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Manufacturing Machinery World, February 2024 3

GRINDING SOLUTIONS 

ADVANCED GRINDING SOLUTIONS 

Advanced Grinding Solutions (AGS) reports 

record enquiry levels on several of its 

principals stands at the recent EMO 

exhibition. Leading the way was Rollomatic 

who reported record attendance levels by 

customers on every single day of the show 

and a record number of serious enquiries. 

Rollomatic also reported receive a large 

number of sales for its tool grinding 

machines including several “walk-on” 

unexpected ones. 

Rollomatic, one of the best known, most 

successful, and highly respected 

manufacturers of multi- axis CNC grinding 

machines, is the machine of choice for the 

production of rotary cutting tools of all kinds 

and for un-round tools such as punches. 

Often recognized as the world-leaders for 

production solutions for small cutting tools 

from 0.1mm in diameter, Rollomatic 

GrindSmart® machines also excel at 

producing large cutters of up to 20mm in 

diameter, and the superior Swiss 

manufactured quality of every Rollomatic 

machine is demonstrated with their industry 

leading 3-year parts and labour warranty 

that comes as standard on new Rollomatic 

machines. 

For automatic loading a variety of 

solutions are offered including high speed 

robot loaders that can load 20mm dia tool 

blanks in around 8 seconds. A thousand tools 

can be stored in pallets for unmanned 

running throughout entire shifts. The 

automatic changing of grinding wheels is 

well catered for and the ultra-compact design 

of the 6-position wheel changer has a 

capacity of 24 grinding wheels and allows for 

wheel changes (complete with coolant pipes) 

during the tool load/unload cycle to 

minimize dead time to further improve 

productivity. 

Whilst most interest was expressed in 

Rollomatic’s 5-axis and 6-axis tool grinding 

machines, AGS noted a lot of very serious 

enquiries for Rollomatic’s new Femto Laser 

machine. With cutting tools getting smaller 

rather than larger, what was once constituted 

as a special micro tool has become more 

mainstream and many micro tools are now in 

the range of 0.1 to 0.8mm in diameter and 

here the laser machine comes into its own 

when it comes to tool manufacture. Tools 

such as end mills and drills may be 

manufactured complete in one clamping by 

the laser with none of the issues such as tool 

deflection during grinding, wheel wear and 

coolant to worry about. The lasers are 

already over 300% faster than previous 

generation ones and interestingly customers 

are not only to machine exotic tools made of 

PCD or ceramic but carbide ones that are 

made in larger volumes. The Rollomatic 

LaserSmart machines can produce truly 

razor sharp cutting edges with a radius of 

under 1um and also defined radii of 3um or 

6um for example. This ability dramatically 

increases cutter lifetime. 

There were many UK engineers present to 

4 Manufacturing Machinery World, January 2024

GRINDING SOLUTIONS 

meet with Rollomatic’s technical engineers 

and Rollomatic are going to be kept very 

busy indeed working with them to prove out 

production solutions for cutting tools and 

medical components. There are more 

cylindrical cutting tools produced in the UK 

on Rollomatic machines than on all other 

similar machines combined together. 

Tschudin, another one of AGS’s 

principals, also reported very strong interest 

in its range of CNC Centerless grinding 

machines. Tschudin showed two machines 

on its booth; the cube machine with an 

integrated Fanuc robot and the large 

capacity eco400 machine. Both of these 

machines benefit from several patents. The 

patented, movable workpiece support 

ensures that the following range of process 

options is available: Roughing and finishing 

in a dual cycle, grinding of sharp edges and 

precise cones and radii. Areas of application 

include plunge-cut grinding, grinding 

several operations in a single cycle, 

oscillation of the component during 

grinding and throughfeed grinding. This 

versatility means that the Cube 350 is 

suitable for a wide range of applications – 

from toolmaking for very small batch sizes 

for medical technology and mass production 

for the automotive industry. Various 

materials can be processed – from steel to 

aluminium, glass, titanium, carbon, 

ceramics, and silicon amongst many others. 

AGS also met with several of its UK and 

Irish customers on the Tschudin stand 

including a delegation from one customer 

who purchased an proline 400 machine the 

week before EMO. 

AGS also makes special mention of the 

interest shown at EMO for the Comat filter 

systems. Comat designs and manufacture 

super-filtration systems that deliver ≤ 2-3 μm 

filtration quality throughout the entire 

working cycle thus maximizing the quality of 

parts produced on machine tools whilst 

minimizing lifetime running costs and 

maintaining maximum coolant consistency. 

Comat systems can be customized to meet 

a specific client's needs allowing for 

maximum efficiency of the filtration process. 

Oil is filtered to a better quality than new 

unused oil on Comat systems. 

The remote monitoring of the 

performance of their filtration systems from 

their HQ near Milan in Italy ensures effective 

after sales support. Systems can be 

monitored in real-time during 

manufacturing processes and customers 

filter systems fine-tuned by Comat to ensure 

that the optimum filtration quality is 

obtained at all times. 

Today, more than 20,000 machine-tools 

use Comat Filtration Systems, with more 

than 20,000,000 litres of metal working oil 

super-filtered every single day. Comat 

operate globally and have a 30-year history 

in developing the most advanced filtration 

systems that are available. 

Comat’s sales team were kept very busy 

throughout EMO with AGS receiving several 

important enquiries for larger centralised 

systems that can handle between 10 and 30 

plus grinding machines. 

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Manufacturing Machinery World, January 2024 5

NEXT GENERATION 

FORMER APPRENTICE CELEBRATES SCHEME THAT 

STARTED HIS CAREER 

The new cohort of the highly-regarded Close 

Brothers SME Apprentice Scheme received a 

boost when one of its former graduates – 

Alex Wilcox, 21, from Doncaster precision 

engineers, Agemaspark - welcomed them 

onto this year’s course at a recent event. 

The event, at the University of Sheffield 

AMRC Training Centre, was an opportunity 

for Close Brothers and companies taking on 

new apprentices through the scheme to meet 

the new intake along with employers of past 

and present apprentices of the scheme to see 

first-hand the impact it’s had. In addition, it 

afforded attendees the opportunity to take a 

closer look at the world-class facilities the 

University of Sheffield AMRC Training 

Centre offers. 

Paul Stockhill, Managing Director of 

Agemaspark said: “We were thrilled to take 

Alex and another of our apprentices, Jay, to 

the event to meet the group to talk with them 

and share their experiences and how it’s 

benefitted them in their employment with 

us. 

“We were fortunate enough to receive 

funding through Close Brothers’ SME 

Apprentice Scheme to help us cover Alex’s 

training and his salary, so it was important 

for us that he attended the event.” 

Alex added: “I am extremely grateful to 

Close Brothers for the funding that enabled 

me to take part in this apprenticeship and 

start my career.” 

Nikki Jones, director of the University of 

Sheffield AMRC Training Centre said: "At 

the AMRC Training Centre, we're 

transforming lives through apprenticeships. 

We combine classroom learning and shop 

floor industrial experience to equip new, 

young talent with all the skills they need to 

become the advanced engineers of 

tomorrow. 

"It is crucial to invest in apprenticeships 

and support employers to take on 

apprentices to help close the huge skills gap 

in the industry currently. We're proud of our 

relationship with Close Brothers and 

acknowledge their constant support in 

delivering apprenticeships throughout the 

years, helping companies such as 

Agemaspark take on apprentices and kickstarting 

their careers." 

Steve Gee, CEO of Close Brothers Asset 

Finance’s Industrial Equipment Division, 

said: “We have been supporting small firms 

in the engineering and manufacturing sector 

for decades, and are incredibly proud of 

being able to give something back through 

the scheme. 

“Whenever we meet the apprentices, we 

are always so impressed by their maturity 

and dedication to their craft, which they get 

to hone at the AMRC’s state-of-the-art 

facilities rightt in the heart of the UK’s 

manufacturing sector.” 

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VISIT SOUTHERN NEXT MONTH FOR ALL THE LATEST 

IN PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY 

Between 6th and 8th February, the UK's most 

important annual engineering trade show, 

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics, will 

entice more than 9,000 people through the 

doors at the Farnborough International 

Exhibition & Conference Centre, if the 

attendance in recent years is anything to go 

by. This year will be especially international, 

as there has been an upsurge in stand 

bookings by overseas manufacturers and 

service providers. 

Numerous machine tool companies will 

be at the show to support its mechanical 

engineering side, which is separate from but 

intrinsically interlinked with the electronic 

companies around the showground. Ajax 

Machine Tools will promote its 3- and 4-axis 

vertical and horizontal machining centres 

and borers, 2-, 3- and 4-axis CNC slant-bed 

lathes, surface, cylindrical and bench 

grinding machines, and bench, pillar and 

radial drilling machines. 

Bruderer will be on hand to explain the 

advantages of its high-precision stamping 

presses, both new and preowned, and its 

press shop automation and ancillary 

equipment. Chester Machine Tools will offer 

CNC and conventional machine tools from a 

portfolio that includes its own-brand 

platforms, plus Brierley grinding, polishing 

and linishing machines, Kitchen & Walker 

drilling machines, and Astra lathes, mills and 

saws. 

Colchester Machine Tool Solutions will be 

showcasing an all-new product line-up at the 

show, led by Storm vertical machining 

centres, which offer variants with linear 

guideways or box ways. 2023 marked the 

30th anniversary and return of Tornado CNC 

turning centres, which have been uprated 

with modern configurations to provide 

exceptional rigidity and accuracy. The 

company has also launched the Student CNC 

lathe, a modernised variant designed in the 

UK and fitted with the latest Fanuc controls 

for flexible programming. 

Hurco will have on the stand a machining 

centre, the space-saving, entry-level VM10i 

with proprietary Max5 control, as well as a 

CNC lathe, a TM8Mi with a maximum bar 

capacity of 51 mm diameter and driven 

tooling in the 12-station turret. Mills CNC 

has announced that it will be showcasing two 

new DN Solutions’ one-hit machines on its 

stand, the compact DVF 4000 full 5-axis 

machining centre and the Lynx 2100LSYB 

multi-tasking turning centre with 8-inch 

chuck and 65 mm bar capacity. 

Supporting UK manufacturing since 1951, 

RK International Machine Tools will show a 

Cyclematic 618E precision toolroom lathe 

and a PFG-1545AH surface grinder from 

Perfect Machine with 450 mm x 150 mm 

capacity, making it suitable for production 

and toolroom applications. For the first time 

in the UK, Velum extra protection machine 

filters will be on display. 

XYZ Machine Tools will be demonstrating 

and cutting metal on seven machines across 

two stands. The recently introduced TMC 

toolroom machines have been designed for 

low to medium volume manufacturing and 

toolmaking applications and benefit from the 

ProtoTRAK control, ideal for rapid 

programming. Another highlight will be the 

XYZ RMX 2-OP, a quick and cost-effective 

solution for carrying out second operations 

to finish a part. A number of lathes will be 

offered for low- to high-volume parts 

production. 

Yamazaki Mazak will be hosting a stand 

focused on maximising productivity and 

profitability for manufacturers throughout 

the supply chain. Taking centre stage will be 

the Integrex i-200H S multi-tasking turn-mill 

centre, which is ideally suited to a broad 

range of industry sectors, from automotive 

and aerospace through to general 

subcontract machining. The model on 

display will feature the new Smooth 

Oscillation Cutting program, which is built 

into the SmoothAi CNC to provide enhanced 

chip control for further process stability, even 

when cutting challenging materials. YMT 

Technologies will conclude the line-up of 

machine tool companies, which from its 

headquarters in Yeovil offers Hedelius and 

YCM machining centres as well as Goodway 

CNC lathes. 

There will be an informative seminar 

programme over the three days and as usual, 

Southern will co-locate with AutoAero, a 

specialist theme within the exhibition 

devoted to automotive and aerospace 

engineering. Free car parking, bus transfers 

and entry make the show highly accessible. 

More information and tickets are 

available from 

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Electronics (inc AutoAero) 2024. Meet the power 

behind UK manufacturing industry and see live 

demonstrations and new product launches of 

machine tools & tooling, electronics, factory & 

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RK INTERNATIONAL: ELEVATING PRECISION IN UK 

MANUFACTURING WITH HIGH-PRECISION MACHINE TOOLS 

RK International Machine Tools, a resolute 

supporter of UK manufacturing since 1951, 

continues its legacy of excellence by 

specialising in the supply of high-precision 

machine tools from global best-in-class 

manufacturers. With a commitment to 

advancing precision engineering, RK 

International invites attendees to explore its 

showcase at Stand F195 during the upcoming 

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics show 

in February 2024 at the Farnborough 

International Exhibition Centre. 

