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For this instalment of “The Editor’s Pick”, hosted on Wednesday 3rd November at 12pm, the guest editor was Liam Conway - Head of Business Development at Made in Group Patron Control Energy Costs.
Liam sat down with Andrew Timmins (Director at Premier Patterns and Castings Ltd) and Paul Stockhill (Managing Director at Agemaspark) to discuss their latest news stories.
Liam kicked off the live segment, which is streamed across all Made in Group social channels every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month to the group’s 30K+ followers, by introducing himself and the event’s guests.
As Editor, Liam had the opportunity to select 3 recent featured articles from the Made in Group platform and spoke directly with the members who published them.
Premier Patterns and Castings celebrate 25 years
First up was Andrew, to discuss Premier Patterns and Castings recent article titled "Premier Patterns and Castings celebrate 25 years".
The firm, which is a traditional Black Country engineering firm, with a wide range of skills and capabilities, was established by Andrew Timmins in 1996, as Premier Patterns, later becoming Premier Patterns and Castings Ltd in response to the demand for high quality castings from their customers.
Andrew spoke to Liam regarding the company's recent investments, including a CNC Robot Arm 7 Axis machine with a rotary table. Andrew explained that the machine has broadened the scope of their offering, especially to their long-established customers, many from major firms in the high tech automotive, aerospace, marine and steam locomotive sectors. The latest investment is a new cnc machining centre, Doosan DNM 5700, to help with the machining of castings and components from stock materials.
Engineering company seals the deal to complete extensive trial using 3D metal printing technology
Liam next spoke to Paul about Agemaspark's recent article titled "Engineering company seals the deal to complete extensive trial using 3D metal printing technology".
Liam was keen to find out more about Agemaspark's innovative new 3D printing technology.
Agemaspark developed the innovative technique, over several years, to improve the efficiency of a mould tool by as much as 20 percent and invested in the 3D metal printing machine needed to allow the company to create the tools. The company has now completed extensive trials on conformal cooling of multi-impression plastic injection mould tools and is working with companies across Yorkshire using the technique to produce their components helping its customer to comply with new EU regulations.
Ultimately, Agemaspark is pioneering this new ground-breaking process as it will offer new innovative ways to make intricate inserts that can be processed with cooling not currently possible without using expensive heat transfer materials.