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“All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge.” -Albert Einstein Many people thought computers would never take off. In fact many intelligent people never thought we would have personal computers on our desks at work, input our own information, and make our secretaries obsolete. To think we would have a computer in our home was even more unbelievable.And, now I have a computer, camera, GPS device and a phone on my hip. This i-amazing device is generally with me where ever I go and this means my business follows me wherever I go. The people who had the foresight, the visionaries that used their imaginations’ to see better ways to do things with high tech devices in it were the people who made some great, world changing innovations that touched and change all of our lives. About 30 years ago a guy named Chuck Hull of 3D Systems Corporation developed a prototype system based on a process known as stereolithography, in which layers are added by curing photopolymers with ultraviolet light lasers. Hull defined the process as a ‘system for generating three-dimensional objects by creating a cross-sectional pattern of the object to be formed’. Hull’s contribution is the design of the STL (Stereo Lithography) file format widely accepted by 3D printing software.The term 3D printing originally referred to a process employing standard and custom inkjet print heads. The technology used by most 3D printers to date. The reason this is important is because over the past 10 years 3D printing or Additive Manufacturing has been widely embraced as the next trillion-dollar market and is gaining fast on the subtractive industry.When I first saw a 3D printer print a crescent wrench at a trade show it boggled my mind. But I thought, when they can print metal parts come and talk to me. Well, it’s come talk to me time. I witnessed an EOS system printing metal and laser sintered parts before my eyes at a company called i3DMFG (i3DMFG.com) in the Dalles, OR last year. It was amazing. I thought this is great for prototypes but you still need to kiss away the imperfections with a machine tool and bring it into spec, so how will the industry break into production? Well, there are companies out there like Matsuura (http://www.matsuura.co.jp/english/contents/ products/lumex.html) that have imagined the Lumex ‘Advance 25 laser sintering/milling hybrid printer’. And, there are the imaginations at DMG MORI (http://en.dmgmori.com/products/ lasertec/lasertec-shape/lasertec-65-shape) that produced the ALL IN 1: ‘Laser Deposition Welding & Milling -additive Manufacturing in Milling quality hybrid, LASERTEC 65 3D’ that can print in titanium, stainless steel, and many other aerospace grade metals.These companies to name a few dreamed of a hybrid machine that can print and sinter complex parts and in the same machine 5-axis the parts to perfection in a production environment. There is also a company that imagined building bridges with a robotic 3D printing machine that literally prints the bridge out of thin air, so to speak. MX3D, (http://mx3d.com/) a company that researches and develops groundbreaking robotic 3D print technology.Their robots print sustainable materials such as metals and synthetics in virtually any size or shape. Technology is moving so fast there are imaginators (new word) out there that feel they can perfect printing human tissue and create replacement parts perfectly suited for our individual bodies. So, stay tuned and start looking into this new technology- you don’t want to be left behind. Please take the time to read some of the great stories on some great imaginative and innovative companies in this issue. Until next time, thank you all for your support of our regional manufacturing magazines! God bless you all!
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Cover & Inside Cover This Month’s Cover , Inside Cover, Shop Profiles, & Articles:
North South Machinery Sales Monaco Tool and DCM Grinders Announcements/Releases ....................6-21 Front Cover & Shop Profile ............. 1,24-26 Feature Articles................................... 48,49 Buyers Guide Equipment....................68-74 Buyers Guide Processes ......................75-81 Card Gallery ........................................68-81 Index Of Advertisers ...............................82 Editorial .................................. Throughout
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Linda Daly, Hugh Taylor, Eugene Wirth, Stephen Hannemann, Kate Carpenter Published bi-monthly to keep precision manufacturers abreast of news, contracts, trends, and to supply a viable supplier source for the industry. Circulation: A2Z Manufacturing West Coast maintains a master list of over 14,000 decision makers consisting of fortune 1000 companies, small manufacturing companies, engineering firms, DOD & Scientific Lab facilities, machine shops, fab-shops, and secondary source businesses. It has an estimated pass on readership of more than 25,000 people. The majority of our readers are based in CA, OR, WA area! Advertising Rates have remained the same since 1999, deadlines and mechanical requirements furnished on our website at: www.a2zManufacturing.com. All photos and copy become the property ofA2Z Manufacturing. The Publisher assumes no responsibility for the contents of any advertisement, and all representations are those of the advertiser and not that of the publisher. The Publisher is not liable to any advertiser for any misprints or errors not the fault of the publisher, and in such event, the limit of the publisher's liability shall only be the amount of the publishers charge for such advertising.
Long Products – a sampling of what we offer Carbon Steel Bar
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• 304 SQUARE TUBE – 1/2"SQ X .065W THRU 12"SQ X .500W • 304 RECTANGLE TUBE – 1/2" X 1" X .065W THRU 12"SQ X 8" X .500W • 304 ROUND TUBE – 1/2"OD X .065W THRU 6.0"D X .375W • AVAILABLE IN MILL FINISH AND 180 GRIT POLISHED
CF1018 ROUNDS – 3/16" THRU 6" CF1018 SQUARES – 1/4" THRU 6" CF1018 FLATS – 1/8" X 1/2" THRU 3-1/2" X 6" CF1045 ROUNDS – 3/4" THRU 6" CF1144 STRESSPROOF ROUNDS – 1/2" THRU 4-1/2" CF12L14 ROUNDS – 1/2" THRU 6"
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CF4140ANN ROUNDS – 3/4" THRU 4-1/2" CF8620ANN ROUNDS – 1-1/8" THRU 4-3/4" CF4140HT ROUNDS – 3/4" THRU 3-1/2" HR4140ANN ROUNDS – 1-1/2" THRU 24"
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Carbon Steel Tube • ERW STEEL TUBE – 1/2"OD X .049W THRU 6"0D X .188W • ORN STEEL TUBE – 1/2"SQ X .065W THRU 4"SQ X .120W • STRUCT STEEL TUBE – 1-1/2"SQ THRU 6"SQ X .250W (INCLUDING RECTANGLES)
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303, 304L, 316L, 17-4 ROUNDS – 1/8" THRU 12" 304L, 316L PLATE CUT FLATS – 1/8" X 1/2" THRU 1/2" X 8" 303, 304L, 316L ROLLED BAR – 1/4" X 3/4" THRU 1-1/2" X 2" 304L, 316L ANGLES – 3/4" X 3/4" X 1/8" THRU 4" X 4" X 1/2" 304L, 316L CHANNELS – 2" X 1" X 1/8" THRU 6" X 4" X 3/8"
• 6061 EXTR & CF ROUNDS – 3/16" THRU 12" • 6061 EXTR SQUARES – 1/4" THRU 6" • 6061 EXTR RECTANGLES – 1/8" X 1/2" THRU 4" X 8" • 6061, 6063 EXTR ANGLES, CHANNELS, BEAMS • 2024 CF ROUNDS – 3/8" THRU 4"
Tube & Pipe • 6061, 6063 EXTR SQUARE TUBE – 3/4"SQ X .065W THRU 8"SQ X .500W • 6061, 6063 EXTR RECTANGLE TUBE – 3/4" X 1-1/2" THRU 2" X 8" X .250W • 6061 EXTR ROUND TUBE – 1/2" X .125W THRU 8"OD X .250W • 6061 EXTR PIPE – 1/2" SCH40 THRU 8" SCH80
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Carbon & Alloy Plate We routinely stock: • Carbon from general purpose to structural, PVQ and improved machining grades. • Alloy in construction, case hardening, PVQ, aircraft quality and abrasion resisting grades. Plate processing: Oxy-fuel Cutting Plasma Cutting Shearing
Ryerson simplifies customer manufacturing and procurement. From one-of-a-kind components to parts in production quantities, our one-stop shopping reduces overall costs and streamlines operations. Lower Production Costs Trim outsourcing handling costs and inspection points. Eliminate scrap handling costs and inspection points. Minimize capital expenditures. Our ready-to-assemble parts reduce customer work-in-process inventory.
Aluminum Plate We routinely stock: • Heat treatable, cast tooling and cast mold plate • Standard thicknesses to 16” • Widths to 60.5” • Standard lengths of 96”, 120”, 144”, 240” and 288” • Diamond Tread plate
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Increase Flexibility Test new designs and prototypes without tying up machines or employees. We know fabrication and materials and recommend the best for customer applications. Meet Demand Fluctuations Eliminate bottlenecks. Avoid capacity overloads. Eliminate capital tied up in underutilized equipment. We help customers focus on core competencies and meet processing requirements.
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Stainless Plate We routinely stock: • All standard grades • Plate up to 4” thick • Coiled plate inventory: 36, 48, 60, 72” wide • Stainless floor plate in 1/8, 3/16 and 1/4” thickness
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Announcements & Releases Ganesh Machinery Open-House September 1St, 2015
There Is A New 3D Printing Service In Town!
Ganesh Machinery announced their 2015 open house for Tuesday the 1st of September from 10:30 to 3:30pm. The event will feature 20 CNC Machines with state-of-the art cutting demonstrations. The event will be held at the Ganesh Machinery showroom at 20869 Plummer St. in Chatsworth, CA.
Ultimate 3D is a 3D printing company located in Hillsboro, Oregon. We s p e c i a l i z e in SLS (selective laser sintering) technology. With SLS, we can make high quality prototypes as well as production parts. SLS is one of the most sophisticated printing technologies available, much different than your home 3D printer. With in-house printing capabilities, Ultimate 3D can create professionalgrade parts for a wide variety of uses, handling orders of several thousand parts if necessary. We also offer custom finishing options like hand sanding, tumble polishing and dying to get the final appearance you desire.
Ganesh Machinery has identified many ways to help you be more successful and will be providing an Automation Solutions Presentation, focusing on labor reduction and seamless production. A 5-Axis Milling Presentation will be given, showing enhanced milling efficiency for 5-sided work pieces. The 36-tool Cyclone BY-2 will be showing the angular cutting capabilities of its B-Axis machine, while demonstrating how complex lathe parts with milled and drilled angles can be easily machined. Ganesh offers Multi-Tasking lathes with up to 11-axis to make shortwork of complex parts for profitable production. The “Big-Bore” lathe series starts at 30” swings and goes up to 55” lathe swing capacity, with spindle bores up to 14”. Rear chuck mounts are available for oil field applications and bed lengths up to 315” are available to meet your requirements. The Ganesh CNC vertical milling machine line starts at 24” x 16” and goes up to 100” in X and 39” in Y. Ganesh has extensive capabilities in production analysis, automation and turn-key solutions in support of challenging production applications. Ganesh offers a complete line of CNC milling and turning machines to meet your needs. The new 44-page catalog presents the entire Ganesh machine tool lineup, showing solutions that will provide you with greater manufacturing efficiency. Come to the Ganesh Open-House on September 1st and challenge them to offer the best solution for your production problems and learn how Ganesh Machinery can increase your profitability! Join them from 11:45 to 1:45pm for a Fresh-Grilled Mexican Lunch!
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SLS materials and processes are perfect for long-term applications, not just prototypes. Qualities of our products: • Strong/durable • Flexible (certain materials) • Extremely precise to digital model • Great for real-world use Industries we often print for: • Aerospace • Motor sports/custom automotive products • Medical prosthetics • Product development Materials we use (data sheets available on our website): • Nylon 12 • Glass-filled nylon 12 • Carbon fiber filled nylon 12 Call or email us for a quote! 503-848-8227 or quotes@ult3d.com or www.ult3d.com
Ben Stodghill Joins Scottrade Bank Equipment Finance To Support Machine Shop’s Financing Needs Ben Stodghill is pleased to announce that he recently joined Scottrade Bank Equipment Finance as Senior Business Development officer supporting small and medium machine shops in CO, UT, ID, MT,WY, Northern CA, OR, WA, AZ, and NM.
Ben is new to Scottrade Bank Equipment Finance, but brings more than 20 years of experience suppor ting customers’ capital equipment financing needs in the Northwest.
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Ben says, “ I am proud to be part of Scottrade Bank Equipment Finance. The company slogan is ‘We Finance American Ambition’, and we are focused on offering machine shops with competitive/flexible equipment leasing and financing products.” To learn more about how Ben and Scottrade Bank Equipment Finance can support your financing needs, call him at 206-9480022 or email bstodghill@scottradebank.com
FFG Signs Agreement To Acquire Pfiffner Group A Previous Partner Of Hydromat Inc. For Many Years. FFG’s Machine tool sector has 19 brands and 31 machine tool enterprises mostly in Taiwan, Japan, S. Korea, China, the USA, Italy, Germany, and now adds Switzerland to their map. Within the FFG group, the machine tool division generates approximately 1.8 billion Dollars of total sales of about 3.3 billion US Dollars. As a member of a global conglomerate with manufacturing plants in Europe, Asia and the Americas, Pfiffner group will have access to the technology, sales, and service capacities of FFG, creating the potential for expanded growth. The FFG group has a strong financial record and always looks to invest further in its technologies and customer support capacities. “The growth strategy that FFG employs is perfectly in line with the needs of the Pfiffner Group, and it will enhance their already stellar reputation for innovation, quality and precision in the rotary transfer sector,” added Kevin Meehan, Hydromat’s Executive Vice President & COO for Hydromat Inc., “This development will solidify their position as the leader in the CNC rotary transfer segment, and our customers are sure to benefit from future technological developments driven by a stronger Pfiffner.” Hydromat, Inc. is the industry leader in the Americas for the manufacture and assembly of precision transfer machines that include; EPIC R/T Rotary, Inline, and Trunnion models, as well as the revolutionary multistation ICON 6-250, 6-150, and 8-150 Mill/Turn Productivity Centers. Hydromat has a reputation built on a commitment to product quality,
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class GL-Series Production CNC Turing Centers, D-Series CNC Vertical Machining Centers, C-Series Combination/CNC Tool Room Lathe Line, DCM-Series 5-Axis Machining Centers and the VTL/VT-Series Vertical Turning Production Centers. People Tech has been distributing machine tools for Romi in Northern California and assisted in supporting the Southern California Regions for sometime now, but has made it official for the entire region this past month. People Tech offers great technical and consultative sales through its distribution platforms and high performance machine tool service to keep your machines running. People Tech’s motto is “Equipping Your Success,” - a statement the company firmly believes and promises to its customers. People Tech has an office in the heart of Silicon Valley for the Northern California Territory and an office in Southern California to support and promote Romi MachineTools. Please Visit People Tech’s website at www.PeopleTechMT.com, or call Northern California at 408-598-2200 and Southern California at 949-398-0400.
National Institute For Metalworking Skills And Gene Haas Foundation Announce Scholarships For Young Manufacturing Talent
The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS), the precision manufacturing AEIFABRICATION • 1113 West Birchwood Avenue Mesa, Arizona 85210 • 480.733.6594 • 480.733.6596 Fax • AEIFab.com industry’s premier standards and certification Announcements Continued body, and the Gene Haas Foundation (GHF), which provides scholarships to schools for students entering technical training programs, are People Tech, Inc To distribute Romi Machine partnering to provide scholarship funds directly to the near-future Tools In California workforce. The scholarships will be given to select SkillsUSA students, who represent some of the nation’s top young talent in precision machining and metalworking. Romi Machine Tools Inc, USA would like to announce the distinguished appointment of The 2015 GHF-NIMS SkillsUSA Scholarship Program will award People Tech, Inc, a Machining over $200,000 in scholarship funds to students competing in three Technology Sales and Service manufacturing events at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC) in Louisville, Kentucky June 22-26. Competitors company, to distribute and support include high school and college students from all 50 states who have won the full machine tool line of Romi Machine Tools USA’s offerings. their state-level competitions in CNCTechnician, CNC Milling Specialist and CNCTurning Specialist. Upon their arrival at NLSC, they will receive PeopleTech’s distribution area will a $1,000 scholarship award recognizing their success. Medalists at each of cover the entire State of California and Northern Nevada markets. the three competitions at each level will receive awards in the following These lines include Romi’s world- amounts: Gold: $4,000; Silver: $3,000; and Bronze: $2,000. Design & Engineering • Precision Laser Cutting • Punching & Stamping • Bending & Forming • Welding & Assembly Product Finishing • Logistics & Controls • Quality Assurance • Superior Customer Service
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All-New Haas Bar Feeder When Haas Automation introduced the Servo Bar 300 bar feeder in 1999, it was instantly popular, because it was compact, easy to use, and affordable. For 2015, Haas engineers went back to the drawing board to make bar feeder operations easier, more efficient, and faster. The result is the all-new Haas Bar Feeder, which provides a simpler and more affordable way to automate part production on Haas turning centers. It features a re-engineered, heavy-duty – yet still compact – design that boosts productivity and streamlines turning operations. Designed and built by Haas Automation exclusively for use on Haas ST-10 through ST-35 and DS series CNC turning centers, the Haas Bar Feeder connects directly to the Haas control, and is powered by the turning center. Fast set up and quick changeovers are what sets the new Haas Bar Feeder apart from the competition. It features an innovative rollaway design that provides easy access to the rear of the lathe spindle for quick liner adapter and liner changes. Simply press the foot-pedal release, and the bar feeder
easily rolls out of the way for access.When pulled back into position, the bar feeder locks into place completely, eliminating accidental bumps or alignment issues. And making bar height adjustments is easier than ever, using a single handwheel right where it’s needed to make visual “on-center” adjustments. Quick-change pushrods snap into place without tools, and both sizes store conveniently in the cover of the bar feeder. Built-in racks on both ends of the bar feeder provide storage for and easy access to all Haas extruded spindle liners, so there’s no need to walk around the machine, as with the previous version. To reduce cycle times, the Haas Bar Feeder uses a new belt-driven bar-shuttle system that is 7 times faster than the previous version, with lightning-fast retract speeds. Optical sensors accurately determine bar position, even on bars with chamfers and ragged ends, and stainless steel runners on the charging tray help bars roll down to the loading area much easier. Even square and hexagonal stock glide down smoothly to the new bar feeder tray. Because it’s integrated with the Haas control, all bar feeder parameters are set directly at the lathe. Easy-to-read, on-screen icons indicate if the bar feeder is out of position, has the lid open, or needs to be latched back into place. The new Haas Bar Feeder is easy to set up, easy to operate, and ready to boost your output and profits. For more information, call 800-331-6746, or visit www.HaasCNC.com.
