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When the BMH Invertor was invented in 1980 it became a patented item, Ken Broughton flew around the world selling licenses to companies far and wide, Japan, Germany, Australia, USA, Sweden, South Africa to name but a few. The BMH Invertor was, and still is manufactured all around the world.
BMH Feedgear were probably one of the very first companies to realise the potential of machining with the aid of computers. With the assistance of the local university, BMH developed a program for manufacturing feedworms on what were basically standard horizontal milling machines. This new system of manufacturing feedworms helped BMH to supply feedworms with an infinite variable acceleration, giving the customer an even better product than had ever before thought possible. The very first commercially viable feedworm ever produced using this new state of the art manufacturing system was sold in February 1985. All BMH Feedworms are stamped with the prefix 'C', the very first was stamped C/100, as of January 2008 we are now at C/24030 and increasing.
As the 1980's drew to a close and the dawning of the computer age really took off in the 90's, BMH Feedgear continued to invest in this new era. BMH Feedgear purchased their first Bridgeport CNC milling machine and moved into the new world of computer aided design. At this time stars and guides were still being manufactured by hand, it soon became evident that more investment was needed to improve upon this side of the business which by now was expanding at a rapid rate of knots. BMH. made the decision to purchase a Wadkin CNC routing machine to help with the manufacture of stars and guides. This was possibly one of the wisest investments they ever made, the Wadkin CNC router not only enabled BMH to reduce delivery times and increase production, but it allowed them to move into unexplored avenues.
To date, BMH Feedgear continue to be not only one of the leading manufacturers of changeparts and feedworms, but are also able to supply things from as adverse as polyethylene flooring for swimming pools to nylon brackets for airport luggage handling conveyors. Basically, if it is made from plastic there is a good chance that BMH can manufacture it.