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Editors Corner Automation Through Innovation, A Full Time Job “Mankind adapts rapidly to innovation, often in spite of itself. We are amazingly adaptable, which is why we survived - our progeny will not only adapt, they will excel.” - Mark Reed “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.” - Bill Gates As a global leader the US changes the world every day for the better through technology and innovation. We dream up ways to do things better, faster, easier, and with the highest recompense. We find the rapid pace of technological innovation changing our life so quickly that we must rush to keep up on the latest and greatest way of doing things or the latest device that can get us more data or increase our business position. Our manufacturing landscape today is light years from where it was ten years ago. Growing sophisticated components years ago was surreal and too futuristic to deem as a viable solution to manufacturing. Today jet engine parts are grown from powdered metals and sintered in nanoseconds to the evolution of a finished usable assembly part that will fly in a jet engine. Software can take the CAD generated model of a part and automatically generate the code necessary for a CNC machine tool to pull the tools from a magazine of cutting tools, remove the excess metal, and place holes, champers, and intricate details in geometric fashion in minutes.These types of operations used to take many hours of human time to generate, setup, and test run to perfection. We are literally doing more with less and that means less labor or bodies. In a lean manufacturing facility one person can run 4 plus machines simultaneously and the output is directly proportional to the amount of automation, robotics, and high technology used in the process. Businesses are evaluating the efficiencies of doing things here in the US again, literally reshoring work they had made in labor friendly countries. The cheap labor pool offshore is being replaced with methodologies of ‘complete cost’ and companies are moving to having greater control over their manufacturing processes in their own facilities. This is pushing the worker of the future to be more versatile, multifaceted, and to maintain a higher learning and knowledge base to keep up with new technology.This is also pushing the supplier of today to be technologically advanced and automated. As the world continues to evolve at lightening speed we will all have to continue to adapt and excel to higher levels of efficiency and continue to be innovators ourselves to keep the edge we need to live and thrive in the new world.
Cover & Inside Cover This Month’s Cover , Inside Cover, Shop Profiles, & Articles:
Hydmech Saw Solutions CNC Machine Services - Delcam Announcements/Releases ....................6-27 Front Cover & Shop Profile .............1,28-29 Feature Articles................................ 2,54,55 Buyers Guide Equipment....................80-86 Buyers Guide Processes ......................87-93 Card Gallery ........................................80-93 Index Of Advertisers ...............................94 Editorial .................................. Throughout
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Announcements & Releases
The Most Productive Machines In The Market FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Chevalier Showcasing Six Machines At Westec The Most Productive Machines In Los Angelesin the Market Chevalier showcasing six machines at WESTEC in Los Angeles
SME’s Westec Event Explores The Impact Of Manufacturing On Hollywood
Legacy Effects’ Jason Lopes will discuss how 3D printing is changing the film industry WESTEC, the premier West Coast manufacturing event, recently announced its programming for the 2015 event, which includes a keynote on the power of manufacturing in Hollywood. Jason Lopes of Legacy Effects will discuss how manufacturing – specifically additive manufacturing/3D printing – is changing the face of special effects in the film industry.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif., July 8, 2015–– Enhancing productivity will be the key theme at Westec on September 15-17 as Chevalier demonstrates six magnificent machines. Chevalier's extremely knowledgeable engineers will be in Booth 1334 answering questions all three days in the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Enhancing productivity will be the key theme at Westec on September 15-17 as Chevalier demonstrates six magnificent machines. Chevalier’s Here is the machine line-up at WESTEC: extremely knowledgeable engineers will be in Booth 1334 answering New EM Series - More BANG Fordays Your Buck! Pricing Peaks At $59,800. Convention Center. questions all three in the Los Angeles The machines demo cutting at the show include the New EM2033L VMC, QP2443 VMC, FBL-300 MC and FBL-200 lathe. The Smart-B818III profile grinder and the FSG-1224ADIII fully automatic grinder will be running cycles cutting air.
The NEW EM Series is a high-speed VMC with a cost savings that hammers the competition. It delivers more bang for your buck and increases your production capabilities. The series is engineered with efficiency to satisfy the need for large quantity machining with limited floor space. Choose from three models: EM1620L, EM2033L and EM2040L. Prices start at only $48,500 for the EM1620L.
The NEW EM Series is a high-speedVMC with a cost savings that hammers the competition. It delivers more bang for your buck and increases your production capabilities. The series is engineered with efficiency to satisfy The series provides fast interpolation, minimizing machining time with high, rapid speed, up to 1,889.7ipm. All 3-axes are driven by preloaded P3 ballscrews and super fast linear ways. The powerful 20HP spindle motor handles up to 10,000rpm, producing an attracthefinishneed largewith quantity machining floor space. tive surfacefor in high-speed enough torque in lower rpm. Toolwith capacity limited is up to 24 tools with a random tool double arm tool Think this offer is too good to be true? Think that we've made a number of compromises to lower the price? Not so! It's the real deal. There is nothing sacrificed or compromised in our new EM Series. The major parts of the machine are constructed of high-quality Meehanite cast iron, which offers superior stability. The machine's base is supported by full-travel, enabling it to be suitable for highspeed machining. All three axes are built with high-speed linear ways providing smooth quick movement without delay.
change. The series is loaded with features: FANUC 0iMD; color 8.4" LCD that has simultaneous contouring; linear-circular-helical interpolation and canned cycles for drilling, tapping and profiling, all with FANUC drives and motors. Plus, a two year FANUC warranty.
FBL-200 - Slant Bed Lathe With Box Ways. Pricing Starts At $59,950. The newly designed FBL-200 boasts a 45-degree, slant-bed rigid box ways Page 1 of 2 structure. Its ribbed Meehanite cast iron mono-blocking casting provides strong support and excellent damping absorption that help resist deflection and vibration during heavy machining. The newly designed FBL-300 MC boasts a 45-degree, slant-bed rigid box ways structure with live tooling. Its ribbed-Meehanite, cast-iron, monoblocking fabrications provides strong support and excellent damping absorption that help resist deflection and vibration during heavy machining. SMART-B818III - New fully automatic grinder The new SMART-B818III is capable of producing “mirror” surface finishes on highly accurately ground workpieces that result in microfinishes of 5 RMS. The positioning accuracy is 0.0025 mm and the grinding accuracy is 1 micron. The SMART’s movements are programmable in increments of 0.001mm and include a table size of 8” x 8”. The new FSG-1224ADIII Series is a highly advanced, automatic-precision, surface grinding machine that offers improved accuracy, quality and ease of operation. This series includes the new touch-screen control station that is adjustable to a comfortable position for the operator. Switches, buttons, LEDs and indicating lamps are all combined in a touch display that is ergonomically positioned to provide the best user-friendly operation. For more information on turning and milling machines, please contact Herbert Hou at (562) 903-1929. For more information on grinding machines, please contact Johnson Lan at (562) 903-1929 or email: info@ChevalierUSA.com or go to www.ChevalierUSA.com. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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Lopes is a lead systems engineer at Legacy Effects, home to some of Hollywood’s most talented effects professionals and makeup artists. For his keynote, Lopes will talk about “3D Printing for Hollywood” and how it is impacting some of the industry’s biggest effects for movies like Avengers Age of Ultron, Jurassic World, Terminator Genesys, Iron Man 3, Hunger Games, Pacific Rim, Twilight: Breaking Dawn,and others. “From its inception, the film industry has made innovation a priority, using new technologies and advancements to produce higher-quality results,” said Lopes. “My talk will highlight how the intersection of manufacturing and entertainment has impacted modern-day effects’ teams and helped them do their job better and more efficiently.” For more information and to register for WESTEC 2015, visit westeconline.com.
Additive Manufacturing Lost Patterns for Investment Casting Blending the rich tradition of investment casting with cutting edge 3D manufacturing technology, NW Rapid Mfg, LLC has had great success creating lost patterns. The laser sintering of polystyrene allows for the rapid manufacturing of lost patterns with some added benefits: • Shortened lead times-typically less than two weeks • Gates and sprue can be printed along with the pattern • Printing allows for complex geometries never before possible • Extremely clean burn out with a remaining ash content of 0.002% • Suitable for plaster and ceramic shell castings as well as vacuum casting The photograph shows an example of a lost pattern (left) developed and printed by NW Rapid Mfg for a cast part. The number of gates in the lost pattern illustrates the complex interior geometry of this part, which had otherwise proven extremely difficult to manufacture. The final product was cast in aluminum and proved to have remarkably low porosity, owing to the clean burn out of the polystyrene.
A 3D manufactured lost pattern may not by right for every lost pattern, every time, but it may be worth consideration on your next project. Call or email us for more information or a quote at 503-434-8557 or make@nwrapidmfg.com .
Edge Technologies Announces New Regional Service Technician: Jason Bell Edge Technologies announces the addition of Jason Bell to the Western US Region for service and installation of both the FMB and Edge lines of automatic bar feeders.
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Bell, a longtime resident of southern California, received a degree in Aviation Maintenance from Orange County College in 2010. He soon joined Parker Hannifin’s Aviation Division as an Assembler/Tester. There he worked on an assortment of projects for Boeing, Sikorsky, and Airbus, to name a few. “Thanks to the aerospace industry I learned the necessity of being able to manufacture products to precise tolerances in a repeatable manner. I’m looking forward to applying that expertise to the Edge Technologies customer base.” says Bell. Rick Bauer, EdgeTechnologies’Vice President, added: “Jason makes a nice addition to our team because of his aviation training and general mechanical knowledge of equipment.” For more information contact them at: www.edgetechnologies.com
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What Can RED Cut For You?
BMSC Announces Preparation for ISO 9001: 2015
Rickard Engineering & Design (RED), located on the I-5 corridor in Albany, Oregon is poised for growth and ready to take on any challenge sent our way. With a collective team of creative, educated and experienced machinists, fabricators and engineers, we are ready to assist in the design, development and/or manufacturing process of your project.
BMSC, LLC Announces that they have more than five companies scheduled for ISO 9001:2015 registration in November of this year! Although the standard is not due to be released until September or October, the registrar the companies are using, GreatWestern Registrar, will be auditing them to the new standard and the second the registrar’s plan is accepted the clients will receive their ISO 9001:2015 certification! Most of the companies are AS9100 compliant but do not want to wait for the new AS9100 standard to be revised before upgrading to the new ISO 9001:2015 standard.
RED employs complete software-controlled, five-axis cutting tables that increase our waterjet capabilities to include beveled edges, countersunk holes, taper compensation, and reduced kerf. We can also perform machining, turning and welding services. RED welcomes any challenge and the opportunity to be the “problem solver” for our customers, doing it creatively and with precision. Some of the industries served include aeronautics and aviation, titanium processing, food and beverage, automotive, machine shops, contractors, artists and MORE! Our skill level is as expansive and diverse as our customer base. RED’s President, Steve Folin, puts it best: “The RED team believes that good machines are essential, but it’s the human touch of creativity behind the machine that truly makes a product come alive.”
The new ISO 9001:2015 standard has many improvements over the prior standard and BMSC’s new and existing clients are excited to upgrade and take advantage of the new requirements such as risk management and process performance objectives. For more information on how BMSC can help you get ISO and AS9100 Certification fast and painlessly call: 602-445-9400 or visit www.BusinessMSC.com
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The EMKA Group Helps To Lead The Way The EMKA Group is the world market leader and manufacturer of Modular Industrial hardware, typically used on applications such as heavy equipment, gaming, data center, food service, HVACR, wind energy, oil field, medical field, transportation, and telecommunications. EMKA’s standard product line of 15,000 different items includes handles, quarter turns, compression latches, wing knobs, and other designs with multiple choices of inserts and options such as pad-lockable and/or keyed cylinders. Additional products includes a complete line of concealed and A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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non-concealed hinges, gasket sealing profiles, Electronic Access Control Solutions and special application/ customized products. Kitting parts, sub-assemblies, pad printing, inventory stocking, and vulcanizing gaskets are a few of the additional services we offer in house that have proven to increase production for our loyal customers. ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 Certifications, as well as Industry standards such as NEMA, UL, IP, DIN, ASTM Compliance standards are the culmination of EMKA’s expertise in 11 manufacturing processes. As the market innovator, EMKA uses an array of product materials ranging from polyamides, aluminum die-cast, mild steel, zinc diecast, and stainless steels as well as extruded sealing product materials including EPDM, PVC, Silicone, EMI Shielded and specialty materials. Manufacturing EMKA offers state-of-the-art machinery and extensive know-how in various manufacturing technologies and thus makes it possible to machine, work and process different materials in various dimensions. In addition, EMKA is flexible when catering for individual requirements and the wishes of its customers due to its uniquely high level of in-house production. During the entire manufacturing process a high level of product quality and reliability is guaranteed by having its own tool and mould making department as well as stateof-the-art design, development and testing
EMKA Beschlagteile is a global company headquartered in Germany with offices in 46 countries and production facilities in 9 countries. EMKA Inc. is a subsidiary of EMKA Beschlagteile, located in Middletown, PA – 5 minutes from Harrisburg, PA. We welcome any size customer, large or small. Take the opportunity to find out how EMKA can help you and your operation. For more information, contact CHUCK PINKHAM, REGIONAL SALES MANAGER, 310.529.2199 or email c.pinkham@ emkausa.com. TO VIEW OUR 2014/2015 CATALOG, GO TO www.emka.com/ us_en/catalog. EMKA Inc. | 1961 Fulling Mill Rd, Middletown, PA 17057 |
Ulbrich - Over 90 Years Of Excellent Performance And Excellent Metals Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc., is a global precision reroller and distributor of stainless steel strip, special metals strip, foil, shaped wire, fine wire, sheet, plate, bar and PV ribbon products. Ulbrich’s product line includes, but is not limited to: stainless steels, PH grades, nickel and nickel alloys, cobalt, niobium, zirconium, titanium and titanium alloys.The company’s products are used across many industries including: aerospace, oil and gas, automotive, power generation, and various sectors within the medical industry.
With over 90 years of experience, Ulbrich is known for their excellent reliability, superior performance, and highly trained Engineers, Product Managers, and Sales Executives who can assist in all aspects of material selection and production of your stainless steel or special metals requirements.
For more information contact: Ulbrich Stainless Steels & Special Metals, Inc. 153 Washington Avenue, North Haven, CT 06473 Tel: 203-234-3441, www.ulbrich.com
Headquartered in North Haven, Connecticut, Ulbrich has 12 strategically located sites in five countries across North America and Europe. In order to achieve perfection, all of the Ulbrich facilities must follow the corporate mandate to meet the international quality standards in addition to the specific quality standards of the regions, industries and key multinational manufacturers (OEMs) they service. As such, all locations are ISO 9001:2008 (International Organization for Standardization) certified, in addition to other certifications such as the Laboratory Control at Source (LCS) accreditation and the National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (NADCAP) qualification. These certifications allow customers the certainty of the quality of their metal products. Ulbrich continually supplies their customers with metals that are engineered to enhance and improve a wide variety of processes.
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Announcements Continued As a standard feature on the Minuteman 320 SE, the synchronization device for Swiss style lathes employs an electro-magnetic coupling, mechanically linking the lathes headstock’s z-axis travel to the bar feeder’s pusher to ensure synchronous movement and no loss of connection between the bar stock and pusher collet.
