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The TRUMPF TruMark Series 3000 and 6000 laser markers are able to meet the material requirements of the widest variety of plastics by using appropriate laser-active media and different wavelengths. These systems are designed to be directly integrated into automated manufacturing lines and thanks to their small footprint they are ideal where space is at a premium. Open architecture allows quick and easy connection to existing control networks. New additions to TruMark Series include the TruMark 3130 that is ideal for high precision applications such as day and night design. Cell phone key pads and illuminated switches in cars are good examples. This new model uses yttrium-vanadate as the laser active material making it suitable for the best possible high pulse frequencies from 30 to 100kHz. In this frequency range the TruMark 3130 exhibits exceptional pulse-to-pulse stability.

Following NCMT’s successful titanium machining roadshow, which visited six venues around the UK during March and April and attracted more than 150 engineers, principally from the aerospace, power generation and medical sectors, the company has announced two one-day seminars on a similar theme.

Yamazaki Mazak will be hosting a two-day Done in One master class in association with CAD/CAM specialist OPEN MIND Technologies between 16th June 2009. The event, which takes place at Mazak’s European headquarters in Worcester, will highlight the savings that can be made through the application of the latest machine tool hardware and software.

Subcontractors in China, India and Eastern Europe have traditionally undercut British firms when bidding for contracts to produce large volumes of turned parts, but that is changing. Last autumn (2008), DJJ Precision Engineering, Pontypool, invested in a German-built Index MS32C six-spindle multi through sole UK agent, Geo Kingsbury Machine Tools, and immediately started to win work back from Asia.