Plasma and flame cut, drill, scribe and machine in situ capability boost Parker Steel's offering

This has allowed Parkers to produce pieces with the added value at even more competitive price and gives it a cost advantage, in comparison to all those in-house manufacturing facilities where multiple machines and operators are required to complete and finish a component. "The Gemini has enabled Parker's to offer our varied customer base a complete range of services on sheet and plate products with just one phone call," said Guy Parker, managing director. "This machine is unbelievably fast, in both drilling holes up to 32 mm diameter and milling the larger holes and slotted holes equally as fast; add the ability to plasma cut up to 40 mm thick, and it really is the machine we have been waiting for. The Gemini enables us to pass these savings on to our customers thereby lowering their fabrication costs." Turnover of the business has now increased and a whole new range of industries are now being targeted to offer this unique service. Gemini 25 is a compact footprint automatic CNC machine that requires up to 30% less floorspace than other systems and can produce flat metal parts from plate from 6 up to 80 mm thick, in cut lengths from 5 – 30 m, in one set-up. It can do this far more economically, at a lower cost per part, yet with the same or greater accuracy than using the much more expensive, separate cutting and labour-intensive machining centres, it is claimed.