Apex set to auction CNC machinery

Apex Auctions has announced that it will be selling a large number of high-quality CNC machinery throughout September.

The first sale to close is a 104 lot auction of CNC and fabricating equipment available due to the closure of Bearing and Engineering Products Ltd.

The sale includes a virtually unused Okuma four-axis CNC lathe manufactured in 2007.

A 2002 Daewoo Puma CNC lathe, a Yang CNC lathe and a 2001 Dugard Eagle machining centre will also be open for bids.

A slightly smaller auction of 36 lots from Advanced Manufacturing Limited will also take place.

This sale consists of a selection of CNC and manual machine tools, including Yang, Eagle, Ajax, Taiwan, Takisawa and XYZ.

Following this auction there is 128 lots of equipment from Leecar Manufacturing, which ends on 16 September.

All machines in this sale are available due to retirement.

A DMG twin pallet horizontal machining centre is already attracting bids, as well as a Gildermeister CNC lathe and a Richmond vertical machining centre - all of which were manufactured between 2000 and 2003.

The auction that Apex said is attracting the most attention is the second phase of the equipment available from Flight Refuelling.

Lot one consists of a Makino CNC flexible manufacturing system, which was installed in 2000.

The FMS comprises two Makino A77 high-speed horizontal machining centres, a 16-position pallet system, transporter and load/unload stations, and a tool presetter.

Also attracting interest, according to Apex, are two Mazak Integrex high-powered CNC turning centres and a Mazak SQT CNC turning centre.

The auction ends on 18 September, with viewing of the equipment available by appointment only.