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Nikken drafted in to help emergency production

9 April 2020 • In News
Nikken drafted in to help emergency production

L-R: Roscomac engineer, James Dann, and Nikken’s Danny Wells team up to support the Covid-19 emergency

Nikken business manager Danny Wells has been drafted in to help Roscomac fight Covid-19 with its emergency manufacturing effort.

The UK government’s request for manufacturers to help with the fight against the coronavirus has led to Roscomac, a leader in precision CNC machining, experiencing a huge increase in demand for medical components.

Rising to the challenge, the company has hired 10 new members of staff to increase production. Current staff members have expanded their primary role, including two CAD/CAM programmers who are now running machines.

To help with the effort, Nikken’s own business manager has been working with Roscomac to assist in maintaining production. With over 13 years’ engineering experience as a programmer and a previous employee of Roscomac, Danny Wells has been seconded to support the manufacturing process of the medical components.

“Nothing gets in Nikken’s way to support this important activity. It’s at times like these when you really know who can support you,” said Joseph Martello, Roscomac managing director.

Roscomac has over 40 years’ experience providing for a variety of industries including medical, aerospace, defence, and oil and gas and boasts over 60 CNC machines at its Worthing site, providing the ability to machine components with most technologies under one roof, from multi-axis-turning to sliding head, CNC grinding, and mechanical assembly.

With the need to maximise output, Roscomac has begun emergency 24 hours per day shift working, with machines being required to run with the minimum of intervention.

The company chose to invest in a range of Nikken products citing high reliability, level of quality and effective support as the deciding factors. These tools are currently manufacturing a variety of components for medical equipment including Syringe pumps.

Roscomac recently contacted Nikken regarding critical tooling to increase the output of its two Brother M140X2 and ABB robot cells. Even during the closure period, parts were flown over from Japan and delivered by Nikken personnel from their homes.

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