High-Accuracy Gauge Checks Component Quality
Bowers Metrology has supplied the Gagemaker instrument to X:Cel Superturn to help maintain quality standards of X:Cel's rings, gaskets and seals. X:Cel Superturn specialises in the production of precision machined components and specialised joints and gaskets. Although serving customers in the power generation, aerospace and construction sectors, the company's output is predominantly destined for the petrochemical industry. X:Cel Superturn produces components for down-hole drilling as well as surface and subsea applications. After purchasing X:Cel in 2007, Sheffield Superturn continued to establish the global supply chain. Wayne Adcock, X:Cel Superturn's quality manager, said: 'As failure in the field of any of our joint and gaskets could have catastrophic financial and environmental implications, we undertake the most rigorous quality control checks, both throughout the manufacturing cycle of our components and at the final inspection stage. 'To help enable X:Cel ...