Yamazaki supplies multi-tasking centre to Pennine

Pennine Tools Aerospace has purchased a Mazak Integrex 200-IV S multi-tasking machine tool from Yamazaki Mazak.

Pennine Tools Aerospace is a specialist in the supply of precision components to the commercial and military aerospace sectors.

It recently invested £250,000 in a Mazak Integrex 200-IV S multi-tasking machine tool from Yamazaki Mazak.

Pennine Tools Aerospace is an approved supplier to Airbus, GKN and BAE Systems, for which it has a five-year rolling contract to supply civil-aircraft spare parts.

Pennine Tools Aerospace recently signed up for Tranche 3 of the Eurofighter programme.

Bruce Meldrum, founder of Pennine Tools Aerospace, said: 'Our original Mazak lathe is still running seven-days a week, producing good-quality components.

Pennine bought this first machine to replace a number of manual machines being used to produce batches of spindles for yarn-tufting machines.

At the time, each spindle took 50 minutes to produce.

The quality and performance of the Mazak machine reduced this cycle time to 20 minutes.

From this simple two-axis lathe, Pennine Tools Aerospace moved on to Mazak machines with driven tooling and the benefits of these led to the purchase of the Integrex.

Pennine Tool Aerospace is also developing its working practices in association with The North West Aerospace Alliance’s Aerospace Supply Chain of Excellence programme.

This programme, participation in which is by invitation only, is helping to raise standards throughout the supply chain and safeguard the future of the UK’s aerospace industry.

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