Pentagon Tooling Makes Strong Investment in to Upgraded EDM Machinery
The engineering team at Pentagon Tooling have taken delivery of two new EDM Machines. A Wire Eroder that will replace existing aged technology and an EDM Drill which is a new addition to the comprehensive plant list. These two new machine’s part funded by the European Regional Development Fund see a combined reinvestment cost of £134,000.00 by the Group and will be a real asset to the highly skilled Engineering team.
The new EDM drill will deliver advanced technology for accuracy and precision within the drilling process and the new Wire Eroder will deliver essential energy efficiency savings and help to reduce manufacturing lead times.
The new equipment will support and enhance Pentagon’s full in-house mould tool manufacturing processes and be advantageous to the overall manufacturing efficiency within the division.
These investments are just the latest in a round of upgrades happening at Pentagon – a new 40T injection moulding press was ordered in April 2022 as well as an upgrade to its Intouch monitoring system to the latest Intouch i4 cloud application.
Pentagon are one of the few UK based moulding organisations that also deliver full in-house mould tool manufacture. The time served Toolmakers are experts in their field and produce exceptional and complex mould tooling solutions for a wide range of industry sectors.
Pentagon’s extensive tooling services include Development Tooling, Bespoke Mould Tooling Solutions, Multi-Cavity tooling and Suites of Tools, Repair, Maintenance, Modification and Servicing. The facility in Horsham, West Sussex is already home to an impressive plant list of manufacturing equipment, including:
- CNC Machining centres
- Lathes,
- NC Millis
- Surface Grinders
- Laser Welding technology
If you are looking to source new injection mould tooling or think that your current production tooling would benefit from Pentagon’s expert tooling services don’t hesitate to get in touch sales@pentagonplastics.co.uk.
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