Quality Precision Components from Mini Gears
Quality products and the training of our employees are a critical part of ensuring our company’s long term future
At Mini Gears, now AS9100D & BS EN ISO 9001:2015 approved, we take the quality of our products very seriously, especially as our parts are delivered worldwide and we cannot afford any major disruptions to our customers.
We continually invest in both new equipment for measuring and updated systems but most important is the training of our staff, including apprentices, to fully understand the new procedures and keep them maintained.
Dedicated inspection department with 2 new Mitutoyo CMM Measuring Machines
New Gleason 350GMS Gear checking machine
Mini Gears is training apprentices for our future company needs
Quality Management System
Mini Gears holds AS9100D & BS EN ISO 9001:2015 Certification and we are Tier 2 suppliers to the aerospace, defence and automotive sectors.
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Mini Gears now holds Cyber Essentials Certificate of Assurance.
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Quality is planned into every job
We have a dedicated team of Technical and Administrative staff who will work with you to ensure we meet your exact requirements.
The factory has recently undergone a huge investment and we have completely altered our production methods to include lean manufacturing and ‘5S’ philosophy to ensure standard operations, visual controls and flow production.
Technical Engineers and Administrative Staff
Our quality procedures include:
- Planning meeting to establish all requirements for materials, tooling, jigs and fixtures
- Quality Plan to aid the job through the production process – indicated on route card to ensure each process is done correctly.
- Dedicated Setting Sheet per job and by machine to reduce set up times.
- ISIR (Initial Sample Inspection Report) for all new jobs to ensure tooling and planning information is correct.
- ‘5S’ – Housekeeping procedures for a systemized, disciplined and organized workplace. All tooling and gauges identified and stored in a specific place
- Dedicated inspection department with CNC checking machines.
Setting Sheets
Specific storage places
Clean Room
Assembly / Clean Room
We now have a dedicated assembly / clean room which is primarily used for assembling aerospace painted components to minimise any contamination and damage to high class visual components used on 1st class aircraft seats.