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20 MAY 2016
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Third Mecal machining centre for
Neville Precision
NEVILLE Precision Engineering, a UK
specialist in the design, prototyping and
manufacture of aluminium extruded
products, has taken delivery of a third
Mecal CNC machining centre from
cutting and sawing technology company
Addison Saws.
The first two machining centres,
bought in 2015, are four-axis models
and are used to manufacture 40,000
aluminium door sill plates a year for a
premier automotive brand. The new
machine is a five-axis Mecal MC304
Ariel-5 MDT – the first five-axis
machining centre of its type to be sold in
the UK by Addison Saws.
“For a new contract, which involves
the manufacture of some 10,000
aluminium carriage light fittings a
year for the next generation of high-
speed trains, I initially considered
purchasing an additional Mecal four-
axis machine,” commented Neville
Precision Engineering’s managing
director, Edward Neville. “During a visit
to Mecal’s HQ with Addison Saws for
machining trials, however, I was able to
see the latest generation Mecal MC304
Ariel-5 MDT five-axis CNC machining
centre. A demonstration confirmed that
it was precisely what I was looking for.”
With full five-axis capability, the Mecal
MC304 Ariel-5 MDT allows the cutting
tool to approach the component from
all possible angles, in order to complete
cutting and machining operations on
the top, bottom, sides and ends. This
has brought flexibility to the company’s
carriage light manufacturing cycle,
where finished components measuring
2m long x 200mm wide are
produced from 4.5m-long
extrusion bars.
This latest investment in
CNCmachining technology
has enabled Neville
Precision Engineering
to reduce machining
cycle times significantly,
removing any need for
components to be manually
repositioned during the
manufacturing process.
The Ariel-5 machining
centre is equipped with
an optional, fully independent clamping
system, and also offers Neville
Precision Engineering opportunities for
component development.
The Mecal MC304 Ariel-5 MDT
machining centre is able to automatically
machine, drill, mill, slot and cut
aluminium extrusions of up to 7.5m
in length. The additional rotary axes
provide flexibility, making the machine
suited to new product development,
as well as to complex machining
tasks.
Other features include mobile
12-position rotary tool magazine; fully
motorised self-positioning vices; vice
movement during machining cycle
(optional); 3D graphical software with
external CAD link; powerful 11kw HSD
spindle; fibre-optic high-speed data
communication; dual loading zones for
seamless production; rear safety mesh
fence; and central automatic lubrication
system.
Addison Saws Ltd – UK
Fax: +44 1384 264955
Email:
Website:
Neville Precision Engineering Ltd –
UK
Fax: +44 1773 811929
Email:
Website:
The five-axis Mecal MC304 Ariel-5 MDT brings greater
flexibility to Neville Precision Engineering
Metalube’s Dubai technical seminar
LUBRICANT manufacturer Metalube
co-hosted a technical seminar with its
distributor Mech N Tech Enterprises LLC
in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The seminar was held at Le Meridian,
Dubai Airport, and was attended by
more than 100 people from all sectors
of manufacturing and maintenance from
across the UAE.
Metalube representatives at the
event included managing director
Robert Brown, commercial director
Douglas Hunt, and Nick Pomeroy, MD
of Metalube Arabia.
Commenting on the seminar, Mr
Hunt said, “We were delighted to jointly
host this technical seminar with our
distribution partners in Dubai –
Mech N Tech Enterprises LLC.
The company sees the UAE as a
vital part of its growth plans.
“These seminars are an
excellent way of presenting
our brand and unique lubricant
technologies to our clients in a
very convivial place with great
hospitality for our clients to
enjoy.”
Metalube manufactures a
range of non-ferrous drawing
oils and maintenance lubricants, as well
as a variety of corrosion protection and
forming oils. The exporter already has
offices in China, India and Brazil.
Metalube Ltd – UK
Fax: +44 161 775 7511
Email:
Website:
Metalube’s technical seminar was attended by more
than 100 people