EDITORIAL ROUNDUP

Phil Morris to take the reins at Walter Ewag UK

Phil Morris is nowsales director andgeneral manager at Walter Ewag UK, succeeding Neil Whittingham who has retired after 35 years of service with the organisation.Aged 55, Morrisbrings almost 40 years of engineering experience to the Warwick-based supplier of Walter Helitronic and Ewag tool and insert grinders, erosion and laser machines, as well as the Helicheck range of tool measurement machines. His most recent role was in industry sales and application management, specialising in turning, threading, milling and drilling, in addition to tool-holding and pre-machining disciplines.
For further information www.walter-machines.com

PSL Datatrack reaches 20 years as BTMA member

PSL Datatrack has reached a landmark 20 years as a ‘Technical Member’ of the British Turned Parts Manufacturers Association (BTMA).As a Technical Member, the company plays an active role in supporting manufacturing members with its expertise in production control software, designed to streamline the entire production process from quotation to invoice. “We’re proud to be the only supplier of production control software to serve as a member of the BTMA, an association representing the best of the best of British manufacturing,” states Geoff Gartland, managing director of PSL Datatrack.
For further information www.psldatatrack.com

Mastercam names Wildest Parts competition winners

Mastercam has announced the 2022 Wildest Parts winners, an annual global competition that encourages student interest and participation in manufacturing. In the Educational Division, the winning team from Vincennes University, Indiana, submitted a working electric skateboard. The project started out as a simple personal project until the instructor approached team members about entering it into the competition. In the Professional Division, David Berry from Southwestern Illinois College submitted a turbocharged impeller. He always wanted to cut an impeller, so he designed a desk piece that featured a 12-blade, large wheel compressor design.
For further information www.bit.ly/3JcVydW

Mills CNC sells its first Zayer machine

Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of DN Solutions’ and Zayer machine tools in the UK and Ireland, has taken its first Zayer order just a few short weeks after signing the distributor deal with the Spain-based milling machine manufacturer.The machine, a Zayer XIOS G large-capacity horizontal CNC bed mill equipped with a built-in rotary table (1500x 1500 mm) and a five-axis, 45° milling head, will take its place at the UK-based customer’s facility this spring.

Says Tony Dale, Mills CNC’s CEO:“The XIOS G represents our first Zayer machine tool order, but it will, most definitely, not be our last.To assist future sales, we’ve ordered a new Zayer Zero CNC horizontal bed mill for our showroom, which will be available for customers to see in the not-too-distant future.Described by Zayer as ‘its most precise and dynamic bed mill ever’, we’re confident that the Zayer Zero will prove popular with UK and Irish manufacturers.”
For further information www.millscnc.co.uk

DMG Mori Medical Days

DMG Mori will stage a Medical Days event later this week (8-9 March) at its Medical Excellence Centre in Wernau, Germany, which opened last year. The machine tool manufacturer will present new technologies to help the medical sector meet increasing challenges in the global market. In addition to the symposium, the company will run live demonstrations on a variety of machining platforms, with the accent on turning. These demonstrations will include an NLX 2500 SY/700 with Robo2Go automation and an NLX 2500/700 SY with MATRIS robot loading.
For further information www.bit.ly/3IWyAIf