Orchard Materials is one of the UK’s leading Metals Management Specialists, supplying high integrity metals for use in hostile and safety critical environments. When the metal has to be guaranteed to industry or customer specific standards, Orchard is able to demonstrate the real value of its service and the reality of its claim to be a true specialist and not just another ‘metal stockholder’. Over the years we have built up a detailed and comprehensive understanding of the standards involved in metal specifications and we are able to provide a ‘single source’ project management service for complex orders. We understand the requirements of supplying a high integrity metals service, and our business has been built on engendering trust and confidence amongst our customers that they can rely on us to guarantee that all our materials will be tested and certificated to the required standards.
Quality Assured Supplier
Orchard Materials is a Quality Assured Supplier (ISO 9001 accredited) and supplies metals principally to the Naval & Marine, Defence, Oil & Gas and Nuclear Power Generation industries. Included in our current client portfolio are the MOD, BAE Systems, British Energy and BNFL.
Main Grades Available
Although we supply a wide range of material specifications the main grades available are :-
Nickel/specialist alloys
Naval engineering alloys
Stainless steels
Aluminium alloys
Carbon/Alloy steels
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Forms of Supply
Wrought product in bar form or sawn to length
Forged product in blocks, blanks, rings and stepped shaft
Plate - Full plate or cut to size/shape
Processes Undertaken
Sawing
Plate Cutting (Plasma, Water Jet, Laser and Shearing)
Heat Treatment
Testing
Non destructive testing – ultrasonic, dye penetrant, x-ray, magnetic permeability
