The Cylinder Service Centre is a leading provider of cylinder manufacturing and repair services in the UK. They have a large, purpose-built factory with extensive equipment and 40 highly trained employees. They specialize in large cylinders and have a long track record serving major customers in industries like oil and gas, automotive, and steel manufacturing. The company is ISO 9001 certified and has stringent quality control systems to ensure full traceability of all cylinder services.

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The Cylinder Service Centre
Premier Class Provision of Cylinder
Manufacturing and Repair Services

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This Presentation
• Background to the company
• General & capabilities
• Communication and suppliers
• Personnel, systems & certifications
• Track record
• Major customers
• Summary

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Introduction
 Highly capable, forward thinking business
 One of the largest companies of its type in UK
 Market leader in the North of England
 Excellent range of production facilities & equipment
 Larger cylinders a speciality
 Long track record with large ‘blue chip’ organisations
 Dedicated, highly trained personnel
 Continual reinvestment & growth over last 20+ years

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Background & History
• Founded 1994
• Moved to Washington location 1998
• First major contract 1999
• Obtained ISO 9001 in 2003
• Started new factory build 2007
• Moved to new purpose built
factory 2008
• Year on year increase in turnover

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Production Facility
• Purpose-built factory
• 2 acre site (>8K metres2) hard
surfaced site
• 2230m2 factory floor
• New unit added end of 2011
• Adjacent to A19 & A1M
• Fully secured with CCTV
• Specialised equipment and facilities for cylinder
design, manufacture and repair

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Special Equipment
• Unique Stripping rig:
– 20,3373 Nm of torque
– 13 Metres long
– Fully adaptable
• Pressure Testing rig:
– HSE Benchmark developed over 2
years
– Units up to 6 metres long
– Compatible with water based fluids
– Up to 1400 bar pressure limit
– 350 ton load testing capability

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Other Capabilities & Equipment
• All of the following are undertaken in-house:
– Honing of bores up to 650mm x 7000mm
– Metal Spraying & grinding
– Shot blasting & painting
– Coded welding: stainless steel, bronze, cast iron,
aluminium
– Turning, milling, drilling, horizontal & vertical boring
• Additional Equipment:
– 350 ton horizontal press
– Overhead lifting to 26 ton
• Electro-plating contract partnerships

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Communications & Handling
• Collection & delivery service
• Five Vans
• Wide ranging deliveries and collection
• Four fork lift trucks with up to 7 tons capacity
• Full size loading bays
• Open six days per week from 7:30 am

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Design Capability
• Experience, not just theory
• Autodesk Inventor
• 3D assembly modelling
• Stress analyses
• Finite Element Analyses (FEA)
• Original designs or customer support service
• Reverse engineering
• ISO 9001 approved to design & manufacture

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Personnel
• 40 people on site
• Highly skilled specialist workforce
• Active commitment to skills
development and cross training
• Wide range of experience
• Specialist team dedicated to high
volume customers if required

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Supplier Network
• Many O.E.M. partners
• Can supply off-the-shelf parts for major named brands:
– Parker Hannifin
– Hunger
– Rexroth
• Partnerships with local electroplaters
• Network of seal suppliers for all types of seals
• UK agent for Hard Anodised Aluminium pneumatic tube
• Trade dealer for all types of bearings

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Quality Approvals
 UKAS ISO 9001:2008
(design, manufacture and repair)
 M.O.D. approved
 Railway Industry
approved

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Supporting Systems
• Dedicated, custom built software
based management system
• Fully integrated into general
business systems
• ISO 9001:2008 approved
• Ensures:
– Efficient and effective order control
– Quick turn around processing time
– Full traceability

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Traceability
 Every job has a unique reference on our management system
 Every job is photographed and attached to relevant digital record
 Every part used is recorded and attached to relevant digital record
 All paperwork is scanned in and attached to relevant digital record
 Any correspondence numbered & attached to relevant digital record
 A record of all personnel involved with the job is recorded
 Test data is recorded & attached to relevant digital record
 Full 3.1b mills certs. can be provided for all materials used
 All jobs are hard stamped with a unique traceability reference number

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Major Customers
• The Cylinder Service Centre works with well known large
industrial customers throughout the UK in the following
spheres:
– Oil and Gas extraction
– Off-shore drilling
– Defence industry
– Automotive manufacture
– Iron and Steel Manufacture
– Mining
• The Cylinder Service Centre also works with the majority of
hydraulic engineering & supply companies in the North East of
England

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Summary
• The Cylinder Service Centre is a market leader in cylinder
services for the North of England
• We have the right skills and equipment in house to
provide a fast and efficient service:
– Wide range of in-house production capability
– High skilled personnel
– End to end service from concept to construction
– Stockists for all the necessary materials
• A trained team dedicated to continuous improvement
• A strong track record of excellent service

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Contact Details
The Cylinder Service Centre Limited
Sedling road,
Wear Industrial Estate,
Washington
Tyne & Wear
NE38 9BZ
Tel: +44 (0) 191 416 6288
Fax: +44 (0) 191 416 0644
Sales Enquiries: sales@cylinder.co.uk