News

• Good response to Jones & Shipman exhibit at EMO

  Following their first EMO as members of The Hardinge Grinding Group exhibiting alongside L Kellenberger & Co., Leicester based Jones & Shipman Grinding Ltd report a very encouraging show with a positive reaction to their new products.

• Further Jones & Shipman purchases at FSG

  The first phase of a planned programme of capital equipment investment has seen the South Wales toolmaking design and manufacturer FSG Tool & Die invest in a further two new Jones & Shipman grinding machines.

• Northern Tool and Gear Invests in Latest J&S UltraGrind to Meet Challenging Contract Demands

  Managing Director Gordon Strachan insists the J&S Ultragrind is a classic case of moving production technology forward to take advantage of the latest developments. “With the new machine we have a 300 mm diameter capability by 1,000 mm between centres and can multi-feature grind components weighing up to 200 kg. So far we have seen around a 15 per cent improvement in cycle time, setting is also reduced considerably with due to the benefit gained from the touchscreen on the control and the Jones & Shipman software.”

• Jones & Shipman acquired by L. Kellenberger + Co. AG

  April 7th 2010, 17.30 hours GMT the assets of Jones & Shipman were acquired by L. Kellenberger & Co. AG and is now part of the Hardinge group.

• First of Jones & Shipman’s next generation CNC cylindrical grinders goes to leading French precision component manufacturer

  The first order for a new UltraGrind CNC cylindrical grinding machine from Jones & Shipman has been despatched to its new owner, a leading precision component manufacturer based in France. The machine features a brand new modular wheelhead design and multiple wheel spindles, allowing the high precision mould and mechanical component manufacturer to perform both internal and external grinding operations to extremely fine tolerances, in one grinding cycle. Overall, the UltraGrind will provide huge reductions in set-up time and machining costs.

• More power and flexibility from new J&S CNC grinder

  The next generation UltraGrind CNC cylindrical grinding machine has just been launched by Jones & Shipman at CIMT-09 (Beijing China). The new machine featuring a brand new modular wheelhead design not only offers multiple wheel spindles configured to suit customer requirements, but also provides more power, more accuracy and increased component weight handling. There is also a high degree of modularity in the way the machine can be configured from build, allowing customer specific machines to be manufactured quickly and easily.

• Jones & Shipman Suprema 650 cylindrical grinder improves sub-contractor competitiveness with up to 50% cycle time savings

  Central Grinding Services in Leicester have significantly improved their competitiveness since recently installing a Jones & Shipman Suprema 650 ‘Easy’ cylindrical grinder. Cycle times on ID/OD work have in some instances been reduced by up to 50% and due to the machines ‘Easy’ self-teach software and quick and easy set up times, smaller batches of work can now be handled profitably. The same ‘Easy’ software also solved a skills shortage, as the automated cycle of the Suprema enables unskilled staff to run the machine, once it is set.

• Jones & Shipman ProGrind 1267 exceeds Gates Corporation objectives

  The Gates Corporatiion of Denver, Colorado needed to ramp up their production facilities in support of new business growth, they contacted Jones & Shipman and asked them to review a project they had on the table.