In production, the components were produced by RMIG from 1500mm by 2500mm sheet blanks, enabling 25 individual items to be produced from every sheet, using the Amadas integral sheet save feature, which ensured high material utilisation with minimum wastage. Due to the complexity, volume of perforations and the positional accuracy required for each hole of just 0.1mm, 19 different tools were required to perforate the components to the pattern and specification demanded by the customer. By using the flexible Amada machine, the components were capable of being finish machined in a single pass giving a production rate of 1000 per week.

Andrew Wadbrook-McLay, Production Manager with RMIG UK, explained: This was a challenging component to produce, but is fairly typical of the increasingly tight tolerance, advanced manufacturing contracts that we undertake, as customers appreciate the detailed skills, expertise and manufacturing knowledge we apply to their products to deliver a cost effective, high quality solution.

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