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Edge Technologies Presents Bar Feeder Product Lines To The Precision Bar Turning Marketplace At WESTEC 2015 Booth #1328 ST. LOUIS, MO – Edge Technologies returns to the WESTEC tradeshow with a lineup that includes FMB bar feeders, Edge bar feeders and short loaders, as well as Schlenker collet and guide bushing products. Edge Bar Feeders Minuteman 320 SE: From the Edge Bar Feeders line, the Minuteman 320 SE, an economically priced 12’ magazine bar feeder, will be on display. The Minuteman is designed for feeding round, square and hexagonal bar stock into CNC lathes. The SE (Special Edition) features a 3-26mm bar diameter capacity with hydrodynamic quick-change polyurethane guide channels. An extruded aluminum case surrounds the Minuteman’s polyurethane guide channels, increasing strength and stability and making these guide channels best in class. Dual anti-vibration devices stabilize the bar stock at two critical points between the guide channel and lathe spindle maximizing RPM potential. This channel configuration is flooded with oil to create a hydrodynamic effect resulting in higher RPM with reduced noise and vibration. The remote control pendant and a Mitsubishi controller and servo drive provide the Minuteman’s motion control and functionality. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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Edge Bar Feeders Patriot 338: Also from the Edge line the Patriot 338 will be presented for attendee’s inspection.The Patriot 338 is an advanced design for an economical 12-foot magazine bar feeder for the production turning industry. It automatically feeds round, square and hexagonal bar stock in stock in a diameter range of 3 to 38 mm in lengths up to 12.5 feet into CNC lathes.The Patriot’s advanced design its robust heavy gauge structural steel construction ensures rigidity and long-term durability that minimizes vibration. It features the convenience of an easy-to-use, hand held remote pendant. A touch screen with menu driven parameters selection makes programming simple, yet is flexible enough for all applications. A reliable Mitsubishi controller and servo drive provide the Patriot’s motion control and functionality. During cutting operations the bar stock rotates in polyurethane guide channels that are flooded with oil to create a hydrodynamic effect, resulting in higher RPM with reduced noise and vibration.These channel sets changeover quickly and handle a wide range of stock sizes. As a standard feature on the Patriot 338 the Swiss Package includes a Swiss synchronization device and telescopic nose. The bar stock magazine is an incline rack with a loading capacity of 12 linear inches.The Patriot’s hood is reversible so material can be loaded from the front or the rear. Edge Bar Feeders Rebel 80 Servo: The new Rebel 80 Servo is a compact, economically priced short bar loader that features an 8-80mm diameter capacity range for feeding round, square and hexagonal bar stock into CNC lathe spindles.With a large magazine capacity allowing for long unattended operation, the Rebel combines the advantages of servo-driven auto bar loading with a small footprint and an affordable price tag. The loading storage capacity is 760mm (30”) deep. The inclination of the storage table can be adjusted to give the loader a “soft-load” effect for large diameter bars. Bars are loaded from the rear of the bar feeder. Bar stock with lengths of 152mm (6“) – 1520mm (60“) can be loaded. The maximum bar length is determined by the spindle length of the lathe and the chucking package. The Rebel 80 Servo runs entirely on electricity, no shop air is required. New bar positioning can be attained without the use of a dead stop. The multifaceted software features fixed piece feedout to the correct length. It also includes a shaft loading option as well as a sub-spindle “feed-on-the-fly” option with a “return and wait” pusher feature. Spindle liner changeover is accomplished very quickly by the open architecture design of the top cover and special “swing out” style pusher carriage. The Axial Track can be configured for 680mm X or Z-axis movement.
FMB Turbo 3-38: The FMB Turbo 3-38 is an automatic bar loading magazine feeder designed for feeding round, square and hexagonal bar material into CNC lathes. This feeder is compatible with all types of sliding, CNC or cam operated lathes with spindle bores up to 38mm. Quick change polyurethane guide channels allow for quiet operation at high RPM cutting due to the hydrodynamic principle. Oil filled guide channels envelope the stock, providing the ideal guiding system for high RPM turning operations. During this process the rotation of the bar creates a hydro-dynamic effect, centering the bar stock in the channel reducing noise and vibration. The guide channels can be changed quickly and easily in about 10 minutes to accommodate multiple bar stock diameters The robust design of the Turbo‘s main beam and support stands are resistant to bending, this keeps vibration from bent bars to a minimum, so a smooth operation is guaranteed. Double-pusher space-saving design is 4 foot shorter than single pusher bar feeders. This FMB model, like many other in the Turbo line, is equipped with a headstock synchronization device allowing rapid backward/forward movements on sliding headstock lathes without forward feed pressure from the bar pusher. The result: no bar distortion. The Turbo 3-38 features a Bosch controller with a servo motor drive to the feed mechanism. A Roller Steady Rest device on the Turbo guides the bar stock between the bar feeder and lathe. Rollers or blocks provide excellent feeding of round or profiled material. Three Turbo 3-38 configurations will handle bar lengths of 3200 mm (10’6”), 3800 (12’5” ), and 4200 mm (13’8”). Schlenker Collets and Guide Bushings: The Edge Technologies represents the full line of Schlenker collets and guide bushings, including an innovative selection of fully sealed collets made from the finest materials available for long, uninterrupted use. Each of these collets are made from steel specifically made for this intended use and are manufactured to accept polyurethane inserts that grip the bar stock rather than steel as in other collet designs.This allows the user to cut softer materials such as aluminum, brass, and synthetics without any marks being left on the outside dimension of the final product. These inserts can be manufactured to grip round, square, hex, and profiled materials. All of Schlenker collets and bushings have exceptional and consistent clamping pressures that handle bar inaccuracies and fluctuations with ease.
Edge Technologies became the sole importer and distributor of Schlenker products for the North American marketplace. Schlenker has a long history manufacturing collets and guide bushings for Swiss sliding-headstock type lathes, and now look to the West as they expand into additional markets. Closing Statement: At their national technical center headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Edge Technologies not only stocks bar feeders, but provides full-service technical support, service in the field, and order desk capabilities for their extensive stock of parts and accessories. Installations and training round out Edge Technologies’ offerings. Edge Technologies is a leading productivity solutions provider to the precision metal working industry. Edge Technologies has extensive experience and a history of success and innovation demonstrated by 30 years providing bar feeder and lathe automation solutions, including over 10,000 successful installations of magazine bar feeders in the North American marketplace. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Bilz Tool Inc. Is Proud To Announce The Addition Of Mark W. Raby As Our Regional Field Sales Engineer Manager For The Following States: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia, Canada Mark Raby will represent Bilz Tool in the above states. We are excited to add Mark to our staff as he brings additional manufacturing process and application support expertise to the BilzTool sales team. His ability to train distribution personnel and assist with end users technical sales calls is an important part of the support and growth that Bilz Tool Inc. is developing with our “new” strategy of providing enhanced customer solutions. Mark brings 20 years of hands-on manufacturing process development and machining knowledge to Bilz Tool. Mark will support all Bilz customers and distributors in the three state area plus the North West “corner” of Canada. Mark’s background includes machine shop experience, cutting tool applications, and distribution sales. He also has several years of experience with tool holding products and their applications. Mark and his wife reside in the Seattle area and he will operate from that location. For more information contact Mark at: mwraby@bilzusa. com 847-734-9390 (office), 630-280-4325, www.bilzusa.com
Bilz Tool Inc. Is Also Proud To Announce The Addition Of Will Herman As Our Regional Field Sales Engineer Manager For The Following States: California, Nevada Will Herman will represent Bilz Tool in the above states. We are excited to add Will to our staff as he brings additional manufacturing process and application support expertise to the BilzTool sales team. His ability to train distribution personnel and assist with end users technical sales calls is an important part of the support and growth that Bilz Tool Inc. is developing with our “new” strategy of providing enhanced customer solutions. Will brings 20 years of hands-on manufacturing process development and machining knowledge to Bilz Tool. Will will support all Bilz customers and distributors in the two state area.Will’s background includes cutting tool applications and sales as well industrial distribution sales. He also has several years of experience with tool holding products and their applications.Will and his family reside in the Los Angeles area and he will operate from that location. For more information contact Will at: wherman@bilzusa. com, 847-734-9390 (office), 714-861-0304 (mobile), www.bilzusa.com A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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Columbia Manufacturing Services (CMS), a division of Columbia Machine Inc., continues to evolve the contract services paradigm by helping other OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) with their strategic outsourcing. As a recognized supplier of concrete products manufacturing equipment, and automated palletizing solutions, Columbia is an accomplished, modern manufacturer that has offered their extensive assets to other OEM’s. CMS is a contract manufacturer that any Supply Chain Professional would recognize as a unique supplier, with comprehensive CNC machine shop services, a large fabrication center, hydraulics assembly, electronic controls assembly, internal heat-treating, blast/prime/and paint, warehousing, logistics, and an engineering staff that ease the transition to an outsourced product.
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Purchasing Managers and Strategic Buyers don’t have to leverage several job shops any more, nor do they have to juggle multiple purchase orders to a variety of subcontractors. CMS offers complete parts and assembly manufacturing opportunities through vertical integration of considerable manufacturing assets. Stocking agreements and inventory can be created to support JIT strategies, while allowing their customers to reduce their on-hand inventories and lower their WIP. The Manufacturing Engineers supporting CMS provide valuable feedback to their customers regarding “design for manufacturability”, or DFM opportunities. All of the systems are in place for a Turn-Key Outsourcing Partnership. From bills of material, to best practices, and from archaic prints to final assembly, test, packaging, and finished inventory; CMS continues to focus on being your partner in manufacturing excellence.
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For more information on strategic outsourcing approaches and benefits contact Chris Wright of CMS today at: 360-735-3763, chrwri@colmac.com, or visit colmfg.com.
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. We provide near net shapes, semi-finished products, and just in time kitting from our expansive inventories of plate, rod, bar, and forgings.
The 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. Our professional team of industry veterans is knowledgeable in all aspects of the market. Our 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.
Call: 888-638-2514 with your aerospace or marine aluminum requirements and experience how Sunshine Metals sets the service standard worldwide! www.sunshinemetals.com
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American Outsourcing Opportunities Await Manufacturers At The Design-2-Part Trade Show Manufacturers and buyers of custom manufacturing who come to this year’s Southern California Design-2-Part (D2P) Show will find a convention center filled with American job shops and contract manufacturers. The upcoming show will feature over 160 of the finest U.S. manufacturing companies exhibiting their design-throughmanufacturing services covering more than 300 product categories for the metal, plastics, rubber, and electronics industries. The show will take place October 21 & 22, 2015 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, CA. This year’s event will be D2P’s largest show ever in Pasadena. Design-2-Part Shows provide design engineers, manufacturing engineers and managers, and purchasers their best opportunity to meet local and national job shops and contract manufacturers face-toface to source custom parts, components, services, and design. The shows are working shows and visitors are encouraged to bring sample parts and drawings. D2P Shows exclusively feature exhibiting job shops and contract manufacturers with manufacturing operations in the United States. Companies that do not have facilities in the U.S. are not permitted to exhibit. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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In addition to the show, D2P will welcome American manufacturing advocate and author Michele Nash-Hoff who will present a seminar titled “How to Return Manufacturing to America.” The one-hour presentation will take place on Thursday, October 22 at 12:00 pm and is free to all show attendees. A highlight of the presentation will be several real case success stories of companies that have returned work to the U.S. from offshore suppliers. The Pasadena Convention Center is accessible from several major highways including I-210, CA-110, CA-134, Ventura Freeway, and Foothill Freeway. It is also only 16 miles from the Bob Hope/Burbank Airport and 29 miles from Los Angeles International Airport. Show hours are 9:30-4:00 on Wednesday, October 21, and 9:30-3:00 on Thursday, October 22. For more information about the Southern California Design-2-Part Show or to register for free show admission, visit www.D2P.com.
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creating a blank, what the end use is going to be and having the right machines to produce these blanks at high volumes.
Machine-Ready Blanks give job shops and OEM’s the edge to compete in today’s market
“Of the most costly manufacturing mistakes made by job shops, failing to understand the real cost of doing business is near the top,” says Bob Dix. “Knowing which jobs and tasks are truly profitable and which are not is what separates the successful shops from the ones that are just getting by.”
For today’s machine shops & OEM’s, timing is tight and margins are even tighter. Dix Metals recognized this issue over 40 years ago, and has been working on a solution ever since. Machine-Ready Blanks allow machine shops to reduce prep-time and get to final production quicker.This allows shops–and their machinists–to focus on what they’re good at, which is key to success in manufacturing and beyond. With Dix Machine-Ready Blanks, machine shops are ready to go from the moment the material arrives on site.
Shops can reduce labor costs by more than 25 percent without any additional investment by using Machine-Ready Blanks. By using the blanks that are ready to go from the time the material arrives, machine shops are able to eliminate fly-cutting and squaring up, as well as additional set-up changes, bit changes and fixture offset adjustments. Machine-Ready Blanks allow shops to run more efficiently, which significantly cuts the overall cost of parts, and helps them turn a profit in a very competitive market.
Precision-cut, prefabricated materials that are machined and ground to tight-tolerance specifications, result in precise, flawless Machine-Ready Blanks in stainless steel, aluminum and other alloys and are delivered flat, square and parallel in whatever format the shop requires. The majority of the materials used for blanks today are stainless steel and aluminum, but there is no end to what materials can be used as blanks. Dix Metals supplies most of the metal they use, but can also work with customers’ material. The key to success for Dix is understanding what goes into
Dix Metals will be exhibiting at this year’s WESTEC show in Los Angeles, CA, September 15-17, announcing several new initiatives, including a refocused new brand and how they’ll be bringing the “Ready to go” promise to machine shops everywhere.
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For more information about Dix Metals and their MachineReady Blanks, contact Bryan Jenkins, bryan.jenkins@ velocityww.com or 212-634-9383 x. 700.
North South Machinery Rich History In Precision Machine Tools And Manufacturing Solutions
properly suited their needs. Adding to North South Machinery’s success, they added two more nontraditional lines, Mitsubishi waterjet, and laser. In 25 years they have grown to a total of 35 employees. Covering the West Coast for many manufacturer lines, they are typically #1. Most recently we have become the dealer for Tornos Swiss Screw machines and Esco Automatics - both the premier lines in their field. North South looks forward to continued growth based on our formula for success “Attitude + Performance = Successful Long Term Relationships”. Longevity North South Machinery is proud to say that our core group has been employed here for an average of 18 years. Most have come from the related fields and contribute a wealth of knowledge in every aspect of the business. Formula For Success “Attitude + Performance = Successful LongTerm Relationships”
North South Machinery began in 1985 doing machine tool sales in La Habra, California. Founded by Jim Swartzbaugh and Glen Zachman in the basement of Jim’s house, they started as the exclusive dealer for Mitsubishi EDM and developed a prestigious name in non-traditional machining. Quickly outgrowing the building in La Habra the company moved in 1988 to nearby Brea, finding a new home in an industrial complex that more
This quote defines the North South Machinery belief system. Attitude, to us, is a “can-do” outlook towards our customers needs. Be it finding solutions for a unique application or helping a startup company get through their first purchase. Performance is delivering well above our customer’s expectations. Living by this formula has enabled North South Machinery to develop long term relationships with most of our customers, and is the foundation of both our and our customer’s success.
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Resell CNC Expands Into The West
Resell CNC is pleased to announce its expansion in the Western United States. Since opening just one 1 year ago, Resell CNC’sWest Coast office, headed up by Mike Mills, has grown to 7 employees. The company was recently recognized as the #155 Fastest Growing Company in the United States by Inc. Magazine. “After a great first year, we’re very excited about our continued growth into the Western United States. Mike Mills added, “we will be making some exciting upgrades over the next year to further help our customers, including updates to our award winning online auction platform, and starting today a national branding campaign to further build awareness of services we can offer to customers buying or selling CNC machinery”. Western precision Products, Inc., has been in the machining business for over 30 years. As a second generation familyowned business, we make it a priority to listen to our customers in order to provide the best ser vice exper ience. WPP employs state-ofthe-art precision CNC machines. We offer support of prototypes through production. Contact us today:
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Whether your company needs to find used CNC machines or is ready to sell products no longer in use, you want a facilitator that knows the business inside and out. After all, used CNC lathes, used vertical CNC mills, used horizontal CNC mills and other related machines are bigticket items companies count on to perform. You need a sales outlet that understands these machines, their intricacies and how important they are to your operation. Our company is backed by individuals with more than 75 years of combined experience in buying and selling used CNC products. From CNC milling machines models to Mazak equipment and other used CNC machine tools for sale, such as Boring Mills and Haas mills, we have the experience to guide you whether you’re buying or selling. We stock all types of used CNC machine tools while focusing on metal cutting machinery such as Mazak, Haas, Mori Seiki, Okuma, Makino, Fadal, Daewoo, Kitamura, Citizen, Star and many more CNC machine brands. Browse through our “Used CNC Machinery” Inventory pages and you will see we have a lot of options for your shop equipment needs. To learn more about how Resell CNC can help you with buying or selling used machinery, contact Mike Mills at:
844-478-8181 x241 or visit www.ResellCNC.com
The Best Service And The Best Machine Tools! Why Call Anyone Else? Trust Fahey Machinery!
