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.”

Dealers of New & Used CNC Machine Tools Added To Buy American The international promoter of U.S.

Dassault Systemes, makers of SolidWorks, are now offering their CAD software DraftSight as a free download.
DraftSight is a professional-grade, open 2D CAD product for users who want a better way to create, edit and …

According to statistics, in 2010, China’s machine tool industry registered a gross output value of RMB553.68 billion, an increase of 40.6% year-on-year.

Available through Hurco Europe, the RXP range of machining centres from German manufacturer Roeders provides high-speed cutting (HSC) in tool- and mould-making applications. The machining centres are suitable for processing a range of materials from graphite and copper electrodes to hardened tool steel

For the month of February, Manufacturing in the United States grew at the fastest rate since May 2004.  More importantly, the numbers outpaced those of Europe and Asia.  While India showed strong growth, China’s numbers …

DMG has launched a CNC lathe capable of single-hit production of complex, multi-sided components. Designated CTX beta 1250 TC 4A, the machine features a powerful upper B-axis mill-turn spindle and a conventional lower turret with live tool stations and direct drive