For more than thirty years, Future Advanced Manufacture* has developed components, complex moulds, prototypes, tools and assemblies for the world’s most demanding industries including: space, aeronautical, medical, oilfield, sub-marine, telecommunications and precision optical.
For many, Future Advanced Manufacture Ltd is the first stage in the development and production of an idea …
Working from raw data or CAD models in a variety of formats including Catia V5, the team understands the requirements of specialist products, material integrity and testing from initial design and materials specification, through solid modelling and manufacture to final CMM inspection by direct comparison to the original CAD data.
Sizes are very diverse - from miniature telecommunications and medical components through complex structural 3 dimensional forms of up to 2 metres from a single piece of material to larger machined fabrications.
ISO quality systems have been approved by the Aerospace and Electronics industries to ensure common quality standard across the various disciplines. System details are available on request from the group’s Quality Assurance Department.
A massive array of production and testing equipment combined with a workforce of multi-skilled engineers, ensure that work is carried out within specification, schedule and budget. In-process testing includes vibration, strain, friction, hydraulic pressure and flow, low magnetic permeability, liquid, gas and air flow.
Strict adherence to delivery dates is vital to successful sales. All three factories share one upper level management system, operating a common MRP2 production scheduling system on a common network.
*Future Advanced Manufacture Ltd previously known as Universal Tool Company (Gloucester) Limited