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Elesa ZCR and ZCL rack and spur gear transmission elements are ideal for applications where, in addition to mechanical resistance, even quiet operations are required, with no need for lubrication maintenance.

Computer programmes have helped to make so many sectors much more efficient. However, as technology improves, people have been left wondering whether or not the day will come when machinery completely replaces human effort and work.

The chances are, this won’t be the case, as computer programmes and equipment still require human input in order to produce a quality output. This ensures that there really is no way to replace true human-level skill, such as engineering and construction expertise.

Torus Group has made 3D printing an indispensable part of its bespoke metrology business by exploring its benefits for all aspects of day-to-day operations – it even prints its own doorstops and whiteboard erasers.

The crowning glory of the company’s additive manufacturing adventure so far, however, is the development of a completely unique part that is helping to better meet the stringent demands of internationally renowned clients.

Northern Manufacturing & Electronics returns to EventCity, Manchester from 2 to 3 October with a similar format to the ever-popular Southern Manufacturing Show.

The wide-ranging portfolio of components, production hardware and engineering services being showcased makes it an extremely useful event for designers, procurement professionals and engineers from across the North. The previous show attracted over 3,000 visitors from a wide range of industries.

AE Aerospace has officially opened a new cutting-edge facility with the long-term aim of giving customers access to a fully-servitized model of machining by the hour.

The new 6,500 sq ft factory at Network Park, Birmingham was opened by the Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street at an event to celebrate a major milestone in the company’s 23-year history. AE Aerospace supplies precision machined components to the aerospace, marine, defence and advanced engineering markets and has had to increase capacity to meet growing global demand.

London-based CloudNC is using AI (artificial intelligence) software to offer aerospace-grade CNC machined parts at what it claims to be a fraction of the price of existing alternatives.

The company has just opened the first of several planned UK factories for the manufacture of parts for everything from the aircraft and automotive industries, to consumer, medical, defence, and oil & gas applications.

From 16 to 21 September 2019, international manufacturers of production technology will be spotlighting smart engineering at EMO Hannover 2019. Under the motto of “Smart technologies driving tomorrow’s production”, the world’s premier trade fair for the metalworking industry will be showcasing the entire bandwidth of modern-day metalworking technology, which is the heart of every industrial production process.

Young engineers from across the country came together at the European headquarters of Yamazaki Mazak in Worcester for the final of the Manufacturing Technologies Association’s Technology, Design and Innovation (TDI) Challenge.

According to the latest Contract Manufacturing Index (CMI), the UK subcontract manufacturing market has broken its steady upwards trend and crashed back by 37% in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the first three months of the year.

The index dropped to 101, just one point higher than the baseline figure of 100, which represents the average value of the subcontract market between 2014 and 2018. This is the lowest it has been since the first quarter of 2015 when the index was first published.

KimberMills International, which helped pave the way for the Channel Tunnel and produces forged parts for use in hip replacements is celebrating its 100th birthday with a £1m order intake.

The company, which employs 50 people across two sites in the Black Country and Coventry, has secured new contracts in oil and gas, mining, motorsport and rail.

Samuel Taylor Limited (STL), the Redditch based metal contacts and precision metal pressings specialist, has announced investments totaling over £500,000 in new machinery and factory space.

The high technology company TRUMPF presented the products and applications offered by its new business field, TRUMPF Photonic Components, for the first time at the LASER trade show in Munich. They include sensors to support autonomous driving and components for facial recognition functions such as those already integrated in more than half a billion smartphones worldwide.