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After a dire 15-months, what can aerospace suppliers and those with aspirations to access aerospace business look forward to? By Will Stirling

Business development activity in the civil aerospace industry in the last 12-months has resembled many passenger jets – grounded. But there is a long-te...

Two years ago, MTD magazine visited the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) to take a look at the world’s largest robotic machining cell - the Advanced Robotic Milling System (ARMS), which is part of the AMRC’s program of work on One Way Assembly (OWA). In the t...

As an independent research and technology organisation, the TWI has recently completed an EU Clean Sky2 research project called ‘OASIS’. The key aim of this project was to develop autogenous welding processes to fabricate ‘rivetless’ welded aerospace structures. One of the technologies devel...

A&M EDM Ltd is an engineering solutions company always striving to maximise its service to clients in the aerospace, motorsport, automotive, marine, medical, rail, defence and general subcontract sectors. To achieve this, the West Midlands company has invested in technology from 3, 4 and 5-a...

Ashby Precision Engineering Ltd in Abingdon has invested more than £1 million in the last year in new machine tools. Part of this investment has included a twin spindle, twin turret Biglia B465 T2Y2 turning centre from Whitehouse Machine Tools – MTDCNC visited the Oxfordshire company to find out ...

From its humble beginnings in 1974 with a small manual lathe, R&G Precision Engineering Ltd has evolved beyond comprehension with the Wellingborough based company now having a plant list that includes EDM wire and spark erosion, ultrasonic cleaning, grinding and finishing and of course multi...

Stockport subcontract manufacturer Manufax Engineering Ltd has just bought its ninth Correa machine from DTS UK Machine Tools in Chorley. MTDCNC travelled to the town on the outskirts of Manchester to find out more.

Over the last 60 years, Manufax Engineering Ltd has established a reputation for ...

With traceability and conformance to standards increasingly important, Colchester Machine Tool Solutions has now introduced its latest range of component marking systems. MTDCNC travelled to the Colchester facility in Elland to find out more.

The TYKMA Electrox brand of marking machines now avail...

As a turbocharger manufacturer for the power generation and marine sectors, Napier Turbochargers produces the complete system from the rotating equipment, compressors, inlets and outlets and the casings. To improve productivity, the company has recently invested in two GROB machining centres – MTD...

Erodex has recently installed a Sodick AG60L spark erosion machine from Sodi-Tech EDM at its state-of-the-art machining centre in Halesowen. The new machine brings vital extra capacity to the facility, which Erodex operates as an R&D manufacturing centre in support of its customers, around 7...