News, Innovations and Case Studies

See what we’re up to at JEI Solutions from the latest drilling and cutting innovations, exhibitions and events and more.

Above & Beyond - SteelBeast® PRO Range Success Story

Posted by Dave Ward / 11th September 2020

We were recently contacted by a customer who was having difficulties with a M30 drilling and tapping application, after being unsuccessful w...

At this point we were sceptical of success on this application but proceeded to trial the PRO132T regardless, this model offers three electr...

We began to carry out the trial firstly drilling 26.5 mm with a solid morse taper twist drill with the PRO 132T situated on top of the 50 mm...

The customer was more than impressed and knew that this was the machine for the job resulting in multiple machines and tapping equipment ord...

Presenting the MidiBeast™ - A Rugged performer for Intensive Steel Construction Drilling

Posted by David McFadden / 28th May 2020

The MidiBeast™ is the latest new member of the MAGBEAST® family. Designed specifically to lessen the load on the steel fabricator's fleet of...

What makes the MidiBeast™ unique in it's size range is it's self adjusting, maintenance-free motor slide rail supports and rigid casting de...

New MiniBeast™ innovations Part four - MiniBeast™ Safe-Base

Posted by David McFadden / 6th May 2020

Over the last Decade, the MiniBeast™ has become the machine of choice for steel fabricators in the UK. Whilst it is perfect for site drillin...

In the event of a power cut on site, a working magnetic drilling machine would become disconnected from the steel plate or joist. Whilst all...

New MiniBeast™ Innovations Part Three - MiniBeast™ Curve for Drilling Pipes, Convex and Concave Surfaces

Posted by David McFadden / 28th April 2020

Whilst it is perfect for site drilling, with it's customer driven features, here at JEI we wanted to enhance it's capabilities to make it a...

On many occasions, a magnetic drill is required to cut holes on round surfaces. Whilst there are a number of ways the steel fabricator has a...

Featuring 4, 2 way permanent magnets, the machine can easily be positioned and clamped to pipes or convex surfaces with a minimum radius of ...

New MiniBeast™ Innovations Part Two - MiniBeast™ Thin for Drilling Heavy Painted Surfaces and Thin Plates

Posted by David McFadden / 16th April 2020

Over the last decade, the MiniBeast™ has become the most favored choice of the steel fabricator in the UK. Whilst it is perfect for site dri...

One particular challenge of the steel fabricator is using a magnetic drill on heavily painted plates. The layers of coating greatly reduce t...

To combat this application, JEI designed the MiniBeast™ Thin which incorporates a special magnetic base with extra holding coil design, to m...

New MiniBeast™ Innovations Part One - The Popular MiniBeast™ Now Available with Ratchet Feed Operation

Posted by David McFadden / 8th April 2020

Over the last decade, the MiniBeast™ has become the most favoured choice of the steel fabricator in the UK. Whilst it is perfect for site d...

Part One - New MiniBeast™ Ratchet Option The market leading MiniBeast™ portable magnetic drill is now available with a ratchet operation. Al...

The MiniBeast™ RT (ratchet) machine can be ordered as a new complete option in 110 v or 240 v operation, or parts can be supplied as a retro...

Presenting the World's Lowest Height Magnetic Drill for Access to all Areas

Posted by David McFadden / 2nd April 2020

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How low can you go? Solving the challenges of steel constructions ever demanding requirements and applications is where we like to be. With ...

How Your Business Could Benefit from Becoming a JEI Distributor

Posted by David McFadden / 28th March 2020

As a partner, you can benefit from not only having the confidence of offering your customers the best drilling and cutting solutions in the ...

A New Drilling Revolution Presented by SteelBeast®

Posted by David McFadden / 5th March 2020

THE NEW PRO SERIES; A NEW COMPREHENSIVE RANGE THAT RAISES THE BAR IN PORTABLE MAGNETIC DRILLING TECHNOLOGY. When it comes to Portable soluti...

The SteelBeast® range is growing as we are proud to present our new generation of premium portable magnetic drilling solutions, designed to ...

HSS or TCT: Which is Best?

Posted by David McFadden / 26th February 2020

Annular Broaching cutters where first introduced to the market in 1970s, offering a faster, cleaner option to produce holes in steel, requir...

Predominantly, when it comes to choosing the right cutter for the job, one very question common in the industry is which should you choose: ...