Precision Redefined: Showcasing 

High-Quality Machine Tools 

At Stand F195, RK International proudly 

presents its dedication to precision with the 

spotlight on the Cyclematic 618 series of 

Precision Toolroom Lathe and the Perfect 

PFG-1545AH Surface Grinder. 

Working alongside its long-term partner, 

Mid-Bucks Machine Tools, the Cyclematic 

618 Series is a paragon of precision 

engineering. It sets the standard for toolroom 

lathe technology, offering a spindle runout of 

0.00125mm. 

Meanwhile, the Perfect PFG-1545AH 

Surface Grinder, boasting the toolroom 

standard of a 450 x 150mm grinding capacity, 

is tailored for optimal performance in both 

production and toolroom applications with 

its automatic downfeed control. 

The first show of the Innovative 

Protection: Velum Extra 

Protection Machine Filters debut 

in the UK 

Breaking new ground, RK International 

introduces the Velum Extra Protection 

Machine Filters for the first time in the UK. 

These cutting-edge filters represent a leap 

forward in machine protection, ensuring 

unparalleled precision, longevity, and 

reliability. Attendees are encouraged to visit 

Stand F195 to witness the debut of Velum 

Extra Protection Machine Filters and 

discover how this innovation elevates the 

reliability and performance on machine tools. 

Tailored Solutions: Explore New 

and Used Machine Tools 

RK International welcomes visitors to 

explore the stand, engage with industry 

experts, and discuss their new or used 

machine tool requirements and disposals. 

With a rich history of providing tailored 

solutions, RK International's team is 

dedicated to assisting manufacturers in 

achieving precision and efficiency in their 

operations. 

Visit Stand F195: Where Precision 

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Take advantage of this exclusive opportunity 

to experience RK International's commitment 

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in a showcase of high-precision machine 

tools and discover why RK International 

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XYZ BRINGS 7 MACHINES WITH LIVE CUTTING 

DEMONSTRATIONS 

STANDS G260 AND H260 

XYZ Machine Tools will be exhibiting seven machines on stands 

G260 and H260, all set up for cutting metal and demonstration, at the 

Southern Manufacturing and Electronics show 6th – 8th February 

2024. 

The recently introduced TMC toolroom machines have been 

designed with low to medium volume and tool making applications 

in mind. These machines use the same platform and linear rails as 

XYZ’s well proven LR VMC range combined with the ease of use of 

the ProtoTRAK® control, ideal for the rapid programming and setup 

of 1 off and small to medium quantity parts. The enclosed 

construction, automatic tool carousel and optional TRAKing® hand 

wheels which allow the user to run forwards and backwards through 

the machining cycle deliver the advantages of a machining centre 

with the flexibility and quick turnaround of a bed mill such as the 

RMX 3500, which will also be there. 

For flexible manufacture, the XYZ RMX 2-OP is the way to go. 

This machine forms part of a machining cell offering a quick and 

cost-effective solution for second operations to finish a part. The 

machine is easily moved and setup within an hour so is a fast way of 

reconfiguring a workshop to meet changing demand. 

As well as two TMC machines and the RMX 2-OP, XYZ is 

bringing the XYZ 800 HD vertical machining centre to the show. This 

powerful machine is built for volume manufacture and comes with a 

Siemens 828D control with ShopMill. 

For turning, XYZ considers the differing requirements for low and 

high-volume parts. The XYZ PROTURN RLX 355 is a solution for low 

ADVANCED ‘ONE-HIT’ MACHINE TOOLS TAKE CENTRE STAGE 

STAND C160 

Mills CNC has announced that it will be 

showcasing two, new innovative DN 

Solutions’ machine tools on its stand (C160) 

at the Southern Manufacturing Show in 

February 2024. 

Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of 

DN Solutions’ and Zayer machine tools in 

the UK and Ireland, will showcase two 

advanced DN Solutions’ machine tools on its 

stand (C160) at the Southern Manufacturing 

Show in February 2024. 

The machines comprising a new (5-axis) 

machining centre and a popular, and proven, 

multi-tasking lathe will demonstrate the 

significant productivity and process 

efficiency gains component manufacturers 

can expect to achieve by investing in fast, 

accurate and flexible ‘one-hit’ machine tool 

technologies from Mills CNC. 

By taking two machines, 

both under power, to the 

event also demonstrates the 

growing importance of the 

Southern Manufacturing 

Show to Mills’ marketing 

plans and programmes, and 

recognises that not all 

manufacturers can, or will, 

attend MACH 2024 later in the 

year (April 2024). 

“Although much smaller 

in scope and scale, Southern 

Manufacturing attracts many visitors from 

the South of England – some of whom will, 

for a variety of reasons, not be attending 

MACH 2024,” says Tony Dale, Mills CNC’s 

CEO. 

“It is for this reason why we have decided 

to take two high-performance machines to 

Southern Manufacturing.” 

DVF 4000: a new 5-axis simultaneous 

machining centre. 

The compact DVF 4000 is the latest 

addition to Mills’ best-selling DVF-series of 

5-axis, simultaneous machining centres and 

provides component manufacturers with an 

ideal ‘one-hit’ machining solution. 

The machine is equipped with an 

18.5kW/ 12,000rpm (BT 40) directly-coupled 

spindle (as standard), and features a 400mm 

diameter, built-in rotary, tilting table with a 

zero-backlash roller gear cam design for 

to medium volumes, featuring the ProtoTRAK® control, it is a fast 

way of getting parts cut in a machine that offers 1000mm between 

centres. For more parts, the XYZ CT 52 LR turning centre gives 52mm 

bar capacity and has linear rail technology and Siemens 828D. 

The XYZ team looks forward to meeting you at the show! 

www.xyzmachinetools.com 

improved process reliability. 

A 60-tool servo-driven ATC and 

integrated thermal compensation deliver 

increased productivity and part accuracies, 

and roller LM guideways ensure fast 

processing speeds. 

The machine’s Fanuc 31i-Plus control 

enables the DVF 4000 to be used in full 

simultaneous 5-axis machining mode and 

provides fast and reliable contouring 

capabilities. 

Lynx 2100LSYB: an advanced multitasking 

turning centre. 

The 8” chuck/65mm bar capacity Lynx 

2100LSYB is an ultra-productive, multitasking 

turning centre equipped with a 5” 

chuck, 6000rpm sub-spindle, a Y-axis (+/- 

52.5mm) and driven tooling capabilities 

(6,000rpm). 

The machine features a 15kW/4,500rpm 

spindle, a 12-station turret and the latest 

Fanuc i Plus control with a 15” touchscreen 

iHMI. 

The Lynx 2100LSYB’s flexibility, speed 

and precision have helped it, fast become, 

the number one choice lathe for small part 

processing. 

Concludes Tony Dale: 

“We’re showcasing two, multi-tasking 

DN Solutions’ machines on our stand – both 

designed to help component manufacturers’ 

increase their productivity, process 

efficiencies and performance.” 

www.millscnc.co.uk 


Cobot Welding 

Cell-S 

The compact CWC-S Cobot welding 

cell offers a cost-effective and 

easy entry into automated MIG- 

MAG welding with no special 

programming knowledge required 

and is entirely CE certified. 

Simple welding path programming 

with direct torch guidance 

Low investment costs and highly profitable 

even with small batch sizes 

Safety enclosure ready for integrated fume 

extraction 

Program creation via drag & drop 

Simple, intuitive operation without 

programming knowledge 

Positioner variants including head and tailstock 

and motorised tilting options 

Available with the intelligent welding 

system Fronius TPS 400i with 

optional packages including CMT 

Available for purchase or rental. 

For further info or a demonstration, 

call 01908 512300 or visit 

www.fronius.co.uk

MAZAK TO DISPLAY NEXT-GENERATION 

MULTI-TASKING MACHINING STAND F180 

Yamazaki Mazak will be hosting a stand 

focused on maximising productivity and 

profitability for manufacturers throughout 

the supply chain at Southern Manufacturing 

& Electronics 2024. 

Taking centre stage at the show will be the 

INTEGREX i-200H S Multi-Tasking 

machining center, which is ideally suited to a 

broad range of industry sectors, from 

automotive and aerospace through to general 

subcontract machining. It forms part of 

Mazak’s i-H series, which culminates 40 years 

of Multi-Tasking innovation and learnings 

that has produced the most innovative, 

compact, automation-friendly and 

productive INTEGREX range ever 

manufactured. 

As with all models in the i-H series, the i- 

200H S features a flat-fronted design with 

rear-mounted tool magazine to easily 

accommodate the growing requirement for 

automation while maintaining excellent 

accessibility for the operator. The i-200H S can 

be fitted with a variety of automation 

solutions, including bar feeders, robotized 

machine tending and gantry loading systems. 

The powerful 5,000 rpm main spindle is 

supported by a compact 12,000 rpm milling 

spindle with versatile B-axis range of -30 to 

+120° for the complete DONE-IN-ONE 

machining of complex components. An equal 

Ø65 mm bar capacity across both spindles 

allows for a balanced cutting process while 

maximising component rigidity. 

The i-200H S is controlled via Mazak’s 

SmoothAi CNC, which incorporates a suite of 

software packages to deliver the practical 

application of Artificial Intelligence, Digital 

Twinning and Automation technology. The 

model on display at Southern Manufacturing 

features the new Smooth Oscillation Cutting 

program, which is built into the SmoothAi 

CNC. It provides chip control for further 

process stability, even when cutting 

challenging materials.[1] 

Mazak will also be using its presence at 

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics to 

highlight its Mazak iCONNECT remote 

service and support package, which now has 

over 1,500 active users across Europe. 

The Mazak iCONNECT portal is available 

to all registered Mazak customers with 

compatible machines, regardless of the age of 

the machine. It aims to unlock the potential of 

machine investments through faster 

maintenance and servicing, while also 

improving uptime and productivity. The free 

portal version of Mazak iCONNECT offers 

customers all the information required for 

their existing machines, from manuals 

through to service and parts order histories, 

how-to videos, e-learning modules and new 

ITC TO PRESENT NEW PLATFORMS 

As one of the UK’s leading cutting tool 

manufacturers, Industrial Tooling 

Corporation (ITC) will be returning to the 

Southern Manufacturing & Electronics 

Exhibition in 2024 to present its latest 

product lines. The event at the Farnborough 

International Exhibition Centre from the 6th 

to the 8th of February 2024 will also allow the 

Midlands manufacturer to introduce its new 

e-commerce platform. 

All of the company’s latest innovations 

will be presented on Stand H250 where 

manufacturers will also be invited to try out 

the new e-commerce suite that has proven a 

huge success since its introduction in 

November 2023. The online portal provides 

enhanced accessibility to the exponentially 

growing product lines. The informative and 

easy-to-navigate e-commerce platform 

allows manufacturers to create an account 

and place orders, browse through stock and 

see everything ITC has to offer. 

At the Farnborough event, visitors will be 

able to discuss their manufacturing 

challenges with the ITC cutting tool experts 

who will be on hand to introduce the very 

latest cutting tool technologies. In addition, 

ITC will be keen to present the latest 

innovations from partners such as WIDIA, 

BIG KAISER, Kemmler and Bass. With many 

of these technology partners presenting 

world premières at the EMO exhibition in 

September, the booth will provide a great 

opportunity for UK manufacturers to witness 

the next generation in cutting tool innovation 

- this will include ITC’s latest solid carbide 

end mills, drills and thread milling ranges. 

To cater for engineers that require highend 

indexable solutions, ITC’s team of 

WIDIA experts will also be on stand H250 at 

Farnborough to present everything from the 

new WIDIA line of M1600 face mills, the 

M8065HD milling system through to the 

WIDIA TOP DRILL TDMX modular 

drilling line and much more. As a world 

leader in indexable cutting tool solutions and 

‘try-before-you-buy’ software options. 

Alan Mucklow, Managing Director UK, 

Eire and National Distributors at Yamazaki 

Mazak, commented: “Manufacturers need 

their machines to work harder than ever 

before in order to remain competitive and 

drive productivity. The INTEGREX i-200H S 

is ideally suited to servicing subcontract 

demand across a wide variety of sectors, 

while its compatibility with diverse range of 

automation systems – from bar feeders and 

gantry loaders to robotized machine-tending 

solutions – can help manufacturers maximise 

machining output.” 