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News For Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. “I Have The Experience To Help Manufacturing Companies With Positive Solutions That Will Help Their Businesses’ Grow!” ,Says Dion Hardy
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Fahey Machinery is proud to announce a new addition to their professional sales arsenal and welcomes Dion Hardy as Oregon Sales Manager. Dion comes to Fahey Machinery with nearly 30 years of experience in serving the metal fabrication industry. Dion started at an early age working in successful manufacturing facilities, and has represented some of the top manufacturers of machine tools that the industry has to offer. As a member of Fahey Machinery, he looks forward to helping your businesses grow. Call Dion today at: 800-523-2439
Fahey Machinery Expands Into The Northern California Region TJ Hatfield, President of Fahey Machinery will be taking many of the Fahey Machinery lines for representation and service into the Northern California region. Fahey remains at the cutting edge for new and used machine tools sales and service and they look forward to providing the best customer service available in Northern California.
Fahey Machinery Announces Davi Rolling Equipment In Stock Fahey Machinery carries a complete line of Davi rolling products.
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Davi is the only plate roll manufacturer with an in-house Research & Development team. These experts constantly wo r k t o i m p rove the engineering and automation on future generation machines and maintain the latest state of the art CNC control systems. With a completely new philosophy of engineering and manufacturing, Davi’s latest machines use only the highest technology available in the industry.
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Sunshine Metals Has A New Website That Sets The Customer Service Standard Worldwide Sunshine Metals is a world-class supplier of specialty metals and custom supply chain services for aerospace and defense applications.They provide near net shapes, semi-finished products, and just in time kitting from their expansive inventories of plate, rod, bar, and forgings.
Sunshine Metals new website now allows our customers full access to our Quote Builder product line and services. Sunshine Metals customers can log in to view their quotes, existing orders, track shipments, and retrieve test reports from shipments already made. In addition, users can actually use our Quote Builder function that will help you estimate material cost. If you are a current Sunshine customer you can contact your local sales representative to retrieve your log-in and password. If you are not yet a Sunshine Metals customer, we invite you to explore our site and use the resources we have provided to meet your needs. Once you become a Sunshine Metals customer you will gain exclusive access to our site’s more advanced features. To become an active customer, you can download our current credit application and send it in, or you can contact us directly.
Our innovative forged block program allows for shipment from stock, cut to size and delivered in days, avoiding mill minimum quantities and long lead times. Their professional team of industry veterans is knowledgeable in all aspects of the market.Their quote response time and delivery integrity consistently lead the industry. Four strategically located Service Centers deliver quantifiable improvements that impact cost, waste, quality, inventory and productivity. Sunshine Metals’ commitment to quality is reflected in their industry approvals by the world’s most prestigious airframe manufacturers.
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Methods’ Twin Robodrill Jobshop Cell Methods Machine Tools, Inc.a leading supplier of precision machine tools and automation, has introduced the Twin RoboDrill JobShop Cell featuring two FANUC D21 RoboDrill Vertical Machining Centers being ser viced by a single, articulating FANUC LR Mate 200iD robot.The cell features the ability to load and unload multiple parts at one time to amortize typically longer load / unload times compared to parts that are handled one at a time.To view a video that demonstrates this visit: (https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=WPvsUSYWrf8&list=UUtMeA1lPAvHSaSM1ORQxD1A). “Articulating robots are typically known as the standard for parts loading and unloading on machine tools, but have not always been the method-of-choice when working with parts with short cycle times during manufacture.TheTwin RoboDrill JobShop Cell offers an excellent solution to this fast cycle time challenge and is ideally suited for a low mix, medium to high volume of parts,” said Mr. John Lucier, Automation Manager at Methods Machine Tools, Inc. Traditionally, it might take about seven seconds to load / unload one part, but due to handling multiple parts at once with theTwin RoboDrill JobShop Cell, A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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the load / unload process is less than one second per part. TheTwin JobShop Cell features two side-by-side RoboDrill machines with a FANUC robot entering from the side of each machine to give operators full, open access to the front of the RoboDrills for tool changes, off-sets and maintenance. The cell also combines FANUC Robotics’ IR Vision System with a flex vibratory in-feed system to bring the parts into the cell.The flex feeder conveys a group of parts into the vision camera’s field-of-view for inspection, selecting the “good” parts for directing the robot to load them into the machine. FANUC D21 RoboDrill Vertical Machining Centers include a new state-of-the-art control.The FANUC 31iB5 control features extremely fast FSSB high-speed processing. This control offers streamlined electronics to reduce the number of components and provide a very ergonomic display. To significantly reduce the chance for downtime, the control provides efficient troubleshooting and maintenance capabilities, allowing users to analyze systems on the RoboDrills and receive notifications if any of the drives or electronics requires adjustment. For more information, contact Methods Machine Tools, 64 Union Avenue, Sudbury, MA 01776, email sales@methodsmachine.com, TEL: (978) 443-5388, FAX: (978) 440-9405, www.methodsmachine. com.
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DCM Tech, Inc. Introduces Brian Ebbinger As Western Regional Technical Specialist
The quality and workmanship of the products designed and manufactured at our factory in Winona, Minnesota are world class!” Brian’s experience in manufacturing processes will benefit customers looking to increase productivity and enhance product quality. Please feel free to contact Brian at DCMTech to assist with your industrial grinding and MPI requirements.
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DCM Tech is pleased to announce the addition of Brian Ebbinger as the new Technical Specialist for the Western United States and Canada. Brian will support customers through the sale, installation, and service of DCM Tech’s complete line of Industrial Rotary Grinders and Magnetic Particle Inspection Equipment. Brian’s 23 year background in sales and service of electronic assembly equipment and machine tools will be a valuable asset to the DCM team. Brian states “I’m very excited to be a part of DCM. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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DCM Tech designs and builds a line of Rotary Surface Grinders and Automotive Engine Rebuilding Equipment. We have provided quality machine tool equipment and customer satisfaction since 1974. Our response to customer needs over the years has allowed us to provide long lasting, application specific, solutions to customers worldwide. Use of DCM Tech rotary surface grinders has consistently brought dollars to our customers’ bottom line via process improvement.
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Cling’s Aerospace Now Offers Tube Bending! Hardware Specialty Co., Inc. is a leading international distributor of commercial and military fasteners, electronic & electro-mechanical components. We are proud to announce our latest branch opening in October of 2014 in Everett, Washington. Established in 1932 as a small retail store selling mill supplies and fasteners, Hardware Specialty has grown into a global company specializing in Managed Inventory Programs, Logistic & Value Added Services. Our International Sales Division has been satisfying our Asian, Central American, European and United Kingdom customers since. 1965. Hardware Specialty has a rich history in the Military and Aerospace markets, we have integrated all of the requisite Mil-Spec quality processes into our receiving and final inspection “closed loop” system. Our SAE-AS9120, ISO 9001, and ISO 14001 Quality Management Systems and full service Quality Assurance facilities coupled with many years of technical sales experience and deep product line inventory ensure our commitment to total customer satisfaction. Together these make Hardware Specialty an unbeatable source for all your fastener and electronic component requirements. Our goal is to “delight” our customers. Call today: 425-512-9262, everett@hardwarespeciality.com
Cling’s Aerospace offers milling, turning, grinding, welding, assembly of custom fittings and now they offer tube bending. They specialize in complex, 4 and 5 axis machined parts, fabricated tubes, weldments and assemblies. The company is ISO 9001: 2008 and AS9100: 2009 Rev C, ITAR Certified, JCP Certified NADCAP – accredited for brazing and fusion welding. Contact Tim Johnston at 480-968-1778 x 100 or visit www.clingsaz.com.
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Fahey Machinery Co. Inc. A Proud Accupress Dealer
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down load the data for manufacturing quick and easily. What do Fahey Customers say about Accurpress Vision Software? I really like the Vision 3D software! It works with Solidworks very well, in fact I can go direct from my Solidworks software to my Vision software in a heartbeat! The bend tables work well and it even helps pick the tools you have registered into to it automatically. We like it so much we are planning on buying another seat of it very soon. I highly recommend this Vision 3D software to anyone wanting to save a lot of time in programming sheet metal parts and anyone that wants to set up and run parts on your computer instead of on the press brake to prove the process. -Engineer for a manufacturing company inWA We invite you to come by our show room to tour our fully stocked facility of fabrication equipment. We have new and used equipment, parts, and tooling to support all of your needs. We are prepared to make you the best deal around ! Come see us TODAY: 17605 SW 65th Avenue, Lake Oswego, OR 97035, (503) 620-9031 (OR), (425) 398-1554 (WA), office@faheyinc.com, http://www.faheyinc.com A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Faustson on Cutting Edge with Addition of Laser Printing Technology 3D metal printing breaks through manufacturing limitations Arvada, CO – Faustson, a worldwide leader in the machining industry, announced the installation of Concept Laser’s M2 cusing Multilaser metal additive manufacturing system to its shop, further expanding its precision technology capabilities. The company put the new technology – also described as 3D metal printing – to work immediately on a challenging job for a key client. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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“Staying at the forefront of technology is critical,“ said Heidi Hostetter, vice president of Faustson. “This system, combined with our proven precision machining capacity, brings new depth to our manufacturing services and helps us continue to provide our customers with the best manufacturing solutions available on the market.” Additive metals manufacturing and other new technologies are part of what some call the “third industrial revolution,” because they allow manufacturers to respond more quickly to customer component needs while providing overall cost savings through responsible use of diminishing resources and creating more efficient components. Faustson’s relationships with pioneers in the 3D design and creation revolution allow the company to stay on top of trends, best practices and improvements in the technology. As part of that continuing effort, Faustson is partnering with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, which has used the Concept Laser equipment for more than four years. “From our inception, Faustson has been committed to being a pioneer in the industry, utilizing new leapfrog technology and pushing the boundaries of a traditional machine shop,” said Alicia Svaldi, president of Faustson. “Additive metals manufacturing, combined with the superior technology of five-axis mills, allows us to move from concept to completion while maintaining tight tolerances and cost-effective Heidi Hostetter and Alicia Svaldi of Faustson Tool production.” “Companies like Faustson represent the next step in the maturation of the addition metals industry,” said Zach Murphree, PhD, Concept Laser regional manager and technical sales engineer. “Technology is gaining acceptance within production facilities, not just with OEMs, and Faustson is on the leading edge of this wave.” Faustson Tool, a worldwide leader in the machining industry, provides services for clients worldwide in the medical, aerospace, aeronautics, defense, semiconductor and other industries.The company, founded in 1982, provides 3-, 4- and 5-axis milling and 5-axis EDM services, as well as turning capabilities for cutting-edge custom part production, and efficient production of standard parts. Faustson Tool is woman owned and operated small business. For more information, visit www.faustson.com, email hhostetter@faustson.com or call (303) 420-7422. Concept Laser is the pioneer in the field of generative metal laser fusing technology since its’ founding in 2000. The LaserCUSING® process allows the additive manufacturing of direct components, tool inserts, prototypes and low-volume product run parts for the jewelry, medical, dental, automotive, and aerospace industries. LaserCUSING systems from Concept Laser process powder materials made from stainless steel, hot work tool steels, cobalt-chromium alloy, nickel-base alloy and reactive powder materials such as aluminum and titanium, as well as precious metals such as gold and silver alloys. For more information, visit the Concept Laser website at www. conceptlaserinc.com.
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Arvada, Colorado’s Weiser Engineering Expands Metal Fabrication Capabilities To Meet Increasing Customer Demand. In an effort to meet the ever-increasing demand for quality metal fabrication and quick-turn prototypes, Weiser Engineering, a full-service metal fabrication shop with machining, sheet metal and welding capabilities, has recently added another HAAS VM-3 Mill which will be used to increase Training - Consulting - Auditing TRAINING - CONSULTING - AUDITING capacity and focus on fast turnaround of prototypes. Exemplar Global On-Line/ Public Certified Lead ISO 9001/14001 RABQSA Certified Online/ Auditor Courses
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“Our strategy is to create a clear advantage in the marketplace by understanding customer needs and providing superior value by focusing on customer service, quality, and on-time delivery,” says Peter Weiser, President and CEO. “Our largest clients have been with us for over 10 years, proving that long term relationships based on mutual benefits, a win/win approach and open communication strengthen our business year after year. Our customer rejection rate and scrap rate are less than 2% and our on-time delivery rate is more than 95%. Expanding our capacity is just another facet of our continued commitment to meet and exceed our customers’ expectations.” Weiser Engineering has been a fixture in the Colorado business community since 1989. The business evolved from a machine shop to a full service metal fabrication business that is ISO9001 certified. Today, the business continues to serve the needs of lighting, medical, aerospace and military customers locally and nationally.
