Ricardo Invests in Highly-Efficient Production Equipment

Thanks to significant investments in innovative gear-making machine tools, Ricardo has managed to boost its productivity. To be more precise, the acquisition of a Klingelnberg spiral bevel grinder, costing approximately £1.5m, allowed delivering of market-ready products – backing the company’s intention to meet even the most challenging requirements of its customers on transmission solutions.

That’s how transmission bevel gears look like

The Klingelnberg machinery is currently set up and put into production at Ricardo’s Tech Center based in the UK, and it has already started manufacturing highly-precise and top-quality parts intended for the racing transmissions currently produced by Ricardo. In addition, this machine will be actively used during the development of the new product lines, which will hit the market in the coming years. Moreover, the company has also obtained new design and QA capabilities by means of more efficient software solutions, such as the KIMOS software pack.

Learn more about Klingelnberg’s bevel grinder

The representative of High Value Manufacturing Catapult, recently visited the Ricardo’s Center to see the impact of the new machinery on the company’s operation and expressed his fascination with a new tool. He said that Ricardo is on the right track with putting money in quality equipment. Their new advanced grinder is already showing impressive results regarding enhancements in the manufacturing process.

According to Ricardo official, the investment in production solutions and software, including the acquisition of the new grinder, has boosted the company’s capacity to develop, produce, and estimate bevel gears. It is a major improvement in supporting Ricardo’s clients with more sophisticated products, implying that they can expect even higher manufacturing quality and shorter concept-to-delivery times.