march 2008
08 production world 18 MACH2008 previews 36 production management
07 editor’s comment / event diary 40
08 Haas Technical Education Centre in
Belarus; small footprint factory
automation proves popular
10 Servocell’s sourcing solution; lasers in
emerging energy markets
12 Latest on the MWP Awards - the night, the
sponsors and the entertainers
36
production world
14 MWP online - complementing the printed
product and bringing you up to date news
from the world of advanced manufacturing
technologies
16
international
report
Building machines…and bridges
The relationship between 600 Group and
the largest machine tool manufacturer in
China didn’t happen overnight.
MACH2008
previews
18 What you can look forward to seeing at the
UK’s biggest manufacturing event
production
management
Data security and protection
Organisations cannot and must not take
good security for granted; the stakes are
simply too high to get it wrong.
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52
Safe and sealed
A double chamber sealed degreaser is
installed in the UK’s first SED-compliant
aerospace finisher.
robotics,
automation and
assembly
Anatomy of a robot
Stirling Paatz defines and describes the
anatomy of an industrial robot.
Safeguarding industrial robots
Machine builders and system integrators
need to be aware of requirements for
safeguarding on robotic applications.
automotive
sector report
54 Accelerate’s automotive Oscars; advanced
wind tunnel set to open.
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Watch the waste line
How will changes to regulations
regarding what waste can go to landfill
affect your business?
Firm plans for fluid technology
Environmental awareness drives
development of filtering, recycling and
coolant management systems.
56 New parts degreasing solution; Corussponsored
design award.
Getting ahead
High performance engine tuner boosts
output thanks to machine tool control
retrofit.
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Following the dream
Easy to use machining centre turns as well
as mills at start-up motorcycle factory;
student bike-builders exploit CAM.
60 Toyota F1 uses realistic simulation;
toolmaker helps develop in-car sound
systems.
70
process
development
It all adds up
Direct rapid manufacturing of metallic
parts - the technology of the future? Or is
it here and now? We offer a UK industry
overview.
machining
Pay back time in the West
CNC multi-spindle automatics provide
economic solution for Witon Engineering.
Tilting the playing field
Qualtronic embraces 5-axis to cope with
increasingly complex components.
tool & cutter
grinding
Investing for growth
Increasing complexity of work has seen
cutting tools supplier invest in capacity to
handle ‘specials’ business growth
74 Simple and elegant machines at Grindtec;
new generation of diamond impregnated
wheels.
76 Specialist invests in equipment for
manufacturing and regrinding carbide;
process-orientated technologies at Grindtec.
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