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Starrag packs a high-end HMC into a small footprint

Starrag packs a high-end HMC into a small footprint

Starrag Heckert has introduced its new H Compact Series of horizontal machining centres (HMC).

11th March 2024
A new addition to the family!

A new addition to the family!

Aimed at the most demanding aerospace structural parts, multi-blades and casings, Starrag Heckert reveals how its new 5-axis machining centre can help reduce cycle times by 30%.

20th February 2024
Push your productivity

Push your productivity

Starrag Tech Days demonstrate machines and technologies that push up customers’ productivity.

19th September 2023
World-leading machining competence

World-leading machining competence

Starrag will showcase its world-leading aerospace machining competence on its Swiss Pavilion Swiss pavilion in hall 4, stands A54 and A78 during the Paris Airshow, held at Le Bourget on 19-25 June 2023.

14th June 2023
Starrag customers see the economics of planned machine maintenance

Starrag customers see the economics of planned machine maintenance

The peace of mind of having a planned preventative machine maintenance scheme is increasingly being realised by customers of every size, says Starrag UK, as the market-leading machine tool and systems supplier reflects on a recent flurry of new service deals that complement a host of similar contracts that have been in place for some years with a number of existing users.

10th March 2023
Starrag to ‘engineering precisely what you value’ at UK event

Starrag to ‘engineering precisely what you value’ at UK event

Visit the Starrag UK stand (P205) during the Southern Manufacturing show - held at the Farnborough International Exhibition Centre, 7-9 February - and learn how the company’s ‘Engineering precisely what you value’ slogan can help companies achieve significant bottom-line rewards with machines from Starrag’s product ranges of Berthiez, Bumotec, Dörries, Droop+Rein, Ecospeed, Heckert, Scharmann, SIP and Starrag.

6th January 2023
Strong and stable

Strong and stable

Starrag’s Heckert machining centre partners with Nikken toolholders for some high-performance Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) aerospace projects.

20th December 2022
True greatness is T-shaped!

True greatness is T-shaped!

The long-term partnership between US manufacturer, Metalex Manufacturing of Ohio and the Starrag Group has resulted in the installation of the company’s fourth Starrag machine, a large-capacity Droop+Rein T 6-axis portal-type machining centre.

26th October 2022
Multiple rewards from Starrag’s new Heckert T55

Multiple rewards from Starrag’s new Heckert T55

Starrag has announced the second – and larger capacity – member of its new Heckert range with the launch of the Heckert T55 5-axis horizontal machining centre for the multi-tasking and complete machining of workpieces weighing up to 700kg.

17th October 2022
The fantastic four!

The fantastic four!

Starrag says its four-machine flexible manufacturing system (FMS) will allow aerospace customers to cost-effectively meet rising demand.

25th July 2022
Living in electric dreams

Living in electric dreams

Starrag’s world-leading aerospace component manufacturing competence will be on display at the Farnborough Airshow - and it’s electric!

25th June 2022
Living in electric dreams

Living in electric dreams

Starrag’s world-leading aerospace component manufacturing competence will be on display at the Farnborough Airshow - and it’s electric!

22nd June 2022
Cutting your teeth with precision

Cutting your teeth with precision

Aerospace Manufacturing hears how Starrag’s Bumotec mill-turn centre provides a big business boost for innovative small parts.

25th June 2022
Starrag to highlight Al structural part machining at MACH 2022

Starrag to highlight Al structural part machining at MACH 2022

Visitors to Starrag’s stand (hall 20, stand 563) at this year’s MACH 2022 event, held at the NEC Birmingham show from 4-8th April will learn how its Ecospeed machining centre is the latest in a line of machines now featured in Starrag’s new Aerospace Competence Centre in Switzerland.

18th February 2022
Starrag’s Fingerprint service offers fast machine tool health checks

Starrag’s Fingerprint service offers fast machine tool health checks

Starrag's new online Fingerprint machine analysis service enables remote Starrag service technicians to quickly record machine conditions and, within 24 hours, provide customers with detailed overviews of the degree of wear on their machines’ mechanical assemblies.

