Machining

  A fibre-optic pyrometer from Calex Electronics has been introduced; the FibreMini has advanced features which allow accurate temperature readings on metal surfaces in harsh applications. 

  Space-saving command and signalling devices have been launched by Eaton, the RMQ Flat Front and RMQ Flat Rear components. These allow machine builders and engineers to implement premium design and build more cost-effective and compact machines.

  Two automated sheet metalworking cells from Bystronic UK worth £2m have been added to Hydram Engineering’s factory in Chilton, County Durham.

The range of CoroMill 390 Silent Tools from Sandvik Coromant has been updated in response to both the growth in quantity and complexity of structural aerospace components.

Comprising four sizes, covering diameters from 13.1mm down to 7.6mm, the DR Small is a new modular system from Horn Cutting Tools for quickly changing small, indexable-insert reamers in a machine spindle.

The rail and engineering divisions of Jones Nuttall provides subcontract manufacturing and overhaul services. Multiple materials including tough metal alloys and plastics undergo machining, forming, profiling, fabrication, welding, painting, assembly and test. 

Launched at the AMB 2016 show in Stuttgart during September, the second generation of the G200 turn-mill centre from German manufacturer INDEX is now available in the UK and Ireland through Geo Kingsbury.

Helping to tackle the toughest cast iron applications, the Kennametal’s Mill 16 comes with a wedge-style lamping system, numbered pockets and inserts and an open pocket design to increase chip flow in heavy roughing. Iron is the most abundant element on earth by mass. For over 25 centuries it´s been used to plough fields, build bridges, cook food, and wage war.

Repairing high-voltage steam turbine generators requires expertise at the best of times, but when the hybrid ‘hairpin’ coil design is far from the conventional diamond coil, it is essential that those entrusted with the repair have the knowledge and capability to complete the project accurately.

When machines vibrate, whether they are motor driven or conveyors for fragile assemblies, the Elesa range of vibration damping elements can serve to cushion the vibrational energy. This leads to greater operator comfort, greater accuracy, reduced damage and longer lifetimes with reduced maintenance.