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A freshly machined sheave wheel on the vertical-borer table, surrounded by drifts of blue machining swarf
Department 04 / 07 · Paget · Mackay

The largest machine shop north of Brisbane.

13 m floor-borer travel workpieces to 150 t gears to Ø 5.5 m lathes 40 t+
Why the numbers matter

150 t workpieces machined in Mackay — instead of on a truck south.

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CNC floor-borer travel · 6 m column
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CNC vertical borer · twin-post to Ø 3.5 m
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Gear cutting · external & internal
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Heavy CNC lathes

The claim is carried by the machine list.

The largest machine shop north of Brisbane. CNC floor borer with 13 m of travel and 6 m column for workpieces to 150 t; 5 m CNC vertical borer; 3.5 m twin-post vertical borer; CNC lathes for components over 40 t; internal and external gear cutting to 5.5 m diameter. Detailed QA packages with all completed work.

Dragline drums, slew rings, gear cases and baseplates are turned to drawing on the same floor that fabricates, hardens, fits and paints them — so the job never leaves Paget between operations.

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A heavy vertical borer turning a massive grooved rope drum on its table in the green-painted machining bay
Capability 01 / 03

Floor and vertical boring

The CNC floor borer runs 13 m of travel under a 6 m column for workpieces to 150 t — dragline drums, gear cases and large weldments machined whole instead of in pieces. Beside it, the Ø 5 m CNC vertical borer and Ø 3.5 m twin-post turn slew rings, crusher shells and sheave wheels on 18 t tables.

  • Floor borer13 m travel · 6 m column · 150 t
  • Turning ops5 m column · table to 60 t
  • Vertical borerØ 5 m · 18 t table
  • Twin-post borerØ 3.5 m · 18 t table
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A dial indicator set against the teeth of a heavy machined gear rack, mid-measurement on the machine
Capability 02 / 03

Gear cutting to Ø 5.5 m

Internal and external gear cutting to 5.5 m diameter — slew gears, pinions and dragline gearing cut in house and measured against the drawing, with the results recorded in the QA package that leaves with the job.

  • Gear cuttingExternal & internal to Ø 5.5 m
  • Typical workSlew gears, pinions, dragline gearing
  • VerificationDimensional checks recorded to the QA package
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A CNC machine cutting a large curved steel arc segment clamped to the bed, swarf and sparks at the tool
Capability 03 / 03

Heavy turning, milling and the supporting floor

CNC lathes turn components over 40 t — shafts, rollers, trunnions and journals — backed by a CNC long-bed machine, mills, planers, machining centres, lathes and radial-arm drills across the rest of the floor.

  • Heavy lathesCNC, components over 40 t
  • Long bedCNC long-bed machine
  • Supporting plantMills · planers · machining centres · radial-arm drills
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Machine envelope

The machine list

Where a job lands inside these limits, it is machined in Mackay — not trucked south. Read it like a calibration sheet.

Doc ABC-CAP-04 Facility Paget, QLD Rev 2026-06

↔ Scroll the table sideways · machine column stays fixed

Machine list — machine, working envelope, maximum workpiece mass and typical application.
01Machine 02Working envelope 03Max workpiece mass 04Typical application
CNC floor borer 13 m travel · 6 m column
turning ops: 5 m column · table to 60 t
150 t Dragline drums, gear cases, large weldments
CNC vertical borer Ø 5 m · 18 t table Slew rings, crusher shells, sheave wheels
CNC twin-post vertical borer Ø 3.5 m · 18 t table Bearing housings, flanged rings, bowls
CNC gear cutter External / internal to Ø 5.5 m Slew gears, pinions, dragline gearing
Heavy CNC lathes Long-bed heavy turning 40 t+ Shafts, rollers, trunnions, journals
Supporting plant CNC long-bed machine · mills · planers · machining centres · lathes · radial-arm drills Secondary operations in support of the heavy machines

Specifications indicative · [DIRECTORS] confirm floor-borer travel/mass before publication.

Quality assurance

Detailed QA packages can be provided with all work completed.

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Talk to the team that repairs all in house, 24/7.

Send the drawing or the worn part. If it fits the machine list, it can be bored, turned, gear-cut and finished in Mackay — with a detailed QA package on the truck beside it.

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