Our CNC Machining section is based across two sites: at Houghton le Spring and Washington – in the Tyne & Wear district of the UK. From prototyping and one-offs to large batch production runs. Both sites have fully accredited ISO9001:2015 quality systems featuring the most up to date Material Requirements Planning (MRP) software. We design parts using a full 3D CAD/CAM system and can accept all file types including: XFA, CAD, DGN, DXF, DWG, IGS, VDA, STP, 3DM, STL, SAT, SOLIDWORKS, PARASOLID.
CNC & Manual Milling: 12 x CNC Mills, 3 x Conventional Mills
- CNC 1500mm x 800mm x 700mm
- 4th Axis up to Ø 400mm
CNC & Manual Turning: 12 x CNC Lathes, 2 x Conventional Lathes
- Maximum CNC Turning Diameter up to 650mm.
- Maximum CNC Turning Length up to 2,100mm.
- Maximum CNC Through Bore Ø 165.5mm
- Bar Feed Maximum Through Bore 50.8mm
Sliding Head Capacity
- SR-32J – High Pressure – Max Ø32mm – Bar must be h9 – h7 tolerance.
- SR-32J – Max Ø32mm – Bar must be h9 – h7 tolerance.
- SR-12J-Max Ø12mm – Bar must be h9 – h7 tolerance.
EDM Wire Erosion
- 2 x EDM Wires
- 600mm x 500mm x 400mm Operating Envelope.
Inspection Department Equipment
- Co-ordinate Measuring (CMM), range x640 y600 z500 with full 3D measuring software.
- CNC Co-ordinate Measuring (CMM), range x1000 y1000 z8000 with full 3D measuring software & vision system x2.
- Trimos 600mm high x5.
- Horizontal Bench Profile Projector -400mm diameter rotating screen with chart clips. 300mm lateral (x) travel, 150mm vertical (y) travel, 0.5-micron resolution. X, Y & Q Touch Screen DRO. Angle
protractor display, screen mounted optical edge sensor and Fusion Touch software with geometric
functions.
- Gauge Maker – Hardware & Software.
- Keyence Vision Measuring System.