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Tormach Gives A Skyward Camera Company The Competitive Edge Time-to-market is a term that every engineer knows all too well, and every budding entrepreneur will soon know if they are just entering the marketplace. Rugged Video (http://www.ruggedvid.com) is a company that specializes in creating customized video capture solutions for harsh and unwieldy environments. The company’s niche is developing low volume systems specific to unique applications, like flight tours, jet boats, and even military applications. The company uses their PCNC 770 to manufacture enclosures, modify off-the-shelf enclosures, fabricate mounts and brackets, and engrave finished products, but they didn’t start out milling. At first, the company was utilizing 3D printing to create custom products. “With or needs to build custom products fast, 3D printing was the best available solution stat we recognized. While 3D printing has its advantages we were limited to only making internal mounts, brackets, or prototypes since the finish and strength isn’t up to our standards,” Roy Dietsch, Co-Founder and CEO, explains. “However, 3D printing did open our eyes to the potential of rapid manufacturing. Moving to a CNC mill was the next logical step to start making real products on-site.” For finished parts, Rugged Video used to outsource fabrication and production. “We had good vendors and attractive pricing, but the lead time was a huge impact on our business,” Dietsch says. “It used to take two to three weeks to get parts produced, another week for anodizing, and two more weeks for screen printing. Our production took five weeks, just for basic parts.” When he was about to place a $5,000 order to mill parts, Dietsch decided, on a whim, to research low-cost, 3D printer-style CNC mills. “My searches turned up a bunch of hobby-style kits that seemed complicated and unreliable, and then I saw the Tormach,” Dietsch says. He immediately recognized the Tormach’s ability to mill real parts with accuracy, and after spending the rest of the day researching the PCNC 770, he decided to purchase and bring production in-house. “Outside of 3D printing we had no knowledge or experience in CNC or Milling. Luckily Tormach had a class starting in a couple days and squeezed us in. While my business partner was in the class I worked out the purchasing and got a lease set up with North Star Leasing,” Dietsch explains. In just about any business, a five-week lead time is challenging in and of itself, but it presents a major issue when your business is reliant on customization
and changing existing parts. “All of our customers are unique and may want changes or supporting products to go along with the system.” With their Tormach, Rugged Video has been able to provide changes, supporting products, and customizations at a much lower cost to their customers, and typically with a lead time of just one to two days. “No other company in our industry can match this capability while using outside production services.” Having a Tormach has allowed Rugged Video to launch new products faster and for less investment, since they not only use it for production, but also for easily adaptable iterations. “We can identify production issues immediately and make changes between units, rather than between production runs,” Dietsch explains. Now the company even uses their PCNC 770 to create some of their product displays. Rugged Video saw their production costs drop and their time-to-market drastically increase, but they also credit Tormach as the “tow-rope up the learning curve” for their organization. Dietsch explains, “Within two weeks of finding Tormach online, we were able to build our first part on our own machine. That would not have been possible with any other company.” A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Right, A sample of Gobi Desert dust. This is important since his team has to understand how an engine is going to perform after years in service. “We need to get everything right early on,” Richards says. “We are guaranteeing the underlying maintenance costs per hour for years to come. This is a big deal.” CFM built an entire technology room to explain the tests here at the Paris Air Show, which is held every two years in the French capital’s suburb of Le Bourget. The display includes the latest technologies that are being tested, such as parts made from special ceramic composites, 3D-printed fuel nozzles and nickel alloy compressor blades grown from a single crystal, but also the Gobi Desert dust and special sand that simulates the effects of volcanic ash. CFM, the GE and Snecma (Safran) joint company that developed the LEAP engine, will have a lot of LEAPs to maintain. CFM President & CEO Jean-Paul Ebanga said in Paris on Saturday that the company has received 8,900 orders for the LEAP engine family valued at $124 billion (at list price), making it the bestselling engine in the company’s history. The first one is scheduled to enter service next year and by 2020, CFM will be shipping 1,800 LEAPs per year. One of the most dramatic tests performed at Peebles involves testing for a “blade-out incident,” an event when a fan blade breaks and the fragments get sucked inside the engine. “It’s not pretty, but the engine casing must be strong enough to contain the debris and protect the aircraft,” Brian DeBruin, who runs testing at Peebles.
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The sand storms in the Gobi Desert in Central Asia are some of the most frightening events nature can cook up, sending giant tan clouds of fine dust as far as Beijing.While locals seal their homes and try to keep the dust away, Gareth Richards, program manager for the next-generation LEAP jet engines at CFM International, can’t get enough of it. His team is buying the dust and other troublesome dirt by the ton and blowing it inside jet engines. “We import dust and sand from all over the world,” says Richards while rolling an exhibit sample of the talcum powder-like substance between his fingers at the Paris Air Show. “It’s so harsh we use it to age our new engines seven years in the span of just three months.” A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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There are 30 engines on 15 test stands around the world, but the test plan calls for 60 engine builds going through some 40,000 cycles over the three-year testing run, which started in late 2013. “These engines are part of the most extensive ground and flight certification program in CFM’s history,” Ebanga says. 1/16/13 10:45 AM
The LEAP will power new Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737MAX, and COMAC C919 planes. On May 19, a pair of LEAP-1A engines powered for the first time an Airbus A320neo. The plane has completed 23 flights and 75 flight hours as of last Friday without a hitch, according to Allen Paxson, CFM executive vice president. The engine is like a big vacuum cleaner that sucks everything in front inside. Test engineers install a special rig a few feet from the fan and inject the dirt straight into the engine while it is running. It is similar to other ingestion tests
that are putting water, hail and other foreign objects into the engine. “Dirt and dust is sometimes more difficult then other test as our new engines are very efficient at slinging material away from the core,” says Brian DeBruin, who run GE’s test operations site in Peebles, Ohio. “This has caused us to redesign the delivery system so we can achieve the test mission.” DeBruin says that the tests allow engineers to build robust engines that need less maintenance and stay on wing longer. “From these tests we learn changes to make or keep - for example, where the dirt collects and where it moves freely through the engine,” DeBruin says. “These tests also allow us to test new coatings that either protect the parent metal or help it to shed the dirt. Once we find promising coatings we then do additional tests in other conditions to ensure it will cover the range of full flight conditions.” These are not the only harsh tests. To pass the “flocking bird t est ,” the engine must sustain the impact of seven birds at the same time. “The first
three birds must strike within 10 percent of the nose cone for the test to count and they have to come in beak first,“ says CFM’s Paxson. “If they hit sideways, it invalidates the test.” Another test involves shooting a slab of ice the size of a one-inch thick cutting board at the engine. The ice must remain whole until impact. It took the engineers 19 tries before they succeeded, Paxson says. Another test called the “triple redline test” pushes the engine to its limits: maximum speed of the fan, maximum speed of the core (the heart of the engine), and maximum temperature, all at the same time. “You would never see this in commercial service,” Paxson says. Many of the most difficult tests have now been completed. CFM recently finished flying a LEAP-1A engine mounted on GE’s flying test bed made from a converted Boeing 747 in Alaska for natural icing tests.The test bed also allows the team to monitor the engine’s performance during high-G force turns and in-flight engine shut-downs and start-ups. To date, CFM has completed more than 50 flights and the engines have flown for more than 425 hours on GE’s two flying test beds. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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The Bottom Line: How Machine Tool Dealer North South Machinery Turns Its Manufacturing Knowledge Into Customer Profitability It’s really a pretty simple recipe for success: Build a team that has more knowledge about machinery capabilities than most customers do. Use that knowledge to help those customers make the best possible decision for their business, regardless of your own bottom line. Earn their respect, their appreciation, and in turn… their loyalty for life. Though this concept may seem exceedingly obvious, it’s relatively easy to become king of the hill for a time, regardless of the mountain you’re climbing. The thing that sets North South Machinery’s team apart is their unrelenting hunger to continually be better than they were the day before to ensure that they stay there. It’s a mindset that permeates all aspects of CEO Jim Swartzbaugh’s life, and it’s clear he’s bred a culture of excellence into his team.
North South Service Awards When you ask a North South salesman why they operate with this kind of ‘client-first’ mentality, he’ll tell you it’s because this kind of personal investment into the success of the client’s business puts North South at the top of the list the next time that customer looks to expand or upgrade their infrastructure.
“Attitude + Knowledge + Performance = Successful Long Term Relationships” It’s the statement above that defines the North South Machinery belief system. Attitude, to North South, is a “can-do” outlook towards their customers’ needs. Knowledge is an in-depth understanding of the customer’s goals weighed against the most current and cost-effective technologies on the market today. Performance is delivering well above the customer’s expectations on a consistent basis. Living by this formula has enabled North South Machinery to develop long-term relationships with most of their customers, and is the foundation of both their success and their customers’ success as well. One of the most common themes you’ll hear around the halls of North South are stories of customers that were successfully saved from making a purchase that didn’t meet their exact needs, wasn’t the most cost effective solution available, or that didn’t deliver the most efficient process possible. “The customer is never wrong”, says Jim. “We have a white glove approach to our customers.We focus on their happiness and their success. It’s kind of like a give and receive mentality and way of life. We all look to please our customers by giving them the best experience we are able to.We offer them a partnership that evaluates their business model and looks at their requirements from the ground up. We offer them a full line of top-level machine tools as a means of advancing their business and fitting their future growth and we back it up with exemplary service. From follow up to information on cutting edge technology in the industry to technical service repair on most of the lines we carry, we back up our customers like we were part of their business and most times we feel we are.We just do the right thing every time, all the time.” This type of ‘custom fit selling’ is not exactly common in the world of capital equipment, partly because people are naturally hesitant to turn down a quick buck by selling you the most expensive piece of equipment they can, but also because so many sales people don’t have the knowledge necessary to offer up such a solutions-based approach to their clients. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Jim Swartzbaugh’s Great Office History… North South Machinery was started in 1985, in La Habra, California by
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Jim Swartzbaugh and Glen Zachman.They sold machine tools and operated the start up business in the basement of Jim’s house. North South was the exclusive dealer for Mitsubishi EDM when they started the business and the two quickly developed a prestigious name in the non-traditional EDM manufacturing and machining market.They quickly outgrew the La Habra location and moved the company in 1988 to nearby Brea, CA. This new industrial complex properly suited their needs and added to North South Machinery’s success. Soon after the expansion, North South added two more non-traditional lines, Mitsubishi waterjet, and laser. In 30 years they have grown to a total of 35 employees. North South now covers the West Coast with many high quality manufacturer lines that are typically viewed as #1 in the industry for fabrication, machining, EDM, 3D-manufacturing, waterjet, laser cutting, and manufacturing. The best machine tools in the industry deserve the best sales team in the industry. These rock stars include Chris Gendusa, Jim Nagel, Glen Zachman, Brian Juarez, Nathan Swartzbaugh, Chris Claxton and Bob Stewart. The North South sales professionals are a ‘hands on team’ and they all live the job. The job at North South Machinery is to serve the customers they live with, which requires a bit of explaining… Jim’s son Nathan, 29 years old, has literally grown up in the business. Nathan said, “After I worked at North South full time for a while I realized this team my Dad put together devotes their life to the company, and I mean 24/7.Weekends are another workday; If a customer needs something on a weekend they can call us and we respond. I thought to myself if this is really a 24/7 job how am I going to have any fun working all the time? Then it came to me; I literally grew up in this business. For 29 years I have been at North South and I was virtually raised in the business. As I look at all the people we have grown up with in the business, and raced cars with, and ridden motorcycles with, I realized they are also our customers. So, I do have fun with our customers.” Jim added to this and said, “My wife Madonna of 33 years realized early also that we all would talk non-stop shop while we were together so she imposed a rule;While the friends and family were out having fun, if you talked about business you bought a round for everyone! That rule helped us talk about everything but business and helped us have quality relationships with our customer-friends.” While every great race team has a legendary driver on the track in the spotlight, they wouldn’t be anywhere without the rest of the team as a Pit Crew for support. That’s where North South’s in-house admin and service team makes their impact felt. Anchored by industry veterans Lani Christensen, Wayne Henderson, and Jimmy Farrugia, and their quickly growing and skilled service department, this group ensures that every aspect of the customer’s experience from purchase to delivery to maintenance is the smoothest it can possibly be. It’s this unparalleled support structure that has really served as the backbone of North South’s continued growth over the past three decades, and undoubtedly, its continued growth over many more yet to come.
Brian Juarez, Chelsie Kerr, Jim & Nathan Swartzbaugh, Lani Christiansen generation helps the company with social media, marketing, data gathering and the latest in cutting edge customer service tools and sales. The blend of young blood and seasoned blood brings a wealth of knowledge to the table and a strong unity that is the A-Team for their entire customer base. Every team member at North South is an integral part of the success
Nathan Swartzbaugh, coefficient, for their customers. There is no room for failure because if they fail their customer fails and that is unacceptable to the North South team. Everyone’s job is everyone’s job and when a North South team member says they have your back they mean you are a partner for life and if they have to machine something after hours and create a solution,
Longevity… North South Machinery is proud to say that their core group has been employed at North South for an average of 18+ years. Most have come from related fields and contribute a wealth of knowledge and experience in every aspect of the business. The company has a diverse mix of seasoned professionals and a great yin and yang of millennial teammates.The younger
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fit into was a punch system and I saved a ton of money and now I am more profitable. They sold me what I needed and they took the time to prove the process to me. Thanks North South!” -Owner Of A Major Manufacturing Company in Southern CA
by God they will. It’s a win-win at North South because the word failure is not in their vocabulary! Jim Nagel, sales professional and veteran at North South had this to say about the company he loves, “I think the reason Jim and Glen hired me is because I was cut from the same cloth as they are. Our motto is to take care of the customer at all costs.We would rather walk away from a deal than to just sell something for the sake of selling it knowing we are not giving the customer good service.We are more in tune to find a solution to a problem that he has than to sell the only thing we have. I think that’s why Jim has been so selective about making sure we are multi-faceted with machine tool solutions.There are many ways to make a part but there is only one way that is the best way. This depends on the part and if you don’t have enough machine tools available to you chances are you will not have that one solution. We always find a solution. We also follow up with the customer to make sure they continue to maintain a satisfaction level. Our inside sale force helps us with this and I think we have the best team in the business. I think we all do our best to meet or exceed what our customer is thinking of. I’m very proud to be a part of the North South Team!”
“We have been doing business with North South Machinery for over 20 years.We have always had a very positive experience with North South machinery. We have purchased a number of Mitsubishi machines from them and we like the brand and we like the service we get from them and we also like their continued loyalty to us.They are just a great outfit! They have a broad selection of high quality equipment and we have always been able to find something that fits our need by comparing other like equipment with other manufacturers and their line of equipment is always equal to or better than the others in their field. The long-term reliability of the equipment and service has been key to our success.We value North South as a partner.” -Owner of a Major Manufacturing Company in CA “North South is great! From the owner to the sales staff to the inside admin folks the whole team over at North South has been wonderful to work with. Frankly, I wouldn’t be in business today if it were not for North South! We started our business right at the time of the recession and a start up company getting machine tools was a challenge and North South got what I needed and when I needed them, they made it all happen for me. When I need anything they are my go to company.” -Owner of a small manufacturing company on the West Coast “I have been working with North South Machinery for over 25 years and I have purchased 50 machines from them. I get excellent treatment and excellent service. I love their open houses, their sales visits are good and they have a lot of good follow up. Why would I go anywhere else?” -Owner of a major manufacturing company on the West Coast
North South Machinery has professionals inside and outside the facility so that when the outside pro slips the inside pro picks up the slack. This backup policy and strategy insures the customer is always in the center of the service bull’s eye so North South acts like professionals all the time. It’s a superstar cast at North South and although they have many state of the art CRM tools and the best in communications it is still up to the superstar cast to make sure the eye-to-eye interaction is made and the hand is held through the process. State of the art tools with state of the art people.
“I’ve been doing business with North South Machinery for several years now and I think they are an ideal representation of a perfect run company. Brian Juarez has been just great to me and all the people have been great too. They have superb customer service, in fact better than I have seen in any other machine tool distributor. They get my new machines up and running quickly and the training is great. North South is a great partner for my business.”
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“I have been working with North South for over 10 years and they really get my business. About a year ago I wanted to buy a laser machine and it was going to be a significant investment and I asked North South Machinery to look closely at my business model and help me pick the best one. After careful evaluation they showed me I didn’t need a laser machine after all. My salesman took my parts through a punch process and he gave me a solution with a better way of making my parts.What my business model
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procurement funds in the amount of $12,626,081 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-15-C-0052). Raytheon Co., McKinney,Texas, is being awarded a $152,886,443 firmfixed-price contract to provide 53 APY-10 radar system production kits and related support for the P-8A Poseidon full-rate production aircraft (Lot 2 through Lot 6) for the Navy (46) and the government of Australia (7). Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas (79.2 percent); Chelmsford, Massachusetts (3.9 percent); Little Falls, New Jersey (3.1 percent); San Carlos, California (1.6 percent); Black Mountain, North Carolina (1.4 percent); Ontario, Canada (1.3 percent); Ashburn, Virginia (1.2 percent); Poway, California (1.2 percent); Simsbury, Connecticut (1.1 percent); Sunnyvale, California (0.5 percent); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (0.6 percent); Boston, Massachusetts (0.6 percent); and various other locations in the continental U.S. (4.3 percent). Work is expected to be completed in August 2021. Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds and other customer funds in the amount of $58,935,111 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the Navy ($134,585,937; 88 percent) and the government of Australia ($18,300,506; 12 percent) under a cooperative agreement. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-15-C-0116). A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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U.S. Scientists Create ‘Friction-Free’ Material Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have found a way to use diamonds and graphene to create a new material combination that demonstrates so-called superlubricity. Led by nanoscientist Ani Sumant of Argonne’s Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) and Argonne Distinguished Fellow Ali Erdemir of Argonne’s Energy Systems Division, the Argonne team combined diamond nanoparticles, small patches of graphene, and a diamond-like carbon material to create superlubricity, a highly-desirable property in which friction drops to near zero. According to Erdemir, as the graphene patches and diamond particles rub up against a large diamond-like carbon surface, the graphene rolls itself around the diamond particle, creating something that looks like a ball bearing on the nanoscopic level. “The interaction between the graphene and the diamond-like carbon is essential for creating the ‘superlubricity’ effect,” he said in a statement. “The two materials depend on each other.” By creating the graphene-encapsulated diamond ball bearings, or scrolls, the team found a way to translate the nanoscale superlubricity into a macroscale phenomenon. Because the scrolls change their orientation during the sliding process, enough diamond particles and graphene patches prevent the two surfaces from becoming locked in state. The team used large-scale atomistic computations on the Mira supercomputer at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility to prove that the effect could be seen not merely at the nanoscale but also at the macroscale. “A scroll can be manipulated and rotated much more easily than a simple sheet of graphene or graphite,” Berman said. The team found, however, that superlubricity wasn’t maintained in a humid environment. Because this behaviour was counterintuitive, the team again turned to atomistic calculations. “We observed that the scroll formation was inhibited in the presence of a water layer, therefore causing higher friction,” said Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, a computational nanoscientist at Argonne and co-author of a paper describing the work in Science Express. While the field of tribology has long been concerned with ways to reduce friction - and therefore the energy demands of different mechanical systems - superlubricity has proved elusive. “Everyone would dream of being able to achieve superlubricity in a wide range of mechanical systems, but it’s a very difficult goal to achieve,” said Sanket Deshmukh, another CNM postdoctoral researcher on the study.
