METALWORKING PRODUCTION

VOL. 143, NO. 1, JANUARY 1999


Comment 5
Does it travel well?
Imaginative management, and awareness of what's
happening overseas, can help UK firms weather the storm


Production World 8-11
New Year surprise from grinding specialist
Jones & Shipman courted by Renold Pie
Tomorrow's Technology Today
A brief review of the highlights from the MTTA's Seminars


Production Equipment 12-19
Sawing
Carbide blade life for titanium doubled
Tooling
New tool holding system

Production Casebook 21-24
Back-up & technology for growing subbie
Subcontractor achieves success using Fadal machines
Quick release cleaning solution
Vixen provides new cleaning solutions

JIMTOF Review 26-30
A review with a view
A personal account of a first-time

A letter from Japan 35-36
From our own correspondent
A Metalworking Production special report from Mori Seiki's
manufacturing plants at Iga and Nara

Japanese Casebook 39-40
Automated hard turning of vehicle fasteners
Investment in automation driven by demand


Grinding 43-46
Ground rules
The latest technology is helping grinding to keep pace with
modern manufacturing strategies

Forming & Fabrication 49-52
Can you handle productivity?
A look at what's available to manufacturers who need to get
the most out of forming and fabrication equipment

Quality 55-58
News and Products
Portable gauging
Portable measurement is setting new records

Advertisers' Index 62
Complete list of advertisers in this issue

Production Update 62
Catalogues from machine tool and equipment suppliers

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METALWORKING PRODUCTION

VOL. 143, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1999



Comment 5
Four wise inen
A focused approach to UK manufacturing and exports is
needed right now to exploit the anticipated soft landing and
lower interest rates that are on the way


Production World 8-13
New Swiss owners for Heckert
Despite name changes, the Heckert product line continues
to be handled by Traub Heckert UK
Increasing axis power
eicam's toolmaking and CAM R&0 activities have been
-boosted following installation of a five-axis high speed machine

Another Heller machine
Heller Machine Toots (UK) has despatched the first MC25 from
its purpose built manufacturing facility at Redditch

2000 offer from C N C signals expansion
Cambridge Numerical Control's open week in March will offer
visitors to its new premises a free 'year 2000' PC check

Production Equipment 15-30
Cleaning & Finishing
What's new in debumng, oil/water separation, washing and
dlying equipment


Bolt on productivity
Rotary tables, indexing tables, angle heads, multi-heads, bar
pullers, process monitoring, DRO systems; all aimed at
boosting productivity from exisiting installations

Round up

What's new in milling, grinding, shearing, workholding,
turning, and fastening equipment


Software Update 33 - 37
Don't wait till it's too late
Right first time - how a precision toolmaker used a software
package to reduce its scrap rate to zero

One system suits all fabricators
Solving the essential problem: parts you need, when you
need them, in the right quantity and at the right price

Production Casebook 39-48
Solutions to manufacturing and management problems


Prismatic Machining 50-54

Define your turnkey
What constitutes a turnkey solution depends on the
customer's current and future requirements

Prismatic machining casebook
Recent installations demonstrate the 'amazing' savings to
be gained when installing modem manufacturing systems


Tooling 57-62
What's coming up in cutting tool materials
We review recent developments and reports to find the
latest trends. Signs are that CBN coated tools could soon
be available

Turn on to small particles
Developments in mixed ceramics bring advantages to hard
finish turning such as dry cutting and quicker set ups


EDM 65-70

EDM branches out
More manufacturers are benefiting from integrating EDM
into their component production strategies


Production Update 74
Catalogues from machine tool and equipment suppliers


Advertisers' Index 74
Complete list of advertisers in this issue

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METAL WORKING PRODUCTION

VOL. 143, NO. 4, APRIL 1999


Production World 5-10

MTTA President extremely disappointed with budget
Lacking in substance and wealth creation' says Mike Legg
Vauxhall invests in new engineering site
A £9.5M European centre for Vauxhall and General Motors

Editors comment

Actions match words as a redesigned MWP emerges in
response to reader-based research

Software Update

Top value shopfloor CAM 41
A Windows-based NC programming system that offers
exceptional operational speed and ease of use


Software review 43-44
News and updates on recent software introductions and
developments plus views, solutions and software in action

Production Casebook

Manufacturing in action 47-51
Short features demonstrating solutions to a wide range of
manufacturing and production management problems


Talking Pages

600 ways to pop the question 53-54
An innovative approach to both design and marketing has
been key to the success of 600 Group lathe sales

Production Updata

Catalogues from machine tool and equipment suppliers 103

Advortiaorsbidox

Complete list of advertisers in this issue 106

EMO '99—

Exhibition Previews 13-38
Paris is the venue for next month's EMO - billed as the
world's biggest machine tool event - we provide a taster


Aoroapace Report —

Vertical take-off at Moore's 57-59
A traditional defence equipment subcontractor has
reinvented itself as a major aerospace supplier


Aerospace casebook 62-64
A series of features demonstrating practical solutions to a
range of problems encountered in the aerospace sector


Horizontal flight path for Chevron 67-68
Strategic moves by BAe, plus a reappraisal of supply
logistics, created opportunities for a willing investor


Tooling applies the brakes 70
Productivity took off with special purpose tooling

Typhoon turnkey exploits mill-turning 72
Mill-turning is key to fighter wing-component manufacture

Sarvice 6 Backup -

What language does your computer speak? 75-77
It's getting closer; the day you can refer to a global coherent
system of electronic data exchange for cutting-tool data

Service satisfies 80
It pays to check your suppliers' service support networks

Welcome to the global village 83-88
Digital communications make service and backup easy

Controla

Staying in control can be simple 91 -94
When dealing with complex cutting operations, operators
are grateful for simplicity in control design and functionality

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METALWORKING PRODUCTION

VOL. 143, NO. 7, JULY 1999

PRODUCTION WORLD 5-10

Heller bucks the trend
Redditch machine tool builder increases output

New HQ for Toyoda
Coventry location accommodates process development

PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT 13
New machines from UK and overseas manufacturers

Round-up 16
Includes debumng equipment, tub^processing
machinery and quick release tooling

Software UDdate
CAD/CAM brings subby success 19-22
Ripley Engineering's Pullmax punching and profiling
machines benefit from Radan systems
Production Casebook

Manufacturing in action 25-30
Applications include direct honing for gears and punch
presswork in water storage systems manufacture

TALKING PAGES
Spindle concepts 33-34
The optimum speed/power operating range is still
beyond the reach of current spindles

Production UDitota
Catalogues from machine tool and equipment suppliers 70

Advertiaers Index
Complete list of advertisers in this issue 70

Keep cool and in control 36-37
Machine tool build and operating conditions must
consider thermal growth

Burning bright 41
Round the world balloonists depend on
machine tool technology

WORKHOLDING
Best kept secret 43
The lathe manufacturer's view

Workholding Roundup 45-46
Solutions for turning which cut set up time
and overcome risk of deformation

EMO review

Turning 46

Prismatic Machining 50

EDM/Grinding 52

Tooling/Forming & Fabrication 54

QuaMty Supplamant
Quality news 57
Reports include the first system to integrate balancing,
gauging and crack detection for the automotive sector

Quality Products at EMO 56
Software, and CM Ms for the shopfloor

Gearbox testing 61

Dedicated cells for Land Rover

Surface Quality 64
2D and 3D measurement

Quality Casebook 66-68
New CMMs imorove Droductivitv

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