Viking Precision has been working on a project for London Underground to prevent line shutdowns due to main power cable connectors breaking due to being out in the weather. The London Underground worker can now find a faulty cable that has snapped and use this connection tool to temporarily fix the problem to get a […]
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Electro-mechanical Assembly
We have manufactured the mechanical parts in-house and fitted them to the customers’ requirements. The electronic parts in this case are free issued to Viking to assemble, although we are capable to purchase directly if required. This is then assembled complete and supplied to the customer to finalise configuration. From machining the parts to electro-mechanical assembly, […]
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Machine from either a casting or from billet mild steel these bearing housings are 300mm in diameter. Our Mazak Slant Turn 540 is the perfect machine for the job. With a tolerance of 0.02mm on the 250mm inside bore our state of the art machines can hold the tightest limits.
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Viking Precision Engineers’ was approached by a customer to drill stock chrome, case hardened ¾” ball bearings. We developed a method which allowed us to set up multiple balls in a jig on a 4th axis in any of our MAZAK CNC milling machines. From this we are able to drill through and deburr the […]
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Viking Precision has a range of machines to suit most components. This item is manufactures from 6082T6 Aluminium flat bar which is cut into billet form. We then CNC mill the component using multiple setups on a 4th axis in one of our two Mazak 430A’s. Viking is able to go from ones off to […]
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Viking CNC machine these items from 800mm x 100mm x 100mm flame cut billets. These items require a powerful large capacity CNC Milling machine. Our Mazak FJV 60/120 is more than capable.
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Apart from producing parts and assemblies for passenger transport, Viking is proud to manufacture parts and assemble the drivers’ seat found in train cabins throughout the country.
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London Underground approached Viking to design and manufacture a fuse box upgrade made from aluminium. From a sample supplied to Viking our draughtsman designed a new fuse box similar to the existing fusebox but vastly improved in every way. The newly designed aluminium bodies are cast from aluminium and then machined using our CNC milling machines to accept […]
Continue readingLifting Locking Rope Assembly
This part is called a Lifting Locking Rope Assembly and is made for London Underground. These are manufactured from laser cut sheet metal blanks which are bent into shape. The toothed items are CNC milled from Tuffnol and have press fit CNC turned brass bushes. Viking then assemble the parts using bought out screws and springs.
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This item is a part from a Scientific fuels instrument that is turned complete in one single machining operation.
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