Plant List (view pdf)

R E Thompson offer the following engineering capacity.

Horizontal Twin Pallet Machining

4 OFF MORI-SEIKI NH5000 40 DCG

• 44 Pallet Fastems Flexible Pallet Magazine
• BT40 Tooling 14,000 rpm 240 Tool Positions
• Working Surface: Twin Pallets: 500mm 500mm
• Traverse: (x) 730mm (y) 730mm (z) 850mm

2 OFF MORI-SEIKI SH400

• BT40 Tooling 12,000 rpm 60 Tool Positions
• Working Surface: Twin Pallets: 400mm x 400mm
• Load per Pallet: 300 kg
• Traverse: (x) 560mm (y) 510mm (z) 510mm

Vertical Machining

1 OFF MORI-SEIKI Dura 5100 with Nikken rotary axis

• NEW MAPPS III simple conversational programming and 3D simulation
• 30 tool capacity
• 10,000 min-1
• Working Surface: 1359mm x 600mm
• Loading Capacity: 1000kg
• Traverse: (x) 1050mm (y) 530mm (z) 510mm

2 OFF MORI-SEIKI Dura 5080

• with NEW MAPPS III simple conversational programming and 3D simulation
• 30 tool capacity
• 10,000 min-1
• Working Surface: 1100mm x 600mm
• Loading Capacity: 800kg
• Traverse: (x) 800mm (y) 530mm (z) 510mm

1 OFF MORI-SEIKI NMV3000-DCG with 114 Pallet A.P.C.

• Five-axes machining centre with turning capability
• with NEW MAPPS IV conversational programming with CAM and 3D simulation
• 320 BT40 tool capacity
• 20,000 min-1
• Working Surface: 300mm diameter
• Loading Capacity: 80kg
• Traverse: (x) 500mm (y) 350mm (z) 510mm

From February 2012……………………

1 OFF MORI-SEIKI NMV8000-DCG with 8 Pallet A.P.C.

• Five-axes machining centre with turning capability
• with NEW MAPPS IV conversational programming with CAM and 3D simulation
• 300 HSK-A63 tool capacity
• 20,000 min-1
• Working Surface: 800mm diameter
• Loading Capacity: 700kg
• Traverse: (x) 1,200mm (y) 920mm (z) 610mm

ZOLLER smarTcheck 450 Tool Pre-setter

• Award winning CNC optical tool pre-setter for right first time tool setting
• Networked to the machine tools for fast tool set-ups

CNC Turning

1 OFF MORI SEIKI NTX1000-SZM

• Twin-spindle CNC Turning centre with five axes milling capability.
• MAPPS II controls
• 65mm Ø bar with 1m magazine barfeed
• Sub-spindle
• Max turned length: 424mm
• Spindle Speed: 6,000 rpm
• Tool Spindle: 12,000 rpm
• Spindle Capto C6 Tool Capacity: 76 tools
• Tool Turret max speed: 6,000 rpm
• Turret Tool Capacity: 10

1 OFF MORI SEIKI MILL TURN SL-150MC

• with Fanuc 18iAII Conversational Control
• 680mm Swing over bed 445mm Swing over cross slide 560mm Between centres 430mm Max. turning diameter 170 mm Standard turning diameter 519mm Max. turning length 45mm Bar work capacity 001° C Axis indexing angle
• Spindle Speed 5000 rpm
• 12 Rotary Tools available

Centre Lathe Turning

1 OFF OKUMA LS

• 540mm Swing
• 1250mm Between Centres
• Headstock 50mm Ø Max

1 OFF HARDINGE Model HLV-HS

• 254mm Swing
• 457mm Between Centres

Ovens (bonding)

1 OFF MIDO/6/CLAD/F/DT 20° - 250°C 660/700 x 470 x 510 Deep

1 OFF Genlab 50 litre Oven with Digital Controls

• OV/50/DIG 20° - 250°C

Cutter Grinding

1 OFF CLARKSON MKII

General Plant

1 OFF VACUUM BEAD BLASTER

1 OFF Guyson Orbit 800 Aqueous Wash Plant

BENCH DRILLS, PEDESTAL DRILLS, TAPPERS, BENCH GRINDERS, etc

Gaskets & Seals

CNC Silicone gasket laying robot

Inspection

1 OFF CMM MITUTOYO B241

• Working Surface: 800mm x 1500mm
• Traverse: (x) 700mm (y) 1000mm (z) 450mm

CMM COMPUTER, CONTROLLER, PROBES AND SOFTWARE

• DELL OPTIPLEX G X A
• MAG COUNTER
• EASIPAK V6.01 and COSMOS 1.2R4
• PROBE HEAD MH8 AND PROBE TP2

1 OFF CMM EURO C574 APEX CNC

• Working Surface: 500mm x 700mm x 400mm
• Traverse: (x) 500mm .(y) 700mm .(z) 400mm

1 OFF ELEY METROLOGY VERTEX 500mm x 800mm MKIII DIGITAL HEIGHT GAUGE

1 OFF MITUTOYO PJ303 OPTICAL COMPARATOR

CAD/CAM

Pro-Engineer
AUTO CAD
CGTech Vericut

Production Management & Scheduling

Sage 200 Suite

Transport & Loading

1500kg Fork Truck

500kg mobile gantry