may 2009
28 production management 40 aerospace 58 tooling & workholding
07 editor’s comment / event diary
production world
08 Di-Spark invests in 5-axis HSM; UK bids
for ITER; Mills reports record Q1 sales.
10 Systems sustain WNT; GTMA Cosford
success; Sescoi relocates India office.
12 New Diploma in Manufacturing &
Product Design; new Planit division.
14 Malaysia strengthens its global
competitive position.
16 mwp online and electronic media -
complementing the printed product.
20
production
management
A friend in need
Are you suffering a cashflow problem? HM
Revenue & Customs (HMRC) may have a
solution.
23-24 Clearing the air in the machine shop;
Birmingham sheet metal manufacturer
berates education system’s failings.
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Skills base is essential
Collaboration across business and
government is needed for the UK to build
on its skills base, says the MAS.
Energy-saving machining
Manufacturing companies are showing an
increasing interest in their level of energy
consumption.
30 HTECs - looking after the future;
production control software delivers F1
service.
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Managing change
The National Skills Academy for
Manufacturing reacts to the needs of
Bulwell.
aerospace
Positive about Paris
As UK aerospace companies face some of
the most challenging times since the mid-
1990s, there are also reasons to be
cautiously optimistic about the future.
Multi-axis propulsion
The latest multi-tasking machines enable a
long-established subcontractor to turn
aerospace opportunities into firm orders.
Lightning strikes twice
Transformation is the key word as BAE
Systems’ Samlesbury site focuses its
specialised technological expertise on the
military sector.
first tier focus
Sporting chance for
technology transfer
Motorsport specialist applies its expertise
to high performance human-powered
bikes and to the aerospace sector.
materials &
process
development
50 New systems automate composite windturbine
blade fabrication; photoetching
development tackles ultimate materials
challenge.
51
machining
Making the connections
With budgets currently under close scrutiny,
a raft of new entry level sliding head
automatic lathes have emerged to help
underpin investment levels.
52 Turning-orientated subcontractor buys into
milling; newly-formed mould tool specialist
builds its customer base on the back of
investment.
tooling
56 Chip-breaker geometry boosts cutting
performance; air turbine spindles for ultrahigh-speed
micro-machining; new turning
insert for heavy industry.
58-60 Sliding head tooling programme reduces
costs, improves surface finish; insert
programme can double turning
productivity; extra-long end mills for
aluminium applications; new dimension to
multi-edge face milling; lower thread
milling costs with modified cutters;
toolholders bring stability and precision.
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