About GM Tools

G M Tools has an extensive plant list

Below is just an overview of some of the plant that we have. Its a snapshot to give you a flavour of what we have but by no means a complete list of everything. We hope by reviewing our kit you can tell we run a quality operation.

CNC Machining

Our equipment is superior to anything you will find in a standard engineering workshop. There are very few companies in the UK that can match or even come close to our equipment specification which gives us the ultimate flexibility to cope with your project.

Keeping your project in-house allows us to complete your design quickly and easily. With no need to outsource critical work we can monitor the quality of the work from start to finish. If you demand a fast turn around we simply apply more time and manpower to your project.

There are many cases where competitors using less sophisticated equipment have added significant delays to production when control is lost to due to outsourcing.

When comparing the market do not under estimate the lost time and lost quality of outsourcing critical parts of a job to contractors.

We are proud to show you our extensive collection of 7 modern fast precision vertical machining centers of various capacities complete with highspeed machining and full automatic toolchanging all linked to a central server PC for DNC machining of large and small complicated parts allowing 24 hr unmanned machining

	2 off	HAAS VF5 vertical machining centres X1270mm Y660mm Z635mm (Extra overall height to spindle for taller parts or deeper holes) Max Part weight 1814kg
	3 off	HAAS VF4 vertical machining centres X1270mm Y508mm Z635mm Max Part weight 1588kg
	1 off	HAAS VF3 vertical machining centre X1016mm Y508mm Z635mm Max Part weight 1588kg
	1 off	HAAS VFO-E vertical machining centre X762mm Y406mm Z508mm Max Part weight 1361kg
	1 off	HAAS TL1-CNC lathe
HAAS EQUIPMENT IS EXTREMELY ACCURATE AND RELIABLE

This is our brand new Chevalier Grinding machine. We include it here in our equipment list but for

We have given you much more detail about our large Chevalier grinder here

	1 off	Chevalier FSG-2060AD11 surface grinder
	1 off	Europa 7030 surface grinder
	1 off	Ribbon Universal cylindrical grinder

Our Manual machining or tool making section

We an extensive collection of other machines for various requirements

	4 off	3 off manual turret milling machines with DRO's 1 off Anilam 3 axis CNC turret milling machine
	1 off	Hurco spark eroder with side servo
	1 off	Colchester Student with hydraulic copying unit
	1 off	Horizontal Band Saw
	1 off	Overhead powered gantry crane
	1 off	3000kg lifting gantry
	3off	Various forklifts

Our Shotblasting equipment

We have 2 machines for surface finishing or cleaning of parts we stock various grades of shot grit for different applications

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Guyson Shotblaster

Purpose made for handling and shot blasting of large parts 1400mm long

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Guyson Shotblaster

For shot blasting smaller parts 1000mm long

Design Section

We can provide a complete design package from initial concept to producing drawings and 3d computer models for development through to final product manufacture of models then to manufacture of mould tools

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We use Delcam Powershape 3d modelling

We can export models in various formats for producing models on different systems ie SLA

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Delcam Powermill for machining of Acrylic or resin models

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