Investment in a refurbished precision high-speed press is helping a Kent-based subcontract manufacturing specialist deliver a significant aerospace contract that has been re-shored from Spain. HV Wooding, which offers laser cutting, wire erosion, busbars, motor laminations and presswork to customers all over the world, has invested over £120,000 in new tooling and the installation of a Bruderer BSTA 25H to produce more than 28 million precision parts every year.

The contract will utilise the repeatable bottom dead centre accuracy and 1500 strokes per minute capability of the press, along with its ram guidance system for enhanced stability and tool life. Components will find service in a number of tamper-proof products for the aerospace sector and should account for 60% of the machine’s capacity, leaving the other 40% for new opportunities in electrification and green energy.

“This is the second Bruderer we’ve installed, after inheriting our first when an electrical client outsourced its press shop,” explains Paul Allen, sales director at HV Wooding. “There are few machines in the world that can offer the speed and accuracy in such high volumes, and this is going to make a major difference to our ability to meet the requirement of our aerospace customer.

“The material we’re using is really thin gauge and tolerances are within microns; that’s why we decided on the BSTA 25H,” he adds. “Its ram guidance system eliminates the possibility of movement during the stamping process, prolonging tool life and giving us consistent repeatable quality, something the customer wasn’t getting overseas.”

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