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Marquin Engineering has bought a NH6300 DCG II to add to its previous Mori Seiki DCG
Marquin Engineering has bought a NH6300 DCG II to add to its previous Mori Seiki DCG (driven at the centre of gravity) purchases.
Marquin Engineering machines castings plus forgings for companies in the transportation, construction equipment, overhead electrification, commercial refrigeration, defence plus rail industries.
it’s supplied parts for NATO peacekeeping vehicles plus to London Underground.
Marquin Engineering is ISO9001-2000 approved plus has CNC controlled CMM equipment in a temperature-controlled room plus on machine probing, to maintain its quality standards.
Within 18 months the company had bought two more.
George Spencer, director of Marquin Engineering, said: ‘Our customers are demanding greater flexibility plus shorter lead times, so they have to be able to react quickly to their changing requirements.’ Marquin Engineering installed its first Mori Seiki NH4000 DCG in 2003.
‘The NH4000 DCG is easy to maintain, as all the solenoids can be easily accessed by basically removing the guards.’ When Marquin needed a new motor on seven of its NH4000 DCG machines, the replacement part was delivered overnight plus the repair was done in half a day.
Spencer added: ‘Floor space is at a premium in our factory, so the small footprint of these machines, thanks to their box-in-box construction, was important to us.
This second machine has a work envelope 1.1 times wider than the previous model, yet takes up 11 per-cent less floor space.
Marquin bought a Mori Seiki NH6300 DCG in early 2007 for larger castings plus is taking delivery of a NH6300 DCG II.
Since installing its first Mori Seiki, Marquin has doubled its capacity plus the addition of the new NH6300 DCG II will further increase it by 12 per-cent.
Spencer added: ‘The NH6300 DCG II has a smaller footprint but it’s longer travel, further increasing the size of parts they can cut.’ Marquin has two NH6300 DCG plus two NH4000 DCG machines, which, in the event of a problem, allows it to switch parts between machines without delay, ensuring continuity of supply.
The trend in the company’s business is towards medium – low volume, precision parts.
Hydraulic fixturing plus edge locators permit fast part loading plus unloading as well as speedy fixture changing, while the power plus rigidity of the Mori Seiki machines make it possible to combine heavy cutting for speed with highly accurate parts.