Located in Coalville, UK and Rock Hill SC, USA, Winbro Group Technologies pride ourselves for being at the forefront of process and machine development and offer a comprehensive, high quality range of systems and technologies which deliver on the precision and performance requirements of industries worldwide. With the sole aim of helping companies and customers achieve an optimum solution for the requirements of their applications, we deliver our solutions in a friendly yet professional and no-nonsense manner. With a 30 year track record of success in serving the aero and industrial gas turbine markets, Winbro enjoys maintaining solid and long term relationships with its clients; around the globe.
We offer a wide variety of non-conventional machining processes including laser drilling, high speed EDM drilling, electro chemical machining, cutting & ablation, shaped tube electrolytic machining and capillary drilling. With the ability to configure our machine systems as single process or dual complementary process machines we can consequently provide a solution without compromise to the requirements of the machining industry. We can also offer WAM (Winbro Advanced Machining) service, which provides our clients with a wide variety of machining facilities which are perfect if you need a secondary source for component production or if you need to manufacture any components ahead of the delivery of a new machine! Please visit our website to learn more about Winbro Group Technologies, our products and services. You can also follow us on Twitter for our latest updates and watch our videos on YouTube! If you have any questions then please contact us.
Winbro uses a range of
different processes in order to achieve the production of cooling holes including
laser ablation, laser drilling or a combination of these processes. These holes
are a vital aspect in the cooling of aero and gas turbine high pressure blades;
allowing critical internal airflow which is intended to prevent any overheating
during engine operation. A critical feature of an engine, these cooling holes
require precise design and manufacture. For more information please visit our
website where you can also find images of this work. If you have any questions
please feel free to contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
Winbro uses a variety
of processes in order to create cooling holes and manufactures a range of
machines which are used to create those holes which, in turn, cool high
pressure nozzle guide vanes in aero and industrial gas turbines. These vanes
and holes increase the internal airflow and prevent any potential overheating
during the operation of an engine thus improving efficiency of the engine,
reducing fuel consumption and NOx emissions. For more information please visit
our website where you can also find images of this work. If you have any
questions please feel free to contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
When it comes to aero
and industrial turbine combustors, Winbro offers a variety of cooling hole solutions.
Some combustors use two forms to achieve combustor cooling - wall and effusion
cooling. Winbro is world renowned as a leader in the non-conventional machining
processes on the high performance alloys used in these components (generally
known as super alloys - nickel, nickel iron and cobalt). To learn more about
wall and effusion combustor cooling please visit our website where you will
also be able to view images. If you have any question please just get in touch
and we’ll be happy to help!
Winbro also extends
its repertoire of technologies and expertise to the production for various
components such as precision aerofoil shapes for compressor vanes and blades.
These compressor vanes and blades are themselves, difficult to machine because
of the materials they are made from (stainless steels, titanium and super
alloys). Winbro uses ECM forming, which uses a salt based electrolyte and very
high power to achieve a finished aerofoil with convex and concave surfaces.
With our particular machines we can have up to three components being processed
simultaneously! Please visit our website for more information. If you have any
questions just get in touch!
Winbro possesses
extensive experience when it comes to laser applications. Our Delta laser
system can be used for a wide variety of purposes such as 5-axis cutting, hole
drilling (which includes shaped hole machining, trepanning and drilling on the
fly), ceramic coating removal using ablation, welding and metal additive (DMD,
cladding). Our systems for laser machining are very flexible and comprehensive
allowing a range of geometric input methods. The integrated features allow for
great ease of use. For more information please visit our website where you can
also see images of our work. Any questions please feel free to contact us.
Differing
significantly from the conventional process of EDM, Winbro also offers a high
speed process called FHD (Fast Hole Drilling). This process uses de-ionised
water as a dielectric medium - delivered via tubular brass electrodes to the
machining gap. This process delivers substantially faster drilling times and
has been adopted as the main process for cooling hole production - throughout
the world! Winbro’s machining systems can drill with up to an astonishing 45
electrodes at the same time. For more information and to see various images
please visit our website or contact us for further information. We look forward
to hearing from you.
Used for the finish
forming of aero compressor blades and blisks, Winbro can offer electro chemical
machining! Please visit our website for further information or, if you prefer,
contact us directly and we’ll be more than happy to help.
With the understanding
that different processes all have their own merits, Winbro takes a
complementary stance on how processes can be best utilised. This has lead to
the development of single process machines and latterly single machines which
are capable of using a combination of processes. For example, you are now able
to incorporate high speed drilling and laser ablation into one machine - which
provides the perfect solution for turbine blades and vanes. For more
information on how combination machining works and various images of our work
and equipment please visit our website.
