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Mechanical Department Capacity List

Cranes
  • Up to 12.5 tons electric pendant controlled overhead lifting facility in all departments 
Centre Lathe Turning.
  • 1 x Geminis 1400 6m between centres x 1.4m swing. 
  • 1 x Mostana x 5m between centres x 1m swing
  • 1 x Mostana x 3.5m centres x 350mm swing
  • 1 x Colchester Magnum 1250 x 3m between centres
  • 1 x Colchester Mastiff 1400 x 2.5m between centres.
  • 1 x Colchester Mastiff 1600 x 1.5m between centres.
  • 1 x Colchester Mastiff 1400 x 2m between centres. 
  • 4 x Colchester Mascot 1600 x 2m between centres. 
  • 1 x TOS SN63 x 2m between centres. 
  • 1 x Harrison M500 x 2m between centres. 
  • 1 x Harrison M500 x 1.5m between centres. 
  • 1 x Harrison M400 x 2m between centres.
  • 1 x XYZ 2000 x 2m between centres. 
  • 2 x Colchester Triumph 2000 x 1.5m between centres. 
  • 1 x Colchester Triumph 2000 x 1m between centres.
  • 1 x Colchester Triumph 2000 x 0.5m between centres. 
  • All lathes are equipped with 2axis DRO, 3 and 4 jaw chucks, fixed roller, travelling steadies and faceplates.
Sawing and Cutting.
  • Forte band saw with cutting capability of 360mm diameter.
  • Forte band saw cutting capability of 180mm diameter.
  • Portable cutting off and sawing equipment.
Milling Machines.
  • XYZ RMX 4000 3 Axis CNC bed mill, 3 Axis ProtoTRAK RMX touchscreen control, EPA (Enhanced ProtoTRAK Assistance), 4 Axis Digital Readout, 40 Int Spindle with 7.5HP Motor, 40 – 5,000 RPM Programmable Head, 1,016mm X 596mm X 584mm Travels (X/Y/Z)
  • Butler Elgamill fixed table-travelling column. 50 International taper spindle. Table size 5m x 1.2m. Will accept work piece of 1.2m under head x 1.2m horizontal travel. 
  • TOS FC63V Vertical Milling Machine. 50 International taper spindle. Table size 2m x 1m. Will accept work piece of 500mm height under the cutter.
  • Huron milling machine ISO40 taper spindle. Table size 1.4m x .450m
  • Bridgeport Universal Milling Machine ISO50 taper spindle. Table size 1.4m x .35m
  • 2 x XYZ KRV3000 Turret Milling Machine. 40 International taper spindle. Table size 1.4m x .7m. 
  • 2 x XYZ KRV 2000 Turret Milling Machines. R8 spindle. Table size 1.7m x .8m. 
  • Bridgeport Turret Milling Machine. R8 spindle. Table size 1.4m x .35m
  • All milling machines are fully tooled and equipped with 3axis DRO and electronic touch probe for PCD and edge finding capability. Power traverse to all table axis. 
Boring.
  • Kearns Richards SG 100 horizontal table type boring machine. Table size 1200 mm x 1200 mm. Long/ cross travel 1500 mm/1500 mm. Rates of feed of table 1.27- 3800mm infinitely variable. Vertical traverse of head 1200 mm. Spindle diameter 100mm / 50 ISO. Spindle speeds 2- 1120 rpm infinitely variable. Facing head diameter & speeds 750-mm/ capacity 1150 mm. 3 axis DRO.
  • VEB WMW Horizontal table type boring machine. Table size 900mm x 700mm. Long/ cross travel 1100mm x 700mm. Rates of feed 1.27- 3500mm variable Vertical traverse of head 660mm. 3 axis DRO.  
  • Webster Bennet 120IN EV vertical boring machine double column twin ram with elevating rail. Table diameter & No of jaws 4 jaws. Max. 120” (3050mm) Max swing. Max. height under rail 75” (1900mm). Table speeds 1.5 to 39.5rpm. 2 axis DRO X 2
  • Webster Bennet 48IN EV vertical boring machine. Table diameter & No of jaws 48in 4 jaws. Max. swing 58in. Max. height under rail 48in (1219mm). Table speeds (12) 8.4- 187 rpm. Feeds 12. No & travel of tool slides 1 x pentagon indexing head. 2 axis DRO. 
