The machines will be delivered and installed at Nemein's 11,000ft² facility in Pyle, Bridgend later this year via a staged process (one machine per month).
All three machines will be used, in the first instance, to manufacture a range of complex, innovative and high-precision components and assemblies for Nemein’s latest technology – essentially self-powered tools using proprietary generators to power a range of downhole exploration and extraction processes such as measurement-while-drilling (MWD), logging-while-drilling (LWD), and borehole surveying for the global oil and gas downhole sector.
These tools, which incorporate energy harvesting technology from heat and vibration, can effectively eliminate the sector’s over reliance on potentially unreliable and unsafe primary lithium batteries whilst removing run time limitations and increasing temperature ratings. As such, they represent a major technological breakthrough and a claimed world-first sustainable energy downhole.
Commenting on placing the three-machine tool order with GF Machining Solutions, Nemein’s CEO Suzannah Bourne commented: “To better control our manufacturing processes we made the decision to develop and strengthen in our in-house machining capacity and capabilities by investing in high-performance machine tools.
“We undertook a comprehensive research programme to identify and select the machine tools we required, and were particularly impressed, not only with GF Machining Solutions’ technologies, but also by their customer-focused and partnership-based business approach. These are exciting times for Nemein and this investment will be instrumental in helping us achieve our ambitious business growth and expansion objectives.”
The importance of the order was also acknowledged by GF’s area sales manager, Roger Mullard who said: “Nemein is a company that’s going places. Its innovation, engineering and technical prowess are highly regarded and respected worldwide, and we are delighted to be working in partnership with a company with such impressive credentials.”
GF Machining Solutions www.gfms.com/uk
Nemein www.nemein.co.uk
