Manufacturing Case Studies

Houghton Hocut 4940 Shows Major Improvement: Aerospace Case Study

A leading engineering service provider specialising in the design and manufacture of solutions for many prestigious Aerospace OEMs and Tier I suppliers (e.g. Airbus, BAE Systems, Bombardier) was looking to improve operations. The company has five strategic business units supporting the Aerospace sector.

Read more

How Optimax 610 Advanced Neat Cutting Oil Improved a Customer’s Operating Efficiency on Sliding Head Machines and Saved Money

What was the situation? (Market Segment, Application, Machine/Equipment, Materials, Tooling, Filtration, Services etc) The customer operates in the Sub-Contract Engineering segment, and supplies a number of industries but most notably Aerospace. The company operates a wide range of machine tools including 13 Sliding Head Lathes comprising of machines from Citizen, Tornos, Deco and Star.

Read more

How Henkel Bonderite L-MR 21972 improved component quality and reduced operating costs.

What was the situation? (Market Segment, Application, Machine/Equipment, Materials, Tooling, Filtration, Services etc) An Aerospace Component Manufacturer in the South East of England supplies many different parts as single or assembled units to the main Aerospace OEM’s. The manufacturer has a number of CNC Machining centres some with FMS capability to produce high precision, high quality electronic components using a high end competitors coolant utilising demineralised water for making up the emulsion.

Read more

Bonderite L-MR 77-4 Case Study

What was the situation? (Market Segment, Application, Machine/Equipment, Materials, Tooling, Filtration, Services etc.) A small to medium size engineering company in the North East of England is manufacturing component parts for the Aerospace, Telecommunications, Medical and other market sectors where they have a range of CNC Machining Centres, Turning Centres and Sliding Head Machines machining a wide range of materials from Aluminium to Exotic

Read more