Stourbridge Turning and Grinding has uprated its component washing and degreasing facilities to speed throughput and deliver even cleaner products.
The company, which produces of CNC turned, machined and ground components for customers in the global hydraulics, automotive, construction, industrial vehicle and agricultural sectors has installed a new MecWash aqueous cleaning and degreasing system.
This will allow it to manage a 30% increase in production demand and offer a enhanced levels of cleanliness to its customers.
Director Phil Pargeter said: “Our production levels were rising but we were unable to increase the number of components we could wash at any one time. On top of this, the expectations from our customers was for increased levels of cleanliness – something that is mirrored throughout the engineering world as technology and capabilities evolve.
“I’d seen the MecWash system in use and had been impressed not only by the high levels of cleanliness, but the quantities that could be cleaned while surpassing the existing cleanliness levels. That was vitally important for us.”
Products that would need to go through the cleaning process included dry hydraulic and pneumatic turnings in hard chrome, EN8, EN16, aluminium, stainless steel, brass and mild steel.
Working with MecWash sales manager, Paul Jarratt, the company selected a Duo 400 system, not just because of its throughput and quality capabilities, but also because it could be fitted and commissioned into the existing washing area within the company’s production facility.
“The last thing the company wanted was to increase production of the components only to be unable to wash them in greater quantities, as would have happened with their old cleaning system,” said Mr Jarratt.