Machining Capabilities

Ten capabilities. One group. Nothing leaves it.

Deep-hole machines to 12 metres, gantry machining across 6 metres, finishes to Ra 0.1 μm — and every process in between stays in-house. Forty-plus processes, ten group companies, one accountable team. Since 1993.

Send the drawing — we will route it to the right process line, inside the group. NDA welcome.
Self-built FWDHH-L2390 gantry machining centre cutting a stepped shaft, coolant at the cutter
Self-builtFWDHH-L2390Gantry machining centre, cutting in one setup

Why the Process Chain Decides the Part

A machine shop is only as strong as the processes it has to send out.

Subcontracted heat treatment adds a week and a black box: the part leaves your supplier’s control, sits in someone else’s queue, and comes back with a certificate you have to take on faith. Send a process out, and someone else’s process can change your part’s dimensions — or worse, its structural integrity. Every handoff is where accuracy leaks, lead times hide, and drawings travel.

We built the other way. Heat treatment, coating and plating, welding, EDM, honing, metrology, metal additive — inside the group, on one quality system:

Laser cladding of tungsten carbide on a shaft — a process that never leaves the group
In-houseLaser claddingOne of 40+ processes that never leaves the group
One accountable chain

Raw material to finished surface under a single quality system, not a supply network

No hidden lead time

40+ processes in-house means no subcontractor queue sitting inside your quoted delivery date

Your drawing stays put

The fewer hands a drawing passes through, the fewer places it can leak

The Capability Grid

Ten capabilities, each with the number that matters:

One Group, Forty Processes

The grid above is the front door. Behind it sits the whole chain:

40+ processes in-house

Machining, deep-hole drilling, grinding and honing, EDM, heat treatment, coating and plating, welding, metrology, metal additive

10 group companies

One discipline, one quality system, six locations

100,000+ part types machined since 1993

Most of them non-standard, most of them arrived with a problem attached

0.005 mm machining tolerance

Ra 0.1 μm surfaces, 7 classification societies on marine orders

Metrology that matches the machine

A 4-metre CMM, a roundness tester, a 3D scanning cell and 24 API thread gauges, held by our joint venture — because a tolerance you cannot measure is a tolerance you cannot promise

Machines we built ourselves

A 6-metre 5-face gantry machining center, an FWH-M880 horizontal machining center (face machining for long-shaft parts, easy fixturing), an 8-metre CNC lathe, a 7-axis gun drill. A factory that can build its machines can hold its tolerances

Machine hall floor — process lines running the length of the building

FAQ

Q: Can you take a part from raw material to finished surface without subcontracting?

Yes — 40+ processes are in-house, including heat treatment, coating and plating, welding, EDM, grinding and metrology. The only work that leaves the group is what your drawing does not require.

Q: Which capability should I start with if I am not sure?

Send the drawing. Our engineers route by feature, not by department: the deep-hole line handles long bores, five-axis handles complex contours, grinding holds the final microns. Most parts touch more than one.

Q: Do you machine parts for industries beyond the four on your site?

Yes. The four industries are where our record runs deepest, not where it ends. If the part is precision-critical and its failure is not an option, we are built for it.

Q: What is the smallest and largest part you can handle?

From Ø2 mm gun-drilled holes to workpieces of Ø1,000 × 10,000 mm on the shop floor — and on the deep-hole line, 12 m machine travel with 10 m effective depth, for bores up to Ø360 mm.

Q: How do you prove the part meets the drawing?

Three-stage inspection — first-article, in-process, and a 100 % final inspection. Inspection reports come with the parts.

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Not Sure Which Capability You Need?

Upload the drawing and the material spec — an engineer will tell you which process the part needs, what it will cost, and what the risks are. Within 24 hours, not a salesperson with a price list. NDA welcome, yours or ours.

Pump body — three bores and a drilled flange face
Pump body