Operating from a 6000-square foot facility in Killarney amidst the lakes and mountains of Kerry, the company, established in 1980 by Tom and Betty Benson, is to the forefront of precision engineering in the country and specialises in cross drilling, slotting, broaching, thread cutting, thread rolling, thread generating, tapping, and single point turning of any profile.
Additionally, and uniquely in Ireland, Benson Engineering has state-of-the-art capability for diamond turning using single-crystal natural diamond tools achieving surface finishes in the range 0.4-2.0 micro inches R.a. This application is a feature for parts in pens, carburettors and gas appliances.
The company has a highly impressive range of precision machinery on site, which allows it to take an active part in the production of its customer’s products, from development stage (design, materials, tolerances and dimensions), through to automated mass production, including cost-reduction projects. Benson Engineering utilizes Tornos, STAR and Hanwha CNC sliding head models, complete with automatics Bar loaders and Fire Suppression Systems to enable lights out machining.
The company employs stringent quality systems to ISO 9001 standards and is approved ship to stock to many multi-national customers in Ireland and Abroad.
Machine List : 11 Sliding Head CNCs in Total
Tornos Deco 20a Machines. Capacity up to 26 mm (5 off)
Tornos Deco 13a Machines. Capacity up to 16mm. (3 off)
Tornos Deco 10a Machine. Capacity up to 10mm (1 off)
Star SR20R Capacity up to 20mm (1 off)
Hanwha ML 12 . Capacity up to 12.7 mm ( 1 off)
Vision System Inspection
Sylvac Hexagon metrology TesaScan 50 Plus , Sylvac Scan 52