Big investment

Norbar Torque has invested more than £1.6m in new machinery, which includes two new Mori Seiki NTX mill-turn machines which are being used to machine electronic and gearbox products, including transducer shafts.

The company has also invested in two Gleason CNC gear shaping machines to generate gear components for its hand torque and powered torque multipliers.

Martin Reynolds, manufacturing manager, says: "The investment in Mori Seiki machines has supported our existing turning centre and mill turn capacity. Since the machines went into operation we have seen a 45-60% improvement in cycle times. The investment in Gleason machines is in line with our policy of modernising our gear generation facilities."