Sheffield Forgemasters
Tim Crossland is a highly experienced manufacturing engineer with a career spanning over three decades, currently serving as Lead Manufacturing Engineer at Sheffield Forgemasters since September 2015. Previous roles include Senior Manufacturing Engineer at Barker Collins Engineering Ltd., Technical Engineer at Darron-SBO, and a series of CNC Machinist positions at various companies, showcasing expertise in Solidworks modeling, CNC programming, and machine setting and operation across multiple control systems. Tim has a strong educational background with numerous certifications in CNC machining, safety, and engineering, contributing to a robust skill set in manufacturing processes and team management.
Sheffield Forgemasters
Sheffield Forgemasters can trace it's origins back to the early 1700s and through numerous famous names in the steel industry including Vickers, Firth Brown, English Steel and British Steel. The company is now a fully integrated supplier of steel castings and forgings with melt shop, forge, foundry, machine shops as well as extensive R&D and NDT services on a single site in the UK. Markets served include nuclear, defence, offshore oil and gas, power generation, steel processing and pressure vessels to name but a few. The company has produced some of the world's largest cast products up to 350 tonnes and steel forgings of up to 200 tonnes. Hundreds of years experience along with a commitment to new technology, new practices, quality and continuous R&D allows the company to produce complex castings and forgings for almost any application. The company also supplies various grades of raw materials, such as ingot and bar, for further manufacturing. Materials supplied in the UK can be delivered 'hot', where possible, to reduce heating time in furnaces.