Both jigs and fixtures are used in manufacturing. If you want to produce interchangeable parts, you will need to use a jig, fixture, or both depending on the operation. Human error is vastly limited, so components can be machined quickly with high levels of accuracy, which reduces costs. Jigs are a type of fixture that guides and supports a tool, whereas a fixture is used to secure a workpiece to be worked on.
TRUST BONEHAM For over 100 years, Boneham & Turner’s reputation for quality and excellence is long established; it’s the core of the companies very existence. This experience enables the company to provide engineering solutions to a wide variety of customers, both large and small, across advanced industries including aerospace, automotive, motorsport, power generation, defence, composites and […]
Welcome to Fenton Precision Engineering Ltd the UK market leaders for design, precision tool making and injection moulding services. Located centrally in the UK our headquarters are located in Northampton with a second satellite manufacturing site at Market Harborough. Founded in the early 1970’s we have over 49 years’ experience manufacturing precision injection mould tooling. […]
NADCAP & AS9100 accredited Excel Precision Gloucester, Excel Precision Birmingham and Excel Precision Leeds are part of the Excel Precision Group, the UK’s leading group of EDM specialists providing sub-contractor EDM (wire and spark erosion) services to the UK’s manufacturing and engineering industries. From our operation centres in Gloucester, Birmingham and Leeds we service […]
Menear Engineering is a small family run business established over 35 years ago. We produce quality mould tools, press tools, diecast tools and jigs & fixtures for a variety of customers. We are specialist in CNC Milling Precision Machinery & also manufacture precision machined parts for all types of industries using a whole range of […]
The company has specialised in the manufacture of drill and reamer Jig Bushes under the trade name of GRIP for over 80 years, being closely involved in compiling British Standard 1098 and ISO Standard 4248 for Jig Bushes. A large range of Special Purpose Bushes as well as associated jig and tooling parts are manufactured […]
Omega Plastics Group are a full-service moulding and tooling supplier located in the North East of England. We have a highly invested in-house toolroom, and manufacture injection mould tools for customers in the Medical, Automotive, Industrial & Technical, and Consumer Products sectors. Our toolmaking capabilities include: Design for […]
About Dacecrown Taking over on October 1st 2023 Jake and Tom looking to embark on an exciting story together to build on the already founded success of Dacecrown, taking in traditional ideas and new approaches to build the company from this great starting point. We are driven to provide engineering excellence through providing the […]
Established in 2013 Hyde Engineering is a centrally located, UK based, business operating in Lichfield, Staffordshire. As an organisation we pride ourselves in utilising and investing in the latest technology to ensure we deliver cutting-edge, high-quality products and services to our customers, in accordance with our ISO9001 accreditation. Even where we do not have the […]
Scott Tools are a progressive, forward thinking mould tool design and manufacturing company operating out of a modern, well-equipped industrial unit in the south of England. Using the latest product and tool design software packages on powerful computer systems, linked to a range of modern high-speed CNC and EDM machine tools, Scott Tools are able […]
