1. Home
(Company Information/Background)

A.B.Hobley Ltd specialises in the design and manufacture of special purpose machines and test equipment. For over 48 years A.B.Hobley have been providing automated production and testing solution

2. Production and Manufacturing Processes
(Company Information/Background)

Over the years we have supplied equipment to many different manufacturing industries and have developed a wealth of expertise in a large number of different manufacturing and production processes.

3. Assembly Cell for the Production of Automotive Air Suspension Struts
(Products / Assembly Automation Systems)

Includes: Crimping Machine Hydraulic Stud Press Pneumatic Assembly Press (with vision inspection) Roller Forming Machine Laser Measuring Machines

4. Automatic Five Station Drill & Tap Machine
(Products / Automatic Component Machining)

This machine drills and taps three holes in SG cast iron clamp components. Castings are automatically fed into the machine from a hopper. A vibratory bowl feed orientates and feed

5. Exhaust System Baffle Plate Punch and Flare Machine
(Products / Automatic Component Machining)

Large diameter holes are punched in sheet steel baffle plates by a hydraulically operated press tool. Interchangeable tooling allows a variety of hole sizes to be punched. This tooling

6. Fan Blade Cropping and Balance Machine
(Products / Automatic Component Machining)

Large diameter fan blades are reduced in diameter by a hydraulic cropping tool. An automatic indexing mechanism presents each blade in turn to the tool. The length of each blade is set by a s

7. Valve Block Plug Insert Machine
(Products / Assembly Machines)

... under the press head in sequence where a ball bearing is presented, pressed and swaged into position. The control system provides a graphical display of the load against displacement and ensures that...