Finished parts

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Fresh off the lathe, mill and gear cutter, waiting for inspection and crating: a ring gear, a stepped shaft and a cone sleeve, photographed on the shop floor.

A large ring gear lying flat on the shop floor, spur teeth cut around the rim, a circle of bolt holes on the face, a length of chain in the middle. — P.01Large ring gear, teeth cut

A large stepped shaft resting on timber on the shop floor, journals and faces turned, dimensions written on the body. — P.02Large stepped shaft, journals turned

A large cone sleeve standing on the shop floor, its outer taper turned smooth, stepped bore machined. — P.03Large cone sleeve, bore and taper turned

Delivery

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Crates, bracing, loading — export parts packed for the destination, with handling marks on every case.

Export plywood cases with keep-dry, fragile, this-way-up and no-hooks marks, braced with steel corners and strapped on a flatbed truck. — P.04Inspected and ready to dispatch

A worm shaft on timber bearers inside an export crate lined with striped tarpaulin. — P.05Surface rust protection applied, then crated

Cast housings with machined and coated faces, braced with timber inside a plywood crate. — P.06Cast housings braced inside the crate

Rods with lifting eyes standing upright, one per compartment, inside a lined export crate. — P.07Long sea freight — extra moisture barrier

Customer visits

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Customers on site to see parts, sign off and photograph machines. The shop looks the same when you visit.

Faces of visiting customers are blurred to protect their privacy.

A customer standing over small gears laid out on sheeting, phone in hand, with crated parts behind him. — P.08Checking a batch of small gears

Four men by the shop door beside a row of tapered shafts laid out on the floor. — P.09Tapered shafts reviewed by the shop door

A crane hook and slings above a large cast block while a customer photographs it. — P.10Photographing a casting under the hook

A customer beside a finished stepped shaft, talking with our colleague; a vertical lathe chuck and packing case nearby. — P.11A finished stepped shaft, checked on site

A customer photographing a vertical gear shaper, with finished gear rings on the floor beside it. — P.12Photographing a machine

Visiting customers and Linyao colleagues standing in a row under the workshop crane. — P.13Visitors and our team, under the crane