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Customer demand has led Essex-based MKB Precision Engineering to invest in in larger vertical machining capacity.

Convert Ltd, a manufacturer of cable looms and harnesses, has invested in a new Artos CR11 automatic crimping wire processor, which has increased capacity by 50%.

The Kent-based company purchased the machine to support a project it is working on with one of the world’s leading sports car manufacturers.   

A 4m long laser scanning arm is helping Goodwin international’s in process checks on large, high specification fabrications.

The FARO Quantum complements one of the largest capacity co-ordinate measuring machines (CMM) in the country.

Operating from a, 38,000m2+ world class manufacturing facility located in the heart of Staffordshire, Goodwin International Ltd manufactures components for a wide range of demanding sectors including the nuclear, defence, oil and gas, power generation, aerospace and renewable industries.

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Southern Manufacturing, which runs from 5th-7th February 2019, will be an opportunity for engineers of all types to talk with the experts at Lee Spring regarding their design, production and maintenance of spring components.

The new Lee Spring catalogue of over 25,000 standard parts will be available on their stand no. D245, with 2,000+ new items including 500+ new compression springs in metric DIN-Plus dimensions, new extension springs in SS316, new torsion springs in SS316 and added High Pressure compression springs, including new 600 PSI designs.

From 4 to 6 June SUBCONTRATACIÓN 2019 in Bilbao, Spain, will give offer subcontractors the chance to win new customers, reinforce relationships with other companies and access foreign markets.

Running under the slogan “Connecting companies, growing business”, the International Fair of Manufacturing Processes and Equipment is the only trade show in Spain for subcontractor SMEs and leading platform for advanced manufacturing.

The extensive Elesa range of standard machine elements is designed around the needs of manufacturing in all industry sectors, many of which will be on display at the 2019 Southern Manufacturing Exhibition. This takes place from 5th-7th February at FIVE, Farnborough.

Founded as a subcontract machining business for sister company Hobbs Valve, Hobbs Precision Engineering has recently invested in an Optima 320 twin head waterjet machine from Kerf Developments.

Hobbs Precision Engineering was created to reduce subcontract machining costs for Hobbs Valves, creating an opportunity to manufacture valve components in-house. It has built on this subcontract facility with the arrival of the 3m by 2m Optima machine.

TRB Lightweight Structures Ltd has achieved the highest rail safety DIN 6701 (Parts 1-4) A1 type certification.

This approval is for bonding safety critical rail vehicle parts which covers applications where there is a risk of endangering passengers due to part failure in use.  TRB, which is IRIS approved (International Railway Industry Standard), has for over 60 years been manufacturing high quality rail interior products. These are used in new and refurbished trains and transportation systems worldwide.    

Wilson Manufacturing, which supplies precision parts into the aerospace, marine, medial and oil and gas sectors, has installed a Quaser MF400UH 5-Axis CNC machine to complement the recent addition of a new mill turning centre.

The latest purchase from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG) will help the growing firm increase capacity and reduce operations on its milling sections, boosting quality and removing significant set-up times in the process.

A A Sheetmetal has installed automated surface finishing and deburring equipment to clear a bottleneck created by improved laser processing and increased customer demand.

Traditionally deburring and surface graining were manual operations at the Norwich-based sub-contract sheetmetal company, which has now invested in a Timesavers Series 32, abrasive belt and rotary carousel brush deburring and surface finishing machine with an 1100mm working width from Ellesco.

After 8 highly successful years, today marks Phil Muscroft's final day as director at Coltech Precision, as he hangs up his slide rule for the final time and heads off into a well deserved retirement!