Sea Sure installs new machining centre as part of £250k investment

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Seawork regulars Sea Sure have recently invested £250k in a new HURCO 5-axis machining centre.

Graham Brown, MD Sea Sure

The HURCO machining centre is one of the company’s largest single investments to date and will be used for R&D, rapid prototyping, safety-critical components and to speed up the manufacture of existing products while retaining the high quality for which the company is renowned.

Housed in Sea Sure’s tool room, the 5-axis machining centre will initially be set to work on producing components for high end racing dinghies.

“But it isn’t just about the wide variety of innovative dinghy products we make. The machining centre is just the start of a serious investment programme for us. We’re also upgrading our shock mitigation drop test rig later this year. That’ll soon become a state-of-the-art facility which we aspire to be the most advanced in Europe,” says Graham Brown, MD Sea Sure.

These investments come at the end of a successful five-year period which has seen the company grow its presence in shock mitigation at an unprecedented rate.

The new 5-axis machining centre will be used to deliver the three ranges of Shock-WBV. This shock mitigation brand (installed under seats on power boats) has led to Sea Sure becoming one of the largest manufacturers of shock mitigation seating systems in Europe. Its developments and upgrades are in constant demand.

“Few of our customers realise that we are one of the most successful marine equipment manufacturers in the UK,” says Graham. “We already have some of the most advanced manufacturing equipment available, but we always strive to be the best, and this investment keeps that momentum going.”

As well as the above-mentioned new machinery, another CNC turning machine will be installed later in 2021.

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