UK-Irish trade relations will be at the fore of this year’s Manufacturing Solutions Ireland event, with the manufacturing supply chain roadshow and conference, hosted by GTMA and Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT), already confirming more than 100 exhibitors and participants from both sides of the Irish Sea.

The event, now in its third year, will take place on 12 June at LIT, Moylish Campus. For the first time ever, Manufacturing Solutions Ireland will include a one-to-one ‘Meet the Manufacturer’ brokerage event.
For further information www.manufacturingsolutions.ie

A Euromaster-S CNC press brake with 400-tonne capacity has been supplied to a leading Polish industrial company by Haco-Kingsland.

Since its formation in 2003, Stal-Bud Nastaj Wiesław has been providing its services in the field of special steel constructions. The company develops, produces and implements dedicated solutions that are tailored to the needs of its customers. Located in the Polish city of Chełm, Lublin province, Stal-Bud has production halls that cover an area of over 4000 sq m and house around 60 people – and growing.
Thanks to the ambition of the owner, several large investments have been successfully completed in recent times. Among the notable machines to arrive is the aforementioned press brake from Haco-Kingsland. The multi-functional Euromaster-S offers a working length of 4 m and 400 tonnes of capacity.
“Thanks to very high work parameters, the Euromaster-S gives us new possibilities compared with the 160-tonne press brake we had previously,” company owner Wiesław Nastaj said in a conversation with Paweł Janas, director of Haco FAT.
The Robosoft FastBend-2D control with ‘MultiTouch’ technology is said to give Stal-Bud a definite advantage over the competition, allowing the company’s service to be cheaper and faster, while retaining high quality.
“I cannot imagine a more user-friendly way of programming the machine,” said the operator at Stal-Bud after he had completed operational training.
For further information www.kingsland.com

The exclusive distributor of Doosan machine tools in the UK, Mills CNC, is now offering the DNM 6700XL vertical machining centre, which features an X axis of 2.1 m.

This dimension is significantly longer than that offered by the standard DNM 6700 machine (1.3 m), while the work table is also larger, at 2200 x 570 mm.
DNM 6700XL machines are equipped with directly coupled 18.5 kW/15,000 rpm spindles as standard, which are said to minimise vibration and reduce noise, especially during high-speed machining operations. The spindles also have 20 bar through-spindle coolant capability.
Additionally, the machines feature Doosan Machine Tools’ proprietary thermal compensation system, which minimises the effects of heat generation and regulates thermal expansion.
Doosan’s DNM 6700XL boasts 36 m/min rapid rates in the X and Y axes, and 30 m/min in Z. Unproductive non-cutting times are further reduced via 30-position automatic tool changers (40 or 60-position options), which are recorded as having a tool-to-tool change time of 1.2 seconds.
Grease-lubricated axis travels (as opposed to oil lubrication) help to reduce maintenance costs by up to 60% and eliminate the need for oil skimmers. What’s more, grease cartridge systems only need replacing every 3 months, as opposed to oil-based systems that require more frequent servicing and manual intervention. Technical director Tony Dale says: “Some people say that size isn’t everything, but when you’re machining large parts – it makes all the difference. The introduction of the new DNM 6700XL is evidence of Doosan meeting market demand for a large, flexible and highly productive vertical machining centre.”
For further information www.millscnc.co.uk

Hypertherm is relocating its CAM software content, migrating information previously found at HyperthermCAM.com to its global website at www.hypertherm.com.

As part of the move, the company’s web team has worked to improve the user experience for customers of Hypertherm CAM software products like ProNest, Design2Fab and Rotary Tube Pro by re-thinking how content is presented. Information on Hypertherm’s CAM software products, customer case studies, trial requests and the product’s knowledge base, which includes training modules, videos, articles, troubleshooting guidance and more, is all now available.
For further information www.hypertherm.com

Intermach, a major industrial machinery and subcontracting exhibition for the ASEAN region, is due to open its doors this week (8-11 May) at the BITEC venue in Bangkok.

The show covers the latest advanced machinery and equipment, spanning industries that include automotive and medical device manufacture. Located across 38,000 sq m of exhibition space, some 1200 brands from 45 countries are expected to present the latest machine tool, automation and laser-cutting technology to more than 45,000 visitors.
For further information www.intermachshow.com