Harwin aims for growth with £500,000 investment

The move, it says, will help it increase efficiencies and realise new opportunities in aerospace, instrumentation and industrial markets. "This new technology removes the need for a separate development press," explained Harwin's operations director Paul McGuinness. "It enables us to put new tools through at the lowest stroke rate and at full press capacity – allowing us to identify any issues before flicking a switch on full production. "This approach brings many advantages: increased efficiency; reduced costs; less space required and even logistics benefits since tools have to be transported less." The new Bruderer equipment - a 'world first' according to the company – integrates a planetary gearbox into the shaft of the main motor, enabling Harwin's engineers to gain full control of tooling development to produce test runs of new products. McGuinness says the technology will be especially beneficial for the development of the company's EZ-BoardWare range of surface mount pcb hardware solutions for EMC, test, cable and battery management.