Inspection & Quality Assurance
Our robust quality control procedures include full stage-by-stage inspections, with reports supplied as standard.
Our robust quality control procedures include full stage-by-stage inspections, with reports supplied as standard.
We’re committed to quality: we’re accredited to IS09001, and your tooling is fully inspected at each stage of production.
We independently inspect all CAD tooling models on screen prior to manufacture, avoiding costly corrective work and associated delays once tooling production is underway.
We review tooling before unloading from the CNC machines, to ensure that machining has been completed to your required standard.
Our temperature-controlled CMM facility also provides the utmost quality assurance. With Autodesk’s PowerINSPECT, we use our Faro Gage and Faro Edge arms to inspect every tool we make against the source CAD model. We supply inspection reports as standard.
Finally, we undertake rigorous reviews of the completed tooling once manufacturing is finalised. Despatch is not approved until we’re satisfied that your tooling is accurately to specification.
Central Patternmaking, the largest supplier of tooling to the Castings PLC Group, continues to raise its game with the highest standards, attention to detail and ever decreasing lead times that we demand.
- Glen Elmy, Local Director, Castings PLC
Central Patternmaking have been a supplier for Sanko Gosei for many years. A brilliant team of experts who are willing to go beyond expectations to support their customers.
- Vithuran Rasamanikkam, Project Engineer, SET Europe Ltd
We have worked with Matt & the team on a number bespoke engineering projects. We have been extremely pleased with the quality of workmanship and professionalism, and will continue to use Central Patternmaking as one of our preferred suppliers.
- Rob Barnes, Engineering Sales Manager, UK Loco Ltd
“There are a number of businesses which possess similar capabilities but very few that provide the level of differentiation we require. Central Patternmaking is one of those businesses. CPM has turned into a ‘go-to’ business for us. This has been particularly beneficial over the past year when material supplies, skilled resources and general capacity requirements have meant many businesses similar to us have not been able to deliver the results we have been able to. Being able to differentiate yourself as a premium composite component manufacturer requires a robust, reliable, agile and quality supply chain, CPM is just that.”
- Rowan Carstensen, Operations Manager, Prodrive Composites
“Central Patternmaking were the first company entered onto our approved suppliers list when Karma Composites was set up in 2019 based on a 10+ year relationship from previous employment. When dealing with Central Patternmaking it always feels like friends working together to achieve the highest quality possible. The accuracy, quality and all round service from Central Patternmaking is truly outstanding and they’ve never failed to deliver.”
- Adam Smith, Director, Karma Composites