Whether it is a dicult-to-machine Hastelloy component for a petrochemical customer, or a heavy cast iron part for a full-size replica of a steam-driven crane engine, subcontractor Richard Scoureld and his wife, Kay, invariably produce them on their Hurco machining centre and lathes. Their company, Bartlett Engineering, is in Tenby on the Pembrokeshire peninsula, half an hour’s drive from one of Europe’s largest oil and gas ports, Milford Haven, where two terminals are currently being built for liqueed natural gas. Petrochemical work accounts for 75 per cent of Bartlett’s turnover when the industry is prospering, as it is at present. A lot of high-grade stainless steel is machined as well as a mix of other materials including boiler plate. Some of the alloys are dicult to machine, n

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