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22/ 03/ 24
RAPID SET-UPS DECIDE SLIDING-HEAD LATHE PURCHASE
Last autumn (2023), motorsport subcontractor h2m (www.h2mengineering.co.uk) needed to replace an ageing sliding-head CNC turn-mill centre in its Hinckley factory. Joint managing directors and owners, father and son team Andy…
13/ 02/ 24
FABRICATOR REBALANCES BUSINESS TOWARDS SUBCONTRACT MACHINING
Twenty years ago, Gareth Davies started Burton-on-Trent company TAS Engineering as a steel, stainless steel and aluminium fabrication shop serving food and beverage customers, the pharmaceutical and automotive sectors, and…
12/ 12/ 23
SEVEN OPERATIONS DOWN TO TWO VINDICATES SECOND SLIDING-HEAD LATHE PURCHASE
It is only within the last five years that Nuneaton-based subcontractor Oaston Engineering, which specialises in work for the aerospace and biotechnology industries, has embraced sliding-head turning, although it has…
09/ 11/ 23
SUBCONTRACTOR’S TURNOVER MORE THAN QUADRUPLES IN THREE YEARS
Historically, a majority of subcontractor Reginson Engineering’s turnover came from the aerospace sector, with oil and gas generating most of the remainder. So, when Covid struck in early 2020 and…
06/ 07/ 23
AUTOMATION AND PLANT MODERNISATION SUPPORT CONTRACT MACHINIST’S GROWTH
An increase in annual turnover from £3 million in 2016 to £8 million currently is reported by contract machining specialist Unicut Precision Engineering, Welwyn Garden City, which has spent £1.7…
03/ 04/ 23
Chip breaking software makes turning copper as easy as brass
A large proportion of work going through subcontractor C&M Precision’s Maldon factory involves machining copper bar fed into CNC mill-turn lathes. Two sliding-head models out of the nine turning centres…
14/ 03/ 23
Subcontractor more than doubles sliding-head turning capacity
Located in Chard, Somerset, subcontract machining firm Metaltech Precision has increased the number of sliding-head mill-turn centres on its shop floor from 6 to 13, of which 10 are Cincom…
06/ 01/ 23
High-Level Turning Technology Raises Subcontractor’s Productivity
Prismatic machining on BT30 and BT40 machining centres accounts for a majority of throughput at the Mildenhall factory of subcontractor CTPE, which produces complex, high precision components for the medical,…
16/ 11/ 22
TURNED PARTS FACTORY IS THE EPITOME OF LEAN MANUFACTURING
Corby firm maximises productivity while minimising waste Fastener manufacturer and turned parts subcontractor Technifast has transformed its business over the past three years, doubling the turnover generated by production of…
