Overview
Our manufacturing capabilities allow us to offer customers the
versatility, fair prices, quick turn around, and guaranteed quality that they have learned
to expect. Of course, we're always looking to the future, planning capability expansion
and improvement. Our intentions are to continuously monitor the needs of our customers,
and to strive to fulfill those needs.
General
Year Founded: 1955
# of machinists: 20
Average machining experience: 9.5 years
Size of buildings: 16,500 square feet
Commonly Machined Materials
All free machining steels
Alloy steels such as 4140, 6150, 52100, ETD 150, and Stressproof
Stainless steels (300 and 400 series)
Brass, Bronze, Copper, Aluminum
Monel, Inconel, Titanium
Delrin, Peek, Eyrtalite, Polyethaline, Urethane, UHMW
Common Product Types
Plungers / Valves / Pistons / Rotors
Valve Bodies / Housings
Needles / Pins
Spacers / Washers / Collars
Cables
Wear Sleeves
Tie Rods
CNC turning
We currently have eleven CNC lathes and six manual lathes. We use
the CNC's for practically all production runs. They can run bars from 0 to 2.375"
diameter through their spindles and up to 8" diameter using a chuck.
Four of our lathes have sub-spindles and "live tool"
capability. They are used to efficiently finish many parts in a single operation.
"Swiss" turning
Many parts are more effectively produced on our three swiss type
lathes. These machines:
always support the bar close to the cut (about 1/8")
run up to 10,000 RPM for quick run times and excellent
surface finishes
change tools very fast
use "live" tools and an indexing spindle to machine parts
complete in one setup
Some very long, small diameter parts which are impractical to
machine on conventional lathes, are easily machined with these. Our swiss type machines
have bar capacities of 5/8".
Milling
We're now running four CNC machining centers and three manual
mills. Two of the CNC's feature automatic tool changers, 4 axes, and 22" X 16"
of travel. Our newest machining center has 32" X 20" travel, 4 axes,
through-tool coolant, an automatic pallet changer, and an ATC with .2 second tool change
time.
Grinding
We have, for more than 30 years, provided a high quality
centerless grinding and honing service. We normally grind OD's up to 2.5" and hone
ID's of 2" or less. We also provide cylindrical and double disc grinding. Our double
disc grinder can quickly and easily grind both sides of most spacers and washers to within
.0002" flatness and parallelism, 10 microinch finish, and .0003" of specified
length.
Additional operations
Many of our customers rely on us to make finished products from
bar stock. Some of those products are multiple part assemblies and most require multiple
production steps to complete. As a result, we've developed various secondary machining,
finishing, and assembly methods using all sorts of general shop tools, machines,
designated jigs and fixtures, custom tooling, etc. We also have long standing
relationships with top-notch suppliers for castings, heat treating, plating, black
oxiding, and hard coating.
Quality Assurance
At the very heart of our operations, is our Quality Assurance
system. We have been actively improving and documenting our quality procedures since 1989.
We're currently working to gain ISO 9002 certification. All of our customers are welcome
to audit and survey our quality system.
Upon request, all of our customers are able to monitor the variation
of their parts by examining the statistical data and reports which are generated by our
machinists and inspectors during production. Also upon request, we will submit quality
planning instructions (Control Plans) to customers for each product that we make for them.
The Control Plan outlines the overall production and inspection process that is used for a
part. It also lists all control characteristics which will be monitored using SPC.
Summary
We have always taught and relied on solid, fundamental machining
practices, and we specialize in performing production runs to exact specifications; but,
some customers have relied on us to design, prototype, and then produce products based on
their end function. Also, many times we have been called upon to produce parts which were
uncommonly difficult to machine "to spec". We have, therefore, developed
in-house drafting and tolerancing skills, and we have a long list of qualified engineers
to call upon for assistance with production challenges.
We take pride in being a supplier with solutions, instead of a
supplier with excuses. Working for a variety of customers for so many years (each having
unique needs and expectations), we have learned to carefully ascertain our customers'
product needs and relentlessly strive to meet those needs "the first time".
