A strong domestic defence industry helps Canada maintain its national security and sovereignty. It provides the foundational elements of military capability, essential for responding to geopolitical challenges and advancing national interests.
A robust defence industrial base enhances Canada’s ability to detect, deter, and defeat threats in various domains, including air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace. It also ensures reliable supply chains for critical defence equipment and ammunition and reduces dependence on foreign sources.
Staying Ahead of the Curve
Because military needs, regulations, and technologies are constantly changing, future-proofing defence manufacturing requires industry adaptability. Ben Machine takes a proactive approach to identifying and implementing new technologies, processes, and capabilities to stay ahead of the curve.
Custom Engineering to Support Advanced Manufacturing Capabilities
Custom engineering solutions aren’t just about fitting pieces together—they’re about solving a complex puzzle where every piece performs under extreme conditions. It’s not enough for a part to fit snugly into its space within a larger system. That part has to take a beating—mechanical, thermal, vibrational. And when the stakes are high, like in aerospace and defence design, there is pressure to strip every unnecessary ounce of weight.
This is where precision meets innovation. Our design engineers perform an endless loop of calculations and simulations, grinding away until the answer reveals itself.
At Ben Machine, our engineering department takes it to the next level. They team up with customer design engineers to find potential production risks and masterfully engineer a plan of attack. The result? Military-grade components built to resist the harshest conditions—all while respecting the bottom line.
Adapting to Military Specifications and Timelines
At Ben Machine, we take proactive steps to minimize downtime. With a finely tuned supply chain and AI-driven precision, we accurately predict demand, keeping inventory levels optimal and production requirements on target.
AI-powered predictive analytics and expert programming support our complex machining centers and inspection equipment, resulting in shorter lead times, smarter adjustments, and an ample supply of military components for defence systems that can’t afford to fall short.
Versatile and Skilled Workforce
Defence components often require extreme precision and must meet stringent quality standards, so having a highly skilled workforce is crucial in CNC machining. Even minor errors can lead to critical failures in military equipment, and defence industries demand parts machined to exact specifications with tight tolerances.
CNC machining for defence involves working with advanced materials like specialized alloys and composites. It also means machining parts with complex geometries on sophisticated multi-axis CNC machines that require expertise to operate effectively.
At Ben Machine, our training and development initiatives ensure that our employees stay current with industry innovations and challenges.
Collaborative Innovation
The collaborative efforts between Ben Machine’s engineering, production, and quality teams, as well as with our clients, help to develop innovative solutions that address the evolving needs of the industry.
For example, a customer recently approached us with a challenge. They built camera systems for covert intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. The defence industry used these systems in aerial vehicles and needed them to be extremely light while remaining accurate.
Critical thin-walled components for the assembly were manufactured from composite materials. Although this achieved the program’s weight goals, the system’s intricacy required precision and accuracy that could not be maintained using the composite process.
Ben Machine’s manufacturing specialists reviewed the application and determined that components produced from aluminum would eliminate the leak, tolerance, and cost issues while maintaining the thin walls and weights required. We devised a prototype and put the component into production.
Through rigorous iterative research and development processes, Ben Machine successfully developed a proprietary methodology that has revolutionized the manufacture of these key components in these multi-sensor imaging systems.
Wrapping Up
Our continuous improvement initiatives and R&D efforts to anticipate future trends and stay ahead of the competition help us to maintain our role and reputation as a reliable partner in the defence industry, capable of producing high-quality components crucial for military applications.
Ben Machine is dedicated to its mission of future-proofing its operations and securing its position as a leader in adaptable, innovative manufacturing for the defence industry.
