Yorkshire Precision Engineering Ltd (YPEL) has boosted its inspection capabilities by investing in a brand new Baty SM350 shadowgraph with FT2E. Equipped by Bowers Group, the adopted resolution is predicted to supply YPEL with improved accuracy, decreased inspection occasions, and enhanced reliability throughout its operations.
Based by their dad and mom, YPEL is right this moment managed by Sam and Jack Laybourne and has grown right into a trusted provider of precision-turned and milled elements for numerous industries, together with agriculture, automotive, brewing, meals, oil and fuel, and medical.
“In the event you come to us, it will likely be proper,” mentioned Sam Laybourne, Managing Director of YPEL. “That’s how we’ve earned our popularity and why prospects maintain coming again to us after greater than 20 years. Our complete enterprise is constructed on high quality, each within the product we ship and in the best way we talk with prospects.”
For over a decade, YPEL used the Baty SM300 shadowgraph for inspection. Just lately, the constraints of the ageing machine began to indicate. With the display turning into much less clear, it was tougher to ensure accuracy ranges. This decreased readability elevated the danger for human error, and inspections have been taking longer, slowing down manufacturing and decreasing effectivity.
To unravel this creating difficulty, YPEL invested in a brand new Baty SM350. This new machine supplies the corporate with edge detection expertise that eliminates operator subjectivity, a sharper and clearer display, and an interactive touchscreen that makes dimension seize simpler and sooner.
The SM350 is used to:
- Verify turned and milled profiles.
- Measure thread kinds and angles.
- Confirm chamfer and countersink sizes.
- Assess the concentricity of elements.
The answer can also be invaluable when inspecting medical elements, permitting YPEL to make sure inside holes are free from burrs or overseas our bodies. Following the adoption, Sam estimates that inspections at the moment are carried out 40% (roughly) sooner than earlier than.
“The readability of the SM350 machine has been welcomed by all of our engineers and has sped up inspecting our elements, that means the engineers can deal with maintaining the machines working, making us extra worthwhile,” he mentioned. “The sting detection has eradicated human error, inspections are faster and extra dependable, and we’ve seen large time financial savings.”
He continued, “The shadowgraph and software program are each very user-friendly, and the engineer who got here to set it up was extraordinarily educated. As a result of we already use Aberlink CMMs, there have been numerous transferable abilities, so coaching was easy. The touchscreen is good, pulling dimensions off is a lot simpler and extra interactive. General, we couldn’t be happier with the improve.”
Sam concluded, “Bowers are a fellow BTMA member, and it was an absolute pleasure to work with them. It’s additionally incredible to know their merchandise are manufactured right here within the UK. We’re very proud of our new shadowgraph, and it’s already proving to be an important a part of our inspection course of.”