  • Webster Bennet 36IN EV vertical boring machine. Table diameter & No of jaws 36in with 4 jaws. Max, height under rail 48in (1219mm). Table speeds (12) 8.4-187rpm. Feeds 12. No & travel of tool slides 1 x pentagon indexing head. 2 axis DRO
Drilling. 
  • Asquith Radial Arm. 2m arm radius x no.5 Morse taper spindle. 2 box tables x 1m square.
  • Richmond radial arm. 800mm radius x No 3 Morse taper spindle. 1 box table x 1m square
  • Asquith bench drilling machines x 13mm chuck capacity.
  • Elliot bench drilling machine x 13mm chuck capacity.
Slotting
  • Butler 305mm stroke x 1.1m diameter vertical slotting machine
  • Butler 150mm stroke x 600mm diameter vertical slotting machine
Grinding.
  • Cylindrical. Ribon grinding machine. 250mm diameter x 1.5m between centres. Machine has internal grinding attachment.
  • 2 x Surface. Jones and Shipman 500mm x 300mm magnetic table.
Lapping equipment.
  • Mechanical seal lapping equipment.
Steel stock.
  • A stock of popular En series carbon steels and stainless steels are always available in stock up to 300mm diameter. A selection of non-ferrous metals is also kept on stock.
Horizontal Power Presses.
  • Four hydraulic horizontal presses up to 500 tons pressure equipped with strong backs and feet. 
  • Ennerpac motorised vertical 50-ton press. 
  • Churchill Hydraulic vertical 20-ton press.
Metal Spraying.
  • 2 x Eutectic Castolyn and Rototec cold spraying equipment. 
Automated Welding. 
  • Fully automatic internal and external Spiral 650amp MIG welding machine. Water cooled torch. Work piece up to 10m long x 3.2m-diameter 5000kg capacity.
  • Fully automatic, internal and external Spiral 400amp MIG Welding machine. Water cooled torch, Work piece up to 2m long x 2m diameter. 
  • Fully automatic, internal Spiral 300amp MIG welding machine. Work piece dimensions from 20mm up to 1.4m diameter x 250mm through the bore. 
Plating.
  • Metadalic Selective Plating facilities with range of carbon anodes and specialist plating fluids. 300amp power source.
Fabrication facilities.
  • Hydroform Power Bending Machine. 2m wide x 3mm steel plate.
  • Guillotine up to 2m wide x 6mm steel plate.
  • Power rollers up to 10mm plate.
  • Portable cutting off and sawing equipment.
  • Welding manipulator. 1m table diameter.
  • Eltec 300amp Mig welding plant.
  • Oxford 400amp MMA welding plant.
  • BOC 200amp TIG welding plant.
  • Eltec 300amp Mig welding plant with aluminium “pull wire gun” attachment. 
  • Eutectic 400amp MMA welding plant.
  • 110v portable MMA and TIG welding plant.
  • 240v portable MMA welding plant.
  • 110v plasma cutting machine
  • Full range of welding consumable and steel plate always kept on stock.
Dynamic Balancing.
  • 180Kg maximum recommended weight capacity/ 1.6m maximum journal centres/630mm swing diameter.
  • 320Kg maximum recommended weight capacity/ 2.31m maximum journal centres/1.3m swing diameter.
  • 1000Kg maximum recommended weight capacity/ 1.6m maximum journal centres/630mm swing diameter.
  • 10000Kg maximum recommended weight capacity/ 5.5m maximum journal centres/ 2.5m swing diameter.
Mechanical assembly.
  • Dedicated “clean area” for the assembly of machinery and component parts.
  • SKF induction bearing heater with temperature sensing probes. Full range of hydraulic pulling and bench assembly equipment. 
Site Services.
  • Electrical/Mechanical fitting and welding.
  • Laser alignment of couplings and shafts.  
  • Pulley laser aligning equipment. 
  • Geometric laser alignment equipment for parallelism, flatness, perpendicular and concentricity measurement. 
Inspection equipment.
  • Full range of calibrated internal and external in house measuring equipment.