ELE Advanced Technologies Ltd is a company with an aerospace pedigree that dates back to 1955 when Earby Light Engineers (ELE) was founded to manufacture compressor blades for Rolls-Royce. In the 65 years since, the Colne company has expanded its scope by targeting the aerospace and automotive secto...

Having been entrenched in 3D printing and additive manufacturing (AM) for over 26 years, Dr Phil Reeves has a wide-ranging expertise and experience of the industry. In the first interview with Tanya Weaver, Phil discussed the barriers to AM; here he reveals adoption trends across various industries ...

The automotive industry faces a weight dilemma. In 2017, light-duty vehicles manufactured in the US weighed, on average, 4,044 lbs — not always living up to their name. New components and technologies add weight, yet environmental concerns also demand that manufacturers make them lighter. As a lig...

Renishaw is helping automotive supplier HiETA to move metal additive manufacturing (AM) from prototype processes into the commercial production of specialist heat exchangers. This process has been realised by adding a Renishaw RenAM 500M system that is dramatically reducing production times and cost...

As one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of aerospace components, Gardner Aerospace places huge levels of pride in its precision, quality and cost-efficient streamlined manufacturing. It is for these reasons the company with manufacturing facilities around the globe has opted for cutting tool supp...

The larger the batch runs, the more important cycle times and tooling costs become. Nowhere is this more pertinent than the automotive industry where the properties of both the machine and cutting tool need to be optimised for the chosen process.

MAPAL works with a machine tool builder to optimise ...

When Steve Knowles founded Newport CNC over ten years ago, Steve bought his first machine and worked evenings and weekends whilst keeping the day job. Steve’s first port of call was a HAAS VF4SS and high-end cutting tools from Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC).

Building its early success in t...

This is the third and final instalment of a three-part article that started back in May to discuss metrology skills. We have looked at how measurement is your business intelligence agency, giving you data on your process and quality to make crucial production decisions. But what if your measurement ...

Electrification is a growing force within the transportation sector, with more e-bikes and electric vehicles launching every year. This change is being driven by multiple forces such as government initiatives for greener transportation, industry innovation to find more sustainable solutions and cons...

After a somewhat quieter month in April for obvious reasons, both May and June have seen glimpses of recovery, businesses opening back up….and the MTD team back up to full strength. There were initial concerns of engineers being cautious about opening their doors, let alone allowing the MTD crew i...