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The company moved from Emsworth to its current premises in Southborne, Hants, and is headed up by Trevor and his son Morgan.
It holds ISO accreditation, JOSCAR certification and is a BAE and Bombardier registered supplier.
The expert team, headed up by Morgan, can hand finish components using an array of abrasive methods, including PDJ vibratory finishing machines for the automated finishing of smaller components.
Plant includes the latest Amada AE 2510 NT thick turret press, which utilises a servo electric ram to help reduce power consumption and cost-per-part, as well as improved control over
the ram for faster and more efficient punching.
The company now specialises in manufacturing small parts for the aerospace industry, including BAE Systems and Bombardier.
They also work for Dordeo making circuit board shields and shims for switches using 0.2 mm up to 20 mm mild steel.
A couple of years ago, and prompted by Steve Warden, the area sales manager for Simpson Technology, the company purchased a Q-Fin TopGrinder for deburring and radiussing.

The Q-Fin TopGrinder

The TopGrinder is an ergonomic, robust, and exceptionally safe mobile finishing machine.
With its two-button control and CE marking, you can always work safely and with full control.
The brush speed is infinitely adjustable, and the machine is equipped with vacuum or magnetic fixation to securely hold the workpiece in place.
The balance arm allows you to easily adjust the grinding pressure through the spring package, ensuring the right amount of force is applied every time. The dual grinding head has two tool mounts, allowing you to quickly switch between different tools.
You can mount a variety of grinding tools, from standard M14 attachments to Q-Fin’s Quick Release combination brushes for specific applications.
Even wider products are no problem: the front and side edges of the table can be easily
folded.
Additionally, working on multiple products at once is possible, which increases
efficiency.
The TopGrinder is the best hand-operated finishing machine in the world, offering the
perfect balance of speed, safety, and ease of use.
When a new customer meant increasing production from 100 parts per month to up to 20,000, Morgan Lee looked for a machine to fulfil this demand, and he turned once again to Q-Fin for the solution: “I wanted to find a machine that did the same job as the TopGrinder but with more automation.”
He found the answer in the Q-Fin F250.
This impressive little machine was the winner of the prestigious 2024 Euroblech Award, and was specifically developed for small sheet metal parts.

The Q-Fin F250 Small Parts Finish Machine

The advanced F250 finish machine is equipped with an intuitive HMI touchscreen for effortless operation.
This screen enables operators to easily switch between various finish programs, ensuring high reproducibility of product quality and minimising operational errors.
Depending on the materials to be finished, you can choose a system with vacuum or magnetic support.

The brushes provide an even rounding of all edges and holes, on both inner and outer contours, leading to the most optimal finish.
The F250 offers options for automatic brush calibration that ensure constant consistency and precision, as well as full ERP control and flawless integration into automated production environments.
In short, it is a finish machine that is fully prepared for the future.
Morgan Lee continues: “The F250 has two deburring heads and a linishing unit.
Basically, you can put a part in one end, linish the main burr off, and the two counter rotating heads radius all the edges.
It’s perfect. In the future, we will be looking to invest further in the Q-Fin range.
If volume continues to increase, we’ll outgrow the current machine in a year.
Our problem is that we can’t churn out parts quick enough!”
Q-Fin b.v. was founded in 2013 in Bergeijk, Netherlands, and continues to lead the market in developing, building and supplying solutions for deburring, rounding and finishing sheet metal parts.
It emphasises the importance of innovation and automation, incorporating advanced technology like touch screens and smart software into its machines to enhance performance and user-friendliness.