Automation Parts

Micro Metalsmiths Opens Machining Facility Micro Metalsmiths has launched an advanced, high-efficiency machining facility, based around its recent acquisition of nine CNC Fanuc Robodrill machines. The facility is at Kirkbymoorside, near York, and is one of the company's two production sites in North Yorkshire. The launch event was attended by customers of Micro Metalsmiths, senior representatives of major international equipment suppliers and consultants to the facility. These included Mike Fujita, president and chief executive officer of Fanuc Robodrill Europe, and Mike Berry, general manager of 600 UK, part of machine tools group 600 Group plc. Guests heard Christopher Shaw, Micro Metalsmiths's chairman and managing director, detail the reasons behind the company's decision to create a dedicated, centralised machining facility - capable of both manned and unmanned machining operations - and to make a major investment in the latest Fanuc Robodrill technology. He said t...

Bumotec Unveils Multi-Tasking Machining Centre To improve productivity for manufacturers of complex components, Bumotec has launched its S191 multi-tasking machining centre. Working within a compact envelope of 410mm x 200mm x 400mm in X, Y and Z respectively, the S191 has an accuracy level of +/-0.0001mm. This works in harmony with a rotational C-axis and a swivelling B-axis with an angular travel of -25 to +120deg and an accuracy level of 0.001deg. The combination of accuracy and multi-axis capability delivers a machine tool with the ability to produce complex of parts to tight tolerances. This makes the S191F suitable for medical, aerospace, automotive, mould and die, and micro machining applications. The S191 is available in four configurations with an F, FL, FT and FTL version available. The S191F and S191FL are multi-axis milling centres, while the S191FTL and S191FT are mill-turn centres with an A-axis that sits under the workpiece as opposed to the W-axis on the S191F and...