EDITORIAL ROUNDUP

MSC engineers support Warwick Moto

MSC Industrial Supply Co UK (MSC) is a 2024 engineering partner for Warwick Moto, a student-led electric racing bike team at the University of Warwick. Founded in 2019, Warwick Moto sees a team of students from the School of Engineering collaborate with industry partners to design and build an electric superbike capable of competing at the highest level.

The new bike, which is being fully built by the students in a single academic year, is due for its unveiling in July 2024 ahead of planned races in the Netherlands and the UK. Engineers from MSC are providing first-hand tooling and engineering support to the team, with a particular focus on the casing for the bike’s battery.

For further information www.mscdirect.co.uk

ETG to run Mastercam masterclass in May

The Engineering Technology Group (ETG) will be hosting a Mastercam 2024 workshop event on 30 May. As part of its ‘Decade of Innovation’ workshop series and its commitment to customer service and support, ETG will provide a comprehensive one-day event for manufacturers adopting, or interested in adopting, Mastercam CAM software. ETG software experts Brendan O’Callaghan, Ciaran Fletchmore and Stephen Noke will introduce the one-day event, with a guest speaker from Mastercam. It will take place at ETG Ireland’s headquarters in Newbridge, County Kildare, commencing at 09:30.

For further information www.bit.ly/3PZ8U0A

Dugard becomes UK sales agent for Kenyou

Dugard is now the UK sales partner for the Kenyou series of machine tools, which includes vertical turning, boring and turn-mill models. The Kenyou range will complement Dugard’s existing Kitamura, SMEC, Hanwha and Mylas principals. Stepping beyond the realms of its existing portfolio, the Kenyou range of vertical turn-mill centres includes the VT and VTM series that have table diameters from 1.25 to 3 m with the ability to accommodate workpieces up to 20,000 kg.

This colossal capacity provides end users with a working area of -200 to 1400 mm in the X axis, a Z axis up to 1400 mm and a W axis of 1 m with 10m/min rapid traverse rates. Offered with a FANUC or Siemens control and BT50 tooling interface, the work table has a two-speed gearbox driven by a 30 kW motor for heavy-duty turning operations. Likewise, a range of milling spindles is available from 11 to 22 kW.

For further information www.dugard.com

Trumpf co-operates with Exploration Co

Trumpf and European space-travel start-up The Exploration Company are co-operating on
the construction of core components for spacecraft used in missions to the earth’s orbit and
the moon. As early as this month, the Exploration Company will use 3D printers from the
laser specialist to print core components of the Huracán and Mistral engines for the Nyx
Earth and Nyx Moon spacecraft.
“Our spacecraft can benefit from Trumpf’s manufacturing and application expertise,” says
Hélène Huby, CEO of The Exploration Company. “Trumpf has decades of experience in the
production of high-precision components.” The start-up plans to send a space capsule to
orbit the earth for several months in an initial mission in 2026. Starting in 2028, further
missions are planned to go to the moon. Initially, the spacecraft will carry freight but in the
long term people will also fly on board.
For further information www.trumpf.com

Mills CNC becomes Heidenhain training partner

Mills CNC’s Training Academy has become an official Heidenhain training partner; the first
and only training organisation in the UK to achieve this accreditation. The process for
becoming a Heidenhain training partner began in earnest for the CNC Training Academy (the
training division of Mills CNC) back in October 2023. In the first instance, it involved two
members of staff – Karen Earley (manager of the CNC Training Academy) and Darren Clarke
(trainer) – undertaking an intensive, week-long training programme at Heidenhain’s
operation in Traunreut, Germany.


This activity was followed by both Earley and Clarke returning to Heidenhain’s facility two
weeks later to take three exams, culminating in both running specific and separate live
training courses for Heidenhain training personnel. Having successfully passed their exams
and the live training practice element, the official Heidenhain training partner standard was
awarded to the CNC Training Academy in March 2024.
For further information www.millscnc.co.uk/training