Welcome to TW Stamping
Forging
Components can be forged into an infinite variety of shapes which would be difficult to produce by conventional machining or fabrication techniques. The result is a product with a superior surface finish, lack of porosity and enhanced strength since it does not suffer from internal stresses and it's grain structure has been improved. The result is a cost effective product fit for most applications.
Tooling is relatively cheap and setting times short, this allows for economic production down to as little as a couple of hundred piece parts per order.
As well as forging in brass we also work in aluminium, copper, aluminium bronze, etc.
Machining
After forging, many customers find it economical for the subsequent machining operations to be carried out by the supplier of the brass stampings. The photograph gives a few examples of the vast range of items which we machine after they have been forged. This is in fact due to the very efficient re-cycling of machining waste. This also includes work in aluminium, copper, etc.
By virtue of the fact that we are sub contractors, our products have to comply with many British and foreign standards, a few of which are,
- BS5433 Underground stop valves for water services
- BS3288 Electrical fittings
- BS 746 Gas Meter Unions And Adapters
- BS2767 Valves and unions for hot water radiators
- BS1010 Draw off taps and stop valves
- BS5154 Globe, check and gate valves
Electrical Components
Our range of products include:
- Parts for lighting fittings
- Immersion and kettle element heads and other domestic appliance components.
- Distribution line fittings including pole mounted fuse holders, line taps, etc.
- Cable Sockets
- Components for generators, transformers and switchgear
- Parts for telephone, radio, radar and scientific equipment
- Components for industrial use such as railway traction engines, welding sets and traffic control equipment
Gas Fittings
- Our range includes parts for the gas supply industry such as unions, connectors, meter couplers, etc.
- We manufacture a multitude of parts for the domestic gas appliance industry such as elbows, tees, gas cocks and manifolds.
- In addition we supply decorative and other fittings for use on domestic gas fires and cookers.
Hydraulic / Pneumatic Applications
We manufacture many parts for hydraulic/ pneumatic applications, these being used in a variety of situations from mining equipment through industrial applications for use on aircraft. In particular we manufacture items which are subject to high pressure with CO2 and other bottled gases. In this case these items are fully tested well above the required specification.
Security
It is commonplace for lock and bolt parts to be made from brass components since these do not suffer from failure through corrosion attack in the event of adverse weather conditions. Such fittings are ideally made using the hot forging process.
Many other applications are now to be found in the home security market which use hot brass forging in production.
Decorative Hardware
It has always been traditional to use hot brass forgings in the manufacture of door handles, window stays and other types of architectural fittings. In recent years there has been a vast increase in the use of highly decorative components for other items of door furniture such as letter boxes, finger plates, door pulls, etc.
Sport and Leisure
A popular use for aluminium components is found in the world of mountaineering in which it is commonplace to use such items as 'karabineer' hooks or parts for ice axes.
Similarly hot brass forging are incorporated into the design of many popular types of golf club putters.
Transport: Road, Rail, Ship, Aircraft
There are many applications for hot brass forgings in the transport industry. These range from parts for road vehicles such as elbows or tees in the fuel line, flanges for petrol tanks, radiator filler caps, etc. to discrete items such as battery terminals, light weight wheel nuts and hinges and fittings for heavy goods vehicles, supplied to component manufacturers.
Hot brass, aluminium, aluminium bronze forgings are used extensively in the marine industry. Typically such items would include shackles and turnbuckles on yachts, parts for pumps, guard-wire terminals, etc.
On aircraft there is a greater tendency to use items forged in aluminium.
Assembly Work
As well as forging and machining we have a considerable capacity for work which requires sub-assembly before use. It is usual for the resulting assembly to consist predominantly of hot brass forged and machined components. However, we are obviously willing to discuss any other type of assembly work. The problems of resourcing the parts, and as necessary holding them against scheduled call-off devolve onto TW Stamping Limited.
