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 Stop-choc Facilities - manufacture and supply of vibration isolation products, anti vibration mounts, isolators & aircraft illuminated control panels.

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Stop-choc facilities, Slough, Berkshire, UK


Design:

Stop-choc design facility

  • All-metal mountings for offshore accommodation modules carry up to 2,000 tonnes per mounting.
  • Elastomeric elements protecting missile guidance systems.
  • All-metal mountings providing flexible seatings for gas turbine powered generators offshore.
  • All-metal mountings to isolate ships compressors, engines, exhausts.
  • Resilient elements in flouro-silicone to resist fuel contamination.
  • Compact all-metal mounts with progressive snubbing to isolate diesel engines on rail locomotives.
  • Integrated control panels for airborne, naval, military and railway applications.
Manufacture:

Stop-choc manufacturing
  • Computer controlled machining centres to profile and engrave perspex, aluminium and steel.
  • Remote programming to maximise machine utilisation.
  • Advanced photo etch engraving process for efficient flow production and product quality.
  • Areas dedicated to electronic and mechanical assembly.
  • Dark room facilities for light balancing, and testing.
  • Ultrasonic cleaning facility.
  • Electronic switch manufacture and automatic rivetting.
  • Automatic pick and place and reflow soldering of surface mounted electronic components.
Quality:

Stop-choc quality control
  • Automatic and semi-automatic coordinate measuring, ensure close tolerance repeatability of components.
  • Panel illumination brightness levels controlled by photometric equipment.
  • Night vision equipment and dark room facilities ensure cockpit compatibility with ANVIS.
  • Stringent elastomeric mixture control to ensure performance repeatability.
  • Dynamic and static performance of resilient products monitored continuously.
  • Computer controlled bonded storage system with auto-pick facility.
  • Approved to BS EN ISO 9001 : 1994 + SBAC TECH SPEC 157
Testing:

Stop-choc test facility
  • Shock, random and sinusoidal vibration with temperature -40ºc to +150ºc
  • Environmental chamber -75ºc to +125ºc
  • Temperature combined with altitude humidity testing facilities.
  • Burn in testing facility with vibration, temperature and electrical power controlled by computer 24 hours per day.
  • Static load verses deflection test facility, computer controlled.
  • Elastomer and resilient product fatigue test equipment.
  • Switch endurance testing facility.
  Manufacturers 
              and Suppliers of Anti Vibration Mounts, Vibration Isolators, Aluminium 
              Transit Cases, Aircraft Illuminated Control Panels and Vibration Isolation 
              Products
Banbury Avenue, Slough, Berkshire, SL1 4LR. United Kingdom
Tel: + (44) 1 753 533223.   Fax: + (44) 1 753 693724.
E-mail: sales@stop-choc.co.uk
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Manufacturers and Suppliers of Anti Vibration Mounts, Vibration Isolators, Aluminium Transit Cases, Aircraft Illuminated Control Panels and Vibration Isolation Products