Product category:
Ballscrews, Linear Guides, Jacks, Dampers
News Release from: WMH Transmissions
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 10 July 2006
Investment boosts ballscrew and nut
production
During the first half of 2006 WMH Transmissions has invested almost GBP 250,00 in new machinery to increase its manufacturing capacity.
As part of an ongoing programme of improvements, WMH Transmissions has recently invested heavily in expanding its manufacturing capacity To date in 2006 the company has purchased new items of machinery with a capital investment approaching GBP 250,000
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 13 Apr 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Manufacturing capacity has been increased to specifically develop trapezoidal leadscrew and nut production, and to augment the company's linear product range of guides and rails, gear racks and ballscrews and nuts.
New equipment includes a type T8MS five-axis 80mm twin-spindle Colchester Tornado machining centre, complete with barfeed, which will enable WMH to produce batches of extremely high quality leadscrew nuts, much more efficiently and with even better delivery leadtimes.
These nuts are ideally suited for use with the company's trapezoidal leadscrews.
WMH has also purchased a high speed abrasive saw and grinder, consisting of 350mm diameter high speed abrasive cutting disc up to 3500rev/min, precision measuring for accurate lengths, oscillating head ensuring no bluing of the material and capacity to cut up to 100mm hardened material.
This enables the company to precisely cut its stock of HIWIN linear guiderails, HIWIN ballscrews and high precision WMH gear racks to customer specified lengths.
In conjunction with this, WMH has a new grinding machine designed especially for finish grinding the ends of its linear guiderails and gear racks, enabling them to be used with butt joints for applications that require extended lengths.
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