As one of the few major European stainless fastener stockists with an in-house manufacturing division (Aerotight Manufacturing), Apex Stainless is able to produce high-quality special turned parts – including the well established stainless steel Aerotight® self-locking nut.
Apex Stainless is constantly looking to modernise and increase production capacity at Aerotight to meet growing volume demands and customer needs. As part of this strategy, Apex has recently invested in two new automated CNC machines at its Leicester production facility, which includes the Citizen Series 3 A20-VII axis sliding head turning centre machine – complete with a Lemca Boss 338-32 automatic bar loader, swarf conveyor and Wogard oil recovery unit.
This new investment enables a streamlining of the production process, eliminating the previous number of separate operations required. The benefits include increased capacity, the freeing up of operators for use in other areas of the business, less machine down time and a reduction of work in progress on the factory floor. These CNCs have supplemented the numerous multi and single spindle machines that Aerotight Manufacturing continues to operate.
The Aerotight Manufacturing arm also produces fully threaded studs in stainless steel from M3 to M24 diameter as standard but can produce up to M30 in A4-80 grades.
Having held senior management roles in leading automotive and fastener businesses, Phil joined Fastener + Fixing Magazine as editor in 2002. Convinced there is no substitute for ‘being there’, over 17 years of visits and interviews around the world means he has accumulated an extraordinary knowledge and perspective of the global fastener industry, reflected in his incisive and thought provoking reporting.
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