A new initiative designed to build UK industrial capability and increase reshoring has got off to a flying start after 625,000 pound of orders were placed in the first few weeks.

During boring processes with large depths or unstable machining conditions, vibration often occurs. This vibration degrades the quality of the bore and has a negative effect on the life of the tool.

Austria – Meusburger now offers the E 2030 marking system for marking cooling circuits.

Germany/Japan - The term "world premiere" is almost synonymous with DMG Mori, at least when we are approaching a major machine tool exhibition. For EMO Milano 2015, the company announced a total of seven world premieres.

Hasco customers will have a comprehensive database with native CAD data for Solidworks at their disposal as of 9 June 2020. The data is adapted to the needs of modern mould making.

Switzerland / Czech Republic – If you could rebuild a damaged or worn-out mould insert instead of replacing it with a new one, wouldn’t you? By Christiana M. Fuges

Yamazaki Mazak has increased the number of shifts for production at its European Manufacturing Plant following the easing of lockdown restrictions for UK manufacturers.

United States - When mould makers employ 5-axis machining, it’s common for geometric errors to occur during the course of normal operation. Probing and 5-axis auto-tuning can correct machine misalignments in minutes, not hours, explains Jim Endsley, Okuma America.

New toolholder variants are available for the S100 system from Horn Cutting Tools to enable parting off by feeding along the Y-axis on turning centres.

UK - Following the recent move from its longstanding Lichfield location to a purpose built facility in Burton-Upon-Trent, UK, Blum Novotest has acquired a Bridgeport GX710 machining centre to conduct on-machine demonstrations, testing and customer training.