exhibition. The 30,000ft² facility in Reading houses
50 CNC sliding headstock and sliding head turn/mill centres, multi-axis fixed head turn/ mill centres and 38 multi- spindle automatic lathes that together produce over 500,000 components a week. More than 90% is exported to customers in the automotive, fluid power, specialist automotive, marine and medical sectors. Unlike many subcontract operations, Rodmatic has its own CAD/CAM and toolroom which features wire EDM installations used for special form tool manufacture and highly specialised component production for the autosport and medical sectors.
Rodmatic provides a
complete service with the ability to machine small batch to continuous production as well as sourcing outside processes such as heat treatment, grinding and surface finishing. It is willing to stock parts with strict inventory control and supply standard components such as electrical or electronic items to support its assembly operations. Materials machined include mild, stainless and high alloy steels, aluminium, brass and titanium.
Inca Geometric (stand
Q66) is to demonstrate its wide ranging capability in
subcontract machining and project-based engineering skills. Its long-term machine tool expertise spans 50 years of design, development, build and supply of special purpose equipment, assembly and test rigs as well as made to order multi-heads for drilling, boring and threading for a wide array of international companies. These have spanned automotive, fuel injection, transmission, pump and valve, defence, leisure, and oil and gas.
Through 2011, following over £500,000 investment in new production equipment and CAD/CAM software, this has allowed further expansion of its subcontract precision machining, fabrication and assembly business.
Projects completed during 2011 include a test rig for truck braking systems, a planet hub assembly machine, the machining of defence, aerospace and valve components, the winning of an
Aerospace heat treatment and hard coatings
export machining contract for granite rings used in gaming equipment and the precision grinding of compressor rotors. The company has also completed a contract for the stripping out and re- engineering of mechanical handling conveyors, elevators and walkway systems for a leading automotive company. Industrial
Tooling Corp (ITC) (stand N67) will be introducing a number of new product developments at the show. Amongst its new offerings is the 5021 Cyber Series of five flute harmonic end mills. For difficult to reach surfaces and cavities in hard steels and aerospace alloys, the new 5021
Cyber Series range promotes high performance levels when processing difficult materials. The solid carbide 5021 is Cupro coated to enhance tool life and machining stability. The cutters demonstrate stability and rigidity through an unequal flute spacing that reduces machining noise and vibration. The right hand cutting and right hand helix range is available in diameters from 3-32mm with radius options from 0.5-4mm dependent upon diameter. Complementing the 5021 Series at Southern Manufacturing will be the new 6051 Cyber Series end mill range. ITC says the high performance six flute series of cutting tools has already made a significant impact on cycle times and tool life for many aerospace OEMs and F1 manufacturers. This long length, straight shank solid carbide cutter also has an unequal flute spacing and Cupro coating.
Other products on show include the 3081 Series, the new
Bore Solutions
Gundrilling Honing
Deep Hole Boring CNC Turning uper nising
Vacuum Harden (up to 1.5 tons), Precipitation Harden, Nitride, Case harden, Tufftride™ Relieve and Nitron™
Flight PVD coatings Manchester
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www.wallworkht.com
Heat treating Cambridge
+44 (0) 1954 233700
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Coatings Approved suppliers to: Airbus, BAE Systems, Rolls Royce, Bombardier and many others
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2161 Cyber Series and 2161 Radius Series of two flute end mills and the new 2201 Cyber Series of two flute solid carbide end mills, all designed for aluminium machining. Following a tough climb out of recession, DJJ Engineering (stand N48) found it necessary to expand its target markets. For 36 years the South Wales-based subcontractor specialised in undertaking precision machining work for the motorsport and automotive sectors – but it was time to cast a wider net. DJJ now provides an impressive range of precision turned and milled parts to customers in a diverse spread of industries that encompasses automotive, aerospace, marine, defence, medical, and oil and gas. “We offer a complete service, operating 24/7 and supplying everything from design and prototyping expertise through to full batch production,” affirms managing director, Dennis Jones. Aside from the recessionary impact on the business, DJJ also experienced problems recruiting people of the right calibre during the recovery. Consequently DJJ, along with Welsh Assembly Government assistance created a continuous programme of in- house engineering training which has been running successfully for almost a year. “We turn our business into a classroom for two hours every week and all our operators undertake engineering skills and quality training programmes provided by fully qualified external expert services,” Mr Jones adds. “Training will pick up again in mid-January and will include extensive one to one training from a variety of external machinery providers covering every piece of equipment on our premises. DJJ has also embraced engineering apprenticeship programmes and currently employs seven new apprentices – four of whom are in full time study. We felt this was the only way to find the experience we needed – to train them ourselves.”
, Stress
DJJ is well on the road to full recovery and this year has invested in new machines from Hurco and Yamazaki Mazak. “We’re really looking forward to our attendance at Southern Manufacturing 2012 where we have again designed a number of small component pieces to showcase our extensive range of services,” Mr Jones concludes.
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