Twin-spindle machine heads for Germany
An
Apperley Honing product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Mar 14, 2001
Bruno Dockweiler of Neustadt-Glewe, Germany is reportedly the first company to benefit from Apperley Honing's latest engineering equipment.
Bruno Dockweiler of Neustadt-Glewe, Germany has become the first company to benefit from Apperley Honing's latest engineering equipment.
Apperley, a company which has expanded into machine manufacturing whilst the primary industry market has declined, has sold its first twin-spindle honing machine to the German group, who will benefit from a huge increase in productivity from the double-capacity machine.
With orders for the twin-spindle machine, which was unveiled earlier this year, already running at ?300,000, the company anticipates sales of the new machine to reach ?1.5million by the end of the year.
In addition to the manufacture and export of the machinery to its client, the company has spent the past month training engineers from Dockweiler's German headquarters in the manufacturing techniques necessary to run an advanced precision honing operation.
Cheltenham's MP Nigel Jones - himself from an engineering background, John Whitlow, Director of BEMA (Bristol and Western Engineering Manufacturers' Association) and Stuart Thomas, International Trade Services Manager for Gloucestershire Business Link visited Apperley's plant to view the new 17 metre long 'J8' machine.
On the sale, Jones commented: "With a machine that effectively doubles productivity Apperley's diversification into machine manufacture is proving to be tremendously successful.
Exporting such substantial and advanced machinery to Germany, and training those who will operate it, is testament to the quality of the UK's engineering skill." Dockweiler will be using the J8 to machine high quality finishes to its stainless steel tube components, which are for use in 'clean room' environments such as the semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries.
John Whitlow, Director of BEMA added: "When you're looking at the finishing of tubes up to 7metres in length, the double capacity machine from Apperley will yield considerable time and cost savings to its clients - both those buying the machinery and those employing the company as a subcontractor.
In a forever competitive marketplace halving machining time will have dramatic implications on the overall production schedules and productivity of many engineering projects." Historically, heavy industries, such as mining and shipbuilding, were the main markets for honing subcontractors.
With the decline of heavy industry and the increasing importance of the high-tech sector, Apperley Honing has evolved from a straight subcontract company into a machine and plant consultancy offering a variety of services to the precision engineering community.
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