Bright is delighted to announce it has placed a sizeable commitment with Yamazaki Mazak UK for up to 4 extra machine tools in the next 6 months including: one HCN4000 twin pallet horizontal machining centre, two J200S Integrex Neo multi-tasking machining centres, and for high volume turned components one QRX-50MY twin spindle twin turret turning centre. Furthermore, Bright has planned investments in XYZ Machine Tool machines, including a lathe and a milling machine, to complement its manual machine section and apprentice training area.
The decision comes off the back of a 35% increase in the company's orderbook in the last 6 months. Bright's portfolio of work is a high-mix, medium-high complexity of component. The Integrex machines suit this workload perfectly, with one-hit machining a key feature of the machine, supporting manufacture of parts with milled and turned features. Use of the Integrex supports overall efficiency across the shop floor and reduces the number of setups and operations across multiple machine types. Investment in the HCN4000 means we will have two of the same model of machine, ensuring a robust supply chain solution to all our customers requiring medium to high volume milled parts. It also supports the disposal of an outgoing end-of-life machine.
The QRZ-50MY turning centre is a new technology for Bright, with twin-spindle, twin-turret turning, supporting high volume manufacture of turned parts for industries such as Oil & Gas, Electronics and Food Manufacturing. We are looking forward to the introduction of the machine to support the 7 CNC lathes we already have in place offering bar-fed CNC Turning.