Machining units and components for special purpose machines of exacting standards, can achieve high levels of automation in drilling, tapping, milling and grinding operations.

J S Bruce Engineering have been appointed as UK distributor for the internationally recognised Somex range of machining units and components for special purpose machines. These products, designed and manufactured to exacting standards, can achieve high levels of automation in drilling, tapping, milling and grinding operations. Somex equipment is widely specified for in-house engineering and metalworking applications, including approved suppliers of all aspects of the private and commercial vehicle automotive trade as well as manufacturing suppliers for other methods of transport covered by air, sea and rail.

The Somex products available through J S Bruce Engineering are also particularly suited to the increased production capacity of modern machine tools in sub-contracting markets, where higher levels of set-up changes and speedy adaption to changing customer requirements need to be accommodated.

Typical Somex automation equipment currently available includes tapping heads, together with drill heads and slides which can be supplied for pneumatic, hydraulic and CNC operation.

Milling and grinding spindles, together with spindle units up to 40,000 rev/min are also available, together with multi-spindle heads, angle heads and gun drilling units.

Flexible machining modules can also be supplied to suit specific application requirements, to capitalise on both production capabilities and profitability.

The Somex company have over 40 years experience covering the world-wide supply of many thousands of machining units and hundreds of special purpose machines.

The latest technological advances in engineering, design, manufacturing and assembly are utilised by their workforce of 600 employees, with products also complying with ISO 9001 Quality Certification.

A universal program of both standard and special purpose machining units are manufactured, designed for modular integration into a wide variety of modern machine tools.

Adaption and evolutionary utilisation have been used to good effect to meet both stringent and demanding specifications as well as the precise requirements of individual customers.

The Somex products are supplemented by additional machine shop products also available from J S Bruce Engineering including vacuum operated pallets and chucks, rotary tables, parts handlers and handling equipment.