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May 24, 2016
Exciting job opportunity in Inspection Department
See our job page for full details about this interesting opportunity to join us as a Quality Inspector.
March 15, 2016
Complex parts created by our new machinery
We have recently supplied a number of interesting and impressive looking parts. From our MX turn / mill centre we are currently machining some 75mm diameter Peek billets complete in one hit. Peek is a high value, thermo plastic. This Peek component would have required seven operations through conventional machining but we have been able to produce it in one cycle. The five axis milling head attached to the twin spindle lathe with a driven tool turret, allows for increased flexibility which enables it to produce such complex parts in one cycle.
This increased flexibility can also be seen in the small stainless steel part. Made from 1.75 inch diameter stainless steel 316, it is also made in one cycle. This removes any fixturing and loading issues for subsequent operations, which improves cycle times and reduces errors. The stainless steel part was picked off on the second spindle using wrap around jaws. This allows us to machine a pocket within the jaws the same shape as the part, to create a nest for the part to be gripped in, when it is parted off and machined in the sub-spindle.
Lastly, this aluminium component was a low volume part for a motorsport customer. Due to the lower volume, this was machined by milling a spigot onto a rectangular blank. This then allowed us to hold it in a lathe, where we could then turn the bore to the 0.008mm tolerance and turn angle for the webs. This was then passed over to our CNC milling section where we could finish the parts using 3D machining.
January 22, 2016
Interesting radio programme
If you didn't get a chance to listen at the time - here is a recent interesting business programme broadcast on Radio 4 - listen now
December 15, 2015
Recent machining successes
Some interesting parts have been recently machined on our shopfloor by our skilled engineers. The milled brass part was a part we were asked to source material and manufacture within 5 days. The naval grade brass was sourced in round bar for speed. The part was then milled complete in two operations and the part successfully delivered on schedule.
The small brass turned part was made on a Citizen A32 and machined complete. The 'guide bush less' machine allows turned and milled shorter parts up to 35mm diameter to be made with less material wasted in bar remnants.
The stainless steel 316 grade body was machined complete on our Puma MX machine in one hit. The component includes milled threads, interpolating form tools and internal grooves and threads. The one hit machining improves accuracy on parts that would otherwise require multiple operations and the potential for loading errors associated with this.