Etablissements Jean Rabes

What they make

According to their website, RABES SAS is a precision machining company based in Montauban, in south-west France, founded in 1972. The company specializes in décolletage (CNC bar turning) across a wide range of materials, including stainless steel, steel, copper alloys, aluminum, plastics, nickel and nickel alloys. Parts are machined from bar stock with diameters ranging from 2 to 65 mm, in medium to large production runs of 100 to 50,000 pieces. Its machine park includes sliding-headstock (Swiss-type) lathes with C and Y axes and twin spindles for bars up to 25 mm, plus twin-spindle turn-mill lathes with C and C+Y axes handling bars up to 65 mm, allowing production of long and geometrically complex parts. Manufacturing takes place in a 1,500 m2 plant in Montauban. The company describes its team as committed to compliance with the EN 9100 quality standard, and it supplies parts to the aeronautics, aerospace, automotive, electronics and medical sectors.

• Précision décolletage (CNC bar turning/screw-machining) of all materials — stainless steel, steel, copper alloys, aluminum, plastics, nickel and nickel alloys
• Machining of bar-stock parts with diameters from 2 to 65 mm
• Medium and large production series, from 100 to 50,000 pieces
• Sliding-headstock (Swiss-type) lathes with C and Y axes, twin-spindle, for bars up to 25 mm
• Twin-spindle turn-mill lathes with C and C+Y axes for bars up to 65 mm, for long and complex parts
• Own 1,500 m2 production plant in Montauban, France
• Supplies aeronautics, aerospace, automotive, electronics and medical sectors
• Team commitment to compliance with the EN 9100 quality standard

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