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Advanced Surface Grinding Services
With over 40 years of experience, we specialise in high-precision Surface Grinding. Contact JR Gilbert Engineering today to get your project started.
What Is Surface Grinding?
Surface grinding is a precision machining process used to create flat, smooth, and even surfaces on a workpiece. Using a surface grinding machine, the process involves a rotating abrasive wheel that removes material, achieving a superior grinding surface finish compared to milling. This ensures high dimensional accuracy for thickness and an excellent surface finish.
While this method is widely used on materials like mild steel, tool steel, and hardened components, surface grinding aluminium poses unique challenges. Aluminium is a soft material that clogs the abrasive wheel, making the process inefficient and impractical. As such, we do not offer surface grinding services for aluminium. However, tooling aluminium, which is pre-ground to precise tolerances, is readily available and commonly used for applications requiring flat, smooth surfaces.
At JR Gilbert Engineering, we keep tooling aluminium in stock and can cut it to your exact specifications using our advanced water cutter. This allows us to provide an efficient alternative to grinding aluminium, delivering high-quality components with the precision and finish your project requires.
For other materials, including surface grinding steel and tool steels, we offer reliable services with excellent accuracy and competitive prices. Let us know how we can assist with your machining needs.
What Are The Advantages Of Surface Grinding?
Precision And Accuracy
Surface grinding is renowned for its ability to achieve extremely tight tolerances, often within microns, making it the preferred choice for components that require exact dimensions and consistent flatness. This level of precision ensures that parts meet even the most demanding specifications in industries like aerospace, automotive, and medical.
Superior Surface Finish
One of the key advantages is its ability to produce a fine, smooth surface texture. This finish is far superior to what milling or other machining processes can achieve, making it ideal for applications where aesthetics or surface contact performance is critical.
Ideal For Hardened Materials
Surface grinding excels at machining hardened materials that cannot be effectively cut with conventional tools. This makes it invaluable for producing components like wear-resistant machine parts, hardened gears, and precision tools, where traditional milling would fail.
Preparation For Assembly Or Further Machining
This process ensures components are perfectly flat and smooth, preparing them for assembly or secondary machining processes. This eliminates potential fitment issues and reduces the time needed for additional adjustments or refinements during production.
Simplifies Secondary Finishing
The fine, smooth surface produced by surface grinding often eliminates or reduces the need for additional polishing or finishing. This streamlines the production process, saving both time and costs while still delivering a high-quality result.
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Why Choose Us?
We specialise in regrinding cutting blades that have gone dull, restoring their sharpness and ensuring they perform like new, which can save customers significant time and costs compared to replacement. Our grinding capabilities are also ideal for mould tooling, particularly after the hardening process, where precision is critical for maintaining tight tolerances and ensuring the durability and functionality of the tooling. Additionally, we excel in grinding large bed plates, ensuring perfect flatness and surface quality, which are essential for machines and assemblies requiring precise alignment. Our precision surface grinding machine has a bed capacity of 3,200mm x 1,370mm x 570mm.
With decades of experience, an ISO 9001 certification, and a strong commitment to quality, JR Gilbert Engineering consistently delivers exceptional results for a wide range of grinding applications. Whether you require reconditioning, precision finishing, or preparing components for further use, we have the expertise and capacity to meet your needs with reliability and precision.
Why Choose Us?
- Blade regrinding – We restore dull cutting blades to like-new sharpness, saving significant time and costs compared to full replacements.
- Mould tooling grinding – Ideal after the hardening process, ensuring tight tolerances, durability, and functionality of critical tooling.
- Large bed plate grinding – Delivering perfect flatness and surface quality for machines and assemblies that require precise alignment.
Capacity – Our precision surface grinding machine handles components up to 3,200mm x 1,370mm x 570mm.
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Quality Accreditations
Providing parts to required specifications combined with a first class service are principal values at Gilbert Engineering. We use quality control measures within our inspection department, as well as calibrated precision testing equipment to ensure that we meet the exact standards required.
Our Quality Management System is accredited by the United Register of Systems: ISO9001:2015.
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Frustrated by long lead times or limited grinding capacity?
We understand the pressure of tight schedules and demanding tolerances. With precision surface grinding delivered in 2–4 weeks, flexible quantities, and competitive pricing, we provide reliable, high-quality solutions tailored to your exact specifications.
Request your personalised surface grinding quote today and experience fast, dependable service you can trust.
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Quality Accreditations
Providing parts to required specifications combined with a first class service are principal values at Gilbert Engineering. We use quality control measures within our inspection department, as well as calibrated precision testing equipment to ensure that we meet the exact standards required.
Our Quality Management System is accredited by the United Register of Systems: ISO9001:2015.