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Delavale Engineering has made the move to invest in new high-performance machining centres rather than following its previous policy of buying pre-owned machines.

The machines, both MACH 710MM+ models, were acquired separately by Delavale; the first in September 2018 and the second in January 2019 from MACH Machine Tools, part of the Vigilance Group.

The machines are positioned adjacent to each other at the company’s 5,000 square foot facility in Bagshot to create what is effectively a flexible, high-productivity milling cell.

Prior to the new acquisitions, the company, historically, purchased pre-owned machines from Machine Tool Sales Online, part of the Vigilance Group.

Steve Burrows, Delavale’s Managing Director, said: “We regularly invest in high-quality used machine tools as an established route to us increasing and improving our machining capacity and capabilities and, over recent years, have acquired a number of pre-owned machines from Machine Tool Sales Online (MTSO).”

Indeed it was during a visit to MTSO’s Bristol showroom facility in August 2018 where Steve Burrows, with an eye on acquiring a pre-owned machining centre, spotted the MACH 710MM+ vertical machine, for the first time.

Having seen the machine he enquired about the machine’s technical specification and its price – and was and made the decision to buy the two machines.

He said: “MACH 710MM+ machines have a number of attractive features and their specification compares favourably to many mid-size vertical machining centres on the market.

“Particularly appealing (to me) was the direct-drive spindle configuration which, unlike belt-driven spindle options, are much quieter and more responsive. The machine’s face and taper tooling and 48m/min rapid rates were also key selling points.

 “Following its delivery and installation one of the first jobs loaded onto the machine was an existing high-precision aluminium component.”

The new machine halved the cycle time on the part and eliminated secondary hand finishing operations.

Having two identical MACH 710MM+ machining centres at its disposal has increased the company’s productivity and machining flexibility.

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