Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of Doosan machine tools in the UK and Ireland, has supplied Hertfordshire-based precision subcontract specialist Qualiturn Products with a Doosan DVF 5000 five-axis machining centre.

The machine, one of the first in the UK, was installed at Qualiturn’s modern and spacious 20,000 sq ft facility in February 2019, and was timed to coincide with the company’s relocation to these new premises.
Says Nick Groom, Qualiturn’s managing director: “We operate a high-productivity, highly-efficient and flexible milling cell that runs 24/7 and provides customers with high-quality, competitively-priced machined components, delivered in double-quick time. The DVF 5000 investment was made to improve our milling capabilities and complements our existing technologies.
“We are keen advocates of one-hit machining and, wherever possible, look to automate our processes,” he adds.
This commitment to continuous improvement through automation led Qualiturn (in 2014) to invest in its first Lang Robo-Trex robot system. The system uses mobile trollies which are loaded with multiple vices that hold workpieces. These workpieces – when prepped – are loaded into the Doosan DNM 650 machining centre by the system’s robot.
Such has been the success of the DNM 650/Lang Robo-Trex automated manufacturing cell that the company decided to invest in a second cell based on the new DVF 5000.
Says Groom: “Our new cell is fully operational and runs 24/7. The Doosan DVF 5000 is a high-performance machine and, by integrating it with an automated parts-handling system, we’ve been able to exploit its full potential. As a result we have experienced dramatic productivity gains and significantly reduced lead times, both of which make us more competitive.”
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