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“We look at designs for manufacturability. Every time we are looking at designs, we are thinking, how am I going to build this? Thinking about how it is supposed to look in the design aspect,”Tomson said. “We spend a lot of effort developing the design for manufacturability to review along the way.” So when it comes to manufacturing, there’s very little left to uncertainty. And the manufacturing processes are well-defined, expediting the manufacturing process, controlling costs. Design-build is changing the industry, Tomson believes. Design-build is a flexible structure for building parts and systems “We are given a concept.
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Toast And Honey Holds The Key To Spider-Silk Strength Each spider and each type of silk has a set of mechanical properties optimised for their biological function. Most silks, in particular dragline silk, have exceptional mechanical properties. They exhibit a unique combination of high tensile strength and extensibility (ductility). This enables a silk fibre to absorb a lot of energy before breaking (toughness, the area under a stress-strain curve). An illustration of the differences between toughness, stiffness and strength A frequent mistake made in the mainstream media is to confuse strength and toughness when comparing silk to other materials.Weight for weight, silk is stronger than steel, but not as strong as Kevlar. Silk is, however, tougher than both. In detail a dragline silk’s tensile strength is comparable to that of highgrade alloy steel (450 - 1970 MPa), and about half as strong as aramid filaments, such as Twaron or Kevlar (3000 MPa).[13] A Montreal team exploits complex behaviour of viscous liquids to copy the sacrificial-coil structure that gives spider-silk its strength Mimicking the properties of spider-silk has long been a goal of materials scientists. Exceptionally lightweight yet ten times stronger than steel, materials with spider-silk properties would have applications in bulletproof materials with better characteristic than Kevlar and tyres that could resist highly abrasive and aggressive surfaces.
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A team at Polytechnique Montreal is now claiming to have found a way to mimic spider-silk’s strength. “The silk protein coils upon itself like a spring. Each loop of the spring is attached to its neighbours with sacrificial bonds, chemical connections that break before the main molecular structural chain tears,” explained Prof Frederick Gosselin, who is supervising research by Renaud Passieux into the problem. “To break the protein by stretching it, you need to uncoil the spring and break each of the sacrificial bonds one by one, which takes a lot of energy. This is the mechanism we’re seeking to reproduce in laboratory.” Passieux is working on a method for forming a polymer strand on a moving surface. “The method consists in pouring a filament of viscous polymeric solution toward a sub-layer that moves at a certain speed. So we create an instability,” said Passieux. “The filament forms a series of loops or coils, kind of like when you pour a thread of honey onto a piece of toast. Depending on the instability determined by the way the fluid runs, the fibre presents a particular geometry. It forms regular periodic patterns, which we call instability patterns.” When the solvent of the solution evaporates, some of the loops bind to themselves, forming a sacrificial bond like the ones in spider-silk. The problem is that the process, though seeming simple, is in fact very complex. “This project aims to understand how the instability used in making the substance influences the loops’ geometry and, as a result, the mechanical properties of the fibres we obtain,” explained Prof Therriault. “Our challenge is that the manufacturing process is multiphysical. It draws on concepts from numerous fields: fluid mechanics, microfabrication, strength of materials, polymer rheology and more.”
Air Force Orders Eight Mq-9 Block 5 Reaper Attack Drones From Manufacturer General Atomics U.S.Air Force unmanned systems experts are ordering eight MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 attack drones from manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. in Poway, Calif. Officials of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, announced a $72.1 million order with General Atomics Wednesday to provide the eight additional Reaper armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The Reaper is a variation of the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator UAV that is designed for surveillance and attack missions using a suite of airborne sensors and the AGM114 Hellfire air-to-ground missile. General Atomics refers to the Reaper as the Predator B. Users are the U.S. Air Force and the British Royal Air Force. Compared to the MQ-9 Reaper Block 1 models, the Reaper Block 5 has increased electrical power, secure communications, auto land, increased gross takeoff weight, weapons growth, and streamlined payload integration capabilities. The new model has a high-capacity starter generator and upgraded electrical system with a backup generator that can support all flight-critical functions. The drone has three independent power sources to accommodate new communications such as dual ARC-210 VHF/UHF radios with wingtip antennas for simultaneous communications among multiple air-to-air and air-to-ground parties; secure data links; and an increased data transmission capacity.The Reaper Block 5 can carry heavier payloads or additional fuel. The turboprop-powered, multi-mission Reaper armed drone can fly for more than 27 hours between refueling at speeds to 240 knots at altitudes to 50,000 feet. The medium-endurance UAV can carry payloads as heavy as 3,850 pounds, including 3,000 pounds of external stores like Hellfire missiles. The Reaper can carry as many as four 4 Hellfire missiles, two GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs, or two 500-pound GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs). Twice as fast as Predator, the Reaper carries 500 percent more payload and has nine times the horsepower, General Atomics officials say. The Reaper has a fault-tolerant flight control system, triple-redundant
avionics system, and is powered by the HoneywellTPE331-10 turboprop engine, integrated with digital electronic engine control (DEEC) to improve engine performance and fuel efficiency at low altitudes. The Reaper cab carry electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensors, Lynx multi-mode radar, multi-mode maritime surveillance radar, electronic support measures (ESM), laser designators, and a variety of weapons. The sophisticated drone has redundant flight-control surfaces; can fly remotely piloted or autonomously; has a MIL-STD-1760 stores management system; seven external payload stations; C-band lineof-sight data link control; Ku-band beyond line-of-sight and satellite communications data link control; more than 90 percent system operational availability; and can self-deploy or fly aboard C-130 utility aircraft. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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The facility was earlier used by Solyndra to make solar cells till it filed for bankruptcy in 2011. Tesla will use the new premise to increase its manufacturing capacity and to establish more engineering labs. Tesla is rapidly expanding its business. Last month, the company leased a 271,075-square foot industrial building in Lathrop, CA to be used as a castings and machining center. On May 7, 2015, media reports revealed that Tesla acquired Riviera Tool LLC of Cascade Township in Michigan. RivieraTool produces tools and dies. Tesla launched the newTesla Energy business with the unveiling of the industrial Powerpack and the residential Powerwall batteries. Moreover, Tesla is building a Gigafactory in Nevada to produce the batteries in collaboration with various partners. Tesla currently carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). Some better-ranked automobile stocks are The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company GT, PACCAR Inc. PCAR and U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc. PRTS, all carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). Goodyear currently carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), while PACCAR and U.S. Auto Parts carry a Zacks Rank #2.
Tesla Gigafactory To Host ‘Hundreds’ Of Panasonic Workers Starting This Fall
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Tesla Motors has said that its Nevada lithium-ion cell “Gigafactory” will be the largest of its kind in the world. However, many of the people at the Gigafactory at first will not be employees of Tesla, but rather of its battery-supply partner, Panasonic. The Japanese company will send several hundred employees to Nevada this fall to prepare for the start of cell production, Reuters reports. “We’ll need hundreds of people at the start,”Yoshio Ito, head of Panasonic’s automotive and industrial systems division, said Monday.
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He also said Panasonic plans to invest $478 million this fiscal year in the Gigafactory, as well as a joint development project with Spanish
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The company--which already supplies batteries for the Model S and owns a small stake inTesla--will supply equipment needed for cell fabrication, and oversee the factory’s operation. According to previously-released terms, roughly half of the factory will be devoted to cell production supervised by Panasonic. The other half is to be occupied by suppliers and assembly lines for modules and battery packs. Panasonic has said that it will invest at least $92 million in the estimated $5 billion Gigafactory project. The majority of cells produced at the Gigafactory are currently planned for use in the 200-mile Tesla Model 3 electric car. The economies of scale offered by such a large factory will be necessary to hitTesla’s target price of $35,000 for the car. Some production capacity will also be devoted to battery packs for Tesla’s recently-announced energy-storage venture, which will produce stationarystorage systems for use by homeowners, businesses, and electrical utilities. Between cars and storage batteries, Tesla could find that demand rises to the point that it would continue to buy cells from Panasonic’s existing plants in Japan as well.
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Tesla Energy: Elon Musk Reveals His Plan to Change the Way the World Uses Energy Tesla wants to start a revolution in the way the world stores energy. CEO Elon Musk unveiled batteries that he said will help move homes, businesses and utilities away from the power grid and toward a more sustainable future with renewable energy. Leveraging the battery technology from its Model S sedans, Tesla’s consumer version for the home will be called the Powerwall. The software-controlled unit mounts to a wall and is integrated with the local grid, allowing homeowners the chance to shift between the grid and their own reserve of energy. The battery, which will be installed by certified technicians, is being offered in two sizes at costs of $3,000 and $3,500, not including
installation and an inverter. “I think the announcement is really exciting and what Musk is doing is pushing the envelope not for his own company but also for his competitors,” Brian Warshay, an analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance told ABC News. While residential batteries could help consumers save money by charging when electricity rates are low and then providing more power when costs are high, Warshay said the main benefit of having a Tesla battery in the home will be for back-up power. Deliveries are expected to begin this summer in the United States with manufacturing of the batteries later moving to Tesla’s multi-billion dollar gigafactory as soon as construction is complete. Among the early customers are Amazon and Target, which are piloting the commercial batteries at select locations. The technology allows them to go off the grid at peak times and turn to the energy reserves in their Tesla batteries. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Change is the watchword for manufacturing’s future. Well, as far as the future goes we know that the only constant is change! Particularly since the dawning of the internet, we have seen ever increasing change and the speed of change. Change is affecting all organizations, people and manufacturing as well. But manufacturing generates the most value of any industry because of the many tentacles and connections to services, suppliers, customers and governments. It’s true that many low-knowledge jobs may have gone overseas, but the U.S. continues to generate innovation and innovative ways to do things. This is the future. U.S. manufacturing is still a very dominant world economic force. Companies and individuals must be agile and flexible in gaining new skills, running experiments to improve and move forward at a faster pace. Many of our companies have adopted various approaches to being efficient and effective—The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Criteria began in 1990 and brought national focus and recognition. Also, the IndustryWeek Best Plants, the Shingo Prize and the AME Manufacturing Excellence Award all support continuous improvement and looking at the things that matter: People — They are the heart and soul of performance excellence. They can unleash their knowledge of their current jobs to make giant steps to improve themselves and the processes, i.e., Respect for people Process —The processes are what we must improve. Can we eliminate waste and improve quality by involving all people in the value stream to the customer? i.e., Continuous improvement Technology — It is ever changing and we must adapt quickly or become yesterday’s news. If there is a new technology, how can we use it in our company to meet and exceed our customer’s expectations? i.e., 3D printing for dental fixtures. Companies and individuals must be agile and flexible in gaining new skills, running experiments to improve and move forward at a faster pace.This means companies must transform their businesses and not rely on past successes or run the risk of becoming dinosaurs.
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Manufacturing is sorely needed to provide goods for us to achieve the American Dream.With the increasing wages in many overseas countries, U.S. manufacturing sites are looking more attractive all the time.
GE Oil & Gas Now 3D Printing End-Use Control Valve Parts Although it goes relatively unnoticed, many of today’s top manufacturers are using 3D printing to both prototype and produce end-use parts. One such company is General Electric, which has been in business since 1889 whenThomas Edison’s Lamp and Machine works companies merged with Bergmann & Company, an electric lighting fixtures and sockets company. Over the last 126 years the company has grown tremendously and has managed to stay ahead of the competition in many respects. A company doesn’t last and flourish for 126 years without swiftly adopting new technologies as they come along, such as additive manufacturing. We have covered stories in the past in which GE used 3D printing for both prototyping and end-use parts within their US headquarters to manufacture jet engine parts. Also, the company’s Healthcare division in Japan has been using plastic 3D printers at their Hino factory to advance their manufacturing techniques. Now, however, GE Oil & Gas seems to be expanding that use, introducing the first metal 3D printers into their Japanese operations at their Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture. Here they are using hybrid metal laser sintering 3D printers to manufacture the company’s Masoneilan control valve parts, which are used in various applications within the energy industry.m2 There are several benefits to using additive manufacturing in the production of these control valve parts. Namely the freedom to design specific types of valves in shapes which were never possible with traditional molding techniques. For instance, intricate shapes, hollow structures, and woven meshes are able to be realized in designs. Additionally a great deal
of time is being saved. Specialty parts can now be designed and fabricated in a matter of a couple of weeks as opposed to the typical 3-month wait seen using traditional manufacturing methods. “A completely new form of product manufacturing has been realized through the advanced technology of the metal 3D printer and the full utilization of that technology through the outstanding creativity of Japanese designers,” explained Alvin Jeffers, Senior Executive for GE Oil & Gas’ Global Supply Chain. “Advanced manufacturing has changed the conventional definitions and mechanisms of manufacturing, namely design and production, while offering an abundance of merits to customers, such as faster manufacturing times and greatly reduced costs. I am confident that it will become a new standard in the manufacturing industry in the near future.” For the production of these control valve parts, GE Oil & Gas is currently using a LUMEX Avance-25 metal 3D printer that’s been manufactured by a company called Matsuura Machinery Corporation. The machine combines both additive and subtractive means of manufacturing within a single unit. Below you will find some quick specifications of this machine: “We consider this metal 3D printer to be the best means for delivering highgrade products that meet the customer’s individual needs in the shortest amount of time and with increased cost competitiveness,” stated Mitsuaki Sakonju, the Kariwa plant Director. “GE’s Kariwa plant will continue to work to provide its customers in Japan with the most suitable control valve products and solutions in the shortest amount of time possible by making full use of its accumulated knowledge and the latest technology.” A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Additive Manufacturing Techniques Make Possible Innovations in Implant Technology Using Titanium Having a “strong backbone” is not only figuratively speaking a positive personal characteristic. Physically speaking too, a healthy spine is very important for quality of life and personal mobility. One way to alleviate spinal issues is by using minimally invasive technical components made of plastic or metal that are implanted in the body. For spinal surgery patients and surgeons, these implants can be a blessing: with just minor surgical intervention, they help patients become able-bodied again by regaining full confidence in the supportive functions of their spines. Behind these implants lies a combination of design, functionality and a great deal of manufacturing expertise. We spoke to Stefano Caselli, CEO of Tsunami Medical Srl based in Modena, Italy, about trends and product development in spinal implants. Tsunami sees itself as a system developer for spinal implants.Thus it offers implants that restore the functionality of a damaged spine as well as tools or instruments that allow surgeons to conduct a successful operation.The aim is to strengthen the spine and thus ensure the mobility of the patient. Conventional Spine Cages Spine cages are implants for levelling and relieving the pressure on the spine. These implants are minimally invasive normally used in conjunction with screws made ofTitanium in patients with problems caused spinal instability stenosis or many others spinal degenerative dieses. The cages themselves are made of PEEK (polyetheretherketone), a highly biocompatible material, even for allergy sufferers. In the past, these cages were manufactured conventionally in titanium, with the result being that, in some cases, the titanium component had a negative impact on the bone structure due to the rigidity of the cage realized by drilling with a very hard structure.This was caused by the implant’s significantly lower elasticity versus the bone. One alternative is PEEK, a high-performance plastic with compression properties or elasticity (E-module) rivalling that of bone. In addition, PEEK components cause no artefacts in MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and are thus easy to locate by the surgeon through imaging. One of the disadvantages of PEEK spine cages is their inability to be integrated into the bone structure and their eventual should slip off from the original position also after longer periods of implant. Polyetheretherketone is a high temperature resistant thermoplastic and belongs to the group of polyaryletherketones. Its melting temperature is 335°C. Modern, Laser-Melted Spine Cages
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The LaserCUSING additive laser melting method combines the strengths – and eliminates the weaknesses – of traditional titanium or PEEK components for spine cage applications. A laser-melted component can now offer the biocompatibility of titanium with the desired elasticity of a plastic material in a single product. Laser-melted spine cages have a very complicate geometry and not require to be re-treated to ensure an optimal surface structure.The highlight of this solution: its geometry, with partially different density distributions (embedded web-like structures), now gives titanium parts the same elasticity as a PEEK solution. Lasermelted cages can also be affordably manufactured in various dimensions depending on the anatomy of the patient, allowing for customized manufacturing. According to CEO Stefano Caselli, laser-melted cages represent “a true innovation that combines material-specific advantages such as biocompatibility, i.e., the ability to embed the material into the
bone structure, and elasticity that is customized for the human body in a single product”. Surgeons can easily locate the cages using CT or MRI imaging. Laser melting also allows custom or small-series manufacturing, including “made-to-order” cages for patients with special anatomical conditions or standard solutions for other patients. “Lobster Spacers” As Mobile Functional Elements In Spinal Primary Instbilitity Caselli described another Tsunami innovation – so-called “lobster spacers” self-spreading spacers that can be used between intervertebral discs in surgical spinal column reconstruction (image 5).The spreading mechanism developed by Tsunami is something of a miracle of manufacturing: it consists of a gearbox with a central screw and side gears that spreads apart two wings. Creating lobster spacers with perfectly aligned surfaces is possible thanks to the LaserCUSING process, using an Mlab cusing R system from Concept Laser. Its highly smooth – nearly polished – surface ensures significantly less excrescence in the tissue. A remarkable aspect of the manufacturing technology, according to Caselli, is the ability to produce multiple copies of this complex, movable part at the same time. “LaserCUSING gives us time advantages, advantages in cost structure and is also much easier, under cleanroom conditions, than conventional manufacturing strategies. In addition, machine solutions from Concept Laser provide excellent performance and a high level of safety when working with reactive materials such as titanium or titanium alloys.”