He continues: “The new Mazak 

iCONNECT portal provides high-value 

insights to help subcontractors to truly unlock 

the potential of their investment. Over 1,500 

Mazak users have already turned to Mazak 

iCONNECT to drive further productivity and 

profitability and we are excited to 

demonstrate its potential to a much wider 

audience at Southern Manufacturing & 

Electronics in February.” 

www.mazakeu.co.uk 

solid carbide products, the WIDIA range at 

the show will be comprehensive. 

Complementing the UK manufactured 

ITC cutting tools and indexable solutions 

from WIDIA, ITC will also showcase the BIG 

KAISER portfolio of high-precision tooling 

systems. BIG KAISER is the world leader in 

precision tooling systems and at the 

Farnborough event, some of the range will be 

on show for visitors to investigate. A few of 

the highlights from BIG KAISER that will be 

on show will be the Smart Damper-equipped 

arbour-style face mill holders, precision 

toolholders and chucks as well as the Mega 

Synchro Tapping Chuck. As the original 

manufacturer of the robust ‘face and taper’ 

dual contact system, the BIG KAISER 

portfolio stands way above anything else in 

the industry. ITC will also be showing a 

Karnasch range of Micro and Composite 

tools. For more information, please contact 

ITC, visit us on Stand H250 at Southern 

Manufacturing or visit the website (www.itcltd.co.uk) 

to register your account on our 

new e-commerce platform where you can 

view and download the latest product 

catalogues and place your orders. 

www.itc-ltd.co.uk 

STAND H250 


£6,750 

THE KEY TO 

YOUR SUCCESS 

BRIDGEPORT BR2J2 

Turret Mill. 48in x 9in table, 

power feeds and rapids 

longditudinall, Heidenhain 

2-axis DRO, interlocked 

guard. Year 1997. 

£9,500 

£5,950 

XYZ MINI MILL 560 VMC 

Siemens Sinumerik 810D 

Shopmilll control. 

Year 2008. 

JONES & SHIPMAN 540LA 

18" x 6" capacity power rise 

& fall to wheel head 

incremental down feed 

extended height column 

acurate quick count digital 

read out dust extractor. 

£2.950 

£19,750 

£22,750 

POLLARD GEARED HEAD 

TWIN PILLAR SPINDLE 

PLUS TAPPING 

Model: 150a/2 

first spindle; 3 morse taper. 

hand and power feeds. 

second spindle; 3 morse 

taper. hand and power 

feeds, auto reverse / 

tapping. 

XYZ PROTURN SLX 425 

proto trak slx control 

3 & 4 jaw chucks. 

power drilling attachment. 

Year: 2016. 

XYZ PROTURN SLX 425 

Proto Trak SLX Control 

3 jaw chuck. 

Programable indexing tool 

post. 

Year 2009 

with new control 2021 

£9,750 

£9,750 

POA 

BRIDGEPORT 600 - 22 

VMC 

Heidenhain 370 Control 

22 station tool changer. 

Year: 1998. 

BRIDGEPORT 500 - 16 

VMC 

Heidenhain 370 Control 

16 station tool changer. 

Year: 1999. 

JONES & SHIPMAN 

TECHMASTER 

634 EASY 

www.bigkaiser.com 

Sole distributor for the UK and Ireland 

www.itc-ltd.co.uk, Tel: 01827 304500 


CGTECH TO SHOWCASE VERICUT 9.4 

Stand C215 

VERICUT is the world‘s leading CNC 

simulation software with over 7,000 

companies in 60 countries simulating their 

machining and correcting errors in their NC 

programs before starting their real machines. 

The latest version, VERICUT 9.4, focuses on 

increased connectivity between the actual 

machine and the virtual simulation. 

The new CNC Machine Monitoring 

module connects VERICUT directly to CNC 

machines and streams data to allow users to 

monitor what their machines are doing on 

the shop floor, live in real time. Users can see 

which NC program or subroutine is running, 

monitor machine motions and spindle 

activity, see if overrides have been applied to 

spindle or feedrates, identify when 

machining has been interrupted by 

Emergency stops or taken out of productive 

cycle mode, and much more, all within 

VERICUT. 

CNC Precheck is a new standalone 

application that allows machinists to ensure 

that key aspects of the machine setup match 

what was verified in VERICUT. This final 

precheck before machining enables 

differences to be identified such as NC 

programs that are the wrong version or 

contain edits, missing and/or different work 

or tool offsets, so these can be investigated 

and resolved before running the machine. 

Other enhancements include 

improvements to the free VERICUT 

R.A. RODRIGUEZ 

(UK) LTD Stand M200 

R. A. Rodriguez (UK) Ltd will be bringing its 

range of quality engineering solutions to 

Southern Manufacturing and Electronics 

2024. The three-day event will be taking 

place from the 6th to 8th of February 2024, at 

the Farnborough International Exhibition 

and Conference Centre in Hampshire. 

As an exclusive representative to a 

number of leading international suppliers, R. 

A. Rodriguez (UK) Ltd supplies precision 

components to the best of UK 

manufacturing. Brands represented by R. A. 

Rodriguez (UK) Ltd include Kaydon, KHK, 

Rodriguez GmbH, TGB, Grob, Framo Morat 

and Nabtesco. 

R. A. Rodriguez (UK) Ltd will be 

showcasing its range of thin section bearings, 

slewing rings, custom and stock gears, linear 

actuators, planetary gearboxes, cycloidal 

gears and LinearChain push-pull actuation 

devices. 

With over 50 years of industry experience, 

R. A. Rodriguez (UK) Ltd is able to offer a 

high level of expert support to its customers 

in finding the right component to suit each 

specific application. The distributor serves a 

Reviewer app, which allows everyone in the 

company, including Machinists, Engineers 

and Quality Assurance, to check NC 

programs before they run on the real CNC 

machine, without tying up a VERICUT 

license. 

Enhancements to optimisation give all 

VERICUT users an opportunity to quickly 

optimise their NC programs, without having 

to search for starting values when it comes to 

materials and cutting tool parameters. Users 

can also import cutting data with cutting tool 

wide range of industries including defence, 

aerospace, semiconductor, material 

handling, pharmaceutical, medical and 

healthcare, renewable energy, oil and gas, 

motorsport and industrial machinery. 

To find out more about the high-quality 

assemblies, such as those from tool vendor 

sites and repositories like MachiningCloud, 

TDM, ZOLLER and more. 

Finally, VERICUT 9.4 offers improved 

support of Multi-ToolStations (MTS), a new 

ToolsUnited interface (access to tool and 

cutting data from over 40 tool 

manufacturers) and improved tool data 

(extension to include HSS and ceramic 

milling cutters as well as knurled milling 

cutters). 

https://cgtech.co.uk 

solutions available and to discuss your 

requirements with a team of experts, visit 

stand M200 at Southern Manufacturing & 

Electronics 2024. 

https://www.rarodriguez.co.uk/ 


THAT’S MILLING 

SORTED! 

MACH Machine Tools to showcase two 

DynaPath-controlled milling machines, 

including a new 3-axis CNC model, at 

Southern Manufacturing Show in February 


MACH Machine Tools, part of the 

Vigilance Group and a leading supplier of 

CNC and manual machine tools and machine 

shop equipment to UK and Irish component 

manufacturers, has announced that it will be 

showcasing two DynaPath-controlled 

milling machines on its stand (H275) at the 

Southern Manufacturing Show in February. 

The machines comprising a popular 

MACH MDT-1 turret-type mill, one of the 

company’s best-selling models and a 

technology staple for many UK 

manufacturers’ machine shops and 

toolrooms, will share centre stage with a new 

MDV 800 3-axis CNC vertical machining 

centre that only recently made its UK debut 

at the company’s Open House in January 


Together, the two machines provide 

visitors with just a snapshot of the evergrowing 

and evolving milling machine tool 

range now available from MACH Machine 

Tools. 

Whilst the MDT-1 turret-type mill, with 

its rigid design and build, powerful spindle 

and good-sized working envelope will have 

obvious appeal to manufacturers, large and 

small, it is the new production-oriented 

MACH MDV 800 vertical machining centre 

that the company is confident “will pull in 

the crowds”. 

The new MDV-series, comprising the 

MDV 800 and MDV 1100 machines, is a highperformance 

range of machining centres that 

delivers excellent cutting performance and 

improved process efficiencies. 

In addition to their DynaPath WinDelta 

CNC control system, the machines are 

equipped with powerful BT 40 air-cooled, 

high-torque 11kW – 15kW 8,000rpm spindles 

as standard, but can be supplied with directdrive 

12,000 spindles with spindle chiller and 

through-spindle-coolant capabilities that 

extends their application potential. 

Other tandard features include – Hiwin 

linear roller guides, 24-position swing=-arm 

ATCs and generous-sized worktables which, 

on the MDV 800, are 1000mmx 500mm with 

a 500kg maximum table load. 

Both MDV machines are fast boasting 

36m/min rapids on all axes and, for 

improved process reliability, are fully 

enclosed with armoured telescopic covers. 

High precision is assured through the use 

of C3-class PMI precision ball screws whilst 

laser interferometer dynamic lead screw 

compensation enables 6um positional, and 

3um repeatable, accuracies to be achieved 

across the work envelope. 

As with all MACH machine tools, MDV 

models are equipped, as standard, with an 

impressive range of technology features that 

include efficient auto-lubrication, flood 

coolant and wash down systems. 

Optional extras that further enhance the 

productivity and performance of the new 

machines include - tool and work-piece 

probe systems, 4th-axis system configuration 

and swarf augurs and conveyors. 

DYNAPATH CONTROL 

The advanced DynaPath WinDelta control, 

available on all new MACH Machine Tools' 

CNC lathes, toolroom mills and machining 

centres, will be another main attraction on 

MACH Machine Tools’ stand. 

Used extensively in the US and the Far 

East for over 50 years, and with unrivalled 

technical support that’s described as ‘being 

the best, and most proactive, in the business’, 

the DynaPath control is flexible, versatile and 

easy-to-use and provides users with simpleto-understand 

navigation and operation 

MACH Machine Tools to 

showcase two DynaPathcontrolled 

milling machines, 

including a new 3-axis CNC 

model, at Southern 

Manufacturing Show in 

February 2024. 

screens accommodating ISO and 

Conversational Programming on one 

platform. 

With online CAD editing capabilities, 

semi-auto functions and DRO operation, the 

DynaPath control provides power, speed and 

capability to even the most discerning 

machinist. 

A key feature of the control, and one that 

has helped accelerate its acceptance and use 

by manufacturers, is its remote assistance 

facility. 

When connected to a local area network, 

the control system’s in-built FTP server 

functionality provides customers with fast, 

Wi-Fi enabled remote diagnostic and 

applications assistance as well as immediate 

programming monitoring help and support. 

This facility, available 24/7, and unique in 

the machine tool sector, provides customers 

with confidence and peace of mind knowing 

that, if they should need it, expert help and 

advice is only a (quick) phone call away. 

Says Matt Andrew, MACH Machine 

Tools’ sales director: 

“The two machines we’re taking to the 

Southern Manufacturing Show will help 

illustrate the depth and breadth of our 

milling machine tool range. On one hand we 

have a proven and popular toolroom mill, 

and on the other a new production-oriented 

vertical machining centre. And both 

machines are equipped with the groundbreaking 

DynaPath control. 

“The message we’re promoting to 

manufacturers visiting at the Show is that 

“whatever your milling requirements, there’s 

a MACH machine tool that can more than 

meet your immediate and future needs.” 

https://machmt.co.uk/ 


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NEW PRODUCTS – NEW PRODUCTS – NEW PRODUCTS 

INNOVATIVE NEW STARRAG HD 

CAN REDUCE CYCLE TIMES BY 30% 

Now available from Starrag Heckert, the 

STC1250 HD is the latest addition to the 

renowned STC Series that has been designed 

to provide unrivalled economy in the 

machining of the most demanding aerospace 

structural parts, multi-blades and casings. 

