Plant & Equipment · Lye, Stourbridge
Plant list — the machines on our floor in Lye, Stourbridge
Precision is only as good as the machine producing it. Our Lye facility houses a curated selection of Korean and European CNC machine tools: 3, 4 and 5-axis milling and CNC turning under one roof, with inspection on site. Every machine below is on our floor, not a partner's.
Machining centres
| Machine | Type · control | Key figures | What we use it for |
|---|---|---|---|
| DN Solutions DVF 5000 | 5-axis VMC · FANUC 31i-B5 | 12,000 rpm · 625 mm X · 60-tool ATC · 17 kW · BBT40 · Renishaw RMP60 probing | Simultaneous 5-axis with full B/C rotation: complex parts in a single setup. |
| Doosan DNM 5700 | 4-axis VMC · FANUC 31i-MA | 8,000 rpm · 1,050 × 570 × 510 mm · 30-tool ATC · 18.5 kW · BT40 Big Plus · Nikken rotary table | Structural housings, large brackets and multi-face work. |
| Eagle MCV 1000 | 4-axis VMC · Siemens 840D | 8,000 rpm · 1,020 × 510 mm · 24-tool ATC · 11 kW · BT40 · Tanshing rotary table | Precision brackets, small components and repeat production. |
CNC lathes
| Machine | Type · control | Key figures | What we use it for |
|---|---|---|---|
| DN Solutions Lynx 2100 LYA | Y-axis lathe, live tooling · FANUC 31i | 6,000 rpm · Ø350 mm max turn · 6" chuck · 15 kW | Off-centre milling, cross-drilling and keyways in one turning setup. |
| Doosan Puma GT 2600 | Turning centre · FANUC 18i-T | 3,500 rpm · Ø481 mm max turn · 10" chuck · 22 kW · 12-position turret | Large flanges, valve bodies and thick-walled housings. |
| DN Solutions Puma DNT 2100 | Turning centre · FANUC 31i | 4,500 rpm · Ø400 mm max turn · 8" chuck · 22 kW · box guideways | Hard materials, heavy stock removal and batch work. |
| Doosan Lynx 2100A | Turning centre · FANUC 0i Plus | 6,000 rpm · Ø350 mm max turn · 6" chuck · 15 kW · 12-station turret | Prototype and short-to-medium batch shafts, connectors and flanges. |
| Okuma & Howa ACT-20 | Bar-fed lathe · FANUC 18T | 4,000 rpm · Ø310 mm swing · 52 mm bar capacity · 7.5 kW | Small-diameter shafts, connectors and studs in stainless, aluminium and brass. |
Manual machines
| Machine | Type · control | Key figures | What we use it for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester Mastiff 1400 | Centre lathe | 1,400 rpm · Ø535 mm swing · 2,000 mm between centres · 3.5" bore | Long shafts, spigots, flanges and metric/imperial screw-cutting. |
| Colchester Master 2500 | Centre lathe | 2,500 rpm · Ø335 mm swing · 1,000 mm between centres · 1.5" bore | One-off shafts, studs and bushes. |
| TOS FNK 25A | Turret mill | 4,500 rpm · 800 × 370 × 450 mm travel · ISO 40 | Conventional milling, drilling and boring on large or irregular work. |
Inspection
CMM dimensional inspection to ISO 2768-f / IT6, with Mitutoyo and Starrett calibrated gauging.
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