Walker AEC

Walker AEC is a UK aerospace manufacturer. It supplies landing gear, hydraulic and actuation components and assemblies to the aerospace industry, for both original equipment and the aftermarket. The company works mostly to customer drawings and calls itself a make-to-print business.

The company has a long history. It was first set up in 1974 as Walker Engineering (Poole) Ltd. In 1994 it merged with Aircraft Engineering Components Ltd of Byfleet, which was owned by the Fairmead Group, and became Walker AEC. In 2002 the company went through a management buyout and has traded independently since then.

The product range is split into groups. Landing gear work covers main and nose landing gear legs, including axles, plunger tubes and torque links, made on CNC machines from bar stock and forgings. Hydraulics work covers manifolds and valve bodies made from solid, forgings or castings, supplied as piece parts, sub assemblies or fully tested assemblies. Actuation work covers mechanical, electro-mechanical and hydraulic components and assemblies.

The company also builds electro-mechanical throttle pedestal assemblies that contain 3000 parts and tests them before supply. It makes and holds large stocks of tamper-proof bearing retaining rings and fuselage drain valves, used across the industry.

Its machining shop handles parts up to 1 metre by 0.5 metre by 0.5 metre on CNC milling, and up to 0.5 metre across and 1.75 metres long on CNC turning. It also makes small parts down to 3 mm across. Conventional turning is listed too. Each product page has an enquiry button, and the site carries a company video and a UK phone number, +44 1202 685135.