FRG / ADVANCED SYSTEMS
Precision systemsfor the factoriesof what’s next.
FORGE designs, builds and integrates advanced manufacturing systems, from precision-machined parts to fully automated production cells. Follow one part from idea to inspection below.
- Process stages
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- Capabilities
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- Industries
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[ 01 ] Mission
We make complex manufacturing repeatable, for engineering teams who cannot afford to compromise on precision, quality or delivery.
Repeatability
Processes engineered to produce the thousandth part like the first.
Transparency
Live production data and quality records, shared with your team.
Partnership
Engineers who stay with the programme from prototype to scale.
[ 02 ] From concept to precisionOne part, five stages.
Scroll to engineer an illustrative flange from brief to finished part. Toggle layers, jump between stages and select the markers to see the reasoning.
Select a marker on the drawing to see why it matters.
Stage 01 / Vision
Engineering vision
A customer needs a lighter flange for a rotating assembly. It must bolt to the existing interface and carry the same loads.
- Fixed six-bolt interface and envelope
- Torque in at the hub, out through the bolts
- Goal: less mass, same stiffness
Stage 02 / Design
Design & simulation
The part is modelled, then simulated. The stress field shows where material is working hard and where it is just weight.
- Parametric CAD of flange, hub and bore
- Stress simulation under working loads
- Material removed only where stress is low
Stage 03 / Make
Precision manufacturing
A solid billet of titanium is roughed with a spiral toolpath, then finished on a five-axis machine in as few set-ups as possible.
- Spiral roughing keeps cutting load even
- Five-axis finishing of every face
- In-process probing before unclamping
Stage 04 / Verify
Quality & verification
A coordinate measuring machine probes every critical feature and compares it to the CAD model, against a single datum.
- Probe points on every critical feature
- Results compared with the drawing and model
- Report stored against the serial number
Stage 05 / Deliver
Finished capability
The flange is marked, documented and released: a lighter part, made repeatably, with a record your quality team can audit.
- Laser-marked serial, traceable to its build
- Inspection report and certificates
- Ready for series production
[ 03 ] CapabilitiesFive capabilities. One accountable partner.
Select a capability to see what it covers (arrow keys work too), then plan a part to see how they combine.
Precision machining
Five-axis milling and mill-turn for complex, tight-tolerance parts in exotic alloys, from first article to series production.
- Process
- 5-axis simultaneous milling, mill-turn
- Materials
- Titanium, nickel alloys, stainless, aluminium
- Volumes
- Prototype to series production
- Quality
- In-process probing, full traceability
Plan a part
Choose what your part demands. The route below redraws to show which capabilities it passes through, and why.
- Tight tolerancesTight-tolerance features are machined in as few set-ups as possible and verified on a coordinate measuring machine.
- Full traceabilityEvery part is measured and its results stored against its serial number.
[ 04 ] ProductionHow a cell runs.
Parts move station to station; each one records data against the part’s serial. Select a station to look inside.
S-02 · 5-axis machining
The part is machined in as few set-ups as possible. In-process probing checks critical features before the part leaves the machine.
Data recorded at this station
- Program revision
- Tool life
- Spindle load
- Probe results
[ 05 ] IndustriesBuilt for sectors that cannot fail.
Choose a sector to see typical parts, then follow a capability back to the console.
Structural and engine components where every gram and every record matters.
- Structural brackets and fittings
- Engine and turbine housings
- Lightweight lattice components
Capabilities involved
[ 06 ] PartnershipBring us the drawing.
Share the parts, volumes or line you have in mind. An applications engineer, not a sales script, replies.
- 01 Technical review of your requirements
- 02 Feasibility and approach, in writing
- 03 A scoped proposal and timeline