Capabilities

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