TWI offers a range of engineering support and project management services for our Industrial Members, including manufacturing engineering support.
Our independent, impartial, third party manufacturing engineering support services include manufacturing feasibility assessments, optimisation and development of manufacturing processes, prototyping, and even small batch production runs for highly challenging, non-standard industrial manufacturing requirements.
As manufacturing facilities and production lines seek to improve manufacturing processes and production quality, our experts can work with you to reduce costs, improve time to market, reduce rework, and ensure health and safety procedures are followed.
Manufacturing Support
TWI provides support services for a range of industries, integrating into your own teams as an additional resource. This means that you can take advantage of our expertise, facilities and capabilities as if they were part of your own organisation.
As well as providing our world-leading manufacturing support services, such as joining, coatings, inspection, and materials, we also offer consultancy and advice to progress your manufacturing challenges through Manufacturing Readiness Levels 1-9.
To support this, we have a range of equipment that is unique to the UK, allowing us to offer bespoke and tailored solutions that are best-suited to meet your particular needs.
How Do We Do This?
TWI delivers manufacturing support through the following areas of work:
Feasibility Enquiry: Assess, review and develop manufacturing processes for new or replacement products to ascertain whether the product design is feasible to manufacture.
Engineering Consultancy: We also offer engineering consultancy to Members to take concept designs through to prototype manufacture via engineering studies. These studies aim to address three basic questions during the process:
- Are the components manufacturable?
- Can you carry out processes such as joining and coating to make the assembly?
- Can you carry out inspection to verify compliance?
The engineering study requires us to answer yes to all the above questions, which may involve working with you to resolve issues and effect any redesigns as necessary. This stage is inclusive of the production of specifications and engineering drawings to enable the creation of your desired assembly.
Manufacturing Consultancy: TWI supports our Members to create prototypes. During this phase of work, TWI will support with troubleshooting on the design, review manufacturing methods, and support on joining, coatings and NDT processes. In addition, we will update drawings and specifications and assist with the manufacturing processes and methods. This will be qualified by inspection techniques as required.
Specialised Production Services: We also offer expert manufacturing services to meet bespoke and unique production challenges, providing a selection of solutions unavailable elsewhere. This includes the use of specialised equipment that is unique to TWI. Production work undertaken by TWI includes functional demonstrators, big science, and small batch production (including for motorsport and defence).
Benefits
Our manufacturing support services offer an exclusive range of benefits to our Members:
Reduce…
- own production facility interference through the use of TWI facilities
- the need to invest in capital equipment that could potentially have low utilisation
Gain…
- access to novel, high-tech manufacturing capabilities and expertise
- the ability to make first-of-a-kind, developmental prototypes
- route to progress lower MRL programmes through to MRL 6-8
- turn-key supply partner (TWI accountable for piece part manufacturing, heat treatment, inspection)
- impartial direction for manufacturing without process or equipment bias
Improve…
- design and manufacturing freedoms
- capacity to manage critical breakdowns of your equipment and/or legacy spares production demands
These benefits can save time and money on equipment and upskilling of your own staff by using our expertise and facilities as if they were part of your organisation.
Find Out More
If you would like to find out more about how TWI can help improve your manufacturing processes and assist with small-scale projects to demonstrate improved techniques and cost effectiveness, we would be happy to receive emails or speak to you directly to discuss your requirements.
Please contact us, below, to discuss how we can help improve and support your manufacturing requirements.