Gear and assembly expansion
High precision gear components being manufactured at Micro Precision on one of the company’s new super-precision grinding machines
Micro Precision Gear Technology has invested £2m in new machine tools and factory space to increase capacity for its precision gear component business and its high-precision assembly service.
Expansion in both areas is driven by orders from motorsport teams and subcontract work for civil aerospace and military related hardware.
The new machines include precision CNC Hofler gear grinding machines and 5-axis S & T gear hobbing machines, as well as specialist measurement and finishing machines. The recent expansion has given the company a further 15,000 square feet of further production machine capacity.
Managing director Terry Grubb said: “We have grown organically by providing an absolutely top-class service and this has now allowed us to make this latest investment in new machinery and factory expansion in order to satisfy demand.
“As engineering production becomes ever more streamlined and tolerances and materials become ever more exacting our value to our customers is on the increase, mainly because of our quality and our flexibility. If a customer requires just one part, manufactured to the same tolerances and put through the same test regime as a larger batch would, then we can do it. Low-to-medium volume production is our current forte and having continually invested in the very latest high accuracy machines we have always been ahead in terms of accuracy and production economies.”
Micro Precision was founded in 1978 by Terry Grubb and is an ISO 9001-2000/AS 9100 accredited manufacturer. It provides specialised precision components to the civil and military aerospace, medical, and commercial markets, including Formula 1. The company has a purpose built factory accommodating 20,000 square feet of production machine capacity, and non-destructive testing facilities with NADCAP approval for both NDT and Nital Etch inspection.
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