A large engineering company had a serious machine breakdown requiring a rapid response. Two new gears were needed. Could we manufacture them?
Our team got to work and produced one phosphor bronze and one cast iron helical gear in four working days to enable the customer to get the machine running again. The work included getting in the material overnight, turning the blanks, cutting the gears and final grinding. The customer was delighted with the service. A regular customer, who supplies the sub sea oil and gas industry, required five shafts thread grinding and four nuts machining to meet a brought-forward deadline. We managed to meet the deadline with a day to spare. Another delighted customer! We have recently manufactured two new gear box shafts for a customer and are now in the process of rebuilding the box. Bearings and seals had to be airfreighted from the USA to meet the deadline to get the box back on line. This work has included turning the shafts, grinding them, machining keyways, producing new keys, stripping down the box, reassembling it, painting it and final testing. Please contact us to see how our rapid response team can help your business with its engineering needs.
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Our team of engineers at Kenward Precision was pleased to receive the go-ahead to manufacture two large shafts and to refurbish a gearbox for a large bioethanol plant in the North East.
We are hopeful of gaining more work from this customer during a forthcoming planned maintenance outage. As further confirmation of the quality of our work, we have also been awarded preferred supplier status from a large global crane services business. The work we will undertake for them will be two of our specialities: gear cutting and gear grinding. We're pleased to welcome two apprentice engineers to the team - Liam Medley, left, and Nathan King.
Liam and Nathan are learning their trade by splitting their time between Westin Drives and Kenward Precision. Liam, a former Greenhead College student, is studying for a BTEC Level 3 in mechanical engineering at Kirklees College. Nathan completed a BTC Level 2 in mechanical engineering at Kirklees College before taking up his apprenticeship. Both have demonstrated a willingness to learn the basics of machine tool operation on the lathes and will, over the coming months, hone their skills in gear cutting and grinding. It’s great to see our young engineers of the future enthusiastically building their skill base by working on the machines and absorbing the knowledge of our existing skilled engineers. Some of the work they have produced has already been used in work for customers, which demonstrates how well they are progressing. Liam and Nathan are always in the workshop on time and have an excellent rapport with the rest of the team. Following submission of prototype components for a new marine radar system, Kenward Precision Engineering has been asked to proceed with full manufacture of three sets.
Further orders are expected to follow over the coming years. The main components are pinions, wheels and small turntables. Key skills involved from our team are turning, gear cutting, gear grinding, surface grinding and splining. We're delighted at this expression of faith in our skilled team of precision engineers in Huddersfield. Trials take place on prototype components made by Kenward engineers for naval navigation application29/1/2018 A complex set of gears, pinions and wheels for a naval navigation/radar application has been delivered on time and on budget by Kenward Precision Engineering.
The work required included turning, gear grinding, nitride hardening, spline grinding and final grinding. Prototype components manufactured by our skilled engineers for the next generation of naval navigation systems are undergoing trials and we anticipate future orders. Other work successfully completed includes:
One of the UK’s leading gearbox manufacturers regularly uses Kenward Precision Engineering to manufacture machine tool components to ensure that their production lines keep working.
We have recently completed two emergency jobs on time and to budget for this world-renowned company. We have also recently completed the refurbishment of three gearboxes for a leading bioethanol manufacturer. The boxes, which had been standing idle for over five years without any form of internal protective oil, were badly rusted and seized. Our team of engineers in Huddersfield produced new gears where necessary, cleaned up those that could be salvaged, replaced all of the bearings and seals, rebuilt and painted the boxes. They are now as good as new and ready to go on line. We have just delivered a repaired gearbox to a customer whose factory was closed for maintenance work.
The job was originally just a seal and bearing change, new gears – which we had produced earlier – and a general clean up. Ordinarily, this would have been a straightforward two-day job for our experienced engineers. However, when they stripped down the gearbox, they realised that it had been running without oil, causing serious damage to the two main drive shafts. By working over last weekend, our team turned two new shafts, cut the required keyways in, ground them to size and produced new keys. The customer was delighted with the service and, most importantly, will have the plant running again without any loss of production. We pride ourselves at being at the cutting edge for clients, large or small. A gentleman came into our workshop early last week carrying a small shaft from his 1980s ATCO lawnmower. He’s owned the machine since it was new. Could we help? As our aim is to please all of our customers, one of our engineers removed the worn out screw threads at each end of the shaft and replaced them with new ones, enabling the lawnmower to return to its duties. Another very grateful customer. Kenward Precision Engineering has completed the first of two orders on time and to the
quality required for components for radar systems used on military ships. The work involved high precision turning, slotting, milling and grinding. The components we produced are part of the drive mechanism and this skilled operation was carried out in our Huddersfield workshop by experienced engineers Dave, Eric and Bob. We have been dealing with this client for many years, supplying numerous precision engineered components including gears, shafts, turntables, stems and racks. Most of what we supply ends up as part of a system or product used in military applications. When a client approached Kenward to ask if we could manufacture some replacement gears for a 1930s Vauxhall Cadet Grosvenor, similar to the model above, we were delighted to help. Our engineers have produced precision components for classic and vintage vehicles for many years and work began this week on replacing the worn out gears, right, with a reverse-engineered new set. Most of our team will be involved: Ryan in gear cutting, Eric in grinding, and Dave in turning and milling. Heat treatment will be followed by a final grinding. Internal splines are also to be cut in a job that we trust will bring satisfaction to the proud owner of a fine piece of motoring history. |