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EMCO Turn 342 CNC LATHE

Saturday, August 20th, 2011

Capable of taking bar diameters up to 25mm.

Complete with Sameca 3m automatic bar feeder.

This item is just one of many that we use here at SMF.

If you would like to know any more about it then drop us an email for more information.

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Spot welding is a process in which contacting metal surfaces are joined by the heat obtained from resistance to electric current flow. Work-pieces are held together under pressure exerted by electrodes.

Typically the sheets are in the 0.5 to 3 mm thickness range. The process uses two shaped copper alloy electrodes to concentrate welding current into a small “spot” and to simultaneously clamp the sheets together.

Forcing a large current through the spot will melt the metal and form the weld. The attractive feature of spot welding is a lot of energy can be delivered to the spot in a very short time (approximately ten milliseconds).

That permits the welding to occur without excessive heating to the rest of the sheet.

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Machinery we use - Alpha 400 CNC Lathe

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Alpha 400 CNC Lathe

Conversational CAD/CAM Control, programmable spindle speed (inf. variable) 15-2500 rpm.

Chuck Capacity Ø250 mm x 54 mm spindle bore

Swing 400 mm x 1250 mm between centers.

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What the volcanic ash is doing to aeroplanes

Monday, May 16th, 2011

Again its happened, the Icelandic volcano has erupted and caused another ash cloud, and airlines are getting quite freaked out by it. Not as much as last time though!

“They are made of sharp rock fragments that will easily erode plastic, metal and even glass pieces.”

“Volcanic ash contains particles, whose melting point is below engine internal temperature.

“In-flight, these particles will immediately melt if they go through an engine. Going through a turbine, the materials are rapidly cooled down, stick on the turbine vanes, and disturb the flow of high pressure combustion gases.”

“Ash deposits easily absorbs into water and can cause arcing, short circuits and intermittent failure of electronic components.”

As a knock on affect of this the manual outlined how, “Dense ash deposit can clog bleed system filters and may lead to total bleed loss, with associated loss of cabin pressurisation.”

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SMF Machinery

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

Have you ever been curious as to what machinery we use here at SMF?

Then why not look and read about it.. Here.

You’ll see what the machinery is called

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Plant Machinery

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

We have mentioned before about our plant machinery and we would like let you know that you can view our machines by following the link below.

We have a ‘showcase‘ of images showing each machine, and you can view them by navigating left and right to compare each machine.

Machinery Showcase.

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Plant Machinery Showcase

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

SMF are proud of the machinery we have at our plant and would like for you to see it.

So we have set up a showcase on our website for you to see what kinds of machinery we use.

If you have any questions please contact us.

T - 01268 761188
E - sales@special-metals.co.uk

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Special Metals Machinery

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

Specialist Stockist, Suppliers & Manufacturers of Machined and Fabricated products in; Molybdenum, Tantalum, Tungsten, Niobium, Zirconium, Titanium, Gold, Silver and Platinum.

HYUNDIA HiT-18 CNC LATHE
Capable of taking bar diameters up to 70mm

EMCO Turn 342 CNC LATHE
Capable of taking bar diameters up to 42mm
Complete with 1m automatic bar feed magazine

EMCO Turn 342 CNC LATHE
Capable of taking bar diameters up to 25mm
Complete with Sameca 3m automatic bar feeder

BRIDGEPORT VMC760 CNC MACHINING CENTRE

BRIDGEPORT VMC460 CNC MACHINING CENTRE

BRIDGEPORT VMC760 CNC LATHE

XYZ PRO2000 CNC TURRET MILL

EMCO COMPACT CNC LATHE (x 2)

ALFA 400 CNC LATHE

COLCHESTER TRIUMPH 2000 MANUAL LATHE

COLCHESTER CHIPMASTER MANUAL LATHE

GUYSON BEAD BLASTER

VAQUA AQUA BLASTER

VIBRATION RUMBLER

SAFAN BENDING MACHINE

GUILOTENE (x 2)

ADDISON BAND SAW

CHOP SAW

ABRASIVE LINISHING MACHINES x 3

BENCH TYPE PILLAR DRILLS

MILLER SYNCROWAVE 500 (x 2)

FLY PRESS

MUREX MIG WELDER CHALLENGER 400

SPOT WELDER

MITUTOYO PROFILE PROJECTOR

TESA M700 HEIGHT MEASURING INSTRUMENT

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Industry Solutions

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Specialist Stockist, Suppliers & Manufacturers of Machined and Fabricated products to the; Glass, Chemical, Aerospace, Medical, Oil, Gas, Pharmaceutical, Defence, Chemical & Electronic Industries.

Product Capability

We have the capacity to manufacture a wide range of parts to any given drawing, sample or customer requirement, using the most up to date Milling, Turning, Welding and Sheet Metal Working equipment available.

We specialize in the manufacture of components to very exacting quality standards, tight tolerance, customer specific requirements and offer a very responsive repair service. We pride ourselves on our levels of customer care and our ‘Total Quality’ approach ensures that our customers receive their orders on time, well packed and in perfect condition.

Special Metals currently carry out fabrication towards some of the following products;

Furnace Heaters
Furnace Units
Glass Furnace Electrodes
Susceptors
Crucibles
Screens
Orifice Plates
Tank Linings
Vertical Strippers
Pump Parts

Discs
Tubes
Rivets
Shell & Tube Heater
Evaporation Boat / Trays
Rod Heaters
Special Vessels
Valve Parts
Venturi
Flame Shields

Bayonet Heaters
Nozzles
Electrode Tips
Heating Elements
Heating and Cooling Coils
Agitators
Spinnerettes
Absorber Columns
Valve Seats
Repair Plugs

Tags: Aerospace, Chemical, Chemical & Electronic, Defence, Fabricated, gas, Glass, Machined, medical, Oil, Pharmaceutical, SMF, SMFUK
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The machines we use.