Manufacturing excellence at AIM is engineering-led and digitally controlled. Every component is planned before it is cut, made on a connected digital route, inspected as it is built, and released with the documentation and traceability our customers rely on.
Engineering-Led
Planned Before It Is Cut
Every component starts with a technical manufacturing review. Before any material enters production, our engineers agree the approach across:
- Component geometry
- Material specification
- Drawing datums
- Tolerance requirements
- Machining access
- Workholding
- Tooling
- Operation sequence
- Inspection requirements
- Production quantity
- Manufacturing risk
Digital Operations
One Digital Thread, Enquiry to Dispatch
AIM runs on a single connected system. One digital thread links quotation, planning, machining, inspection and release — so a component’s status, history and documentation stay current and connected at every stage.
- Enquiry & QuoteRequirements and drawings are reviewed, scoped and quoted.
- Engineering ReviewGeometry, tooling, workholding and inspection are planned before cutting.
- Digital RouteEach operation runs on a digital route card under full ERP control.
- Machining & EDMTurning, milling, 5-axis and wire EDM, executed to the planned route.
- Inspection & CMMFirst-off, in-process and final inspection, with CMM measurement.
- Release & DispatchDocumented quality release and fully traceable dispatch.
Because quotation, purchasing, planning, production and quality records share one system, nothing is re-keyed between departments and every job carries its own live history.
CAD / CAM
Modern Toolpaths, Proven Before the Machine
AIM programmes and simulates in Fusion 360, with CloudNC CAM Assist supporting toolpath development and machining-strategy analysis. Every proposed process is reviewed, simulated and proved out before it reaches the shop floor:
- Three-axis milling strategies
- Indexed & simultaneous 5-axis
- CNC turning processes
- Tool and holder selection
- Roughing and finishing
- Drilling and threading cycles
- Toolpath simulation
- Clearance and collision review
- Repeat-production programmes
Traceability
Every Part, Traceable End to End
A finished component can be traced back through every step of its manufacture — one unbroken thread from customer order to final release:
- Customer order
- Part number
- Drawing revision
- Material batch
- Manufacturing order
- Production route
- Inspection records
- FAI records
- Final release
Continuous Improvement
Data That Makes the Next Job Better
Because production runs on one system, the data it produces is used to sharpen performance job after job:
- Programming time
- Setup time
- Cycle time
- Tooling performance
- Machine utilisation
- Quality performance
- Delivery performance
- Repeat-order efficiency
Request a Manufacturing Review
Send us your drawing and requirements and our engineering team will plan the most efficient, repeatable and traceable route to make it.