CNC Machining

Toolmaking

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• Total Professional Approach
• Committed to Quality and Delivery Performance
• Excellent Knowledge Base
• We work with you as well as for you

Toolmaking

Prototype and Design

Southern Precision welcomes any opportunity to assist customers with design for manufacture. You can draw from our experience in making sure that a design is constructed around the most efficient way to produce an item without compromising on the quality or aesthetics of an item.
 
There are many years experience running a successful production engineering facility to draw upon and this has enabled us to now recommend design and material changes that will benefit both manufacture, and assembly.
 
We are able to take orders for items from either full ISO generated drawings or free hand sketches to even a sample component or patterns. Drawings generated for our own use are always held on file for any repeat orders as well as CNC programs that refer, are filed to ensure that consistent supply is assured.
 
We use AutoCad as our design software and therefore are able to receive read only drawings in PDF format
 

Tooling

As all engineers know, having the right tools for the job is half the battle.
 
We have extensive experience in providing solutions to tooling applications that will benefit both production yields and component quality.
 
We have experience in providing unique solutions to special toolholders for Mazak and Citizen end users and can modify, adapt and develop solutions for standard machine turrets and spindle nose applications.
 
We have developed a range of tipped face mills that utilise unused edges from turning tips.
 
How many of us throw away CNMG turning tips with only 4 edges used? Our face mills utilise these tips to use the 4 unused edges with a 45deg approach. 60, 80 & 100mm diameter face mills are available, and as the tips come from the scrap tin, they are in effect FREE!!
 
Please feel free to contact us about this unique and Money Saving product.

Work Holding

In many cases good work holding is the key to accurate, consistent and effective production of work. At Southern Precision we understand that being able to locate a component whilst holding it securely separates good fixturing from the rest.
 
We have produced the following types of fixturing and work holding:
 

• Machine sub plates with an array of fixing holes or dedicated component profile
• Machine Riser plates with common fixture location
• Cube and tombstone with fixture locations
• 4th axis fixture and Vice holding
• Dedicated component fixtures
• Dedicated and special vice jaws
• Special chuck jaws

Precision Grinding

As part of our policy to provide a “one stop shop” service to our customers, we can offer both Cylindrical and Surface grinding. We have built up a selection of grinding wheel grades that will cover most materials to be ground, previous requirements have been from tool steels through stainless steel on to general heat treated steel.
 
Our cylindrical grinding covers both external and internal grinding as well as being able to face grind up to 250mm in diameter.