We have over 160 years of combined history between our Companies since they were first founded – R&I (1948) our parent Company Hardman Bros (1953) and our other sister Company Marks 4WD (1979)
We have over 100 different machines located within 3 buildings with almost 8000 m² of floor space located on 5 acres of land.
- CNC Gear Cutting & CNC Gear Grinding (Ø 800 mm x 600 mm width)
- Gear cutting Ø 2.0mm to Ø 160 mm (Hardman Bros to Ø 1500 mm)
- CNC Lathes – Robot loading, Sub spindles, Y axis & Swiss style gang tool.
- CNC Milling – 5 Axis simultaneous (pallet loading) & 3 or 4 axis (inc 3 mt bed)
- CNC Vertical Lathe – Max Ø 1200 mm with C axis milling.
- CNC Cylindrical Grinding & Precision Honing Ø 3 – 150 mm
- CAD / CAM (Solidworks and Mastercam)
- Horizontal & Vertical Broaches; Internal Keyway Slotting to 800 mm long.
Metrology / Inspection supported by a full time Quality Inspector and access to two dedicated inspection rooms (one in full time use) with a huge range of inspection equipment including
- CMM – Brown & Sharp 1800 x 1000 x 900 mm
- Vision Inspection – MicroVu, Optical Compararotors and Gear Inspection
- Hardness testing and surface tester (Mititoyo & Accrutech)
- Extensive range of metrology equipment
- Dedicated quality inspector with temperature controlled work environment
Gear Cutting
Gear cutting; gear shaping; gear milling & gear grinding
- Gear Grinding– Spur & Helical Gears
- Universal Hobbing of Spur and Helical Gears
- Timing Belt Pulleys
- Gear Shaping
- Worm Milling
- Bevel & Mitre Gear
- Thread Cutting Rack Cutting
Grinding – Cylindrical, surface and tool & cutter
- CNC Cylindrical Grinder
- CNC Surface Grinder
- Cylindrical Grinding
- Surface Grinding
- Tool & Cutter Grinding
CNC Machining
Turning a wide variety of different CNC machines with varying capacities and milling – Horizontal; Vertical and 5 axis capability
- CNC Lathes (including multi axis Lathes)
- CNC Machining Centres (including 5 Axis machines)
- CNC Wire Cutting
- CNC Cylindrical Grinding
- CNC Gear Grinding
- EDM
- CAD – Solidworks
General Engineering
Broaching, slotting, honing and grinding
- Turning
- Universal milling
- Slotting
- Grinding
- Honing
- Horizontal Milling
- Vertical Milling
Quality Assurance
Approved Quality System to ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D – CERT-AU1645-QCQ-QCM
- Vision Inspection – MicroVu
- CMM – Brown & Sharp
- Optical Comparators
- Surface Tester (Mititoyo & Accrutech)
- Hardness Testing
- Master Gear Testing
- Extensive range of metrology equipment