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Costs and Lead Times Cut
01 Oct 2005
By continuing to invest in new production equipment, Hone-All Precision Limited has reduced manufacturing costs and cut lead times on high value machined components for various industries, including aerospace, automotive and oil and gas. The sub-contractor also serves the motorsport industry where, says director Andrea Rodney, customer expectations leave no room for error or delay.
The 10,000 sq. ft. factory is capable of drilling, boring and honing components up to 3m long, and is fully equipped for all subsequent machining operations. It also features a bespoke quality control and inspection facility while on the production side Hone-All Precision has recently installed a Nagel deep hole drilling and boring machine capable of producing holes from 18mm to 60mm diameter to a depth of 1500mm and a TBT twin-spindle deep hole drilling machine that can drill up to 16mm diameter by 500mm deep.
Tolerances are +/-0.005mm on bores up to 75mm and surface finish is typically 8 CLA.
Hone-All Precision produces antiroll bars, steering columns, transmission parts and other components in, for example, titanium, aluminium and various alloy steels for a number of Formula One teams. It also supplies fully machined components to rally teams, Champ and Indy car manufacturers, and companies specialising in tweaking and tuning enthusiasts' cars to rally standards.
"We tend to specialise in prototype work and small batch production, " says Andrea Rodney, "but whatever the request we offer a single source solution and enjoy the satisfaction that comes from helping others to realise their dreams and achieve their ambitions."
Given that the biggest challenge is usually one of time, it's not unknown for the 25-strong team at Hone-All Precision to work round-the-clock when faced with a tight delivery schedule.
www.hone-all.co.uk
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