Quality
Measured, not assumed
The inspection room tells you more about a machine shop than the machine list does. Ours was put together to prove sealing surfaces and precision bores in quantity, which is what valve and fluid power work asks for.
Instruments
What each one proves
- Coordinate measuring
- Accurate Spectra 3D CNC CMM, 600 × 1000 × 500 mm, Renishaw probe. Geometry, true position and GD&T taken against the drawing.
- Contour testing
- Mahr MarSurf CD 140 AG 11, Z 350 mm and X 140 mm. Groove and seat profiles, radii and angles. A groove can pass on width and depth and still leak; the profile is what holds the seal.
- Surface roughness
- Mitutoyo SJ-410. A sealing or bearing face at the wrong Ra will weep or wear however round it is.
- Optical
- Shadowgraph with automated image analysis, for small profiled parts at production speed.
- Height and layout
- 2D electronic height gauge and Mitutoyo digital height gauges.
- Hardness
- Several types, which close out induction hardening on the same site rather than on somebody’s certificate.
- Production gauging
- Air gauges for mass produced bores, custom gauges where a feature deserves one, thread gauges and Go / No-Go gauges.
Air gauging is the quiet one. It is quick enough to check every piece in a batch rather than a first-off and a sample, which is the difference between believing a process is capable and knowing it.
Certification
The supply route, stated plainly
- Anicon Flowcontrols LLP
- ISO 9001:2015
- Versatile Equipments Pvt Ltd
- IATF 16949 and ISO 9001:2015
- Where IATF applies
- The part is supplied through Versatile Equipments under its IATF 16949 certification.
- Anicon IATF 16949
- In progress.
If your commodity code calls for IATF, say so with the enquiry. The order is then routed that way from the start, rather than the question surfacing at audit when it costs both of us time.
What comes with the parts
Dimensional reports against the drawing, material test certificates from the mill or foundry, hardness results where parts are heat treated, and first article documentation on request. Tell us at enquiry stage what your quality system needs and it is priced in rather than argued about later.
Send the drawing
A straight answer inside a working day
A 2D or 3D file, the quantity and the date you need it. You will get a considered reply within one working day, including the reply that we are not the right shop for the part, which is worth knowing early. A mutual NDA goes out first if you would rather.