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Services & Specialities

ALMC is unique amongst RP and RM consultancies in the range and depth of support offered to your company.

Our Services

    • Introduction of Rapid Prototyping into the Product Development Cycle (Novice Companies)
    • Introduction of Rapid Manufacturing into the Manufacturing Cycle.
    • Optimisation of Design/CAD for ALM
    • Providing specialist expertise in areas of rapid manufacturing.
    • Support for the introduction and/or use of Rapid Tooling
    • ALM materials – their real properties and usage
    • Materials Failure Analysis – both conventional and ALM materials
    • Joining of ALM materials
    • Assistance with the development and application of novel ALM materials
    • Mechanical property analysis
    • Advice on surface finishing of ALM materials
    • Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
    • Microhardness testing
    • Metallurgical examination facilities
    • Surface roughness measurement
    • New ALM materials development

    Our Specialities

    • Preparation of critically assessed state-of-art reviews of specific manufacturing technologies.
    • Organising high quality consortia for collaborative R&D projects on aspects of manufacturing technologies.
    • Preparation of bids for government and EC supported R&D programmes based on an excellent track record.
    • Designing and executing work programmes suited to solving manufacturing problems.
    • Devising optimised solutions for product assembly.
    • Preparing and delivering training courses on a wide range of manufacturing technologies.
    • Offer consultancy advice on materials selection and compatibility including corrosion issues.
    • Finite Element Analysis, stress and thermal (as part of our support packages only)