The UMEX used machinery exhibition proved a roaring success in New Delhi, India, at the end of August.
Some 304 exhibitors and 8422 visitors from nine countries attended the Pragati Maidan venue, with many seeking out deals on
pre-owned machine tools and manufacturing equipment. The show once again proved it can provide unparalleled opportunities for those in the used machinery sector.
The MTI pavilion (MTI is the co-organiser of UMEX) was a hive of activity. The friendly MTI team were kept busy the whole show, handing out copies of the exhibition issue to passing visitors, and hosting enquiries on the stand about both the magazine and the company’s industry leading website for used machinery sales, machinespotter.com. High levels of enquiries were taken, with many sales expected to be concluded in the coming weeks.
For further information www.umexonline.com
Yamazaki Mazak has supplied a further three machines to McLaren as part of its ongoing role as the Formula One team’s official supplier of CNC machine tools. Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Wednesday 07 March 2018. Fernando Alonso, McLaren MCL33 Renault. World Copyright: Steven Tee/LAT Images ref: Digital Image _TEE8924
Having supplied the team for the past 19 years, the latest additions – two 5-axis Variaxis i-600 multi-tasking machining centres and one Quick Turn 250 MY turning centre – take McLaren’s current total of machine tools at its Surrey-based technology centre to 36.
Simon Roberts, chief operating officer at McLaren Racing, says: “Long-term partners like Mazak are extremely important to our team. We expect a lot from our technical partners and official suppliers, and Mazak continues to deliver year-on-year. With over 12% of our car being produced on Mazak machine tools, it’s vital to our performance on the track that upgrades are delivered on time and to the highest standard. The expansion of our in-house machining capabilities demonstrates our commitment to designing and manufacturing McLaren’s Formula One cars.”
Richard Smith, European group managing director at Yamazaki Mazak, adds: “Formula One is a sport defined by the finest of margins, with a network of engineers making constant changes to the car throughout the season. Given the intense and often unpredictable nature of races, the ability to quickly produce precision parts between race weekends is integral to the team’s ability to arrive at the starting grid in the best position possible. To have been the team’s exclusive supplier of CNC machine tools for 19 years is one of Yamazaki Mazak’s proudest achievements, and we believe the three new machines will contribute to McLaren continuing as one of the iconic motorsport teams for many years to come.”
For further information www.mazakeu.co.uk
The 12th edition of UMEX will open its doors this week (29-31 August) in New Delhi, India.
Asia’s largest exhibition for pre-owned machines will be hosted at the Pragati Maidan venue, where over 300 exhibitors and around 8500 visitors will fill more than 7000 sq m of space. Organised in co-operation with MTI magazine, exhibitors will show used metal-cutting and metal-forming solutions to visitors from the Indian marketplace and beyond.
As always, the MTI Pavilion at UMEX will be a hive of activity. The friendly MTI team will be busy handing out copies of the show issue to passing visitors, and hosting enquiries on the stand (Hall 12, Stand 12B31B). This year, to extend the show’s platform even further, UMEX 2018 will be staged in conjunction with five other industry events: IMEX (new machine tools); CWE (cutting and welding equipment); TechIndia (engineering); MMMM (minerals, metals, metallurgy and materials); and the Hand Tools and Fasteners Expo.
For further information www.umexonline.com
One of the world’s leading ‘in-machine’ measurement specialists is celebrating two big birthdays in 2018, with its UK operation 18 years-old and its German parent reaching half a century.
“We started out as a one-man engineering office when founder Günther Blum combined his studies in aerospace engineering with design work for machine tool manufacturers, eventually leading to him starting his own company in Schmalegg, near Ravensburg, Germany,” explains David Mold, who founded the UK subsidiary in 2000.
“The company has come a long way in 50 years and now employs close on 550 people across 16 operations worldwide,” he adds. “In order to mark the celebrations, we took a number of customers over to Blum Tech-Talk, a major event that gave them the opportunity to see how our probes and systems are built, and see the scale of our manufacturing facilities.”
For further information www.blum-novotest.com
The latest HCR range of Hanwha collaborative robots (‘cobots’) is now available from Dugard.
Hanwha HCR cobots prioritise safety while offering installation costs that are up to a third lower than regular industrial robots. Dugard will be showing off the range at the Robotics and Automation 2018 exhibition, which takes place at Arena MK in Milton Keynes on 10-11 October, as well as at the Dugard open house in Hove on 17-18 October.
Regarding safety, the user-friendly series of Hanwha cobots offers collision detection at 25-150 Nm. Moreover, each cobot is built with joint rotation limit, joint speed limit, TCP speed limit and a virtual safety fence. The range starts with a small, lightweight model and extends up to a heavy-duty cobot with a large working radius. Suitable for all kinds of loading, unloading, picking and packing operations, Hanwha HCR cobots provide positional accuracy of 0.01 mm.
For further information sales@dugard.com
