44 (0) 2476 695 959 Fax: 08721116698 

Email: info@mnbprecision.com Web: www.mnbprecision.com 

SLIDEWAY GRINDING 

BLUE DIAMOND MACHINE TOOLS LTD 

Suppliers of new and used machine tools, rebuilding and repairs, 

suppliers of new tooling and sub-contract slideway grinding, CNC 

retrofitting. 

Unit 6, Hackworth Park Industrial Estate, Sheldon, County Durham. 

Tel: 01388 776052 Fax: 01388 774770 

Email: sales@bdmtools.co.uk Web: www.bluediamondmachinetools.co.uk 

SPINDLE BUILD & REPAIR 

ROTATECH 

Specialising in all types of machine tool spindles, both mechanical & 

electromechanical. Complete removal and re-installation service offered. 

20 Cavans Way, Binley Industrial state, Binley, Coventry CN3 2SF 

Tel: 02476 452600 Fax: 02476 452645 

Email: sales@rotatech.com Web: www.rotatech.com 

SUB-CONTRACTING - GRINDING 

CENTRAL GRINDING SERVICES LTD 

Precision Internal & External C.N.C. Grinding, 50 offs up to large qtys, 

all materials including Exotics, Carbide & Coatings. ISO 9001-2000. 

3A Pomery Drive, Oadby Industrial Estate, Oadby, Leicester LE2 5NE. 

Tel: 0116 271 8188 Fax: 0116 271 8199 

Email: carl@centralgrinding.co.uk Web: www.centralgrindingservices.co.uk 

SUBCONTRACTING – HONING 

deLaPena GroUP 

Delapena subcontract honing facility provides fast, efficient and cost 

effective superior honing service. 

With our comprehensive suite of delapena honing machines we are 

known for precise, controllable and repeatable honing. 

Request a quotation today. 

The Delapena GroupThe Runnings, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. GL51 9NJ 

Email: t.elliott@delapena.co.uk Tel: 01242 516341 

SUB-CONTRACTING - SAWING, MACHINING, 

MILLING, TURNING & LATHE SERVICES 

ADS PRECISION LTD 

For all your metal cutting needs. Suppliers of new & used metal sawing 

bandsaws & circular saws (from manual to automatic CNC), Bahco bimetal 

& carbide bandsaw blades, spare parts for a wide range of saws, 

breakdown, repairs & servicing, lubricants and in house subcontract 

cutting/sawing, CNC milling, turning and machining. 

710a-716 Penistone Road, Hillsborough, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 2DF 

Tel: 0114 2347352 Fax: 0114 2347362 

Email: sales@adsprecision.com Web: www.adsprecision.com 

THREAD CUTTING 

KINGSTON ENGINEERING Co (HULL) LTD 

Specialist manufacturers and producers of bespoke Power Screws. We 

offer a variety of specialised engineering services and based on using 

materials and specifications to suit customer's exact needs, we 

produce complimentary nuts and fittings. 

Pennington Street, Hull, HU8 7LD 

Tel: 01482 325676 Fax: 01482 216438 Mobile: 07901 857045 

www.kingston-engineering.co.uk Email : paul@kingston-engineering.co.uk 

TOOL MAKERS 

BRM PRECISION ENGINEERS & TOOLMAKERS LTD 

Specialist at Tooling for Aluminium and Plastic Collapsable Tubes for 

Toothpaste/Packaging. 

Unit 3, Brook Street Business Park, Brook Street, Colchester, CO1 2UZ 

Tel: 01206 794617 Fax: 01206 793839 Email: bob.rayner@btconnnect.com 

JCP SERVICES LIMITED 

Tooling For Tin Box & Bakewake Plus Precision Engineers. We 

specialise in the manufacture of tin box, bake ware and progressive 

tooling. Press work also undertaken. We also offer a large variety of 

precision engineering CNC machinery. 

Unit 50, Wakefield Commercial Park, Engine Lane, Bridge Road, Horbury 

Junction, Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF4 5NW. Tel: 01924 278585 

Email: jcpservicesltd@gmail.com Web: www.jcpservices.org.com 

TUBE MANIPULATION 

HLP TUBE FORMERS LTD 

Specialists in CNC Bending, Cutting, Welding & Fabrication 

Unit 17 Pant Glas Industrial Estate, Bedwas, Caerphilly, CF83 8DR 

Tel: 029 2086 2122 Fax: 029 2086 0823 

Email: info@hlptube.co.uk Web: www.hlptube.co.uk 

VALUATION PLANT & MACHINERY 

TPH MACHINE TOOLS 

Offer Service & Repair on most Metalworking & Fab Machines, 

both Electrical & Mechanical 

Tel: +44 (0)1708 523916 Email: miket@tphmachinetools.co.uk 

Web: www.tphmachinetools.co.uk. Established 1923 

VERTICAL BORING 

N.A.B. Precision tooling ltd 

Up to 2 metres Diameter CNC Turning. 