21st December 2021
New Heckert H65 adds a new dimension to heavy-duty cutting

New Heckert H65 adds a new dimension to heavy-duty cutting

Starrag says its new Heckert H65 compact horizontal machining centre adds a new dimension to heavy-duty 4-axis machining with an unprecedented specification and unrivalled performance for a machine of its class – occupying just 24m2, the H65 offers machining speeds up to 30% faster than comparable models and can increase output levels by a staggering 80%.

2nd August 2021
Harnessing the power of automation

Harnessing the power of automation

According to Starrag UK, there are some shining examples of UK-based companies that can harness the power of automation. Aerospace Manufacturing reports.

11th June 2021
A new world of gantry milling for the UK customers

A new world of gantry milling for the UK customers

Starrag UK is offering potential customers of gantry mills the option to complement its Starrag Group Droop+Rein brand with the machine portfolio built in Australia by H & H Machine Tools

2nd February 2021
SIP’s high-precision boring market stands the test of time

SIP’s high-precision boring market stands the test of time

Starrag Group company, SIP is currently assembling a series of ultra high-precision jig boring machines destined for installation by multiple customers active in the aerospace industry.

25th November 2020
Lightning quick machining

Lightning quick machining

Aerospace Manufacturing hears how Starrag’s quality and precision components are helping to take the F-35 military aircraft to incredible heights.

14th October 2020
A winning combination

A winning combination

When it comes to machining aerostructural components, the need for speed and a force for good provide a winning combination with Starrag’s Ecoforce and Ecospeed CNC machine tools.

26th June 2020
Starrag China’s Shanghai centre set to serve growing customer base

Starrag China’s Shanghai centre set to serve growing customer base

Starrag China has opened a technical centre in Shanghai to serve the Swiss-based machine tool solutions provider’s growing customer base throughout China.

17th February 2020
New horizons in world-class aerostructure machining

New horizons in world-class aerostructure machining

More than half a century after singer, Gene Pitney put America’s state of Oklahoma on the world map with his hit song ’24 hours from Tulsa’, another phenomenon is bringing global recognition to the area – Orizon Aerostructures.

21st January 2020
Starrag’s Bumotec rental scheme set to enable machining savings

Starrag’s Bumotec rental scheme set to enable machining savings

Starrag UK has announced a machine rental scheme for its Bumotec range of multi-axis mill-turn and machining centres to provide potential users with a cost-effective way to capitalise on the benefits of multi-tasking, single set-up machining using world-leading machining technologies for the production of complex small to medium-sized parts.

20th December 2019
Starrag display enables experts to talk to experts

Starrag display enables experts to talk to experts

From the largest structural parts to the smallest workpieces, including blades and blisks, and in all materials especially aluminium and titanium, Starrag’s display at the Paris Airshow, Le Bourget will demonstrate how the company can provide machining solutions for the global aerospace market.

5th April 2019
Metalex invests in a fourth Starrag machine

Metalex invests in a fourth Starrag machine

Cincinnati-based Metalex Manufacturing, already owns three Starrag machine tools, but after extensive benchmarking, has chosen to invest in a Droop+Rein T portal machining centre from Starrag — its largest investment to date.

18th February 2019
Starrag set to offer à la carte Industry 4.0 solutions

Starrag set to offer à la carte Industry 4.0 solutions

To avoid the possibility of engineers glazing over at the mention of Industry 4.0, “there is no better way to describe the potential rewards of the concept than by illustrating that better profitability and improved growth can only be achieved with customised digital manufacturing solutions”, according to Starrag CEO, Dr Christian Walti.

12th December 2018
The complete spectrum of large vertical 5-axis milling solutions

The complete spectrum of large vertical 5-axis milling solutions

Starrag has claimed a first in Droop + Rein vertical milling centres with the launch of three new machines – led by the FOGS HD which the company says ‘takes heavy-duty cutting to the next level’ – and the evolutionary NEO update of four existing series machines.

11th October 2018
Complete machining thanks to a simulated Y axis

Complete machining thanks to a simulated Y axis

Starrag explains how it converted a vertical lathe into a machining centre using double C-axis interpolation and a simulated Y axis.

