Machining

3 axis horizontal milling machine

Floor boring a hydro in-race turbine housing

High speed 5 axis engraving of steel tyre mould side wall plate

3 axis CNC vertical milling machine

Large floor boring machine milling Manapouri Hydro head cover

Vertical boring mill turning Manapouri Hydro head covers

The machine shop has one of the largest arrays of large precision machining centres in New Zealand. Our modern range of equipment includes:

Turning
• Vertical lathe
5500mm diameter x 2200mm height under the rail
• CNC vertical lathes
1200mm diameter x 1100mm height under the rail
1000mm diameter x 800mm height under the rail
• Poreba heavy duty lathe
12000mm centre distance x 1750mm swing diameter
• CNC centre lathe
4000mm centre distance x 950mm swing

Milling
• 5 Axis
Up to 2000 x 1000 x 1000
• 3 & 4 Axis
Horizontal up to 9000 x 3500 x 1000
Vertical up to 1600 x 800 x 800

Grinding
• Surface grinding up to 1500 diameter x 600 high
• Cylindrical 850 diameter x 4260 long
• Internal 400 diameter x 500 long