For those challenging components with long 

cycle times, the STC Series provides the 

customer with a whole host of practical 

options. The latest arrival, the STC1250 HD 

machining centre provides excellent static 

and dynamic properties as well as a tried and 

tested rotatable head, making it the new 

benchmark for heavy-duty machining in 

titanium and Inconel parts for the aerospace 

and power generation industries. 

Commenting on the latest addition to the 

portfolio, the exciting STC1250 HD, Lee Scott 

from Starrag says: “It’s a new addition to the 

STC family. This is a 5-axis machine with a B- 

axis table that holds the component and an 

A-axis on the head, you can actually have an 

A and C-axis head as well. This new HD is 

predominantly a machine for optimised 

roughing and high surface generation 

finishing of exotic materials like titanium and 

Inconel components.” 

Discussing the differences between the 

new STC1250 HD and its predecessors, Lee 

adds: “What hasn’t changed from previous 

models is the head configuration. The head is 

very stiff and rigid and it has a compact 

design with a range of spindles, particularly 

geared spindles. We have an impressive 

drive system in the spindle, which is a geardriven 

HSK100 unit and we also have a 

dampening brake, so we can lock the spindle 

and stop it from swivelling when 

undertaking very heavy rough machining. 

This also helps with dampening when 

machining in 5-axis mode. This provides 

very efficient heavy-duty machining 

capability that is perfect for aerospace 

structural components - it takes things to 

another level.” 

Looking specifically at titanium 

machining, Lee continues: “In the UK alone, 

we have around 30 STC installations, it is a 

very successful range. What we have seen 

from customers is a desire to prove the 

roughing capability of the machine with no 

compromise on finishing quality and 

accuracy. That is exactly what we have 

achieved with the STC1250 HD. This has 

been achieved by changing the linear rails to 

a hydrostatic system - do not get that 

confused with a box-way system. We have a 

very advanced hydrostatic system, which is a 

box guideway with an continuous oil film 

between the two metallic parts that never 

drains away, so you have a zero-friction 

system with no ‘stick-slip’.” 

The spacious STC1250 HD machining 

centre offers a 1.25m by 1.25m pallet with a 

remarkably large work envelope for 

accommodating workpiece loads up to 

5,000kg on the pallet. This is complemented 

by an X, Y and Z-axis travel of 2.2 by 1.5 by 

2.1m with a swing diameter of 2.2m. With 

such a large work envelope, the new features 

in the STC1250 HD can offer astounding 

benefits for manufacturers with large parts 

that may have considerable cycle times. 

Discussing reports that the new features 

of the STC1250 HD can reduce cycle times in 

titanium machining by more than 30%, Lee 

adds: “At Starrag’s Aerospace and Turbine 

Competence Centre in Rorschach, we saw a 

63mm deep cut with a porcupine cutter 

where buckets of swarf continually fall into 

the base of the machine. Traditionally, what 

would have been three or four passes with a 

tool can now be done with a single pass. The 

machine may draw more power in that single 

pass, but overall it has a significantly reduced 

cycle time when compared to the previous 

method of multiple passes.” 

“On a hydrostatic system, movement is 

generally slower, but with the technology in 

the STC1250 HD, it isn’t. Whilst we can 

undertake heavy roughing, we still have a 

dynamic finishing capability of roughly 

40m/min axis feed rates. Additionally, one of 

the biggest costs for titanium machining is 

tooling – and the ‘carbide burn per hour’. We 

have seen significant improvements in tool 

life and over the lifetime of the machine this 

makes a significant difference. Quality and 

surface finishes are also improved and 

throughput and productivity are also 

increased. Furthermore, as a zero friction 

system, the energy consumption is low. 

However, you do need to provide a lot of 

power to take heavy cuts, so naturally, it is an 

energy-consuming machine, but we have 

calculated that the machine has energy 

consumption 33% lower than a typical linear 

guideway machine.” 

Highlighting how the hydrostatic system 

works, Lee adds: “There is a lot of oil in the 

system, but it is all contained in a recyclable 

system. On large guideways, there is a thin 

film of oil of 15 to 20µm. When a large 

structure moves around, it could 

theoretically displace the oil. To eliminate 

this, we have an innovative multi-pocket 

system that controls the functionality, 

pressure and volume of the oil to guarantee 

the accuracy of the entire machining system. 

Each axis is split into several pockets and by 

controlling each of the pockets, we can 

control the entire system within the machine. 

This is what ultimately enables this machine 

to take heavier cuts with better surface 

finishes whilst reducing the overall cycle 

time of components. Only launched in June 

2023, after enjoying immediate sales for this 

product, Starrag has a lot of significant 

projects in the pipeline for the STC1250 HD 

and these will take some months to go 

through the process, but there is little doubt 

that the industry is already seeing the 

potential merits of the STC1250 HD.” 

www.starrag.com 


Tel: +44 (0) 161 330 4242 

Fax: + 44 (0) 161 343 1347 

Email: hq@newcentury.co.uk 

www.newcentury.co.uk 

Unit 2 Riverside Industrial 

Estate, 

Margaret Street, 

Ashton-under-lyme. 

Lancashire. OL7 0QQ 

Haas VF2 SS Vertical machining centre, New 2017, 

Haas CNC, spindle speeds to 12000rpm, BT 40, 914 x 

356mm table, through sp coolant, X=762 Y=406 

Z=508mm. 

£P.O.A. 

Doosan Daewoo Puma MX2000ST Mill Turn Centre, 

Fanuc 18i TB, twin spindle, single lower turret, 65mm 

bore, 9 axis, upper Y and B axis, 40 atc, 550 x 1020mm 

capacity. 

£P.O.A. 

Doosan VCF 850 LSR II 5 Axis vertical machining 

centre, Installed 2022, Fanuc F31iB5 5 axis CNC, B 

axis spindle swivel, X=3000 Y= 850 Z=800mm, built in 

800mm dia table. 

£P.O.A. 

Okuma GENOS M460V-5AX 5 axis vertical machining 

centre, New 2021, 150hours, full simulataneous 5 axis, 

400mm dia table, BT40, speeds to 15000rpm, X=762 

Y=460 Z=460mm. £P.O.A. 

Doosan DEM 4000 Vertical machining centre, New 

2022, 50 machining hours, Fanuc I Series CNC, BT40, 

speeds to 8000rpm, 650 x 400mm table, X=550 Y=400 

Z=450mm. 

£P.O.A. 

MTE BF-2700 CNC universal bed mill, New 2015, 

Heidenhain 530i, ISO 50, swarf conveyor, spindle 

speeds to 3000rpm, 2700 x 1200mm table, X=2500 

Y=1000 Z=1500. £P.O.A. 

Tel: +44 (0) 161 330 4242 Fax: +44 (0) 161 343 1347 

Email: hq@newcentury .co.uk Website: www.newcentury.co.uk 

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SICK’S NEXT- 

GENERATION 

DT80 DISTANCE 

SENSOR SETS 

PRECISION 

STANDARD 

With the launch of its next-generation DT80 

distance sensor, SICK has revised the 

standard for measurement precision in 

countless industrial applications in a 

compact and robust device. Equipped with 

high-performance 

time-of-flight 

measurement technology, the SICK DT80 1D 

laser distance sensor achieves unparalleled 

accuracy of +/- 2 mm with a resolution of 0.1 

mm at ranges up to 80 metres. 

The SICK DT80 laser distance sensor uses 

a class 2 eye-safe laser to detect, measure and 

position on natural targets with no reflector. 

SICK has developed the DT80 with simple 

commissioning and versatile integration in 

mind, fitting even the tightest of spaces in 

both mobile and stationary machinery. With 

a robust metal housing, the DT80 delivers 

resilient performance despite challenging 

environmental conditions, such as 

mechanical vibrations, strong ambient light 

or extreme temperatures. 

“SICK’s development programme for the 

DT80 laser distance sensor has perfected our 

time-of-flight measurement technology and 

raised the bar in this class of mid- to longrange 

distance sensing,” explains Nick 

Hartley, SICK’s UK market product manager 

for distance measurement. “Achieving the 

best possible precision and repeatability is a 

constant challenge for many industrial 

measuring and positioning tasks. 

“When engineers can trust the DT80’s 

repeatable performance, their mobile 

transport vehicles can operate without 

interruption and the need for adjustments. 

Accurate measurement is equally critical in 

diverse machine operations to ensure 

product and process quality. Ensuring 

minimal deviations reduces rejects, saves 

waste and reduces scrap.” 

www.sick.com 

THE NEW WALTER TIGER·TEC ® 

GOLD WSM33G GROOVING GRADE 

As one of the world's leading suppliers of 

precision tools for metal machining, Walter is 

once again proving its pedigree with the 

launch of the patent-pending Tiger·tec® 

Gold WSM33G grade. The WSM33G is 

Walter's first PVD grade to be specifically 

developed for the high loads that occur 

during grooving operations. 

The cutting tool material combines thirdgeneration 

TiAlN with TiSiN to form a multilayer 

coating with exceptional hardness and 

increased toughness. A special posttreatment 

reduces friction and ensures a 

smooth surface, thereby optimising chip 

removal and process reliability. Furthermore, 

the gold top layer makes it easier for users to 

detect wear. Walter uses the new PVD 

coating on single-edged SX cutting inserts 

with positive engagement and a selfclamping 

system. It can also be applied to 

indexable inserts from the double-edged 

DX18 system, where a second prism ensures 

stability in the insert seat. 

For manufacturers, the fact that this grade 

can be used with both systems delivers 

maximum versatility as it caters for all insert 

widths from 1.0mm to 10mm. Another 

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K & M also discovered unexpected 

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While K & M has not explicitly monitored 

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For K & M, the journey towards 

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KERF CUTS BOTTLENECK OUT OF 

SUBCONTRACTOR’S BUSINESS 

As a subcontract manufacturer, Q-Laser offers 

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division at Washington realised its waterjet 

cutting department based in Hebburn, South 

Tyneside was reaching full capacity, the 

company needed a solution – Kerf 

Developments provided the answer with a 

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machine. 

Located on the outskirts of Newcastle upon 

Tyne, Q-Laser provides its rapid-turnaround 

cutting services to the marine, offshore, 

automotive and general manufacturing sectors, 

cutting everything from exotics, stainless and 

mild steel to aluminium, armoured plate and 

virtually any material the customer requires. 

Founded in 2012, the company set up its waterjet 

cutting division in 2019 to complement its laser, 

press brake and fabrication services, starting 

with a 5-axis waterjet machine. Except for the 

pandemic, the waterjet division has grown 

exponentially, and the existing waterjet machine 

was struggling to meet the capacity demands of 

the business, so Q-Laser turned to Rochdalebased 

Kerf Developments for the solution. 

The Kerf solution was the Optima 420 twin 

abrasive waterjet machine with two cutting 

heads. With two cutting heads, the 4m by 2m bed 

machine instantly doubled the cutting capacity 

in comparison to the existing machine. In a sector 

where clients expect a quotation in hours and 

components cut and delivered in less than a 

week, the addition of the machine has alleviated 

the bottleneck, created additional capacity and 

immediately reduced lead times. 

Discussing the evolution of the waterjet 

division of Q-Laser, Company Director Mr Colin 

Hewitt says: “We set up the waterjet department 

for two reasons. Firstly, a laser is typically 

limited to cutting material up to 25mm thick. 

Secondly, unlike laser, waterjet cutting does not 

generate excessive heat that can impact the 

structural integrity of the material – this is of 

critical importance in aerospace, MoD and many 

automotive applications. We started our waterjet 

division with a 4,000sq/ft facility, one man and a 

machine, this rapidly became 3 staff. We have to 

react to the ‘round the clock’ demands of 

customers and as the business has grown at pace, 

we had to invest in additional capacity.” 

Alluding to why Q-Laser chose Kerf as its 

waterjet supplier, Colin adds: “We have a 

longstanding relationship with Paul at Kerf, so 

we opened discussions regarding our 

requirements. We were assured that Kerf could 

meet our needs for impeccable service and 

support with guaranteed consumable supply, so 

the next thing was to trial the machines. We gave 

Kerf a range of trial parts. The productivity, 

precision, cut quality and edge finishes were 

beyond anything else we had seen, so our 

decision to invest was made. A few months after 

the installation, Kerf has excelled in its service 

and consumable supply – this was a critical 

element for us. Kerf stocks all spare parts for the 

machine in the UK and they are available on a 

next-day service. This gives us complete 

confidence.” 

