| Stonehouse - new machine shop
'Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense.' - wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in his essay 'Art', more than one hundred years before the Japanese were credited with introducing the concept of common sense to the 'art' of manufacturing. [45 kB] | |
| Boosting automation and reducing lead times of complex parts on Citizen lathes
A revolutionary new approach to setting and controlling complex machining processes on sliding head lathes has been developed by Renishaw on Citizen lathes located within its Stonehouse machine shop. Currently on trial this new approach to on-machine probing is helping Renishaw benefit from dramatically reduced set times and the confidence to run ‘lights out’ on even the most sophisticated parts. [33 kB] | |
| Manufacturing job vacancies
Renishaw's facilities in the UK and Ireland feature state of the art manufacturing techniques. In our machine shop we have award winning machining systems controlled by Renishaw probing and calibration systems. Assembly of components is undertaken in 'cells' where multi-skilled assemblers take the complete responsibility for build, test and quality of the finished product. [17 kB] | |
| Manufacturing
The new facility at Stonehouse has enabled Renishaw's Manufacturing Services Division (MSD) to plan the layout of the Group's piece part manufacturing operations within the 80,000 ft sq of factory space. The refurbishment, which commenced in April 2005, was completed in December 2005. [17 kB] | |
| RAMTIC system still ticking
Article about Renishaw's Stonehouse factory written by world leading magazine Modern Machine Shop [47 kB] | |
| Machine tool
Renishaw probe solutions can help reduce set-up times by up to 90% and improve your process control. [15 kB] | |
| News
News for the metalworking, metrology, toolmaking, automation and motion control industries.
You can download Renishaw's latest product news, case stories, technical articles and company news. [43 kB] | |
| Renishaw’s inspection tools optimise VMC precision for HAAS
You are here: Renishaw’s inspection tools optimise VMC precision for HAAS HAAS Automation Inc. used to fine-tune every one of its VF vertical machining centres through a mechanical fore-and-aft loading test, with results entered into the CNC as a compensation value. ... [24 kB] | |
| Machine tool automation articles
Renishaw's latest machine tool product news, case stories and technical articles, allowing manufacturing industry to automate machining processes and achieve substantial cost savings. [34 kB] | |
| QC10 ballbar a key quality and productivity tool in Rockwell Automation's Power Lean manufacturing
QC10 ballbar used for both diagnosis and predictive maintenance to keep machine tools running and producing to specification. Rockwell Automation Power Systems specialises in providing technologies and services for optimising power transmission performance and productivity. The company has turned its analytical and creative skills to developing an integrated process for continuous improvement of the manufacturing processes in its own plants. [27 kB] | |
| Stunning large-scale images achieved with speed and repeatability
Like other technologies, it’s taken for granted. But, modern printing is a miracle of engineering precision, where producing a beautiful print is almost as complex as building a beautiful car. Thanks to Renishaw laser measurement technology, one company’s large-scale printers are considered the safe bet for consistency, reliability and stunning images. [26 kB] | |
| Small wonder impresses Red Bull F1
“A machine left running unmanned with a broken tool would be disastrous…” [32 kB] | |
| Calibration service provider works faster & smarter to create more revenue
He’s not an athlete, but Jürgen Emslander has, in one move, considerably improved his performance, to be way ahead of the rest of his field. He runs a calibration service company called Geo Tec Messtechnik, and has recently upgraded his laser calibration system from the industry standard ML10 to the new Renishaw XL-80. The new system’s portability and ease of use minimises transportation and set-up times, allowing more jobs each month. [30 kB] | |
| “Manual setting and NC programming is needless torture for machine operators…”
Flexible, efficient, and “totally trustworthy” part set-up taken to a new level with probing routines programmed in a CAM environment - Sikorsky supplier Alp Aviation shows how to do it [36 kB] | |
| Service, repair and recalibration
Renishaw offers a full range of repair, upgrade and re-calibration services for components and systems to ensure ongoing performance and to ensure that you can comply with quality assurance requirements. [16 kB] | |
| RMP60
A touch-trigger probe with radio transmission method for component setting/inspection on machining centres. [34 kB] | |