Qimtek

Ex-stock production supply specialists Challenge Europe are pleased to offer five types of socket screws from stock to support the engineering/assembly industries.

Socket head cap screws, socket shoulder screws, socket button head screws, socket countersunk screws and socket setscrews are all in common usage by virtue of their ease of use in the production environment and for their very clean aesthetic appearance.

Patented compressor technology has helped DMI Precision Engineering achieve a dramatic reduction in shop floor noise levels.

Operating out of East Lothian for more than 40 years, DMI Precision has customers ranging from aerospace and automotive manufacturers to the oil and gas, nuclear and renewable energy sectors. Employing a dozen staff, its services include CNC turning and CNC milling from low quantity to high volume batch work.

Midland Pressure Diecasting (MPD) has boosted its output significantly after installing a new fully automatic aluminium diecasting machine at its Willenhall facility to add to its fleet of automated die casting machines.

The £250,000 project at one of the Black Country’s fastest growing foundries will introduce efficiencies and create an additional 20% capacity to take on more work, which will generate a number of new jobs locally.

An innovative manufacturing partnership has won the highest national honour in UK higher education 

The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME), a joint collaboration between Coventry University and Unipart Manufacturing, has been awarded a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize. 

Celebrating excellence, innovation and public benefit in work carried out by colleges and universities, the accolade is the highest national Honour awarded in UK further and higher education and is granted by Her Majesty the Queen every two years. 

Elesa – well known for high quality technopolymer machine elements – has carved itself a solid base and is now pushing the boundaries in the world of metal standard elements, and is committed to maintaining the quality aspect of all their products. Many new stainless steel products are listed in the Elesa 166.1 catalogue supplement.

Primarily sold in food processing, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, these stainless steel items are often to a standard set by law.

R W Armstong

“No such thing as a free lunch? Too good to be true? Well, I've been dining out on Qimtek for the last two years and it hasn't cost me a penny! In fact they have saved me a fortune in time, costs and material. My product has been prototyped and is now ready for production. You get the benefit of not just one firm doing your work as you can choose specialists in their field. Hence it's very cost effective AND FREE!”

Bob Armstrong AIRTE ASOE

“We have recently registered with Qimtek within the last 2-3 months, and have found them to be very helpful and professional with our enquiries into finding suppliers for our manufactured items. The company representative and additional team continue finding the right supplier for our needs. They are also very approachable and helpful in finding numerous suppliers, which makes us as a company more efficient in serving our customers across the UK. We at Ductec are very happy with service Qimtek provide us and will continue to use them in the future.

"Qimtek offer a really good free service, that keeps in touch with me when I need, and helps by sending information of possible suppliers, as well as finding additional suppliers (All within the UK) when I have the need; when my current supplier base can't manage my requirement. With having already looked at other services that are similar, the service offered by Qimtek is definitely the best, in my experience"

Rebecca Martin, Buyer. Eskan Electronics Ltd

“Qimtek provide a professional and friendly service in helping to source alternative suppliers in various aspects of work. This service has helped the supply chain within our procurement process.”

Audrey Holmes, Purchasing Manager. Isotech Technology Ltd

“Qimtek has been a very beneficial company for me the past few years. We have been going through a very busy period here at AGR, and with the influx of work comes the pressures of getting parts manufactured quicker whilst maintaining quality, and also trying not to flood our usual supplier network with too much work.

JSR Engineers are pleased to announce the latest investment to our Laser Cutting Facilities, the Mazak OPTIPLEX NEXUS 3015 Fiber

The new fiber laser eliminates mirrors and other components of the beam delivery path by using fiber optics to significantly reduce the cost of maintenance allowing both JSR and our customers to benefit from production costs and efficiency

New from FDB Panel Fittings are the PINET 90° opening stainless steel and steel hinges for concealed installation – with two options available, the 3520 with pins and links in 430 stainless and the 3625 in 316L stainless.

The new design offers tough corrosion-resistant parallel link functionality for nested or surface-mount doors – LH or RH in horizontal or vertical installation. These compact hinges are suitable for steel or wood/composite doors and enable easy opening in industrial or office/domestic cupboards, cabinets and enclosures.