Please contact us with any questions.
Winbro has the
capability to offer six-axis high speed electro discharge machining used for
advanced shaped hole generation in a variety of applications such as aero and IGT
blades, segments, vanes, combustors and a range of other components used in
engines. Please visit our website for further information.
Application dependant,
we have a variety of laser drill solutions to offer our clients including
percussion drilling, trepanning, shaped hole machining and drilling on the fly.
For further information please contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
Offering metallurgy
processes of exceptionally high quality, Winbro’s WAM facility has experience
in the removal of coating overspray using laser ablation and diffuser machining
for coated and non-coated components. Please visit our website for further
information or contact us directly.
Winbro’s Advanced
Machining facility has developed a hugely innovative technique when it comes to
the salvage of vanes and blades which, after the coating process, have had
their cooling holes blocked or restricted. Depending on the type of coating and
the blockage/restriction severity, the technique requires the use of multiple
processes. The result is that it offers a cost effective and fast way to
salvaging components and brings with it high yields. Please visit our website
for further information.
Here at Winbro we
offer a variety of grinding services including CBN, conventional, creep feed
and viper. All this is done via the five-axis FGC-2 flexible grinding centre.
This equipment produces ‘Z’ notches and root forms on various components like
aero and medium sized IGT vanes ad blades. It also serves a range of other
components such as compressor, stator blades and heat shields! Visit our
website for more information.
With the combination
of a whole range of factors such as various machining technologies, the Winbro
Advanced Machining Facility, creep feed grinding, Viper and EDM die-sinking,
Winbro can offer our clients a total solution. Our WAM certifications also
include ISO 9001, Nadcap (for non-conventional processes, AS9100 and
independent accreditation with many of the blue chip OEMs in the industry.
Please visit our website for further information.
For a full list of all
of the quality approvals Winbro is proud to have achieved and continues to maintain
please visit our website. If you have any questions about our quality approvals
or what it means for you then please just get in touch and we’ll be happy to
talk to you about it.
Winbro can mainly support
the requirements for spares for all of our machines directly from stock. This
includes a variety of components and consumables. We also offer a printed
circuit board build and repair service with our dedicated facility. Please
visit our website for spares and for the correct contact information, depending
on which country you’re in. We look forward to hearing from you.
Whether it’s aerospace
or industrial cooling hole generation Winbro has a number of comprehensive solutions
which can very often be tailored to the specific requirements of an engine’s
design. The main areas Winbro’s technologies can be applied are in holes for
wall cooling, effusion cooled combustors, laser drilling, cutting and ablation,
shaped holes for vanes and blades, film cooling holes, cooling hole re-opening,
ECM forming of compressor blades and creep feed grinding of forms and features
in vanes, segments and blades. For more information please visit our website or
contact us directly; we’ll be more than happy to discuss your requirements.
Within our
comprehensive variety of machining systems, and, forming just part of our
overall portfolio, we use four main processes including laser technology (used
for drilling, cutting, welding, cladding and ablation), electro discharge
machining (for high speed drilling), creep-feed grinding and electro chemical
machining (for finish forming). We also have a variety of additional integrated
technologies, capabilities and features. For more information please visit our
website. If you have any questions please contact us and we’ll be more than
happy to help in any way that we can.
Winbro offers a very
comprehensive range of technological machining systems used for a variety of
purposes including seal slots, cooling holes, and various other forms and
features used in components for turbines. We use either single process machines
or combination and incorporate dual complementary processes - some of which are
unique to Winbro Group Technologies. For more information please visit our
website.
We have WAM (Winbro
Advanced Machining) facilities in Coalville, UK and also Rock Hill SC, USA. We
provide our clients with a variety of machining facilities which can be
utilised in a number of ways. WAM can be used as a secondary source for the
production of components - where short, medium or long-term increases in
production capacity are essential for the success of your project or component run.
Additionally, our facilities can also be used ahead of when you receive your
own new machine - great for getting a production run going ahead of schedule! Please
visit our website for further information; here you can also download our WAM
datasheet (in PDF format).
We offer a
comprehensive range of customer support and product services here at Winbro and
are fully committed to providing our clients with a highly professional, timely
and courteous service in response to all requests for these services - whether
it be for maintenance, spares, service, technology upgrades, machine tooling
modules or anything else! If you have any questions please contact the Winbro products
services team.
Our service team is
highly trained, very responsive and dedicated to providing technical support
and reactive maintenance visits on-site. Tailored to site-specific
requirements, Winbro’s service response ensures the highest possible levels of
uptime with the required level of support. Please visit our website to see the
contact details relevant to your country. We look forward to being of
assistance.
