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Ladbrook's New Metal Spinning Technology Delivers Outstanding Success

UK engineering company Ladbrook are celebrating the success of their investment in new metal spinning technology, a Leifeld PNC 106 with combined PNC/CNC. This highly automated metal spinning machine is now key to the production of products such as 'paint kettles', small paint pots that are used by professional decorators around the world.

Paul Goodman, Manufacuring Director

"The new metal spinning machine has been superb," said Paul Goodman, Manufacturing Director at Ladbrook. "We can now produce a paint kettle in very competitive time cycles and the quality and consistency of the products coming off the machine has been excellent and has exceeded our expectations. It's a great feeling to think that our products are now on the shelves of major DIY stores and in national catalogues."

With the production of paint kettles on target for tens of thousands a year, the new machine has also been busy on a number of other projects ranging from components for in-shop display systems to specialist equipment for scientists. Future projects for the metal spinning machine include components for water heating vessels and enclosures for intelligent road signs.

In addition to their success with the metal spinning side of the business, Ladbrook have also recently won large contracts for pressed metal parts for the automotive sector and the technology sector. They have also seen the manufacturing side of the business grow with the success of the ‘Little Smasher’, a glass-recycling machine that they produce.

"Despite the economic gloom that has been around, we've remained very busy and upbeat," said Mike Blowers, Managing Director. "We have a team of very talented engineers at Ladbrook and we have all been working hard to ensure that we continue to grow and succeed. It's been a very rewarding year so far - we have been awarded several contracts by well known and prestigious companies and we have several more in the pipeline."

Metal Spinning is a powerful metal forming technique used to create conical and cylindrical shapes. As a metal disc is spun on a high-speed axis, it is shaped using CNC controlled tools.

An important aspect of metal spinning is that the material hardens as it is worked; this feature of metal spinning enables the manufacture of thinner, yet stronger components. In addition to this important engineering benefit, there are significant commercial benefits in that less material is required and it does not incur the tooling costs associated with a pressed metal approach.