30-taper vertical machining centre (VMC) manufacturer Brother, Japan, has introduced a new 5-axis model with a swivelling rotary table, the Speedio U500Xd1. Despite having a nominal footprint of just 1.5 x 2 metres, it is capable of multi-face machining of components up to 500 mm diameter by 270 mm high and weighing up to 100 kg.
For the ongoing production of a particular component for a defence industry customer, subcontractor PRV Engineering, Pontypool, has invested in a Spinner U5-630 trunnion-type, 5-axis, vertical-spindle machining centre (VMC). It was delivered in mid-2021 by Whitehouse Machine Tools, Kenilworth, sole sales and service agent for the German-built machines in the British and Irish markets.
Whitehouse Machine Tools appoints sales and marketing director
14 January 2021 • In News
Peter Smith, newly appointed sales and marketing director at Whitehouse Machine Tools
Effective from the beginning of January 2021, Kenilworth-based Whitehouse Machine Tools, the UK and Ireland sales agent for several high-profile machine tool manufacturers in the Far East and Europe, has appointed Peter Smith to the new position of sales and marketing director.
He is a board member, working alongside joint managing directors Tim Whitehouse and Tom Hughes, and a stakeholder in the business.
Mr Smith brings with him a wealth of knowledge and directly relevant experience in rotational and prismatic metalcutting machinery, having held senior positions in UK machine tool sales for over two decades, including in subsidiaries of global OEMs.