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Welcome
To Dawn Fire Ltd |
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Dawn
Fire Ltd, based in Wooburn Green, Buckinghamshire offer CNC
machining,
milling and turning, services to the engineering, manufacturing
and electronics industries specialising in fire protection & security
to a UK market.
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Overview |
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Our primary
function is that of a machine shop but we also offer a number of other services
as detailed below:
- CNC Machining
- Conventional
Machining
- Assembly
- Fabrication
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CNC
Machining |
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We
offer CNC machining services to customer specification including
CNC milling and CNC turning in most materials including
steel,
brass, aluminium and plastics for both large and small
batches.
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CNC
Turning |
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With
3 CNC lathes, two with bar feed, we are ideally suited to both
small to medium volume production work typically of 20 to
500 off although we consider any volume up to 10,000 off.
Our maximum chucking capacity is 255mmØ. Areas of
expertise include brass turning for the fire industry as
well as thread rolling for worms.
Max
Turning Length |
800mm |
Barfeed |
52mmØ |
Chuck |
255mmØ |
rpm |
45
to 6000rpm |
Axis |
3 |
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CNC
Milling |
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We offer
CNC milling up to 800mm x 250mm x 250mm with expertise in
pocketing and form milling in materials such as aluminium
and brass.
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Conventional
Machining |
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Conventional
machining is generally reserved in support of our primary
CNC machining and fabrication services although for special contracts
conventional machining can be offered as a service. Capacity
includes milling up to 1200mm x 700mm x 400mm and turning
upto 400mmØ and 2000mm between centres. Other services
include presswork up to 20 tonnes, wireforming and tube threading.
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Assembly |
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As a complimentary
service we offer inhouse assembly of machined components
including pressurised nitrogen gas cylinder filling, valve
manufacture and caster assemblies. Assembly can include both
parts machined inhouse as well as outsourced components such
as knobs, chains and standard spring clips.
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Production
Management |
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We operate
a well established in-house written production management
system that allows for integrated job management, billing,
materials, sub-contracting and parts management. This also
allows us to provide clear job reports as required in a printable
format.
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Estimating |
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A key
strength which is integrated into our production management
system is our estimating package that allows for quick estimates
and quotations to be prepared, often within a few hours.
These estimates are printable and can be faxed or e-mailed,
and stay within the system for easy future reference.
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Quality |
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Quality
is important to us. We ensure that each and every machined
part leaves the factory exactly to specification and operate
a fully documented quality management system under the ISO
quality management scheme accredited by QC Systems.
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Delivery |
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We
offer a local delivery service in our company van for loads
upto
750kg. For parcels upto 25kg that require urgent transport
we use TNT and for larger pallets upto 1 ton we use a 1-3
day service from Road Knight.
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