Facility
Equipment & Machines

Six CNC machines, a 3.6 m x 2.6 m x 0.8 m envelope and around 108 machining hours a day, backed by in-house inspection and fixturing.

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Machine operator at a CNC control panel in Shape's Witney facility

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Investment where it matters the most.
‍We're committed to the highest possible standards, and our investment in the hardware & equipment reflects that.

CMS Ares 3626

Our largest machines, with a 3.6 m x 2.6 m x 0.8 m envelope.

CMS Ares 3626 #4
CMS Ares 3626 #5
CMS Ares 3626 #7

DUGARD EAGLE 1000

High precision & converted
to run carbon fibre.

CMS Antares 2615

High-speed machining of composites and carbon fibre.

CMS Antares 2615 #1
CMS Antares 2615 #2

Ball-nose cutter finishing a large pale blue tooling board pattern

CMS Ares 3626

Built for large patterns and tooling.

Fine cutter machining a metal plate with a circular pocket

DUGARD EAGLE 1000

High precision & converted to run carbon fibre.

5-axis CNC machining a large tooling board pattern at Shape

CMS Antares 2615

High-speed machining of composites and carbon fibre.

3.6m x 2.6m x 0.8m

Maximum Machining Envelope

108 Hours/day

Machining Output

6

Machines Total

Other Equipment

Supporting equipment.

Machine spindle with a tool holder and a twist drill alongside

End-to-end equipment, paired with machines.

Dry Extraction Systems

Dry extraction keeps the shop clean and dust-free, which matters when cutting carbon and foam.

Vacuum fixtures

Designed and made in-house for repeatable, quick setups.

Guhring Tool Dispensing System

Tools are issued from a dispensing system, so the right cutter is on hand and usage is tracked.

Tablet PCs

All of our operators are equipped with tablet PCs, giving them instant access to detailed, real-time information about each task.

See our Quality Control

Creaform Scanner

Transforming Quality Control

Precision In Every
Dimension.
Perfect 3D Scans.

Quality Assurance

The Creaform MetraSCAN BLACK|Elite is a portable optical CMM scanner delivering metrology-grade 3D scanning, with the HandyPROBE Next adding wireless touch probing in the same coordinate system. Our FARO arm stays in service as a calibrated back-up.

Flexibility

It's portable and handheld, and copes with vibration and temperature change, so it works on the shop floor, in the machine or in tight spaces. That suits motorsport, aerospace and defence work.

Sub-millimetre accuracy

Whether used for first-article inspection, reverse engineering or tooling and fixture verification, its blue laser crosses capture millions of accurate data points in minutes on dark, shiny and mixed surfaces.

Versatility

Scan data feeds straight into PolyWorks for colour deviation mapping and faster inspection reporting, giving customers clear, traceable evidence that every part meets specification.

Creaform and FARO calibration certificates
Shape's Creaform MetraSCAN BLACK Elite optical CMM scanner
Creaform MetraSCAN BLACK Elite scanning a machined tooling board pattern in Shape's inspection room
Creaform MetraSCAN projecting blue laser lines onto a machined tooling board part on a granite surface plate

Software

The software behind every job.

PolyWorks Inspector showing a probing sequence on a machined fixture
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Inspection

Precise 3D inspections and detailed surface analysis, ensuring every part meets exact design specifications. It helps streamline quality control, reducing the time spent on inspections without losing accuracy.

CATIA V5 showing a part and its fixtures in the assembly tree
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Design & Programming

We model and program in CATIA, so the same data runs from first design to final toolpath.

Fulcrum scheduling board showing job status across departments
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Scheduling

Fulcrum tracks every job and schedules the machines, so lead times are based on real machine capacity.

VERICUT simulating a robot trimming a large curved component
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Detection

VERICUT runs each program on a model of the machine first, catching collisions and wasted moves before they reach the part.