Aero engine rework companies ar are buying standard vertical turning lathes - built from modules - and tailored to suit the requirements of this specialised market.

Webster and Bennett International - based in Warwick, UK - is building standard and customised CNC vertical turning lathes from 1000mm to 2500mm diameter capacity. Using standard modules, the company can offer very simple or very advanced, 'tailor-made' machines at attractive proces. The company also builds a universal vertical turning, machining and grinding centre - a very cost effective product.

In the very busy aero engine rework sector, companies are already buying Webster and Bennett standard machines tailored to suit the requirements of this market.

Second rams for grinding - built into the CNC swivelling saddles, are one new benefit.

Another innovation allows eliptical turning.

* About Webster and bennet International - Webster and Bennet is a daughter company of the Ogepar group, which has manufacturing and trading companies throughout Europe and Africa.

The group includes Pegard Productics, Balliu, ABC Diesels - both based in Belgium - and KBB in Dresden, Germany.

pegard productics builds very large, precision horizontal boring and milling centres.

Balliu builds laser machine tools while ABC Diesels build marine diesels, locomotive power units and power generators.

KBB manufactures turbochargers.

Webster and Bennett has achieved success - 13 orders - in the German market and orders from UK, Belgium, The Netherlands, Canada and Egypt.