Successful on site machining trial complete of a new, compact, low height drilling machine and method for drilling out seized studs with mating flange in place for a well known Power Generation company. This new method means that the customer does not have to dismantle the equipment or build an expensive supporting structure, saving them valuable time and money. The novel drilling machine has only a 35mm radius from the centreline of the spindle to the body and is only 110mm high allowing the machine to operate in very restricted spaces. Contact for more information on bespoke machining solutions for our customers

Another quick and safe turnaround for Reekie Machining, repairing a crusher jaw at our site in Renfrew. It would normally take our customer up to 6 weeks for a delivery from their previous supplier. Reekie turned the piece round within two and a half weeks, start to finish. “The jobs we do are generally one offs and we are not normally programmed into machine shop schedules, putting us at the back of the queue. It normally took 4, 5 or 6 weeks, with Reekie’s, they re-arranged their schedule and did it straight away. Couldn’t ask for anymore.” Mark Russell, Service Manager, Blue Machinery, Scotland

This week saw the return of our squad from a project that involved machining of a large structure at our customer’s site. The flange we worked on had an OD of approx 6000mm and we machined it to our customer’s requirements. Our R10,000 machine was deployed which can reach up to 20m in diameter if needed. Contact info@reekiemachining.co.uk for more details…

Recent Reekie customers and developer of the Oyster Wave Power technology, Aquamarine Power, announced plans to produce what will become the world’s largest commercial wave farm. More on the story can be found via http://bbc.in/16NEuUp. Reekie have been providing precision machining, both on site and at our facility in Renfrew for a number of years and for various projects for Aquamarine. We wish them the very best of luck in the future!!

Never one to shy away from finding a solution, Reekie Machining has taken on a number of challenges from a wide range of customers in the Subsea sector. Within the space of a few years, the number of projects we are involved in has increased significantly and we have developed extensive expertise, a strong reputation for delivering quality results and have made real waves in the sector. Health and Safety is paramount in this industry and there are few more notable examples than Offshore Construction Support where the rapid rectification of critical components is essential. We have been entrusted to work in various locations recently on a host of components that, if it weren’t for insitu machining, would have needed to be replaced causing major delays to service and maintenance projects. This includes: • Pressure Chambers – Machining doors and frames to remove corrosion and high spots • Dive Bells – Trunks, doors and frames • Kelly Bottles – Removing seized plugs, rethreading and manufacture new plugs • Pipelaying equipment – ploughs, trenchers, LARS and winches • Carousels – Our R10,000 flange facing machine can work on diameters up to 20 M • Valve / flange repair, pipe cutting and prepping, motor pads and bearing housings. We understand the implications of lost production or operating time, so we pull out all the stops to contain our clients’ losses. “Reekie Machining always seem to come up with the goods… they are our first choice for insitu machining” Dick Piercy, Diving Technical Engineer, Technip UK

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Following the completion specialist [[http://www.reekiemachining.co.uk/services/in_situ_machining,in-situ machining]] work onboard the Montorse Platform, Reekie Machining obtained a feedback score of “excellent” in every category of the FPAL supplier performance scoring system. Please view our other feedback scores on the [[http://www.achilles.com/en/FPAL/,FPAL database]].

Reekie Machining are committed to continuing to improve our environmental performance, minimising our environmental impact and making resource efficiency a core requirement of all our operations. Thus we have made our Environmental Policy available to everyone. Please feel free to download our [[http://www.reekiemachining.co.uk/files/2010%20Environmental%20Policy.pdf,Environmental Policy by clicking here]].

Reekie Machining successfully completed the design, manufacture and proving trials of specialised machining equipment for Babcock Marine’s Devonport Royal Dockyard. The equipment was required to cold cut large studs from the reactor pressure vessel insitu onboard HMS Vigilant. Gavin Leckie, Operations Director at Devonport, commented “the design and build of your specialised equipment in support of RPV stud removal is an excellent example of programme risk mitigation that has been recognised by the Babcock and MoD senior management teams. I recognise that this task has been completed under tight specification, commercial and time pressures, and I am pleased to have received nothing but praise for the professional and flexible support that your team has shown in delivering against our timescales in an extremely demanding working environment”