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News Release from: Brookhouse Holdings | Subject: precision tooling
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 September 2003
Two New Correa Machining Centres For
Brookhouse
Two further Correa CNC machining centres have been ordered by Brookhouse Holdings plc, of Darwen to meet the increasing demand for precision tooling for the civil and military aerospace, automotive an
Two further Correa CNC machining centres have been ordered by Brookhouse Holdings plc, of Darwen to meet the increasing demand for precision tooling for the civil and military aerospace, automotive and general engineering sectors The two new machine tools will complement five large milling machines already in operation at Brookhouse Patterns and Brookhouse SPD, the Group's tooling companies, but will now add 5-axis capability The new 5-axis machining centre is a Correa FP 50/50, which is of the double column bridge type
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 24 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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It has a working envelope of 5m x 3.25m x 1.25m and is scheduled for commissioning in November 2003, after installation at Brookhouse's India Mill factory in Darwen.
The other machine is of the fixed bed, travelling column design and offers full 3-axis, CNC capability.
It has a working envelope of 2m x 0.8m x 0.8m and will be installed immediately at Brookhouse SPD in Tameside.
All Brookhouse large-scale machine tools enjoy full, integrated CAD support.
They are all networked to CAD stations and PCs to allow CAD files, in virtually any protocol, to be received from customers by e-mail, FTP, ISDN or tapes and transferred directly to Brookhouse's Catia V4 and V5 workstations.
After design approval, on-shop RTM programming software is used to produce manufacturing programmes which can then be downloaded to the appropriate machining centre.
Brookhouse Holdings plc encompasses a number of companies, which together provide the expertise, facilities and resources in design and manufacture to meet the extremely high demands of today's aerospace sector and the general engineering industry.
This total capability includes the production of all aspects of tooling in both composite materials and metals, the precision engineering of tooling, jigs and fixtures, and the manufacture and repair of composite and metallic components to international approval standards.
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