Detailed view: The erosion process on the cooling air bores of a turbine blade takes place at high-stress points of the component. (Source: MTU Maintenance Hannover)
EDM

From manual work to full automation

MTU Maintenance Hannover has significantly upgraded its production facilities with the addition of three new Exeron EDM 312 CNC 5-axis eroding machines. Six months after the investment, the company reports increased productivity, greater part precision, and reduced costs.

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Galleries

The new WY-100V 6-inch chucking lathe will be available with a 42, 51 and 65 mm diameter bar capacity with a maximum turning length of 588 mm. (Source: ETG)
Turning centre

Nakamura to show fastest machine to date at EMO 2023

At the EMO exhibition in Hanover in September, Nakamura-Tome will be giving a world exhibition premiere to its latest twin-turret twin-spindle precision CNC multitasking turning centre. Soon to be available in the UK from the Engineering Technology Group (ETG), the new Nakamura-Tome WY-100V will be presented at EMO under the slogan of ‘Faster than the fastest’.

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Thomas Goldthorpe from Productive Machines on the left and Richard Millar from NMIS (Source: Productive Machines)
Industry 4.0 milling solutions

Productive Machines joins the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland

Productive Machines, a deep tech Industry 4.0 company developing automated solutions for milling processes, is excited to announce its membership with the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS). Together the two organisations will deliver advanced machining technologies, optimise CNC milling processes, and offer tap test training and services to the manufacturing and engineering community.

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Inside the new Nakamura Tome SC-200ii from ETG. (Source: Nakamura-Tome)
Multitasking lathe

Compact and effective new turning centre

As the technology partner for the Nakamura-Tome brand of powerful multi-tasking turning centres, the Engineering Technology Group (ETG) announced the arrival of a new precision CNC multitasking lathe. With the concept of ‘next level machining’, the new Nakamura-Tome SC-200II machine has evolved way beyond its predecessor, the SC-200.

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