Whether it be small milling, right through to high performance production milling, complex industrial repair and manufacturing works utilising to more traditional CNC horizontal borers and the likes, Farra Machining Division can certainly handle it. It also offers site fitting and site machining capabilities – another string to the bow with industrial fitting and on-site installation jobs to go alongside on-site, often specialty, machining. For example, "we have just designed and built a 3-axis micro CNC machining centre to complete a complex task in a very confined space to resolve a customers issue and prevent significant plant down time completing a more conventional repair. We have also designed and built a very high precision site boring device again for operating in a tight spot for an Australian company." The workshop is also fitted with two 16 ton and four 5 ton cranes servicing the lifting needs which means a maximum tandem lift of 32 tons, which pales a little bit to the fabrication shops’ 40 ton max lift. Grunt all round. But Mike freely admits, Farra – across the board – has something you can’t buy and you can’t install, and you certainly can’t quantify 12 May 2017 ISCAR PLUS Proud Tool Managers of Farra Engineering 0800 808 477 sales@iscar.co.nz www.iscar.co.nz EN183 it in terms of value: the right people, and the right people to do business with. “Absolutely, we are a well-established and extremely well-equipped machine shop with a genuinely experienced team ready to assist with any machining work you may require. We have an exceptional, stable workforce and a genuine depth of experience in the workshop.” The company respects its employees and that flows back within. “If you treat staff well and the region and company offers a great lifestyle with potential for growth then you end up with employees who are very COVER STORY
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