William Cook - Cook Defence Systems

Cook Defence Systems
a World Class Company
World Class principles
A William Cook company
“I am proud of William Cook. I built it up almost from scratch.
To me the letters WC stand for “World Class”. I believe we are,
and we can prove it to our customers.”
Andrew Cook CBE
Chairman
“Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men
with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ”
The Cook guiding principles.
William Cook is a large UK-based engineering company.
It started as a steel casting manufacturer and steel castings
still form the basis of 99% of William Cook’s products.
But William Cook has advanced far beyond the classic low-tech
metal basher. The bulk of William Cook’s products now are
sophisticated components, assemblies and systems for a huge
range of applications. William Cook prefers to design and
manufacture its products in-house. This retains control, and
reduces reliance on sub-contractors. To assist this, William Cook
has substantial design and R&D resources to support its
factories, which themselves include large and modern machine
shops and testing establishments.
William Cook is a global leader in the design and
manufacture of track and running gear for armoured
vehicles, and the main supplier of armoured vehicle track
to the British Army.
Cook Defence Systems is responsible for the design, development
and sale of these track systems. The company has developed a
comprehensive range of single and double pin tracks, supplemented
by tracks made under licence for Diehl Defence Land Systems.
William Cook factories have manufactured track for armoured
vehicles for over 70 years. Today, all track manufacture takes place
at one purpose-built, state-of-the-art facility.
William Cook is also a trusted supplier of cast armour and structural
parts for military platforms, and an expert manufacturer of extreme
specification components for military aircraft and missiles.
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World Class tracks for British fighting vehicles
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Cook Defence Systems is the main supplier of armoured vehicle
track to the British Army and to users of British-made vehicles
worldwide.
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Warrior
Cook Defence Systems designed the TR60 double pin track to meet
the specific requirements of the Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank.
The Cook Defence Systems TR30 single pin track has been proven
in combat on the Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle in some of the
most extreme environments in the world.
The track has been fitted to all British variants of Challenger 2 since
the vehicle entered production, and is the only track approved by
the vehicle design authority. Cook Defence Systems owns all design
rights to this track system.
The TR60 double pin track has been successfully trialled on the
M1 Abrams and is suitable for the Leopard 2, the Leclerc and
other MBTs worldwide.
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Challenger 2
The design includes patented features that make this the most
advanced double-pin track system for any MBT in the world.
TR60 414 for Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank
TR30 201 for Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle
TR10 201 for Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)
TR15 202 for FV430 and Bulldog
The track has been fitted to all variants of Warrior since the vehicle
entered production, and William Cook is the only manufacturer
approved by the vehicle design authority.
Operational demands have caused the weight of British Warrior
vehicles to increase from 25 tonnes to over 30 tonnes. To cope with
this increase in weight Cook Defence Systems has developed a
double pin track which has been successfully trialled by the British
Army.
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Cook Defence Systems continues to develop variants of in-service
tracks to meet the challenges of increasing vehicle weights and
more aggressive operating environments.
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Cook Defence Systems - underpinning the fighting capability of Britain’s soldiers.
CVR(T)
FV430 & Bulldog
Cook Defence Systems supplies the TR10 single pin track for the
CVR(T) family of vehicles in higher volumes than any other track.
The TR15 single pin track for the FV430 family of vehicles has been
in production for longer than any other Cook Defence Systems track.
The track has been fitted to all variants of CVR(T) since the vehicle
entered production, and William Cook is the only manufacturer
approved by the vehicle design authority.
The track has been fitted to all variants of FV430 since the vehicle
entered production, and William Cook is the only manufacturer
approved by the vehicle design authority.
British CVR(T) vehicles have also increased in weight to meet
operational demands. In response, Cook Defence Systems has
developed ‘bigfoot’, replaceable pad, and double pin variants of
this track. These variants have all been successfully trialled on
Cook Defence Systems’ own CVR(T) vehicles at the British Army’s
Armoured Trials and Development Unit.
