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News Release from: Subcon | Subject: Benson Engineering at Subcon
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 March 2008
Machining service adds on diamond
turning
Operating single spindle and sliding head automatic CNC lathes, an Irish subcontractor also performs diamond fine turning using single crystal natural diamond tools.
Benson Engineering has for 27 years serviced Irish Industry needs for the most demanding turned parts in brass, aluminium, stainless steel, carbon steel, copper and plastics The company, which is exhibiting at this year's Subcon Exhibition, NEC, Birmingham, UK, April 22-24th, 2008, is based at a 6500ft plant in Killarney
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Feb 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company has been using Tornos sliding machines since its inception and has recently added four Tornos DECO 2000 20a machines to bring the number of CNC Machines to eight.
Additionally, and uniquely in Ireland, it has a state of the art capability for diamond turning using single crystal natural diamond tools achieving surface finishes in the range 0.4-2.0 microin Ra.
A wholly Irish-owned Company established in 1980 by Tom and Betty Benson, all of its machine setters are time-served toolmakers.
The company regularly gets involved at the product development stages with its customers' project engineers and also during automation and cost reduction projects.
The company exports to the UK, the USA, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland ,Sweden, Italy and theAsia-Pacific region.
In addition to its automatic lathes the company uses six station rotary transfer machines for second operations such as milling which cannot be completed during the turning cycle. Request a free brochure from Subcon ...
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