Aerocomponents Ltd

Our CNC turning service delivers precision, high-volume components with consistent quality, efficiency, and cost-effective solutions across a wide range of products.

Based at our Reading facility in the UK, we operate 10 CNC turning centres, providing 1,200 man-hours per week, handling sizes up to 431 x 863 mm, a 254 mm chuck, and bar capacities up to 76 mm. With over 70 years of experience, our skilled engineering team ensures first-class service from start to finish.

CNC turning is a subtractive manufacturing process where bars of material are rotated in a lathe while a cutting tool removes material to achieve the required shape. This method enables fast, high-volume production while maintaining exceptional quality.

Our CNC milling services produce bespoke, intricate components to the highest standards using advanced Hurco® technology.

Based at our Reading facility in the UK, we run 18 CNC Hurco® VM1 machining centres 24/7, offering 2,160 man-hours of milling capacity per week. With over 70 years of experience, our expert engineering team delivers first-class service from start to finish.

CNC milling is a subtractive process that shapes custom parts by removing material with rotating multi-point cutting tools under computer control. With typically three linear axes, this precise operation is ideal for prototyping and smaller production runs.

We operate three CNC milling centres with 4-axis capability—two vertical and one horizontal—allowing the machining of curved and complex profiles with fewer setups.

4-axis milling adds a rotating axis to a standard 3-axis mill, enabling greater part processing, more detailed engineering, faster production, and higher accuracy—ideal for prototypes and custom components.

Our horizontal Niigata® SPN-50 features twin rotating pallets, spindle speeds of 50–12,000 RPM, helical interpolation, a table probe, tool breakage detection, and automatic tool measurement, making it perfect for high-volume production of small parts.

For vertical milling, we use Hurco® BMC 3017 and Hurco® 30 HT/M machines, which can reach complex surfaces and areas inaccessible on 3-axis machines, including pockets and holes around cylindrical parts, and allow machining on four faces of a component in a single operation.

Using Hurco® 5-axis CNC milling centres, we achieve superior consistency, tighter tolerances, continuous surface contouring, fewer setups, and faster material removal, reducing production times for complex, precise components.

5-axis milling enables the creation of highly intricate shapes, with tools moving simultaneously along five axes (X, Y, Z plus A and B), allowing access to five sides of a part without extra setups or turning.

Our expertise in 5-axis milling makes us the choice for aerospace and Formula 1 clients, delivering the highest precision and finish.

We operate 5 Hurco® VMX30U and 2 Hurco® VMX30S 5-axis CNC milling centres, handling the most complex jobs with 762 mm (X), 508 mm (Y), 520 mm (Z) travel, and spindle speeds up to 10,000 RPM.

We provide a range of specialist precision engineering services, including conventional milling, jig boring, and electrical discharge machining.

Our precision engineering combines advanced techniques and technology to produce components with extremely tight tolerances, often measured in microns or nanometers. The focus is on delivering parts that are not only highly accurate but also reliable and durable.

This level of precision is achieved through technical expertise, cutting-edge equipment, and a thorough understanding of each application’s unique requirements and challenges, supported by our full range of complementary services.

We manufacture mechanical and electromechanical components and assemblies to customer specifications.

Using our 3,203 ft² mezzanine area, we allocate skilled manpower across a variety of tasks, including fixtures, soldering, riveting, helicoiling, lead wire cutting, connector assembly, drilling, grinding, tapping, and bench work. For larger contracts, we can also install dedicated manufacturing equipment to create specialized production cells.

Our CAD & CAM services support the design and manufacture of prototypes and finished products, providing reliable scheduling and fast turnaround. Using advanced hyperMILL® Open Mind software, we can produce components ranging from simple to highly complex. Our in-house programmers ensure consistently high-quality, precise designs.

With a long-standing track record in the aerospace and defence sectors, we understand the importance of quality to our customers.

Inspection is a key part of our service. Each machine centre is equipped with online CAD stations and measuring gauges, and we also have a dedicated inspection department staffed by two full-time quality control engineers. This department features CMM equipment, profile projectors, toolmaker’s microscopes, hardness testers, and a full range of gauges and measurement tools.

Most components, depending on the contract, pass through the inspection department, which is integrated with our production management system and CAD/CAM department, where parts are inspected and signed off. We provide full certificates of conformity and batch traceability.

We are certified to AS 9100 Revision D (Aerospace Sector) and EN ISO 9001:2015 quality standards, as accredited by NQA Global Assurance. These standards cover the machining of precision components to customer specifications and the manufacture of mechanical and electromechanical assemblies.

All quality procedures are fully documented, enabling improved business efficiency, greater product and service consistency, enhanced traceability, and overall boosts to staff morale and motivation.

We use the full Prodman 9000 suite, a system aligned with ISO 9000 standards.

Prodman is a comprehensive production management solution tailored for small to medium manufacturers and subcontractors with assembly operations. It covers all aspects of business management, including sales and works order processing, stock and inventory control, MRP, route cards, bills of materials, job costing, scheduling, capacity planning, shop floor documentation, and certificates of conformity.

This enables us to manage every stage of production—from quotation and material control to scheduling, manufacturing, delivery, and invoicing—efficiently and accurately.