MEADEX TECHNICAL MOULDINGS Online Auction Of Plastics & Metalworking Machinery Available Due To Investment In New Technology ..read more

RPS ENGINEERING LTD Online Auction Of The Complete Contents Of A Engineering Workshop, Available Due To Retirement. Location : Birmingham UK ..read more

RED BOX ENGINEERING Online Auction Of Metalworking Machinery No Longer Required By Red Box Engineering ..read more

Arron Wilcock, a reliability maintenance engineering apprentice at Amazon, who is part of a Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) Training apprenticeship programme, is the winner of this year’s Enginuity Skills Awards Trophy Design Competition. Industrial automation specialist FANUC will now manufacture the trophy ready for presentation at the Enginuity Skills Awards 2024. Over 150 engineering apprentices on MTC Training apprenticeship programmes submitted designs for the trophy. Entrants were asked to design a CAD model, 3D-print a prototype and present a business case for ..read more

CloudNC says that Autodesk Platinum Partner Cadline is to sell CAM Assist, the world’s first AI solution for CNC machine programming, to customers in the UK. Cadline, part of the global Arkance group, works with thousands of UK machinists and CADCAM programmers, supplying them with manufacturing technology and services. According to Cadline, manufacturers using CAM Assist can raise productivity and shorten lead times, while also estimating for more work, more quickly – saving an average workshop over 300 hours of programming and estimating time a year. For further information www.cadline.co.uk ..read more

WMG at the University of Warwick says it has boosted the West Midlands economy by £450m: for every £1 invested into WMG’s SME programmes, around £22 returns to the local economy. In 20 years, WMG has delivered manufacturing expertise to 15,000 SMEs in the Midlands. It has also supported the creation of more than 13,000 jobs, 350 new businesses and 355 internships. Dr Mark Swift, director of SME Engagement at WMG, says: “Our work over the past 20 years has shown that targeted high-value support can help manufacturers accelerate growth, improve productivity and create jobs.” For furthe ..read more

A new hybrid manufacturing method that aims to boost capability in the UK and increase manufacturing efficiency for key aerospace components, could see future use at global manufacturers in the production of aircraft. Shropshire-based SME, SDE Technology, is leading the initiative to develop a new superplastic forming process, enabling it to expand into the aerospace market. The project forms part of the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme (NATEP) and has support from the Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) within the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS). For f ..read more

UK-based automation company RARUK Automation has been named Distributor of the Year by its principal, Universal Robots. The award recognises the distributor which has achieved the largest growth and sales globally over the past year. Danish robotics manufacturer Universal Robots has a network of over 300 distributors worldwide. RARUK Automation has also been awarded Platinum Plus status. “Universal Robots is delighted to honour RARUK Automation with our Distributor of the Year award,” says Mark Gray, UK & Ireland Country Manager for Universal Robots. “This award marks all of the hard ..read more

A UK-first took place at MACH 2024 in Birmingham last week when Bruderer ran its BSTL 350-88 live at the event. The leading high-speed press manufacturer set-up a full production line to showcase the machine’s capability in the volume production of small and miniature components. According to Bruderer, the BSTL comes into its own for precision and continuity and uses up to 30% less energy when compared with older machine models. The turnkey line at the MACH exhibition featured a state-of-the-art pallet decoiler and winder, with purpose-built ‘MACH’ tooling producing commemorative giveaways for ..read more

Press manufacturer AIDA reports that its high-speed precision press line for producing EV drive motor cores has won a ‘2023 Ten Greatest New Products Award” from the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (Business and Technology Daily News). The award was established in 1958 for the purpose of encouraging the development of superior new products and spurring even higher technological advances in Japanese industry. In order to provide customers with the optimal high-speed precision press line for producing difficult-to-form EV drive motor cores, AIDA developed a complete array of peripheral equipment to achiev ..read more