H C Holifield (Oxford)

Nuffield Way, Abingdon
Nuffield Way, Abingdon
OX14 1RX
UK

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Complex Royal Warrants machined and finished

Any experienced production engineer glancing up at wall-mounted Royal warrant plaques machined from bronze plate will recognise the enormous amount of fine-detail milling involved.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 24 June 2004

Contract machinist wins supplier Gold Award

The accolade 'Partner in Excellence - Gold Award' has been given to contract machinist, Holifields, by Norbar Torque Tools in recognition of quality and prompt delivery.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 31 May 2004

Aluminium Tube Turned To Close Tolerance

Contract machinist, Holifields, which specialises in work for the medical sector, was recently asked to produce eight, high accuracy coil formers for electromagnets to be used in body scanners.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 4 May 2004

KAS Technologies acquires H C Holifield (Oxford)

H C Holifield (Oxford), which specialises in consignment stocking and water jet cutting in addition to other CNC machining disciplines, has been acquired by KAS Technologies.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 5 April 2004

Small diameter tube drilled and tapped accurately

An unusual job involved drilling and tapping fine holes in silver-plated, mild steel tube requiring holes to be produced within tight positioning tolerances.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 22 March 2004

Titanium mounting plates made in economic batches

Subcontractor is producing small quantities of titanium mounting plates economically using water jet cutting, milling and drilling rather than machining in a machining centre.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 9 February 2004

Jig drastically reduces TIG welding job time

A bespoke TIG welding jig has reduced time taken to position and manually weld eight bosses around a 1.7m diameter cylinder to just 30min, removing a bottleneck within the customer's factory.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 3 December 2003

How to hold price when having to change process

Cost of production needs to be looked at closely by subcontractors in order to win business and maintain profitability, especially when components are relatively simple.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 11 November 2003

Hanging-spindle VTLs up machining productivity

The installation at the end of 2002 of two hanging-spindle vertical turning lathes has brought substantial productivity benefits at an Abingdon, UK-based contract machinist.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 8 September 2003

'Difficult' Plastic Machined To Close Tolerances

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) is a versatile polymer mainly used for injection moulded bottle tops, food chopping boards, and milk crates, but it is not normally machined.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 7 August 2003

Large mill-turn centre expands SME prospects

Having acquired a 15 inch chuck CNC mill-turn lathe, Holifields can now machine larger components of considerable complexity.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 3 July 2003

Water jet profiles letters for sundials

One of the more unusual contract machining jobs a subcontractor has been asked to do is water jet profiling of letters from copper sheet for Latin inscription on a sundial.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 4 June 2003

Contract machinist awarded ISO 9001:2000

One of the first contract machinists to receive the new ISO 9001:2000 quality standard specialises in water jet cutting, turning and prismatic machining for a wide variety of industries.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 23 April 2003

Water Jet Cutting And Prismatic Machining Combined

To find a way of manufacturing an electric motor cover economically for one of its customers, Abingdon-based Holifields has decided to produce both parts of the end assembly in multiple operations.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 4 April 2003

Extra cool parts machined and stocked too

Some subcontractors are extending the service they offer to manufacturers by not only producing components but also stocking them free of charge for subsequent delivery when needed, just-in-time.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 28 January 2003

Colleges begin to subcontract out machining

Educational establishments and research facilities are a significant source of subcontract machining work, particularly as many are winding down their internal facilities, as this example shows.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 10 January 2003

Pick-up spindle VTLs installed to reduce costs

Another example of the increasing popularity of self-loading vertical turning lathes are the two installed by a contract machinist to keep production costs down.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 31 October 2002

Deciding the best way of making a motor cover

To find a way of manufacturing an electric motor cover economically a subcontractor produces both parts of the end assembly in multiple operations using different machining techniques.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 28 October 2002

Contract machinist provides stocking service

One feature of a contract machining service that sets it apart from other subcontractors is the extensive 'consignment stocking' service it provides to customers.

News from Manufacturingtalk, 21 October 2002

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