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Experience
Paint
Making Industry
Paint
dispenser valve base
manufactured for calibration in paint mixing
plant. The base plate was machined from a solid
aluminium billet. Each of the different dispense
valves were machined and assembled on site.
There where 221 parts to this job.
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Furniture
Industry
Set
of tungsten carbide teeth of
various sizes set into a mandrel at set intervals
for cutting specific width hardboard and
chipboard, for use in the furniture making
industry.
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Submersible
Vehicle Industry
Machining of casting
for water treatment system to purify water onboard
submersible vessel. This job was made from a
bronze casting. Castings can be machined to
provide high precision surfaces for pressurised
pipe joints.
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Confectionary
Industry
Semi
assembled machine
for confectionary industry with example of large
stainless steel side plates machined all over.
This job required machining of two large side
plates, multiple spiral rollers, a large rubberised
drive roller for conveyor belt, plus other parts.
This was a one off machine built to customer
design for moving confectionary along a production
line.
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Food
processing Industry
Steam
cooker. Steam
cooker assembly for a confectionary company
designed to cook six gallons of chocolate per
minute. This item consisted of multiple parts
machined from bronze and stainless steel 316
from solid billets and assembled. The center
scraper designed to keep the internal surface
of the barrel clean, is made up of teflon coated
scraper blades mounted to a rotating cylindrical
frame on pivots. The complete assembly weighed
approximately over a 1/4 tonne. The item was
originally centered in the US, not cast and
was valued at £22k before it had arrived
at the L Hodge Engineers workshop.
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Building
Industry
Miniature
machine manufactured
for underpinning company for use in restricted
spaces for piling concrete. This one off item
was made and assembled to customer design for
special use in tight spaces. The clutch mechanism
was purchased and fitted into a machine housing
made from mild steel.
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Plastics
Industry
Hoppers
spreaders and barrels. This
machine was designed by the customer to preprocess
and colour raw plastic material. Items in this
plant included heating hoppers, spreaders, barrels,
cutting assemblies for pelletising the plastic
and various other functional parts. The hopper
was machined, heat treated and then ground internally
to close limits for precision fitting of a pressure
screw. The parts were shipped to the customer
and then assembled and tested.
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Prototype
Development
Prototype
development
of carbon composite racing bike. Machining of
hubs from aluminium round bar and anodising.
Also machining an aluminium mould for moulding
carbon fibre wheel rims. Mould design was a
collaborative effort between L Hodge Engineers
(UK) Ltd and the customer to make sure the end
product was optimised and functioned satisfactorily.
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Custom
Car Parts
Custom
car parts.
L Hodge Engineers (UK) Ltd can replicate existing
plastic and cast car parts in polished aluminium
and other materials to customers requirements.
The photos to the right show an oil cap, window-winder
handles, gear shift base plate, handbreak handle
sleeve, shelf dividers, control knobs and a gear
stick knob as examples, but we can customise any
part to your specifications.
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Formula
Racing Cars
Titanium linking rod
for high performance formula racing cars. L
Hodge Engineers (UK) Ltd can machine parts from
a wide range of exotic metals such as Phosphor
Bronze, Monel 400, Chrome Nickel, Brass (naval),
Silver Steel and Hastelloy or any other tool
steels.
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Aircraft
Industry
Component part for aircraft industry
made from solid round bar of stainless steel
316. This part has large internal and external
radius contours making it a job awkward to hold.
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Aircraft
Industry
Aircraft
Spec aluminium component.
The top surface is 19mm across and side hole
shown to far right middle of shot is 0.5mm.
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Aircraft
Industry
Light aluminium component
part for aircraft, machined from a solid.
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Aircraft
Industry
Machined aircraft component
made from solid billet. This difficult to hold
component was machined in multiple stages and
incorporates a large number of cutting arcs
and curved surfaces.
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Aircraft
Industry
Stainless steel component
aircraft, made from Hestalloy. L Hodge Engineers
(UK) Limited can manufacture precision components
from drawings or existing parts. We are happy
to machine replacement parts and to carry out
repairs.
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Aircraft
Industry
Plastic
machined aircraft component
part made from black Nylon. L Hodge Engineers
(UK) Ltd have experience with a range of other
plastics such as Nylon 66, PVC, Tuffnol, or
glass filled material. Suitable for cheaper,
or non corrosive applications.
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Medical
Industry
Medical
component.
Stainless steel 316. These items were difficult
to machine internally due to the tapered bore.
The end product was polished all over.
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Jigs
& Fixtures
Jigs
& fixtures.
The blue fixture is for the automotive industry,
and the grey item is a jig for compressing and
testing dough before use. We can make fixtures
& jigs from customer design or copy existing
items which have been tested and proved.
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Fabrication
Fabrication
Pressure lid for cooking dog food, made of 3 parts,
a stainless steel 316 ring with a dome spun out
of stainless steel and welded to the ring. The
dome was cut in the middle and a third center
piece was welded in along with lifting hooks.
The item was then machined flat on the mating
face, around the bolting slots and holes to make
sure the sealing face was flat. Finally the whole
item was finished by vapour blasting.
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Nylon
Template Cutting
Nylon
Cutting
We offer a nylon cutting service for the manufacture
of sink top templates. These robust nylon
templates
are ideal for cutting shapes into marble kitchen
tops for accurate placement of sink fittings.
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