ADM Fine Machining is the result of two businesses, A.D.M Engineering Limited and Fine Machining Limited, coming together and combining their expertise and customer bases at the company’s 12,000 sq ft facility in Littlehampton. Traceability is a key factor in all the products it manufactures for the aerospace and petrochemical industries.
Peter Howell, Business Development Manager for ADM says, “Business is buoyant at the moment and our investment in the DMG MORI NMV3000 DCG was an important step in further enhancing our 5-axis machining capacity. The manufacture of complex parts in just one or two settings without the need for costly fixtures is definitely the way forward.”
The NMV 3000 DCG has a 34 station pallet changer, a 12,000 rpm spindle and is capable of machining parts up to a 320mm cube. By using vices on each of the pallets, blocks of material can be quickly and easily located ready for machining, even while the machine is running. Parts can then be inverted, where necessary, and passed through the machine again to finish the back surface.
Peter Howell adds, “We chose the DMG MORI NMV 3000 DCG because of its speed, working envelope, tool carousel capacity, rigidity, small footprint and the logic of the Mitsubishi controller. We cut a lot of hard and exotic materials such as Inconel, Hastelloy and F51/55 and the machine cuts these with ease. For the more complex parts we produce, the DMG MORI 5-axis technology can eliminate many of the costly set-up requirements of 3-axis and 4-axis machining which can significantly reduce our time to market.
“Our plan is to double turnover through diversification and, as part of that expansion, we will be investing in more DMG MORI 5-axis machines.”
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