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When it comes to component design, additive manufacturing can open up entirely new directions. Another innovation that has resulted from the opportunities offered by LaserCUSING at Tsunami is the development of a customized disc prosthesis that acts as a vertebral spacer to strengthen the spine. It consists of an upper shell and a lower shell connected by a double spring. The shells’ surface is designed to fit perfectly into the vertebral plate.The double spring is made of titanium with a silicone core for damping the movement of the spring.The design and spacing dimensions can be adjusted precisely to the patient’s anatomy in accordance with the surgeon’s specifications. The highlight of this innovative solution: the disc prosthesis is manufactured in a “one-shot” process using laser melting technology, a solution that eliminates the need for downstream assembly processes. Functions Of The Disc Prosthesis In Detail Tsunami’s competencies were put to the test early on. First, it had to translate its experience in spinal implants into a product solution that would increase patient mobility. The disc prosthesis ensures 360-degree freedom of movement, providing enormous support to the patient’s mobility. Optimum elasticity is ensured by the double spring and enhanced through the silicone core. The company also needed a engineering solution that made the most of the geometric possibilities offered by the LaserCUSING method. Stefano Caselli: “From a design standpoint, the disc prosthesis as a product idea is the direct result of the geometric freedom and functional integration offered by the LaserCUSING method. Conventional manufacturing methods don’t work for this kind of solution. Additive manufacturing complements our expertise in spinal column reconstruction by offering a multitude of new options. The solution is also very flexible: we can adjust the dimensions to a patient’s specific anatomical profile.”
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Italy Plans First F-35 Flight In October
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The first F-35 flight outside the US will take place in October when Italy’s first F-35 begins test flights after rolling off the country’s final assembly line, a Lockheed Martin official said.
“A full engine run can take two to three days but this took one day,” Palmer said. “Technicians on site from Pratt andWhitney said this was the cleanest run they had personally seen on an engine.”
After entering service with the Italian Air Force, the aircraft, AL-1, will then fly across the Atlantic in the first quarter of 2016, probably via the UK and Iceland, to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, where Italian pilots will train, said Debra Palmer, the Lockheed executive leading F-35 work in Italy.
AL-1 is now undergoing minor planned modifications before it will receive final coatings beginning the week of June 23 in the aircraft final finishes building, a process that will take about six weeks. The work will be undertaken by Alenia Aermacchi with technology transfer oversight provided by Lockheed experts for the initial planes, Palmer said.
That is the same route that joint strike fighters were due to take to reach the UK from the US last summer to appear at the Farnborough International Air Show. The appearance was canceled when the JSF fleet was grounded due to a fire in the engine of one aircraft.
“It is important to assure this complex technology is done flawlessly. The Italian MoD has paid for us to oversee the work to this purpose,” she said.
Details of the pending flights emerged as activity ramped up this month at Italy’s final assembly line at Cameri Air Base in northern Italy, which is owned by the Italian Defense Ministry and operated by Finmeccanica unit Alenia Aermacchi and Lockheed Martin. The facility, the only one of its kind outside the US, was designated last year to also serve as the maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade hub for European- and Mediterranean-based JSFs. In March, the first of Italy’s planned 90 JSFs rolled off the line, and this A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Around Aug. 20, the aircraft will move for about two weeks to the acceptance test facility From the start of September, software will be loaded onto the aircraft, Palmer said, before the first flight takes place in the first or second week of October. “Lockheed Martin will do three acceptance flights before the customer makes three flights,” she said. However, since Italy does not have trained JSF pilots yet, the customer flights will be undertaken by US Air Force test pilots. “It will be that way for a couple of years.” The first two Italian JSF pilots will start training in September in the US. One will stay in the US as an instructor while the second will return to Italy. After the six test flights, AL-1 will return to the aircraft final finishes building for any touch-ups required at the end of November before official delivery takes place in December. “Since our contract is with the US government, the plane is officially delivered to them, and then immediately on to the Italian government,” Palmer said. When AL-1 and AL-2 are ready, both will make the trans-Atlantic flight to the US early in 2016. In total, 11 Italian aircraft will go to the US for Italian Air Force and Navy pilot training. Air Force pilots will head for Luke to train on the conventional-takeoff and -landing F35A, and both Italian Navy and Air Force pilots will train at Beaufort Air Force Base in South Carolina with the short-takeoff, vertical-landing (STOVL) variant. Italy so far has ordered eight F-35As, including three from low-rate initial production run (LRIP) 6, three from LRIP 7 and two from LRIP 8, and has said it will order 38 by 2020. The ordering of two aircraft from LRIP 8 in the latter half of last year helped stave off an interruption in the flow of aircraft at the line, Palmer said. “Lockheed Martin anticipates that formal negotiations will start for aircraft from LRIP 9 and 10 shortly, while long lead items have already been ordered,” she said.The two lots of two and four aircraft will contain Italy’s first STOVL F-35s. Meanwhile, the first six F-35As are scheduled to be delivered by October 2016, with four more in 2017, four in 2018, seven in 2019 and 13 in 2010. That is far lower than the 24 aircraft a year the line was designed to handle, a drop due to Italy’s trimming of its order. In 2019, the line will produce its first Dutch JSFs, the result of an ItalianDutch deal under which eight of the 13 aircraft produced in 2020 at Cameri will be Dutch. Meanwhile Italy is planning ahead to Cameri’s future as a maintenance, repair, overhaul and upkeep (MRO&U) hub.
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Monaco Tool Company Was A Dream And Was Developed From A Passion Of Diesel Mechanics To A Viable Business Joe Monaco owner of Monaco Tool Company comes from a long line of entrepreneurs and as he tells it, has only worked for another company for 6 years of his life. Joe is a diesel mechanic by trade and credits his early machine shop class in high school for his burning desire and knowledge of machines and motors. He joined the army in 1959 and learned the diesel mechanic trade by fire and from the best teachers the Army had. Joe has been at it ever since! In 1981 Joe thought there must be another way to make a living besides repairing diesel engines, so he transitioned to selling precision tools for the Snap-On Tool Company. During his tenure at Snap-On, Joe learned a different prospective within his industry and that was the specialized tool aspect of the diesel repair business. Joe progressed from a user to a peddler (as he calls it) of tools and later to a designer and manufacturer of precision solutions of diesel repair tools. Joe knew it was hard for a professional diesel mechanic to get precision tools for his trade and he saw a niche he could build a business model on; produce precision tools the diesel mechanic could repair the engine with right on the chassis, without taking the engine out from the frame. Joe always wanted to make miniature model train engines and he purchased an old lathe from one of his customers that he rebuilt and set off to build a model engine. Later one of his Snap-On Tools customers asked him if he could help him find a special used tool for repair of a Cummins engine, a tool to time the Cummins camshaft in an engine. Joe said, “I told the customer if he wasn’t in a real hurry for the tool that I would make him one. Well, I made that tool on that little lathe I rebuilt and that sparked an interest in me. I reasoned that there had to be room for one more specialty tool manufacturer in the diesel repair industry. This was good thinking because there was only one at the time, Kent Moore. Kent Moore Company sold the service tools to most all of the industry’s diesel repair centers including Harley Davidson, General Motors, Detroit Diesel, and many more. So, I made the decision I would start my own business making tool solutions for the trade I had spent my whole life in.” Joe came home that day and shared the great news with his wife Sharon. This of course meant she would have to go to work at a job to help support Joe’s new passion and their new business. Joe got to keep his side of the double car garage for machining parts for their new tooling business and his wife kept her side for parking her car. Joe bought a manual mill and a saw to fill his side of the garage and went to work making his custom tools. So, in 1986 Monaco Tool Company was born. Joe would manufacture tools in his garage shop and then he would go out and sell them from the back of his car. His business formula worked, as he would come home with an empty car, make more tools, and go out and sell more, not to mention he was paying his bills. The business grew and the business model was sound; Make some of the best tools in the industry, put your own name on them, and guarantee them A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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like no other. As t h e bu s i n e s s grew Joe and Sharon had to try and keep up with demand and they found their business expanding out of their garage. I n 1 9 9 0 Jo e and Sharon had another brainstorm; they thought if they could make a concise tool catalog Joe wo u l d n eve r have to go out on the road and sell again. So, Joe and his wife bought a mailing list for the diesel repair industry and the truck repair industry and they sent out post cards to the top users to qualify the new prospective customers. In 1991 the M o n a c o To o l Catalog made its debut, Joe took over the complete 2-car garage, and S h a ro n c a m e aboard full time in the business with Joe. Sharon ran a new mill and kept the company books and did whatever else it took to make the business a success. In 2000 the Monaco team bought a house in Coburg, OR with a 1500 sq. ft. shop behind the house and the next level was taken to grow the business. MonacoTool hired their first full time employee in that year bringing their count to three musketeers. The Monacos grew the business in this space for 5 years until the business success forced them to a new larger manufacturing facility. One year later an expansion was done with another expansion right after that bringing the manufacturing space to about 4,000 square feet. In 2002 a new CNC lathe, and a new CNC mill were added to the Monaco Tools arsenal and they were trying their best to keep up with the demand for
diesel motor tools. Joe said, “We had to jump right into the 21st century with CNC machine tools because we had to get the work done.The catalog idea took off and we found ourselves buried in orders and this was good.The only problem was our name was on our tools and we had to deliver to this new demand. We weren’t going to deliver sub-standard tools either. These tools are precision and we needed state of the art machine tools to make the tools to strict high tolerances and quickly.With 3 full time employees, 4 CNC machine tools, and only 24 hours in a day, Sharon and I still couldn’t keep up! In 2005 we expanded and moved to our current location, which, at the time was 6200 sq. ft. We have just completed our most recent expansion (at the same address), bringing our total square footage to 16,000, adding a DCM IG 280 Surface Grinder and a DMG MORI NLX 2500 SY 700 Turning Center. We now have 7 CNC machines and 9 employees. Monaco Tool outsources to local suppliers to do the processes they don’t do in house. One of the processes that presented a bottleneck to Monaco Tool was the grinding of some of the higher precision components that have to be dead center and have a perfect finish and high tolerance dimensions. Joe said, “ I don’t do grinding to make money, I do grinding so I will not miss sales. Missing a sales opportunity is like money out of the pocket and a guy won’t stay in business long missing opportunities to sell his product. I now do grinding in house to control the process and to get the job done quickly and with the highest precision. I needed a grinder I could run all of my parts on, sometimes at the same time. I saw this DCM-Tech CNC grinding machine at a trade show and I got a first hand demonstration on it. I knew this might save me some time and trouble by controlling this process in house. I sent some parts to DCM-Tech and I got back some really great samples. I bought the DCM-Tech IG 280 SD grinding machine tool because I felt it would do all of the parts I could ever dream up for my tool assemblies and it is so easy to run. The DCM-Tech machine is well constructed and I can say that because I’ve been around machines and machine tools all of my life. I know a quality machine when I get my hands on it. I think these DCM machines are built to last. Also, the DCM-Tech sales engineer Skip Green was easy to talk to and I could really relate to him as he’s a diesel mechanic and knew what I needed in a grinding machine. Skip understood the application and he had the knowledge not only of the industry but a great knowledge of grinding and machining which is rare in this day and age. Skip came to set up the machine and gave us some great training so we were up and running in no time and he will be coming back soon for further training and to see what we have forgotten. That’s great service!” Joe continued, “The secret to our success is we have great employees, great machine tools, and the key inventory on the shelf ready to ship! If you call the other diesel tool manufacturing companies they might tell you it would take 4-6 weeks or maybe even 8 weeks before you could get your tools shipped. This is money out of your customer’s pocket and they are in business to make money too, so you’d better deliver! This grinding machine helps me make sure I deliver tooling assemblies fast without waiting for an outside process (3-4 week process) I can’t control. You call Monaco Tool and you will get a top-notch tool at a very fair price and your tool will be on its way today! This is a testament to what a great machine tool (DCM-Tech IG 280SD) and control of a key process will get you. This helps us provide a service that is the same quality as our products, the finest anywhere!”
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Contractors Vying to Build Ship-Launched Drone AeroVironment and Northrop Grumman are jockeying for the chance to build a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial system that can launch off the decks of small ships. The program — known as the tactically exploited reconnaissance node, or TERN — is being developed jointly by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research. Smaller ships will serve as mobile launch and recovery platforms for medium-altitude systems. “TERN’s goal is to develop breakthrough technologies that the Navy could realistically integrate into the future fleet and make it much easier, quicker and less expensive for the Defense Department to deploy persistent ISR and strike capabilities almost anywhere in the world,” said Dan Patt, a DARPA program manager in a press release. In March, the agency chose AeroVironment and Northrop to participate in phase two of the program, which will focus on preliminary design and risk reduction.The winner of the third phase — which could be announced later this year — will go on to build a prototype and begin demonstrations, said Steve Gitlin, vice president of marketing and communications at AeroVironment. Right now, smaller ships such as destroyers can only launch manned or unmanned helicopters off their decks. That limits how far the ship can see out, he said.
“DARPA’s idea is to develop an unmanned aircraft solution that can operate off those ships but can operate [at] much greater distances for much longer durations” than traditional assets, Gitlin said. “That delivers a new kind of capability to significantly expand the footprint of those smaller naval vessels and project power on a much more distributed basis,” he said. B o t h AeroVironment and Northrop Grumman were awarded $19 million for phase two, which whittled the playing field down from five companies. Without disclosing details of its offerings, Gitlin said AeroVironment is focused on the current phase and is confident it will move on to the third. Citing the competitive nature of the program, Northrop Grumman declined to comment, but said in a statement that its “solution taps into the company’s proven expertise and experience in developing and deploying operational unmanned systems in harsh and challenging environments at sea.” A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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The stronger expected growth for freighters is especially important for Boeing, given the currently small demand for 747-8 freighters, which are built in Everett. Boeing has said it could keep the line going at a rate of one plane per month if need be. But the company has maintained optimism that increased demand for freighters can save the line. “We expect the cargo market to grow 4.7 percent, 920 freight aircraft valued $290 billion,”Tinseth said. “We see demand for 650 new freighters.” Tinseth said that 90 percent of cargo flies on Boeing freighters.That gives the company continued confidence that the 747s will remain in production. “Nobody in the industry has a freighter line as complete as ours,” he added. Boeing’s backlog today is $435 billion. Global market growth will continue to be robust over the next 20 years, with 7 billion passengers by 2024, up from 3 billion this year. Of the aircraft demand, 26,730 will be single aisle, or 70 percent, and 12 percent wide bodies. “The single aisle market will grow faster than the rest of the market, from 65 percent today to 70 percent in future,” Tinseth said.
