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The footage shows our 6ft (1.22m) CNC GLF vertical boring machine, taking a cut on a stainless steel casting for pump components. This boring machine was bought to give us the ability to cover a wide scope of jobs, filling the gap between our two conventional vertical boring machines, 4ft (0.61m) and 8ft (1.82m) that Reekie Machining already had in operation. To further improve the capability of the 6ft (1.22m) CNC GLF vertical borer Reekie are investing an additional £50k to retrofit the control system of the machine.
This has widened the scope of jobs that we are able to offer our customers. If this is something you we can do for you or for any other enquires for the machine shop please contact:
Jared Reekie or Jim Richmond or email machineshop@reekiemachining.co.uk
20 wind towers of the 60, on Phase 2 of the Gwynt y Mor Offshore Wind Farm have successfully been machined by Reekie’s In Situ Machining Team. Reekie Machining are currently assisting with essential upgrade work to a further 60 out of the 160 wind turbines that sit off the North coast of Wales, after the successful completion of Phase 1, earlier this year.
Reekie Machining have been challenged to machine various penetration holes, the largest of these is 200mm in diameter through the tower wall that is 65mm thick, to allow for a new ventilation system. Within the tight confinements of the wind tower this has required a specialist light weight but powerful trepanning machine tool to be developed to meet the challenge of machining each to ø 200mm x 65mm hole in under 60 minutes. Through engineering solutions, the on site machinists have a robust system in place to carry out this essential work.
Gwynt y Mor is the fourth largest operating offshore windfarm in the work, producing 576-megawatts. The turbines tip height is 150 meters off mean sea level.
The Reekie Family are not just experts in, in situ and onsite machining; they are also very talented athletes. Jared Reekie, the Machine Shop Director has taken time off from the busy engineering firm to support his daughter Jemma Reekie, who is competing as part of the GB Senior Athletics squad at the European Games 2018 in Berlin.
In true Reekie style, Jemma’s determination and dedication to working hard and being the best she can be, will be on show today as she competes in the women’s 1500m heats. Good Luck Jemma!
At the beginning of April, a 10 ton forklift arrived in the car park at Reekie Machining, along with 30” to 48”, 12 meter carbon steel free issue pipes to be cut and manufactured into PUPs (partial unit of pipe)to be used on a gas pipe line.
Over the past four months, 383 PUPs have been manufactured; this has been a coordinated approach between the Insitu Machinists and those in the Machine Shop to carry out the work, keeping to the strict timetable to meet our customers needs. The pipes were initially cut using a split casing pipe cutter, a machine generally used on site but being utilised here in the production environment, then having an internal and external 50mm bead of weld ground back from the machined face before weld prepped using both CNC and conventional vertical boring machines, machining out around the clock.
A technical issue arose with the 48” pipes ovality being up to 10/15mm out of round. It was not possible with the standard equipment to machine a consistent root face as required. Being solution focused at Reekie, existing tooling was modifying to fit on our vertical borer to follow the ovality profile giving the required root face within the tolerance requirements.
Prior to being sent out to the site, each PUP under went a magnetic particle inspection, (MPI), carried out by Scot-Test Ltd to sign them off as having no defects. The last ones left the yard on 18thJuly 2018 and Reekie Machining Yard returned to normal, until the next time!
The picture shows a variety of sizes of the pups, some ready to be collected and those waiting to be weld prepped.
Reekie Machining are delighted that they achieved the upgrade to the new 2015 standards for ISO9001 & ISO14001.
We continue to strive to ensure that at all times we are working to the highest standard possible for Quality and Environmental Management with in the Machine Shop and with the In situ Machining Teams working on site across the UK and are pleased to be recognised for this.
As soon as the new certificates arrive from BM Trada, they will be available for our customers.
With the sunshine, came a new uniform for the staff at Reekie Machining. Now not only are they identifiable by their boiler suits whilst working in the machine shop and in situ but also in their t-shirts, sweatshirts, fleeces and jackets, although you may need to wait a while to see the latter two.
Look out for the smart Reekie Machining staff busy on site in the UK and further a field, engineering solutions.
Reekie Machining are known for not standing still, we have continued to move forward by boosting our capacity within the machine shop. We recently purchased the following machines to increase our already broad range of capabilities within the heavy machining arena.
Reekie now have a good mix of both conventional and CNC machining capability including 5-Axis machining. We can cover the manufacture of both one-off and batch work ranging from 10mm dia up to 2400mm dia and machining centre working envelopes up to 3200 x 2000 x 1000.
“This investment ensures Reekie can offer clients a streamlined machining service for a range of jobs, from very large to small, while also being able to meet exacting specifications.” says Machine Shop Director, Jared Reekie.
Reekie Machining is a private family-owned business providing machining services from its plant in Inchinnan, Renfrewshire. Our key areas of operation are oil & gas, petrochemicals and process industries, power generation, shipbuilding and submarine refit, with customers ranging across small Scottish engineering businesses to international energy exploration companies.
The company provides ‘subcontract’ machining where the manufacture or repair takes place at Inchinnan, ‘in situ’ machining where teams of skilled Site Technicians go anywhere in the world for large tasks such as power stations and ships, and also machine tool design, manufacture, rental and sales.
On the 20th December Reekie Machining received a thorough Achilles audit which validates the capability, competence and compliance of us, as a supplier to utility companies such as EDF. The areas covered by the audit include quality, health and safety, environment, CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), sustainability, business continuity and human resources.
Our results are outstanding, with both the Machine shop and Insitu Operation we scored 100% for the Environment, and over 90% for Health and Safety and Quality.
The results are a reflection of the continued work throughout Reekie Machining to ensure that we are striving to maintain and improve the service we offer to our customers. We are working to implement the changes recommended by the audit for the benefit of our customers, suppliers and work force.
Reekie Machining and EDF Energy are proud to announce that they have established a ‘Framework Agreement’, for the supply of In Situ Machining and other associated services, as of November 2017. This is the result of Reekie Machining providing a safe, efficient and cost effective service to EDF Energy over many years, throughout their nuclear power generating stations, a service which gives our client the confidence in the strong risk management of projects, reducing timeframes and providing the highest level of quality.
This recognition is a major milestone in the continual development of the professional relationship which has been established between our respective organisations. We will continue to provide services during planned outages and for one off projects, where close partnerships and collaborations has provided engineering and design solutions for major and challenging machining applications.
The duration of the ‘Framework Agreement’ is for at least 3 years, for the provision of our machining services both in the Machine Shop and on site with the In Situ Team.
Reekie Machining are delighted to announce that Andrew Archibald, has completed his Level 3 Modern Apprenticeship in Engineering: Mechanical Manufacturing Engineering (CNC Machining) at SCQF Level 6.
Seen here receiving his Certificate from Jared Reekie, Machine Shop Director, who said,
“Andrew has worked hard to complete his apprenticeship and he is a very valuable member of the team. At Reekie Machining our strategy is to introduce youth alongside experience to continue to grow and strengthen our work.”
Whilst completing his apprenticeship, Andrew has gained extensive experience in the Machine shop and latterly has been taking those skills out to on site machining jobs and learning from the in situ team.
When asked how he felt about completing his Apprenticeship he said,
“I’m so proud to have qualified and I’m looking forward to learning new skills, every day is a learning day.”
Reekie Machining work in partnership with the East Kilbride and District Engineering Group Training Association Ltd to offer apprenticeships.
