Quality Assurance

After 25 years in business, the quality of products and services provided by K C Engineering is well known in the market place and our relationships with major OEM's and equipment operators is a testament to our reputation. Our technical expertise is supported by the following quality management systems:

ISO9001: 2000	AS9100: RevB

Non Destructive Examination
As standard each bearing manufactured or repaired by K C Engineering is tested to the following ISO standards. As required, bearings are also manufactured or repaired according to customers own specifications.

Our in-house written practise for Ultrasonic Inpsection meets the requirements of the following standards:

• CAA: CAP 747  Appendix 1 GR23: Personnel Certification for NDT of Aircraft Engine Components and materials, 28.09.04.
• NAS 410 May 1996, Rev 2, February 2003: Certification and Qualification of Non Destructive Test personnel (Published by Aerospace Industries Association)
• BS EN 4179 British Standard Aerospace Series Qualification and approval of Personnel for non destructive Testing December 2005

Material Traceability
Whitemetal alloys and backing materials are tracked in our production system with full traceability, if required products will be supplied with material certification according to EN10204

Centrifugal Casting
Nearly every journal bearing product manufactured by K C Engineering is centrifugally cast from 70mm bore up to 1800mm bore and a maximum design capacity of 2000 Kgs. Click the link to learn more about our centrifugal casting facilities.