A flexible manufacturing system (FMS) comprising three Makino A61nx horizontal-spindle, 4-axis machining centres served by an automated guided vehicle running on a linear track along a storage and retrieval system housing 32 machine pallets, loaded and unloaded at two work-set stations, has been installed at the Warwickshire factory[…]
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Shotaro Miyazaki, President of Tokyo-based Makino Milling Machine Co, which manufactures machining centres, spark erosion machines and VIPER grinding centres, visited UK and Ireland sales and service agent NCMT in Coventry at the end of May 2024 to participate in their joint 60th anniversary celebrations. The occasion was[…]
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Launching at EMO 2023 US firm Blue Photon (www.bluephotongrip.com) has designed a new, photo-activated adhesive workholding system, comprising patented grippers and inserts, intended for use with stabiliser systems marketed by Big Daishowa and others that add extra rigidity to tall components while they are being machined. The Workholding[...]
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An increasing shortage of skilled workers, growing requirements for climate-neutral production and ever more flexible, multi-variant production programmes are causing a sharp rise in the demand for automated, energy-saving production processes. 60 years after the first launch of OSP control, Okuma is announcing a revolutionary innovation as the[...]
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View as PDF Click the link above to read our latest feature in Manufacturing Today, where the team spoke to Jonathan Smart - Managing Director, and Ian Horton - Sales Director about NCMT Ltd and its relationship with Okuma and Makino as sole distributor to both, as well[...]
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Co2-neutral production for active climate protection Krefeld (Germany), 01 December 2022. Environmentally friendly production, reduced energy consumption, and the use of renewable energy sources are all requirements that an increasing number of businesses desire and need to achieve. Okuma, a well-known computer numeric control (CNC) machine tool maker,[…]
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Visit the NCMT team at Stand G230, where we will be exhibiting the Okuma GENOS M460V-5AX. Come and chat to the team about your machining needs, and if Okuma or Makino could be the right solution for your company.
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Established over 30 years ago, mouldmaker BM Injection (www.bminjection.co.uk) operates from a 10,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Whitchurch, Hampshire. Out of every ten moulds produced, eight are used for on-site production of injection moulded plastic products for numerous sectors including aerospace, automotive, domestic appliance, sports, safety, optics[…]
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