New value-add service reinforces the companies’ commitment to customers
Identifying the opportunity to expand its value-added services into the ferrite core gapping market, Gateway Electronic Components, the UK based technical specialist component distributor, has made a major investment in both staff and equipment to meet this growing requirement. This service will be available to customers across Europe from the company’s new ferrite core gapping and machining centre based at its’ Cheshire facility.Gateway Invests in New Ferrite Core Gapping and Machining Centre.
As the UK’s largest distributor of ferrite and magnetic material, holding franchises for the supply of TDK, Ferroxcube and Fair-Rite products, as well as providing authorised access to the Magnetics Inc range of products, Gateway has made a significant investment in surface grinding and machining technology as well as the associated test equipment, hardware and software to support the initiative. A dedicated team of specially trained staff have been recruited to run the operation.
Tapping into its vast stockholding of standard ferrite core geometries and sizes, Gateway can grind or machine those cores to the desired dimension or AL value, thereby providing a prompt solution for the supply of bespoke modification to meet small and large volume requirements.
To accommodate the value-added project, it has installed a CAD based design and approval service, enhanced its operating system platform by programming in a MRP works order module, and networked into its system all ATE equipment to enable test data capture for each of the batches of material handled within the procedure. This maintains full batch traceability on raw material and manufacturing process control at each stage of the programme.
Gateway’s Managing Director, Martin Ford commented: “I am very proud of what we have achieved in such a short period of time. The investment was customer driven to begin with as they were looking for such a facility and they asked us if we could provide a solution. They trusted that Gateway would expedite the programme with the usual efficiency and professionalism, and now our machine shop is open for business. We have the machinery, the technical know-how, and the operators all in place; and we have vast stocks of all major core geometries readily available to sample prior to approval. This will strengthen our position as the ferrite specialist distributor for the UK and will also give us a unique opportunity in addressing the needs of an increasing number of customers across Europe.”
Further information on Gateway’s gapping services is available at Gateway Electronics Component’s website www.theferritegateway.com or by e-mail at gapping@theferritegatewaycom.
