Case Studies
It’s all about the music as Rega Research invests in XYZ Machining centre
For almost 50 years Southend-based Rega Research has, to the point of ‘obsession’, used engineering as the basis for the design and manufacture of its extensive range of home audio systems. Employing engineering to produce the best music for its customers, while maintaining a high level of reliability and affordability and wherever possible a ...
Machine shop expansion leads to greater efficiency for DYN-Metal
Starting out from fairly humble beginnings under the railway arches in Camden Town, London in 1937, DYN-Metal has grown into one of the largest suppliers of continuous and centrifugal cast products, specialising standard bronzes and its own DYN Processed Bronzes. All of which are cast in-house at its north Acton foundry, where it relocated to ...
Landmark cancer centre benefits from gains made with XYZ vertical machining centre
The National Centre for Eye Proton Therapy, part of The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust’s Wirral campus, is a world leader for the treatment of rare eye cancers and is unique within the UK. The advantage of proton treatment is that the penetration depth of the 60 MeV proton beam can be controlled and only has a maximum range ...
Reach for the stars with an engineering career
The image of Cornwall being all beaches and pasties couldn’t be further from the truth as the county boasts a burgeoning high-tech manufacturing sector, with aerospace, medical marine and satellite communications sectors leading the way. This means there is a growing demand for skilled engineers and, the South West Institute of Technology ...
Machine tool investment at centre of Meddings Group growth strategy
Meddings Group can trace its roots back to the late 1930’s when the current Chairman’s grandfather started the business and, it was in 1941 that the first Meddings Pillar drill was developed, a product, although greatly updated, remains central to the Group’s activities, with customers around the world. With drill production growing the ...
Machining progression with XYZ pays dividends for Holt Broadcast Services
The recent installation of what is Holt Broadcast Services third machine, a XYZ 500 LR vertical machining centre from XYZ Machine Tools, is already paying dividends, with improved cycle times, reduced post-machining operations and greater versatility.Founded in 1994, Holt Broadcast Services is a specialist manufacturer of sheet metal ...
Space Rover gets ‘scientific eyes’ with help from XYZ Machine Tools
The European Space Agency’s Rosalind Franklin Rover is due for launch from Baikonur, Kazakhstan in Summer 2022, with a target to land on the surface of Mars in March 2023. Once arrived it will be tasked with identifying signs of water-rich minerals, that could indicate potential for past life. Key to these investigations will be the Optical ...
Ambitious growth at HiCi aided by investment in XYZ 750 LR vertical machining centre
Like many businesses 2020 posed challenges for HiCi, a designer and manufacturer of high quality and innovative hand tools for joiners and carpenters under the Trig Jig brand. The past 12 months saw the Newark, Nottinghamshire-based business’s export market contracted due to concerns over Brexit and Covid, in part due to distribution issues. ...
Five-axis investment creates new opportunities for forward thinking sub-contractor
For 20 years Jon Sutton has run his Lymington-based precision CNC sub-contract machining business on traditional lines, providing CNC turning and milling capacity to customers across the UK from industries including oil & gas, power transmission and mould and die. Focussing on small batch work, typically around five-off, Jon Sutton ...
Wykes Engineering powers green energy drive with help from XYZ Machine Tools
Independently owned Wykes Engineering is at the forefront of the green energy revolution, manufacturing a range of products for renewable power generation. Its expertise covers systems including anaerobic digestion, wind power, and solar. Wykes Engineering works in tandem with its sister company; Ancillary Equipment Ltd, a green power ...
XYZ supplies Pattern Forme special VMC for deep hole drilling application
For over 30 years, Taunton-based, Pattern Forme Ltd has been at the forefront in design and manufacture of thermoforming mould tools. The company specialises in producing tools for thin gauge work, mainly in the food industry and thick gauge work for applications, such as, signage. However, the key focus of the business is the food sector ...
Machining progression with XYZ Machine Tools proves positive for Westin Engineering
Celebrating its centenary in 2021, Huddersfield-based Westin Drives has been providing 24/7 service and repair facilities for electric motors and other electro-mechanical equipment. Any machining that it required was either sub-contracted or limited to a single manual centre lathe.
Five years ago, the decision was made to bring machining ...
