If you can provide a quality
job in sheet metal, why not
do the same for precision
machined components? That’s
the thinking behind North
Shields-based Arconia
Engineering’s focus on
customised solutions.

The oil and gas industry is
a major customer for
machined components such
as valve bodies and pipe
seals. On the sheet metal side
one example of ISO
9001:2008-accredited Arconia’s
expertise is a set of four
pollution pans destined for
an oil rig in Brazil.

Many enquiries for CNCtype
work prompted the
company to invest in an XYZ
710 VMC. This was followed
by the first of two XYZ
Compact Turn 52s after
Arconia received one of its
biggest CNC machining
orders. With demand for
large batch products growing,
a second Compact Turn
turning centre was added,
which can run 24/7 as it has
a bar puller and bar feeder.

Canned cycles and simple
conversational programming
of the easy-to-use Siemens
828D ShopTurn control fitted
as standard to the 20 hp/5000
rev/min CT 52 means the
entire sequence from drawing
to finished part takes the
minimum of operator
keystrokes. Maximum
turning capacity is 220mm
dia; bar capacity is 52mm dia,
courtesy of a 61mm spindle
bore. For larger diameter
work, Arconia has of an XYZ
ProTURN SLX 555 CNC/
manual gap bed lathe with
proprietary ProtoTRAK
control system.