Foundry company Grainger-Worrall used its fast end-to-end technique to meet product needs and costly delays in restarting automotive production after the pandemic.
This allowed the company, which won a Queen’s Award for Innovation this year for its next-generation molded parts, to play a key role in the reinitializement of automotive in Europe.
“We worked under conscientiously controlled situations, blocking the areas of progression, which put us in a position of strength to be able to react when we go out the other side,” said Phil Ward, Sales Manager. “While this is a very complicated time for many, we are now discovering that our ability to take a component concept and turn it into a fully validated production item in a position for the line in a very short time fits perfectly to manufacturers” needs when restarting.”
The award-winning company has used its expertise in molding design and simulation, curtain progression and validation and dimensional integrity to supply new parts for delayed automotive product launches due to Covid-19.
“Thanks to our speed of execution and the increase in our production facilities, we have been able to fill the gaps in the source chain that could wreak havoc on launch programs in a different way,” Ward said. “In one example, we were able to design from the concept, test, validate, produce, and manufacture a cast suspension component for a giant manufacturer within a time frame that would normally be considered incredibly short.”
Grainger-Worrall also played a key role in the new propulsion systems, as Ward explained: “We were recently asked to temporarily respond to the need for a hybrid vehicle battery box, which of course has an absolutely different set of requirements. Ice Here, the battery box deserves to be extended and deformed to protect its contents, and we were able to validate a design and start production within days of receiving the request, which was in fact a wonderful marvel to the customer.
With its outdoor site in Bridgnorth with a gigantic fashion machining facility as well as verification labs, adding some of the most giant CT scanners in the country, Grainger-Worrall’s ability to expand and validate parts is expected to play a role in the progression of all steel parts. around recovery.