4th October 2018
Starrag meets Metalex’s big machining plans

Starrag meets Metalex’s big machining plans

In a significant investment for the future, Metalex Manufacturing, located in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA has selected Starrag to supply a large-capacity, multi-axis Droop+Rein portal-type machining centre for its new ‘Center for Advanced Large Manufacturing’.

1st October 2018
Starrag hosts sixth Turbine Technology Days event 

Starrag hosts sixth Turbine Technology Days event 

Starrag’s sixth Turbine Technology Days showcased developments to further improve the efficiency of machining turbine blades, blisks and engine casings.

20th August 2018
Starrag took multi-million-pound orders during MACH 2018

Starrag took multi-million-pound orders during MACH 2018

In addition to receiving orders valued at multi millions of Euros, Starrag UK reported a successful MACH week, with visitors who were interested in how affordable and available the new range of Heckert machining centres are.

11th May 2018
Starrag unveils FMS for airfoil blade machining

Starrag unveils FMS for airfoil blade machining

In a world first, Starrag says it has designed, developed and fully-integrated a flexible manufacturing system (FMS) for the automated complete machining - incorporating combined milling and turning on Starrag machining centres - of Inconel and titanium airfoil variable guide vanes from forging to ready for assembly.

16th April 2018
Starrag spotlights Aero Structures at January technology event

Starrag spotlights Aero Structures at January technology event

A host of new process solutions for the machining of aluminium, titanium and nickel alloy structural parts for the aerospace industry will be showcased by Starrag at its Aero Structures Technology Days being held in Rorshacherberg, Switzerland on 23-24 January 2018.

7th December 2017
Bumotec impresses with ‘perfection through precision’ turn-mill centre

Bumotec impresses with ‘perfection through precision’ turn-mill centre

Dozens of engineers recently saw for themselves the Starrag Bumotec s191 linear CNC multi-function turn-mill centre’s capabilities for profitable one-hit machining of small workpieces when the machine was put through its paces at the AMRC with Boeing Centre in Sheffield.

9th November 2017
Starrag focuses on manufacturing solutions at Turbine Technology Days

Starrag focuses on manufacturing solutions at Turbine Technology Days

Despite a continual stream of new product developments that continue to make the Starrag Group one of the world’s most revered machine tool builders, the company is also truly focused on providing its customers with integrated and end-to-end manufacturing solutions.

9th October 2017
Digital, networked, productive

Digital, networked, productive

Chengdu Aerospace’s order for a digitally-networked flexible manufacturing system (FMS) with cell controllers from the Starrag Group is set to show Industry 4.0 at its best. Aerospace Manufacturing reports.

6th June 2017
Starrag claims its Heckert machine is the “most thermally-stable machining centre in the world”

Starrag claims its Heckert machine is the “most thermally-stable machining centre in the world”

Starrag UK claims that the combination of water-cooled main drive motors and ballscrews, plus a temperature-controlled structure, a natural granite machine bed and thermal compensation of the linear and rotary axes, has resulted in the Heckert Solid Rock machining centres being the most thermally stable horizontal machining centres available.

1st February 2017
Exploiting world class machining opportunities in Scotland

Exploiting world class machining opportunities in Scotland

Recognising the growth in manufacturing opportunities in Scotland, Starrag UK will be presenting a host of high-technology machining solutions, and demonstrating its corporate ‘Engineering precisely what you value’ mission, at the University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) in December 2016.

8th November 2016
New appointment to the Starrag executive board

New appointment to the Starrag executive board

Dr. Marcus Otto has just been appointed a member of the Executive Board and Head of the Business Unit Transportation & Industrial Components at Starrag Group. He has been the responsible managing director of Heckert in Chemnitz for the Starrag Group on an interim basis since May 2016.

29th September 2016
Starrag UK joins with TTL to present turbine technology updates

Starrag UK joins with TTL to present turbine technology updates

Starrag UK sister company TTL has unveiled to a UK audience their latest developments in turbine machining technologies.

28th September 2016
Heckert Technology Days focus on new HEC F line machines

Heckert Technology Days focus on new HEC F line machines

With an array of five and six-axis machining centres demonstrated and the first public showing of the new HEC Focus four-axis horizontal machining centres, plus a series of enthralling technical presentations, there was a range of displays for the 200 plus visitors to Heckert’s Technology Days.

1st July 2016

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