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SHOWROOM OPEN M-F 7:30-5PM, CALL FAHEY MACHINERY TODAY: (503) 620-9031 www.FaheyInc.com What’s New At Fahey Machinery? Latest news! Fahey Machinery who has been servicing the Pacific NW for 53 years is now expanding full time into Northern California. They will be buying, selling and servicing new and used machinery. Fahey specializes in metal fabrication machinery, but has experience and contacts for all of your machinery needs. T.J. Hatfield, the President of Fahey Machinery will be working in the Northern California territory for the next few years until he finds a suitable local sales professinal to take care of the local customer base. This will give him time to meet the customers and get a feel for the different markets so he can make sure that the proper resources are implanted in CA. T.J. has 25 years of experience in the industry including a service background. He is currently buying Fahey Machinery from Bill Fahey Sr. who is still doing very well covering the Idaho territory.
Once again, no matter what your equipment or tooling needs, please give Fahey Machinery a call. (800) 523-2439, www.faheyinc.com
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waterjet training in two new classrooms. Each classroom is equipped with a waterjet lab to be used for training customers on maintenance, software, advanced applications and more. Alongside the training classrooms is a fully-equipped applications lab which includes each of Flow’s Mach series line of waterjet systems: Mach 2b, Mach 2c, Mach 3b, and Mach 4c. Included in the grand opening ceremony was a ribbon cutting by John Force and Robert Hight of John Force Racing, tours of the new state-ofthe-art facility, Tahoma High School robotics team robot demonstration, along with live waterjet cutting demonstrations on Flow’s complete line of waterjet systems. John Force Racing has been a partner of Flow since 2012, and Force continues to trust the company’s waterjet solutions to support his racing team. In 2012 John Force Racing added a Flow Mach 4c waterjet for custom parts production to their 160,000 square foot Brownsburg, Indiana facility. Precision parts have been a critical component of this team’s success—18 time winners of NHRA Funny Car Championships and winning over 232 national events.They brought machining in-house to ensure quality control, speed up production, and maintain their competitive edge by designing and manufacturing proprietary components. About John Force Racing
Flow Waterjet Celebrates Grand Opening of World Class Waterjet Applications & Training Facility Flow International Corporation, the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of industrial waterjet machines has announced the grand opening of the new Flow Waterjet Customer Technology Center in Kent, Washington. The Technology Center expands the customer training and application engineering lab at a new 14,000-square-foot facility. Flow hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new facility. The 14,000 square-foot CustomerTechnology Center provides world-class
John Force Racing is a National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing team with over 30 years of competition. The team has a total of 18 NHRA Funny Car championships and has won over 232 national events. Team drivers include John Force, his daughters Brittany Force and Courtney Force, as well as Robert Hight. John Force was selected as Driver of theYear for all of American motor racing in 1996 by a national panel of motorsports journalists, the first drag racer to receive this honor. In 2008, he was inducted into the Motor Sports Hall of Fame of America in Detroit, Michigan. John Force qualified for his first NHRA national event in 1978. He is a 16-time NHRA champion driver with 140 career victories. For more information, visit www.johnforceracing.com. About Flow International
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Flow International Corporation is a global technology-based manufacturing company committed to providing a world class customer experience. The Company offers technological leadership and exceptional waterjet performance to a wide-ranging customer base, benefiting many cutting and surface preparation applications, delivering profitable waterjet solutions and dynamic business growth opportunities to our customers. For more information, visit www.FlowWaterjet.com.
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United Performance Metals Announces New Director Of Sales United Performance Metals is pleased to announce the addition of Curt Gillingham as Director of Sales. Mr. Gillingham has over 25 years of experience in the metals industry. Prior to joining United Perfor mance Metals, Mr. Gillingham held executive management positions for Yarde Metals, Stainless and Aluminum, Inc., ThyssenKrupp Industrial Services, Copper and Brass, and Castle Metals. About United Performance Metals
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United Performance Metals is a leading supplier of stainless steel, duplex stainless steel, nickel alloys and cobalt alloys. The company’s comprehensive inventory of high temperature, high strength and corrosion resistant alloys includes sheet, coil, strip, plate and near net shapes that can be processed to customers’ exact specifications using its proprietary FIRSTCUT+® Services. United Performance Metals is a subsidiary of O’Neal Industries (onealind.com), the U.S.A.’s largest family-owned group of metals service centers, composed of more than a dozen leading brands. With sales of approximately $2.66 billion in 2014, O’Neal Industries is based in Birmingham, AL and has more than 90 specialized facilities throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia. For more information on United Performance Metals and its specialty divisions, visit www.upmet.com.
Tormach, From Firearms to Dental Devices: Bootstrap CNC Evolves into Viable Business A self-taught machinist without any formal CNC education, Kyle Hale used his Series II PCNC 1100 to turn a hobby into a business in the span of less than six years. “About five and a half or six years ago, my cousin and I bought ten AR-15 lower receiver forgings and finished them on a small drill mill. It was a small mill with a DRO and even though it took a while it was fun and they came out great. I was getting my masters and thought, ‘I wonder what it would take to make money doing this.’ I looked at a lot of mills and knew I didn’t want a manual mill because I recognized the needed to have consistency. I looked at a Tormach A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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and read all the reviews and after a few months of going back and fourth I ended up going with the PCNC 1100 mostly because it had square columns and looked beefy. It wasn’t that much more than the others; and all kinds of people were saying it was a great low-production machine,” Hale recalled. “But basically I bought the PCNC 1100 without any formal machining education and no CNC mill experience. I think the first cut I took with the Tormach was with a ½ inch roughing end mill to make a billet lower receiver for an AR-15. I took a ½ inch plunge at about 45ipm. Needless to say that $150 rougher didn’t last but ¼ of an inch in. That was my first cut and I won’t forget it,” Hale said. Over the course of the following year and a half, Hale’s on-the-job training was a real life education in learning how to use the Tormach. “A lot of that time was spent yelling and screaming and crying and learning not only what I was doing wrong, but how to do it right. Now I am able to help people on a couple of the CNC forums with their Tormach. Usually what people are struggling with is something I already overcame.” Fast forward a few years. Hale’s wife was accepted into dental school and things were ramping up with the gun business. “By this time last year I had finally reached the steep part of the learning curve and had a good method for producing lowers on the PCNC 1100. I was finally at the point that running the machine meant making money. However, I soon realized that the Tormach really couldn’t meet the demand for how quickly the business was growing. Now most of the gun parts are made on a large industrial-sized milling center, and the Tormach is back in my garage.” “In August of 2011 one of my wife’s dental professors found out that I have a machine shop. He called me in and said, ‘We’re spending the entire first day of class trying to wrestle with an old solution for mounting typodonts (model teeth) to an adjustable articulator (artificial jaws that students can study),’ and he asked if there was something I could do to help.” Hale continued, “I’d never done any hard engineering/designing before, but I told him I’d give it a try. And by December, after a few prototypes, they accepted what I made and loved it. I used Alibre to
make everything, including all the renderings I did for the assembly to check clearances and then I used SprutCAM to make all the code for it.” Filming the PCNC 1100 with ATC and power-draw bar, 6” 4th Axis with 5C collet and 3-jaw chuck, Hale’s You Tube video shows the production of one of 100+ assemblies. “Each assembly has five machined aluminum parts and two custom-made washers that were stamped and then machined for chamfers,” Hale said. “Chatter was a big problem and was fixed (in most cases) using the Tormach Tooling System 17mm center cutting end mill. I just can’t believe how much metal the cutter can eat. I wish I’d heard about that a long time ago. It’s really cranking through the material and I’m really impressed.”
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GOT CIMATRON? More than 40 AMBA member companies are using Cimatron CAD/CAM software to increase productivity and shorten delivery times. Learn more at www.bettermoldmaking.com or call 248-596-9700 ext. 237 today.
See What AMBA Members That Use Cimatron Say: “Our efficiency has been increasing incredibly. I know it has impacted our bottom line. We can take on more business, because we are not spending as much time in design. The flow from design to manufacturing is much smoother, shortening our delivery dates, making us more efficient and improving quality.” Kent Smith, President, Diamond Tool & Engineering “Cimatron has really helped us stay ahead of the curve when it comes to creating more sophisticated molds, such as those required for products with blended curves. Without Cimatron in place, designing and producing such goods would be nearly impossible.” Thomas LaMarca, Jr., Owner, L&Z Tool and Engineering “We believe one of the things that sets LS Mold apart from other shops is our Cimatron CAD/CAM capabilities. Cimatron really listened to our needs and it shows in how they implement our requirements in the software. The modeling package is first rate. It particularly shines in electrode creation. Customer support from Cimatron is outstanding.” Jim Dent/David Koning, LS Mold
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Lombard, Ill. – Bilz Tool Co. USA, a leading manufacturer of high-speed tool holding technology, is featuring an extended offering ofThermoGrip® shrink fit tool holders and shrink fit machines at this year’s WESTEC show in Los Angeles, California from September 15-17, 2015. Bilz is the original innovator in shrink fit technology, and is using the show as an opportunity to educate users A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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on its ThermoGrip® technology, and launch a new campaign around performance-led process improvement. The campaign, entitled ‘See Performance in a New Way,’ aims to educate users on the importance of tool holding technology as a part of overall machine and tool performance. In addition, the company is promoting the connection between tool holding and performance improvement with a new company tagline that reads, ‘YOUR CONNECTION TO PERFORMANCE.’ “We’ve had a great year and we’ve had a lot of great opportunities to work closely with a lot of end users,” explains Tim Fara, Managing Director at Bilz Tool Co. USA. “As we have been working more closely especially with a lot of Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers in the aerospace industry, it came to our attention that there’s a big information gap between users who are investing in so much of the top-of-the-line machinery in the market, and in the best cutting tools that have ever been made, and they’re still not sure how to get the performance they need to cut all of these newer, more complex materials. We’ve continued to make improvements to our ThermoGrip® system, and we’ve hired new salespeople with the sole focus of educating users about how they can useThermoGrip® to enhance the performance of both their machines, and their tools.We’re seeing our users reducing T.I.R. and extending tool life while achieving the piece-part quality their vendors demand. It’s been a lot of fun to share in their success and rewarding to continue to develop material as an organization that can be helpful to so many businesses.” Bilz will have their new ‘YOUR CONECTION TO PERFOMANCE’ campaign material on display along with a variety ofThermoGrip® products atWESTEC in Booth #951 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
To learn more about ThermoGrip® shrink fit products and 1/16/13 10:45 AM machines, visit BilzUSA.com or contact Bilz directly at (847) 734-9390, www.bilzusa.com. About Bilz Tool Co. USA Bilz Tool Co. Inc. is a subsidiary of Bilz Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co. KG in Ostfildern, Germany. With subsidiaries in England, Italy, France, India, and the USA, Bilz is the leading manufacturer of clamping tools worldwide in the fields of tapping and high-performance tools. Bilz has been a trusted partner in the automotive and machine tool industry for over 90 years.They have 452 employees in Asia and Europe developing and producing high-quality, modern solutions for tool clamping applications in 34 different countries.
Portland Precision Manufacturing: 5-Axis Machined Assemblies With High Tolerance And High Quality Portland Precision Manufacturing Company specializes in both the high tolerance, difficult & complex 5 axis machined assemblies, as well as the simple CNC machined component. From one part to several thousand, with prototyping through full production runs available. Our commitment to quality comes first, as we are ISO 9001:2008 Certified, Itar Registered & AS9100 Compliant. With decades of experience, highly skilled machinists and advanced CNC machining capabilities, we can produce parts and components at tolerances within ±0.0005” or better. Portland Precision is very versatile in the wide range of materials that we machine. From all your standard alloys, including your different grades of Aluminum, Stainless Steel, Plastic, Steel, Copper based Alloys… To your more erotic, difficult to machine materials, likeTitanium,Tungsten,Teflon,
Beryllium, Nichol, Refractory Alloys, Castings, and your exotic plastics like Ultem, Peek, UHMW. Complete Secondary Operations, including bead blasting, heat treating, metal finishing, painting and assembly. Inspection capabilities include advanced CMM. CAD prototype manufacturing and in-house engineering assistance available. Fx: 503-253-9900 Established in 1967 Portland Precision has grown from a two man shop to one of the most versatile and advanced contract CNC precision machining operations in the Northwest. We currently work with Companies of all sizes, covering a wide range of high tech industries and applications. Although we have grown substantially from the beginning, our focus is not to be the “biggest” but to be the “best” by providing our customers with the finest in quality precision machining and service at a competitive price. For more information on Portland Precision Manufacturing contact them at: 503-253-6700, Fx: 503-253-9900 A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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HYDMECH Has Profitable Sawing Solutions www.HYDMECH.com HYDMECH band saw and cold saw machines are designed and built to provide many years of precision cutting performance. The company has a long history of engineered excellence and HYDMECH machines are built using only the highest quality components.The practical and efficient design of all HYDMECH machines is based on the use of standard designs across most components making it easy for customers to obtain replacements components from a local supply house or a HYDMECH dealer. HYDMECH is always ahead of the technological curve in engineering excellence for quality; ease of operation, productivity, support through local dealer distribution, and the HYDMECH brand name has one of the best warranties in the industry. HYDMECH was the first precision band saw company to introduce swing head versatility. Another set of firsts were; the utilization of ball screws, material indexing, linear bearings, rotary encoders, inverter drives, OnDemand energy saving hydraulics, cast iron band wheels and self adjusting blade guides, and the company was the first to engineer off the shelf parts into their design. Customers have the freedom to purchase replacement components on the open market or they can purchase replacement band saw components from an authorized dealer. HYDMECH is a solid profitable solution to automated sawing. Their customer support is second to none and that is because their local dealer support is outstanding. HYDMECH sells their precision band saws through a factory trained and authorized network of highly trained dealer distribution companies throughout the world.When you need a sawing solution you have the ability to consult with a highly trained professional. These specialists offer you a professional installation, training, and follow up service for years after the saw starts making you money. A profitable sawing solution comes from a well thought-out design and a well-engineered methodology of excellence. This rock solid business model started many years ago with the vision of one man. Stan Jasinski was the founder of HYDMECH and after completing his engineering degree in Eastern Germany, Stan and his family immigrated to Canada with the dream of freedom and success. In 1980, Stan was involved with a requirement to procure a mitering band saw but he could not find a suitable unit in the marketplace to fill HYDMECH’s requirement. So, Stan designed and built his own and the model S-16 and predecessor to HYDMECH’S current model S-20 was born. Success Over the past almost 40 years, HYDMECH has become a worldwide leader in metal band saw and cold saw technology and material handling solutions.The progressive attitudes combined with HYDMECH’s innovative solutions in design and manufacturing have earned them a solid reputation as a company that meets the sawing challenges head on for all customers. Rick Arcaro, VP of Sales and marketing said, “HYDMECH’s saws are A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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particularly good in fabrication and automation.We offer material handling solutions to our customers, like custom designed conveyors designed with optional fork lift cut outs, filler plates, truck and trolley transfer, movable squaring vises, and many other solutions. We also do extremely well at fabricating, cutting shapes, angle cutting, and miter cutting. We excel in structural steel I-beam, tubing, channel and that’s where we have one of the largest product offerings, from entry level to a full-blown service center machine with material handling.” Rick continued, “We are a North American company and our saws sell well in all parts of the world and that is a testament into itself.We are very fortunate that we have a very large manufacturing, engineering and R & D departments in North America and our manufacturing facility in Italy. This has given us the opportunity to share the ideas that are happening around the globe.We’ve taken this through our product development and we have actually gone to our end users and said, “what do you really want in a machine, and what don’t you like - if you could change a few things what would they be?” We are listening to our customers and hear what they have to say and that drives our R&D.We feel this keeps us quite a bit ahead of others in the industry in respect to giving our customers cutting edge sawing solutions.” Global Company With The World’s Greatest Technologies HYDMECH is a division of The MEP Group of companies helping to maintain global leadership, and a coalition of manufacturers and distributors of industrial band saws and cold saws. With manufacturing locations in the United States, Canada, Italy, and the Pacific Rim, the group offers the world the largest variety of metal cutting solutions. Together, HYDMECH and MEP are the world leaders in sawing technology. HYDMECH services the North American market from two centrally located facilities.TheWoodstock, Ontario, Canada location is an advanced facility with 200,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing /office space and the Conway, Arkansas facility has 76,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space. Both locations operate within an integrated network of sawing application specialists and dealers servicing North America, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. The HYDMECH Pledge: “We promise to provide the best cost-percut solution for our customers.” “We will do this by employing the latest design and engineering technologies; using only high quality parts and components; providing fast response customer service; maintaining a superior distribution network; and by being the all-around leaders in technical and maintenance support. What do HYDMECH Customers have to say about them? “We have 2 HYDMECH saws, a vertical and a horizontal.We had a competitor’s saws prior to buying our two newest saws from
HYDMECH. I talked to several companies in the Salt Lake City area who had HYDMECH’s and they highly recommended them. We’ve had great service, right from the sale! We had some minor problems early on, and Leston Trueblood, our HYDMECH Factory Sawing Specialist is outstanding in his customer support. The HYDMECH M-16-A and the V-25-APC with a 10 foot material bar feed are doing a great job for us, particularly with all of the mitering we are doing – they are just saving so much time versus what we had before. I highly recommend the HYDMECH saws!” -Kelly, Reliance Metal Center Salt Lake City “I’ve utilized HYDMECH saws for over 30 years and they had a little H-12 in the old days that I loved. A great saw.Their equipment has come a long way and I think HYDMECH makes great dependable equipment. The new H-22-120 with 10 foot material bar feed is a very nice saw and it works all the time. Once you get it set up you can just walk away and it will run all day. LestonTrueblood is our Factory Sawing Specialist and I’ve known him for about 10 years. He gives us the best service and he really knows his saws. If we ever have a problem we just call Leston and he takes good care of us right away! I highly recommend HYDMECH saws to anyone looking for a great money making band saw!” -Vern, Industrial Metal Supply, Phoenix “We just purchased a H-14-A Hydmech Band saw and it’s a great piece of equipment.We needed a workhorse that will go and not quit.That’s why we picked the HYDMECH, it runs all of the time and is built to last. It’s an awesome machine and we have absolutely no complaints! I highly recommend looking at HYDMECH saws if you want a quality workhorse!” -Jonathan Crisan, JK Engineering, Anaheim
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The Puget Sound region is experiencing a massive boom as tech companies scramble to locate and grow offices here.That’s driving economic growth, home sales and commercial development. Here’s how the state ranks in all the categories on CNBC’s list: No. 1:Technology and Innovation., No. 7: Quality of Life., No. 10:Access to Capital., No. 11: Economy., No. 18: Education., No. 24: Business Friendliness., No. 27: Workforce., No. 28: Cost of Doing Business., No. 33: Infrastructure., No. 36: Cost of Living.
