Brockhouse was thrilled to welcome Shaun Bailey, MP for West Bromwich, to our facility last week. The team from Brockhouse took Shaun on a tour of the factory, demonstrating our forging and excellent in-house manufacturing capabilities, including our seven tonne...
In the off-highway industry, any equipment used must offer a reliable performance in unpredictable and rugged environments. To meet the rigorous requirements of these industries, manufacturers use forgings to produce strong and durable machine parts. Strength and...
Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of metal using compressive force. The automotive continues to depend on steel forged automotive components, which remain an integral part of current vehicle design for both low volume and mass market models....
Forging is a manufacturing process involving the shaping of a metal through hammering, pressing, or rolling. These compressive forces are delivered with a hammer or die. Forging is often categorised according to the temperature at which it is performed – cold, warm,...
A proud British heritage, the very first full-scale steam engine locomotive was the 3ft gauge Coalbrookdale Locomotive built in 1802 by Richard Trevithick, a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall. It was the railways in the first half of the 19th Century...
Brockhouse has invested heavily in its manufacturing site to provide customers with a one stop shop for all forging, machining and assembly needs. Brockhouse was first established in 1885 as a spring and axle maker and quickly developed into a specialist forging...
How stable is your supply chain? The past two years have certainly presented the biggest challenges to manufacturing supply chains all over the world. As we emerge from a global pandemic and face the current impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we are witnessing...
In the UK, the value of the agricultural industry or the Total Income From Farming (TIFF) is over £4 billion annually, with the Utilised Agricultural Area (UAA) covering 71% of land in the UK. In order to support the 17.3 million hectares of farming activity,...
Forging is known as one of the oldest metal working processes and is still today considered the most effective. Traditionally performed using a hammer and anvil by a blacksmith, forging has evolved over the years to meet the demands of the modern engineering industry....
Brockhouse has been forging for over 135 years and offers both upset forging and closed die hammer forging solutions from our workshop in the West Midlands. Forging is the manufacturing process of hammering, pressing, or rolling metal into shape. This is either...