Rapid payback from SLS machine

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The increasing need to reduce new product development lead times, which if forcing design engineers to look at alternative production techniques in order to bring new products to market ahead of the competition. KV Automation a U.K.-based company based in Milton Keynes has developed an 'advanced manufacturing technology' (AMT) based on selective laser sintering that cuts lead time and gives manufacturers the design flexibility they need to produce complex shapes in less time.

Sales, profits & dividends, All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing, Laser Accessories, Manufacturing industry, Manufacturing industries, Company sales and earnings, Company earnings/profit, Laser components

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Pushing boundaries into rapid tooling

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A London-based company, Unimatic Engineers, has built a custom milling machine for an innovative company that has developed fundamentally new methods of creating moulds for plastic and metal forming. The concept pushes the boundaries of rapid prototyping into a new area that is becoming known as 'rapid tooling'.

Facilities & equipment, Metalworking Machinery, Machine Tool (Metal Cutting Types) Manufacturing, Machine tools, metal cutting types, Hand and edge tools, not elsewhere classified, Milling Machines, Usage, Equipment and supplies, Tool industry, Milling-machines, Machine tool industry, Milling machines (Machine tools)

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Rapid success and good bonding at TVR

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TVR Engineering, UKs largest sports-car manufacturers has developed its own unique design to manufacture most of their car parts in-house. The company has however, managed to keep costs low due to in-house manufacture and the RenPIM prototyping materials has enabled to keep tooling costs at very low levels.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Utility Vehicles, Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing, Design and construction, Automobile industry, Sport utility vehicles, Sport-utility vehicles, TVR Engineering Ltd.

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