Britalco Production facilities
Britalco machines steel forgings and S.G. and grey
cast iron castings at its factory in Wolverhampton using a wide range of machinery.
Milling and turning is mainly carried out on 5-axis C.N.C. machinery. Grinding
is mainly on Schaudt cylindrical grinding machines except for crankshaft crankpin
grinding which utilizes AMC Schou machinery.Production is organized on a batch
basis with normal batch sizes ranging from 10 to 200. Lead times are generally
around 8 - 10 weeks for initial production and 3-6 weeks for subsequent batches.
| The photograph shows a Matchmaker Tsugami
5 Axis MTA3 turning centre on the left, and Schaudt cylindrical grinders
on the right. The shafts being machined in the picture are compressor shafts
where the main bearings are ground to within 0.01mm (0.0004 inches).
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