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Created By 3D Printing] The real challenge, the engineers said, was to create a robust, fast-flying drone that can be assembled easily in less than 5 minutes without the need for bolts or screws.The SULSA aircraft is made up of four 3D-printed parts that click into place like a puzzle toy.
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The drone’s pieces are made from nylon by a process called selective laser sintering (SLS), which uses a laser to fuse nylon powder into solid structures. This is technology that the University of Southampton has “pioneered over the last five years,” said Andy Keane, a professor of computational engineering at the University of Southampton. Keane, who led the project, said the use of 3D-printed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), like SULSA, is increasing because they are relatively cheap and quick to make. “Typically, the print run takes 24 hours,” Keane said in a statement. “It takes another 24 hours to cool, so from the time we send them the files to having the part in your hand, it takes 48 hours.”
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3D-Printed Spy Drones Could Be Built At Sea A 3D-printed drone was recently launched from a British military warship and successfully flew to shore, a demonstration that could pave the way for futuristic spy drones that can be printed at sea. Engineers at the University of Southampton, in the United Kingdom, built the unmanned aircraft using 3D printing, which has been used to create everything from pelvic implants to a prosthetic tortoise shell. The drone was launched off the front of the Royal Navy warship HMS Mersey. It flew approximately 1,640 feet (500 meters) in just a few minutes, and landed safely on a beach in Dorset, England, the researchers said. The 3D-printed aircraft, dubbed SULSA, has a wingspan that measures 4 feet (1.2 m) long, and it can fly up to 60 miles per hour (97 km/h). Drones like these could one day be used for military surveillance because they can fly almost silently, the researchers said. [The 10 Weirdest Things A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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The defense industry has been using 3D printing technology for a while, including to produce guns. The finished product is also separate from the design, so pieces can be printed out wherever they are needed as long as a 3D printer is available, the researchers said. As such, warfighters wouldn’t need to depend on factories back in their home countries, and the military could avoid lengthy shipping times for replacement parts, which could be intercepted by hostile forces. In a statement, the Royal Navy said they were “delighted” to assist with the development of SULSA and that the test flight was a “small glimpse into the innovation and forward thinking” of the future of this aircraft technology.
First Sea Lord Admiral Sir George Zambellas said that remotely piloted aircrafts have “proven their worth” already by surveying huge sea areas. He added that simple, automated systems have the potential to replace more complicated and expensive machines. “We are after more and greater capability in this field which delivers huge value for money,” he said in a statement. “And because it’s new technology, with young people behind it, we’re having fun doing it.”
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impact.” Today, three decades after he set out on his search for tough and heatresistant ceramics, his vision is paying off. Parts from ceramic matrix composites (CMCs), the material that Luthra’s team developed, are flying inside next-generation LEAP jet engines from CFM International, a joint company between GE and Frances Snecma (Safran). Although CFM is still testing the engines and they will not enter service until next year, the company has received orders for 9,550 LEAPs valued at $134 billion (list price). That number makes the LEAP the bestselling jet engine in GE’s history. But CMC applications don’t stop with the LEAP. GE, which spent $1 billion on CMC research, is going to use the material inside powerful new engines for fighter jets and helicopters, the GE9X, the world’s largest jet engine with a fan that’s taller than a basketball hoop (see video above), and also the latest gas turbines and compressors. “At the GRC, we work with all the GE businesses to bring core technology to help them in their marketplaces,” says Luthra’s boss Mark Little, who runs GE Global Research. “We share very naturally from one to another.We call this the GE store.” CMCs are made from special silicon carbide ceramic fibers locked inside a ceramic matrix and covered with a thermal barrier coating (see video above). Last year, GE Aviation opened the first CMCs factory and formed a joint venture with Italy’s coatings maker Turbocoating to prepare for large-scale production of CMC parts. Both plants are in North Carolina.
GE’s Billion Dollar Bet On Ceramic Super Material Is Taking Off By Tomas Kellner People have been using ceramics for millennia, but the material’s practical applications have been mostly confined to the kitchen. “When you hit it, it fails catastrophically,” says Krishan Luthra, chief scientist for manufacturing and materials technologies at GE Global Research (GRC) in New York. Luthra, however, thought that ceramics, which can withstand higher heat than even the most advanced alloys, could also be the perfect material for jet engines and other machines that burn fuel and must handle enormous temperatures. “I thought it would be the Holy Grail if we could get it inside machines, and get more power and savings out of our engines,” he says. “It could really make an
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The LEAP, which recently powered the next-generation Airbus A320neo on a test flight (above), uses static turbine “shrouds” made from CMCs. But GE has already tested rotating parts made from the materials inside a jet engine turbine. This is a big deal. Unlike alloys, CMCs don’t need to be air-cooled and weigh one-third the weight of metal.As a result, rotating parts made from them generate smaller centrifugal forces, opening the way for smaller and lighter jet engines. “Going from nickel alloys to rotating ceramics inside the engine is the really big jump,” says Jonathan Blank, who leads CMC and advanced polymer matrix composite research at GE Aviation. “CMCs allow for a revolutionary change in jet engine design.” Luthra is happy with the results. “We took the long view and the high potential payoff justified the high risk,” he says.
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Gecko Grippers Moving On Up A piece of tape can only be used a few times before the adhesion wears off and it can no longer hold two surfaces together. But researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are working on the ultimate system of stickiness, inspired by geckos. Thanks to tiny hairs on the bottom of geckos’ feet, these lizards can cling to walls with ease, and their stickiness doesn’t wear off with repeated usage. JPL engineer Aaron Parness and colleagues used that concept to create a material with synthetic hairs that are much thinner than a human hair. When a force is applied to make the tiny hairs bend, that makes the material stick to a desired surface. “This is how the gecko does it, by weighting its feet,” Parness said. Behind this phenomenon is a concept called van der Waals forces. A slight electrical field is created because electrons orbiting the nuclei of atoms are not evenly spaced, so there are positive and negative sides to a neutral molecule.The positively charged part of a molecule attracts the negatively charged part of its neighbor, resulting in “stickiness.” Even in extreme temperature, pressure and radiation conditions, these forces persist. “The grippers don’t leave any residue and don’t require a mating surface on the wall the way Velcro would,” Parness said. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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In a microgravity flight test last year through NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate’s Flight Opportunities Program, the gecko-gripping technology was used to grapple a 20-pound (10 kilogram) cube and a 250-pound (100 kilogram) person. The gecko material was separately tested in more than 30,000 cycles of turning the stickiness “on” and “off ” when Parness was in graduate school at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Despite the extreme conditions, the adhesive stayed strong. Researchers have more recently made three sizes of hand-operated “astronaut anchors,” which could one day be given to astronauts inside the International Space Station. The anchors are made currently in footprints of 1 by 4 inches (2.5 by 10 centimeters), 2 by 6 inches (5 by 15 centimeters) and 3 by 8 inches (7.6 by 20 centimeters). They would serve as an experiment to test the gecko adhesives in microgravity for long periods of time and as a practical way for astronauts to attach clipboards, pictures and other handheld items to the interior walls of the station. Astronauts would simply attach the object to the mounting post of the gripper by pushing together the two components of the gripper. Parness and colleagues are collaborating with NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on this concept. “We might eventually grab satellites to repair them, service them, and we also could grab space garbage and try to clear it out of the way,” Parness said. The California Institute ofTechnology in Pasadena manages JPL for NASA.
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“There are structural impediments within the procurement process, within the funding process, that really keep us from the speed and scope of innovation whose potential is there,” said Jim Joyce, manufacturing specialist at Deloitte Consulting. A democratization of ideas that has led to explosive innovation in the commercial economy creates a major concern for the Pentagon and for traditional defense contractors that develop technology with government funding, he noted. “And the revolution will come, I believe, on the defense side when they start to tap into that,” he said. “The best ideas, the innovation, the adaptability, are not coming through traditional hierarchical organizational structures.”The innovation the Pentagon wants will happen “when we start to relook at the fairly hierarchical and rigid way that we innovate and procure. And that needs to change if we’re to really take advantage of the potential of the country’s economy and innovative people.” Another huge impediment to a commercial buying approach is that the Defense Department fears being fleeced by contractors. That creates a risk-averse culture that emphasizes process and has little tolerance for failure, said James Kenyon, director of advanced programs and technology at engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney. “This makes it very hard to introduce some of these more complex but much more revolutionary capabilities very rapidly,” he said. “We have a system that is more willing to tolerate a budget increase than a performance shortfall.And we just keep adding this and adding this, and so things take longer, they cost more.” It is not realistic to expect regulations to go away, Kenyon said. “I think if you deregulate too much, you do run the risk of the taxpayer getting ripped off.” The question is how to find a balance between
protecting taxpayer dollars and at the same time giving industry the flexibility to innovate. “I don’t know that there’s a good answer, which is why acquisition reform has been a buzzword for decades, and continues to be something that we continue to strive for and continue to struggle with.” Tapping into commercial innovations will be an uphill climb for the Pentagon, said Brennan Hogan, program manager at LMI Research Institute. “You’re trying to apply old regulations and old acquisition policies to new solutions. And there is also sometimes a fear of the unknown. If you don’t have all of the answers at the beginning or if the evaluators that are part of the acquisition process don’t understand it, instead of asking questions again and again to better educate the acquisition policy process, there is a fear and just a shutdown of the process,” she said. “The amount of complexity in the actual acquisition process prevents these new solutions from being applied.” The good news for the Pentagon’s innovation champions is that Congress seems to get the message. Both the House and the Senate are proposing a slew of new procurement rules that would encourage the use of commercial contracting practices. As one industry insider put it, “A tour of Silicon Valley isn’t going to get it done. You have to do business in some way that the Silicon Valley companies can recognize and respect.” In both the House and Senate versions of the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, there are provisions that would allow the Defense Department to act more like a commercial customer. “If we want to get nontraditional suppliers, we have to be willing to change the way we do business in DoD,” said retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles R. Davis, who served as the top military acquisition adviser to the secretary of the Air Force. “We also have to be willing to accept commercial products, commercial pricing and treat intellectual property in a totally different way than we do now,” he said. “If DoD doesn’t change its approach to commercial pricing, it will never be able to take advantage of the innovation.” Another piece of the puzzle that analysts are watching is how the influx of new suppliers might disrupt the small but entrenched industry that currently dominates the defense technology sector.
One of the industry’s most prominent analysts, Byron K. Callan, managing director of Capital Alpha Partners, has warned investors that the erosion of U.S. defense technology superiority is a “disruptive theme” for traditional suppliers. It’s unlikely that commercial firms have all the answers to vexing national security issues, he wrote in a research note. “As one would expect, some heritage defense firms may initially strive to oppose change as they are quite content with the current system, but others can and will adapt.” There are many defense sectors where demands are unique and where there will be no commercial competitors. Regardless, Callan said, the “institutionalization of efforts aimed at accessing commercial technologies and achieving faster innovation is an under-appreciated theme within the defense sector.” A greater push for reform by the Pentagon and Congress, he noted, “may result in new challenges to programs of record, and in some defense segments, commercial technology firms could potentially upend traditional defense contractor market positions and strategies.” A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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First Boeing 737 Max Fuselage Rolls Out In Kansas. Next Stop: Renton Assembly Line Steve Wilhelm S p i r i t Aerosystems celebrated Thursday as the first Boeing 737 Max fuselage rolled off the line in Wichita. Now all that’s waiting for final assembly are a few details, such as engines and wings, which will be added later on Boeing’s new third Renton assembly line. Employees at the Boeing (NYSE: BA) supplier took a break for a celebration, and Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback attended, according to KSN TV. The Wichita-built fuselage didn’t look much different than the fuselages the facility already builds for so called “Next Generation” 737s, which is the current model.
