Qimtek

As some of you might be aware, Coltech Precision Engineering Limited turns 10 in 2020! To commemorate, we've introduced a special badge to our logo to mark the occasion! Look out for the new branding on all our paperwork for the up-coming year!

FDB Panel Fittings are delighted to once again launch a new PINET concealed hinge. The 3557 is a tough steel and aluminium unit with 110° opening when installed on doors of up to 25mm.

Tested to 10,000 cycles for paired hinges carrying a door weight of 25kg (1m x 1m door size), they provide the comfortable swingout feel typical of parallel link designs, while keeping the door within the cabinet width (@ 90°).

The 3557 is manufactured in 3mm steel with robust anodized aluminium links and is suitable for industrial/office applications.

Shropshire pupils are being urged to emulate Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and their amazing pit teams by taking part in an international STEM challenge.

12 local schools are wanted to take part in the next ‘F1 in Schools’, a global competition that encourages young people to build, market, promote and race their own purpose-built cars.

Teams of six pupils - from Years 10 to 13 - can enter and, for the first time in the region, will be supported by the Marches Centre of Manufacturing & Technology (MCMT) and The STEM Workshop.

Due to an upcoming retirement, we now have an excellent opportunity for a CNC miller operator/off line programmer at a nationally recognised up-and-coming engineering company!

The role:

20 Years Later And Our High-Performance Sensors Are Still Being Used In Gemini Telescopes

20 years ago, The Royal Greenwich Observatory in Cambridge approached us to design and build nearly 700 bespoke load cells for two 8.1m diameter telescopes, known as The Gemini Project.

Now 20 years on, these custom-made, high accuracy load cells are still consistently and accurately performing an integral part of the Gemini Telescopes’ control system.

“Having invested in some new machinery we were keen to find new leads for ongoing work. As a small company, the time and staffing element of finding new work was daunting and our success rate was low. Qimtek allows you access to the right people and gets your foot in the door, saving a lot of leg work!

G&P provides quality management to manufacturing companies across the globe, delivering  inspection, rectification, technical and recruitment services. It works alongside OEMs and their tiered suppliers to increase quality levels, efficiency, profitability and to protect their reputations.

Don-Bur, a leading manufacturer of commercial vehicle trailers and rigid bodywork, has completed a major upgrade of its manufacturing capabilities that includes the acquisition of a STOPA autonomous raw material and parts management system complete with high-specification 8kW TruLaser 5030 fiber laser profiling centre from TRUMPF. Replacing two previous CO2 laser cutters from another manufacturer, the company estimates that its new investment is an impressive seven times faster. Two advanced TRUMPF TruBend bending machines have also arrived at the company’s Stoke facility.

In order to provide the best possible trampoline experience, tension springs with ultimate properties are required. North Trampoline has, assisted by Lesjöfors, developed a premium product with the  firmness and a long lifespan that professional jumpers require.

In North Trampoline’s development process of the Performer Revolution for jumpers with higher demands on performance, quality and safety, the existing spring solution needed to be refined and improved so it turned to Lesjöfors.

FDB Panel Fittings with sales partner DIRAK are delighted to launch this new slam latch for sliding doors and panels. Designed especially for the broad range of industry, light commercial and high-quality residential sliding doors that are widely used on specialist vehicles, caravans, motorhomes, railways, office cabinets, domestic light doors, cupboards and storage units.

Always looking for new ways to further its commitment to the environment, in August this year APT Leicester signed up for the Government’s Cycle to Work Scheme.

APT is already committed to environmental sustainability and has a long-term strategy for reusing and recycling as much waste as possible. It has also worked hard to ensure the packaging for its components is fully recyclable and it encourages reuse wherever possible.

Unicut Precision has added another pair of twin-turret, twin-spindle turn-mill centres for the production of complex components for the hydraulics industry.

The new Miyano BNE-51MSY machines from Citizen Machinery UK join two identical twin-spindle, twin-turret lathes with live tooling and a Y-axis on the upper turret that were supplied at the end of 2017.