Pen Cutting Tools

We specialise in manufacturing in high speed steel, tungsten carbide, poly crystalline diamond (PCD) and the latest Powder metallurgy steels - to customer’s specific requirements.

Special short run batches are regularly undertaken as well as large number batches.

Over the years Pen Cutting Tools has established both in the United Kingdom and abroad, an enviable reputation for its product quality and service, particularly in the Bearing, Mould and Die and General Engineering Industries. Pen Cutting Tools has also installed ISO 9001:2015 Quality Assurance and management system, which is checked and updated by Lloyds of London. We have equipped all areas of our production with both the machinery and skill levels to produce high tolerance work to customer specifications in a wide range of materials. A glance at our production facility shows the expertise on offer.

We have developed alongside the bearing industry a capability to form shapes on carbide / cermet and ceramic inserts to close limits for turning applications and, as with all our products, a range of coatings are available. Pen is a full service company that can give advice on tool design to help increase tool life and can also aid designers when it comes to what is possible to manufacture.

Our history

Pen Cutting Tools Ltd founded 1968 by William Shaw, and has continued to be family owned and run, as an engineering tool and cutter manufacturer and offers a regrind and retip service to general engineering but in particular the bearing industry. Given first initial loan to start from a major customer, we have since moved away from manufacture of cutters to machine tool parts, machine wear parts and work rests which can be manufactured to high tolerances down to +/-0.002mm if required.

Working in a variety of materials including varying grades of steels (EN8, high speed steels, and special steels-powder metal formed steel). Tungsten carbide is used in a multitude of ways, including solid parts and brazed to a steel body.

Pen manufactures tools to customer specific designs including – machine guides and rails, work rest parts, cold and hot forging tools, press tools and inserts.

Pen often works in collaboration on projects with customers, to aid in the continuous improvement of tool life and improvement of quality of customers finished components. As a company we have decades experience in this area and endeavour to create partnerships with customers for mutual benefit. This benefit has been proven time again by the repeat business that is so highly valued.