![]() Even the tool life has been extended beyond what we thought it was going to be, so we’ve won in that area as well, through working the strategy with Seco.” “It came out very well because the machining process is smoother than we had anticipated. “The turnkey solution that PMT was offering was a key factor in them getting the contract,” says Brian McKeon. THAT APPROACH FOUND favor with Dawnlough, so Ross duly contacted Seco Technical Sales Engineer Tony Gillan, who travelled from the UK to present the method of manufacture drafted by him and Technical Manager Jon Shipley. Then we’d get the Seco engineers to stand beside the machine until the part was proved out and Dawnlough was happy.” “I suggested we get Seco involved and we could do it as a turnkey project, where we made all the recommendations for the tooling and devised a tooling strategy. I recommended a Matsuura VX-1500, a sturdy, stable machine that can deal with heavy cuts and to the degree of pinpoint accuracy required. The contract was for an aerospace part that was of prehardened stainless steel up to 46 Rockwell, with a lot of different features on it. The three have now laid the foundations for a highly productive working relationship they hope will continue to pay dividends.ĭennis Ross is Key Account Manager at Premier Machine Tools (PMT) and dealt with the initial enquiry: “The owner of Dawnlough, Brian McKeon, approached me to ask if we could provide a three-axis machine. This was the situation recently faced by Irish precision engineering business Dawnlough, which had just four weeks to get a machining solution in place for a highvolume order for the aerospace industry.įar from being daunted, the company rose to the challenge, with help from Seco and its technical partner in Ireland, Premier Machine Tools. WHEN A MAJOR player in the aerospace sector orders a flightcritical component from your company, there are crucial factors to consider: The part is integral to the aircraft, turnaround time will be tight, it will be high volume and it will need to be precisionengineered to a degree of accuracy that outstrips even your usual high standards. THREE IS THE MAGIC NUMBER - JOINT APPROACH HAS DAWNLOUGH FLYING HIGH Precision engineering company Dawnlough is carving out a niche in aerospace components, supported by seco Tools and technical partner Premier Machine Tools.
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