Tag: SHAPE

3
Aug

Five fixtures in five days

It’s exciting times at SHAPE with demand growing for engineering. Shape is currently working on a range of quick turnaround composite and fixturing design projects. Adrian Mortlock, Managing Director of SHAPE Machining Ltd said “Five fixtures designed in five days is a great example of our engineer’s dynamism and dedication. Our customer was extremely pleased with the rapid turnaround, build

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9
Apr

SHAPE IMPLEMENTS ADVANCED PLANNING SOFTWARE FOR REDUCED LEAD TIMES

Shape Machining Ltd (SHAPE) have successfully implemented new Advanced Planning & Scheduling software from The Access Group. “Access Orchestrate” is a production scheduling solution used by large and small organisations including the pharmaceutical industry for complex planning and on-time deliveries. SHAPE have trialled the software over the previous months and is now using the software for proactive planning to meet

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3
Feb

SHAPE CONTINUES TO BE FEATURED SPONSOR TO OBR

SHAPE Machining Ltd continues to be a featured sponsor to Oxford Brookes Racing (OBR) after many years of a very close working relationship. Charles Boileve, Head of Business Development at OBR, stated that: “SHAPE has been an integral part of OBR since 2017, where they have helped us massively by machining our tooling blocks with incredible precision. SHAPE is one

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21
Dec

SHAPE Christmas Shutdown & IT Upgrade

SHAPE Machining Ltd will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. All other days will be fully operational. Ryan Muller, Managing Director said “We are immensely grateful for the work we have received from our customers this year. We are planning various upgrades to the factory including the implementation of new planning software as well as

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19
Aug

SHAPE CONTINUE TO DELIVER AUTOMOTIVE FIXTURES

Shape Machining Ltd continues to design and manufacture CNC, inspection and bonding jigs for the Aerospace, Motorsport and Automotive industry. Managing Director, Ryan Muller said “having recently grown our design team, we have added capacity for the design of patterns and jigs, many of which we design for the Automotive and Motorsport sector”. SHAPE design and manufacture jigs to meet

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28
Jan

SHAPE Machines Bespoke CNC Jigs To Increase Productivity

Shape are continuing to provide engineering and manufacturing solutions for trimming, bonding and inspection fixtures. This particular fixture was designed and manufactured by Shape and will be used to machine Rohacell foam parts in-house, eliminating hand finishing and allowing Shape to pass this cost saving onto the customer. Managing Director, Ryan Muller, said “We are really proud of our capability

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12
Nov

SHAPE Machines Carbon for F1, Motorsport, Aerospace and Automotive

CARBON INSERT MACHINING AND TRIMMING 12.11.19 Shape Machining Ltd is machining high quality Carbon inserts for the Motorsport and Formula 1 industry alongside Carbon trimming for Aerospace and Automotive clients with full FAI reporting and FARO inspection. Alongside the internal capability to design jigs and fixtures in-house, SHAPE has continuously developed methods to machine a variety of advanced materials, including

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26
Feb

WELL PACKAGED PATTERNS SHIPPED FROM SHAPE

It’s a busy time of the year for Shape Machining Ltd. But they still insist that any patterns they machine are fully protected prior to shipping to customers. Managing Director, Peter McCool, said “The team at Shape know that our customers value the quality of the patterns we machine. So we take great care to ensure they are well wrapped

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16
Jan

BREAKTHROUGH IN COMPOSITE PROCESSING TIMES

Shape Machining Ltd is today launching the Shape FastForm process developed specifically to drastically reduce the time it takes to manufacture thermoplastic carbon composite parts. Managing Director, Peter McCool, said “We have developed this technology as part of our road map strategy for high volume composite part manufacture. The ability to manufacture carbon parts in minutes, reliably and in a

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25
Jul

SHAPETEX SPECIFIC WEBSITE LAUNCHED

Shape Machining Ltd has today launched a dedicated website for the advanced carbon fibre preform process they have developed under the ShapeTex brand. www.shapetex.co.uk The ShapeTex process allows for highly optimised structural preforms to be manufactured with zero waste. Fibres can be accurately laid down in predetermined positions and orientations to ensure the final part has the most optimised properties

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