UK GEAR MAKERS: CRAFTING EXCELLENCE, MADE FOR ME
Gears are often overlooked by people who do not understand machines. Most of us look at a car and consider its aerodynamic styling, most of us see a jet engine and revel in the noise and promise of speed or look at a wind turbine and think about its contribution to achieving a lower carbon future. This is because most people are not engineers.
Engineers see the world a little differently. Engineers see a car and wonder about its gearbox. They see a jet engine and think about the intricately meshing cogs that allow it to generate such power and they look at a wind turbine and quietly calculate what the differential ratio must be.
Engineers understand that almost every machine with moving parts, from the smallest Swiss Watch to the largest piece of tunnel boring machinery would not work without gears that have been constructed to exacting specifications.
As one of the leading UK gear manufacturers we understand that the business of making gears is a scientific, precision affair.
But we also understand that it is also a craft. Something that utilises the very latest computer aided design techniques but also the quietly thoughtful and methodical approach that has long been associated with serious people in sheds carefully shaving just a little bit more off the tooth of a cog to make it fit just that little bit better.
Today’s modern, high technology, high stress, low tolerance industrial environment can feel like a place that has no need for craftspeople. Modern computer aided design and manufacturing plants look as though they have more in common with science fiction than quiet sheds that smell faintly of oil and sawdust.
But we have been a gear box manufacturer since the nineteen twenties. Our roots are in those sheds even as our head is craned over the computer screen.
We understand that there is nothing “low-tech” about craft. For us craft is about care. It is about taking a quiet satisfaction in a job well done.
Yes, in these days of computer aided design and CNC machining we are also working quickly, but that does not mean that our work is in any way clinical or robotic.
Every gear we make benefits from a culture of accuracy and care that has developed over many de
Unlike some UK gear manufacturers when we make a gear we are not just cutting teeth into wheels. We are making something that we understand is a vital component of a larger machine – and we understand that being a small cog in a larger machine does not make something insignificant. cades of experience.
We are engineers, yes, so every cog, no matter how small is made to exacting standards of precision. But we are also craftspeople. Which means that even the smallest cog is also made with love and care because we know that even the smallest cog is important.
So when you come to us to make your gears you get the best of both worlds. We fabricate your gears to precise specifications so that every cog we make will slot neatly into its allotted place and work with maximum efficiency from the start. But we also deliver a bespoke solution.
As engineers we value efficiency, but as craftspeople we know that “one size fits all” rarely fits anyone properly so we will craft the components that you need to be precisely for you.
Whatever your industry come and see what our unique blend of craft and technology can do to help your business work better.