Programming
12 station PC network equipped with software for
CAD/CAM
SPC
Scheduling
Inventory management
Purchasing/Receiving
Job costing/tracking
Accounting
Estimation/quoting
MRP
Document routing
Work Instructions
Quality Planning
Gage Calibration
Lathes
1 Daewoo Puma 200 CNC Bar Machine
- Bar Capacity .5" 2.5" diameter through spindle
- Equipped with 10" Chucks for larger work
- Subspindle for back work
- 12 station turret with live tooling
- C-axis
1 - Miyano BND-34s CNC Bar Machine
- Bar Capacity 0 - 1.375" diameter
- 8 station turret with live tooling
- Subspindle
- 7.5° indexable spindle
1 - Miyano BND-42s CNC Bar Machine
- Bar Capacity 0 - 1.625" diameter
- 8 station turret with live tooling
- Subspindle
- 7.5° indexable spindle
3 - Miyano BNC-34 CNC Bar Machines
- Bar Capacity 0 - 1.375" diameter
- Maximum Work Length - 9"
3 - Miyano JNC-60 CNC Bar Machines
- Bar Capacity .5" - 2.375" diameter through spindle
- Equipped with 10" Chucks for larger work
- Maximum Work Length - 18.5"
2 - Citizen L16 IV CNC Turning Center
- 5 axes
- 2 "live" tools
- 15° indexable spindle
- Bar Capacity 0 - 5/8" diameter
1 - Citizen L16 CNC Turning Center
- Capacity 0 - 5/8" diameter
- 8 tool stations
1 - 14" Rockwell Engine Lathe
1 - 13" Clausing Engine Lathe
3 - 11" Logan Engine Lathes
1 - 10" South Bend Engine Lathe
Milling
1 - Hurco KMB1 Vertical CNC Mill
- "X" Travel - 24"
- "Y" Travel - 14"
- "Z" Travel - 6"
1 - Leadwell VMC 500 Vertical CNC Machining Center
- "X" Travel - 22"
- "Y" Travel - 14"
- "Z" Travel - 16"
- SMW 4th Axis
1 - Mazak VTC-41 CNC Vertical Machining Center
- "X" Travel - 22"
- "Y" Travel - 16"
- "Z" Travel - 20"
- Kitigawa 4th Axis
1 - Mori-Sieki SV50 CNC Vertical Machining Center
- "X" Travel - 31.5"
- "Y" Travel - 20"
- "Z" Travel - 20"
- Tsudakoma 4th Axis
- Automatic Pallet Changer
- 30 HP spindle motor
1 - Brown & Sharp #2 Universal Mill
1 - YC 1.5 Maxmill
1 - Rockwell Universal Mill
Honing
1 - Sunnen Automatic Stroke Honing Machine
1 - Sunnen Hand Stroke Honing Machine
Grinding
1 - #2 Cincinnati Centerless Grinder
1 - 200 Series Cincinnati Centerless Grinder
1 - 6" Model ER Cincinnati Cylindrical Grinder
1 - #DH6-30 Besley Double End Disc Grinder
Assembly
Wire/Tig Welding equipment
Acetylene Torch (for soldering/brazing)
Taumel Orbital Headforming (Bradding) Machine
10,000 lb Hydraulic press
Various arbor presses/vices
Cable cutting, stripping, and stretching equipment
Drilling/Tapping
5 - general purpose drill presses
1 - multi-spindle drill press
1 - universal tapping machine
1 - Enco tapping head
2 - Kennametal tapping heads
Surface finishing
2 - Vibratory finishing machines
3 - Empire Sandblasting Stations
6 - Belt Sanders
4 - buffing/polishing/grinding stations
1 - pneumatic file
3 - pneumatic die grinders
Many various finishing products
Sawing
2 - cutoff saws
1 - "Roll-in" band saw
1 - 1016 WellSaw
1 Amada 250 horizontal saw
Inspection Standards
All company and employee owned inspection instruments and
working standards are routinely calibrated to one of the following measurement standards:
1 - 36 piece Gage Block Set
Inspection Grade A+
+0.000004 / -0.000002
1 - PDR Precision Reference Standard Surface Roughness Plate
These "master" standards are routinely sent for
calibration by a certified gage calibration company.
Company owned inspection equipment
1 - 6" X 6" X 8" Micro-Vu 3D Automated Visual CMM
5 - 0-1" Mitutoyo Digital Micrometers .000050 Resolution
3 - 1-2" Mitutoyo Digital Micrometers .000050 Resolution
1 - 0-1" Brown & Sharp Digital Micrometer
1 - 0-1" Starrett "V" Anvil Micrometer
1 - 0-6" Lufkin Micrometer Set
1 - Mitutoyo Tube Micrometer
1 - Mitutoyo Blade Micrometer
1 - Mitutoyo Disc Micrometer
1 - 2-12" Lufkin Internal Micrometers
2 - 0-3" Lufkin Depth Micrometers
2 - 0-1" Mitutoyo Thread Pitch Micrometers
2 - 1-2" Mitutoyo Thread Pitch Micrometers
1 - 60 Degree Thread Wire Set
4 - PG-800 Sunnen Precision Gauges
1 - PG-400 Sunnen Gauge Setting Fixture
2 - .1-2" Precision gage block set
6 - .001" Mitutoyo Dial Indicators
3 - .0001" Mitutoyo Dial Indicators
1 - .0001" Mitutoyo Digital Indicator
1 - .00005" Mitutoyo Digital Indicator
2 - .00005" Mahr Dial Indicators
2 - Indicator Point Sets
1 - Starrett "Last Word" Test Indicator Set
1 - .0001" Dial Test Indicator
1 - .0005" Dial Test Indicator
4 - 0-6" Mitutoyo Digital Calipers
3 - 0-6" .001 Brown & Sharp Vernier Calipers
1 - 0-6" .001 Mitutoyo Vernier Calipers
1 - 0-8" .001 Mitutoyo Vernier Calipers
1 - 6" to 30" Unique Caliper Extension
1 - S22 Microfinish Comparitor
1 - 14" Micro Vu Optical Comparitor with Q16 Metrology
1 - Surfometer System I
1 - .011-.060 Meyer pin gage set in .001 increments
1 - .061-.250 Meyer pin gage set in .001 increments
1 - .251-.500 Meyer pin gage set in .001 increments
6 - 6" Granite Plates with Indicator Posts
1 - 24" X 36" Starrett Granite Plate
1 - Mitutoyo Digimatic Height Gage
1 - 5/16" to 2 1/8" Starrett Telescoping Gage Set
1 - .7 to 1.5" Teclock Cylinder Gauge
1 - .165" to .500" Dia-Test Internal Hole Gauge
1 - Phase II Rockwell Hardness Tester
The company owns many "general purpose" inspection tools
such as protractors, radius gages,V-blocks, feeler gages, etc. We keep an assortment of
certified pin, plug, ring, and thread gages (go/no-go) which are bought as needed.
We also use designated gaging systems for individual jobs and
calibrate those gages before each job run.
Employee owned inspection equipment
Each employee is required to own and maintain certain gages
(depending on his job responsibilities). Everyone has their own calipers and most have
digital micrometers. Our Company Policy requires that all gages used to measure
deliverable products are subjected to periodic inspection/calibration procedures which are
performed by qualified QA personnel.