Introduction to Flann Microwave

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1 Introduction to Flann Microwave Representative presentation September, 2016

2 Flann Microwave Background Established 1956 Moved to Cornwall in 1970 Family- owned and independent ISO 9001:2008 working towards staff 11 Engineering (5 RF, 3 Mechanical, 2 Electronics, 1 Production) 29 Production / Test 2 QA / H&S 2000 m 2 (18,000 sq. ft) Factory - freehold Vertically integrated

3 Offering Standard waveguide products (to 500 GHz) Custom waveguide sub- assemblies Bent waveguide Integrated sub- assemblies (antennas, circulators, filters, attenuators, phase- shifters, splitters, actives, etc.) Test & Measurement Products (Attenuators, phase shifters, couplers, reflectometers) Services (Calibration, measurement, on- site validation) Metrology Calibration kits (including OEM for major players) Reflectometers, Calorimeters, Frequency meters Consultancy

4 Value proposition Internationally recognised experts Measurement Millimetre- wave components Combining RF and Mechanical engineering Experience and legacy of waveguide designs Providing the potential for saving time, cost, size, weight Design for requirement not just bolt together components Facilities and control Design make validate all onsite

5 Design / manufacture capability Design RF Tools: HFSS, Microwave Wizard, 60 year back- catalogue! Mechanical: AutoCAD Inventor 3D includes FEA Machining CAM system: EdgeCAM CNC and manual milling CNC and manual turning Assembly Soldering and Brazing (RoHS and Lead) Welding (TIG and MIG Aluminium and Steel) Precision assembly under microscope

6 Applications Military (Ground, sea, air) Electronic warfare Radar Antenna Missile Commercial Wireless Communications Space Medical EMC Educational

7 Design / manufacture capability Bending Shim, low- melt and unfilled Plating & finishing Copper, Gold, Silver, Nickel, Tin Aluminium Alocrom 1200 and Iridite (RoHS) Paint spray and dip Electroforming Precision waveguide, antennas, tapers & transitions Re- usable or disposable mandrels Test Mechanical: Optical measurement system RF: Vector Network Analysers to 500 GHz

8 Custom Waveguides and Assemblies High power pulsed radar subsystem WG22 Microwave Radio fade margin network WG20 Hybrid flexible / rigid waveguide system assembly in WG14 & 15 Millimetric waveguide sections WG25

9 Test and Measurement Products Programmable RVA Manual Attenuators Calibration Kits Controller Switches Phase Shifter

10 Features Millimeter & Sub- Millimeter Calibration Kits Models from 110 GHz to 500 GHz 3 Metrology Grades NPL Applied Technology TRL Calibration Finger Grips Applications Millimeter & Sub- millimeter Waveguide Vector Network Analysers Calibration Precision Measurements

11 Waveguide Component Products E & H Plane Bends Twists Filters / Diplexers Straight Sections Waveguide to Coax Adaptors

12 Waveguide Component Products End Launch Transitions OMT s Fixed Attenuator High power Termination Double Ridge Couplers 1.0 mm Coax Adaptors

13 Waveguide Switches Features 2.6 GHz to 500 GHz High repeatability or high speed Applications SATCOM Systems Switching Networks

14 500 GHz Products Rotary Vane Attenuators Directional Couplers Terminations Calibration Kits

15 Antennas 2 to 18 GHz Dual Polarized 18 to 40 GHz Dual Polarized Standard gain horn antennas 1 to 330 GHz Sectoral Horn Antennas Lens Horn Antenna GHz Near Field Probes to 330 GHz

16 Company structure Company Chairman Colleen Fleming Widow of Bernard Fleming, founder All shares owned by the Fleming family Day- to- day operation managed by Executive team Owners determined that Flann should remain independent Self- contained on Bodmin site US subsidiary for sales only Factory and land owned by the Company. Naturally conservative Company has significant cash assets

17 Plans for 2017 onwards Investment Equipment Machining capability, CMM Processes Space- qualified joining / assembly New plating processes Factory upgrades Products and services Calibration (ISO 17025) Integrated mm- wave assemblies to 500 GHz+ Space flight components and subsystems Alternative production methods moulding, 3D printing Expanding the problem- solving part of our business