Birmingham-based Bromford Industries — a leading manufacturer of landing gear, precision components and engines for the aerospace and industrial gas turbine markets — relies on a Trimos Horizon H-series length-measuring machine to assist in the manufacture of critical components.
With a number of major OEMs among its customer base and strict NADCAP approvals in place, accurate, precise and repeatable measurement equipment is essential.
The non-contact Trimos machine, supplied by Bowers Group (
www.bowersgroup.co.uk), is very simple to use, and it allows the company to achieve accurate measurements to an extra decimal point.
Jason Kinsey, inspection technician at Bromford Industries, said: “The other standard height gauges we have just aren’t used anymore; we’ve replaced them all with the Trimos ones instead.
“We are very pleased with it and extremely impressed with its reliability.
“We know we can trust the measurements we receive from the Trimos, and we are confident that they are accurate.”
Bromford Industries employs over 300 people at five sites, where it undertakes high-precision complex component machining and fabrication, matched with full supply-chain management.
All five site are accredited to the latest AS9100 rev D aerospace standard, in addition to ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001 and comprehensive NADCAP approvals.
Typical manufactured components include engine rings and casings, plus critical parts for aircraft landing gear. The company has recently invested in nine ‘state of the art’ five-axis Okuma machining centres, making its manufacturing operation a true ‘smart factory’.
In addition to the measurement of high-performance critical components, Bromford Industries uses the Trimos Horizon H-series length-measuring machine to calibrate analogue universal gauges from Bowers Group as a digital back-up.
This added level of trust and assurance enables operators to be confident that the universal gauges are calibrated to the highest level of accuracy in a digital format, therefore ensuring accurate and repeatable measurement.