Deeply boring work at Nuclear AMRC as UK capability steps up

Posted on 29 Mar 2012

The first cutting trials of the largest and deepest hole boring machine in the UK have been successfully completed at the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.

Research has begun at the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing (Nuclear AMRC) in Rotherham to drill extremely deep holes from stainless steel rods in a single operation to manufacture vital parts for the nuclear industry. Small diameter, super-deep holes are essential for certain nuclear reactor components in a nuclear power station. The research is the beginning of a…

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