Lets talk: Grinding
Technical Editor Steed Webzell chats with Peter Harding, Managing Director of Advanced Grinding Supplies, about his journey from apprentice to prominent grinding equipment specialist Making advances
The name says it all: Advanced Grinding Supplies, perhaps better known as ADGRIND. Grinding is an advanced process where expert advice and knowledge is paramount to project success. Few probably know more about this innovative machining process than Peter Harding, the company’s Managing Director, who has grown ADGRIND over the past two decades to become one of the sector’s most recognisable names in grinding technology. At the heart of ADGRIND’s offer is its Swiss-built Studer range of cylindrical (external, internal, universal) high-specification CNC grinding machines. Originally the exclusive
agent for the Southwest of England and South Wales, the arrangement extended to cover the whole of southern UK around four years ago. “Studer machines are suitable for a multitude of industries, including medical, aerospace, automotive, mould and die, and many more,” says Peter Harding. “We have a large aerospace supply chain in the Southwest. However, because we now supply the whole of southern UK, we’ve added many motorsport companies
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