As a company that manufactures anything 

from one-off to production runs for clients, 

machine uptime and productivity are as critical 

as cutting speed. The two cutting heads in the 

same machine footprint of the Optima 420 have 

slashed cycle times by more than 30%. However, 

the benefits are far further reaching. Unlike the 

cantilever design of the existing technology at Q- 

Laser, the Optima incorporates twin-sided drives 

that deliver astounding acceleration and 

machine kinematics. With features like 40mm 

diameter precision ball screws, the Optima 

delivers exceptional levels of precision and 

speed with unparalleled rigidity and stability. 

This is complemented by a powerful 50hp 

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industry in performance and reliability. As Colin 

continues: “Some of our customers are machine 

shops that want pre-machined profiles. We can 

cut these to tight machining tolerances which 

means that many of our customers no longer 

need to rough machine their components. This 

level of precision is winning plaudits from our 

customers and generating additional business.” 

From a productivity standpoint, the Optima 

420 has accelerated throughput by cutting 

production times by more than 30%. 

Furthermore, the acceleration and speed of axes 

travel also contribute to reduced cutting times. 

As Colin adds: “Our lead times can typically 

range from 24 hours to 7 days depending upon 

our workload. Before the arrival of the Optima, 

the lead times would extend beyond 10 days, so 

the machine has made a huge impact on our 

throughput. Additionally, we can fulfil our order 

book with fast turnaround for customers without 

putting demands on our staff to work around the 

clock.” 

From a shop floor perspective, the Optima 

420 has a greater bridge clearance than the 

current machine at Q-Laser. This enables the 

Optima to cut material up to 300mm thick, 

regardless of the material type. As Colin adds: 

“Our existing machine only has a cutting height 

of 170mm, so the additional capacity of the 

Optima 420 is another major plus point. It 

futureproofs our business to cater for whatever 

demands the industry throws at us. This also 

provides greater accessibility for the shop floor 

staff to access the workpieces and cutting heads. 

The machine also has a larger hopper for the 

abrasive material than our existing machine, this 

means we can fill the machine and it will run for 

extended periods without operator intervention 

or downtime. Furthermore, the machine also 

incorporates the latest IGEMS CAD/CAM 

software suite, which our staff find intuitive and 

very easy to use.” 

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market-leading nesting with automatic and 

adaptable CAM features. It also provides 

customised and detailed reports on jobs and 

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customers like Q-Laser to retrieve more parts 

from each sheet of material – generating 

significant material cost savings. The software 

also has an extensive material database with 

optimised feed rates and compensation tables to 

increase productivity whilst operators can 

simulate their jobs with comprehensive NC code 

previews and crash control features to eliminate 

errors. 

Concluding on the acquisition of the Optima 

420, Colin says: “We are delighted with the new 

machine. The build quality and performance of 

the machine are outstanding and the service 

from Kerf is everything they promised it would 

be. The machine will be a cornerstone for the 

growth of our waterjet division as it offers the 

flexibility and productivity to cater for the 

diverse demands of the marketplace.” 

www.kerfdevelopments.com 


CASE STUDY 

SEVEN OPERATIONS DOWN TO TWO VINDICATES 

SECOND SLIDING-HEAD LATHE PURCHASE 

It is only within the last five years that 

Nuneaton-based subcontractor Oaston 

Engineering, which specialises in work for 

the aerospace and biotechnology industries, 

has embraced sliding-head turning, 

although it has used numerous fixed-head 

lathes since the company was formed in 

1988. July 2018 saw the arrival of the firm’s 

first sliding-head lathe, a 20 mm bar capacity 

Cincom L20-VIIILFV from Citizen 

Machinery UK. It was followed in October 

2022 by a second, larger model, a 32 mm 

capacity Cincom L32-VIIILFV. 

Oaston Engineering’s managing director 

Sean McCarthy commented, “We were 

always led to believe that sliding-head lathe 

operation was a dark art and that you need 

to produce large batch quantities, say 50,000, 

to justify setting them for a new run. We had 

been looking at the technology since MACH 

2008 and a decade later, when the Cincom 

L20 was delivered, we discovered the myths 

were untrue.” 

He found that setting the machines was 

quick and so also was programming using 

Citizen’s Alkart CNC Wizard. It has a builtin 

library for machining processes to reduce 

the amount of time spent typing in G and M 

codes, together with internal reference 

material and diagrams to guide the 

programmer. The subcontractor’s setter / 

operators also frequently refer to the 

machine manual, which McCarthy describes 

as excellent. In the first few weeks, Citizen’s 

applications team provided help with 

preparation of the initial programs. 

The ease and speed with which the lathe 

could be prepared for the next production 

run meant that batch sizes of as low as 200 

are economical to machine. As it happens, 

though, the quantities the company is being 

asked to produce are steadily rising. One 

example is a contract to mill nuts and olives 

Machining area of the L32, which has 140-bar high-pressure coolant to allow trouble-free 

completion of difficult machining operations such as drilling of blind holes. 

Oaston Engineering’s managing director Sean McCarthy (left) with night shift supervisor 

John Shirley inspecting an aircraft pump camshaft produced on the Cincom L32-VIIILFV. 

for an aircraft de-icing equipment 

manufacturer. In 2008, the typical annual 

quantities required were 2,000 and 5,000 

respectively, whereas today they are five 

times higher. Both components are now 

machined on the L20, with typically parts for 

five months’ supply produced and 

consignment stocked to save repeated 

machine set-ups throughout the year. 

Mr McCarthy continued, “We have 

always known that continuous investment 

in modern plant is essential to remain 

competitive in a global marketplace and we 

invested £500,000 in new plant over a 12- 

month period alone in 2022 to 2023. 

“We had a strong competitor in Poland 

vying for the de-icing equipment contract, 

but the efficiency with which the L20 

produces the parts puts the business out of 

their reach.” 

He added that when it came to selecting 

which make of slider to buy, they carefully 

reviewed different suppliers’ offerings. Two 

factors swayed the decision towards Citizen 

Machinery. One was the availability of the 

LFV (low frequency vibration) chipbreaking 

function in the Cincom control’s operating 

system. The other was the knowledgeable 

response to questions, evidenced by the 

Citizen sales engineer being able to provide 

all answers on the spot, rather than having to 

refer back to head office every time. As 


CASE STUDY 

The stainless steel camshaft for an aircraft pump is pictured back centre, together with a 

range of other turn-milled parts produced on the two Cincoms at Oaston Engineering. 

Oaston Engineering was new to sliding-head 

turning, this was a major advantage. 

It was also notable that the machine 

supplier was the only one offering to deliver 

the lathe with a bar magazine that was two 

metres long, rather than the more standard 

three or four metres. This was also important 

to the subcontractor, as space is limited on 

the shop floor and there would not have 

been room for a longer bar feeder. 

Of the work put onto the L20 since it was 

delivered, 95% has been to fulfil aerospace 

contracts. One of the first jobs was a 303 

stainless steel inlet connector, which came 

off complete in one hit in 3.5 minutes. 

Previously, four separate operations were 

needed. The part had to be turned on a lathe 

in a 3.5-minute cycle, transferred to another 

lathe for a second, 3-minute turning 

operation, undergo a 2-minute manual 

operation and then have a hole drilled on a 

milling machine, taking 1.5 minutes. 

Transfer between each stage took about 30 

seconds. 

The overall floor-to-floor time was 11 

minutes 30 seconds, more than three times 

longer than on the slider with its very quick 

gang toolpost motions. The new process 

route allows a considerable saving to be 

made in the cost of production and the parts 

are perfect due to the absence of tolerance 

build-up through having to repeatedly 

clamp them. It enables the subcontractor not 

just to hold the price of the component to the 

customer, but to actually lower it by 5%. As 

is commonly known, cost-down is a widely 

sought throughout the aerospace industry. 

According to night shift supervisor John 

Shirley, a substantial further saving is made 

in the cost of tools. Owing to the rigidity of 

the Cincom lathes and their use of neat oil 

rather than a water-based coolant, cutters 

tend to last a lot longer. For example, for the 

above job an HSS (high speed steel) twist 

drill only managed to complete 100 pieces 

before it dulled, whereas Mr Shirley finished 

a batch of 4,000 on the slider using the same 

tool and it was still sharp. 

The LFV function is also proving 

valuable. It is used on most jobs to assist 

breaking stringy swarf into shorter chips, 

preventing entanglement around, and 

damage to, the tool and workpiece. LFV, 

which is switched on and off automatically 

within the program, is used sparingly as the 

microsecond periods of air-cutting due to 

the tool oscillation that creates the 

chipbreaking action also diminishes very 

slightly the metal removal rate. 

Nevertheless, its advantages far outweigh 

this small effect, especially when cutting 

oxygen-free copper, 316 stainless steel, 

aluminium (often 6082T6) and plastics 

including PEEK, all of which tend to 

generate bird’s nests of long swarf. 

The Cincom L32 would have been 

purchased earlier had it not been for the 

pandemic; it was delivered by Citizen 

Machinery in July 2022. The subcontractor 

had a particular job in mind for it – the 

production of a light aircraft pump camshaft 

from 431S29, a martensitic stainless steel. 

The component, which is produced from 

1.25-inch bar, formerly needed seven 

separate operations: outside diameter 

turning and grooving; milling on a 

machining centre; two separate turning 

operations in offset fixtures to machine the 

cams to a dimensional tolerance of 0.07 mm; 

drilling a longitudinal bore on a machining 

centre; cross drilling a tooling hole in 

another operation; and off-site grinding of 

two spigots to within 0.015 mm. 

The camshaft produced in this way 

required a total of 18 minutes 30 seconds of 

cutting time, plus inter-machine handling as 

well as 30 to 60 seconds for deburring and 

more time for inspection at each stage, all of 

which added up to several more minutes per 

component. Now, six of the operations are 

performed in one hit in less than 15 minutes 

on the Cincom before the part goes out for 

grinding. It had been hoped to complete the 

latter operation in-cycle as well, and indeed 

it was demonstrated that it is possible to turn 

the spigots to within 15 µm on the L32, but it 

is a tight limit that needs care to achieve and 

would have slowed production. 

More than 20 jobs have already been 

through the L32, which is also fitted with a 

two-metre Iemca bar magazine and 

standardised to the use of 30 mm diameter 

stock to avoid having to change collets. 

Some work has been transferred from the 

L20, easing the pressure on that machine. 

The sliders operating in tandem provide 

security should one be out of operation. Mr 

McCarthy stresses, however, that neither 

Cincom has gone down since they were 

installed, which is a refreshing change from 

other lathes on site that are considerably less 

reliable. 

Many components need hexagonal flats, 

but hex bar is never used as it would cause 

vibration and not be commensurate with 

producing accurate parts for aerospace and 

biotech. In any case, the driven tools on 

modern Cincoms are so powerful that 

milling of spanner flats is rapid. Oblique 

cross holes are required in that area of many 

components and to prevent the drill 

wandering, the milling is completed 

afterwards. Both Cincoms run continuously 

from 6.00 am on Monday to 1.00 pm on 

Friday, with night shifts always attended 

due to the nature of the work carried out. 

The two sliding-head lathes not only hold 

the limits asked of them but are also highly 

productive, so much so that time has been 

freed up within the factory to begin 

assembly work for the first time. From 

November 2023, the body for the aircraft 

pump will be milled on one of Oaston 

Engineering’s 5-axis machining centres and 

assembled with five other mechanical parts 

produced on the shop floor, including the 

camshaft, before delivery to the customer. 

More such added-value contracts are 

expected in the future. 

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TO KEEP 

VANS SAFE 

According to the RAC, 30 vans are stolen and 

a further 80 broken into every day in the UK. 

Van Guard Accessories based in Exeter aims 

to help van owners and operators minimise 

their risk of becoming a victim. Leigh 

Andrews, Director of operations at Van 

Guard says, “The average theft is valued at 

£2,500 excluding damage to the van which 

can cost around £2000 on top.” 

The company has been operating for over 

40 years and has been offering its ULTI Lock 

hooklock, which is the first Gold Standard 

Sold Secure hooklock for vans, for the past 

three years. 

Previously, the locks offered were 

manufactured in Germany and Portugal, but 

the price point became uncompetitive, so 

Van Guard designed its own better product, 

fabricating the sheet metal parts itself on its 

laser cutter and subcontracting the turned 

and machined parts. Leigh Andrews wanted 

to bring the subcontracted parts in house and 

started off with the machining of face plates 

on an XYZ 750 TMC with ProtoTRAK® RMX 

control and 20 Station carousel tool changer. 

