WELDING
GMAW (Gas Metal Arc Welding)
Seven sets of GMAW welders ranging from a small portable 160 amp to 500 amp sets.
GTAW (Gas Tungsten Arc Welding) / SMAW (Shielded Metal Arc Welding)
Eight sets of GTAW/SMAW welders ranging from a small portable 130 amp to a 500-amp computer controlled universal (GMAW, GTAW & SMAW).
Spot Welding
Long nose; double sided, hand held capable of spot welding 2mm thick stainless steel & 3mm mild steel.
Fixed Spot welder capable of spot welding 3mm stainless steel & 4mm mild steel
BURNING
Hand Burner: oxygen/acetylene
Esab Twin Nozzle, Magic Eye Profile Burner
Capable of burning 3mm to 200mm thick steel on 1500mm x 3000mm runners.
Murex tradescut 10 plasma
Capable of burning up to 10mm
Goodwin P40 plasma
Capable of burning up to 30mm.
MACHINING
C.N.C. (Computer Numeric Control) vertical milling machine
Bridgeport, Interact 1 Mk 2, equipped with the Heidenhain TNC 151 control box. Travel X457, Y305 & Z127.
2 off vertical milling machines
Bridgeport 2HB turret miller, one which has a D.R.O (Digital Read Out) control box. Bed X1050, Y220.
Mini jig borer
400mm x 200mm table with digital read out.
Elliot Concord 450 lathe. 500 swing, 1500 centers.
VDF lathe. 400 swing, 1000 centers.
Excel 1640 D.R.O lathe. 400mm swing, 1000 centers.
Capstan 330mm swing 6 station turret.
Surface Grinder. Travel X450, Y150.
Astra 250mm Vertical Slotter. 16" X 14" Table, 10" X 12" Traverse.
FABRICATION
Adria Hydraulic Shear (Guillotine).
Cuts up to 13mm mild steel & 8mm stainless steel, 3000mm long.
Adria QHD 15030
150 ton x 3000mm hydraulic downstroke pressbrake.
Sedgwick
2500mm long x 3mm thick, semi automatic hydraulic.
Morgan Rolls.
Rolls up to 2500mm long x 10mm thick.
Steco Rolls
Rolls up to 1200 long x 4mm thick.
Pyramid Rolls
Rolls up to 2500mm x 3mm thick.
Three sets of hand rolls ranging from 300mm long to 1000mm long.
3 off pedestal drill machines
Asquith, NLD radial drilling machine
1100 arm length. 750 x 600 bed.
2 off bandsaws
capable of cutting 250mm diameter.
2 off cut-off saws. 9" cutting disc.
90 degree corner notcher
Circle cutter
capable of producing circles 1000mm diameter by 2mm thick.
Brierley universal drill and end mill grinder
Capacity 1.5mm to 32mm.
Punching
Adria 150 ton press brake.
Trumpf universal copy & co-ordinated sheet metal worker.
Copy & co-ordinate cutting 5mm, nibbling 6mm, shearing 9mm.
No 16 Rolloseam lock forming machine
Lock forms 1.6mm.
Flanging machine
Flanges 1.6mm.
Swaging
Swages up to 2mm.
Pipe bending
50mm N.B. pipe.
APPLICATIONS
Painting
Paint Sprayer. Husky 307 diaphragm pump, 26.6-lpm delivery.
Conventional spray painting.
Hand painting.
Paint spraying booth size : 5m x 5m x 4m high.
Metal coatings
Metallisation Arcspray 200. Metal coating machine with an Arcspray 240 pistol, maximum output 200 amps. Can spray zinc, aluminium, mild steel etc.
Shot blasting
Clemco shotblasting pot. 500 diameter x 450 high.
Clemco shotblasting pot. 400 diameter x 600 high.
Clemco shotblasting pot. 250 diameter x 400 high
Shotblasting booth size : 5m x 5m x 4m high.
Finishing
Stainless steel & mild steel machine wire brushes, cloth buffs, sponge buffs, belt sander, finishing vibrator, power washer, various hand tools.
Belt vulcanising
Betalon HPA series, water cooled, capable of joining Polyurethane and PVC belts to 600 wide.
Factory area
6,000ft².
Lifting capacity
3.5 ton forklift.
Transport. Various vans, Ford transit 3 ton pick up, Ford cargo 7.5 ton lorry.
Drafting facility
Manual & Computer Aided Draughting (ACAD 13).