ACCURATE BORE MEASUREMENT

Acedes Gear Company: The Hob supplier of choice to high quality gear manufacturers throughout the demanding Aerospace industry, both in the UK and throughout the world, the Newbury based Acedes Gear Company, has recently invested in a series of state-of-the-art, Bowers XT Xtreme Digital Bore Gauges. Acedes’ advanced new instruments will allow them to accurately measure all of their Hob location Bores both in-process and as part of the company’s stringent final inspection routines. Bowers high-tech new gauges boast Opto RS 232 data outputs, allowing them to be linked to Acedes’ printers to generate the important traceable records that are required by several of the company’s customers.

Bowers XT Xtreme Gauges have extended anvil travel, clear digital displays, a simple two-button operation, they are water/coolant resistant and importantly are able to accurately measure Acedes’ critical Hob’s location bores. The extremely demanding tolerance specification of the company’s Hob’s, less than 5 um, substantially extends their effective working life and improves customers Gear Cutting accuracy.

To help uphold this burgeoning company’s excellent reputation, Acedes make regular investments in high-tech machine tools and measuring instruments. Having witnessed the demise of many of their UK competitors due to the impact of cheap foreign competition, Acedes philosophy of strategic investment, providing their customers with technically superior products along with unmatched levels of service has ensured that they continue to thrive within this highly competitive sector.

Published on February 28, 2008 09:22 updated on July 15, 2009 17:13