G. Carter & Son (Thornton) 2007 Ltd.
Brookside, Red Marsh Industrial Estate
Thornton-Cleveleys
Lancashire, FY5 4EZ

Capacity List

In addition to our extensive range of listed equipment we also have the facilities to provide the following:

Honing, Grinding, Welding facilities, Hydraulic Press, Cutting Saws, Pressure Testing, Sand blasting, In-house assembly, destructive and non-destructive testing.

We can also provide sub-contract facilities for heat treatment, stress relieving, balancing, anodising and various plating specifications.

Centre Lathes

7 Machines with Copying & DRO

Up to 1000mm x 3500mm long
In Gap 1500mm x 500mm long

CNC Gildemeister Lathe

400mm x 2000mm

CNC Binns and Berry

710mm x 3000mm

CNC Gildemeister Boring Machine

450mm x 3000mm

CNC Harrison 600

280mm x 1500mm

Millers

8 Machines fitted with DRO

4700mm x 990mm x 1200mm

Boko WF2.10 with Heidenhein CNC

1500mm x 1000mm x 720mm

Boko Hydro Miller CNC

550mm x 1000mm x 500mm

Boko F30 CNC

1800mm x 1200mm x 1300mm

Butler Elgamill CNC

4300mm x 928mm x 1130mm

Mitsubishi V700 CNC

650mm x 1250mm x 700mm

Deep Hole Drilling

Radial Drilling

Total 4 Machines

Offset Centre Holes

Minimum 6mm Diameter
Maximum 250mm Diameter

Maximum Depth – 7 Meters

Total 3 Machines

2400mm x 90mm

Borers

Horizontal Borer

5 Machines with CNC Capacity

Up to 1600mm cubes
Max. Weight 5 tonnes

Vertical Borer

2 Machines fitted with DRO

Up to 3100mm x 1900mm Height

Slotting

Welding

Total 3 Machines

350mm Stroke

C02 and Electrical ARC to NCB Approval

BSEN287 - 1 Approved

BSEN 1501 56/4-1 (Extent)

Inspection Equipment

In addition to our extensive range of micrometers and verniers we operate a range of advanced measuring and inspection equipment to ensure the accuracy and precision of our components.

Our facilities include Co-ordinate Measuring Machine (C.M.M.) complete with Renishaw probe module and Print out facility and Tesa Micro-Height 600