Turn-key
Engineering Design, manufacture, testing & type approval. Graphic Applications
offers a single source for bespoke and special purpose plant and equipment.
Starting with a blank sheet of paper we control every aspect
of design and development through to production, type approval or commissioning.
We do not supply standard parts, modular machine components
or OEM solutions; every product is designed to an individual specification
for a particular situation and environment.
Production batches of 1 off and upward. customers from
local sole traders to Blue Chip Multinationals.
Company Profile
Incorporated in 1991 as a Contract Draughting Company. Growth
has seen the company ever more responsible for design & development.
Our ambition to provide a one-stop shop for design through to
manufacture was realized in 1999, when the company established a small machine-shop
for the manufacture of one-offs and prototypes.
Demand for our design and build solutions has lead to the acquisition
of the latest CAD software, CNC machine tools and a move to larger premises,
where we are able to manufacture and prove products, before dispatch.
We strive to provide the best solution for a specific need and
environment; as testament to our efforts customers upon whom the company was
founded continue their patronage to this day.
Mechanical
Engineering Design
Mechanical engineering analysis, manipulated with MathCAD, evaluates
and
optimizes performance and strength with form and function. We are routinely
engaged in:
Kinetics
Stress & Strain
Fluid & Thermo Dynamics
Systems Analysis & Modeling
Production & Value Engineering
Civil engineering and finite element analysis under contract
with approved vendors.
CAD Solid Models and prototype testing to evaluate and
demonstrate all theoretical and mathematical models.
Part
and One-off Manufacture
Parts machined in standard engineering materials, steels, alloys,
plastics and
composites. All parts subject to Quality Assurance, material traceability
back to source with SPC or 100% inspection as dictated.
All machined parts supplied with certificate of conformity.
Milling
Turning
Routing
Grinding
Welding
Technical
Documentation
Desktop published documents, seamless merging text, illustrations
and photographs, professional documents that communicate ideas concisely and
reflect product quality.
Technical files to meet the needs of the Machinery Directive
and in support of independent CE Type Approval.
Reports
Technical Files
Promotion Literature
User Manuals
Service Manuals
Documentation published for dispersal as:
Direct to Web
Colour Separated
On CD
Print Ready
Printed & Bound
Contract
Draughting
We have undertaken contracts from simple 2D part drawings through
to 3D and solid models for die sinking, from single drawings to drawing catalogues,
Data Based, with links and cross references to a material management system.
All drawings conform to BS 308 as a minimum and are subject
to specific Procedures for Document Control within our own Quality Control
System.
Plant & Instrumentation Documentation
BS308 Detail & Assembly Drawings
Geometric Dimensions and Tolerances
3D Solid & Surface Models
Drawing Catalogues & Archive
CAD documents for NC Machine Programming
Quality Assurance
The company has a formal system of quality control that conforms
to ISO 9001, all aspects of design, development and production are subject
to Quality Management and Document Control that assures traceability of specification
and material back to source.
The quality system is subject to continual audit and improvement.
Code of Conduct
As a professional organization Graphic Applications has opted
to abide by the Code of Conduct and observe the bye-laws of the Chartered
Society of Designers.