WE PROVIDE A FULL RANGE OF
SPECIALIZED TOOLS AND PARTS FOR AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY
Molds & Progressive Tools for in-dash Multimedia
Specialized, custom developed molds and progressive tools for in-dash assembly of multimedia, navi and infotainment systems.
Cut & Crimping Tools for EDS
Full range of industry standard cutting and crimping tools for Electrical Distribution Systems (EDS).
Specialized, custom developed cut and crimping tools for special aplications.
Critical Spare Parts
Critical spare parts for producton lines and end products, with Just-In-time production, Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) approach and excelent On-time Delivery (OTD) ratios.
HIGHEST QUALITY STANDARDS
OUR COMPANY HAS ISO9001 AND ISO14001 CERTIFICATION, FULLY COMPLYING TO SPECIALIZED MANUFATURING STANDARDS
WHY CHOOSE US
Close collaboration from our R&D Department and speciallized Higher Education Institutes has allowed us to develop a full line of tools that have been awarded not only for design, but also for process efficiency improvement.
That means leaner process updates, reduced downtime for replacements, wider compatibility and more energy efficient tools.
More value to our customers.
Value for you
We are a lean enterprise, one that sustains growth by aligning customer satisfaction with employee satisfaction, and that offers innovative products or services profitably while minimizing unnecessary over-costs to customers, suppliers and the environment.
Our production facilities are conceived with Lean Manufacturing principles across all our operations from Industrialization to the Production and this state of the art is supported by a continuous improvement process to ensure permanent added value to our customers.
Stock Management Efficiency
Using our Vendor Managed Inventory approach, your company can have optimized stocks with zero outages, having stock fullfiled automatically at your production rate, in a lean managed process.
We have a streamlined approach to inventory management and order fulfillment, involving collaboration with our customers which changes the traditional ordering process.
We align business objectives and streamline supply chain operations with our customers, providing them with added business value, as a direct result of increased information flow:
- Improved Inventory Turns
- Logistics efficiency
- Zero stock outages
OTD & OTQ
Due to our Lean Management philosophy, Just-in-time (JIT) production strategy, agile production abilities and sharp project management, we attain excelent Order Time Delivery ratios (OTD).
It can be summed up with our full commitment to Order Time quality (OTQ), providing on time delivery with a focus on quality, a culture of continuous improvement and strong business ethics
High Precision and Control
Our production facilities are equiped with advanced CMM capabilities in order to ensure the customer specifications
Wire Erosion
CNC Milling Machines
Parts Restraints
All kinds of metal:
- HSS, Titanium, Aluminium, Tungsten Carbide (all types), AMPCO (all types), and Tungsteen Copper;
- Nickel base alloys: Inconel 625 and 718
- Stainless steels: Duplex and Super Duplex
Various Processes
- Realization and Assembly of complete set
- Waterjet cutting
- Laser cutting
- Presses
- Painting (Powder)
- Surface Treatments (Onsite)
Types of heat treatment
- Vacuum furnace quenching
- Controlled atmosphere quenching
- Vacuum tempering
- Tempering in neutral atmosphere
- Annealing
- Sub-zero
- Stress relieving
- Plasma nitriding
- Nitriding
State of the art technology to provide precision and quality parts in steel and speciality steel:
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CNC MILLING MACHINES (3, 4 AND 5 AXIS)
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WIRE EROSION
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SPARK EROSION
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LASER MARKING
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CNC LATHES
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SURFACE GRINDING MACHINE
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CILINDRICAL GRINDING MACHINE
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SURFACE TREATMENTS
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POLISHING
CUSTOM SOLUTIONS
Custom Solutions
Custom Made per Customer Specifications
We can build custom tools as appliances for a very wide range of specificiations and usage scenarios and requirements.
Besides that, and because of our lean manufacturing processes, internal R&D and rapid prototyping tools and teams, we are able to pick up one design or idea and develop it into prototypes and from there to a fully functional product, with your requirements and functional specifications, in a record time with a record budget.
WE WORK FOR YOUR SUCCESS
- FOCUS ON YOUR SPECIFICATIONS
- DEDICATED R&D
- PRECISION PRODUCTION
- QUALITY CERTIFICATION
About us
Established in 1978, Ricardo & Barbosa is one of the largest portuguese references in the manufacture of high precision tools for Automotive, Electronics, Energy, Oil&Gas and Aeronautics industries. With two production facilities (Portugal and Mexico), and permanent distributon in seven countries in three continents, we are currently present in more than twenty six countries around the world.