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Multi-million-pound Order For Versa Turn Hollow Spindle Lathes, Confirms PTG’s Ability To Bring Greater Versatility To Manufacturing
UK-based PTG Heavy Industries has secured an order from a leading Indian manufacturing company for the supply of two of its Versa Turn hollow spindle heavy-duty lathes. The lathes will be used for a variety of machining processes, for the production of steel components of up to 12 metres in length.
The AMTRI Scholarship. A Happy Story and A Sad One
Many stories with a happy ending come out of sad beginnings. And this one is no exception. Because, when PTG Holroyd was dealt a catastrophic blow with the untimely death of its senior designer, Graham Shutt, back in 2009, one of the company’s young development engineers, Simon Theaker, stepped into the breach to play a leading role in the development of Holroyd’s new profile grinder.
Crawford Swift Machine Plays its Part for World’s Swiftest Train
The installation and commissioning of a 30m x 4m gantry Crawford Swift “Powerstir” FSW machine by PTG Heavy Industries of Elland, West Yorkshire, in a joint project with China Friction Stir Welding Centre, doesn’t just represent a first for China and for PTG.
China Spends £2.5 Million on Biggest Ever Milling System
The big news coming out of Holroyd Precision of Milnrow, Lancashire, concerns the manufacture of the biggest CNC helical profile milling system ever made, at a cost of £2.5 million, on behalf of a major Chinese compressor manufacturer.
A Major Scoop for PTG Heavy Industries
Unique single-source machine tools provider PTG Heavy Industries of Yorkshire has designed and manufactured two Binns & Berry lathes for producing the critical components for the world’s largest mining shovels, each capable of loading a 500- ton dump truck in just three minutes.
PTG Signs ‘Memorandum Of Understanding’ With The University Of Huddersfield
Committed to the advancement of machine tool technologies, Precision Technologies Group (PTG) has signed a ‘Memorandum of Understanding’ with The Centre for Precision Technologies at the University of Huddersfield.