News
September 2008 Protocon Engineering gains full accreditation to BS EN 9100.
On the 15th September Protocon received their Certificate of Registration to the aerospace specification BS EN 9100. See Approvals.
July 2008 : Protocon Engineering Recommended for registration to BS EN 9100
After a successful audit by BSI, Protocon Engineering has been recommended for registration to BS EN 9100, subject to a successful final action closure of the minor nonconformities raised during the audit. This will take place on 2nd September 2008.
June 2008 : Protocon seeks AS9100 Accreditation
BSI will perform final audit for AS9100 accreditation
June 2008 : New Website Launch
Protocon Engineering have worked closely with Website designer Hazel Rayfield of breakofday.co.uk to develop a new website for the company. The website includes details of the plant and equipment together with information about the company and the latest news from the plant.
Plans to expand the site over time, will mean that people in the industry can keep in touch with what is happening at Protocon Engineering online.
January 2008 : Fanuc VMCs machining aerospace parts
The first UK installation of the high speed Fanuc F-Series vertical machining centres has gone directly into production of Airbus and Boeing aerospace components.
MWP (Metal Working Production) Magazine featured a full article and case study ......
The first UK installation of the latest high speed Fanuc F-Series vertical machining centres (VMC) with 24,000 revs/min spindle, 54 m/min rapid traverse rates and 1.6 secs chip-to-chip toolchange has gone directly into production of Airbus and Boeing aerospace components at Protocon Engineering.
The T21iF machine joins three existing Fanuc machining centres and a Fanuc wire EDM - all supplied by 600 Centre of Shepshed near Loughborough.
Matthew Smith, director of family-owned Protocon Engineering, explains: "We are enjoying the highest order book ever in our 43-year history - and we are still being asked by customers to increase production further and provide shorter deliveries as well as tool up for new contracts. This is where the Fanuc machines are playing such a critical role."
Read the full article and case study online at MWP Magazine online.