Stonehouse, Gloucestershire-based de Havilland Engineering Group is complementing its subcontract fabrication services by investing in new component machining capacity. Two new Hurco machine tools have arrived recently: a TM10i two-axis lathe with an 81 mm spindle bore and a Hydrafeed MSV80 bar magazine; and a VM20i three-axis vertical machining centre with a 1016 x 508 x 508 mm working volume. Both machines have a Windows-based control with Max 5 conversational programming software.

Lewis Chandler, lead operator of the machines, says: “The capacity of the machines is large considering their small footprint, while the price point for what they are giving us has worked out really well. Furthermore, the conversational programming is very easy to use: it asks you what you want, you type in the figures and it draws it up for you automatically.”

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