BRANDAUER & KSR WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS ULTIMATE PRECISION

Brandauer’s journey into pressed metal and stamped components began in 1862 when Charles Brandauer took on his father-in-law’s pen manufacturing and distribution business. Their products predominantly consisted of steel pens and pen holders produced at the company site on New John Street West in Birmingham. Over the next century the business would evolve from producing and supplying pens across the world, to diversifying its production in the mid 1990’s to light pressings for the then rapidly expanding motor industry. Adapting to industry demand at the time allowed Brandauer to harness new technologies, ultimately setting the foundation for the company’s future success. Today, as one of the largest presswork and stampings companies in Europe, Brandauer produces high precision metallic stamped components for the automotive, electronics, medical, healthcare, construction and renewable energy sectors. Offering a wide variety of services from prototyping, design, in-house tool production and specialist tool transfer, right through to high-volume manufacturing and quality logistics. The company’s high standards are maintained through the consistent delivery of accurate and quality presswork and stampings, a fundamental prerequisite in the automotive industry. To uphold their reputation as a world-leading manufacturer of precision metal components, Brandauer acknowledged their need to improve and advance their in-house measurement processes. Working with their customer KSR, a Tier 2 automotive manufacturer, they sought to find the ultimate metrology solution. KSR has maintained its position, since 1946, as a global leader in the production of world-class automotive components. The company designs, manufactures and tests these parts in order to meet the exacting specifications required of global OEM & Tier 1 suppliers. Through their partnership, Brandauer and KSR sought a non-contact measurement solution. They required a metrology solution that would provide accurate, repeatable and advanced measurement capabilities, whilst being intuitive and easy to operate. Using each company’s individual requirements and specifications as a guideline, they chose an OGP SmartScope measuring machine based on its ability to completely fulfil their requirements.

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