EngineeriNG & FABRICATION

Whether you require 1000 core lifters for a drill rig or a specialist stock feed hopper we can deliver at very competitive rates across Australia or the South Pacific. Our design and engineering teams will provide cost effective solutions often below (OEM) Original Equipment Manufactured prices. We produce components for a broad range of industries including Mining Defence, Marine, Automotive & Agricultural.
The challenges in providing sustainable results across a broad range of industrial sectors in engineering are as diverse as our client base.
Wilkinsons rise to the engineering challenge whether it be re-manufacturing a 'one-off' component for a hydraulic application in an oil rig, or rebuilding a dragline bucket on a mining plant.
In each application our specialist knowledge garnered over a hundred years in the business ensures that components which materialise from the Wilkinsons plant are designed to provide on-going performance well beyond the initial components life expectancy.

MANUFACTURING AND REPAIRS INCLUDE…..

Repair and reline buckets on earth moving equipment

Fold gutter flashing and other sheet goods.

Roll upto 15mm plate and mesh

Fabricate ute and truck bodies

Manufacture FOPS and ROPs frames

Engineer and plate for modifications to light and heavy vehicles

Repair cracked chassis in light and heavy vehicles

Fabricate steel structures and shoots

All welding repairs

AUTHORISED OFFICERS
Queensland Department of Transport

Machining

Wilkinsons has a number of different types of lathes and milling machines enabling us to perform a genuine in house manufacture and supply service for all our customers. From small pins and bushes to full sets of bearings and axles…we have a machine that will handle most requirements, big or small.

heat treatment

Wilkinsons operate technologically advanced and environmentally sustainable heat treatment processes. The Fluidised Bed Heat Treatment system was introduced at the plant to provide an environmentally friendly solution for Hardening, Nitriding, Nitro-Carburising, Case Hardening, Annealing, Stress Relieving and Carbon Restoration. ADI (Austempered Ductile Iron) is a two stage heat treatment which enhances the structural properties of common nodular iron, stage one involves the casting matrix becoming saturated with carboin the process know as 'Austenitising' the second stage in the process is Austempering which allows the matrix of the metal to form superior molecular structures due to the ability of the carbon to migrate through the casting during the quenching.

The result is a component that provides exceptional tensile strength, is cost effective and delivers greater component life expectancy over traditional forging. Our plant has eight automated computer controlled furnaces which accommodate a range of heat treatment outcomes.

Whether it be a small machine bearing or a leaf spring for a semi-trailer all furnaces provide continuous data feedback on the process control, ensuring compliance with each phase of the heat treatment technical specifications. Call us to discuss your requirements.