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“We have to be there. If we are not there, then we will be absent in the export market. There will be an export market. We and Britain are great aeronautical nations. We have to be on it together.” Paris, Berlin and Rome are due to sign a €60 million (US $67.6 million), two-year contract for a design study on a mediumaltitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAV. “We are at a preliminary stage, all that could change,” he said. “France, Germany and Italy have signed a letter of intent for preliminary studies. Further phases will be open to other countries. This could be a program for a federation in Europe.” Spain partnered with France and Germany in a previous three-nation study for a European MALE UAV but that effort collapsed due to a lack of government support. Poland, concerned about Russia, has included drones among the equipment to be ordered in a 10-year, €33.6 billion budget, Agence France-Presse has reported. Turkey, which has developed its Anka UAV, is absent from the list of potential partners, as there are concerns in West European capitals over Ankara’s perceived lack of action against the Islamic State insurgents and its lack of support for the Kurdistan region, an industry executive said.
Combat, Surveillance UAV Projects Thrive in Europe Britain and France will find funds for a future combat drone as they wish to keep building fighter jets, while France, Germany and Italy could invite other nations to sign up as partners to build a surveillance drone, said French procurement chief Laurent Collet-Billon. Britain and France last year signed a £120 million (US $187 million) contract for a two-year feasibility study for the bilateral future combat air system development program. “The feasibility study sets a firm foundation for the full-scale development phase that follows,” Collet-Billon said. “The future of combat aircraft for Britain and France will be at stake in this next phase, so there’s no doubt it will be funded. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Royce, Safran, Selex and Thales signed up for the two-year Anglo-French study for the UCAV. Airbus Defense and Space, Dassault Aviation and Finmeccanica pitched the idea for the European MALE UAV two years ago at the 2013 Paris Air Show. “France is a global actor and it is marketing its products like a global actor. France is also an independent actor, and tries not to be too dependent on the US because of the ITAR [international traffic in arms regulations],” said Massi Begous, partner at consultancy Roland Berger. On the study for a combat drone, France and the UK had “good experience working together,” he said.That could be seen with MBDA building the Storm Shadow-Scalp cruise missile and the Anglo-French contract for a helicopter-borne anti-ship missile, dubbed future anti-surface guided weapon (heavy) and anti-navire leger. France is already working on a UCAV technology demonstrator, Neuron, with Italy, which has 22 percent of the program, and other partners. France’s share of the work may migrate to the Anglo-French program, and Italy may then seek to sign up to join the French and the British on their program at a later date. Meanwhile Britain, which originally pursued the MALE development as a bilateral arrangement with France as part of the Lancaster House defense treaty, has jettisoned for the time being any thoughts of joining a European alliance to replace the Reaper vehicles it currently uses.
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The 10-strong British Reaper fleet operated by the Royal Air Force was heavily engaged in WA2z-May-VFM7039.indd 1 Afghanistan, and since the end of that mission much of the fleet has been switched to support the war against the Islamic State in Iraq. “The work we’re doing with Dassault for our respective governments is around a FCAS [Future Combat Air System] development program and there is currently no requirement for a MALE development program that we are aware of from the UK MoD,” said Martin Taylor, the boss of BAE’s military aviation business. “We are continuing to monitor customer requirements for next-generation MALE systems and the applicability of the technical demonstration in Mantis and Taranis to meeting these emerging customer needs,” she said. Mantis is a conventional MALE demonstrator designed by BAE several years ago whileTaranis is a UCAV demonstrator jointly funded by industry and the MoD.
Flight trials are continuing on Taranis with the MoD recently4/9/15 agreeing to 3:41 PM a third phase of testing set to be undertaken later this year. The European projects aim to cut the dependence on US UAV manufacturers General Atomics and Northrop Grumman, and Israeli producers Elbit and Israel Aircraft Industries. The European projects are effectively efforts to catch up with the US. The US Navy completed the X-47B demonstrator program, which was designed to show an unmanned jet take off and land from an aircraft carrier. The next step is UCLASS — Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike — which will develop an operational aircraft.The main contenders are expected to be Northrop Grumman and Boeing. A decision is on hold pending a review of whether the emphasis should be surveillance or strike. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Lumex Sintered & High Speed Machined Mold Half Somewhere around 1982 the first CNC hit the shop floor where the programing folks sat above in a specially constructed air conditioned room to keep a computer the size of a closet cool. Five years later we were seeing the first of the SLA technology, closely followed by printed prototypes.
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New Orders, Production, Employment And Inventories Growing Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded for the 29th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 72nd consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®. The report was issued today by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. “The May PMI® registered 52.8 percent, an increase of 1.3 percentage points over the April reading of 51.5 percent. The New Orders Index registered 55.8 percent, an increase of 2.3 percentage points from the reading of 53.5 percent in April. The Production Index registered 54.5 percent, 1.5 percentage points below the April reading of 56 percent. The Employment Index registered 51.7 percent, 3.4 percentage points above the April reading of 48.3 percent, reflecting growing employment levels from April. Inventories of raw materials registered 51.5 percent, an increase of 2 percentage points from the April reading of 49.5 percent. The Prices Index registered 49.5 percent, 9 percentage points above the April reading of 40.5 percent, indicating lower raw materials prices for the seventh consecutive month. Comments from the panel carry a positive tone in terms of an improving economy, increasing demand, and improving flow of goods through the West Coast ports. Also noted; however, are continuing concerns over the price of the US dollar and challenges affecting markets related to oil and gas industries.” A2Z_Metalworker-Take5-Ad.indd 1 A2Z_Metalworker_NW-EPP.indd 1
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Brotman, a co-founder of Costco Wholesale (Nasdaq: COST), brought Sinegal on board just as the retailer was being formed.The two co-founded the company in 1983, and according to its website Costco became the first company to grow sales from nothing to $3 billion in its first six years. Issaquah-based Costco today isWashington state’s largest public company, recording $116 billion in revenue last year. Along the way, the company became somewhat of an American icon. Brotman and Sinegal provided employees generous health care benefits and paid workers above typical retail-sector wages, creating legions of happy employees who willingly embraced the company’s customerservice mantra. “We have always had the attitude that if you go out and hire good people, provide good wages and jobs, good things will happen in your business,” Sinegal told the Business Journal in 2012 “It’s not altruism, it is good business.” Brotman, still a Costco director, and Sinegal, who retired as CEO three years ago, remain involved in the community. Both are Democratic activists: Sinegal has twice hosted President Barack Obama at a fundraising dinner at his home last year and spoke at the Democratic National Convention in 2012. Brotman, a retail entrepreneur before co-founding Costco, has been a fervent education advocate. He is a member of the board of Starbucks Corp. and a trustee at the Seattle Art Museum. Costco continues its success today under Craig Jelinek, who has been CEO since 2012.The chain has grown to 475 stores in the United States, employs 9,000 in the Puget Sound region and 95,000 overall. It now offers a full selection of organic meats and produce, gasoline, travel packages and even a health and wellness department. The Costco Scholarship Fund Breakfast is one of the region’s largest, raising several million dollars each year for scholarships for low-income students.
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leaders agree to a budget summit. The president has threatened to veto any bill that adheres to the caps and has urged Congress to lift the limits. Democrats have derided the use of the war fund, known as Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), as a “gimmick.” Mikulski said it was “simply a tool to finesse the budget caps.” OCO “sounds like a rare bird from Costa Rica,” she added. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, urged Republicans to begin talks on lifting the caps and avoid a potential government shutdown in October when the new fiscal year starts. “Why do we want to wait until September to have this talk?” Durbin said. “We’re trying to have this high-level mature conversation now.” Visit US at Booth #2403
He warned that the Republican spending plan “will simply not succeed,” and there were not enough votes to override Obama’s veto. Republicans would need 13 Democrats in the Senate for a veto-proof majority. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) criticized Democrats’ vow to block consideration of the bill on the floor.
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Senate Panel Passes $576 Billion Defense Spending Bill
An amendment from Durbin to move $38 billion from the war fund to the base budget failed in a party line 14-16 vote.
The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 27-3 on Thursday to pass a $575.9 billion defense spending bill, setting the stage for a fight over budget caps.
However, the committee did vote 18-12 to adopt a measure by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to express the sense of the Senate that the budget caps should be lifted.
Only three Democrats voted against the bill, but Democratic leaders say they will block the bill when it hits the floor next week.
Committee members also debated another amendment from Durbin and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to allow the Obama administration to transfer Guantánamo Bay detainees to maximum-security prisons in the U.S.
“Democrats will vote against the motion to proceed ... not because we want to be pugnacious ... but because we want to end sequester,” said the committee’s top Democrat Sen. Barbara Mikulski (Md.). Democrats object to the bill, since it keeps in place sequester budget limits but skirts those caps on defense by boosting a Pentagon war fund. Democrats are pressing Republicans to lift the caps for nondefense spending as well and say they will block consideration of all spending bills until GOP A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Durbin argued that it cost $3.2 million per year to house a detainee at the Cuban prison, versus $70,000 to house them at a super-max facility in the U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) strongly objected to the amendment, and said the administration needs to submit a plan to Congress for approval on how it plans to close the facility.
Leading Waterjet Orifice Manufacturer, Launches New Machining Division Diamond Technology Innovations (dit™) is known throughout the waterjet cutting industry for its leading brand of waterjet orifices seen worldwide inside top OEM products. A lesser known fact is that dti™ also specializes in full service, precision manufacturing through its highly acclaimed, CNC Machining Division named dtiEXACT™. To get the word out to a wider range of potential customers, dtiEXACT™ recently launched a new website at www.dtiEXACT.com. The new dtiEXACT.com features a content-rich platform delivering quick access to information with a contemporary design that functions across multiple devises. This platform allows for easy and intuitive access to its extensive list of precision machining capabilities and services as well as customer success stories, quality assurance standards, company values and a new video tour of the facilities showing customers why visitors consistently profess “this is the cleanest shop I have ever seen!”. According to Jessica Van Hatcher, dti™’s director of marketing and business development, “The new dtiEXACT™ website was created with our customer’s needs in mind, offering useful information, easy requests for quotation, and a superior user experience.To gain the full perspective of our top of the line shop, we also wanted to ensure our capabilities and services were highlighted by actual customer success stories and real customer requirements met through dtiEXACT™’s ability to provide unbeatable precision and quick turnaround”. dti™’s waterjet orifice division also plans to release a new website later this year, which will focus on providing the waterjet industry with information on dtiCORE™ products and services and act as an educational hub for
users interested in optimizing their orifice performance. To this end the site will even feature waterjet orifice, cost calculators that turn user inputs into dollars saved and real orifice value. About dtiEXACT™ Established in 2004 to manufacture extreme, tolerance sensitive tooling and fixturing and continuously develop and automate new specialized processes for dti™’s diamond orifice division, dtiEXACT™ provided a much needed solution to the company’s stringent, custom part requirements. dtiEXACT™ quickly expanded beyond the waterjet industry and is now recognized by a growing customer base for its consistent quality, extreme tolerances, quick turnaround times and meticulous customer service.
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Washington Aerospace Suppliers Stretch To Meet Rising Demand From Boeing, Airbus
between General Electric Co. and Safran SA, as quoted in the Journal. Boeing is in steps lifting production of its 737 to 52 monthly, and Airbus of its A320 series to 50. Executives at both companies have mentioned the possibility of 60 per month. The pressure on engine maker CFM is looping back into Washington state, because aerospace suppliers here, which already are stretching to meet rising demand from Boeing and Airbus, also supply engine makers. “There are a variety of components coming out of Washington to support engine manufacture,” said Bob Uptagrafft, executive director of the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance, in a Monday call from Paris. Especially acute is the pressure to find qualified aerospace engineers in Washington, Uptagrafft said.
Engine makers’ supply chains could be the weak link, particularly in Washington state, as Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Airbus eye ever-higher singleaisle production rates. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that engine builders are urging the two aircraft builders “to move cautiously.” “There are restrictions to how fast we can ramp up,” said François Bastin, executive vice president at engine maker CFM International, a joint venture A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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“I think the pressure is starting,” he said. “The conversations I’m having with shops and shop managers, in the aerospace world, everyone is greatly concerned about programmers, true machinists and certain engineering practices.” He added the demand for skilled people is making this a sellers’ market. “Good mechanical engineers are difficult to come by right now,” he said. “The pressure has begun, and we’re going to be seeing wage pressure moving up.”practices.”
