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A team of skilled and dedicated individuals offering both a bespoke and industrial metal spinning service as well as coded welding and fabrication.

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Location
21 Aston Road, Waterlooville
Hampshire, PO7 7XE
Phone
023 9225 9680
023 9223 1117
Email
info@calibremetalspinning.co.uk
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Metal Spinning

The precise skill for functional perfection.

Metal spinning is a highly-skilled engineering process used to create strong and symmetrical metal products for any industry that requires precision and consistent quality.

Discs or tubes of metal are spun on a high-speed lathe which the Metal Spinner uses various spinning tools to form a perfect, seamless shape over a mandrel to the customers spec. Material thickness can be maintained, and the strength and rigidity of the metal is retained..

Metal spinning is the best way to form round parts for any commercial application and the finished products not only have a distinctive beauty that is highly valued by designers, but also a unmatched functionality prized by engineers.

We are able to supply metal spun parts as small as 10mm in diameter to as big as 1500mm in diameter (dependant on depth) working with both ferrous and non ferrous materials and specialist alloys including duplex, Inconel, monel and kovar to name a few plus precious metals including silver.

Our product size capacity ranges from 0.2mm to 3mm in thickness and up to 1250mm/4ft in diameter.

Frequently asked questions about metal spinning

Why use metal spinning?
Metal Spinning has advantages, for example where pressing is concerned tooling is very expensive and sometimes complex due to needing both a male and female former. Spinning on the other hand requires just one male former at a fraction of the price, therefore is far more viable on smaller batch quantities
What are your lead times?
Typically 3-4 weeks from receipt of order for existing clients, where tooling is required for new jobs or clients this can sometimes stretch to 6 weeks.
What is tooling?
Although metal spinning is sometimes described as “pottery with metal” unlike potters who form clay on thin air we require a shaped mandrel turned to the profile of the required parts. Where high volume is required we always try to advise hardened tooling for longevity.
What is the maximum thickness you can spin?
By hand this is around 2mm in steel and using our automated service we can spin up to 6mm in thickness depending on material.

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A few words from our customers

We are delighted with the spun steel cover plates that Calibre produced for us. We required some obsolete parts for a historic aircraft propeller and provided Calibre with original WW2 drawings. Calibre produced tolling and the parts they made for us are perfectly to specification and conform to the tight tolerances

Rupert
Hercules Propellers
We’ve been using Calibre Metal since 2018 when we first moved into manufacturing and the help, support and advice we have received from Dave and the team is second to none. They have been integral to our growth as manufacturer throughout the years. The relationship we have with them has seen Calibre become one of our closest suppliers and we absolutely cannot fault the service and quality we receive. It’s been a pleasure working with Dave and the team and I look forward to continuing this relationship for many years to come.
Paul Whiting
Delta Xero