Dyer Engineering now has five new Doosan CNC machines – all ordered on the spot at last year’s MACH exhibition from Mills CNC.
The machines - three Doosan DNM 4500 vertical machining centres, one Doosan DNM 6700 (large-capacity) vertical machining centre and one Lynx 2100LMB lathe equipped with driven tooling and supplied with a bar-feeder - were delivered and installed at Dyer Engineering’s extensive 100,000 square foot split-site manufacturing facility in Stanley, County Durham between April and August 2018.
All five machines were purchased by Dyer Engineering following a visit by company representatives to MACH 2018. Their express purpose was to check out the technology on view, talk to selected machine tool suppliers, secure the best deals and place orders for five machines.
Dyer Engineering specialises in the machining and fabrication of complex components for a range of sectors and industries.
Four of the new Doosan machines have been installed in the company’s BatchLine Division which manufactures and supplies complex, high-precision fabricated and machined metal components in small to medium batches UK and international automotive, rail, defence, marine and energy customers.
One of the DNM 4500 vertical machining centres has been installed in the company’s TechProjects Division which manufacturers and supplies large and often complex fabricated structures and assemblies (with machined features and details) to customers operating in the oil and gas, energy, rail and renewables sectors.
The decision to make such a significant investment in new capital equipment followed an internal audit undertaken by Dyer Engineering in early 2018 into its existing CNC machining capabilities and capacity.
It was intended that the audit would identify any weaknesses or potential production ‘pinch points’ that could affect the company’s ability to meet its future growth objectives and ambitions.
Leigh Foulger, BatchLine Division Lead said: “We are committed to continuous improvement and, as such, continually monitor and benchmark all aspects of our performance.
“The audit results revealed that some of our existing CNC machine tools, whilst still performing adequately were, owing to their age, becoming less reliable and more prone to breakdown.
“We knew that the situation, if not addressed, would only become more acute over time and, in line with our corporate SMARTER-STRONGER-TOGETHER ethos and philosophy, we decided to ‘grasp the nettle’ and make the significant investment required to address our weaknesses and improve our machining capabilities in one fell swoop.
“Prior to the MACH Show we drew up a list of our machine tool requirements which included outline technical specifications, capacity and capabilities.
“We had decided that we needed four reliable and accurate vertical machines equipped with the latest Fanuc controls. We also decided that we needed a Fanuc controlled multi-tasking lathe with driven tooling and a bar feeder.”
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