The British Army has upgraded many ageing FV430 vehicles to
Bulldog standard to offer increased power and protection. Cook
Defence Systems has met the corresponding increase in weight with
a double pin track that is also suitable for the widely-used M113
Armoured Personnel Carrier.
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World Class tracks for the world’s fighting vehicles
1. TR30 215 for Terrier Engineering Vehicle
2. TR40 407 for Scout Specialist Vehicle
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Cook Defence Systems has developed track systems for the next
generation of global armoured vehicles, while also supplying tracks
for in-service platforms worldwide.
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Terrier
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Scout SV
Cook Defence Systems has extensive experience in the design,
development and manufacture of whole running gear systems
for armoured vehicles.
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Defence Systems - underpinning the fighting capability of Britain’s soldiers.
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Sprocket rings
Track supplied as single links, wraps or rolls
Road wheels
Top rollers and idlers
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Cook Defence Systems supplies the next-generation TR30 single pin
track for the British Army’s new TERRIER Engineering vehicle.
Cook Defence Systems is proposing its TR40 double pin track for the
British Future Rapid Effects System (FRES) SCOUT SV project.
The track has been trialled on the CV90 and on several similar
medium weight prototype vehicles around the world.
The track is also suitable for the ASCOD and PUMA vehicles, and
delivers a significant weight saving over rival track systems.
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Cook Defence Systems also supplies standard tracks for the world’s
most widely used armoured vehicles.
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World Class products for military platforms
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4. Missile guidance system gyroscope chassis
Missile fuel system filter body
Yaw and pitch nozzle control assembly for VTOL aircraft
Warrior power drive transmission
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In addition to the track systems and running gear designed and
sold by Cook Defence Systems, William Cook’s reputation for high
integrity steel castings has made it a trusted supplier of cast armour
and structural parts for fighting vehicles, ships and submarines.
William Cook’s precision casting technologies are also applied to
high specification components for military aircraft and missiles.
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Track, road wheels, idlers and rollers
Final drives and sprocket assemblies
Structural parts
Ground engaging tools and towing gear
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E.Turrets
F. Hatches, cupolas and optical chassis
G. Suspension parts
H. Special tools
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World Class design and development
World Class manufacturing
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Cook Defence Systems constantly develops and improves its track
systems using in-house design and testing facilities. These tracks
are trialled on Cook Defence Systems vehicles at the British Army’s
Armoured Trials and Development Unit.
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Pro Engineer CAD and Magmasoft solidification simulation are
installed at all William Cook plants
Strain testing a CVR(T) track section
Robotic real-time radiography ensures total reliability
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The William Cook Stanhope factory was purpose-built to
manufacture tracks for armoured vehicles. Robotic moulding,
finishing, and radiography allow high-volume production while
ensuring total reliability.
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4. Robotic moulding of all track links
5. Robotic finishing for all track links
6. Casting track links in stacks at William Cook Stanhope
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Without Compromise a brief history
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William Cook senior
(1816 – 1906), the founder
of the Company, shown with
his father William (1786 – ?
and son, William Cook junior
(1842 – 1898).
2. Andrew Hanson Cook
(1873 – 1948) son of William
Cook junior and father of
Andrew McTurk Cook
(1918 – 2007).
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3.Andrew Cook (1949 – )
with his father Andrew McTurk
Cook and son William
(1988 – ) outside Buckingham
Palace having just been made
Commander of the British
Empire by Her Majesty the
Queen in February 1996.
4.A William Cook & Sons
catalogue c.1910.
Andrew Cook’s motto is ‘Perseverantia Obstinatioque’ –
which, translated from the latin, means ‘persistence and determination’.
This is carried on his personal coat of arms which, as a Commander of
the British Empire, he is entitled to have. This same motto encapsulates
the ethos of the William Cook group.
Originally from a family of Nottinghamshire farmers, William
Cook, the great great grandfather of the present Chairman
Andrew Cook, walked to Scotland and set up a saw factory in
Glasgow in 1840.
