When global materials engineering company Morgan Advanced Materials needed a new vibratory finishing bowl, the company contacted PDJ Vibro Ltd, Milton Keynes (
www.pdjvibro.co.uk). The machine was installed at Morgan’s Stouport facility at the end of 2013, where it joined half a dozen similar bowls from various suppliers. The site specialises in producing pump components and hermetic seals to demanding tolerances.
The latest bowl was needed to increase finishing capacity to cope with a steady rise in production output. In particular, it is used to process ceramic medical products approximately 25mm in diameter. After firing, they are deburred and polished using Morgan’s own media designed for the application.
Keith Cooper, purchasing and logistics manager at Morgan, said: “We reviewed four different machines, but vibratory bowls are fairly simplistic pieces of equipment and there is not much to choose between them. Good quality is obviously important, but it was the ‘can-do’ attitude of PDJ Vibro that secured this sale.”
PDJ Vibro managing director David Hurley visited Mr Cooper at Morgan, and 24hr later the EVPA220 vibratory bowl was delivered and operating. The PDJ Vibro bowl was supplied with an acoustic cover, a screen for automatically separating parts from the abrasive media, and variable speed drive to allow the finishing action to be accurately tailored to the components being processed.