This is why Northwick have launched a new sub contract riveting and consultancy service which is aimed at people who have intermittent or low volume riveting requirements or people who just need to be able to "top up" their riveting capacity in order to deal with short term bottlenecks or production "specials".
The service uses Northwick's own riveting machines, the oldest of which is less than two years old. The riveting machines are all to the latest specifications and are fitted with new tooling and state of the art safety systems which allows world class productivity. The service also allows users to connect with Northwick's own riveting experts who can offer advice on product design and optimise tooling and fixtures to suit your product like a hand in a glove!
The service provides the most benefit in cases where there is insufficient volume or regular order schedules to make an outright machine purchase viable.
The most important benefit is that the service enables you to do what may otherwise be not viable and can help ease cash flow by avoiding the need to make an investment in capital equipment up front. So, for example, using the service make it possible to run production through a series of development phases until the product has matured sufficiently to justify a machine purchase.
It also allows you access to the latest machine technology and avoids the learning curve of training operators whilst simultaneously trying to meet production targets.