It survived a bank failure and in 1883 a small factory was started
in Washford Road, Sheffield, making crucible steel castings for
collieries. The Glasgow works was handed over to relatives by
marriage in the early 20th century and from 1902 William Cook’s
two grandsons concentrated their attentions on the Washford Road
works. Crucible melting in clay pots over coke fires continued until
after World War Two.
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In 1950 the first electric furnace was installed and in 1956 the
Company, although still very small, floated on the London Stock
Exchange. During the next ten years the Company outgrew its old
fashioned premises in the Don Valley and between 1968 and 1974
a new works was built on an elevated, more out-of-town, site. This
works grew considerably over the following 30 years and today it is
one of the group’s four main plants.
Andrew Cook, the present Chairman, took control of the Company in
1981 and began a period of rapid expansion and refocusing on new
markets. By 1986 sales exceeded £10 million and, following a series
of acquisitions over the next five years, by 1991 they had grown to
£120 million. During this period, many famous names in the steel
casting industry were taken over by William Cook, including Weir
Foundries, George Blair, Lake and Elliott and Lloyds Burton.
However, the Company’s stock market listing had become its Achilles
heel and in 1996 a hostile takeover bid from a Midlands industrial
group threatened the independence and very existence of the
Company. After a long battle the bid was finally defeated by Andrew
Cook, who took the Company private with venture capital assistance.
In 2002, Andrew Cook began to shrink the group to a more
manageable size which would be less vulnerable to market vagaries
and over-extended management and in 2004 he bought out the
venture capital shareholders. After nearly 50 years, William Cook
was again back in family ownership. Since 2006 the group has been
debt-free and cash rich, with its activities concentrated on its four
main plants in Sheffield, Leeds and Weardale and its market focus
on high specification, high-value added components and assemblies
where engineering innovation, quality control and efficient,
professional manufacturing are more important than mere price.
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World Class resources
• Advanced mechanical testing
• Induction and arc melting of all ferrous alloys
• AOD steel refining
• Linear accelerator radiography
• CAD and Magma design
• No-bake, shell, lost wax, green sand and ceramic moulding
• CMM metrology
• Pieceweights from 10 grammes to 12 tonnes
• CNC pattern and toolmaking
• Specialist fabrication and assembly
• Extensive CNC machining
William Cook Cast Products
Sheffield
Plant
Precision
Plant
Leeds
Plant
Stanhope
Plant
Integrity products in AOD steel
Smaller specialist products
Rail and other
complex components
Tank tracks, wearparts
and intermodal fittings
William Cook Integrity
William Cook Master Patterns
William Cook Precision
William Cook NDT
William Cook Leeds
William Cook Rail
William Cook Stanhope
William Cook Intermodal
Cook Defence Systems
Parkway Avenue
Sheffield S9 4WA
England
Phone +44 (0) 870 787 2353
Fax +44 (0)114 276 6779
Station Road
Halfway
Sheffield S20 3GD
England
Phone +44 (0)114 251 0410
Fax +44 (0)114 251 0096
Cross Green
Leeds LS9 0SG
England
Phone +44 (0)113 249 6363
Fax +44 (0)113 249 1376
Stanhope
Co Durham DL13 2YR
England
Phone +44 (0)1388 528 248
Fax +44 (0)1388 528 879
Accreditations
and Quality Standards
Accreditations
and Quality Standards
Accreditations
and Quality Standards
Accreditations
and Quality Standards
ISO 9001
ISO 14001
OHSAS 18001
Lloyds Register of Shipping
American Bureau of Shipping
Norsok M-650
NQ1
DNV
ISO 9001
ISO 14001
OHSAS 18001
Lloyds Register of Shipping
Airbus Air Authority 237
BAE Aerospace AG/10871/MAA
DNV
RWTUV
EN 15085
IRIS
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ISO 9001
ISO 14001
OHSAS 18001
DNV
ISO 9001
ISO 14001
OHSAS 18001
Lloyds Register of Shipping
DEFSTAN 95-25
Email: [email protected]
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a World Class Company
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