Capacities

CNC Wire Erosion

1 - Fanuc Alpha-1c wire EDM (modified)
with Fanuc 16w control.
Axis travel X = 510mm Y=350mm Z = 590mm

 

Manual / CNC Turning

1 - Colchester Master Lathe
Fitted with Digital Readout
Bar capacity - 40mm. Chuck capacity - 150mm. Travel - 1000mm

1 - XYZ Proturn VL555 Lathe
With Proto Trak Cnc control
Bar capacity - 104mm. Chuck capacity - 400mm. Travel - 1000mm
560mm. swing over bed - 780mm. swing over gap

 


Material Cutting

Addison Horizontal Bandsaw
with Automatic bar feed
Capacity up to 300mm diameter 

Startrite 24-v-10 Vertical Bandsaw
with blade welding facility
Capacity up to 300mm diameter  

Drilling and Tapping

5 - Drilling Machines
up to 25mm dia capacity

2 - Microtap Type 90-G1 Tapping Machine
Microprocessor controlled. Capacity M0.8 - M4

1 - Tapping Machine
Capacity - M12 in Steel / M16 in Aluminium

Various Tapping Heads
M2 - M6 Capacity

 

Tool and Cutter Grinding                                               

2 - Christen Drill Grinding M/C Capacity - 32mm diameter

1 - Christen tool and cutter grinding machine
Capacity - 100mm diameter

General Finishing

2 - Abrafin De-burring Machines
Capacity - 300 litres

1 - Turbex 700 Rotary Degrease/Wash Machine
Capacity - 700 litres

1 - Lapmaster 15 - Surface Lapping Machine

 

Chemical Chromate Plating Process

1 - Alocrom or Alodine 1200 to DEF Standard 03-18 Certification

1 - ROSHH compliant "green" alocrom

 

Inspection Equipment

1 - Baty Shadow Graph
with Quadra Check 2000 digital readout

1 - Mitutoyo BH504 Co-ordinate Measuring Machine
with print out facility

1 - Tesa Micro-Hite Measuring Machine
with print out facility

Various items of Inspection Equipment
including Micrometers, Screw Thread Gauges, Slip Gauges, Bore Gauges, Surface Measurement etc

 

Off-Line Programming System

OneCNC CAD/CAM System
system for Turning and Milling Programming and Verification incorporating DNC Communication Link to all CNC Machines. Facility to import solid Models from customer files

Edgecam 2010
system for Turning and Milling Programming and Verification incorporating DNC Communication Link to all CNC Machines. Facility to import solid Models from customer files

CIMCO Edit DNC-Link V5
Enabling full program editing at PC level and communication with all machines.

 

Production Control

QMS Jobshop 2010
Computerised Production Scheduling and Control System including Estimating and Purchasing

Quality Control

BS EN ISO 9001:2008 Registered Company

BS EN 9100:2003 Registered Company

As well as holding other customer specific approvals