North Yorkshire-based Tees Components, a family-run sub-contractor, has ordered a second £500,000 heavy-duty Hyundai Wia KBN135CL CNC horizontal boring mill to join one installed at the firm’s CNC machining facility in Skelton in 2016.

This machine can manufacture extremely large parts — up to 20 tonnes — and is being supplied by Sheffield-based TW Ward CNC Machinery Ltd (www.wardcnc.com), the exclusive UK distributor for Hyundai Wia.

Sharon Lane, managing director of Tees Components (www.teescomponents.co.uk), said: “Our existing large KBN boring mill has proved itself to be a highly reliable and accurate machine tool, and it has been put through its paces on a variety of castings, forgings and fabrications for the energy sector.

"Adding a second machine enables us to increase capacity and meet the growing demand for our services. It means we can satisfy the exacting delivery schedules that our clients demand. This significant investment represents a vote of confidence in the future of the business.”

The KBN has a one-piece heavy-duty cast-iron bed and ground box guideways, which provide high accuracy through greater rigidity.

It also features a three-speed high-torque main spindle, its table accommodates loads of 20 tonnes, and it has X and W travels of 4,000 and 700mm respectively.

Stuart Lawson, head of strategic accounts and projects at Ward CNC, said: “We supplied Tees Components’ current horizontal boring mill two years ago, and it is a testament to its quality and precision that the company is now investing in a second identical machine.”