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Boeing’s jet backlog, by the way, is larger than the GDP of Belgium, the world’s 36th largest economy in 2014, according to the World Bank. Growth of the massive backlog is expected to pause this year, could even dip next year, as new orders slips after a five-year run. One of the most surprising turns is that the 787 “surge line,” in Everett which was opened in 2012 as a third Dreamliner production line when Boeing was struggling to get finished 787s delivered – has now become an efficiency drag. Boeing already is slowing production on the surge line, and will stop producing 787s there by the end of the year. After that it will use the line to slowly phase in the new and more automated method of building the 777, as a prelude to assembling the 777X. “Now that you’re stable, the teams are able to look ahead, to say ‘There’s a better way to do that, there’s a more efficient way to do this wing join, to do interiors,’” he said. “You can’t see when you’re going up every six months in rate. Stability brings productivity.” In particular, Smith pointed to the two 787 lines – one in North Charleston and the other in Everett – as a plus in terms of improving production practices. Both facilities have produced valuable lessons for the company, he said. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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Zinc pricing continued to slide down for the third consecutive week. • Zinc pricing ended the at $1,877.00/mt ($0.851/lb), down from $1,920.00/mt ($0.871/lb). Global zinc inventories continued to slide down for the seventh consecutive week. • London Metal Exchange inventories ended the week at 429,650 metric tons, while Shanghai Futures Exchange inventories remained flat. • Global zinc inventories ended at 606,864 metric tons, the lowest level in nearly six years. WEEKLY DOMESTIC STEEL PRODUCTION Weekly domestic steel production increased 1.1 percent U.S. mills produced 1760k tons of steel at a 73.6 percent capability utilization rate, this is an increase from the 1740k tons of steel produced at a 72.8 percent capability utilization rate previously. • The four-week moving average is 1,748k tons produced. This is the highest the average has been since February. The Northeast and Western regions increased their output last week, while the Midwest region decreased their output.The TSI IRON ORE Spot iron ore pricing continued to increase this week, now up for the fifth consecutive week. According to The Steel Index, spot iron ore pricing ended the week at $56.30/mt, up from $52.90/mt a week ago. • This is the highest week-end price for spot iron ore since the end of June. Stockpiles of iron ore at Chinese ports declined slightly this week, sliding to 71.3 Mt. • After declining by nearly 18 Mt from the start of the year, stockpiles have now remained relatively stable for the last seven weeks.
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Great Lakes and Southern regions were flat. • The Northeast region increased their output 9 percent from rising to 226k tons produced. • The Midwest region decreased their output 1.5 percent, falling to 201k tons produced.
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After slipping in June, light vehicle sales in the U.S. increased in July, now up for the second time in the last three months.
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed to buy Precision Castparts Corp., the maker of equipment for the aerospace and energy industries, in a deal valued at $37.2 billion, including debt. Bloomberg Berkshire will pay $235 per share in cash for all of Precision Castparts’ shares. Billionaire investorWarren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reached a deal to acquire aerospace supplier Precision Castparts in a deal valued at $37.2 billion, including the assumption of debt. It’s the largest deal ever for Nebraska native Buffett, who has long emphasized buying low, acquiring only things that you understand and investing for the long run, thus earning him the nickname “Oracle of Omaha.” Berkshire (BRK.A, BRK.B) said Monday that it would pay $235 per share in cash for all of Portland, Ore.-based Precision Castparts’ (PCP) shares. That represents a 21% premium on the stock’s Friday closing price of $193.88. “I’ve admired PCC’s operation for a long time,” Buffett said in a statement. “For good reasons, it is the supplier of choice for the world’s aerospace industry, one of the largest sources of American exports.” The companies expect the deal to close in the first quarter of 2016. A major ity of Precision Castparts shareholders must approve the deal. “This is right up there at the top” of expensive deals, Buffett told CNBC. “This a very high multiple for us to pay.”
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But Jim Shanahan, an Edward Jones analyst who tracks Berkshire, said Buffett didn’t overpay.
“The stock’s been down. It’s been hit pretty hard recently,” Shanahan said. “So from that standpoint it makes sense.This is a really good company with a very strong management team.” Precision Castparts will maintain its headquarters and brand. The company has about 29,350 employees at 157 manufacturing facilities. It derives about 72% of its revenue from aerospace business, with 15% coming from the energy industry and 13% coming from general industrial customers and other industries. Precision Castparts had $10 billion in revenue in its 2015 fiscal year with $1.5 billion in net income from continuing operations. The global manufacturer makes castings, forged components, aerostructures and fasteners for the aerospace market. It also produces pipe and fittings for the power business and many other parts. The company’s ties to the slumping energy market undermined its stock in recent months. PCP shares were down 20% for the year through Friday.
Shanahan, the Edward Jones analyst, said he expects Buffett to deploy his classic hands-off management strategy with Precision Castparts. “It seems like it fits very well,” Shanahan said. “They won’t be involved in the operations of the business. Good company at a fair price. It seems very consistent with whatWarren Buffett has been attracted to in the past. He’s said for many years that very large acquisitions are hard to identify. ” The deal is likely to take Berkshire out of the market for large acquisitions at least through the middle of 2016. The company recently helped orchestrate the combination of Kraft Foods Group with H.J. Heinz. Berkshire is also completing its acquisition of Procter & Gamble’s Duracell battery division. Aside from financial prospects, Buffett’s big deal could help clear the path for the 84-year-old investor’s eventual successor at Berkshire. By deploying $37 billion in capital on the Precision Castparts deal, Buffett is taking some pressure off his company’s next leader. “Anybody taking over the company from Warren Buffett — I think it’s potentially positive here that they would be able to focus on running the business as opposed to putting capital to work initially,” Shanahan said. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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As pressure for commercial aircraft fuel efficiency continues to mount, ceramic matrix composites evolve as they battle metals for application in the engine hot-zone and elsewhere. The airlines’ push for jet engine fuel efficiency shows no signs of abating. CW reported earlier this year that the average fuel burn per aircraft seat-km today compared to 1980 has been reduced by 27% for widebody aircraft and 35% for narrowbody models (see “Composites in commercial aircraft engines: 2014-2023,” under “Editor’s Picks,” at top right). But more ambitious reductions have been called for by the Advisory Council for Aviation Research in Europe (ACARE) in Flightpath 2050 — a 75% reduction in CO2 per passenger-km, a 90% reduction in nitrous oxide (NOx) emissions and a 65% reduction in noise by the year 2050 vs. performance levels recorded in 2000.The dire need for, and rather drastic depth of, such reductions are precisely the sort of situation where the subject of this report, composite matrix composites (CMCs), promise a solution. Notably, carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites (the subject of Part 2, which will appear in CW September) continue on an upward growth curve, but CFRP and CMC growth trajectories are on something of a collision course. According to Henrik Runnemalm, director of advanced engineering for Tier 1 supplier GKN Aerospace (Redditch, UK), “CFRP products are moving mainly from the front of the engine towards the back and also from the outside, moving inward.” With much higher temperature resistance, CMCs are moving in the opposite direction, i.e., from the rear — the engine “hot zone” — towards the front and from the inside towards the outside. “There will always be a mix of materials,” says Runnemalm, observing that integration of CFRP, CMCs and metals will be a challenge, including joining techniques, how to deal with the stress distribution, assembly and disassembly requirements and managing the transition between heat zones in the engine. The main types of CMCs include silicon carbide (SiC) fibers reinforcing a SiC matrix (SiC/SiC), carbon/carbon (C/C), C/SiC and Ox/Ox where the oxide is typically alumina. SiC/SiC components used in oxidationcausing environments must be protected, using environmental barrier coatings (EBCs), and even the SiC fibers must be coated to prevent attack from oxygen molecules diffusing through the porous matrix. Because they do not require a carbon coating on the fibers or EBCs, Ox/Ox composites offer lower cost. However, they lag in thermomechanical properties vs. SiC/SiC. GE Aviation (Cincinnati, OH, US) expects a tenfold increase in the use of CMCs in its engines over the next decade. One reason is that, unlike metals in the hot zone, CMCs don’t need to be air-cooled, freeing up flow to boost the engine’s propulsion and efficiency.
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GE’s first CMC parts to enter service will be the static first stage HP compressor shroud in the LEAP engine. Also called HP turbine shrouds, and reportedly some of the hottest parts in a turbofan, 18 of these direct airflow to ensure turbine blade efficiency. They are manufactured using SiC/SiC at GE’s CMC-dedicated Asheville, NC, US, factory, which also will make the inner and outer combustion liners and stage 1 and 2 nozzles for the GE9X engine.
These parts not only reduce cooling air requirements but also improve durability. Finished parts from Asheville will proceed to Advanced Ceramic Coatings (ACC, Hickory, NC), which operates from the US facility of surface treatment specialist Turbocoating (Rubbiano di Solignano, Italy). ACC will apply GE’s proprietary EBCs to protect SiC/SiC components from surface recession (erosion) and expects to deliver its first coated parts later this year. Although CMCs were first targeted to static applications, the real revolution, say proponents, will come with dropping weight and cooling in rotating parts. In February 2015, GE successfully tested CMC rotating parts in an F-14 military jet engine. Similar to the fan disk reduction enabled by CFRP fan blades, these CMC LP turbine blades allow smaller, lighter metal turbine disks and bearings and other parts can be downsized, multiplying weight savings by as much as a factor of three. According to GE Aviation’s CMC design section leader Jonathan Blank, replacing nickel alloys with CMCs inside the engine is a huge step and sets the stage for revolutionary jet engine design changes. GE is also exploring use of CMCs in helicopter engines and in gas turbines and compressors for electrical power plants.
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At Rolls-Royce (Manchester, UK), researchers tested SiC-SiC HP turbine blade tracks in 2013 and then SiC-SiC shroud segments, using a Trent 1000 test engine via the Environmentally Friendly Engine (EFE) program. The blade tracks — which could reduce component weight and engine cooling by 50% — also were key demonstrators in the US Federal Aviation Admin.’s (FAA,Washington, DC, US) Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions, and Noise (CLEEN) program. Testing is scheduled to run through 2015. The higher pressure ratios planned in Rolls-Royce’s Advance and UltraFan engines mean higher operating temperatures and increased NOx emissions — increases that could be mitigated through the use of CMCs.The company says it will definitely use CMCs in static parts, such as nozzles, and in its Vision10 strategy outline, its HP turbine goes shroudless, using, instead, a CMC liner. Pratt & Whitney (Hartford, CT, US) has said it sees low value for CMCs in static applications and, therefore, will focus CMC application efforts on rotating turbine blades and the combustor. In 2010, Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC, Longueuil, QC, Canada) tested a CMC reverse-flow combustor in a PW200-series rotorcraft engine, achieving a 30% NOx reduction at high power and a 20% cut in CO at low power vs. the standard metal unit. Patent application US 2014/0311152 A1 describes the annular combustor as having an inner liner comprising a dome portion, a small exit duct portion and a large exit duct portion, each an independently formed hemi-toroidal CMC shell.Although the combustor sees the highest temperatures in this engine, holes for cooling air delivery are not necessary, so no machining is required after liner sections are formed. In 2015, P&WC presented results from computer analysis of thermal stresses on a combustor molded with Ox/Ox materials from COI Ceramics (San Diego, CA, US). It analyzed flat and curved segmented panels as well as 360° annular parts and identified potential for delamination at temperature transitions and panel edges, tensile rupture on the cool side, and compressive damage accompanied with fiber buckling on the hot side and panel edges. However, adding an insulation layer reduced stresses by a factor of three.
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Dream-Car Creator Uses 3-D Printing To Overturn How Vehicles Are Made
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The weight of the Node-enabled chassis is up to 90 percent lighter than traditional cars, but Cinzger claims his cars are much stronger, more durable and bring better fuel economy and less wear on roads.
The Divergent Microfactories supercar seats two people, with the passenger behind the driver, like in a fighter jet. The Divergent Microfactories supercar seats two people, with the passenger behind the… more Kevin Czinger on Wednesday took the wraps off his dream supercar that he built on a 3-D printed chassis, but he doesn’t expect to sell many of them. Instead the former CEO of electric-car-maker-turned-battery-company Coda Automotive hopes to use the Blade, as he dubbed his car, to show a cheaper, faster and more environmentally friendly way to build vehicles. That’s why his Palo Alto-based startup is called Divergent Microfactories and is built around his patents for 3-D printed aluminum joints called Nodes that connect carbon fiber tubing to make up the Blade’s chassis. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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Czinger, who previously was CEO of failed electric car maker Coda Automotive, said his 3-D printed Nodes and microfactory idea can be used to build anything from an inexpensive economy car in China or India to a
His business plan is built around licensing his 3-D printing and manufacturing technology to small teams of innovators who will build and sell vehicles they design themselves. “We’ve found a way to make automobiles that radically reduces the pollution generated by manufacturing vehicles, which is far greater today than what comes out of the tailpipes of vehicles on the road,” Czinger told me. “We built the Blade to show it can be done without sacrificing
style or substance.” Receive Silicon Valley B u s i n e s s J o u r n a l ’s Morning Edition and Afternoon Edition newsletters and breaking news alerts. The first Blade took about 30 minutes to assemble, but will be made in 15 minutes or less in future microfactories, Czinger predicted. “Unlike current auto assembly lines, whether it is Toyota or Tesla, the car makers won’t be locked into a design that dictates what can be made and forces them to keep producing vehicles, whether or not they have been sold,” he said. “I want to democratize auto manufacturing,” Czinger said. “We want to put our platform in the hands of small entrepreneurial teams around the world who will set up their own microfactories and build their own cars and, eventually, other large, complex structures.These microfactories will make innovation affordable while reducing the health and environmental impacts of traditional manufacturing.” Divergent Microfactories unveiled its car and idea at Solid, an O’Reilly conference in San Francisco centered on new tech hardware ideas and the Internet of Things. Czinger is in the early stages of raising funds for his startup. “I don’t expect to make many Blades. I built this according to what I always wanted to own myself,” he told me. “But I do think that there will be some investors who will want and buy one, too.” Divergent’s plan to use 3-D printed parts in more efficient microfactories is similar to one touted earlier this year by another U.S. startup, Local Motors. That company unveiled a vehicle with 3-D printed chassis and outer shell that it is planning to build at its first microfactory in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Use of 3-D printing now is limited to a e r o s p a c e, s o m e Formula One race cars and by some mass production auto makers for rototypes of plastic components and some metal parts. A few small production vehicles — such as the Swedish
But its use in mass manufacturing of vehicles has been projected some time in the future. Czinger’s Divergent Microfactories and Local Motors hope to bring that day much closer.
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In the not too distant future a top tier OEM will reach out to a distributor of manufacturing tools and ask for help. They will have a problem that needs expeditious resolution and they won’t have the resources or the time to help themselves.They will need a “Center Of Excellence” to take their problem and turn it into a manufacturing methodology.The Center Of Excellence they choose will have ears to hear, the manufacturing knowledge of the latest in hardware and software, and the burning desire to help their customer as an extension of their own business, and act as a true partner. The Definition For A Center Of Excellence A Center Of Excellence refers to a team, a shared facility or an entity that provides leadership, best practices, research, support and/or training for a focus area. In technology companies, the Center Of Excellence concept is often associated with new software tools, new hardware tools, the latest in technologies or associated business concepts. In manufacturing, a center of excellence often refers to a team with a clear focus on a particular area of expertise; such a center may bring together many state of the art industry members from different disciplines and provide shared facilities to provide cutting edge solutions. The History of CNC Machine Services In the early 1980’s Mark Harris worked as a machine tool service engineer for a machine tool sales company in the Washington state area for years. The company he worked for went out of business. He was good at what he did and the machine shop owners he had previously worked with far and wide called him for his expertise of repair and for his advise on what was the best machine tool out there. In 1988 Mark worked on machines by day and loved the challenge of the repair business and worked by night at a local truck company for 6 months. Mark started working his repair business full time after he received so many requests for repair that his customers literally made him make it a full time business, which he named CNC Machine Services. If you repair a multitude of machine tools you get to know them from the inside out, so to speak as Mark did, and you become an expert and everyone wants help and advise from the best in their field, CNC Machine Services won this designation. Mark said, “When you repair many machine tools of various brands you get to know how the machines are made and the overall quality pretty well. And, when you talk to the business owners and they tell you about their business and what they are trying to do with these particular machine tools you can help them get to where they want to be with running a part a certain way or suggesting a different way of running the part.” As time passed and many machine tools were repaired, his customers A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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About sixteen years ago sales of new CNC machine tools started to overtake repair of older machines and Mark found himself growing his business from his customer loyalty and from their demand for the latest and greatest in CNC machine tools, automation systems and software. This changed the company business model from repair of anything and everything to a focus on customer progression and service of the machine tools they carry.They have become a factory-trained enterprise, an authority on many leading manufacturing brands for other categories of machine tools, and they have utilized most all of the best in CAD CAM software in conjunction with their machine tool lines.
