With a customer planning an ambitious growth programme DSK Engineering realised it was time for action. It moved fast to invest in a new punch press so that it could maintain delivery and quality at the level the customer had come to expect.


With the Pontefract-based subcontractor already extremely busy and the extra demand expected this month, managing director David Jordan acted quickly to order a new £300,000 Pullmax 720 punching system. The timescale from initial enquiry to him placing the order at the end of April was just 30 days, and the machine was delivered at the end of May.

DSK Engineering is an existing user of laser technology but it was apparent that the next investment would need to complement laser cutting in order to deal with the wide range of specifications and materials outlined to DSK by its customer. Mr Jordan believed modern CNC punching technology would provide DSK with the additional dimension it required. And the system chosen offered the potential to add on features to cope with increased demand as required – these included tower stores, load and/or unload automation, extended tooling magazines and part picking.

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