Boneham & Turner has increased its ability to offer more complex parts within its tooling and precision-engineered component operations thanks to its investment in a Sylvac Scan F60L optical measurement machine supplied by Bowers Group.

A fourth-generation, family-owned precision engineering solutions provider established in 1918, Boneham & Turner serves the aerospace, defence, motorsport, composite and yellow goods industries by manufacturing and supplying drill bushes, dowel pins, simple and complex shims for the manufacture and assembly of jigs and fixtures, work holding, hydraulic systems and machine building.

With previous processes in place, the company needed to decline work, not due to the complexities of manufacturing parts, but limitations on inspection. The inspection of micro-pins had always proven to be a time-consuming challenge for the production and quality teams.

To improve its inspection capabilities, Boneham & Turner applied for funding through the ‘Aerospace Unlocking Potential’ project, provided through the European Regional Development Fund Revenue Agreement, to help fund the purchase of the Sylvac Scan equipment.

Used by quality personnel, machine operatives completing first-off checks, as well as the engineering team for samples and R&D, the Sylvac Scan F60L measures even the most demanding of cylindrical parts.

Stacy Denton-Beaumont, operations manager at Boneham & Turner in Sutton-in-Ashfield, says: “The Sylvac Scan F60L has vastly improved our scope of metrology. As an AS9100 Rev D certified manufacturer, we pride ourselves in offering outstanding quality to our valued customers and core markets. With its Swiss precision engineering, the Sylvac Scan F60L offers an efficient, exact and effective inspection method, complementing the current catalogue of equipment here at Boneham & Turner.”

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www.bowersgroup.co.uk

Following the successful conclusion of its 2021 financial year, the signs at Wenzel Group GmbH & Co KG are once again pointing to growth, despite the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. For FY2022, the company from Wiesthal expects a further increase and a very positive business development.

In 2021, the Wenzel Group was able to increase incoming orders worldwide by more than 30%, which is also higher than in 2019. At Wenzel Metrology in Wiesthal, the growth in incoming orders for both new machines was more than 50% in comparison with the previous year. Based on very good order intake, the sales and revenue figures also increased accordingly.

Numerous orders from the end of 2021 are now in production or delivery and will provide a further boost for 2022 following the positive annual financial statement for 2021.
According to managing director Dr Heike Wenzel, 2021 was again “a very stable year” for the Wenzel Group. “We started 2022 with full order books and are looking forward to a good, successful year.”

The recovery and strong growth based upon it, can be felt worldwide in almost all target industries and product areas. Notably, the development of a new product line for gear metrology and design modelling, as well as the further development of numerous solutions in the area of production metrology and computer tomography, have also had a positive contribution.

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https://wenzel-uk.com/

Typical of loyal Mitutoyo customers that have embraced the recently launched Crysta-Apex-V CNC CMM range is Dorking-based Carville Ltd, a specialist in precision plastic machining.

Carville purchased its first Mitutoyo CMM over 20 years ago, and since that time the business has installed a further three Mitutoyo CMMs in its quality department. After two decades of sterling service, the company’s original Mitutoyo’s CMM was recently replaced with a new Crysta-Apex-V CNC CMM.

Carville managing director Vince Ellis explains: “Carville supplies many clients based in the medical device and in-vitro diagnostics markets, sectors that produce the highest safety class of products (such as Class III medical devices). Our parts are often classed as “critical to function and safety”. We therefore support all of our clients’ ISO13485 requirements with our QMS, including full traceability, testing, measurement and vigilance support.

“Along with several other improvements, we’ve been very impressed with the increased precision, speed and automated nature of our new Crysta-Apex-V CNC CMM,” he continues. “These advantages have already helped to increase the throughput of work in our quality department. Along with our existing two older Mitutoyo CMMs, our new model is now being kept busy measuring components, including first-offs, last-offs and mid-production run samples, and generating SPC data and in-depth inspection reports.”

Unlike earlier generation CMMs, a controlled environment is now unnecessary as the Crysta-Apex-V series machines maintain their accuracy over a temperature range of 16-26°C. An active scanning feature enables high-speed measurement by evaluating discrepancies between design values and actual workpiece dimensions while maintaining the advantages of 3D optimal-path scanning. When compared with conventional CNC CMMs, the V Series delivers higher maximum drive speed and acceleration of around + 20% and + 40% respectively, says Mitutoyo. This rapid movement, combined with typically 60% higher measuring speed, significantly reduces inspection times.

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www.mitutoyo.co.uk