CompoTech: Take advantage of materials to improve product quality (Part 2)
Composite materials are usually made of a thermosetting resin such as epoxy, reinforced with a fiber component. The type of fiber commonly used by CompoTech is glass fiber, although carbon fiber is more efficient. After the fiber and plastic components are heat cured, it produces a material with a high ratio...
Mini Gears: Success through technology investment and internal management (Part 2)
Internal management is a key factor in helping Mini Gears maintain its innovative operations. To strengthen internal management capacity, Mini Gears cooperated with Jounetsu Consulting to conduct training courses on 5S and lean production. In the spirit of “waste” as an enemy, equipment screening, sorting and standardization activities were carried out...
Measurement solution is in the pipeline
Manufacturing intricate pipeline products for a range of demanding industries is challenging enough but guaranteeing their quality to tight tolerances is another ballgame entirely. Fortunately for Alltube Engineering, Faro came to the rescue. PES reports. Daventry, Northamptonshire-based Alltube Engineering manufacture a comprehensive range of flexible and rigid pipeline products. Established in...
Improving productivity-per-head in manufacturing
Optimising available resources to maximise productivity in these challenging times is not only desirable – it’s absolutely essential, affirms Tim Paddison, managing director of tooling and machining specialist Hoffmann Group UK. With more than 620,000 manufacturing jobs lost in just over a decade, crippling workforce shortages are having a greater impact...
Saving time for a mirror finish
Founded in 2017 following a merger of the metal fabrication department of Sunseeker and Cooney Marine, Poole-based Cooney South has seen significant growth in its business supplying high-end superyacht manufacturers in the UK with precision stainless steel and aluminium components. This has been achieved through investment in machinery and people, with...
Turning to twins for rising productivity gains
Welwyn Garden City-based subcontractor Unicut Precision has a long history of investing in Citizen twin-spindle, twin-turret turning technology, which has enabled it to expand it markets, particularly in the hydraulics industry. The latest Citizen machines, including those with low frequency vibration (LFV) technology, are helping the company increase lights-out production and...
Forming a new pathway to productivity
Ed Hill visited Rugby-based AW Precision to discover how this well-established punch and die engineering company is changing to keep pace with modern manufacturing. Darwin’s concept that animals have to adapt to survive applies as much in business as it does to evolution and we live in times when manufacturers are...
The difference between routine and predictive maintenance
Routine and predictive maintenance are two techniques in preventive maintenance that aim to minimize the chance of equipment failures before they happen. A company may use separate or a combination of routine and predictive maintenance. So what is the difference between these two techniques? Periodic maintenance (PM) Routine maintenance is the...
Albon Engineering & Manufacturing PLC
A Value Stream Mapping and O.E.E. improvement activity, supporting Albon’s investment in machinery and tooling, resulting in a 70% increase in line output BackgroundAlbon Plc. is a large, independent design and manufacturing company specialising in the machining and assembly of engine components for automotive and diesel manufacturers world-wide. Current activities consist...
A business process improvement programme resulting in a 60% reduction in lead times. ...
BackgroundENER-G is a company who designs, develops and finances energy-efficient, sustainable and renewable solutions on a business-to-business basis globally. Components, primarily engines, are purchased from automotive suppliers to support the business. The engines are used at the heart of ENER-G’s efficient Combined Heat and Power systems which allow businesses to save...
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