Fixturing was designed so that 22 parts could 

fit on the machine on one pallet. Previously 

the face plates were countersunk manually 

but, as the countersinks were different 

depths it took three operations and 15 

minutes per part. To subcontract this 

operation cost £1.10 per part so in house 

machining was easy to justify with a cycle 

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Leigh Andrews in front of XYZ 750 TMC. 

time of 30 seconds per plate and a payback 

on the machine of less than three years. 

Leigh Andrews says, “The ULTI Lock has 

been a raging success, and we are making 

between 4000 and 6000 per month. Typically, 

each van will have two or three hooklocks, 

one on the rear door and two on the side 

door. We are preparing more fixtures so that 

we can introduce the machining of other 

parts in house. Currently we are only using 

50% of the XYZ 750 TMC’s capacity so we 

have plenty of machining time available for 

different parts and increased demand for our 

products. Furthermore, with the machine’s 

swarf conveyor, we are able to recover more 

money from recycling the swarf while at the 

same time maintaining a clean machine and 

clean coolant.” 

Van Guard chose the XYZ 750 TMC as 

Leigh Andrews had had experience of the 

machines at a previous company and 

because XYZ Machine Tools is local. “We 

Fixture holding 22 face plates. 

Machining finished on face plates in the XYZ 750 TMC 


were easily able to go up to the Burlescombe 

factory for training on the machine and 

ProtoTRAK® and XYZ engineers carried out 

additional training on site, helping us with 

our components. We are experienced in sheet 

metal, but new to CNC machining and the 

graphics and ease of use of ProtoTRAK® 

made the crossover from manual to CNC 

machining easier.” Additionally, the 

machine was delivered ex stock and Van 

Guard was able to take advantage of the 

capital allowance tax break on 4th April 2023 

just before it ended. 

The operator that was previously doing 

the countersinking can now be more 

productive elsewhere making a 70% labour 

saving. The XYZ 750 TMC operates on its 

own, with the only tasks required being 

loading and unloading the pallet fixture 

while the previous one is in cycle and 

switching the fixtures in the machine at the 

end of each cycle. 

As part of the machine tool package, Van 

Guard chose a three-year service package 

which covers routine maintenance and 

accidental damage. Leigh Andrews adds, 

“The XYZ 750 TMC is the third most 

important machine in the workshop, and we 

can’t ship product without it. The response 

we get to support queries is almost 

immediate and overall, the machine is value 

for money and does a good job. In three 

years, we have gone from a cold start to 

shipping over £1.5 million security products 

through our lock fitting network across the 

UK and Ireland and the XYZ 750 TMC is a 

key part of that success.” 

www.xyzmachinetools.com 

https://mortimerpr.co.uk 

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ULTI Lock hooklocks installed on a rear van door 


CASE STUDY 

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURER BRINGS MILLING 

AND TURNING IN-HOUSE AND STARTS OWN SUBCONTRACT 

MACHINING DIVISION 

Medical systems manufactured by 

Hollingworth Design Ltd (HDL) at its 

Stockport factory now contain components 

milled and turned in-house, avoiding the 

unreliability and cost of sourcing them from 

subcontractors. Only sheet metalwork 

continues to be produced by third parties. 

The first CNC lathe and mill were installed in 

2017, followed by another turning centre and 

then a German-built Index G200 twinspindle, 

triple-turret, turn-mill centre 

supplied in 2020 by sole agent Kingsbury. 

Since then, the number of lathes and mills 

on-site has doubled to eight, including a 

smaller capacity Index C100 and HDL’s first 

automated prismatic machining cell, a robotfed, 

five-axis, HSK-A63 spindle C12 from 

Hermle, Germany, also represented 

exclusively in the UK by Kingsbury. 

The same period has seen the arrival of a 

CNC mitring saw, an Aberlink coordinate 

measuring machine, a Keyence optical 

inspection system and the company’s first 

quality control inspector, Simon Tweedie. 

Other new members of staff are Richard 

Binks, who is dedicated to subcontract sales, 

and Nick Mort, lead engineer in charge of the 

CNC section. 

Mr Mort commented, “The subcontract 

side of our business has increased fivefold to 

25% of turnover in the last two years and we 

are aiming to increase it to 50% by 2026.” 

The 65 mm bar capacity Index G200, 

which is fitted with a three-metre bar 

Machining area of the G200, showing the 

360-degree upper tool carrier comprising a 

14-station turret and an HSK-A40 tool 

spindle. 

The Index G200 turn-mill centre on the shop floor at the Stockport factory of HDL. The 

machine is being operated by lead engineer Nick Mort. 

magazine, is playing a major role in fulfilling 

the growing number of contracts. The upper, 

double tool carrier has a 360-degree B-axis 

and a ± 65 mm Y-axis. On one side there is a 

14-station, live tool turret rated at 16 kW / 16 

Nm (25% DC) and 7,200 rpm maximum 

speed. On the other side there is an HSK-A40 

22 kW / 52 Nm (25% DC) milling spindle 

with automatic cutter exchange, enabling 

considerable machining versatility in 

combination with the two lower turrets that 

also serve the 6,000 rpm / 32 kW main and 

counter spindles. 

Arranged in mirror image, each lower 

turret has an independent, ± 45 mm Y-axis 

and an identical rating to the turret at the top. 

To optimise productivity, it is possible to 

utilise all three turrets simultaneously at 

either the main or counter spindle, without 

interference. Alternatively, simultaneous 

machining the front end of a component at 

the main spindle and the reverse end at the 

counter spindle, in contrast to sequential 

machining on HDL’s earlier lathes, has cut 

cycle times dramatically. To produce a 

typical turned, threaded and engraved brass 

manifold component, for example, the 

typical cycle time has been reduced from 4 to 

1.5 minutes and similar efficiency is gained 

when producing subcontract parts for other 

OEMs. 

Given the lathe’s high power and 

versatility, it is not surprising that there was 

a tendency to prioritise the use of this Index 

turn-mill centre when considering which 

machine to employ for producing a new or 

existing part, even if it mostly entailed 

prismatic machining using the driven tools. 

So another lathe from the same source, an 

Index C100 having 42 mm bar capacity and a 

more conventional three-turret 

configuration, was bought to produce most 

of the turn-milled components for internal 

use, freeing the larger lathe to fulfil mainly 

subcontract work, which is often more 

complex and generally larger. 

Mr Mort added, “We had no hesitation 

returning to Kingsbury for another Index 

lathe, as the first proved very reliable and the 

backup from the agent was prompt, efficient 

and friendly.” 

For that reason, in early 2023 when HDL 

wanted to acquire its first automated 

machining centre, it selected Kingsbury 

Brass components machined from bar in the 

Index G200. 


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Machining area of the Index C100 turn-mill 

centre, which has a more conventional 

three-turret configuration. 

again for the purchase of the Hermle cell. It 

was preceded by a stand-alone, 5-axis, 30- 

taper mill-turn machine from another 

supplier that was being used almost 

exclusively for producing aluminium parts 

for a bicycle manufacturer in the north of 

England. The contract was growing in 

variety and volume, especially with the 

introduction of an electric bike, so 

A filter for the aerospace industry machined 

from 2024 aluminium bar in the C100 in a 

cycle time of six minutes, despite the 

component containing 258 slots, which are 

produced two at a time by pinch milling. 

Brass couplings turned, milled, threaded 

and engraved on the C100. 

automation was the obvious choice for 

producing the parts more cost effectively. 

As the bicycle components are relatively 

light, it was decided that a Hermle RS05 

robot for handling individual billets into the 

machining area and returning finished parts 

was preferable to automated pallet exchange. 

The latter would have incurred more cost to 

buy the pallets and workholding equipment 

and entailed extra work for fixturing parts 

and removing them. 

Now production of the bicycle parts is 

shared between the 30-taper machine and the 

Hermle. Prototypes are produced on the 

former, while larger batches are put onto the 

latter; 50-off, say, if piece part cycle time is 15 

to 20 minutes, or 200-off minimum in the case 

of shorter cycles. 

To support HDL while its engineers were 

familiarising themselves with operating the 

Hermle cell and programming it with the 

help of a new seat of SolidWorks 

CAD/CAM, Kingsbury provided a suite of 

eight turnkey packages, each comprising a 

program, set-up sheet and list of 

recommended tooling. 

Mr Mort observed, “These days, it is 

difficult to find skilled setter-operators. An 

automated cell like the Hermle helps to 

mitigate the situation, as once it is set it just 

runs, including overnight, producing parts to 

A view inside the Hermle C12, showing 

custom-machined jaws holding a 

component. 

tolerances from ±0.25 mm right down to ±10 

µm.” 

In addition to the medical and bicycle 

manufacturing sectors, today HDL regularly 

serves motorsport, aerospace and the marine 

industry. It also supplies tight-tolerance, 

mainly titanium parts that go into test 

equipment built by Hyderogen, a hydrogen 

technology consultancy owned by Kris 

Hyde, who is joint managing director of HDL 

together with the company founder, Paul 

Hollingworth. 

www.kingsburyuk.com 

Various prismatic aluminium components 

produced in the automated Hermle 

machining cell at HDL. 

A connection block milled, turned, tapped and engraved from brass 

bar on the C100. 

316 stainless steel parts loaded in the drawer system of the Hermle 

RS05 robot handling unit. 


In the precision-driven realms of the medical and aerospace industries, 

the roles of mass finishing and shot blasting technologies cannot be 

overstated. These processes, crucial for achieving the high degree of 

surface perfection required in these sectors, are instrumental in ensuring 

both the reliability and safety of critical components. This article delves 

into the intricate world of mass finishing and shot blasting, exploring 

their application in the medical and aerospace fields, and underscoring 

why these technologies are indispensable for maintaining the stringent 

quality standards that these industries demand. By examining their 

impact on product durability, performance, and compliance with 

rigorous specifications, we gain insight into how these finishing 

processes are not just about aesthetics, but are fundamental to the 

functionality and integrity of the components used in life-saving medical 

devices and high-performance aerospace systems. 

CASE STUDY 

MASS FINISHISHING & SHOT BLASTING FOR MEDICAL 

AND AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS Colin Spellacy, Head of Sales, Rösler UK 

MASS FINISHING AND SHOT BLASTING 

Mass finishing and shot blasting are two distinct industrial processes 

used for surface finishing of components, each with its unique method 

and application. Mass finishing, encompassing 

techniques like tumbling, vibratory finishing, 

and centrifugal finishing, involves placing parts 

in a machine with abrasive media, where they 

are finished through a combination of 

mechanical and chemical actions. This method 

is particularly effective for deburring, 

smoothing, polishing, and cleaning a large 

number of small to medium-sized parts 

simultaneously, making it ideal for intricate 

components with complex geometries. The 

gentle and controlled nature of mass finishing 

ensures uniform treatment of all surfaces, 

crucial in industries like medical, where 

precision and consistency are paramount. 

Shot blasting, on the other hand, employs 

the forceful projection of abrasive materials, 

such as steel or glass beads, against the surface 

of the component. This high-energy process is 

excellent for cleaning, strengthening 

(peening), or roughening surfaces, and is often 

used for larger, more robust components. Its 

aggressive nature makes it suitable for 

removing heavy scale, rust, or old coatings, 

and it is commonly employed in industries 

like aerospace and automotive for preparing 

surfaces for painting or coating. The choice 

between mass finishing and shot blasting 

depends on the specific requirements of the 

application: mass finishing is preferred for 

delicate, precision parts requiring uniform 

treatment, while shot blasting is chosen for its 

aggressiveness and suitability for larger, 

tougher components needing thorough 

surface preparation. 

MASS FINISHING AND SHOT 

BLASTING IN MEDICAL AND 

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS 

In the medical industry, mass finishing, prior to 

final sterilisation in accordance with applicable 

medical regulations, is essential for ensuring the 

safety and effectiveness of various devices. The 

process is widely used to smooth and polish 

implantable devices, surgical instruments, and 

other medical tools. The primary objective is to 

eliminate any surface irregularities that could 

harbour bacteria or cause patient discomfort. 

For instance, mass finishing is vital in the 

production of orthopaedic implants, where a 

smooth surface can significantly reduce the risk 

of tissue irritation and promote better 

integration with the body. Additionally, the 

process is used to clean and finish components 

of diagnostic equipment, ensuring that they are 

free of contaminants and safe for patient 

contact. 

