Year three for Beaubury at Packaging Innovations – NEC. The show started brightly on day one with a rush of visitors from the moment the doors opened. As mould makers we’re on the fringes of this event, as most exhibitors are packaging manufacturers, but as bottle designers we’re right in the centre, and we made […]
Our second appearance at the UK’s premier packaging show, and another success. Again, many of our customers were in attendance as exhibitors and visitors, and it was great to meet some old acquaintances. Business was brisk and we gained some valuable new connections over the two days of the event; in fact, in the last […]
Held on February 24th & 25th at Birmingham’s NEC; this was the first event of the year for Beaubury. Being blow mould manufacturers and bottle designers, we weren’t entirely sure which service would keep us busiest; as it turned out we seemed to be pretty well placed on both sides as we were able to support our existing customers with their enquiries for tooling, as well as fresh, new enquiries for tooling and bottle concept design.
As a result of changing to solid carbide tools, the drilling of waterway features in moulds is now five times faster than before, owing to the combination of higher speeds and feeds. The result is an enviable position as one of the UK’s leading designers and manufacturers of blow moulds used in the production of […]
For the development of the Nemesis bottles Northumbria Blow Mouldings worked with specialist blow moulding toolmaker Beaubury Precision Moulds, and between them they have devised tooling which can run with both PET and HDPE, enabling the Nemesis range to be offered in both materials… Read more – click below Read More
Selection of the correct cutting tools for the job has been a major contributor to Beaubury Precision Moulds’ success over the past 30 years. `Our entire production is taken up with the design development and manufacture of plastic blow mould tooling — which are typically produced from Dural QC7 aluminium tooling billets and Bohler M300 […]
‘We were looking to purchase our first 5-axis machine’ stated Beaubury’s Production Director, Paul Mathews. ‘We were also drilling deep holes and encountering huge problems. However,on selecting a 5-axis Deckel Maho DMU 60P we knew we would experience holding problems hitting all sides at 18K. As a jobbing shop machining one-offs we had always made […]
Investing in a DMU60P 5-axis machining centre from DMG has enabled Beaubury Precision Moulds to produce moulds in four-six weeks, and sometimes two, compared with 12 As specialists in the manufacture of blow moulds for ‘Blue-chip’ companies in the cosmetics, household products and automotive industries, competitive pressure ensures that Beaubury Precision Moulds (BPM) is continually evaluating […]
September 2009 Beaubury’s latest machine acquisition is a Bridgeport Hardinge XR-1000 machining centre – details of which are as follows: The XR-1000 is the latest machine from the Bridgeport stable and is fitted with a Renishaw probing system to minimise setup time and for on machine inspection. Rapid traverse rates of 50m/min, X/Y/Z travels of […]
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