Overview
Precision engineering is continually evolving. As components become more complex and customer expectations around quality, accuracy and delivery increase, manufacturers need technology capable of keeping pace.
To support this evolution, Kaleidex Group has continued to invest in advanced technology across its businesses, including Oracle Precision.
Two significant investments are helping strengthen these capabilities: the DN Solutions DVF 5000 (2nd Generation) and the Mitutoyo CRYSTA-APEX V (CMM).
Together, these technologies enhance both sides of the manufacturing process, from producing complex components efficiently through to verifying them with a high level of dimensional accuracy.
Increasing Manufacturing Capability
Modern precision-engineered components involve intricate geometries, challenging tolerances and increasingly demanding specifications.
For manufacturers operating across sectors such as medical, aerospace, defence and oil & gas, maintaining consistent quality while meeting production requirements is essential.
The DVF 5000 provides Oracle Precision with advanced simultaneous 5-axis machining capability, allowing complex components to be manufactured from multiple angles with fewer set-ups.
This can reduce repositioning and manual intervention, helping to improve machining efficiency and consistency while providing greater flexibility for more demanding projects.
The additional capacity also strengthens Oracle Precision’s ability to respond to increased customer demand without compromising the quality or attention to detail expected from every component.
Precision Doesn’t Stop at Machining
ParaManufacturing the component is only one part of the process.
As tolerances become tighter and geometries become more complex, accurate inspection is equally important. Every component needs to be measured and verified against its design requirements before it reaches the customer.
To further strengthen this area, Oracle Precision has invested in the Mitutoyo CRYSTA-APEX V 574 Coordinate Measuring Machine.
The advanced CMM provides high-accuracy dimensional measurement and inspection, allowing components to be thoroughly verified across multiple features and geometries.
Using a Renishaw SP25M scanning probe, the system provides detailed measurement capabilities that support the inspection of complex components and help identify even the smallest variations from the required specification.graph
A More Connected Manufacturing Process
The combination of advanced machining and inspection technology creates a stronger overall manufacturing process.
The DVF 5000 enables complex components to be produced efficiently with fewer set-ups, while the CRYSTA-APEX V provides the capability required to verify those components accurately.
This combination helps support:
– More efficient production of complex geometries
– Improved dimensional verification
– Greater process consistency and repeatability
– Reduced manual handling and repositioning
– Increased manufacturing and inspection capacity
– Stronger confidence in component quality
Rather than investing in individual pieces of equipment in isolation, these technologies form part of a wider strategy to strengthen the complete manufacturing journey.
Developing the Skills Behind the Technology
Advanced machinery is only as effective as the people operating and managing it.
The introduction of the DVF 5000 has been supported by specialist training, giving machinists and engineers the knowledge required to utilise its simultaneous 5-axis capabilities effectively.
This includes developing expertise in advanced programming, machining strategies, toolpath optimisation, workholding, tool management and cutting parameter optimisation.
Similarly, the capabilities of the CRYSTA-APEX V provide the inspection team with advanced measurement technology that can support increasingly complex inspection requirements.
By combining investment in equipment with investment in technical knowledge, Kaleidex Group is building capability that extends beyond the machinery itself.
Supporting Demanding Industries
Oracle Precision operates in sectors where precision and reliability are fundamental, with expertise in medical device manufacturing and orthopaedic instrumentation.
The latest investments strengthen Oracle Precision’s ability to support projects from prototype and development work through to repeat and batch production, providing customers with access to advanced manufacturing and inspection capabilities within one specialist engineering environment.
Looking to the Future
The investment in the DN Solutions DVF 5000 and Mitutoyo CRYSTA-APEX V represents another step in the continued development of Oracle Precision and the wider Kaleidex Group.
As customer requirements continue to evolve, manufacturing businesses need to be prepared not only for the demands of today, but for what comes next.
By investing in advanced machining technology, high-accuracy inspection equipment and the people who operate them, Kaleidex Group is increasing capacity while strengthening the precision, efficiency and quality control available across its specialist engineering businesses.
Ultimately, the objective is simple: to give our customers greater confidence that even the most demanding components can be manufactured, measured and delivered to the exacting standards they require.
