RK International delivers £250,000 turnkey package to Farnborough College
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When a £6.7 million investment by Farnborough College of Technology in its Aerospace and Automotive Academy meant a 1st floor facility had to be fully commissioned within just five months, it was RK International of Erith, in Kent, that ticked all the boxes with the college and won the total package, worth in excess of £250,000.
However, the project was not just a ship, drop and wire in. There were numerous meetings on site with the building contractors and the college, and as the machine shop was sited on the first floor, RK had to ensure floor loadings and electrics complied. They also had to ensure that building was fully protected when machines were off-loaded, lifted to the first floor and passed through an access door at one end and then finally positioned.
Due to the building developers clearing site, delivery dates of the various pieces of equipment and sourcing of accessories, RK's installation team had a window of one week to deliver, install and commission some 50 pieces of equipment and accessories.
They were all completed within five days
Altogether, in the 35 m by 10 m machine shop, RK International supplied and installed seven Colchester Student 2500 centre lathes, one Triumph VS 2500 1250 centre lathe, a Harrison Alpha 1350 XS electronic flat bed lathe, a Fanuc Robodrill T21iC vertical machining centre (VMC), with a full range of control and software options, plus three of its own Europa Milltech 2000 universal knee and column milling machines, with digital readouts.
The project has created one of the very few training establishments in the UK able to deliver further education in engineering up to BSc Honours in aeronautics, manufacturing, motor vehicles, electrical, electronic and aircraft maintenance.
