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Manufacturing for Energy

Made-to-print components through a qualified manufacturing base. Applied to the constraints that define energy: generation, transmission and renewables equipment.

Energy overview

Overview

Manufacturing in the energy sector

Energy assets run long duty cycles with narrow maintenance windows, and the equipment beneath them has to be available for decades. Much of our energy work involves finding continuity for installed platforms, qualifying alternatives where the original is obsolete, and managing planned outage supply to a fixed date.

When a component is no longer available, was never a catalogue item, or needs to be adapted, manufacturing is the route. We place made-to-print work with a qualified base covering machining, fabrication, casting and assembly, and manage the quality plan so what arrives matches the drawing and the duty.

Sector constraints

  • Obsolescence management

    Qualified alternatives for discontinued components, with the differences documented up front.

  • Outage-driven schedules

    Supply planned backwards from the outage date with float built in where lead times are volatile.

  • Efficiency compliance

    Motor and drive selection aligned to current efficiency regulation rather than like-for-like replacement.

Capabilities

What we do for energy clients

All manufacturing
01

Made-to-print machining

CNC turning and milling to drawing, with material certification where required.

02

Fabrication and welding

Structural and pressure fabrication to recognised welding standards with qualified procedures.

03

Reverse engineering

Drawings produced from a physical sample where the original documentation no longer exists.

04

Assembly and testing

Sub-assembly build and function testing before dispatch, with test records supplied.

05

Quality planning

Inspection and test plans agreed before manufacture so acceptance criteria are not disputed afterwards.

Process

How the engagement runs

  1. 01

    Drawing or sample review

    We review the drawing or sample and confirm what is manufacturable, and where tolerances drive cost unnecessarily.

  2. 02

    Manufacturing route

    The right process and supplier are selected for the quantity, material and tolerance involved.

  3. 03

    Quality plan

    Inspection and test points are agreed before cutting metal, including any third-party involvement.

  4. 04

    Manufacture

    Production is monitored against the agreed milestones with progress reported.

  5. 05

    Inspection and release

    Dimensional and material verification against the quality plan before release.

  6. 06

    Delivery

    Goods delivered with the full certification and inspection record.

Case studies

Comparable work

All case studies
EnergyEurope2023

Second-source qualification removed a single-supplier dependency

Challenge
A critical machined component was available from a single supplier whose lead time had extended from six to eighteen weeks, with no contractual protection against further slippage.
Result
A qualified second source was in place within four months, lead time on the component returned to eight weeks, and the original supplier improved terms once dependency was removed.

4 months

To qualified second source

18 → 8 wks

Lead time recovered

FAQ

Manufacturing for Energy — common questions

Obsolescence management: Qualified alternatives for discontinued components, with the differences documented up front. That shapes how the service is run, from the supplier set we go to through to the documentation delivered with the goods.

That is a large part of the work. We identify current-production equivalents, document the functional differences, and confirm mechanical and electrical compatibility before you commit.

Yes. We produce a dimensioned drawing from the sample, confirm material by analysis where necessary, and get your approval on the drawing before manufacture begins.

From one-off replacement components through to production batches. The economics change with quantity, and we will tell you honestly when a catalogue alternative is the better commercial answer.

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Discuss your requirement.

Send the scope, the constraint you are working to, or the package that has slipped. We will tell you what is achievable and what it will take.

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We typically respond within one business day.