Logistics

Woodroffe Equipment offers a turnkey solution and one-stop shop approach to our customers, including:

• In-house design
• Rapid prototyping
• Production of products in line with customer requirements
• Project management of all subcontract parts and finishing operations
• Delivery anywhere in Australia

In cases of high-volume, ongoing products, Woodroffe Equipment will set up production work cells within our factory dedicated to the particular project and including all machinery and resources necessary to economically manufacture the product.

A network-based Manusoft computer system is employed to control all aspects of the comapny's operations including purchasing, stock control, quoting, scheduling, production and invoicing.

The system uses touch screens located within the factory to record operation of every part produced. Being a true real-time system enables our production controllers to accurately monitor progress and enact schedule changes with immediate effect.

CAD/CAM

Using Solid Edge 3D modelling software, we are able to import both Unigraphics and Solid Edge part and parasolid files, plus 3D files exported from other applications in Step, EMS, ProE, SAT and AutoCAD dwg and dsf formats.

Once imported, sheet metal parts can be unfolded into flat blanks within Solid Edge then seamlessly transferred into our FabriWin CNC programming system, which saves the time and risk associated with manually redrawing the part.

Machine tool programs are then generated in FabriWin and transferred via a network to one of our 3 CNC turret punch presses ready for punching of the sheet metal blank. Woodroffe Equipment also uses AutoCAD2000 software for generation of in-house drawings and to import customers' 2D dwg and dxf files.

Quality Assurance and Inspection

Woodroffe Equipment are endorsed to ISO 9001/2000 which covers the company's design, order administration and manufacturing activities.

To ensure adherence to customer requirements, a detailed inspection is carried out on all first-off parts and recorded on a sample inspection report which must be approved before batch production can take place.

Approved CNC programs and folding parameters and spot checks are used to ensure conformity for repeat orders and, where necessary, 100% inspection for critical features can be built into the manufacturing process.