Steed Webzell assesses the current micro-machining arena, discovering there are genuine opportunities for those armed with appropriate manufacturing technology Micro-machining covers a broad spectrum of manufacturing processes, each capable of creating discrete components or functional features on larger components, mostly in the range of 0.5 to 250 micron. The majority of these processes, typically micro-milling, micro- EDM or laser micro-machining, depend on single point ablation.

Laser specialist Manufacturing Service Solutions (MSS) recently opened up a new showroom, with the aim of aggressively expanding its business over the coming years.

Quattro, W22 Super Premium Motors offer new solutions, more reliability ATLANTA, Ga.-WEG Electric Corp. ( www.weg.net/us ), a leading global supplier of motors, drives, controls, transformers, and generators, announces that it will add two new energy-efficient motors to its line: Quattro and W22 Super Premium. An informational presentation on the benefits of both of these models will be presented on Monday, June 28 at 1:30 p.m.

NKE AUSTRIA GmbH Im Stadtgut C4 Steyr, , A – 4407, Austria Steyr, Austria, – Austrian bearing specialist NKE introduces modular bearing systems for planetary gears in wind turbine gearboxes.

With a history of innovation, Renishaw will not disappoint at MACH, unveiling a new touch-trigger probe head that incorporates two axes, drawing on REVO, its scanning head. Andrew Allcock explains [Includes video content] Touch-trigger probe and measurement technology specialist Renishaw (01453 524524) has a long history of innovation. Indeed, it only deals in patentable technology.

Updates Full Year 2010 Outlook BLOOMFIELD, Conn. , June 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Kaman Corporation (Nasdaq: KAMN ) announced today that it expects revenue to be between  $310 million and $320 million and diluted earnings per share to be between $0.15 and $0.20 for the quarter ending July 2, 2010 . The company’s second quarter performance will be impacted by its voluntary halt of Joint Programmable Fuze (JPF) production due to a supplied component failure that occurred during acceptance testing at the end of last month