Machine Shop

Parr & Co utilises a 400m² machine shop with well-equipped facilities for large machining jobs. Our experienced team handle a huge range of work including the manufacture of drive line components including prop shafts and couplings for fishing vessels, auger drives and stubs, the manufacture of shafts and parts used in pumps and all general machining. Parr & Co has a specialised service for overhauling pre breakers used in the freezing and meat industries and also carry stock of steel shaft in medium and high tensile that can be cut to order.

Our engineers are highly skilled in reverse engineering. In a world where equipment is quickly considered obsolete, replacement parts often become impossible to source. Parr & Co can replicate and often improve on original parts that are no longer available.

Our range of equipment includes:
• Six manual lathes, ranging in size from 120mm swing over the cross slide and 1200mm between centres up to 300mm over the cross slide and 4000mm between centres
• Taper turning and taper thread cutting capability
• Manual milling with 450mm under the spindle and 930mm bed travel
• Horizontal line borer
• Vertical slotting machine with rotary table and 180mm of stroke.
• Hydraulic press up to 100 ton.
• Surface grinder
• Bearing induction heater for the precise mounting of ball and roller bearings
• Radial arm drill

No job is too big or small for the team at Parr & Co.