Veem Purchases Hurco High-Speed Machining Centre

Veem Engineering has invested in a Hurco VM1 high-speed machining centre with conversational programming in order to bring some of its tooling manufacture in house. South African firm, Veem Engineering, is run by partners Sacha Vere and Debbie van der Westhuizen. When plastic products and components began to make their mark, Vere decided to purchase a plastic injection moulding machine. He had the design experience to make the moulds and was soon manufacturing a variety of plastic components for a number of industries.

As the plastic injection moulding business flourished, there was a greater need to bring some of the tooling manufacture in house to improve product quality and speed turnaround. 'In order to do this we invested in a Hurco VM1 high-speed machining centre with conversational programming,' said Vere. Hurco's VM1 machining centre was selected as it provided the versatility Veem Engineering required. The machine's X, Y and Z-axis travels of 660mm x 356mm x 457mm, packaged on a 2,700kg frame that takes up 3.5m, was a perfect fit for the tool room at Veem.

The machine also offers a 11kW/10,000rpm spindle, 18m/min rapids and 16-station swing arm ATC. 'We are now able to make and maintain our moulds again, with the help of Solidworks and Autocad packages on the design side as well as Mastercam on the machining side,' said Vere. 'We can now provide customers with a full service, designing the product, manufacturing the mould, designing the necessary tooling and then manufacturing the final plastic items,' he added.

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