Pryor Marking Technology is to showcase its range of solutions for identification and traceability.

Located at stand H9, the company’s focus for this year’s exhibition will be laser marking. For the first time in the UK, Pryor will demonstrate its laser workstation, a large, modular floor-standing laser engraving machine. In addition, visitors to the stand will see demonstrations of a portable laser. A PortaDot P50-25 with 4000 Controller, and a PortaDot P130-30 for heavy industrial use will be among other machines on the stand.
The company has extensive experience in supplying global automotive brands and supply chains with marking and traceability technologies. Pryor offers standard and custom technologies for all sizes of manufacturer within the automotive supply chain. Every Pryor laser is supplied in Class 1 light safe enclosures, including the laser VIN cells that were recently installed in the production facilities of Jaguar Land Rover.
For further information www.pryormarking.com

CIS Tools will use Advanced Engineering to launch the Will-Fill coolant control device to the UK market.

Will-Fill is available in three variants, depending on machine sump depth, detecting level fluctuations of 120, 220 or 520 mm respectively. Seven parameters are measured by the system: pH level, concentration of oil/water mix, water hardness, coolant temperature, oil usage, water usage and coolant level. The device, which will be present on stand I73, works with any metalworking fluid, filling and refilling automatically to predetermined levels and concentrations.
For further information www.cis-tools.co.uk

A new stream-finishing machine featuring OTEC Präzisionsfinish patented pulse-drive technology ‘Pulsfinish’ has arrived at UK precision surface-finishing specialist, Fintek. The new machine follows on from the delivery of a new-generation OTEC stream finishing machine in July.

Fintek operations manager Jamie Phillips says: “The difference Pulsfinish makes to mass finishing is substantial. Pulse finishing produces rapid relative motion between the media and workpiece by quickly changing the rotational direction of the work-holding heads in a programmed and controlled way. High-speed acceleration and deceleration increases the finishing forces exerted on the workpiece, making it possible to accurately and evenly deburr, round and smooth surfaces from Rpk 0.2 µm to 0.1 µm, in under a minute.
“The pulse-finishing equipped SF machine is ideal for meeting the needs of the aerospace, high level motorsport, automotive, medical device and tool making industries,” adds Phillips.
Another important sector where ‘Pulsfinish’ is set to make a difference is the mass finishing of additively manufactured components. Recently, Fintek used the system as part of an Innovate UK sponsored research project that brought together a team of experts under the leadership of Croft Additive Manufacturing (CAM). The project also included Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC).
In addition to Fintek’s subcontract services, the company is also the UK agent for OTEC Präzisionsfinish’s range of centrifugal disc, drag and stream-finishing systems. Everything from stand-alone units to fully automated systems for inline production are available from Fintek, along with process media, consumables and expertise.
For further information www.fintek.co.uk

Huddersfield-based Meltham Carbide Precision has become one of the latest to invest in a Rollomatic CNC peel-grinding machine, which can be acquired in the UK from Advanced Grinding Solutions. Meltham is a specialist manufacturer of plug gauges and components such as punches, mould and core pins, and blank carbide rods for the cutting-tool industry.

Owner-manager Eric Charlesworth had been aware of Rollomatic tool grinders for some time, and had identified a need for grinding his parts to a higher precision and reducing manufacturing times, and in particular removing the need to transfer parts across several different machines to arrive at the finished result.
Having received a demonstration of a Rollomatic machine, Meltham was attracted by to its pinch and peel grinding method, which ensures that the grinding operation is always carried out immediately adjacent to where the component is supported. This capability allows parts with a very large length to diameter ratio to be machined easily, with component lengths of up to 400 times diameter being ground without deflection issues and with diameters controlled to under 0.002 mm.
Just one example of how the machine has improved efficiency is in manufacturing a set of 10 carbide punches of 6.35 mm diameter by 110 mm long with a point, radius and three different diameters carrying 5 μm tolerances.
“This would have taken us a full day to manufacture previously, but now, on the Rollomatic we need just 15 minutes to set up and around 2 hours to grind,” says Charlesworth. “The surface finish is also much better, and the lengths and diameters are all well within tolerance.”
For further information www.advancedgrindingsolutions.co.uk

Ambulance builder O&H Vehicle Technology has been subject to a management buy-out from current private-equity owners Endless LLP.

Now at the helm is managing director Oliver North, with the support of businessman Ken Davy. North and Davy are no strangers to the emergency services market, after successfully growing their previous company, firefighting equipment supplier North Fire, to market leader status prior to sale in 2014. O&H has been owned by Endless LLP since 2016. Endless has provided O&H with essential financial support throughout the most challenging phase of the firm’s 32 years.
For further information www.ohvtech.com