Edgepeel

The Ford brand of edge bonded shims are known as Edgepeel. Edge bonded shims allow a fast and flexible solution to shimming, offering the ability to reduce a components thickness instantly without the use of specialist tools. Edgepeel laminated products are manufactured using cutting-edge technology and are supplied in a variety of materials in range of thicknesses, designed to the customers required specifications.

The benefits of edge bonded shims are recognised across a wide range of high volume markets and include

• Reduction in assembly time due to the elimination of grinding
• Dampening and anti-vibration
• Minimal tooling cost due to utilisation of LCT, the Ford developed “Low Cost Tooling” process
• Ideal for assembly alignment
• Peeled layers can be re-used reducing waste
• Reduced stock and inventory of solid shims and packers Types of Edgepeel
• Customer bespoke components
• Single thickness shim packs
• Variable thickness shim packs
• Shim gauge thickness from 0.001″ (0.025mm)

EDGEPEEL – the cost effective solution to your metallic shimming needs, manufactured to your design and specification.

• Customer bespoke components
• Single thickness shim packs
• Variable thickness shim packs
• Shim gauge thickness from 0.001″ (0.025mm)

Edgepeel components are supplied in the following standard materials

• Steel
• Stainless steel
• Aluminium
• Brass

Non-standard materials include:

• Copper
• Titanium
• Cadmium plated steel
• Phosphor Bronze

• All our products are manufactured to ISO9001 or AS9100 quality standards
• All testing is carried out in-house within our purpose-built laboratory
• Components up to 500mm x 500mm (20″ x 20″) can be manufactured by one of our extensive range of manufacturing processes