EDITORIAL ROUNDUP

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

F1 team installs four SLA 3D printers

3D Systems is reporting that the BWT Alpine F1 Team has purchased four SLA 750 3D-printing systems to accelerate innovation and speed to track. Based at Enstone in Oxfordshire, the team made the decision to purchase the systems after it extensively tested the product in its beta phase. BWT Alpine F1 Team is currently using the SLA 750 systems and 3D Systems’ Accura Composite PIV material to build models for wind tunnel testing, including complex aerodynamic parts with pressure tappings, as well as small composite tools and high-temperature bonding jigs.

“We are very impressed with the depth of precision engineering that went into the development of 3D Systems’ SLA 750,” says Ben Mallock, deputy head of aerodynamics, BWT Alpine F1 Team. “We have a long-standing technical partnership with 3D Systems. With the SLA 750 we achieved the best part quality we’ve seen so far in the market with considerably improved productivity.Today we’re able to produce 25,000 additively manufactured parts each year.”
For further information www.3dsystems.com