Structural steel and engineering specialist Billington Holdings has invested in a new combined computer numerically controlled sawing, drilling and marking machine at its Yate facility near Bristol.

The CNC machine will improve on the efficiency and cost of delivery of projects, by producing steel 50% faster and three times as many heavy steel beams than the previous machine.

The new machine, which has an estimated market value of $975,000, has recently been launched on the market by Peddinghaus Corporation and enables the drilling of structural steel sections using carbide tooling technology at much increased rates of throughput.

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