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Graves Aircraft Components. Precision CNC Turning, CNC Milling & finishing. |
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2 Lightning Way, Alvechurch Road, West Heath, Birmingham, UK |
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B31 3PJ |
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United Kingdom |
| Phone number:
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0121 475 5181 |
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0121 4111 071 |
| Contact name:
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Trevor Fletcher |
| Email address:
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[email protected] |
| WMCCM Rated:
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Graves Aircraft Components Limited can meet your requirements for precision CNC turning, CNC milling, machining, grinding and finishing to high tolerances. Graves Aircraft Components have gone 87 weeks since their last recorded reject.
Graves Aircraft Components produce
• Aircraft components
• Precision machined and finished assemblies.
• Precision components
• Jigs, tools and fixtures
• Production tooling
• Manufacture of special purpose machines
• Test rigs and associated equipment
• Nitriding and fluorescent penetrant flaw detection facilities are available.
Graves Aircraft Components serve the aerospace, automotive, defence, foundry, oil exploration, and research markets.
Graves Aircraft Components Web Page |
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Graves Engineering was originally Grave Gauge Precision Grinding, an old established traditional Birmingham Gauge making company with whom Major Designs had enjoyed a close working relationship for more than 20 years.
In 1985 Magor Designs and its associate L & H Designs acquired the company and restructured it as Magor Graves Engineering.
Graves Aircraft Components emerged from Magor Graves Engineering in 1999 as a part of the P14 Group.
The company now provides a comprehensive range of services to the industry from manufacture of Precision components to the undertaking of major engineering projects, specialising in precision components and special purpose machines. No brief is either considered too large or too small.
Flexibility is one of the key strengths of Graves Aircraft Components enabling us to undertake a wide range of projects irrespective of their size and complexity including:
• Precision components
• Jigs, tools and fixtures
• Production tooling
• Manufacture of special purpose machines
• Test rigs and associated equipment
• Nitriding and fluorescent penetrant flaw detection facilities are available
Diverse areas of operation
The fields of industry in which we work are diverse, varied and are constantly expanding. Graves Aircraft Components customers include some of Europe’s most successful and respected companies in the following areas of activity.
• Aerospace
• Automotive
• Defence
• Oil
• Research
• Foundry Industry
It is probable that we also have experience in your industry.
Quality Control and Inspection
Graves Aircraft Components products are all manufactured to very high standards of reliability and accuracy. This is guaranteed by the fact that our environmentally controlled Inspection Department is maintained to MoD Def. 05-24 Standard. However, any company which demands its own quality assurance standards is welcome to audit our facilities. Graves Aircraft Components are proud that it is now 87 weeks since their last single reject part.
Liaison and Delivery
Although our experience and expertise is comprehensive, we also recognize the value of your knowledge of your own business. Therefore, we are prepared to take a great deal of trouble to ensure we meet your exact requirements and maintain specified deliveries.
With major products we usually submit a detailed proposal incorporating an agreed specification, draft design scheme and tender price.
Graves Aircraft Components has worked for many well known major companies including:
Smiths Aerospace
Goodrich Corporation
Ford Motor Company
RMZ 6/4/06 |
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Precision CNC turning, CNC Milling, grinding and finishing to high tolerances. |
| Products and services:
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• Aircraft components
• Precision machined and finished assemblies.
• Precision components
• Jigs, tools and fixtures
• Production tooling
• Manufacture of special purpose machines
• Test rigs and associated equipment
• Nitriding and fluorescent penetrant flaw detection facilities are available. |
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0 |
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90 |
| Strangers:
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10 |
| Number of Employees:
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20 |
| Annual Turnover (£m):
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1 |
| Annual Rate of Growth (%):
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not given |
| Reference customers:
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Goodrich Corporation, Smiths Aerospace. |
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| Continuous improvements:
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Graves Aircraft Components commitment to continuous improvement is captured in their ISO9001-2000 processes. Graves are also working towards the Aerospace AS9100 quality standard accreditation. |
| Competence transfer:
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Moved into oil exploration market. |
| Key processes:
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Key Process:
CAD / CAM
Receipt, verification and set up of precision components and jobs using:
AutoCad CAD/CAM software.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 7.00 years)
Key Process:
CNC Machining,CNC Milling
Precision machining & CNC Milling using;
1 x Bridgeport VMC580 CNC Milling Machine with Heidenhain control, 20 tool ATC, & Index Table. 4000 RPM, BT40 spindle.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 4.00 years)
Key Process:
CNC Machining,CNC Milling
Precision machining & CNC Milling using;
1 x Bridgeport VMC500 CNC Milling Machine with Heidenhain control, 20 tool ATC, & Index Table. 4000 RPM, BT40 spindle.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 7.00 years)
Key Process:
Milling
Precision conventional milling using:
2 x Bridgeport Series 1 milling centre, table size 230mm x 900mm with slotting attachment.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 20.00 years)
Key Process:
CNC Turning
Precision turned parts & CNC turning using:
Hardinge Conquest T42 CNC Slant Bed Lathe.
