WIRE EDM FACILITY
State-of-the-art Wire EDM facility, offering gauge and component manufacturing to tighter tolerances and significantly faster lead times to support our global customers' critical engineering needs.
Original Gauge Company stands as the only UK company that can design, manufacture, and calibrate both Thread and Spline gauges all under one roof. This allows OGC’s customers to meet all their gauge manufacturing and calibration needs in one place, streamlining their supply chain and ensuring consistently high-quality products with reduced lead times.
ABOUT OGC’S WIRE EDM FACILITY
Original Gauge Company’s investment in its state-of-the-art Wire EDM facility was driven by a commitment to offer our customers industry-leading lead-times and precision beyond standard expectations, particularly for spline gauges and spur master gears.
Equipped with advanced temperature and environmental control systems, the new facility is strategically positioned next to OGC’s existing temperature-controlled laboratory. This proximity enables a fully integrated workflow across design, manufacturing, and measurement, ensuring consistent accuracy and control at every stage of production.
Following extensive research into the most advanced machinery available, OGC selected the Makino U3i Wire EDM machine as the cornerstone of this development. This high-performance system significantly enhances OGC’s ability to deliver ultra-precise components with faster turnaround times and tighter tolerance capabilities, setting a new benchmark in gauge manufacturing.
FURTHER INVESTMENT IN OUR WIRE EDM FACILITY
To further strengthen our ability to deliver industry-leading lead times for spline gauges, we’ve expanded our Wire EDM facility with the addition of the Makino U6i wire EDM machine.
This upgrade will significantly expand our capabilities, enabling us to handle larger components up to 1,000 x 800 x 400mm. It also offers extended batch and unmanned running time, supporting both flexibility and efficiency across production.
This marks another exciting milestone in our investment journey, reinforcing our position as a leader in precision manufacturing.
CAPABILITIES
The new Wire EDM facility enables ultra-precision machining delivering tolerance capability of less than one micron. OGC are proving to customers with real life results never-before-seen levels of accuracy.
TIGHT TOLERANCE AND ACCURACY
Investing in the Makino U3i Wire EDM, Custom Designed Facility & Advanced Process Control allows Original Gauge company to offer industry-leading lead times on spline gauges and spur master gears.
FAST TURN AROUND TIME
OGC’s innovative capability has captured the imagination of design engineers in the most advanced and demanding sectors. Where higher tolerance Wire EDM component machining capability, is simply exploding the designers realms of possibility.
BOOSTING PRODUCT PERFORMANCE
TOLERANCES
OGC’s new Wire EDM facility delivers exceptional precision, empowering clients with micron-level tolerances for both complex gauges and small, high-specification component manufacturing.
PRODUCT OPPORTUNITIES AND OFFERING
OGC’s new Wire EDM facility has expanded the product offering, unlocking advanced manufacturing capabilities for our customers. This state-of-the-art facility allows us to produce fully custom-engineered gauges, including highly complex spline gauges, with an industry-leading standard lead time of just 4 weeks from design approval. This is a significant advancement in a sector where traditional spline gauge production can often take anything from 6-16 weeks.
Our FAST-TRACK Service options have delivered spline gauges and spur master gears in as little as 48Hrs. In addition to gauges, the facility also supports the Wire EDM machining on high precision components, offering clients a reliable solution for high-specification, tight-tolerance requirements. With this investment, OGC now provides a complete, responsive service that meets the increasing demands of industries where precision and speed are equally critical success factors.
WHO DOES OUR NEW FACILITY SUPPORT?
Our new Wire EDM facility enhances our service to existing customers by expanding our product offering and significantly improving lead times for spline gauges & master gears—delivering precision-engineered solutions in industry record lead-times.
The facility also strengthens our engineering services by enabling us to offer Sub-Contract Wire EDM support, providing a reliable and high-precision resource for customers needing specialist machining capabilities.
OGC’s facility and capability opens up new frontiers for our customers design teams, who can now consider what may have been considerded not possible with traditional older style Wire EDM capability. Micro component manufacturing, ultra-precision, super hard materials, tight tolerancing, complex features are all now a realm of possability!
“The Mechanical Design Engineers Dream”
Testimonial from Leading Sub-Contract Aerospace Spline and Gear Manufacturer
“The sample gauge from your Wire EDM performs exactly the same as the traditional master gear gauge you supplied, manufactured by traditional gear grinding methods; the operators can find absolutely no difference between the two when used on our gear roll testers
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To find out how our Wire EDM services can support your next project or provide accurate solutions for your business, get in touch with our team today.