Today CNC Machine Services looks out for each of their customers holistically; they are problem solvers, they are time study experts, they are software experts, they maintain their customer relationships as an extension of their customers’ business and vice versa. Mark said, “We helped an aerospace company make clevises on an 8 axis lathe. They were getting these clevises done in China. And, after we ran the parts, did the time studies and improved the processes, we gave the data to the customer and the customer said they were bringing these parts back to the US, because now they could make them efficiently, control the process, and be cost effective.We help our customers to have complete control over their processes.We take the solid model and program it into code to achieve the fastest and best end production method, we run time studies, we choose the best cutters, the fastest tool paths, we document the processes, and actually make the parts and inspect them with the best of inspection systems. When we go back to the customer we hand them a perfect part and a viable solution to their problem and a system to run them and help them to be self-sufficient. The solution may involve robotics, it may involve automation, but what ever it is we offer a well-rounded world-class solution, as I like to call it, from soup to nuts! And, we are in this for the long haul, we may just help them out and not sell a thing, but we will get the next one.” CNC Machine Services has evolved into a world-class center of excellence. They have the highly trained personnel from programmers to machinists and they have one of the best machine tools in the Mazak machine line. They also have the fastest and one of the highest quality software companies behind them, Delcam. Mark said, “I used to use a brand-X CAD CAM software for mill-turn work and I was sold a package that supposedly would work, well it didn’t. I couldn’t support my customers with software that didn’t work and had no support so I had to do some quick research. I made it my personal mission to go out and test every CAD CAM software solution I could find and I found the best, Delcam’s FeatureCAM. I found the FeatureRecognition the best on the market and it was easy to use compared to its competition. To be able to make code from a solid model in minutes won me over. There’s no other software package out there that can even come close to doing that! So when I would show my customers what the software could do they would buy a seat of the software with the machine tool I sold them.We’ve sold a seat of Delcam software with every Mill Turn machine we’ve ever
sold, they just go together that well and the software makes the machine that much better and easier to program.” Mark continued, “Our customer service is second to none and like wise our customer support from Delcam is second to none, they will do what ever it takes to get our customers what they need and their response time is lightening fast. We’ve been dealing with Delcam for over 5 years and when we started with them it was like taking the blinders off, I finally found someone just like us, all about the customer and the customer’s success.” The 5 in 5 Project Mark believes in working with partners to teach his customers techniques that will help them be more productive and profitable. “We are working on a new program with our Delcam Account Manager Ben Gowers for 5-axis machining that Ben and I believe will take the fear of 5-axis programing away.” CNC Machines services works very closely with Ben on all of their projects and he was eagerly up to the challenge. Ben commented, “Working with CNC Machine is fantastic. Mark is always willing to listen and is up to new ideas in educating his customers on new technology. Our next project we are calling the 5 in 5 project, which takes a solid model and creates code in 5 minutes, and then the machining of the part on a 5-axis Mazak machine tool is completed in 5 minutes. I wouldn’t say 5-axis machining is simple, but we wanted to make it so people that have never tried it would be more comfortable and would try it with the fear factor removed.” CNC Machine Services and Delcam will be showing this process at the annual open house in Snohomish, WA. Mark says “Anyone can learn that programing a part and cutting it on a 5-axis Mazak machine tool can be simple. Getting our customers to the point they have a useful part that they have made themselves will give them something to build on, so they have no fear of 5-axis machining and what it can do for them.”
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F-35B Leaps Off Ski Jump For The First Time The F-35B jump-jet version of the Joint Strike Fighter has completed its first takeoff from a ski jump, the Pentagon announced Tuesday. The stealthy fifth-generation fighter jet designed to fly like a plane and land like a helicopter accomplished the task Friday from a test-ramp at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland, according to Joe DellaVedova, a spokesman for the Pentagon’s F-35 program. “This test is one of the milestones along the way for integrating the F-35B aboard UK and Italian aircraft carriers,” he said in an e-mail. Both countries plan to deploy their short takeoff and vertical-landing (STOVL) versions of the jet aboard carriers equipped with a ski jump, a feature that allows aircraft to carry more weight despite taking off from a short runway. The Joint Strike Fighter is the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program, estimated to cost about $400 billion to purchase a total of 2,457 aircraft for the Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy. U.S. allies are expected to buy hundreds more. The U.K. plans to buy nearly 140 of the aircraft, all F-35B variants; Italy expects to purchase 90 of the jets, including 30 F-35B models.
The Royal Navy aims to deploy the planes on the new HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier, to be commissioned next year, and eventually the HMS Prince of Wales, to be launched around 2017.The Italian navy, meanwhile, will have to modify its Cavour light aircraft carrier to accommodate the new jets. By comparison, the U.S. Navy is buying the F-35C, which is designed to work with the catapults and arresting gear used aboard the larger American aircraft carriers. “This test was a success for the joint ski jump team,” Peter Wilson, the BAE Systems test pilot and Briton who flew the June 19 mission, said in a press release. “The aircraft performed well and I can’t wait until we’re conducting F-35 ski jumps from the deck of the Queen Elizabeth carrier.” In the picture above, note the F-35B has its nozzle directed downward to maximize rate of ascent. In the release, Gordon Stewart, flying qualities engineer representing the UK Ministry of Defence, touted the aircraft’s higher degree of automation during takeoffs and landings. “For ski jump launches, the aircraft recognizes when it is on the ramp and responds by positioning the control surfaces and nozzles automatically for takeoff and climb,” he said. “We’ll be using these results — along with those from future testing — to help us prepare for the first shipboard ski jump launch from HMS Queen Elizabeth.” A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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“The space companies in general are viewed as a real strategic development opportunity,” Hall said. “It’s very much a growth opportunity for us. We’re excited about it.” For instance SpaceShipTwo – entrepreneur and billionaire Richard Branson’s project to carry tourists into outer space – is using a unique rubber-like insulating material made by Esterline unit Kirkhill Elastomers in California, to insulate its solid-fuel rocket motor. NASA once used the same material inside the solid-fuel booster for the Space Shuttle, but with the end of that program, that market is gone. While Branson’s project has been set back by the November crash of SpaceShip Two, which was due to a pilot error, Hall expects growth there. “It’s going to depend on them getting a little bit further on this program,” he said. “But the outlook is for this to pick up quite rapidly over the next few years.” Esterline unit Hytek Finishes, in Kent, also has done metal finishing work for Blue Origin, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ rocket launch company. Another Esterline product called Fastblock, which the company also makes in California, is a ceramic-based fire protection material that can protect composite structures from the heat of a rocket engine. While this material has been used in government projects, private sector companies such as SpaceX, the launch company owned by entrepreneur Elon Musk, will be an important future growth area for Esterline. SpaceX has a satellite office in Redmond.
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Whidbey Island ratified their second four-year contract Friday, which included substantial raises for the workers. The contract for about 140 workers, members of District Lodge 751, gives wage increases of 2.5 percent in the first year, 2.5 percent in the second year, 2 percent in the third year and 3 percent in the fourth year, plus an additional 8 cents an hour starting this November. The contract is with URS Corp., a San Francisco-based supplier of engineering and technical services to large installations around the world. Sign Up for Newsletters & Alerts Receive Puget Sound Business Journal’s Morning Edition and Afternoon Edition newsletters and breaking news alerts. In addition, the civilian contractors at the military base also will retain their pensions, with payments into those pension funds to increase from the current 60 cents hourly to $1.40. The pension win is a boost for District Lodge 751, which in early 2014 was pressured by Boeing and local government officials to vote down their own pensions, in exchange for Boeing building the 777X final assembly in Washington. This week’s win suggests that the unions are far from enfeebled by the Boeing loss.
Machinists Score Contract Win At Naval Air Station Whidbey Island The contractors work on EA-18G Growlers, built by Boeing, like this one landing at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island for the first time, in 2007. The contractors work on EA18G Growlers, built by Boeing, like this one landing at Naval.
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“The bargaining committee worked hard, kept the membership unified and made sure everyone knew what was at stake,” Holden said. “They stuck together and spoke with one voice. It was a great job by our members.” While the Machinists were weakened by the Boeing loss, they have been picking up steam by organizing aerospace suppliers in Washington state. Late in May, Cadence-Giddens Aerospace in Everett became a union shop. Prior to that, the union organized Jorgensen Forge, one of the largest forging companies in the region, where they recently ratified a contract. Other local aerospace companies that have unionized under the Machinists include Aim Aerospace, BAE Systems, Hytek Finishes, Pexco andTriumph Composites.
Sub Killers On Whidbey: High-Tech Boeing Attack Planes To Arrive In 2016 The U.S. Navy is spending tens of millions of dollars to make a Whidbey Island home for its new Boeing-built P-8A submarine surveillance and attack aircraft. The Boeing 737-derivatives, fitted out with anti-submarine weapons and sonar instead of seats packed with vacationers as found on civilian 737s, will start arriving at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in 2016, said Mike Welding, public affairs officer for the base. Within three years the entire six squadrons of 42 P-8A aircraft will be at the Whidbey base, and the four squadrons of four-engine Lockheed Martin Electra-based P-3 aircraft will leave. Those have been in service since 1962. By that time Naval Air Station Whidbey Island will become the headquarters for P-8As on the West Coast, and a Navy base in Jacksonville, Fla. will be headquarters for the East Coast. This will be a significant step for the Boeingbuilt submarine attack aircraft, also called the Poseidon, which have been a success story for Boeing. Assembled in the same building where Boeing builds wings for all its 737 models, the P-8A Poseidons are completed as surveillance and attack aircraft at a large hangar off Boeing Field. To prepare for the Whidbey Island arrival, the Navy is spending $48.3 million to expand Hangar 6 to maintain and support the aircraft, and another $36.1 million for a two-story flight simulator training facility.
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The latter will be a boon for Whidbey Island residents, because the more advanced flight simulators mean that more pilot training will be done in the simulators. That means fewer actual flights by P-8As, which are quite loud. “More training can be accomplished in the simulators, up to 70 percent,” Welding said. The aircraft are about as loud as the P-3s, but they climb more quickly,
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For instance they will carry 120 sonar buoys that can be dropped in the water to track submarines, twice as many as the P-3s. In addition they have far more powerful radar and communications systems, and open computer architecture, so they can be upgraded as technology improves. The Navy plans to eventually buy 108 P-8As to replace 196 P-3s. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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form its magnets. These are claimed to produce a stronger magnetic field than the superconductors used in other tokomak designs (Iter, designed before REBCO became available, uses two superconductors, niobium-tin and niobium-titanium), which in turn means that the fusion reactor can be smaller, about half the size of Iter’s 6m diameter: this means it would also be cheaper and quicker to build. REBCO becomes superconducting at temperatures of around 90-100K, rather than the 4K critical temperature of Iter’s magnets; this means that cooling can be achieved with liquid neon, hydrogen or even nitrogen rather than liquid helium, making cryogenics simpler and cheaper. The design, which was the result of a student design project following on from a reactor design course led by Dennis Whyte, director of MIT’s plasma science and fusion centre, features a few refinements to the Iter-type design.These are described in a paper co-written by Whyte, PhD student Brandon Sorbom and colleagues in the journal Fusion Engineering and Design.
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Specially-designed joints in the magnets allow the core of the tokamak, the toroidal vacuum vessel, to be removable without the need for dismantling the entire device, making it very suitable for research and systems optimisation.The ‘blanket’ of the device, the component which faces the hot fusion plasma while also capturing the fast neutrons generated by the fusion process (which both allows the heat to be recovered from the reaction and also generates the radioactive isotope of hydrogen, tritium, which is one of the raw materials for fusion), is not a series of solid blocks as it is in Iter. 3/27/2015 9:01:52 AM 1/8/2015 8:57:17 AM
Instead, it’s composed of a molten salt known as FLiBe (a mixture of lithium and beryllium fluoride) which is circulated slowly and continuously around the inner walls of the torus at a temperature of about 900K. FLiBe is a proposed solvent for use in liquid fluoride thorium reactors — fission reactors that run on thorium fuel rather than uranium — and there is a large body of research on its properties and industrial use. This is also easy to replace, Whyte said, making maintenance easier.
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The 10,000 Year Clock The full scale 10,000 Year Clock is now under construction. While there is no completion date scheduled, we do plan to open it to the public once it is ready. The essay below by Long Now board member Kevin Kelly discusses what we hope the Clock will be once complete. This is one of several projects by Long Now to creatively foster long-term thinking in the context of the next 10,000 years. There is a Clock ringing deep inside a mountain. It is a huge Clock, hundreds of feet tall, designed to tick for 10,000 years. Every once in a while the bells of this buried Clock play a melody. Each time the chimes ring, it’s a melody the Clock has never played before. The Clock’s chimes have been programmed to not repeat themselves for 10,000 years. Most times the Clock rings when a visitor has wound it, but the Clock hoards energy from a different source and occasionally it will ring itself when no one is around to hear it. It’s anyone’s guess how many beautiful songs will never be heard over the Clock’s 10 millennial lifespan. The Clock is real. It is now being built inside a mountain in westernTexas.This Clock is the first of many millennial Clocks the designers hope will be built around the world and throughout time.There is a second site for another Clock already purchased at the top of a mountain in eastern Nevada, a site surrounded by a very large grove of 5,000-yearold bristlecone pines. Appropriately, bristlecone pines are among the longest-lived organisms on the planet. The designers of the Clock in Texas expect its chimes will keep ringing twice as long as the oldest 5 millennia-old bristlecone pine.Ten thousand years is about the age of civilization, so a 10K-year Clock would measure out a future of civilization equal to its past. That assumes we are in the middle of whatever journey we are on – an implicit statement of optimism. The Clock is now being machined and assembled in California and Seattle. Meantime the mountain inTexas is being readied.Why would anyone build a Clock inside a mountain with the hope that it will ring for 10,000 years?
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I want to build a clock that ticks once a year.The century hand advances once every 100 years, and the cuckoo comes out on the millennium. I want the cuckoo to come out every millennium for the next 10,000 years. That’s Danny Hillis, a polymath inventor, computer engineer, and designer, inventor and prime genius of the Clock. He and Stewart Brand, a cultural pioneer and trained biologist, launched a non-profit foundation to build at least the first Clock. Fellow traveler and rock musician Brian Eno named the organization The Long Now Foundation to indicate the expanded sense of time the Clock provokes – not the short now of next quarter, next week, or the next five minutes, but the “long now” of centuries. Eno also composed the never-repeating melody generator that rings the Clock’s chimes inside the mountain. Other people unhappy with our society’s shortattention span are part of this group, including me, one of its charter officers. This Clock in the Mountain is being funded and built on property owned by Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com. Bezos is also active in designing the full experience of the Clock. The first step in this multi-decade project was to construct a working 8-foot-tall prototype. This test version was finished (just in time) on New Year’s Eve 1999. At the stroke of midnight, the prototype 10,000-year Clock bonged twice to usher in the new millennia, the year 2000, in front of a small crowd at its temporary home in the Presidio, San Francisco.The Clock now resides in the London Science Museum. Somewhat worrisome, there have been moments when it was not wound. Con’t next page A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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In contrast to the human-scale of the prototype, the Clock in the mountain will be monumental, almost architectural in scale. It will be roughly 200 feet tall. Located under a remote limestone mountain near Van Horn, Texas, it will require a day’s hike to reach its interior gears. Just reaching the entrance tunnel situated 1500 feet above the high scrub desert will leave some visitors out of breath, nicked by thorns, and wondering what they got themselves into.
