Infographic: Batten & Allen's Turnkey Process From Concept to Delivery
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Progression
100% In-House Tooling For Quality, Consistency and Accountability
All tooling work at Batten & Allen is carried out in-house. No tooling is subcontracted. This ensures optimal quality, tool longevity and efficiency every time.
Keeping everything in-house gives us full control from start to finish. Unlike subcontractors who do not make the tooling they use, we have a vested interest in ensuring that every tool is the best it can possibly be. No corners are cut. Every tool is built to last – and at cost to maintain sensible pricing for you.
With our extensive design for manufacturing expertise, we can suggest subtle tooling changes that will enhance quality, extend tool life, cut costs and improve your return on investment at each pitch/feed length.
Intellectual Property and Confidentiality
In many multi-million-part contracts, progression tool design is a major part of our competitive advantage. We are often working with geometries, materials or plating techniques that help to give our customers a competitive edge. By keeping tooling internal, we protect our IP and eliminate the risk of critical know-how leaking to competitors or other subcontractors.
Tool Longevity and Cost Efficiency
Tool life is directly linked to the quality and frequency of monitoring and maintenance. Our in-house teams are best positioned to keep tools at peak performance – applying preventative maintenance, tracking cycle counts and understanding wear patterns. Subcontracted tooling is often treated as transactional: built to spec, shipped out and forgotten. In-house tools, by contrast, are well maintained assets under our stewardship.
Customer Confidence and Compliance
Customers awarding large contracts demand traceability, consistency and a partner who can take full ownership. Telling a Tier 1 aerospace, automotive or electronics client that tooling is being subcontracted would quite rightly raise red flags. It would introduce uncertainty in lead times, tolerances and process control. Keeping everything in-house demonstrates operational maturity and a commitment to process integrity.
Tooling isn’t just a cost – it’s a capability. At the progression stage, when margins are tight and expectations high, we embed that capability within the four walls of our business to deliver repeatable, reliable results at scale.
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Contact Batten & Allen for specialist advice on how best to optimise progression in the design and high-volume manufacture of stamped and plated components.
