Capacity List

Ongoing investment in state of the art equipment provides our clients with unrivalled capacity potential

It’s fair to say that precision engineers are only ever as good as their products and plant capacity; we hope the products speak for themselves and our 28,000sqft plant is packed with the very best in CNC turning, grinding, milling and gear cutting equipment together with a fully equipped Assembly Department.

Gear Cutting
25 x gear hobbing and shaping machines (including Gleason Phoenix 125GH CNC hobber)
Gear types; spur, helical, internal and external, splines, serrations, rack and pinions, pulleys, straight-cut bevel gears, worms and  wormwheels.

Spur and helical gears
Max dia 400mm, max pitch 5 module/6DP
Min dia 3mm, min pitch 0.2 module/120DP
Max gear face width 250mm

Bevel gears
Max pitch 3 module/8DP
Min pitch 0.3 module/96DP
Max cone distance 57mm/2.25"
Max gear face width 22mm/0.875"

Worms
Max pitch 3 module/8DP
Max OD 50mm

Worm wheels
Max pitch 3 module/8DP
Max OD 150mm

Racks
Max pitch 3 module/8DP
Min pitch 0.2 module/120DP
Max length 1500mm
Max face width 50mm

Internal Gears
Max pitch 3 module/8DP
Min pitch 0.3 module/96DP
Max. face width 50mm / 2”

Turning
8 x CNC lathes
(including 2 x Mori Seiki NL 2500Y mill/turn centres and 1 x Citizen L25 sliding head with driven tooling)
Barfeed capacity up to 75mm Dia.
Max chuck Dia. 350mm
Sliding head max. Dia. 25mm

Milling
4 x CNC machining centres (including Mori Seiki NV5000 with 4th axis)
X-axis 800mm
Y-axis 510mm
Z-axis 510mm

Grinding
4 x cylindrical and surface grinding machines (including 2 x CNC cylindrical grinders)         
Max. Dia. 100mm                                                                                                                      
Max. length 355mm

Toolroom
Fully equipped with both CNC and manual milling machines, lathes and grinding machines. Internal key and spline broaching.

Assembly
Fully equipped electro/mechanical assembly facility

Additional inspection equipment
Hofler Zeiss ZP250 CNC gear measuring system
Kemco 400 co-ordinate measuring machine

Leading the market
We consistently invest in the best equipment and ongoing training for our highly skilled team to ensure that Muffett remains the leading name in gearing technology for sectors including medical, aerospace, defence and marine. With almost a century of market leading experience we intend to keep our plant and products at the forefront of the industry for the next 100 years as well.

Whatever your precision engineering needs speak to the gearing experts at Muffett; contact us today to see how we can help you.