Screw Machining and Tool Making
Screw Machining and Tool Making
Elkins’ 11,000-square-foot screw machining department offers experienced specialization in Stainless Steel and promotes its ability to turnaround problematic projects.
"Stainless Steel is difficult to machine," said Plant Manager Mike Nicastro. "It takes a lot of experience to master working with it. Many facilities don’t like to work with it, but we do. We work with a lot of Stainless Steel because our staff has the experience to deal with it.
"In addition, we’re the shop that customers want to go to when they have a difficult project, or a problem that they need solved, in a limited amount of time. Our workforce is experienced and versatile, and we have the ability to solve problems in tight time frames."
Elkins offers an inventory of 20 screw machines:
- 3, 2¼-inch Model 61 New Britain Screw Machines
- 5, 1 5/8-inch Model 61 New Britain Screw Machines
- 12, 1-inch Model 60 News Britain Screw Machines
The 6-spindle New Britain is a multiple-spindle lathe. It operates in a counter-clockwise, indexing manner, starting in the No. 6 position where overall length is set and cutoff takes place. Moving into the No. 1 position, forming, turning, drilling and knee tooling is started. At No. 2, the main drilling is accomplished, along with additional box and knee tooling. At No. 3, more drilling takes place, along with finish form and recess work. Moving to No. 4, more drilling, knee tooling, forming, shaving, tapping, recessing and turning can take place. The No. 5 position offers the main threading work, OD/ID positioning and recess knurling.
