Tender Summary

3-axis & 5-axis CNC Mill

Buying Organisation

Cardiff University

Contract Value

£220,000

Tender Description

The Astronomy Instrumentation Group (AIG) in the School of Physics and Astronomy at Cardiff University has been funded to provide two Small Aperture Telescope (SAT) receivers and one Large Aperture Telescope receiver (LATR) to the SO:UK programme, including the development of detector technology and associated horn blocks and housings. Two CNC mills are to be purchased for the in-house R&D and manufacture of components for the SAT and LATR receivers:
- 3-axis CNC for the manufacture of other SO:UK associated parts, and to relieve the workload through the AIGs existing machines.
- 5-axis CNC mill for the manufacture of the complex horn blocks and detector housings.
Parts made using these new CNC mills will typically be from aluminium, copper, plastics, and steels; and will be of varying sizes and complexity. They will need to be machined to tight mechanical tolerances and will need to be of high-quality surface finishes.

Tender categories (products & services required)

Miscellaneous special-purpose machinery (CPV 42990000)
Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery (CPV 42900000)
Special-purpose product (CPV 39230000)

Region

Wales (UKL)

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