Shot blasting, in the context of the aerospace 

industry, is crucial for preparing component 

surfaces for further processing and ensuring 

their structural integrity. This process is 

extensively used for cleaning, texturizing, or 

peening surfaces of aircraft components made 

of metals and alloys. By removing surface 

contaminants, shot blasting enhances the 

adhesion properties of subsequent coatings, 

which is critical for parts that are exposed to 

extreme environmental conditions. Moreover, 

shot blasting is employed for stress-relieving 

and strengthening components through 

peening, a process that improves fatigue 

resistance and prolongs the lifespan of critical 

aerospace parts such as turbine blades, landing 

gear, and fuselage components. 

The importance of mass finishing and shot 

blasting in these sectors is underscored by their 

direct impact on safety and performance of 

safety-critical devices. In the medical field, the 

precise and gentle finishing of devices ensures 

device efficacy. In aerospace, the reliability and 

durability of components are non-negotiable, 

with shot blasting playing a pivotal role in 

ensuring these attributes. These processes not 

only contribute to the longevity and 

functionality of components but are also 

integral in complying with stringent industry 

standards and regulations, thereby upholding 

the highest safety benchmarks in these critical 

sectors. 

HOW TO SELECT A FINISHING 

SUPPLIER 

To excel in providing top-tier mass finishing 

and shot blasting technologies, a company must 

possess a blend of advanced technical 

capabilities, extensive industry knowledge, and 

a commitment to innovation. At its core, the 

company should be equipped with state-of-theart 

machinery and technology capable of 

handling a diverse range of materials and 

component geometries. This includes having a 

variety of mass finishing machines like 

tumblers, vibratory finishers, and centrifugal 

equipment, as well as an array of shot blasting 

machines suited for different applications, from 

gentle peening to aggressive surface cleaning. 

Equally important is the company's expertise in 

selecting the right media, whether it be ceramic, 

plastic, or metallic for mass finishing, or the 

appropriate abrasives for shot blasting, to 

achieve optimal results. In addition, the 

company should demonstrate an ongoing 

investment in R&D, ensuring that its 

technology stays at the forefront of industry 

advancements, thereby offering the most 

efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally 

friendly solutions. 

In addition to technical prowess, the ideal 

company should have a strong customer-centric 

profile, marked by a deep understanding of 

various industry requirements and a tailored 

approach to each project. This means not just 

selling equipment, but partnering with 


customers to understand their specific needs, 

whether they are in the aerospace, medical, or 

any other sector with stringent finishing 

standards. Such a company would offer 

comprehensive services, from initial 

consultation and process development to aftersales 

support, including maintenance and 

training. The ability to provide custom 

solutions and adapt technology to unique 

challenges is crucial, as is a robust global 

support network that ensures customers receive 

timely assistance regardless of their location. 

By combining cutting-edge technology with 

personalized, industry-specific service, a 

company can truly deliver the best in mass 

finishing and shot blasting technologies, 

becoming a trusted ally in their clients' pursuit 

of excellence. This customer-focused approach 

should be backed by a strong commitment to 

quality and safety, ensuring compliance with 

international standards and regulations. A 

provider excelling in these technologies would 

also prioritize sustainability, continually 

seeking ways to minimize environmental 

impact, such as by developing eco-friendly 

media and optimizing energy efficiency in their 

machines. Ultimately, the hallmark of a leading 

company in this field is its ability to merge 

technical expertise with a responsive and 

responsible service ethos, setting the standard 

for innovation, reliability, and customer 

satisfaction in the realm of mass finishing and 

shot blasting technologies. 

THE ROSLER DIFFERENCE 

Rösler AG, with its illustrious 80-year history, 

stands as a paragon in the field of mass 

finishing and shot blasting, particularly for the 

demanding applications required in the 

medical and aerospace industries. This 

longevity is not just a testament to the 

company’s enduring presence but also to the 

depth of experience and expertise it has 

cultivated over the decades. Being a familyowned 

business rather than a shareholderdriven 

entity, Rösler has the unique advantage 

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of prioritizing long-term goals and customercentric 

strategies over short-term financial 

gains. This approach has allowed the company 

to build lasting relationships with clients, 

understand the evolving needs of the industries 

it serves, and adapting its offerings accordingly. 

Röslers’ deep-rooted understanding of the 

nuanced requirements in the medical and 

aerospace sectors has positioned it as a trusted 

partner, capable of meeting the highest 

standards of precision, reliability, and quality 

demanded by these fields. 

The global sales and service support 

infrastructure of the company is a critical 

component of its success. Its widespread 

presence means that it can offer localized 

expertise and support, understanding regional 

specificities and responding promptly to 

customer needs, regardless of location. This 

global network ensures that customers receive 

consistent, high-quality service and have access 

to Rösler’s expertise no matter where they are 

based. This aspect is particularly crucial for 

clients in the aerospace and medical industries, 

where time-sensitive projects and the need for 

rapid response to maintenance and support 

queries are common. Rösler's ability to provide 

such immediate and knowledgeable support is a significant advantage, 

reassuring customers that their high-stakes, precision-oriented projects 

are in capable hands. 

Rösler’s commitment to vertical integration marks another 

cornerstone of its excellence. By designing and manufacturing all its 

machines in-house and not relying on third-party components, it 

maintains complete control over the quality and performance of its 

products. This self-reliance means that every aspect of its machines, from 

the smallest part to the overall design, meets stringent quality standards. 

This level of control is particularly important in the medical and 

aerospace industries, where even minor flaws or inconsistencies can have 

significant consequences. Rösler’s ability to assure such high quality and 

reliability in its equipment is a major reassurance for customers who 

cannot afford any compromises in their finishing processes. 

The company's focus on automated and turnkey solutions represents 

its forward-thinking approach. In an era where efficiency and precision 

are paramount, Rösler’s emphasis on automation aligns perfectly with 

the needs of modern manufacturing, especially in the high-tech medical 

and aerospace sectors. Automated solutions minimize human error, 

increase throughput, and ensure consistent quality, which are all critical 

factors for these industries. Rösler’s turnkey solutions, which encompass 

everything from initial consultation and machine design to installation 

and commissioning, provide customers with a seamless, hassle-free 

experience. This holistic approach, combined 

with its cutting-edge automation, means that 

Rösler can deliver highly efficient, tailored 

solutions that meet the specific needs of each 

customer. 

Lastly, Rösler’s position as a one-stop-shop 

for both machine and media supplies, coupled 

with its major focus on post-sale care and 

support, significantly enhances its value 

proposition to customers. This comprehensive 

offering simplifies the procurement process for 

clients, ensuring that they receive perfectly 

matched equipment and consumables for their 

specific applications. Furthermore, Rösler’s 

commitment to post-sale support, including 

maintenance, training, and ongoing technical 

assistance, ensures that customers continue to 

derive maximum value from their investment 

over time. This level of ongoing support is 

crucial in industries where equipment uptime 

and performance directly impact production 

schedules and product quality. Rösler’s 

dedication to not just selling machines, but also 

to fostering enduring partnerships through 

continuous support, cements its pre-eminence 

in providing solutions that are as reliable and 

enduring as its own legacy. 

www.rosler.com 


CASE STUDY 

READY FOR ‘LIFT-OFF’ WITH OPEN MIND 

As the name would suggest, Hill Helicopters is a manufacturer of 

luxury light helicopters. Since its inception, the company has been on a 

fascinating journey that is seeing the team of 80+ engineers develop and 

manufacture a complete aircraft from the ground up. To achieve this, 

the Rugeley manufacturer has enlisted the support of leading 

manufacturers from the sphere of machine tools, cutting tools and 

ancillary equipment. When the company needed industry-leading 

CAD/CAM technology that is trusted by the aerospace industry, it 

turned to OPEN MIND Technologies and its groundbreaking 

hyperMILL CAM suite. 

Discussing the foundation blocks of the Staffordshire manufacturer, 

Company Founder, Chairman and Chief Engineer at Hill Helicopters, 

Dr Jason Hill says: “Hill Helicopters are 

designers, developers and manufacturers of 

the HX50 5-seat turbine light helicopter. We 

are actually bringing light helicopter 

manufacturing back to the UK for the first time 

in 50 years. To sell an effective general aviation 

light helicopter, you really have to match the 

price point with high-end supercars. To do 

that, you really can’t turn to the existing 

aerospace supply chain. So, we’ve had to 

develop a vertically integrated manufacturing 

strategy where we manufacture everything inhouse 

from scratch.” 

Commenting on how the company has 

achieved this, Dr Jason Hill adds: “We have 

developed the entire machining capability and 

the whole composite capability - for a whole 

aircraft, transmission system and the gas 

turbine engine. That has been an enormous 

undertaking. We have a group of technology 

partners that have essentially helped us to 

drag ourselves up the learning curve. This has 

enabled us to physically machine parts, cast 

parts and make composite components. OPEN 

MIND Technologies and hyperMILL have 

been an instrumental knowledge and support 

partner in enabling us to program and 

manufacture complex machined components 

in a wide variety of materials.” 

Discussing the start of the relationship 

between Hill Helicopters and OPEN MIND 

Technologies UK, Justin Talboys-Cotton from 

OPEN MIND Technologies UK says: “We 

were initially invited by Hill Helicopters to 

look at their compressor wheel, which is 

effectively an impeller. It was a very 

challenging component with very small gaps. 

It was a challenge they gave us, but from that 

point on, there has been a wide variety of parts 

the company wants to make. From there, the 

relationship has grown and as Hill Helicopters 

have bought more equipment and machine 

tools, they have increased their usage of 

hyperMILL. Being invited into Hill helicopters 

at such an early stage - before machines and 

programmers were here, it has been really 

exciting to be part of this helicopter 

development programme and watching it 

grow.” 

The company is fast approaching 1,000 

sales with 943 aircraft pre-ordered for delivery 

to 67 countries at present. It is currently 

looking to invest in a new facility to 

accommodate its growth, and every month 

new milestones are being reached in bringing 

the project to rapid fruition. Hill Helicopters 

has pioneered a new approach to delivering 

and supporting safe, exciting luxury private 

aircraft ownership at an affordable price, 

calling the new concept ‘General Aviation 2.0’. 

General Aviation 2.0 (GA 2.0) is what Hill 

Helicopters calls an ‘end-to-end ownership 

experience’ that is entirely customer-focused. 

It begins with a ground-up modern aircraft 

design while simultaneously meeting or 

exceeding the latest EASA and FAA 

airworthiness requirements. Beyond this, GA 

2.0 also provides an all-new, safe and fully 

supported ownership experience. These 

factors ensure the new aircraft delivers low 

operating costs and maintains a stable high 

resale value, making personal helicopter 

ownership more attainable than ever before. 

As an aircraft, the Hill GT50 engine is a 400hp 

unit with a take-off power of 440hp to 10,000ft, 

a cruise speed of 140kts and a maximum range 

of 700nm. The company is also manufacturing 

a commercial variant, the HC50. The 

differences between the HC50 and HX50 are 

price, time to market and customer 

participation in the HX50 manufacture. 

Commenting upon the current stage of 

development, Dr Jason Hill says: 

“Fundamentally, at this stage, our sole 

objective is to get through the development of 

parts and sub-systems as fast as possible. 

Pretty much everything we do on every single 

machine here is a first-off, a one-off. So, we 

must manage the risk of programmer error or 

machine crashes as we are going through these 

development phases at pace. The Virtual 

Machine capability within OPEN MIND is 

absolutely crucial to us being able to do that 

with minimum risk and the maximum 

confidence possible - as quickly as possible.” 

Justin Talboys-Cotton from OPEN MIND 

adds: “Virtual Machine optimiser on the 

gantry mill is ensuring that the customer 

covers things like rewinding automatically. As 

a programmer, this means you program as 

normal even though the machine is complex. 

Having the hyperMILL Digital Twin set up 

and Optimizer, we automatically ensure the 

processes are collision-free and it can run 

within the machining envelope comfortably. I 

believe the main aim here in regards to being 

efficient, is managing lots of parts and lots of 

design changes that are involved with the 

components passing through the process chain 

for the first time. hyperMILL is enabling Hill 

Helicopters to really optimise their programs, 

first of all as prove-out for ‘fit for function’ but 

also to make sure the parts are going to be 

valid for the production environment as well.” 

