Press Releases
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Exquisite Bikes – Manufactured Efficiently With hyperMILL
4 July 2014
The multiple award-winning custom bike manufacturer Thunderbike, now manufactures a large number of its individually machined parts using the hyperMILL® CAM suite from OPEN MIND Technologies. The motorcycle manufacturer also utilises OPEN MIND's hyperCAD® CAD system for production-related design tasks. Using the innovative 5-axis machining strategies from hyperMILL, the number of operation ...
Flexible Precision Toolholder for Automated Tool Grinding
3 July 2014
The new generation of SCHUNK PRISMO tool grinding toolholders has been developed to provide greater efficiency during production grinding and re-sharpening of cutting tools. This is because the new PRIMSO3 directly clamps every shank diameter between 3mm and 20mm automatically without using collet chucks or intermediate sleeves at a run-out and repeat accuracy of less than 0.005mm. The tool s ...
Schunk Intec Expands Sales Force
3 July 2014
Schunk Intec has now expanded its UK team with the appointment of a new area sales manager. The clamping technology and gripping systems specialist is delighted to announce the arrival of Steve Hardwidge who will be targeting additional growth in the North West of England region. Steve has been in the manufacturing industry for over 30 years and his wealth of experience accross a broad range of ...
ITC Targets European Distributors
2 July 2014
The ongoing growth of Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) Ltd and its successful participation in a number of recent European exhibitions has recently resulted in the Tamworth based cutting tool specialist appointing new distributors throughout Europe. ITC has underpinned this entry into new markets by investing heavily in new technology to provide additional capacity, develop new tool geometries ...
Vollmer Develops Tool Grinding in a New Dimension
2 July 2014
The launch of the new VGrind 160 grinding machine for solid carbide tools marks a paradigm shift for Vollmer, as it now enters the global market for processing solid carbide cutting tools. As its first entry into the grinding of solid carbide cutting tools, Vollmer has approached the process from a radically new technological point of view. Unlike alternate machines, the new VGrind 160 utilise ...
ITC's New Line Has a Ball With Steel
28 June 2014
For the profile machining of steel and other ferrous materials, Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) has now launched its new 4032 standard length and 4042 long reach Cyber Series of ball nosed end mills. The innovative new end milling lines have been developed by the Tamworth based cutting tool specialist to improve performance, tool life and productivity when machining a wide variety of ferrous ...
NTK Introduces New Turning Line
28 June 2014
To fully optimise all tooling positions and maximise the potential of sliding head turning centres, NTK Cutting Tools has now developed its new DS line of toolholders and sleeves. The key feature of this new innovation is its ability to enable the end user to use turning tools in the vacant drilling sleeves, thereby significantly increasing the number of turning tool positions available. The i ...
Unicut Precision Wins Prestigious Eaton Hydraulics Contract
28 June 2014
After four years as a subcontract machining supplier to the globally acclaimed hydraulic power division of the Eaton Corporation, Unicut Precision has won a 4 year contract worth over £3m to supply cartridge bodies. In 2013, the Havant Division of the Eaton Corporation set about streamlining its supplier base by asking its specialist hydraulic subcontract suppliers to re-tender for the next lon ...
Floyd Solves Platen Tool Coolant Supply Feed Issues for Sliding Head Lathes
28 June 2014
Delivering coolant directly to the cutting tools in the platen of a compact sliding head lathe has until now, been somewhat of a challenge. However, with the new MultiDec Lube system from Floyd Automatic, this challenge has now been overcome. With Swiss type sliding head lathes becoming ever more productive and materials increasingly difficult to cut, downtime caused by poor tool life and swarf ...
OPEN MIND Revamps its Website
10 June 2014
OPEN MIND Technologies has creatively redesigned its website, which is available at www.openmind-tech.com. The leading CAM/CAD software developer has taken current viewing habits and navigation standards into account and makes more extensive use of videos. OPEN MIND has invested in social media in recent times, but the CAM/CAD provider has now completely redesigned its website. Early visitor f ...
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