Round the tunnel and up the tube toward the light you head. The first part of the Clock you encounter on the ascent up the spiral staircase is the counterweights of the Clock’s drive system. This is a huge stack of stone disks, about the size of a small car, and weighing 10,000 pounds. Depending on when the clock was last wound, you may have to climb 75 feet before you reach the weights. After you pass the weights, you arrive at the winding station. It is a horizontal windlass, or a capstan like the turnstile on an old sailing vessel that winds up an anchor. It takes two or three visitors to push around the capstan of the clock and to lift its 10,000-pound stones.You rotate around until you can no further. Now the clock is wound. You keep climbing. For the next 70-80 feet of ascent you pass 20 huge horizontal gears (called Geneva wheels), 8 feet in diameter, each weighing 1,000 pounds.This is the mechanical computer that calculates the over 3.5 million different melodies that the chimes will ring inside the mountain over the centuries.The chimes never repeat so that every visitor’s experience is unique, and the calculated variety creates a sense of progressive time, rather than endless recycling. And “calculate” is the correct word, because cut into the gears is an elaborate system of slots and sliding pins, which, much like a Babbage Difference Engine, will perform digital calculations, generating the next sequence of the ten bells. Only the Clock calculates without electricity, using your stored energy to moving its physical logic gates and bits. This is the world’s slowest computer. On days when visitors are there to wind it, the calculated melody is transmitted to the chimes, and if you are there at noon, the bells start ringing their unique one-time-only tune.The 10 chimes are optimized for the acoustics of the shaft space, and they are big. Finally, way out of breath, you arrive at the primary chamber. Here is the face of the Clock. A disk about 8 feet in diameter artfully displays the natural cycles of astronomical time, the pace of the stars and the planets, and the galactic time of the Earth’s procession. If you peer deep into the Clock’s workings you can also see the time of day.
To see the Clock you need to start at dawn, like any pilgrimage. Once you arrive at its hidden entrance in an opening in the rock face, you will find a jade door rimmed in stainless steel, and then a second steel door beyond it. These act as a kind of crude airlock, keeping out dust and wild animals. You rotate its round handles to let yourself in, and then seal the doors behind you. It is totally black.You head into the darkness of a tunnel a few hundred feet long. At the end there’s the mildest hint of light on the floor.You look up. There is a tiny dot of light far away, at the top of top of a 500 foot long vertical tunnel about 12 feet in diameter. There is stuff hanging in the shaft.
But in order to get the correct time, you need to “ask” the clock.When you first come upon the dials the time it displays is an older time given to the last person to visit. If no one has visited in a while, say, since 8 months and 3 days ago, it will show the time it was then.To save energy, the Clock will not move its dials unless they are turned, that is, powered, by a visitor.The Clock calculates the correct time, but will only display the correct time if you wind up its display wheel. So yet another handturned wheel awaits your effort to update the face of time. This one is much easier to wind because the dial motion consumes less power than ringing bells. You start winding and the calendar wheels whirr until BING, it stops and it shows the current date and time.
The dot of light beckons you.You begin the ascent.You start climbing a continuous spiral staircase, winding up the outer rim of the tunnel, rising toward the very faint light overhead. The stairs are carved out of the rock. The material above each step has been removed from the tunnel leaving astoundingly precise rock stairs.To cut the spiral staircase Stuart Kendall of Seattle Solstice invented a special stone slicing robot to continuously grind out the stairs at the rate of a few stairs per day. His robot incrementally creeps downward while the debris falls into the central shaft out of the way.
So how does the Clock keep going if no one visits it for months, or years, or perhaps decades? If it is let to run down between visits, who would keep resetting it? The Clock is designed to run for 10,000 years even if no one ever visits (although it would not display the correct time till someone visited). If there is no attention for long periods of time the Clock uses the energy captured by changes in the temperature between day and night on the mountain top above to power its time-keeping apparatus. In a place like a top of a mountain, this diurnal difference of tens of degrees in temperature is significant and thus powerful.Thermal power has been used for small mantel clocks before, but it has not been
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done before at this scale. The differential power is transmitted to the interior of the Clock by long metal rods. As long as the sun shines and night comes, the Clock can keep time itself, without human help. But it can’t ring its chimes for long by itself, or show the time it knows, so it needs human visitors. If the sun shines through the clouds more often than expected, and if the nights are colder than usual, the extra power generated by this difference (beyond what is ordinarily needed to nudge the pendulum) will bleed over into the Clock weights. That means that over time, in ideal conditions, the sun will actually wind up the chimes, and wind them up sufficiently for them to ring when no one is there. The rotating dials, gears, spinning governor, and internal slips of pins and slots within the Clock will be visible only if you bring your own light. The meager dot of light above is not sufficient to see much otherwise. Lights off, the Clock sits in near total darkness, talking to itself in slow clicks, for perhaps years at a time. In the darkness you can hear things moving, crisp non-random pings, like a crude thought trying to form inside a dim unlit brain. Shining your light around the rest of the chamber you’ll see the pendulum and escapement encased in a shield of quartz glass – to keep out dust, air movements, and critters. The pendulum, which governs the timing of the Clock, is a 6-feet-long titanium assembly terminating with football-sized titanium weights. It swings at a satisfyingly slow 10-second period. The slight clicks of its escapement echo loudly in the silence of the mountain. Building something to last 10,000 years requires both a large dose of optimism and a lot of knowledge. There’s a huge geek-out factor in the Clock because the engineering challenges are formidable. What do you build with that won’t corrode in 100 centuries? How do you keep it accurate when no one is around?The Clock’s technical solutions are often ingenious. Almost any kind of artifact can last 10 millennia if stored and cared for properly.We have examples of 5,000-year-old wood staffs, papyrus, or leather sandals. On the other hand, even metal can corrode in a few years of rain. For longevity a 10K year environment is more important than the artifact’s material.The mountain top in Texas (and Nevada) is a high dry desert, and below, in the interior tunnel, the temperature is very even over seasons and by the day (55 degrees F) – another huge plus for longevity since freeze-thaw cycles are as corrosive as water. Dry, dark and stable temperatures are what archivists love. It’s an ideal world for a ceaseless Clock. Still, the Clock is a machine with moving parts, and parts wear down and lubricants evaporate or corrode. Most of the Clock will be made in a marine grade 316 stainless steel. Because the engineering tolerances of the huge Clock are in fractions of an inch, rather than thousandths, the microscopic expansion by a film of rust won’t hurt the time keeping. The main worry of the Clockmakers is that elements of a 10K-year Clock — by definition — will move slowly.The millennial dial creeps so slowly it can be said to not move at all during your lifetime. Metals in contact with each other over those time scales can fuse – defeating the whole purpose of an ongoing timepiece. Dissimilar metals in contact can eat each other in galvanic corrosion.To counteract these tendencies some of the key moving parts of the Clock are non-metal — they are stone and hi-tech ceramics.
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The Army’s also planning multiple upgrades for the 1980s-vintage Patriot. The simplest is a new digital processor for the radar. “You guys can’t imagine, we have a processor that’s twenty years old,” Shyu said scornfully. “It’s a brick.” The Patriot will also get a new radar, an active electronically scanned array (AESA) with greater range and sharper discrimination. Industry could deliver this “lower tier AESA” today, Shyu said, and the planned program start is 2017, but budget cuts may slow that down. Most dramatically, Patriot is already getting a new missile, the Missile Segment Enhanced (MSE) currently in low-rate initial production. “It provides much higher altitude, much longer range,” Shyu said. As a result, she said “this is a missile that in high demand across the different COCOMs today.We can’t produce it fast enough.”
In the longer term, many experts see laser weapons as a much-needed revolution in missile defense: Lasers can keep shooting as long as the electricity keeps flowing, with no worries about running out of expensive interceptors. “Later on this fall, we’re actually going to be testing some high energy laser systems at WSMR,”White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Shyu said. The Army’s flagship laser, the High Energy Laser Mobile Demonstrator (HEL-MD), has already shot down drones and mortar rounds with a proof-of-concept 10 kilowatt weapon. Next year, it’ll be upgraded to a 50-60 watt weapon. Coordinating all these disparate weapons will be a single Integrated Battle Command System. IBCS is the Army missile defense community’s top priority, and the service is working to make it share data with the Missile Defense Agency’s C2BMC. “We have to marry the two together,” Shyu said.
Marines Pushing Forward With F-35 Conversion After IOC The US Marine Corps must “extract every ounce of life” from its inventory of ageing combat types as it transitions to the multimission Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) over the next 16 years, says the general in charge of the service’s aviation branch. The USMC is wholly dependent on buying 353 short take-off and vertical landing F-35Bs and 67 carrier-based F-35Cs to replace its larger force of Boeing AV-8B Harriers and F/A-18 Hornets, and Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowlers. It recently declared initial operational capability with the first F-35B combat squadron based in Yuma, Arizona. Replacing the F/A-18 Hornet will take 15 years, concluding in 2030. In the interim, the US Navy and USMC are extending the service life of their legacy Hornets from 6,000h to over 9,000h. The Hornets are being overhauled at the navy’s Fleet Readiness Centre-Southwest in San Diego, California, at a rate of 40 to 50 aircraft per year. “You have to take care of the Harrier and Classic F-18 for this major transition,” US Marine Corps deputy commandant for aviation Lt Gen Jon Davis said at the US Centre for Strategic and International Studies on 12 August. “It’s a strategic imperative to the Marine Corps to take good care of these airplanes.”
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The F-35’s electronic warfare suite will allow the marines to get by without the EA-6B, which entered service in the 1970s and is the service’s primary asset for jamming and attacking enemy air defence radar sites and communications hubs. The four remaining Prowler squadrons at Cherry Point in North Carolina will be retired at a rate of one per year beginning in 2016. “The F-35 for us is that fifth-generation platform that is going to change the battlefield, much like the [Bell Boeing] V-22, giving us access to the contested battle space,” says Davis. “For our adversaries it will be quite worrisome, but for us it will be a source of great comfort.” To date, the Marine Corps has trained and qualified upwards of 50 F-35B pilots and about 500 maintenance personnel.The first combat
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squadron,VMFA-121, was declared operational on 31 July, with the next unit, VMA-211 – which currently flies Harriers – to receive its first F-35 in 2016. The first Hornet squadron to transition will be VMFA-122 based at MCAS Beaufort in South Carolina. That squadron is being stood up about one year earlier than planned due to the purchase of six additional F-35Bs to replace F/A-18s destroyed in combat. Davis says the Marine Corps is moving away from single-purpose aircraft to multi-mission platforms, and the F-35’s upgrade to Block 3F in 2017 will allow it to carry about 1,360kg (3,000lb) more ordnance than the F/A-18. Block 3F will allow the F-35 to carry external weapons. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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bulge. Although A similar thing also happened the next day on Monday. “This is the first time solar power plants were able to deliver peak load,” says Robert Roesner, high power electronics engineer at GE Global Research in Munich, Germany.
Artificially grown silicon carbide (SiC). The material is so hard it’s been used to make sand paper. Image credit: Getty Images Above and below: Solar panel’s covering the roof of a GE plant in Berlin, Germany. They supply electricity to the company first hybrid power plant.
Solar panels are becoming so widespread that a new forecast from Bloomberg New Energy Finance estimates that New Diamond-like Material is Helping3/31/15 12:18 PM by 2040, rooftop solar $PAC-089_A2Z_Manufacturing_3.875x5.125_AprMay2015.indd 1 power will be cheaper Solar Power than electricity in the grid in every major The energy usage economy and will cur ves of most account for more than a third of new power capacity worldwide. industrial countries – or load curves - have long resembled a crumpled fedora hat. They rise sharply at daybreak as people start brewing coffee and companies switch on machines, then peak twice – in the morning and the late afternoon, before dropping off after dinner. Utilities usually crank up their turbines and bring extra power plants online to cover the “peak” demand.
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Roesner and his team in GE labs are now hoping to give this solar revolution a boost. They are using chips made from a material called silicon carbide (SiC) to build superefficient “inverters” that switch direct current (DC) generated by solar panels into alternating current (AC) that flows from the wall outlet. “This material stands to revolutionize power electronics,” says Danielle Merfeld, global technology director for electrical technologies and systems at GE Global Research. SiC takes the best features from diamond, one of the toughest materials in the world, and combines them with the properties of silicon, which is inside every computer and every smart phone. The results can be quite powerful. For example, SiC can shrink the size of a one megawatt inverter, which can supply 500 homes, by 35 percent. The material also allows engineers to switch DC to AC in tiny incremental steps, rather than big jumps, and increase power conversion efficiency by about 1 percent, compared to today’s standards. “Right now inverters are about 98 percent efficient so a one percent gain may not seem like much,” Roesner says. “But with the huge installed base, the gains will quickly add up.” So few losses also means that the converter doesn’t generate as much heat
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Lockheed Martin is developing the JAGM for launch from the Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, the Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Navy MH-60R helicopter, and the Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter. The Lockheed Martin JAGM has a multi-mode guidance section with semiactive laser (SAL) sensor for precision-strike and a fire-and-forget millimeter wave (MMW) radar for moving targets in all-weather conditions.
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JAGM can engage several different stationary and moving targets in the bad weather, smoke and dust, and advanced countermeasures. Laser and radar guided engagement modes enable JAGM to strike accurately and reduce collateral damage, Lockheed Martin officials say. JAGM’s targets include moving and stationary armored combat vehicles; air defense units; patrol craft; artillery; missile launchers; radar sites; command-and-control nodes; bunkers; and other structures in urban and complex terrain. The modular and low-risk JAGM design includes the Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire missile body and the new multi-mode seeker.The JAGM guidance section blends semi-active laser guidance and millimeter wave radar to guide the new missile to its target. Future improvements may include an uncooled infrared sensor in a new tri-mode seeker. On the contract announced Friday Lockheed Martin will develop the new missile in anticipate of follow-on production contracts. The company will do the work in Orlando, Fla., and should be finished by July 2017. For more information contact Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control online at www.lockheedmartin.com/us/mfc, or the Army Contracting Command-Redstone at www.acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc-rsa.
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WorldNGV is converting gasoline and diesel fueled engines for their customers into lower cost, high performing fleet vehicles. Driven by a primary goal to reduce emissions and improve the quality of our air, WorldNGV optimizes vehicle engine performance while providing a clean alternative fuel option – Compressed Natural Gas or CNG. And the trend is rapidly gaining momentum across the country. Garret R. Alpers, President and CEO, founded WorldCNG in 2000. He recently changed the company name to WorldNGV in order to more accurately describe his product, “Natural Gas Vehicle.” Armed with a background in creating high performance engines and a vision for the future, Garret identified the need to develop and promote a clean, efficient and more affordable fuel solution for the multitude of light, medium and heavy duty fleet vehicles that daily traverse our streets and highways. Offering an alternative to gasoline and diesel fuel, WorldNGV designs, builds, and installs conversion units for modifying conventional engines to burn compressed natural gas, thereby reducing harmful emissions and all but eliminating polluting particulates while significantly reducing fuel costs. WorldNGV customer fleets range from luxury coaches and shuttle busses to all manner of light, medium and heavy duty delivery and service vehicles. In addition to compressed natural gas,WorldNGV
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However, any part produced using additive manufacturing techniques will only be as good as the metal powder used to print it. Unless additive manufacturers precisely control the materials that they use, they can end up making parts containing significant defects, said Wimpenny. This can prove extremely costly, since the materials used for additive manufacturing are often very expensive. Titanium powder, for example, can account for up to one third of the overall cost of the process. “It seems obvious, but industry has been a little slow to focus on the materials,” he said. “Companies have spent a lot of time looking at the hardware and not at the materials coming in.” All of the materials entering the MTC’s laboratories are thoroughly tested, and the researchers have found that not all batches of powder meet their specifications. “We find subtle differences between powders, including both new and recycled powders, which do not manifest themselves using more traditional test methods, and are critical for the performance of the machinery,” said Wimpenny. Since not all manufacturing companies have the ability to test their incoming powders this thoroughly, these variations can lead to significant problems, he said. “The machines can fail to build parts, even though the powder passes conventional specification tests.” As the field of additive manufacturing is still relatively new, many specification tests carried out are based on those used for more conventional powder metallurgy processes. However, these tests can prove unreliable when applied to additive manufacturing, he said.
