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Drilling machines and drill/tap centres
News Release from: Meddings Flott | Subject: Bench and pedestal drilling machines
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 February 2007
Drilling machines upgraded, capacity
raised
Latest drilling machines have had their specifications upgraded to include a work light and table raising mechanism and drilling capacities increased.
Meddings Machine Tools move forward into 2007 with a new range of updated machines, The UK's premier manufacturer of pillar and bench drilling machines has upgraded their machines to meet the Health and Safety requirements for education and modern machine shops The Meddings Compact was the first machine to be redesigned to fit into manufacturing engineering so as to reduce the cost of production, the Compact is a 13mm drilling capacity machine, and has been a major success since its addition to the Meddings range of machines
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Aug 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new Meddings LF1 and LB1 mark III has had its specification upgraded to include a work light and table raising mechanism, The LF1 also has the Meddings foot stop for easy spindle stop, the drilling capacity of each machine has been increased to 18mm from 13mm, with the price been reduced for the machine specification.
This is the equivalent of a 38% increase in drilling capacity, a table raising mechanism to ease the moving of the table to different heights and a light to illuminate the working area all for a price lower than the older equivalent model this has been achieved by instigating cost engineering into the production environment.
The new Meddings LF2 and LB2 mark V, also includes the work light, table raising mechanism with a drilling capacity of 23mm, on the floor model the Meddings foot stop is included as standard.
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Meddings stated: like many manufacturers we have seen huge rises in material cost of the last 18 months, which drove us down the path of cost reduction, but when you take a fresh look at your product it was amazing how re-engineering and a little thought has saved the company costs.
We had to take a radical look at the range and we have reduced the amount of machine we offered, but by increasing the specification we now have a range of machines which more than make up for our older range of machines.
By making certain options standard we have produced machines which are more appealing to the customers, for the education sector we have added items which make using the machine for children easier to use.
When exhibited at the recent design and Technology show at the NEC, UK, the machines were given a 100% 'thumbs up' by the buyers and the educationalists of machine tools for schools.
Other government departments have examined the machines and given clearance to the machines for their continuing supply to the various departments.
When you get this type of endorsement from people who understand the needs of engineers from a usage and learning prospective it is clear that Meddings Machine Tools have achieved the high standards of excellence which has been their 'calling card' for over 64 years.
It is now the typical end-user who needs to be educated that buying cheaper machines is not cost effective, and that the cost of ownership for a company should be looked at over a longer period.
Simple type machines such as floor and bench mounted drilling machines will hold their place in the workshop for many years and will prove to be a benefit to a production environment.
The technology of the typical manual drilling machine has not changed for 100 years, but it is still the most used machine tool in the world.
Reliability does not come from buying cheap drilling machines, it comes from years of understanding the needs of customers, Meddings Machine Tools are continuing to hold the banner for quality.
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