Products & Services

500 years of aerospace manufacturing has resulted in a wide range of products and services available. Offered by the CWAF group and supported by worldwide accreditations and approvals, the following services are provided to the world’s top aerospace companies: Machining; Cutting; Welding; Electrical and Electronics; Non Destructive Testing; Surface Treatments; Gauge Manufacture; Inspection and Marking.

The CWAF is an excellent industry example of how collaborative working between companies can deliver major benefits to both Customers and Partners
Phil Curnock – ADS Group

This section provides a detailed breakdown of the services provided.

Welding
Arc	✓
Weld – Hand	✓								✓
Plasma
Laser									✓
Electron Beam					✓
MIG/TIG	✓			✓					✓
Orbital
Brazing / Soldering				✓	✓		✓
Weld – Rotary									✓
Weld – Seam/Spot

Fabrication
Aircraft/Structure Fabrication
Blanking/Pressing
Drawing	✓
Engine Component Fabrication
Expand
Form – Hot & Cold
Press			✓
Expand
Shear/Crop/Nibble									✓
Sheet-Metal Working	✓								✓
Braze & Solder					✓
Heavy Fabrication (up to 20t)	✓
Heavy folding (up to 2.5m)

Machining
Boring			✓	✓				✓			✓
Drill	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓
Gear cutting & hobbing			✓
Gear grinding
Grind CD / creep feed
Grind – surface & internal			✓	✓			✓	✓			✓
Splines – helical & straight			✓
Internal splining / hobbing / broaching			✓					✓			✓
CNC machining – up to 4 axis			✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓
CNC machining – 5 axis			✓	✓		✓	✓				✓
Polish & Linishing	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓
Tapping	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓
Thread rolling				✓		✓					✓
Thread rolling test laboratory				✓
Turn horizontal – CNC			✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓
Turn horizontal – Manual	✓		✓	✓				✓			✓
Turn vertical bore – CNC			✓	✓		✓		✓
Turn vertical bore – Manual			✓	✓				✓
Gauge Manufacturing								✓
Water Jet									✓

Cutting
Wire EDM
Water jet

Inspection & Marking
Automated Optical Inspection (AOI)
Dimensional CMM			✓	✓		✓	✓
Profile CMM			✓			✓	✓
2 D	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓
Electrolytic			✓	✓			✓
Dot Peen			✓	✓		✓	✓
Engraving			✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓
Calibration								✓

Process Capability
Heat treatment		✓			✓
Adhesive bond		✓	✓
De-scale		✓									✓
Paint / varnish		✓						✓	✓
CAD CAM design			✓	✓			✓	✓			✓
QA / QC		✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓		✓
Gauge Certification								✓
Mass Finshing	✓

Electrical & Electronics
Electronics system design
Rapid Prototyping
PCB design
Design & Manufacture of device enclosures
Electronic assembly
Wirning and Cable assembly
Test & Inspection
Rework

Surface Treatment
Alocrom		✓
Chromic Anodise		✓
Sulphuric Anodise		✓
Hard Anodise		✓
Tartaric Anodise		✓
Chromating		✓
Etching		✓
Mass Finishing	✓

Thermal Deposition
Combustion
Plasma Spray		✓			✓

Non Destructive Testing
Eddy current		✓
Etch inspection		✓
Flourescent Penetrant Inspection		✓		✓	✓		✓
Hardness Testing		✓		✓	✓		✓
Magnetic Particle Inspection		✓		✓	✓		✓
NDT Level (1/2/3)		✓					✓		✓
Hyraulic pressure testing				✓
Pneumatic pressure testing				✓
Ultrasonic inspection					✓
Visual Inspection	✓	✓					✓
Functional electrical testing
X Ray

Electroplating
Copper		✓
Nickel		✓
Silver		✓
Zinc		✓							✓
Passivate Stainless Steel		✓
Manganese Phosphate		✓
Zinc Phosphate		✓
Removal of White Layer from Nitrided Parts		✓

Product Capability
Castings			✓				✓
Fabrications – Large & Small	✓								✓
Assemblies – Hyd/Elec/Mech	✓										✓
Gears
Electrical Connectors
General Machining			✓				✓				✓
Tool Design			✓				✓				✓
Tool Manufacture			✓				✓
Mass Finishing Machinery – Vibratory & High Energy Systems	✓
Waste water treatment	✓

Materials
Steels	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Nickel based Alloys	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Magnesium			✓	✓				✓
Waspalloy			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓
Berylco				✓							✓
Inconel	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Nimonics			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Aluminium	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓
Titanium	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
Arcap				✓							✓
Polypropylene	✓		✓	✓		✓		✓	✓		✓
Nylon 66	✓		✓	✓		✓		✓	✓		✓
Nylatron			✓	✓		✓		✓
Tufcott								✓			✓
Polyurethane	✓