Fanuc OT control bar feed & driven tooling.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 4.00 years)
Key Process:
CNC Turning
Precision turned parts & CNC turning using:
1 x Colchester Tornado A90 CNC Lathe with 40mm thru spindle.
Large max. working size of 180mm diameter x 350mm.
1 x Colchester Tornado 100A CNC Lathe with 40mm thru spindle.
Large max. working size of 180mm diameter x 350mm.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 3.00 years)
Key Process:
CNC Turning
Precision turned parts & CNC turning using:
1 x Colchester Tornado 2000L CNC Lathe with 54mm thru spindle.
Large max. working size of 200mm diameter x 1270mm.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 15.00 years)
Key Process:
Turning
Conventional and capstain turning using:
2 x Colchester 2000 Centre Lathe with Digital Read Off (DRO)
1 x Hardinge Capstain with 1" thru spindle.
1 x Shaublin Capstain 3" x 8" with 1" thru spindle.
Criddan high speed threading lathe, 100mm dia. x 80mm thread.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 20.00 years)
Key Process:
Grinding
Surface Grinding using:
1 x Jones & Shipman Surface Grinder, table size 300mm x 610mm
2 x Jones & Shipman Surface Grinder, table size 180mm x 460mm
(one with diaform for profile grinding.)
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 20.00 years)
Key Process:
Grinding
Universal grinding and internal grinding using:
1 x Jones & Shipman Universal Grinder, 340mm diameter x 900mm, with electronic bore checking equipment.
2 x Jones & Shipman Universal Grinder, 250mm x 500mm, one with electronic bore checking equipment.
Bryant high speed bore grinder, 0.8mm to 4mm to 15 x 30mm from chuck holes 0.8 to 15mm diameter
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 25.00 years)
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Boring,Drilling
Boring and drilling using:
1 x Newhall Jig Borer, table size 530mm x 380mm, capacity 405mm x 270mm
1 x Genovoise Jig Borer, table size 700mm x 320mm, capacity 409mm x 250mm
Herbert 4 Spindle Driller
Herbert 2 Spindle Driller
Radial driller
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 30.00 years)
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Polishing
Finishing to high tolerances using:
1 x Lapping machine, for flat faces only, capacity 100mm diameter.
1 x Bore honing Machine, capacity 64mm diameter x 150mm.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 30.00 years)
Key Process:
Assembly,Drilling
Drilling, tapping, deburring, finishing and assembly in the:
Assembly and Bench sections
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 30.00 years)
Key Process:
Stress Relieving Furnaces
Nitriding, heat treatment etc. using:
Nitriding and stress relieving furnace. Retort diameter 200mm x 500mm.
Guyson bead blaster, honite 80 glass beads only.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 20.00 years)
Key Process:
Measuring
Quality & Inspection in the Inspection area using:
Optical flatness checking equipment.
1200mm x 1200mm granite table.
Inspection equipment and gauges.
Vibro etch engraving machine.
(Mastery: Mature, Time In Operation: 15.00 years)
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Role: Business Development Manager
Mechanical Engineering,Sales & Marketing
HNC educated production engineer who has moved into sales & marketing.
Now has 15 years of experience in sales, marketing and business development roles.
(Skill Level: Experienced, Years of Practice: 24.00 years)
Role: Works manager
CNC Machining,Mechanical Engineering,Quotation & Estimating
Time served engineer with extensive aerospace experience.
(Skill Level: Experienced, Years of Practice: 30.00 years)
Role: Works Project Engineer
CAD/CAM,CNC Machining,Project Management
Time served engineer with responsibility for planning and scheduling. Experienced in taking designs from CAD/CAM into CNC programming, and machining.
(Skill Level: Experienced, Years of Practice: 18.00 years)
Role: Group Quality Manager
Quality Assurance
Experienced and accredited quality specialist with wide experience of measurement and quality systems accreditations.
(Skill Level: Expert, Years of Practice: 25.00 years)
Role: Inspection team
Quality Assurance
Team with extensive aerospace experience of measurement, and quality inspection.
(Skill Level: Experienced, Years of Practice: 30.00 years)
Role: CNC Turning team
CNC Machining,Turning
Experienced team with up to 35 years in the aerospace and toolmaking backgrounds. Time served engineers specialised in all aspects of CNC turning.
(Skill Level: Experienced, Years of Practice: 35.00 years)
Role: CNC Milling Team
CNC Machining
The CNC Milling team are time served engineers with up to 35 years experience.
(Skill Level: Experienced, Years of Practice: 35.00 years)
Role: Grinding and finishing team
Finishing,Grinding
Grinding, honing, and lapping, performed to high toleranced by a time served team with finishing experience of up to 40 years.
(Skill Level: Experienced, Years of Practice: 40.00 years)
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Birmingham, England, UK, West Midlands |
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Aerospace, Automotive, Defence, Oil & Gas, Precision Engineering |
| Standards:
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ISO 9001:2000 - QMS Requirements |
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