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By Rowan Easter-Robinson


Wednesday 4 June 2025, 4:00:00 PM


Is the dream of manufacturing excellence hard to attain? Not for Kirkstall Precision!!

With 100% dimensional accuracy required for orthopaedic components, Kirkstall chose Brother’s 5-axis machine from Whitehouse Machine Tools for its speed, small footprint, and game-changing precision. The results are phenomenal:

30% cycle time reduction.
50 to 20 micron tolerances.
Two ops instead of four – with improved accuracy!

Adam Thornton of Kirkstall Precision takes Rowan Easter-Robinson of MTDCNC through their journey of transformation — from a skilled engineering base to a world-class medical manufacturing powerhouse.

And they’re just getting started — with automation and robotics on the horizon, Kirkstall is redefining what world-class looks like in the UK medtech scene. Watch the full story on MTDCNC!



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