Process Capabilties

In line with market demands we supply our customers with fully finished products ready to use.

Raw materials processed include:-

  • Mild Steel
  • High Carbon Steel
  • Spring Steel
  • Stainless Steel
  • Brass
  • Aluminium
  • Copper

Finishes typically supplied include:-

  • Electro – plating
  • Zinc, (to commercial and D.E.F. standard)
  • Zinc Nickel (to automotive standard)

  • Zinc Iron (to commercial and Volvo Standard )
  • Chrome
  • Anodising
  • Painting/Powder coating
  • Flaw Detecting

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Quality Assurance

We undertake a rigorous quality assurance process on all products to a high standard that complies with the ISO 9001 (2,000) standard. We are also working towards the ISO 14001 environmental standard. We have a range of systems in place to ensure that this is occurring.

We monitor product quality and reliability through:

  • Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM)
  • S.P.C. controls on all customer specified critical characteristics
  • P.P.A.P. documentation on all new products to automotive standards provided if required

Our bespoke computerised management information system developed by our software engineers:

  • Handles all aspects of order processing
  • Provides fully documented traceability
  • Conforms to I.S.O. standard and beyond

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Press Shop

We utilise the latest technology in our press room and also develop our own computerised press processes to meet the market demands of high quality, competitive products.

Our product range varies from low volume aerospace to high volume automotive products. All our main presses are PLC controlled with electronic roll feed which enables us to produce extremely accurate products. We can produce up to 4 million parts per week our press capacity is from15 to 100 tonnes.

Press shop facilities include:-

  • 4 x 100 tonne HME C frame presses used for high volume blanking and forming products, this gives the flexibility to produce parts on whichever press is available
  • 1 x 100 tonne Rigi-Speed H frame press, ideal for multistage progression tool product

  • 2 x 80 tonne presses customised and computerised to our own specification
  • 1 x 45 tonne press customised and computerised to our own specification
  • Hydraulic and Fly presses for light assemblies.

All presses are fully equipped with automatic coil handling equipment capable of handling strip in coil from .2mm – 4 mm thick, by 300 mm wide.

Finishing Equipment:-


Barrel finishing

3 vibratory bowl finishing machines

Drying & cleaning equipment

Rotary maize drier

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Toolroom Facilities

QME Pressings has 50 years experience in high quality press work.

Press Tools (designed and manufactured in house):

  • Compound tooling
  • Multi-stage progression tooling
  • Machined parts, Jigs and Fixtures.

Our facilities include:-

  • C.A.D. / C.A.M.
  • C.N.C. milling
  • C.N.C. turning
  • Conventional milling and turning
  • Surface grinding

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