Bremont took delivery of a DMG Mori
NTX 1000 tooled up by Sandvik Coromant
that offered a push-button result
Partnerships deliver
Sandvik Coromant works with DMG Mori on behalf of UK watchmaker Bremont; ITC supports Newport
CNC from start-up and beyond; Ceratizit partners with Schuster Maschinenbau to deliver a high
performance tooling package for a novel machine
British luxury watch manufacturer
Bremont has made the most of
Sandvik Coromant and DMG Mori’s
strategic partnership as it introduced a
turnkey manufacturing cell to double
capacity at its factory.
Luxury watchmaker Bremont Watch
Company is a true British manufacturing
success story. Founded by brothers Nick and
Giles English in 2002, the company
specialises in the manufacture of certi ed
chronometers for the aviation sector. These
watches are assembled, as well as shock
and quality tested, at the manufacturer’s
dedicated headquarters in Henley-on-
Thames, Oxfordshire. Production of the main
components, such as stainless steel backs
and casings, takes place just a few minutes’
drive away.
High demand and the launch of six new
watch designs meant that Bremont’s
production capacity had to be increased.
To achieve this, the company purchased a
state-of-the-art NTX 1000 5-axis machining
centre from DMG Mori ( www.is.gd/elalut ),
which is equipped with tool packages from
Sandvik Coromant ( www.is.gd/layuhe ).
The project was six months in the
making, explains Mathew Bates, a machine
tool investment specialist from Sandvik
Coromant’s UK Machine Tool Solutions
team. “From the beginning, the objective
was to deliver a ‘right rst time’ solution,”
he explains. “We wanted Bremont to be able
to use the new system straight away.”
Close collaboration with application
technicians from DMG Mori was needed as
to the selection of suitable tools. “We knew
that we had to produce six new watches,”
says Bates. “As soon as the drawings
were ready, we met with specialists from
DMG Mori to compile a list of standard tools
and to determine which special tools would
be needed.”
The DMG Mori NTX 1000 is equipped with
a magazine for 38 Coromant Capto tools,
with the option of expanding the capacity up
to 76. The mill-turn machine is suitable for
turning and high speed simultaneous milling
in ve axes.
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