About Beta Engineering

Beta Engineering has been located in Goldthorpe, near Rotherham, since 1984 and has developed a focused manufacturing capability based on CNC technology.

We specialise in high volume, repeat batch work. Two manned shifts cover 6am to midnight during the week, giving 1,600 hours a week of manned capacity, and robot loaded cells keep machining lights out. On average over 100 tonnes of steel and 80,000 parts a month pass through the factory.

Our sliding head lathes produce finished components complete from bar, without costly secondary operations. Turning runs from 3mm to 400mm diameter, and our machining centres take work up to 1500mm by 660mm.

Our operators and toolmakers feed value engineering back to customers and run the shop floor on lean manufacturing principles. Our long standing customers are blue chip organisations in rail, yellow goods, oil and gas, petrochemical, and military and aerospace.

Our current capacity list, ISO 9001 certificate and company presentation are available on request. Please email us for a copy.

History

1984
Beta Engineering Services is established in Goldthorpe, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire.
2015
The company moves from Units 3a and 3b on Goldthorpe Industrial Estate to Unit 2. The manufacturing footprint increases 2.5 times to 15,000 sq ft, with a new plant layout and new air, electricity and lighting.
2016
Beta Engineering acquires Daver Steels (Bar & Cable Systems) Ltd, for whom it had made fittings and custom parts for ten years. The Bar & Cable Systems division moves into the Goldthorpe works, and Beta adds thread rolling and a 12m saw plant.
2017
A Tornos Deco 26 sliding head lathe with 32mm bar capacity brings the total of sliding head lathes to six. A Doosan Puma 2100SY with 65mm bar capacity, Y-axis milling and sub-spindle is added to the turning section.
2018
The factory is extended to 18,000 sq ft. A second Hurco VMX42i is installed with a robot to form a robot loaded machining cell for rail sector components.
2019
A Doosan Puma 2100S, a Puma GT2100 with robot loading and a Puma 3100M join the turning section.
2020
A RoboJob robot loader is added to the milling section.
2021
A contract milling cell for the railway sector is installed, with a second Puma 3100M.
2022
Three new Star SR32-JII sliding head lathes.
2023
SolidCAM programming and simulation for every machine.
2024
A Keyence IM-8020 image measurement system, a Star SR38 sliding head lathe and a Doosan DNM 4500 machining centre.
2025
Doosan DNT2600M mill-turn machines in a robot loaded machining cell.
2026
A Hurco VMX50i with a Nikken 4th axis, and an Aberlink Axiom programmable CMM. A robot loaded long part cell with a programmable tailstock and steady arrives in November.

Daver Steels (Bar & Cable Systems) Ltd

Our sister company Daver Steels (Bar & Cable Systems) Ltd joined the group in 2016 and has its own works at Aldwarke, Rotherham. Daver Steels manufactures structural tie bar and compression strut systems for bridges, stadia and airport roofs worldwide, and Beta machines the forks, couplers and pins for those systems.

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Visiting Beta Engineering

We are on the main road into Goldthorpe Industrial Estate. Do not turn down Commercial Road. Please ring for an appointment before visiting.