Saunders & Ward is a Tasmanian family-owned business with over 100 years’ experience in general engineering. We operate fabrication and machining workshops on a jobbing basis, engaging in the manufacture, repair, refurbishment, installation and maintenance of industrial equipment to the power generation, mining, minerals processing, aquaculture, water and general engineering industries.
Our experienced team of 50 motivated people is made up of highly skilled mechanical and fabrication tradespeople, apprentices, trade assistants, supervisors, project/workshop managers and admin staff.
We have modern well-equipped facilities located in Kingston 15 minutes south of Hobart.
Services include:
- All types of light and heavy machining;
- CNC and conventional machining;
- Large capacity CNC milling;
- Large capacity conventional turning;
- General engineering;
- Precision turning, milling & drilling;
- General and specialised fitting;
- Factory and mill maintenance;
- Industrial breakdown and repair services;
- Structural & mechanical overhaul and refurbishment work;
- Light and heavy fabrication of carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminium;
- Welding of all types with carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminium;
- Specialised coded welding;
- CNC profile and plasma cutting;
- CNC brake pressing;
- Plate rolling;
- Site erection and mobile welding.
Product Areas:
- Pressure vessels;
- Pipework;
- Antarctic equipment;
- Lifting equipment;
- Pedestrian bridges;
- Hydropower generation equipment;
- Specialised structural steel;
- Architectural steelwork;
- Platforms, ladders and walkways;
- Hoppers & chutes;
- Conveyors;
- Storage tanks;
- Logging equipment;
- Earthmoving equipment attachments;
- Wear plate liners;
- Specialised formwork;
- Marine and aquaculture equipment;
- Transport equipment;
- Minerals processing equipment;
- Water & sewage plant and equipment;
- Mining and tunnel boring equipment;
- Industrial plant and equipment.
Fabrication Capacity:
- 1500m2 fabrication workshop;
- Plate rolls up to 3100mm x 32mm double initial pinch capacity;
- CNC profile and high definition plasma cutting up to 3300mm x 13900mm bed capacity;
- CNC oxy-fuel cutting up to 250mm thick;
- CNC plasma cutting up to 50mm thick;
- CNC 400 tonne brake pressing up to 16mm thick x 3700mm;
- Bandsaw up to 700mm (90°) 700mm capacity, cutting 90° to 30°;
- Hot and cold section saws;
- Vertical 100 tonne hydraulic press;
- Electrode, MIG and Flux Cored welding up to 600 amps;
- AC & DC TIG welding;
- Punching machine;
- Freehand plasma cutting;
- Variable speed rotators;
- 2 x 100T capacity fabrication tables;
- 2 x 4T overhead travelling gantry cranes;
- 4 x 2T wall jib cranes;
- Portable cutting equipment;
- 3 x forklift trucks up to 11 tonne capacity;
- Hydrostatic pressure testing equipment.
Fitting and Machining Capacity:
- 900m2 machining workshop;
- CNC slant bed lathe Ø580 swing over bed x 1000mm between centres;
- CNC slant bed lathe up to Ø670mm swing over bed x 1520mm between centres;
- CNC travelling column milling machining with A4 universal head, 8000mm bed, 15 tonne capacity, travel up to 6000mm longitudinal x 2000mm vertical x 1350mm cross;
- CNC milling machining with travel up to 2600mm longitudinal x 1450mm vertical x 1000mm cross;
- 6 x manual lathes of various sizes up to 1000mm swing over bed x 8000mm between centres;
- 4 x manual milling machines of various sizes up to 4000mm bed, travel up to 2200mm longitudinal x 1200mm vertical x 915mm cross;
- Slotters of various sizes up to 550mm stroke;
- Various hydraulic presses;
- Bandsaws;
- 5T overhead travelling crane;
- Heavy fitting bay;
- General plant including precision measuring equipment, bearing heaters, fitting tools etc.
Site Operations:
- 30T all-terrain mobile crane;
- Containerised mobile workshop;
- Site equipped trucks;
- Flat tray trucks and utes;
- 1.5T hydraulic truck mounted crane;
- Site diesel welders / generators;
- Compact portable welders;
- Portable plasma and gas cutting equipment;
- Specialised lifting equipment;
- Portable line borer;
- Portable drilling machines;
- Aluminium scaffolding equipment.
Further information on our company can be found on our website www.saunward.com.au