With a completely
dedicated tooling facility, Winbro is able to offer a full design and
manufacture service for new tools whilst also providing a repair service to
existing tools. These repairs can be for product improvements or for new part
introductions. We have a significant stock of tooling spares and will respond
efficiently when required. Please visit our website for the contact details
relevant to your country.
We have a programme for
the development of new and innovative technologies and are fully committed to
the process of continual improvement of existing products used within the
industry. We can offer retrofits; a cost-effective solution for our customers’
existing systems. Please visit our website for further information, where you
will also find contact details relevant to your country.
Offering ultra
performance in five-axis grinding technology, the FGC-2 FGC (Flexible Grinding Centre)
is in a creep-feed class of its own. It achieves a level of productivity and
profitability which is not attainable with the conventional machines. Typical
components include turbine blades, small gas turbine components, compressor
blades, nozzle guide vanes and stator blades. For more information please visit
our website where you can also download an FGC-2 datasheet in PDF format. If you
have any questions please feel free to contact us and we’ll be more than happy
to help.
Built on the same
platform as our hugely successful HSD EDM machines, the HSA5-III laser ablation
machine has specifically developed features which are required for the intricate
processing of cooling hole features in a variety of components including
blades, segments and vanes; both in aero and IGT turbines. For more information
on the HSA5-III laser ablation machine please visit our website where you can
also download a HSA5-III datasheet in PDF format. If you have any questions
please just get in touch and we’ll be more than happy to discuss any of your
requirements.
Our Delta system can
be configured for a diverse variety of applications including 3D high speed cutting,
drilling on the fly, percussion drilling, ceramic coating removal, hole
drilling, welding, cladding for repair and overhaul and ablation because of the
four different laser options that comes with it. The Delta machine is designed
for the larger components used in aero and IGT applications because of its
larger work envelope and multi-axis flexibility. For more information on the
Delta laser please visit our website where you can also download a Delta
datasheet in PDF format. Any questions then please just get in contact.
Offering industry
leading performance whilst maintaining strict IGT and aero metallurgical
specifications, the HSD6 III high speed EDM system is of a robust design and
combines multi-axis flexibility with a choice of tooling and a useful work
envelope. Specially designed for machine cooling holes and slots on IGT and
aero turbine blades, segments, vanes and various other components of similar
sizes it can be used for seal slots, 2D and 3D diffusers and round/shaped
holes. For more information please visit our website where you will find a
HSD-III datasheet to download in PDF format. If you have any questions please
contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
The HSDA5-III is what
we call a combination machine because of its integrated process abilities in
single point high speed EDM and laser ablation. This allows for any vane, blade
or segment to be processed in a single setup - first for the thermal barrier
coating to be removed by laser ablation and then for the hole to be drilled by
high speed EDM. In order to meet the relevant machine standards, the HSDA5-III
includes laser safety windows and an enclosure which is light-tight. For more
information please visit our website where you can also view images of the
HSDA5-III.
In the latest version
of the HSD6, the HSD6-GT high speed EDM is the latest in the line and is used
for a variety of applications including machine cooling holes and slots in
components for aero combustors and the larger IGT vanes and blades. It can take
larger blades and vanes with a weight capacity of up to 500 kilograms. For more
information on the HSD6-GT please visit our website where you will be able to
download a HSD6-GT datasheet in PDF format. If you have any questions please
feel free to contact us and we’ll be happy to help.
Designed especially for
the electro chemical forming of aero vanes and blades, the Twin Ram ECM has a
variety of features including a system option to change the ram angle, Fanuc
control system, rams available in horizontal, 15° or 30°, advanced process
monitoring, 20,000amp pulsed power supply, tooling systems for the processing
of up to three parts at the same time and an automatic part loader option. For
more information please visit our website where you can also view some images
of the Twin Ram ECM. If you have any questions please contact us and we’ll be happy
to help.
The E-Blisk ECM (electro
chemical machining) is specifically designed for the purpose of finish forming
- of the compressor blades on a blisk. We are able to supply this machine with
the required capabilities and capacity only. The design of the electrodes and process
is down to the responsibility of the end user. For more information please
visit our website where you will also be able to view some images of the
E-Blisk ECM. If you have any questions we’ll be more than happy to help in any
way that we can.
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| Registration Number: | 02707834 |
| VAT Number: | n/a |
| Registered at Companies House: | 16 April, 1992 (32 years ago) |
| No of Employees: | n/a |
| Annual Turnover: | 10-20m |
| Parent Company: | Winbro Group US |
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Opening Times
| Monday | 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM |
| Tuesday | 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM |
| Thursday | 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM |
| Friday | 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
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