Deep-hole drilling specialist Mollart Engineering has captured international orders worth over £5m.

An order from one of the largest independent automotive manufacturers in North America, worth some £2.5m, will see Mollart supply four special purpose four- and six-spindle gun-drilling centres for producing oil galleries in transmission shafts. A further US order is for a Prismabore PRB 25 six-axis combination gun-drilling and machining centre, which is to be used for the deep-hole drilling of cooling holes in steel moulds. Mollart also reports that a two-spindle Drillsprint LD2-750 machine is going to China to drill holes 7-10 mm diameter by 600 mm deep in forged alloy steel diesel fuel rails.
For further information www.mollart.com

XYZ Machine Tools has ended its 2017/18 financial year with record figures of almost £31m for machines that have been delivered to customers and invoiced (excluding export sales).

This represents an increase of 20% over the previous year for the UK. The news comes as the company also announces the opening of a new showroom in Slough, serving the southern England region. To celebrate, an open day will take place at the Slough facility on 12 July (09:00-15:00).
The showroom has undergone a full refurbishment to bring it to the standard of XYZ’s other four showrooms across England, and replaces the Waltham Abbey site in Essex, which had been outgrown by the company.
For further information www.xyzmachinetools.com

Specialising in gun-drilling, deep-hole boring, CNC turning, honing, CNC grinding and super-finishing, Perfect Bore Manufacturing will be present at Subcon 2018 on stand D23.

A £1m investment in a CNC/prismatic drilling division, allows Perfect Bore to drill multiple holes in various shaped blocks and offset holes in round billets. Also on stand D23 will be Fintek, which offers a range of deburring, edge radiusing, fine grinding, smoothing, polishing and performance superfinishing subcontract services. Fintek has the capability to achieve a surface finish of Ra 0.01 µm, helping component manufacturers to meet their customer expectations for wear parts that reduce friction, generate less heat and are more durable.
For further information www.subconshow.co.uk

Colchester Machine Tool Solutions (formerly 600 UK) has installed a range of manual lathes, mills, drills and saws into Coleg Cambria in Wales to meet the training needs of high-profile construction and aerospace employers in the region.

Nick Lyon, assistant principal at Coleg Cambria, says: “We’ve had a great relationship with 600 UK over many years and the equipment has always been high quality and, most importantly, my learners enjoy using the machines.”
The order comprised of 14 Harrison M300 lathes, six Clausing 3VS milling machines, three Clausing pillar drills and a Clausing bandsaw. One of the students at Coleg Cambria gave a general overview, saying: “I came to Coleg Cambria with no machining experience, but the machines are very easy to use. The dials and gauges are well marked and intuitive, and it makes the education process easier to understand how things work. You can easily switch from imperial to metric and this simplifies the learning process even further.”
For further information www.colchester.co.uk