Attendance climbs

The organisers of Advanced Engineering 2017, which was held at the Birmingham NEC last month say that the exhibition’s final attendance figure was 15% higher than in 2016.

Furthermore, success at the show has sparked a booking frenzy for the 2018 edition, with stand reservations 35% higher than at the same point the year before. The show consisted of five co-locating zones: Aero Engineering; Composites Engineering; Automotive Engineering; Performance Metals Engineering; and Connected Manufacturing. These will be joined by Nuclear Engineering at the 2018 exhibition (31 Oct to 1 Nov).
For further information www.advancedengineeringuk.com

AM collaboration

Schaeffler Technologies, which manufactures roller bearings and owns the INA and FAG brands, has entered into a co-operation agreement on additive manufacturing with machine tool manufacturer DMG Mori.

Schaeffler is now using a DMG Mori Lasertec 65 3D hybrid machine to produce one-offs and small batches of bearing components, as well as spare parts in metallic functionally graded materials (FGM) to finished-part quality. The one-hit process combines the flexibility of additive manufacturing by laser deposition with five-axis subtractive milling.
For further information www.dmgmori.com

Damehood for metrology expert

The University of Huddersfield’s Professor Xiangqian Jiang – known to her colleagues as Jane – has received a Damehood conferred on her in the 2017 Queen’s Birthday Honours.

University of Huddersfied, Director of the Future Metrology Hub, Professor Jane Jiang.
11.09.17

The Chinese-born scientist, a world-leading researcher in the field of metrology, was formally created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The honour was conferred for Dame Jane’s services to engineering and manufacturing. Today she is the director of the £40m Future Metrology Hub located within the university’s Centre for Precision Technologies.
For further information https://research.hud.ac.uk

MACH visitor registration now live

With just a few months to go before the doors open to MACH 2018 at the NEC in Birmingham, the team behind the exhibition has announced that visitor registration is now live.

MACH 2018 takes place on 9-13 April and will be located in a new home on the atrium side of the NEC, in Halls 17, 18, 19, 20, 6 and 7. This is the first move of the show since relocating to the NEC when it first opened in 1976 and reflects the changing technologies that the show covers. Visitors are invited to register early for their entrance pass and fast-track entry pack on the MACH website.
For further information www.machexhibition.com

XYZ awarded safety accreditation

XYZ Machine Tools has been awarded accreditation from third-party accreditation scheme Alcumus SafeContractor for its excellence in health and safety in the workplace, an award which is used and recognised by SMEs and FTSE 100 companies across UK. In gaining the award, XYZ Machine Tools had to prove that it met Alcumus SafeContractor’s rigorous standards in health and safety management.

Gemma Archibald, director of Alcumus SafeContractor, says: “More companies need to understand the importance of adopting good risk management in the way that XYZ Machine Tools has done. SafeContractor plays a vital role in helping clients to meet their compliance needs, while working with their contractors as they progress through the accreditation process.”
For further information www.xyzmachinetools.com