awards review
Best Metal Cutting Machine Tool (Prismatic)
WINNER
Yamazaki Mazak UK for the Yamazaki Mazak Horizontal Centre Nexus 8800-II
‘A compact machine with big potential. Powerful, fast and accurate; very well thought out -
a machine tool of its time’
THE Horizontal Centre Nexus 8800-II (HCN 8800-II) combines advanced technology, productivity and
value to create a cost-effective, yet highly specified horizontal machining centre with class-leading
capabilities in the 800mm 2 pallet size machine sector. Innovative design has delivered a larger machining
area, workpiece size and component weight capacity in a smaller machine footprint. www.mazak.eu
Best Metal Cutting Machine Tool (Turning)
WINNER
Geo Kingsbury Machine Tools for the Index Speedline C-Series Mill-Turning Centres
‘Absolute flexibility and accuracy, vast cycle time reductions - a very rigid, new concept - it’s good to see a machine
tool manufacturer challenging convention’
FUNDAMENTAL alterations do not often happen to long established machine tool elements like the
compound slide. However, Index has introduced a revolutionary change with the launch of its new SpeedLine
C-Series of mill-turn centres for 30, 42, 65, and 90mm bar, on which conventional compound turret slides have
been replaced by two interconnected steel plates sliding directly over the machine bed. www.testrigs.com
Best Metalforming/Fabrication Equipment Category Sponsored by
WINNER
Joseph Rhodes for the 10,600 Tonne Flexible Die Press
‘An innovative and technically challenging solution offering substantial advantages over existing technology’
WORKING in partnership with Aircelle, Joseph Rhodes has developed and built a new concept Flexible
Die Press for manufacturing aircraft nacelles for the aerospace industry. The 10,600 tonne capacity
hydraulically operated Flexible Die Press is believed to be the largest of its type in the world. The process
involves cold metal forming by pushing a male former, draped with a component sheet, into a flexible pad
made from either a natural rubber or a radically new type of polyurethane. www.grouprhodes.co.uk
Best Physico-Chemical Machine Tool
WINNER
GF AgieCharmilles UK for the Cut 20 Submerged Wire EDM Machine
‘Outstanding technology and value for money - all the features of a modern wire EDM at an unbeatable price’
THE new Cut 20 wire EDM machine was launched at EMO 07, and in has since become the fastest-selling wire
EDM machine in its class. The machine provides users (precision toolmakers and component manufacturers) with
exceptional wire cutting performance, and considerable savings in running/operational and consumable costs - at a
competitive price. Taking all of these factors into account, it is estimated that payback on the total machine
investment (normal/average machine working hours) is 12 months. www.agie-charmilles.co.uk
Best Quality Control Equipment or System
WINNER
Renishaw for the REVO system
‘Absolutely brilliant idea, using improved laser scanning technology - speeds the measurement of complex component shapes’
REVO is a dynamic measuring head and probe system for use with a CMM. It is designed to maximise
measurement throughput whilst maintaining high system accuracy. The REVO system manages to reconcile
accuracy and throughput - always mutually exclusive in the CMM environment - resulting in significant
improvements in throughput. It achieves this by letting the head perform the fast motion whilst the CMM is
either stationary or moving at slow speed, thus minimising the dynamic effects of CMM motion at high
measurement speeds. www.renishaw.com
18 MWP july 2008
SHORTLISTED
■ Mori Seiki UK for the NMV5000
DCG 5-Axis Control Vertical
Machining Centre
■ Handtmann A-Punkt Automation
GmbH for the Handtmann HBZ
AeroCell
SHORTLISTED
■ 600 Lathes for the Colchester-
Harrison Tornado TT6 Turn-Mill
Centre
■ Yamazaki Mazak UK for the
Yamazaki Mazak Integrex i-150
SHORTLISTED
■ TPS Fronius for CMT - Cold
Metal Transfer
■ Bystronic UK for the Byvention
Laser Cutting Machine
SHORTLISTED
■ Trumpf for the Trumicro 5050
Micro Processing Laser
■ Sodi-tech EDM for the Sodick
AP200L Privilege WEDM Machine
SHORTLISTED
■ CEMB Hoffman UK for the
ZB/2TO10/S Twin Station
Balancing Machine
■ Faro UK for the Quantum
FaroArm
■ Hexagon Metrology for the Leitz
PMM-F Ultra High Accuracy CMM
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