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 2015
62 staff
11 Engineering (5 RF, 3 Mechanical, 2 Electronics, 1 Production)
29 Production / Test
2 QA / H&S
2000 m2 (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
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) Commercial Wireless
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
Microwave Radio fade margin network WG20
High power pulsed radar subsystem WG22
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. Millimeter & Sub-Millimeter Calibration Kits
Features
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
Straight Sections
Filters / Diplexers
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 Applications 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 18 to 40 GHz Dual Polarized Dual Polarized
Standard gain horn antennas
1 to 330 GHz
2 to 18 GHz
Dual Polarized
18 to 40 GHz
Dual Polarized
Lens Horn Antenna
4 – 140 GHz
Near Field Probes
to 330 GHz
Sectoral Horn Antennas

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 Products and services 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