Design & Prototyping - Blank Sheet Design
UMS specialise in re-engineering components to reduce costs and simplify manufacturing route.
Product Development
Using our team of masters in product design we develop your component to satisfy all design requirements. This service is free!
Rapid Prototyping
UMS provides fast prototyping and pre-production castings to all industrial sectors including automotive, aerospace, defence, medical and motorsport, in a wide range of metals and alloys including steels, titanium, magnesium, superalloys and nickel.
Rapid Manufacturing
UMS have extensive knowledge of the entire process from concept through detail design product development to casting and finally bulk manufacture means ensurance that the process chosen to realise your requirements is the right one for its clients. UMS also add value at each stage by optimising casting design, advising on material selection, recommending the most appropriate casting process and/or finishing process.
Co-ordinate Measuring
UMS supply fuuly qualified first article samples with reports and certification.
Materials Selection
It is essential that a number of criteria are considered when selecting materials components. These criteria include:
- the castability of the alloy.
- the properties required from the finished component
- the service and environment that the component will experience
- any post-casting processing of the component (machining, fabrication, heat treatment)
UMS staff are able to provide advice on the appropriate selection of materials
Process Improvement - "Lunch & Learn" Service
UMS offer a confidential advisory service to manufacturing companies regardless of whether they are existing clients or not. The unique "Lunch & Learn" consultations provided by UMS are aimed at improving manufacturing efficiency and component quality.
The "Lunch & Learn" service is particularly useful to clients who have limited technical back-up or whose staff are heavily committed and thus unable to stand back from their everyday problems.
Instant Problem Solving
The UMS Directors are highly proficient in problem solving and very often resolve problems from an initial discussion with the client. However, more complex problems may need more detailed examination. Either way, UMS have the experience to provide unique solutions.
UMS welcome all queries and are always ready to share knowledge and expertise.