Scottish subcontractor PR2 Engineering opts for fifth Mori Seiki machine

Says Paul Halliwell, director at Kirkcaldy, Scotland-based PR2 Engineering, a company that supplies to blue-chip customers in the oil and gas, petrochemical, defence, nuclear, and space industries: "Our plan is to invest continuously over the next five years and the NLX2500MC [turning centre] was purchased to address a bottleneck in production for our oil and gas and petrochemical products, where demand has grown rapidly. We carry out careful evaluation of our future manufacturing requirements, so this was a well thought through decision to ensure we got the right machine for us." Choosing another Mori Seiki machine was not, however, a difficult choice for PR2 Engineering, where the directors of the company established seven years ago have more than 80 years of CNC experience between them. Mr Halliwell again: "The Directors have worked on many different machines over the years, and Mori Seiki is top of the list for reliability, rigidity and service. It has always supported Scotland very well and I can only say that, in our experience, the service is exceptional. We cut difficult, high temperature alloys, such as Haynes 230, and Hastelloy X, and the rigidity and power of the NLX2500MC, with its built-in motors on the turret and spindle and its box construction, enable us to cut these materials with no problems, allowing us to use the tips and coatings on our tooling to their fullest extent. We know that less rigid machines would definitely struggle with the type of work we are doing." An added advantage for PR2 Engineering is the common programming and set-up technology that the company can use across all its Mori Seiki machines, which saves both time and cost. "Consistency and repeatability are key elements in our business, as is the durability of the machines we use. We need our machinery to still be accurate and reliable in 10 years' time – Mori Seiki certainly fits the bill," concludes Mr Halliwell.