Tel: 01462 456565 Fax: 01462 420039 

Email: nab_sales@btconnect.com Web: www.nabprecisiontooling.com 

WATERJET CUTTING 

CROSS ENGINEERING SWANSEA LTD 

Specialists in Waterjet cutting. 2 number twin head Flow machines 

4mtr x 2mtr capacity, any material upto 200mm thickness also sub 

contract machining and fabrication capacity 

Garngoch Industrial Estate, Gorseinon, Swansea, SA4 9GE 

Web: www.crosswaterservices.co.uk www.crossengineering.co.uk 

Tel: 01792 893491 

WORKHOLDING 

1st MACHINE TOOL ACCESSORIES 

High quality work holding, fixturing, clamping, chucks & collets 

available from stock. 

1 The Headlands, Downton, Salisbury, Wilts SP5 3JJ 

Tel: 0800 783 0510 Email: enquiries@1stmta.com 



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Online Auction Sale 

Prima Optimo and Primo Syncrono C02 Laser Cutting Machines and 

Ancillaries surplus to the ongoing requirements of The Premier Group 

Bidding Ends: Tuesday 19th October 2021 at 3pm (UK Time) 

·(3) Prima Power Optimo 5-Axis C02 Laser Cutting Machines with Primach-20L CNC Controls, Donaldson Torit Dust Collectors, 

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CASE STUDY 

NEW BRUDERER PRESS IS JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF 

EUROPEAN SPRINGS & PRESSINGS £700,000 PRESS 

SHOP REDEVELOPMENT 

One of the UK’s leading manufacturers of 

precision springs, wire forms, pressings and 

assemblies has completed the relocation of its 

new press shop with the addition of a new, 

high-speed precision Bruderer press. 

European Springs & Pressings Ltd, which 

supplies customers in the automotive, 

aerospace, building products, medical and 

nuclear sectors, has installed a BSTA 410- 

110B2 and high precision servo feeder to help 

it increase capacity and target more than £1m 

of new opportunities. 

Fitted with the latest press and tool 

monitoring technology, the machine’s 

expansive 1100 mm bed, production speeds 

of up to 1600 strokes per minute and fully 

adjustable stroke between 16 and 47mm, 

makes it an ideal addition for the 

Beckenham-based firm and means it can be 

used for pretty much every product it makes. 

Continuing its policy of long-term 

investment in cutting-edge, innovative 

technologies, the acquisition is the final stage 

of a dynamic £700,000 project that has 

involved the construction of a dedicated 6000 

sq ft press shop, which is set to deliver 20% 

efficiency gains and more streamlined 

production cells. 

Stuart McSheehy, Managing Director of 

European Springs & Pressings, commented: 

“Our relationship with Bruderer UK goes 

back more than 15 years and this will be our 

third new machine we’ve taken from Adrian 

Haller and his team. 

“The Swiss stamping technology is the 

best in the world when it comes to precision, 

achieving tolerances and delivering 

flexibility, and this new BSTA 410-110B2 will 

be the real jewel in the crown of our new 

press shop.” 

He continued: “A long press bed is ideal 

for satisfying the increasing demand from 

customers for longer press tools that 

accommodate more progressions and more 

complex shapes. We also required a machine 

capable of giving us versatility when it comes 

to strip width and material thickness. 

“Working with the Bruderer team, we 

made the decision to spec the machine up 

with a state-of-the-art servo feeder to help us 

automate some of the jobs and a high-end 

multi-head MicroCoat lubrication system for 

greater performance, whilst tool protection 

technology, press force monitoring and 

acoustic booths were also added.” 

European Springs & Pressings remained 

operational throughout Covid-19, 

diversifying its product range to produce 

components that went into surgical masks, 

other medical devices and the power 

generation supply chain. 

Due to the diverse nature of its markets, 

the company has enjoyed rapid growth since 

the easing of lockdown and is on course for a 

record £11m sales in 2021, which should 

create more than ten jobs. 

The new press shop was critical to this 

expansion and the business was again 

assisted by Bruderer’s centre of engineering 

excellence in the UK in the relocation of 

presses, ensuring that production was still 

able to meet day-to-day targets. 

Stuart went on to add: “This project was 

(l-r) Adrian Haller (Bruderer UK) with Stuart McSheehy (European Springs & Pressings). 

two years in the making and highlights the 

strong partnerships we have with our 

suppliers, especially Bruderer UK, who we 

asked to provide engineering services for the 

decommissioning, relocation and 

recommissioning of two of its high-speed 

presses and one, 160-tonne Zani machine. 

“The latter was an especially complex 

move and had to be taken from its existing 

position on its side and then erected into its 

new location in the machine shop. Having a 

company with such a strong product 

knowledge meant we were confident that 

this process would not affect the press in the 

long-term and the relocation was completed 

with only one machine ever out of action at 

any time.” 

Adrian Haller, Managing Director at 

Bruderer UK, concluded: “We have built a 

strategic relationship with European Springs 

& Pressings, and this is reflected in the trust 

it placed in us to support its press shop 

relocation. 

“The installation of the BSTA 410-110B2 is 

a clear indication of the precision markets the 

company is going after. In particular, the 

control technology added to the press 

provides automatic ram shut height 

adjustment while the machine is under 

acceleration and deceleration loads, giving it 

guaranteed process stability and pinpoint 

repeatability. 

“What is a really pleasing element of this 

partnership is how apprentices are being 

trained on the latest high-speed presses, 

futureproofing their careers for years to 

come.” 

www.europeansprings.com 

www.bruderer.co.uk 

@brudereruk on twitter.

Manufacturing Machinery World October 2021

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