A combination machine from XYZ Machine Tools has enabled subcontractor Wicks Engineering to improve productivity at its facility in Leeds. Wicks specialises in prototype work as well as repair and maintenance projects that can demand a significant amount of reverse engineering. Wicks Engineering specialises in prototype and repair and maintenance The company’s work has included film props for movies including ‘Batman Begins’ and ‘The Da Vinci Code’

New technology calls with alerts when performing light’s out operations.

This automated machine data collection software automatically collects a wealth of information specific to machining processes and presents it in an intuitive format so users can quickly analyze the data and implement changes.

A small pocket in a graphite workpiece limits productivity.

An old but still very usable vertical turning center became easier to operate, and actually realized more cutting time, thanks to a control retrofit that cost only hundreds of dollars.

Doosan distributor Mills CNC has supplied two large-capacity machine tools to FMC Technologies to machine large, heavy and high-precision critical performance annulus wing blocks (AWBs). The machines are a Doosan HM1000 (1,000mm twin-pallet horizontal machining centre) and a Doosan DBC110 (horizontal boring machine)

If you’re searching for a machine tool but aren’t sure which supplier offers the best choice for your application, then you may well have participated in the recent Joint Distributor Open House May 4 and 5 in southern Ontario. In its sixth year, the unique regional event, which now draws manufacturers from across the country, offers people the opportunity to compare machine tools from different suppliers during a two-day event. More than 500 manufacturers visited the participating suppliers—DMG Canada, Mississauga, ON; Elliott Matsuura, Oakville, ON; EMEC Machine Tools, Mississauga, ON; Ferro Technique, Mississauga, ON; and SST-Canada, Mississauga, ON.

Postgraduates studying for doctoral research degrees in manufacturing at the University of Warwick will soon have an added facility at their disposal, following the decision by one of the university’s academic departments, WMG (formerly Warwick Manufacturing Group), to install a seventh machine tool from longstanding technical partner, DMG.

Yamazaki Mazak has launched the seventh generation of its Integrex range of multi-tasking machines, designed to complete all turning and machining operations from raw material to finished component. According to Mazak, the Integrex has become the most successful multi-tasking machine in its class, with more than 10,000 machines being sold across the world since the first-generation machine was introduced in 1983

Recently, I came across an article online from Production Machining that sums up five options that are cited to produce higher productivity in a shop. The first option jumped out as something I could pass on to my readers: “Add a digital readout (DRO) to any mill, lathe or grinder currently without one.”