This addition to its range of engineering services has seen an investment in new bore, keyway and grubscrew machinery, which are operated by in-house engineers.
The new service encompasses horizontal and vertical adaptations. In particular, it can machine customer bore and keyways into pilot-bored products such as sprockets and couplings. Sprockets are stocked either pre-bored to receive a taper lock bush, or as pilot-bored versions that can be machined with multiple bore sizes. In addition, a bespoke service is offered enabling modification to off-the-shelf products.
Darren Smart, Brammer Buck & Hickman category director - MRO, comments: “While we have been providing a basic Bore and Keyway Machining Service to customers, up until now this has been outsourced. By investing in state-of-the-art machinery, and staff training, we are delighted to bring this service in-house, for a far more flexible service and a considerably faster turnaround. We can now meet customers’ bespoke requirements and specific tolerances, regardless of whether it is non-standard or has a slightly different fit.”
Other engineering services includes gearbox repair and specialist workshop work.
In September, the company altered its trading name to Rubix following the name of the corporate owner Rubix U.K. It said: “We are proud to be Europe’s number one multi-specialist distributor of industrial supplies, services, and solutions and with our new name are now perfectly placed to continue delivering the multi-specialist expertise that manufacturers need and rely on.”