AP&T wins Enlighten Award 2017

AP&T has been awarded first prize in the 2017 Altair Enlighten Award competition in the Enabling Technology category. AP&T was recognised for its innovative hot-forming production method involving high-strength aluminium. The results of the competition were presented at the CAR Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan, USA.

AP&T’s technology enables flexibility in the forming of high-strength car body components with complex shapes, and enables weight savings of between 30% and 50%. “The multi-purpose production line we have developed enables outstanding flexibility in the forming of high-strength aluminium components, as well as additional freedom of design, making function and part integration possible in new ways,” says AP&T CTO, technology development, Christian Koroschetz.
For further information www.aptgroup.com

Apprentice event to be staged by AMRC

The University of Sheffield’s AMRC (Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre) is currently looking for apprentices as part of its March 2018 intake. With this in mind, the organisation is staging an open event on 7 November (16:30-18:00, last entry 17:30) at its £20m training centre in Rotherham.

Anyone can attend who is interested in an engineering career and wants to consider an apprenticeship or degree apprenticeship as the route into industry. The AMRC Training Centre works with over 300 employers offering apprenticeship opportunities to young people on a local-to-national level.
For further information www.amrctraining.co.uk

90% of MACH space allocated

The MACH 2018 manufacturing technologies exhibition is set to take place at the Birmingham NEC on 9-13 April with a new a look and new location. MACH will be staged on the atrium side of the NEC, in Halls 17, 18, 19, 20, 6 and 7, reflecting the changing technologies that the show covers. The exhibition showcases live working machinery including: milling, turning, metrology, additive manufacturing, tooling and Industry 4.0 technologies. Among the overriding themes running through the show will be interconnected technology and the future of manufacturing. So far, 90% of exhibitor space has been allocated.

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James Fudge, head of events at the MTA, says: “MACH is a great barometer for judging the health of the UK’s manufacturing sector, and with 90% of exhibition space sold eight months before the show opens, we can gauge that our exhibitors are buoyant. Exhibitions are a fantastic way to do business, and we feel we have created the perfect environment for that to happen at MACH 2018.”
For further information www.machexhibition.com

£2m investment boost at Lasershape

Lasershape has announced an investment of just over £2m in additional factory space and capital equipment, a move that sees the supplier of subcontract CNC-profiled components transition into a complete service company by adding fabrication, Roshe Run Donna

powder coat painting, assembly and packaging to its portfolio offer for customers. The project was part funded by the D2N2 business growth programme and will create around 20 jobs in Nottingham. By refurbishing three additional units to the rear of Lasershape’s existing facility, adidas ultra boost męskie the company has added 25,000 sqft to its capacity, Nevada Wolf Pack taking total floor space to circa 60,000 sq ft. Mark Ingram Alabama Jersey

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as well as an inspection room that will shortly house a new co-ordinate measuring machine, Air Jordan 4 Retro new customer meeting rooms and a new accounts office. Air Max 90 Donna

An extra benefit is that the company will now have separate goods-in and goods-out, which will help ease congestion during busy periods.

Hexagon revs up QC at Royal Enfield

Prestige motorcycle manufacturer Royal Enfield has boosted productivity and improved quality control checks thanks to a Romer portable measuring arm from Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. Engineers are using the equipment for a range of scanning and inspection tasks at its new research and design facility in Leicestershire.
The 3 m arm’s capabilities have impressed the chassis development team as it allows the inspection and scanning of some motorcycles in a single exercise without the need to move and reposition the kit. For other motorcycles, leapfrogging using the arm and Polyworks software is said to be quick and easy.

Inspection data is not only used to verify prototype motorcycles in relation to their CAD intent, but also to check production tolerances offline and build quality, as Chris Hunt, chassis development project engineer, explains: “The Romer arm has helped us to improve accuracy, reduce user error and save time. It’s both quick and user-friendly. Also, Hexagon’s training and technical support services are very good and staff are always on hand to guide us through any problems and new challenges.”
Dave King, Royal Enfield’s motorcycle accessories quality assurance manager, favoured the Romer arm over competitor models mainly because of its calibration feature: “We required a portable measuring arm for scanning prototype parts to confirm accuracy and benchmark our products for design development, so the calibration feature was a key point for me.
“The Romer arm’s calibration bar and process are particularly beneficial to our operations as a lot of uncertainty on the measuring system is removed,” he adds.
For further information www.hexagonmi.com