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What do you get when you combine MX3D, the young firm working on multi-axis robotic metal 3D printing systems, and Amsterdam, the city that inspired consumer 3D printing and the 3D Printed Canal House? With some help from Autodesk and Heijmans, the Dutch construction company the developed the smart highway concept, the result is a 3D printed metal bridge over canal waters. Jurre Vand der Ven, Infra Innovation Manager at Heijmans, explained the reasoning behind the partnership: “Heijmans realizes things must change.We are perfectly compatible with MX3D because we share the same outlook and will be able to build it together.We are able to offer knowledge and know what the market wants. They are involved in other types of production and want to scale up from furniture to a bridge.We will be testing for the first two years, but want to effectively start printing the bridge in year three.” Heijmans 3D Printed Bridge1
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Heijmans 3D Printed Bridge2 The MX3D-resin printer developed last year evolved into a new robot which, together with an advanced welding machine, is able to print with metals, such as steel, stainless steel, aluminum, bronze or copper, without the need for support-structures. By adding small amounts of molten metal at a time, the machine is able to print lines in mid air. In the recent past, the 3D printing of large structures has been viewed as an evolution of 3D printing on very small scales. Since one probable direction that extrusion based 3D printing is going to take is that of multi-axis robots collaborating together, it seems likely to me that, until we find a way to reduce the size of robotic arms and lower their costs, large scale 3D printed structures are going to return the favor and lead in the next wave of innovation. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Brandon Anderson DIRECT: 763.682.0322 PHONE: 763.682.3122 FAX: 763.682.3954
1008 First Street NE - PO Box 699 - Buffalo, MN 55313 USA Made in USA
JEFF HALL Principal
Pacific Northwest
President
MOBILE: 612.251.0868 E-MAIL: brandon@vonruden.com
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US Shop Tools _____________800-243-7701 Saw Blades & Replacement Parts Rocky Mountain Saw Blades ______303--761-3000 Roentgen USA _____________760--900-1110 SawBlade.com ____________ 800--240-2932 Solvents & Degreasing Agents DCM -Tech _______________800-533-5339 Solvents:Vapor degreasing Star Metal Fluids ____________800-367-9966 Solvents:HandWipe Star Metal Fluids ____________800-367-9966 Solvents: Mil PRF 680 Star Metal Fluids ____________800-367-9966 Spindles Setco-Pope Spindles ___________866-362-0699 Torque Manufacturing Systems MP Industrial ______________800-759-4282 Tool Sharpening (Grinding) Applications Specialities _________253-872-0305 Tooling Systems Applications Specialities _________253-872-0305 Bilz USA ________________224-563-7233 Cutting Tool Control Inc. _________ 206-617-2201 Horizon Carbide ____________480-335-7688 MP Industrial ______________800-759-4282 Rosco Precision Machinery _______253-333-2439 Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD) RyansDovetails.com __________ 253-876-9981 Fullerton Tool Company _____ 303-478-3497 S.L. Fusco San Leandro _________510-895-9000 Precision Bearings S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ________ 310-868-1010 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc.______ 503-691-0955 S.L. Fusco National City _________619-477-7733 Safety Products Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. _____763-682--3122
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MOBILE: 612.251.0868 E-MAIL: brandon@vonruden.com
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1008 First Street NE - PO Box 699 - Buffalo, MN 55313 USA Made in Italy
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Stainless Steel & Steel Aerodyne Alloys ___________ 800-337-3766 AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 Fry Steel ________________800-423-665 Gorilla Metals Inc.___________ 855-516-3825 Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333 Laser Cutting Services, Inc ________503-612-8311 Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601 TCI Precision Metals __________ 800-234-5613 Temtco Steel _____________ 480-389-2883 United Performance Metals _____ _888-282-3292 Titanium Rod, Bar, &Wire Aerodyne Alloys ___________ 800-337-3766 Tool Steel AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333 TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 CNC MASTERCAMTRAINING
Gladwin Machinery__________ 360-448-0951 Jorgensen Machine Tools _______ 800-952-0151 Band & Cut 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD Off Saws SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc._______ 503-620-9031 Hydmech Sawing Solutions ______ 714-620-5560 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA ______ 306-434-8844 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR_______ 503-887-1003 Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730 Jorgenson Machine Tools ________801-214-7309 North Western Machinery_______ 206-583-2333 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439 CNC Knife Cutting with Registration ACS/MultiCamNW ___________360-318-7534 CNCTurret Punches Muratec _______________ 949-466-8255 Drill Lines Fahey Machinery Co., Inc._______ 503-620-9031 Cold Saws/Saws Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.______ _503-620-9031 Streamingteacher.com MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Hydmech Sawing Solutions ______ 714-620-5560 CONSULTING Hardware Insertion Fahey Machinery Co., Inc._______ 503-620-9031 Design to CAD to Build IronWorkers Full Circle Development _________503-867-6514 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc._______ 503-620-9031 METROLOGY PRODUCTS Rosco Precision Machinery _______253-333-2439 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA ______ 306-434-8844 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR_______ 503-887-1003 NEW MACHINERY Jorgensen Machine Tools _______ 800-952-0151 FABRICATION Laser Cutting Machines Bixby Machine Tool Supply _______509-534-1208 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.________503-620-9031 ACS/MultiCamNW ___________360-318-7534 CMY
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Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.________ 503-620-9031 Gladwin Machinery___________ 360-448-0951 Icon Machine8300 Tool,SAN Inc.FERNANDO WA _______306-434-8844 ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR________ 503-887-1003 Magnetic Drills/Cutters Innovative Tool Sales __________ 714-780-0730 Material Handling Systems Hydmech Sawing Solutions _______ 714-620-5560 Metal Marking Systems Kwik Mark Inc _____________ 815-363-8268 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 Notchers Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.________ 503-620-9031 Plasma/Gas CuttingTools/Systems ACS/MultiCamNW ___________ 360-318-7534 Fab - Line Machinery __________ 206-972-6215 Rosco Precision Machinery _______ 253-333-2439 Plate Bending & Rolls Fahey Machinery Co., Inc.________ 503-620-9031 Jorgensen Machine Tools ________ 800-952-0151 PowerTools Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA _______306-434-8844 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR________ 503-887-1003 MP Industrial ______________800-759-4282 Presses Bixby Machine Tool Supply _______509-534-1208 Press Brakes Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ________503-620-9031 Fab - Line Machinery__________206-972-6215 Gladwin Machinery___________ 360-448-0951 MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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David BELLHOUSE Regional Sales Manager – Cutting Tools | Abrasives david.bellhouse@fivesgroup.com T +1 909 263 9282 - F +1 909 494 7989 Cinetic Landis Corp. Manufacturer of CITCO tools & Gardner abrasives 7605 Disovery Lane Concord Twp., Ohio 44077 - USA www.fivesgroup.com
Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA ______ 306-434-8844 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR_______ 503-887-1003 Jorgensen Machine Tools________800-952-0151 Punches Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-903 Gladwin Machinery__________ 360-448-0951 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA ______ 306-434-8844 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR_______ 503-887-1003 Rolling Machines Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Shearing Machines Fab - Line Machinery _________ 206-972-6215 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Jorgensen Machine Tools ______ _800-952-0151 Sign & Graphic Cutting Solutions ACS/MultiCamNW __________ 360-318-7534 Tooling Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031 Welding Equipment Rocky Mountain Saw Blades _____ 303-761-3000 PALLET SYSTEMS Manual & Automatic Pallet Systems
Don Klein - Vice President 415.491.4456 direct 415.902.5302 cellular donald.klein@usbank.com
Midaco Corporation__________847-593-8420 Manual Lift Off Pallet Systems Midaco Corporation__________847-593-8420 Manual Rotory Pallet Systems Midaco Corporation__________847-593-8420 Shipping Solutions
Stacy Bohms - Relationship Manager 503.603.2745 direct stacy.bohms@usbank.com
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Waterjet Hoppers GMA Garnet Group _____832-243-9300
Machining Cimatron_________ 248-596-9700 ext. 237 Waterjet Replacement Parts Delcam ______________ 877-335-2261 Solid Products ___________480-206-0330 Barton International ____951-551-2685 dtiEXACT ___________ 360-866-1337 Mechanical Design Cimatron_________ 248-596-9700 ext. 237 EDM Performance _____800-336-2946 Delcam ______________ 877-335-2261 GMA Garnet Group _____832-243-9300 SPINDLES & SLIDES WOOD PRODUCTS
Perry Pallet Co. ____________360-366-5239 Wood Pallets Perry Pallet Co. ____________360-366-5239 PRECISION TOOLHOLDING PRODUCTS Tooling Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____763-682--3122 Tooling Systems Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____763-682--3122 PROG. SYSTEMS Factory Automation/Logistics Muratec _______________949-466-8255 CAD/CAM Software, CAD Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc ___ 303-990-6190 Delcam Software ___________ 877-DELCAM1 MRP Software SigmaTEK ______________513-595-2022 Nesting Software SigmaNEST______________513-595-2022 Software, Solid Modeling Delcam Software ___________ 877-DELCAM1 Shop Floor ______________ 877-611-5825 PROTOTYPE MACHINERY Santa Cruz Electronics ______831-479-5444 REPAIR CNC-PROS ______________ 602-344-9753 Bar Feeder Repair Edge Technologies __________562-243-4659 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS UL DQS Inc.______________360-901-4785
Spindle Rebuilding/Repair Perry Pallet Co. _______360-366-5239 Fire Protection Systems C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._______503-691-0955 Rotarex North America ________ 480-689-8756 GMN USA LLC______________ 800-686-1679 SERVICES Setco _________________714-222-6523 AS9100 Registration Spindle Sales New Great Western Registrar________ 623-580-1881 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._______503-691-0955 UL DQS Inc.______________ 360-901-4785 GMN USA LLC______________ 800-686-1679 Environmental Management Setco _________________714-222-6523 UL DQS Inc.______________ 360-901-4785 STREAMINGVIDEO EDUCATIONAL TRAINING Kim@A2Zmanufacturing.com Financial Services Streamingteacher.com Intech Funding ____________ 800-553-9208 The Buyers Guide Quick Turn Financial _________ 415-608-5692 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Reaches Over 14,000 U.S. Bank Equipment _________ 206-948-0022 UL DQS Inc._______________ 360-901-4785 Decision Makers In ISO Consulting/Registration TOOLING SYSTEMS The West Coast Region Gladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830 MP Industrial ______________800-759-4282 WA, OR, & CA! Great Western Registrar________ 623-580-1881 Lean ConsultingTraining USED MACHINERY Want More SaleZ? Gladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830 Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc ____ 303-990-6190 Lambie Engineering _________ 509-868-3100 Place Your Business EDM Network _____________480-836-1782 ISO / AS9100 Certification Card Here Today! Jorgensen Machine Tools ________ 800-952-0151 BMSC_________________ 602-445-9400 Gladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830 K.D. Capital Equipt ___________ 480-922-1674 Only $260 For A Full Sustaining Edge Solutions _______ 888-572-9642 Machine Tools Northwest ________206-650-8999 Year! UL DQS Inc.______________ 360-901-4785 North Western Machinery________ 206-583-2333 MachineTool Rebuilding Performance Machine Tools_______ 510-249-1000 Call Now For More EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782 WATERJET CUTTING Information! Management SystemsTraining ACS/MultiCamNW ___________ 360-318-7534 BMSC_________________ 602-445-9400 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ________ 503-620-9031 Gladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830 Flow International ___________ 909-620-5707 Sustaining Edge Solutions _______ 888-572-9642 King Machine Inc.____________ 509-435-6741 Kim@A2ZManufacturing.com Quality Management System Jorgensen Machine Tools ________ 800-952-0151 Registration UL DQS Inc.______________ 360-901-4785 Machine Toolworks ___________ 800-426-2052
ROBOTICS Ellison Technologies __________ 206-669-3578 LMI Machinery Inc. __________ 866-437-7315 Robotic Part Loading Systems Waterjet & Blast Abrasives Supply Chain Assessments Midaco Corporation__________847-593-8420 Gladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830 Barton International __________ 951-551-2685 ROUTERS Sustaining Edge Solutions _______ 888-572-9642 GMA Garnet Group ___________832-243-9300 Rosco Precision Machinery ______253-333-2439 Waterjet Bricks SIX SIGMATRAINING SAFETY Sustaining Edge Solutions_______ 888-572-9642 GMA Garnet Group ___________832-243-9300
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JEFF TOMSON
CELL: 360.202.7342 jefft@machinistsinc.com
P.O. Box 80505 7600 5th Ave. S. • Seattle. WA 98108
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602-269-5801 602-269-5810 1-877-885-1059 FAX
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The Manufacturers’ secret weapon
3D TOOLS 3D Printing Proto & Production NW Rapid Mfg. _________ 503-434-8557 Ultimate 3D ___________ 503-848-8227 3D Scanning NW Rapid Mfg. _________ 503-434-8557 Ultimate 3D ___________ 503-848-8227 SLS (Selctive Laser Sintering) Ultimate 3D ___________ 503-848-8227
Laser Cutting Services, Inc ________503-612-8311 503-612-8311 Brazing: Dip Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Speciality Bending Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 Brazing: Vacuum Structrual Bending Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 BROACHING Tube and Pipe Bending Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 Ponderosa Ind ___ _______303-298-1801 BONDING Specialty Steel Services _____ 801-539-8252 Adhesive CASTING Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 ASSEMBLIES AATC ____________ 866-792-2814 X 235 Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 BONDING RJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644 Clings Aerospace_________ 480-968-1778 Diffusion Investment Casting-Precision Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 BENDING AATC ____________ 866-792-2814 X 235 Mandrel BRAZING Dolphin Investment Castings____602-272-6747 Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 dtiEXACT _______________ 360-866-1337 Bending Solutions, Inc. _____ 360-651-2443 Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 CHEMICAL ETCHING Aeroform, Inc. ___________360-403-1919 Precision Casting Repair _____ 801-972-2345 PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239 Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472
CUTTING Bar & Plate Cutting AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 Industrial Precision Grinding___ 310-352-4700 Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311 DIE CASTING SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278 DIES Tool & Dies Micropulse West Inc. _______ 480-966-2300 Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 DEBURRING Industrial Precision Grinding___ 310-352-4700 EDGING United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292 EDM
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Randall J. Wilson Industrial Products 755 East Debra Lane Anaheim. CA 92805
EDM: Dialectric Systems /Filtration Ebbco Inc _____________586-716-5151 EDM: Drilling Small Hole Layke Inc. ____________ 602-272-2654 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______ 714-373-0098 Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185 EDM: Wire Clings Aerospace_________ 480-968-1778 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______ 714-373-0098 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300 Jet Processing ________ 623-869-6749x117 Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185 ELECTRO-FORMING Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 ELECTRO MECHANICAL
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ITS Office, (714) 780-0730 Weld Shop: [7 I 4) 533- 1690
randall@lnnovativetooisaies.com
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[714] 780-0735
www.innovativetoolsales.com
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(714) 51 2-73 I 4
Sub-Assembly Builds Cascade Systems Technology __503-640-5733 ENGINEERING/DESIGN Cascade Systems Technology __503-640-5733 Hexatron Engineering ______ 801-363-8010 Lambie Engineering _______ 509-868-3100 FABRICATION
AEI Fabrication___________480-733-6594 AG Machining ___________805-207-0584 Buyken Metal Products ______ 206-947-9122 Cygnet Stamping & Fab ______ 818-240-7574 Group Mfg Serv __________480-966-3952 Industrial Machine Svcs ______503-240-0878 NW Metalcraft Industries _____888-280-7080 Architectural Forming & Fabrication QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________ 206-762-2117 Albina Co., Inc. _________866-252-4628 SMH Inc LLC ____________ 360-341-2226 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. _____ 425-207-5951 Fabrication: Sheet Metal Weiser/Mile High Precision ____303-280-2778 AEI Fabrication__________480-733-6594 Wrico________________480-892-7800 Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 Forming & Fabrication Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740 AG Machining __________805-207-0584 Albina Co., Inc. __________866-252-4628 Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication: Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 Medium & Large Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 AEI Fabrication ___________480-733-6594 Laser Cutting Services Inc _______ 503-612-8311 Aeroform, Inc. ___________ 360-403-1919 NW Metalcraft Industries ____888-280-7080 AG Machining ___________805-207-0584 Mountain View Machine _____435-755-0500 Buyken Metal Products ______ 206-947-9122 QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 Group Mfg Serv __________480-966-3952 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Industrial Machine Svcs ______503-240-0878 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311 Fabrication: Custom Metal NW Metalcraft Industries _____888-280-7080
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QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Solid Form Fabrication______ 503-435-1400 Weiser/Mile High Precision ___303-280-2778 Tube & Pipe Bending Fabrication Albina Co., Inc. _________866-252-4628 Bending Solutions, Inc. _____ 360-651-2443 FINISHING Arizona Finishing ________602-438-4443 Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671 Coating Technologies ______ 623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930 Real Axis Machining _______360-723-5386 Galvanizing: Hot Dip TMM Precision __________800-448-9448 Glass Bead Clean Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ___408-727-6630 Coating Technologies ______ 623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930 Liquid Painting Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740 MPI International ________956-631-6880
www.tfcplating.com Mystique Engineering & Mfg Dan's Machine Works
Darrin J. Caschette President
13305 41st Ave NE | Marysville, WA 9827I 360-386-6294 | 888-280-7080 x204 djc@nw-metalcraft.com www.nw-metalcraft.com
ISO9001:2008
Shawn Carlin scarlin@gmsaz.com
AS9100C ISO9001:2008
503-771-0969
info@tfcplating.com
Joe Tripi President jtripi@micropulsewest.com
444 W. 21st Street / Suite 101 / Tempe, AZ 85282 (480) 966-2300 / Fax (480) 966-2323
bourdelaisgrinding@yahoo.com
Passivation Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 Coating Technologies _____ _623-581-2648 Industrial Precision Grinding___ 310-352-4700 Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930 Mountain View Machine _____435-755-0500 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 Polishing Sun Grinding___________ 602-238-9595 Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671 Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700 Powder Coating TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740 Grinding, Blanchard AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584 AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 Sandblasting Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ___ 408-727-6630 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc.______805-583-9966 Diversified Metal Services ____ 801-972-6093 Silk Screening Arizona Finishing ________ 602-438-4443 Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Industrial Precision Grinding___ 310-352-4700 FIXTURING Sun Grinding___________ 602-238-9595 Real Axis Machining _______ 360-723-5386 Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700 FORGINGS TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 Aluminum Grinding, Centerless Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 Hand Forgings Sun Grinding___________ 602-238-9595 Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098 Grinding, Double Disc Titanium Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc.______805-583-9966 Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098 Industrial Precision Grinding___ 310-352-4700 GASKETS Sun Grinding___________ 602-238-9595 3-D Plastics, Inc. _________ 503-720-0572 TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 GRINDING Grinding: OD AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600 Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc.______ 805-583-9966 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc.______805-583-9966 ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175 Precision Tech __________ 801-285-7288 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Sun Grinding___________ 602-238-9595
Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700 Grinding: Surface Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc.______ 805-583-9966 ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175 Industrial Precision Grinding___ 310-352-4700 Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 Grinding: Tool & Cutter Superior Grinding_________888-487-9701 GUN DRILLING Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 HEAT TREATING Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 Controlled Thermal Tech______602-272-3714 Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 MET-TEK Heat Treating______503-519-9864 Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751 Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Cryogenics Phoenix Heat Treating ______ 602-258-7751 Heat Treating/ISO/AS9100 Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751 Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 Heat Treating/Aerospace Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751 Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601
Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630 MET-TEK Heat Treating_______503-519-9864 HONING Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 HYDRAULIC REPAIR Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671 GASKETS RUBBER PRODUCTS RJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644 INJECTION MOLDS Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 INJECTION MOLDING Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634 LABELS-DECALS-OVERLAYS RJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644 LASER CUTTING Laser Cutting AEI Fabrication__________ 480-733-6594 AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584 Buyken Metal Products ______206-947-9122 Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292 Wrico_______________ 480-892-7800 Laser Cutting: Micro Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311 Laser Cutting: 3D Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311 Micro-Laser
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Rebecca Prentice Business Manager www.IndustrialMachineServices.com
SCOTT FERGUSON
Marketing & Sales Manager
AEIFABRICATION RONKOTLOFF Founder / CEO
Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 E-Coat MPI International ________ 956-631-6880 EMI/RFI Shielding IndustrialEX ___________ 303-456-6847 Laser Engraving PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239 Laser Marking PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239 Precision Etched Parts PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239 LEVELING United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292
TEL FAX EMAIL WEB MAIL
480.733.6594 480.733.6596 Ron@AEIFab.com www.AEIFab.com 1113 W. Birchwood Avenue Mesa, Arizona 85210
Real Axis Machining _______ 360-723-5386 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Sunshine Metals ____________714-225-4972 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278 MACHINING Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584 Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115 Machining: 5-Axis Cascade Engineering Tech ____ 503-266-1300 Accutech Machine Inc _______ 801-975-1117 Central Valley Machine _____ 435-752-0934 Cascade Engineering Tech ____ 503-266-1300 Clings Aerospace_________ 480-968-1778 Clings Aerospace_________ 480-968-1778 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Machinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422 St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529 Grovtec US, Inc. _________ 503-557-4689 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Howard Precision Machine_____801-619-9850 Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 Machining: Aerospace Machinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115 NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 dtiEXACT ________________360-866-1337 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700
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scottf@treske.com (503) 625.2821
TRESKE.COM ISO 9001:2008 | AS9100C (2013) | ITAR
Layke Inc. ____________602-272-2654 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Teton Machine __________208-642-9344 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923 Machining: Chemical NW Etch _____________ 408-364-6001 Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472 Machining: Horizontal Boring Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342 Machining: Proto-R & D Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Cascade Engineering Tech ____ 503-266-1300 Central Valley Machine _____435-752-0934 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Proto Technologies. _______ 509-891-4747 Real Axis Machining _______360-723-5386 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 Savage Machining Inc.______ 805-584-8047
SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278 Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923 Machining: CNC Milling Accutech Machine Inc _______801-975-1117 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 503-538-0350 Bar-S Machine, Inc. __ _____ 928-636-2115 Cascade Engineering Tech ____ 503-266-1300 Central Valley Machine _____ 435-752-0934 Clings Aerospace_________ 480-968-1778 dtiEXACT _______________ 360-866-1337 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422 Grovtec US, Inc. _________ 503-557-4689 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 Layke Inc. ____________ 602-272-2654 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Real Axis Machining _______ 360-723-5386 Savage Machining Inc.______ 805-584-8047 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185
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Passivation, Electroless Nickel, Gold, Hard Chrome, Silver, & Tin Plating. 206-947-4052 geoffs@askogroup.com Sunshine Metals ___________ 714-225-4972 Teton Machine __________208-642-9344 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923 Machining: Large Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Cascade Engineering Tech ____503-266-1300 Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Machining: Medical Cascade Engineering Tech ____503-266-1300 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Teton Machine __________208-642-9344
Howard Precision Machined Prod. _801-619-9850 Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320 Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344 Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923 Machining: Turning Accutech Machine Inc _______ 801-975-1117 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 503-538-0350 Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115 dtiEXACT ________________360-866-1337 EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422 Grovtec US, Inc. _________ 503-557-4689 Howard Precision Machined Prod. _801-619-9850 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 Layke Inc. ____________ 602-272-2654 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Real Axis Machining _______ 360-723-5386 Savage Machining Inc.______ 805-584-8047 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923
Machining: Production Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____503-538-0350 Cascade Engineering Tech ____503-266-1300 dtiEXACT _______________ 360-866-1337 Grovtec US, Inc. _________503-557-4689 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 Larkin Precision Machine ____831-438-2700 MacKay Manufacturing _____509-922-7742 Machining: Turning Large Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Teton Machine __________208-642-9344 Machinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342 Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 MANUFACTURING VALUE ADDED Machining: Shaft Turning Contract Manufacturing Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342 AATC ____________ 866-792-2814 X 235 Machining: Swiss AEI Fabrication__________ 480-733-6594 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Aeroform, Inc. ___________360-403-1919 dtiEXACT _______________ 360-866-1337 Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 Grovtec US, Inc. _________503-557-4689 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381
Bending Solutions, Inc. _____ 360-651-2443 Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 G & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069 Group Mfg Serv _________ 480-966-3952 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742 NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________206-762-2117 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278 Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923
Blum Novotest ___________805-823-3255 Tool Breakage Blum Novotest ___________805-823-3255 MOLDING: RUBBER Molds: Plastic Injection Plastic ________________509-531-2634 Plastic Injection Molding _______509-531-2634 SMH Inc LLC _____________360-341-2226 MOLDS Aero Tech MFG ____________801-891-2740 Arizona Finishing _________ 602-438-4443 Jet Processing _________ 623-869-6749x117 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ________714-373-0098 Plastic Injection Molding _______509-531-2634
Industrial Manufacturing Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 Molds: High Volume Class 100 Turnkey Product Services Stevens Tool & Die __________503-682-3185 Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740 Molds: Fast Turn Prototype and Bridge METAL INJECTION MOLDING Molds RJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644 Stevens Tool & Die __________503-682-3185 Custom Airplane to Marine Polishing Molds: Expertise in Overmold and Insert Metal Polishing By Timothy ___ 503-253-5294 Molding Personal Collectables Polishing Stevens Tool & Die __________503-682-3185 Metal Polishing By Timothy ___ 503-253-5294 PAINTING & POWDER COATING Production Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy ___ 503-253-5294 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. _____ 503-538-0350 Precision Industrial Painting ____ 602-256-0260 METALIZING Intricate Masking Controlled Thermal Tech ____ 602-272-3714 Precision Industrial Painting ____ 602-256-0260 METROLOGY Passivation Part Probing & Inspection ASKO Group _____________206-947-4052 Blum Novotest _________ 805-823-3255 TFC Plating______________503-771-0969 Production Metrology PC BOARDS Blum Novotest _________ 805-823-3255 Surface Mount & Thru Hole Tool Measurement Cascade Systems Technology ___ 503-640-5733
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Embrittlement Relief PLASTIC MACHINING MacKay Manufacturing ______509-922-7742 EPSI _______________ 714-519-9423 Electroless Nickel Portland Precision Manufacturing _503-253-6700 ASKO Group ___________206-947-4052 PLASTIC MOLDING
Plastics, Stainless Steel, Steel, Tin PLASMA CUTTING G & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069 Calbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657 Metro Metals Northwest _____503-819-1284 Oxy Fuel-Plasma Cutting Bin Service Chapel Steel ____________ _503-928-7442 Calbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657 3-D Plastics, Inc. __________503-720-0572 Gold Tech Industries _______480-968-1930 PRECISION FORMING Excess Material Handling Plastic Injection Molding ______509-531-2634 Foresight Finishing________480-772-0387 Aeroform, Inc. _ _________360-403-1919 Calbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657 SMH Inc LLC ____________360-341-2226 Precious Metal Plating Co. ____ 800-481-6271 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 Full Service Scrap Management TFC Plating____________503-771-0969 Pacific Tool, Inc__________ 425-882-1970 Calbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657 Mold Making QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 Gold 3-D Plastics, Inc. __________503-720-0572 Scrap Metal Prrocessing SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113 Plastic Injection Molding ______509-531-2634 ASKO Group ___________206-947-4052 Calbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657 EPSI _______________ 714-519-9423 Wrico_______________ 480-892-7800 Waste Metal Management PLATING Foresight Finishing________480-772-0387 PRINTING Calbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657 ASKO Group ____________206-947-4052 Gold Tech ____________480-968-1930 Wood Products UV LED Printing ChemResearch ___________602-253-4175 Precious Metal Plating Co. ____ 800-481-6271 EPSI ________________ 714-519-9423 Stratavision Industries ______ 951-272-5700 Perry Pallet Co. _____________360-366-5239 Hard Chrome Foresight Finishing_________480-772-0387 REPAIR Flat Bed Digital Printing Gold Tech _____________480-968-1930 Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671 Marketcraft ___________ 503-329-7678 CNC-PROS _______________ 602-344-9753 ASKO Group ___________206-947-4052 Anodizing Derest Machine Tool Repair ____480-226-3128 PROCESSING: METAL NAD CAP & Boeing Approved ChemResearch ___________602-253-4175 ROLLING Acid Pickle Processes Bright Tin AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584 Precious Metal Plating Co. ____ 800-481-6271 MPI International ________ 956-631-6880 Foresight Finishing_________480-772-0387 Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 Nickel-Bright Chemical ROUTING -CNC Precious Metal Plating Co. _____800-481-6271 Gold Tech Industries _______480-968-1930 LA Specialties __________ 602-269-7612 Marketcraft ____________503-329-7678 Chrome/Nickel/Palladium Foresight Finishing________480-772-0387 SANDBLASTING EPSI ________________ 714-519-9423 MPI International ________ 956-631-6880 Precious Metal Plating Co. ____ 800-481-6271 Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ___ 408-727-6630 Gold Tech _____________480-968-1930 Plating Alodine SAWS: AUTOMATIC TFC Plating____________503-771-0969 Coating MPI International ________ 956-631-6880 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 503-538-0350 GTin / Zinc Plate Coating Technologies _______623-581-2648 Phosphate Production Sawing ASKO Group ___________206-947-4052 Controlled Thermal Tech _____602-272-3714 MPI International ________ 956-631-6880 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc._______805-583-9966 EPSI _______________ 714-519-9423 Coating: Black Oxide SEWING PROTOTYPES Gold Tech ____________480-968-1930 Coating Technologies _______623-581-2648 Grovtec US, Inc. _________ 503-557-4689 TFC Plating____________503-771-0969 Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 SHEARING Coating: Dry Film Lube NW Rapid Mfg. _________ 503-434-8557 Silver Plating United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292 Coating Technologies _______623-581-2648 PUNCHING ASKO Group ___________206-947-4052 SIGNAGE & DISPLAYS Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/Chrome AEI Fabrication__________ 480-733-6594 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. _______714-373-0098 Coating Technologies _______623-581-2648 EPSI _______________ 714-519-9423 Gold Tech ____________480-968-1930 AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584 SILICONE Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos. Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 3-D Plastics, Inc. _________ 503-720-0572 Coating Technologies _______623-581-2648 Precious Metal Plating Co. ____ 800-481-6271 Group Manufacturing Serv ___ 480-966-3952 SINTERING Copper TFC Plating____________503-771-0969 Pacific Tool, Inc__________ 425-882-1970 Western Sintering ________ 509-375-3096 Tin Plating Gold Tech Industries ________480-968-1930 QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 SLITTING Foresight Finishing_________480-772-0387 Precious Metal Plating Co. ____ 800-481-6271 RECYCLING MATERIALS United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292 TFC Plating_____________503-771-0969 TFC Plating____________503-771-0969 Aluminum, Brass, Copper, Nickel, SOFTWARE Inland Northwest Metallurgical Services, Inc. 16203 E Marietta Ave Spokane Valley, WA 99216
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Welding: MIG-TIG Metal Products Company ____800-345-2069 Clings Aerospace________ 480-968-1778 Robotic Welding Wrico_______________480-892-7800 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____503-538-0350 TOOL Cutting & Grinding Bending Solutions, Inc. ____ 360-651-2443 G & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069 Powerhaus Precision_______480-225-8845 Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Welding: Precision TOOLING Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 Industrial Machine Svcs _____503-240-0878 A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ___ 503-538-0350 WIRE FORMING Lambie Engineering _______ 509-868-3100 AG Machining _________ 805-207-0584 Mountain View Machine _____435-755-0500 G & G Custom Metal Fab ___ 503-931-7069 Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Real Axis Machining _______360-723-5386 WIRE HARNESSES Evans Precision _________623-582-4776 TUBE BENDING & Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878 Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 CUTTING FAB Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____303280-2778 RJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644 AG Machining __________805-207-0584 Albina Co., Inc. _________866-252-4628 Bending Solutions, Inc. _____ 360-651-2443 Clings Aerospace_________ 480-968-1778 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 WATERJET CUTTING Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 dtiEXACT _______________ 360-866-1337 Marzee Inc. ___________ 602-269-5801 Milco Waterjet __________ 714-373-0098 United Performance Metals ___888-282-3292 WELDING Custom Metal Fabrication ____ 503-788-5701 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 G & G Custom Metal Fab ____503-931-7069 Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Industrial Machine Svcs _____503-240-0878 Mountain View Machine _____435-755-0500 Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____303-280-2778 Weld Metal Works ________ 503-788-5701 Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large G & G Custom Metal Fab ____503-931-7069 Industrial Machine Svcs _____503-240-0878 Friction Welding: RJM Sales Solutions _______630-849-8644 NADCAP Welding
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Fry Steel...70 Full Circle Development...69 Fullerton Tool...46,73 G&G Custom Metal Fab...78 Ganesh Machinery...57,68 Gartman Technical...67 Gladhill Associates...20,70 Gladwin Machinery...53,69 Global EDM Supply...69 GMA Garnet Group...34,71 GMN...16,70 Gold Tech...77 Gorilla Metals Inc...70 Gosiger...69,70 Group Manufacturing...76 Grovtec...47,75 GS Testing...29 Hangsterfers...68,70 Hardware Speciality...40 Helical...71 Howard Precision Mach. Prod...80 Hurco...59 Hydmech...9,68 Hyundai...56 Icon Machine Tools, Inc....55, 69 Industrial Machine Services...78 Industrial Metal Supply Co....34,73 Industrial Precision Grinding...81 Inland NW Metalurgical...80 Innovative Tool Sales...76 Jorgenson Machine Tools...70 KD Capital...72 King Machine...71 Kloeckner Metals-Temtco...44,69 Kwik Mark Inc...62,72 Lambie Engineering...71 Larkin Precision...79 Layke Inc...79 Layke Tactical...78 LMI Machinery...56,69 Machine Toolworks, Inc..50,69 Machinists Inc....33, 75 Makino...29 Mario Pinto...71 Marzee Inc...54,75 Mazak...50 MCAMNW...36,69 MET-TEK Inc...76 Metal Products Company...38,75 Methods Machine Tools Inc...69 Metro Metals Northwest, Inc...78 Micropulse West...77 Midaco Corporation...70 Milco...80 Monaco Tool...2,48,49 Mountain View Machining...77 MP Industrial...3,68 North-South Machinery...1,15,24-26,68 Northwestern Machinery...71 Northwest Swiss...32,75 NW Metalcraft...77 NW Rapid Manufacturing...28,75 OMEP...79 ONA EDM USA...73 Optical Gaging Products Inc...71 Pacific Continental Bank...30,73 Perry Pallet...73 Phoenix Heat Treat...77 Pinnacle Precision...77
Plastic Injection Molding...76 Portland Precision...78 Precious Metals Plating...47,81 Precision Die & Stamping...76 Proclamp...73 QUAL-FAB, Inc....75 Resell CNC...72 Real Axis Machining...78 RJM Sales Solutions...81 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades...73 Roentgen USA...69 Romi Machine Tools...72 Ron Grob...76 Rosco Precision Machinery...59,68 Rotarex...74 Royal products...44,69 Ryerson...5,68 S.L. Fusco...83 Santa Cruz Electronics...21 Savage Machine...45,81 Saw Blade.com...84 Scotttrade Bank Equip Finance...73 Seco...71 Selway Machine Tool Co...68,70 Sentry Insurance...72 Sequoia Brass & Copper...74 Setco Spindles & Slides...73 SigmaTEK...72 SMH Inc LLC...58,75 SMTCL...13 Specialty Steel...76 Spring Works Utah...76 St. Vrain Manufacturing...76 Star Metal Fluids...69,71 Steel Services Grinding...77 Streaming Teacher...37,74 Sun Grinding...76 Sunshine Metals...11,72 Superior Grinding...43,76 Sustaining Edge...71 Swift Tool...12,26,62,69 TCI Precision Metals...41,70 Teton...78 TFC Plating...77 Thermal-Vac...78 Tormach...21 Treske...20,78 Trusty Cook...31,68 TVT Die Casting...60-61,75 UNIST...19 UL DQS Inc...73 Ulbrich..51,69 Ultimate 3D...76 United Performance Metals...52,70 US Bank Equipment ...73 US Shop Tools...63,72 Usher Precision...24-25 Vacco Industries...79 Valley Machine Shop...77 Verisurf...71 Vision33...71 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc...69 VTN Manufacturing...75 Weiser Engineering...77 Western Precision Products...52,75 Western Sintering...39,75 Wohlhaupter...80 Wrico Stamping...30,75
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