Magellan Aerospace as invested in a Studer S41 CNC universal cylindrical grinding machine at its Bournemouth facility.

The company has its main hub at Wrexham, from where it supplies wing components up to 22m long to nearby Airbus.

Its Bournemouth factory acts as a satellite manufacturing facility specialising in the production of wing rib-structures less than 2m long; it also makes items such as pintle pins, undercarriage pins and split chrome halves, all of which need high-precision grinding to achieve the required high standard of accuracy and surface finish.

Engineering manager Keith Summers said: “Throughout the world, we use some of the most innovative CNC machine tools that are available to boost productivity and maintain our exacting levels of accuracy and quality.

Before any purchase, as well as considering the ability of any new manufacturing aid, we also take into account the levels of service and technical back-up provided by the vendor concerned.

“As enthusiastic users of Studer S30 and S21 grinders purchased from Advanced Grinding Supplies Ltd (www.adgrind.co.uk), we have been delighted with the performance of these machines — and impressed by the support and advice received from the supplier.

“The speed and flexibility of our new Studer S41 are already helping in our on-going quest for productivity improvements.”