Adding to this, Dr Jason Hill comments: 

“We program milling and turning with 

hyperMILL and it is absolutely instrumental 

for us to be able to rapidly develop literally, 

hundreds of complex components in a wide 

variety of materials to extremely tight 

tolerances.” 

Concluding on the project, Dr Jason Hill 

says: “I have been dreaming about making this 

helicopter since I was a little boy, so to find 

myself 44 years later in a position where this 

thing is becoming physical and becoming real, 

where we are not far from actually flying - it is 

an amazing experience. I think the day-to-day 

requirements of building a helicopter and a jet 

engine from scratch is extremely demanding. 

However, seeing the joy in our staff and our 

943 customers who are seeing this thing 

become real and taking its first baby steps into 

flight, more than offset that. It’s a journey that 

has definitely been worth it.” 

E-mail: 

info.UK@openmind-tech.com 


CASE STUDY 

OFFSHORE SUBCONTRACT MANUFACTURER INVESTS 

IN A VULCAN VMC FROM ETG 

Located in Moray, North-East Scotland, an 

area famous for its Scotch Whisky, Standfast 

Precision Engineering Ltd provides 

subcontract manufacturing services that are 

far more edifying than a tipple. Since its 

inception over 40 years ago, the 

manufacturer has continually invested in 

machine tools to serve its clients in the 

offshore and whisky distillery sectors. The 

latest investment is a Vulcan 710L VMC from 

the Engineering Technology Group (ETG). 

Located in Craigellachie where the River 

Spey meets the River Fiddich, Standfast is a 

company that has continually invested in 

new technology to enable the production of 

high quality components in everything from 

one-off and low-volume runs to highervolume 

production. Primarily working with 

the oil and gas industry, Standfast has 

witnessed significant growth in recent years 

as the offshore industry has enjoyed a 

renaissance. With a facility that incorporates 

everything from manual and CNC turning, 

milling and EDM machining, the ISO: 9001 

company is evolving its business assets to 

satisfy the demands of its clients. 

The latest acquisition, a Vulcan 710L VMC 

with a 4th axis Lehmann rotary unit from 

ETG was purchased to provide additional 

capacity and increase the throughput of its 

smaller components. As Company Owner 

and Director Graham Wilson says: “We had a 

small bed 3-axis machine with a rotary unit, 

but the compact work area was limited even 

further by the 4th axis unit. This meant we 

could only process very small parts or we 

would have to transfer components to our 

larger bed machines that are dedicated to 

larger jobs –disrupting our workflow and 

creating capacity issues. We spoke to ETG’s 

representative in Scotland, Ross Milne, and 

he recommended the Vulcan 710L VMC.” 

“We reviewed the market, looking for a 

machine with a Siemens CNC in a short lead 

time, as our workload was ramping up and 

the issue was causing a bottleneck. ETG 

provided the solution with the Vulcan, and it 

has been a tremendous asset since it was 

installed,” adds Graham. 

With a limited floor area, the compact 

Vulcan slotted straight into the Scottish 

manufacturer’s shop floor. The outgoing 

machine only had a worktable of 500mm, 

which was too small to fit both a 4th axis unit 

and a vice for 3-axis work. However, the 

spacious work area of the Vulcan provides a 

worktable of 760 by 420mm. Commenting 

upon this, CNC Machinist at Standfast, Mr 

Scott Coull says: “With the space in the 

Vulcan, we can fit the 4th axis unit and a 

tailstock to stabilise larger parts.” 

Operating the machine daily, Scott adds: 

“We program parts at the machine and the 

new Siemens CNC has a large touchscreen 

interface that improves programming speed 

by at least 30%. We typically produce batches 

from 10 to 20 off, so we can program 10 to 20 

jobs each week with each program taking 

from 15 minutes to a couple of hours, so this 

saving in programming time is significant.” 

Looking at the build quality and 

performance of the machine, Scott adds: 

“Compared to the previous machine, the 

Vulcan is a more rigid and robust machine 

than its predecessor and this enables us to 

undertake heavier cutting conditions. 

Furthermore, the previous spindle had a 

maximum speed of 8000rpm and the Vulcan 

provides 10,000rpm, this significantly 

improves our productivity, especially on 

softer material components such as 

aluminium.” 

The family business owned and run by 

Graham and his wife Michelle has also 

witnessed improved surface finishes, 

product quality and reduced downtime since 

the acquisition of the Vulcan. Scott adds: 

“Whilst the Vulcan has a tool setting probe 

that eradicates our previous method of using 

a dial gauge on every new tool that we put in 

the machine. This can save us a couple of 

hours of manual tool setting on the machine 

each week. In addition, the rapid tool 

changer is at least 50% faster than the 

previous machine.” 

Concluding on the acquisition, Graham 

says: “We needed a machine with a 

particular specification for our requirements 

that was going to deliver reliability and 

performance. The Vulcan machine from ETG 

has more capacity, more torque, and a 

streamlined 4th-axis system and it provides 

the space for us to machine relatively large 

parts in either a 3-axis or 4th-axis setup – 

freeing up our staff for alternative tasks and 

also alleviating capacity from our larger 

machines. Furthermore, the support from 

Ross and ETG has been fantastic.” 

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S E R V I C E S D I R E C T O R Y 

ASSOCIATIONS 

THE MANUFACTURING TECHOLOGIES ASSOCIATION 

62 Bayswater Road, London WS 3PS 

Tel: 0207 7298 6400 

Web: www.mta.org.uk 

AUCTIONEERS 

APEX AUCTIONS LIMITED - ONLINE MACHINE TOOL AUCTIONS. 

PO Box 329, Brighton BN1 1TQ, United Kingdom. 

Tel: UK Office: +44 (0) 1273 224466 US Office: +1 630 718 9804 

Email: info@apexauctions.com 

Web: www.apexauctions.com 

AMS (UK) LTD 

Gloucester Auction Centre, Bristol Road, Gloucester, GL2 5DD. 

Tel: +44(0) 1452 207777 

Email: info@ams.uk 

Web: www.ams.uk 

PEAKER PATTINSON AUCTIONEERS Ltd. 

The Grange Offices, Aunby, Stamford, Lincs PE9 4EE, England 

Tel: 01778 590111 Fax: 01778 590730 

Email: info@ppauctions.com 

Web: www.ppauctions.com 

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

Email: london@ppauctions.com 

AUCTIONS & VALUATIONS 

LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON 

AuctionSales.AssetAdvisory@lsh.co.uk 

Valuations.AssetAdvisory@lsh.co.uk 

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 

Web: 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 

Web: 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 

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 



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 

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 

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: 01525 370666 

Email: sales@hone-all.co.uk 

Web: www.hone-all.co.uk 

SUBCON DRILLING LTD 

ISO 9001 : 2015 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 

Email: dean@subcondrilling.co.uk 

Web: www.subcondrilling.co.uk 

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DEEP HOLE DRILLING 




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! 


Tel: 01525 370666 



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. 

Tel: 01483 280111 Mobile: 07866 266100 

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. 

LINDSAY FINANCE 

BUSINESS FINANCE SPECIALISTS 

Tel: 0115 931 4545 

Email: sales@lindsay.finance 

Web: www.lindsay.finance 

GEAR CUTTING 






Tel: 0161 627 4610 

Fax: 0161 628 3141 



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: 01525 370666 





Drilling, Gundrilling & Honing, fast response and turnaround. 

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

Hempstead. 

Tel: 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: 01525 370666 





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

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

Hempstead. 

Tel: 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 

Web: 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 

Web: 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 

ACCURATE CUTTING SERVICES 

Saws and blades by Amada for optimum cutting performance. 

To find out more about Amada high speed cutting machines and blades, 

call us on 01527 527058 

Email: sales@accurate-cutting.co.uk Web: www.accurate-cutting.co.uk 

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 

Email 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. 

Unit 1, Aspen Court, Centurion Business Park, Bessemer Way, 

Rotherham S60 1FB. 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 

STARTRITE-MACHINE SPARES 

Machine Spares are specialists in the manufacture of spares for 

Startrite Saws. We manufacture our spares from original drawings in 

house, in the UK. We have extensive spares in our stock ready for 

immediate dispatch. 

Machine Spares Ltd, Garratt St., Brierley Hill DY5 1JU. 

Tel: 01384 489000 Web: www,machinespares.net 




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 

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 

JCP SERVICES LIMITED 

Tooling For Tin Box & Bakeware Plus Precision Engineers. We 

specialise in the manufacture of tin box, bakeware 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 Mobile: 07709 531317 

Email: jcpservicesltd@gmail.com Web: www.jcpservicesltd.org.uk/ 

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: bernice.page@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 

Large Capacity Correa FP40 Bridge Type & Hurco DCX32 Double 

Column Machining Centres formerly used by Cube Precision 

Engineering 

Bidding Ends: Thursday 15th February 2024 at 3pm (UK Time) 

·Correa FP40 Bridge Type Milling Machine (2007), Heidenhain TNC530 Control, Table Size 4500 x 2000mm, 

Max Table Weight 10,000kgs, X/Y/Z = 4000/3000/1000mm 

·Hurco DCX32/50T Double Column Machining Centre (2012), Ultimax Control, Table Size: 3000mm x 1700mm, 

Max. Table Weight: 11000kg, Spindle Speed: 10000 RPM, Spindle Taper: CAT 50, Tool Capacity: 40 Pockets, X-Axis Travel: 3200mm, 

Y-Axis Travel: 2100mm, Z-Axis Travel: 920mm, 

·Hurco VMX64/50T Vertical Machining Centre (2003), Ultimax Control, X-Axis Travel: 1625mm, Y-Axis Travel: 860mm, 

Z-Axis Travel: 760mm, Table length 1676 x 889mm 

For Full Information please visit our Website: www.cottandco.com 

Please Contact Our Office for Further Information: Cottrill & Co, 401—407 Tyburn Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 8HJ 

▪ Tel: + 44 (0) 121 328 2424 ▪ Email: info@cottandco.com ▪ Website: www.cottandco.com ▪ 

Cottrill & Co is a Trade Name of Cottrill & Associates Ltd 


FEATURES PROGRAMME 2024 

MARCH 

u Turning 

u Drilling &Tapping, Milling. 

u Robotics & Automation u MACH Review 

APRIL 

u Welding 

u Sheet Metal, Punching, Bending, Profile Forming 

u Grinding Deburring Surface finishing. 

u MACH 2024 

MAY 

u Laser, Plasma,Waterjet Cutting 

u Spark Erosion, EDM & ECM 

u Metrology inc Inspection & quality control 

JUNE 

u Robotics & Automation 

u Chucks, Clamps & Workholding Equipment 

u Drilling & Milling 

u Subcon 

JULY 

u Grinding Deburring & Surface finishing 

u Cleaning & Degreasing. 

u Waste Management 

u Sawing Machines 

u Tooling 

u Lubricants & Coolants 

AUGUST 

SEPTEMBER 

u CAD/CAM 

u Chains & Bearings 

u Laser, Plasma, Waterjet Cutting 

OCTOBER 

u Robotics & Automation 

u AeroSpace Engineering 

u Metrology inc Inspection & quality control 

u EUROBLECH 

NOVEMBER 

u Grinding Deburring & Surface Finishing, 

u Medical engineering 

u Drilling & Milling 

u Advanced Engineering 

DECEMBER 

u Welding, Laser, Plasma & Waterjet Cutting 

u Lubricants & Coolants 

u Autosport Engineering 

1st Machine Tool Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 

ADVERTISERS INDEX 

MACH 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 

Accurate Cutting Services . . . .Inside Front Cover 

Accurate Laser Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 

Amada (UK) Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 

Ashmores Press Brake Tooling Ltd . . . . . . . . . . .25 

Axe & Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 

Blue Diamond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 

CNC Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 

Cottrill & Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 

Enginering Supply Chain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 

F Bode & Sons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 

Fronius UK Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 

Guhring Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 

Igus (UK) Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Inside Back Cover 

ITC Big Kaiser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 

Kerf Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 

Mazak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Front Cover 

MTA London . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 

New Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 

Penico Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 

Phil Geesin Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 

Richard Hoare Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 

RK International Machine Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 

SEC Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 

Southern Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 

Subcon Drilling Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 

Tayside Machinery Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 

Technova Precision Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 

Tracey Machinery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 

Westermans International Ltd . . . . . . .Back Cover 


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