We supply many products to aerospace and defence programs, for which our customers expect hand controllers with the reliability and usability required by such demanding environments.
We engineer our hand controllers to be long lasting, durable and able to withstand the most demanding environments with (in most cases) no routine maintenance.
As its current and potential uses are constantly expanded, 3D Printing has more and more practical uses through increased adaptability - our new Tiertime UP300 comes with 3 specialist print heads and interchangeable build plates.
Published by The Business Magazine, the 2020 Thames Valley SME 100 Growth Index focuses on small and medium-sized enterprises in the Thames Valley area that are significantly growing their turnover.
The Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP) is introducing major improvements to the British Army’s Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle.
As its current and potential uses are constantly expanded, 3D Printing has more and more practical uses through increased adaptability - our new Tiertime UP300 comes with 3 specialist print heads and interchangeable build plates.
We are proud to be one of the few specialist companies to manufacture our own force-operated joysticks, both thumb and hand operated. The thumb operated joysticks can be built into our customised and modular hand controller range or supplied directly to customers for their integration.
We are delighted to have been recognised in the 6th edition of the London Stock Exchange Group’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’ report.
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3D printing creates objects by building up one layer at a time delivering a design accurately within a few hours and offering a huge time saving advantage.
We pride ourselves on our fast turnaround times and responsive customer service.
Want to ensure your hand controllers and electro-mechanical and electronics defence products perform in the most demanding environments?
We’ve reinforced our presence as one of the leading hand controller specialists with a major production milestone.
So, you’re about to embark on specifying a hand controller, but how can you be sure that the final product will be right for your application?
Here are four ways you can help improve your chance of receiving a product fit for your purpose:
Whether you’re specifying a custom-built or modular hand controller, it’s essential you receive the highest quality product that meets your technical requirements and timescales. But what happens if an alteration or repair is required during or after the specification process?
You want the specification process to be as quick and painless as possible, especially if you need a fast turnaround on your hand controller.
The configurations available to engineers are varied and complex. So, how can you make sure you will receive exactly what you need?
The IPC, the global industry association for electronics industries, developed Class 3 to ensure products used in harsh conditions are manufactured to the highest standards. When it comes to defence articles such as hand controllers, Class 3 is the only way to be confident the product will operate in the field as intended.
By selecting a supplier that adheres to Class 3 for every order, you are assured of receiving optimum quality and reliability. Here are some questions to ask potential suppliers to ensure they are delivering to Class 3.
We were once contacted by an international customer. The company had a customised helicopter cursor control device that played a vital part in its systems. It also had a problem – after many years the manufacturer was struggling to supply suitably robust replacements for repairs in the field. We proposed a solution – a form-fit-function equivalent that would serve as a drop-in replacement.
We followed up with three prototypes at less than four-week intervals as the design evolved; indeed it went far beyond being ‘just’ a drop-in replacement.
I was recently discussing our manufacturing process with a customer, and he asked why we don’t outsource any aspect of our assembly or testing. The conversation highlighted an interesting trend in the industry generally – it is reasonably common for manufacturers to outsource in the name of streamlining processes and delivering to faster timescales.
I’ve always believed very strongly in Daco’s keep-it-simple, one-stop-shop approach – we engineer, assemble and test in house. And this is one of the reasons why we are the fastest hand controller company.
Military hand controllers must deliver years of active service in the most demanding environments. To achieve this level of reliability the manufacturing process must adhere to the most stringent quality criteria.
The IPC, the global industry association for electronics industries, has developed a set of standards for soldered electrical and electronic assembly. Called the IPC J-STD-001, it is the preeminent authority for electronics assembly manufacturing worldwide. It is therefore an important standard for military equipment.
‘Why don’t you have a product catalogue?’ is a question that has been posed by our customers on more than one occasion in recent weeks.
It’s a valid query, why don’t we have such a comprehensive document to hand? It’s not because we’ve deliberately steered away from having one, it’s because it’s simply not physically possible to produce such a vast document. This is due to the fact that the list of possible product variations we provide is immense and rapidly growing by the day.
