EDITORIAL ROUNDUP

Hurco Demo Deals Day

Three CNC lathes and 10 machining centres, two of which feature automation, are currently under power at Hurco Europe’s High Wycombe showroom. Unless sold earlier, all will be available for purchase exactly as seen at specially discounted ex-demo prices at a Demo Deals Day on 28 September. In addition to a Hurco ProCobot Profeeder twin-cart system fitted to a VM20i three-axis machining centre and an Erowa Robot Compact 80 pallet automation system integrated with a VMX30Ui five-axis model, accessories fitted to some of the machines on sale include Renishaw probing and Filtermist extraction units.
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Students complete sustainability challenge

Six students gave up time in their summer holidays to take part in an engineering sustainability challenge that has inspired them to pursue future employment opportunities. The aspiring engineers, all from Cumbria and either at college or having just sat GCSEs, spent eight days on a project looking at ways of reducing carbon emissions at Sellafield Ltd’s Engineering Centre of Excellence at Cleator Moor.The Summer Sprint project was the first of its kind and was set-up by Lorna Devine, Sellafield’s engineering development solutions lead, in collaboration with Lakes College and the Centre for Leadership Performance.
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International award for Renishaw co-founder

Sir David McMurtry, co-founder and executive chairman of Renishaw, is the recipient of the I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Excellence Award 2023. The award, presented at the 72nd CIRP General Assembly hosted at University College Dublin, Ireland, recognises McMurtry’s outstanding contribution to innovation and research in advanced manufacturing over many decades. This year marks 50 years since McMurtry and John Deer founded Renishaw, which is a specialist in a range of engineering fields, including dimensional metrology and metal additive manufacturing (AM).
For further information www.renishaw.com

Get set for Manufacturing World

The build-up is underway to Manufacturing World 2023, which takes place at INTEX, Osaka, Japan on 4-6 October. One of Asia’s leading manufacturing shows with over 1000 exhibitors, visitors must pre-register to gain admission. The organiser is expecting more than 33,000 people through the doors over the course of the three-day event.

The show, comprising nine concurrent exhibitions, will focus on solutions such as DX, AI and IoT, as well as additive manufacturing, factory automation, motion control, mechanical components, factory facilities/equipment and more. There is also a conference where visitors can learn about cutting-edge case studies from industry leaders. Speakers will include representatives from major blue-chip OEMs such as Toyota, Panasonic and Mitsubishi.
For further information www.bit.ly/3Z0MS0E

Ceratizit buys Changzhou CW Toolmaker

CB-Ceratizit, a joint venture company of Ceratizit, part of the Plansee Group, has acquired 70% of all shares of Changzhou CW Toolmaker Inc. The privately owned company based in Changzhou, China, specialises in the design, production and sales of tungsten-carbide cutting tools for industries that include electronics, aerospace, rail, and mould and die.The acquisition is an important part of CB-Ceratizit’s growth strategy in Asia

Andreas Fritz, Ceratizit’spresident of the Asia-Pacificregional unit, says: “The expansion of the Ceratizit portfolio to include machining solutions for electronic components in the 3C sector (computers, communications and consumer electronics) is crucial for our success. By being able to draw on the high-quality production technologies and extensive manufacturing capacities of both CW and Ceratizit, we offer our customers significant added value throughout the full value chain.”
For further information www.ceratizit.com