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Last week we said hello to our new vertical turning centre, the Doosan VT900. This powerful machine has a 40kW spindle and increases our turning diameter capacity to Ø900mm.

This machine has a fairly extensive commissioning process including diamond drilling in the floor so it can be bolted down for rigidity. To create the space and access for the VT900 we had to temporarily move one of our three small VMC’s and also bid farewell to two of our older machines – a few tears were shed! These were necessary decisions as we look to improve our service and capacity with the most up to date equipment.

Moving machines out the way wasn’t the only thing: this beast of a machine needed a section of our overhead crane removing just so it could get in! The shuffling of machinery, crane work and installation took place over 4 days which was seriously impressive. A lot of hard work and organisation was put in by our guys in cooperation with the team at Mills CNC.

Three lucky lads had some training today and they were making swarf by lunchtime!

On our last working day of 2022, the MPM team went head-to-head in our own Go-Kart Grand Prix.

Our youngest apprentice Luke was the overall winner – the only member of the team without a full driving license!

It was fiercely competitive but a lot of fun was had. And this alongside a curry and trip down the pub was the perfect way to cap off a hardworking and successful year for Markyate Precision Machining.

This momentum has carried on into 2023 as we look to maintain and improve current services whilst also actively looking to expand and welcome new opportunities.

Happy New Year!

We have finally gone live on our new and exciting ERP system Progress Plus.

This has been a long time coming but we have been working offline with the team at Berkeley Myles Solutions to get things perfect. Having a transition period to practice new processes and tweaking the system is vital for a smooth implementation.

This system has greatly improved and streamlined our business processes. Traceability is increasingly important and Markyate Precision Machining are in a position to fulfill any current or future customer needs with ease.

We are taking our production system to the next level by introducing a tooling vend as supplied by the wonderful team at MSC Industrial Supply.

A tooling vend will allow us to focus on tooling usage, efficiencies and improvements that will drive down costs and increase production value.

This is one of many streamlining activities that Markyate Precision Machining have been working through in order to achieve our goal of a greater and more flexible working capacity.