Ask any engineer where the future of manufacturing lies, and high on their list of technologies will be 3D printing. The technology, also known as additive manufacturing, allows components that are too complex to be built using conventional techniques to be produced at the touch of a button. Additive manufacturing also makes it possible for engineers to design and build individual parts using different materials, each of which give the finished component a particular property. Additive manufacturing allows engineers to make complex components at the touch of a button. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST
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Researchers at the MTC test incoming powder in three ways, according to Dr Jason Dawes, technology leader for particulate engineering at the centre. Firstly, the researchers analyse the powder’s chemical properties. “The chemistry is arguably the most important thing to test, because if the material is not within its chemical specifications it will affect the way the part forms, in terms of its mechanical properties and how it fatigues,” said Dawes. In particular these tests look for the presence of chemicals such as nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon or oxygen, with the latter a particular concern in aerospace components. They then analyse the flow properties of the material. If the powder
does not flow freely, it will not form an even layer over the base of the build chamber. This in turn results in gaps in the powder coverage, said Wimpenny. “It doesn’t matter how good you are at controlling a laser or an electron beam, if there isn’t the metal in that position there to melt, you will end up with defects in the part,” he said. Typically, these defects can take the form of voids, or holes within the part. When more material is applied on top of these holes, fresh powder can fill the void and may not be melted by the laser or electron beam. This results in a defect within the part that can be difficult to spot using non-destructive testing techniques, as the loose powder masks the hole. Existing techniques for analysing the flow properties of the powder tend to be quite simplistic, and do not provide detailed information, said Dawes. “We’re interested in how the material flows from a storage hopper, and how it then spreads across the build chamber, and how it packs in a thin layer,” he said. “This is information that you can’t get from simplistic techniques,
you need to use much more advanced technologies.” The researchers are using a technique called shear cell analysis, which effectively measures how easily a powder, initially at rest, can be made to flow. The force required to shear the sample tells the operator how free-flowing it is. Conventional measurement techniques have tended to define the size of particles using what is known as the equivalent sphere, said Dawes. They do this by taking the volume of a particle, and defining its size as that of the diameter of a sphere of the same volume, he said. These analysis techniques are important, not just for new powder entering the additive manufacturing process, but also for powder already in the build chamber that must be recycled, Dawes said. A build chamber may contain 190 kilograms of unfused support powder for every 10kg worth of printed part, he said. “One of the big selling points of the technology is that you can get much closer to the geometry (of your finished part), or what’s known as near-net shape,” he said. “But there is no point in that if you have 190kg of wasted material, so you have to be able to recycle the powder or the process can never be economically viable.” However, there are uncertainties as to the effect of recycling on the properties of the powder, and how this in turn impacts on the build process. Recycled powder should be treated in the same way as new powder and should be tested to the same specification standards. A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____619-477-7733 Star Metal Fluids ______ 800-367-9966 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Cutting Tools Applications Specialities ___ 253-872-0305 Bilz USA ___________ 224-563-7233 Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 Horizon Carbide_______ 602-524-3802 Innovative Tool Sales _____714-780-0730 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 206-818-6813 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____619-477-7733 Seco Tools Inc._________503-267-4805 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 US Shop Tools _________800-243-7701 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc.763-682--3122 Cutting Tool Holders Bilz USA ___________ 224-563-7233 Innovative Tool Sales _____714-780-0730 Seco Tools Inc._________503-267-4805 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Cutting Tool Systems
Toll Free: 1-866-437-7315 Cell: (206) 300-3945 Fax: (780) 437-7328 edward@newusedmachines.com Web: www.newusedmachines.com
Bilz USA ____________224-563-7233 Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 Innovative Tool Sales _____714-780-0730 Seco Tools Inc._________503-267-4805 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____ 619-477-7733 Deburring Tools Royal Products ________ 631-273-1010 Drills/Cutters-Magnetic Bilz USA ____________224-563-7233 Innovative Tool Sales _____714-780-0730 Seco Tools Inc._________503-267-4805 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____ 619-477-7733 Dovetail Fixtures RyansDovetails.com ______ 253-876-9981 Drills/Reamers/Taps Bilz USA ____________224-563-7233 Seco Tools Inc._________503-267-4805 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City _____619-477-773 Wohlhaupter _________937-503-4708
Dust Collectors, Filtration Equip. Indestructable Keyboards DCM Tech __________ 800-533-5339 Byte Box____________ 888-bytebox EDM Materials & Supplies Inserts EDM Network ________ 480-836-1782 Horizon Carbide_______ 602-524-3802 EDM Performance ______ 800-336-2946 Seco Tools Inc.________ 503-267-4805 Global EDM Supply _____ 800-676-7336 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Wohlhaupter ________ 937-503-4708 End Mills Jaws Applications Specialities ___ 253-872-0305 EDM Network _________480-836-1782 Bilz USA ___________ 224-563-7233 Fullerton Tool Company___ 303-478-3497 US Shop Tools _________800-243-7701 Keyseat Cutters Horizon Carbide_______ 602-524-3802 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ___ 510-895-9000 Fullerton Tool Company____303-478-3497 Live Centers S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ___ 619-477-7733 Royal Products ________631-273-1010 Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Load Unload Systems Facing and Boring Heads Edge Technologies ______314-692-8388 Lubricants / Systems Wohlhaupter ________ 937-503-4708 Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 Filiter Mist Collectors Royal Products ________631-273-1010 DCM Tech __________ 800-533-5339 Grooving Head Hangsterfer’s _________316-640-2462 Wohlhaupter ________ 937-503-4708 Hangsterfer’s _________ 760-580-1357 Guide Bushings, Swiss S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____510-895-9000 Edge Technologies _____ 314-692-8388 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____619-477-7733
Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. Since 1946
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Fluid Power / Mechanical / Tool Products ISO 9001:2008 Certified
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
Principal
Pacific Northwest
President
MOBILE: 612.251.0868 E-MAIL: brandon@vonruden.com
JEFF HALL
Machine Tool
www.vonruden.com
Driven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry
Made in USA
JackK@gladwinmachinery.com
360-225-5115 Phone
360-448-0951 CELL
Metal Fabrication Machine Tools
Serving WA, OR, ID, MO, IL, KS, OK, AR, IA
Seattle 360-434-8844 Fax 866-457-2103 jeffh@iconmachinetool.com www.iconmachinetool.com
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Dion Hardy Sales Manager Cell: 503-989-9031 Office: 800.523.2549 Fax: 503.620.1911 17605 SW 65th Ave. Lake Oswego, Or. 97035 dion@faheyinc.com www.faheyinc.com
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Marc Goerlich Business Manager
GOSIGER NORTHWEST 21911 68TH Ave South Kent, WA 98032 T 253.826.3921 C 253.278.1110 E marc.goerlich@gosiger.com www.gosiger.com
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Star Metal Fluids _______800-367-9966 Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD) Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Fullerton Tool Company____ 303-478-3497 Precision Bearings Machine Tool Acccessories C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._ 503-691-0955 MP Industrial ________ 800-759-4282 Safety Products US Shop Tools _________800-243-7701 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. 763-682--3122 US Shop Tools _________ 800-243-7701 Saw Blades & Replacement Parts Machine Tool Cool Filtration Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades _303--761-3000 DCM Tech __________ 800-533-5339 Roentgen USA _________ 760--900-1110 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____510-895-9000 SawBlade.com_________800--240-2932 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 Solvents & Degreasing Agents S.L. Fusco National City ____619-477-7733 DCM -Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 Solvents: Vapor degreasing Star Metal Fluids _______800-367-9966 Star Metal Fluids _______ 800-367-9966 Manufacturing Systems MP Industrial ________ 800-759-4282 Solvents:Hand Wipe Star Metal Fluids _______ 800-367-9966 Milling & Turning Products Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. 763-682--3122 Solvents: Mil PRF 680 Modular Multi-Boring System Star Metal Fluids _______ 800-367-9966 Spindles Wohlhaupter _________937-503-4708 Setco-Pope Spindles ______ 866-362-0699 Modular Spray Systems Swift Tool Co, Inc. ______ 800-562-0900 Torque Manufacturing Systems Optical Mouse-Silicone Based MP Industrial _________ 800-759-4282 Byte Box____________ 888-bytebox Tool Sharpening (Grinding) Packaging/Shipping Supplies Applications Specialities ____ 253-872-0305 Alliance Packaging _____ 206-445-5898Tooling Systems Parts Washing Equipment Applications Specialities ____ 253-872-0305 Ebbco Inc ___________800-809-3901 Bilz USA ____________ 224-563-7233 DCM Tech __________ 800-533-5339 Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 Pnuematic Manufacturing SysHorizon Carbide________ 602-524-3802 tems MP Industrial _________ 800-759-4282 MP Industrial ________ 800-759-4282
Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 RyansDovetails.com ______ 253-876-9981 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 S.L. Fusco National City ____ 619-477-7733 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. 763-682--3122 Western Sintering _______509-375-3096 Vises & Vise Jaws RyansDovetails.com ______ 253-876-9981 Workholding Applications Specialities ____ 253-872-0305 Innovative Tool Sales _____ 714-780-0730 APPRENTICESHIPS & TRAINING Aerospace & Advanced Manufacturing Apprenticeships AJAC ______________206-737-8342 Machining Apprenticeships AJAC ______________206-737-8342 Precision Metal Fabrication Apprenticeships AJAC ______________206-737-8342 Training & Education AJAC ______________206-737-8342 BANKING
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Quick Turn Financial _____ 415-608-5692 U.S. Bank Equipment _____800-810-0038 FORK LIFTS Pacific Continental Bank ___ 503-310-3604 Bixby Machine Tool Supply __509-534-1208 U.S. Bank Equipment _____ 800-810-0038 GARNET BUSINESS MANAGEMENT GMA Garnet Group _____ 832-243-9300 SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS GRINDING Vision 33 ______ 303-937-6543 Ext. 353 Custom Machines CAD TRAINING Campbell Grinders Co. ___ 480-370-3800
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Phone 206-737-8342 Fax 206-764-5329
Carlos R. Lugo Sales Manager
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1222 S. Weller St. Seattle, WA 98144 www.nwmachinery.org
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(206) 583-2333 Fax (206) 583-0698 Cell (206) 898-6900 clugo@nwmachinery.org
Office: 800.523.2549 Fax: 503.620.1911 17605 SW 65th Ave. Lake Oswego, Or. 97035 dbanks@faheyinc.com www.faheyinc.com
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Sales Manager Director of Sales & Marketing Verisurf Software, Inc. Verisurf Inc. 4907 E. Landon Drive 4907 Anaheim, CA 92807 Anaheim, www.verisurf.com www.verisurf.com
Toll Free 888.713.7201 714.970.1683 x39 Office Phone +1(714) 970-1683 x107 714.701.0280 Mobile Fax +1(714) 381-2322 david.olson@verisurf.com ray.elledge@verisurf.com
Since 1922
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Brandon Anderson
Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc.
Northwest Regional Manager
MOBILE: 612.251.0868 E-MAIL: brandon@vonruden.com
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 Italy
DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 Grinding Filtration North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____ 510-895-9000 North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 Performance Machine Tools__ 510-249-1000 S.L. Fusco National City ____ 619-477-7733 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades _ 303-761-3000 Grinding Machines Rosco Precision Machinery __ 206-818-6813 Bixby Machine Tool Supply __ 509-534-1208 Saw Replacement Parts CNC Machine Services _____ 425-788-4500 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades _ 303-761-3000 DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 SawBlade.com________ 800--240-2932 Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578 Punch & Die Gosiger ____________ 937-586-5067 DCM Tech ___________800-533-5339 Machine Toolworks ______ 800-426-2052 INDUSTRIAL HARDWARE North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 Gasketing North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333 EMKA _____________ 717-986-1111 Performance Machine Tools__ 510-249-1000 Handles & Hinges Guard & Vacuum Pedestals For EMKA _____________ 717-986-1111 Grinders Locking Systems Midaco Corporation ______847-593-8420 EMKA _____________ 717-986-1111 Quarter Turns Aircraft brake rotor DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 EMKA _____________ 717-986-1111 Rod Controils Grinders, Rotary CNC Machine Services _____ 425-788-4500 EMKA _____________ 717-986-1111 INSPECTION EQUIP Silicon & Quartz Cutting Tool Control Inc. ____ 206-617-2201 DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 King Machine Inc. _______ 509-435-6741 Manual Lathes & Mills Ganesh Machinery ______ 888-542-6374 OGP _____________480-889-9056 Machine Toolworks ______ 800-426-2052 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 206-818-6813 North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333 S.L. Fusco San Leandro ____ 510-895-9000 S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ___ 310-868-1010 Sawing Machines Bixby Machine Tool Supply __ 509-534-1208 S.L. Fusco National City ____ 619-477-7733 Manufacturer of Industrial Hardware
FAB-LINE M ACHINERY, LLC Robert Herling West Coast Regional
1-866-466-8298 Sales Manager OFFICE 630-587-0505 CELL 206-972-6215 1900 EAST TYLER ROAD E-MAIL rherling@fab-line.com BUILDING 800 www.fab-line.com ST. CHARLES, IL 60174 USA
Chuck Pinkham Regional Sales Manager 660 W. Palm Ave El Segundo, CA 90245 Cell: (310) 529-2199 Fax: (310) 333-0710 c.pinkham@emkausa.com
EMKA Incorporated 1961 Fulling Mill Road Middletown, PA 17057 Phone: (717) 986-1111 Fax: (717) 986-1080 www.emkausa.com info@emkausa.com
Verisurf ____________ 714-381-2322 3D CAD for CMM Verisurf ____________ 714-381-2322 CMM Probes OGP _____________ 480-889-9056 Coordinate Measuring Mach. OGP _____________ 480-889-9056 Laser Trackers Metrology Instruments OGP _____________ 480-889-9056 Optical Comparators OGP _____________ 480-889-9056 Particle Inspection Mach DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 INSURANCE Business Insurance Solutions Sentry Insurance _______ 877-373-6879 MACHINERY/MACHINE TOOLS Boring Mills Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 CNC Controls & Retro Fits Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 CNC Lathes Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc 303-990-6190 Chevalier USA _________ 562-903-1929 Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578 Ganesh Machinery ______ 888-542-6374 Gosiger ____________ 937-586-5067 King Machine Inc. _______ 509-435-6741 Machine Toolworks ______ 800-426-2052
www.live-tooling.com
Driven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry
Made in Italy
Methods Machine Tools Inc. __ 623-826-1025 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333 Romi Machine Tools, Ltd ____ 480-510-4146 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 Santa Cruz Electronics _____ 831-479-5444 Selway Machine Tool ______503-314-3165 Selway Machine Tool _____ 425-931-1680 3 , 4, & 5 Axis CNC Mills Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc303-990-6190 Bixby Machine Tool Supply __509-534-1208 Chiron America ________ 704-534-5436 Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578 Ganesh Machinery ______ 888-542-6374 Gosiger ____________ 937-586-5067 King Machine Inc. _______ 509-435-6741 LMI Machinery Inc. ______ 866-437-7315 Machine Toolworks ______ 800-426-2052 Methods Machine Tools Inc. __ 623-826-1025 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333 Romi Machine Tools, Ltd ____480-510-4146 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 Santa Cruz Electronics _____831-479-5444 Selway Machine Tool ______503-314-3165 Selway Machine Tool _____ 425-931-1680 CNC 3 & 5 Axis Routing Machines Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578 CNC Swiss Turn Machines Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc 303-990-6190 Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578 Ganesh Machinery ______ 888-542-6374 Gosiger ____________ 937-586-5067 King Machine Inc. _______ 509-435-6741 LMI Machinery Inc. _______ 866-437-7315
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Mike Mills
TECHNOLOGIES
President West Division
A DIVISION OF HYDROMAT INC
James Peterson
Regional Service Technician
www.edgetechnologies.com jpeterson@edgetechnologies.com
(844) 478-8181 x241 mike@resellcnc.com www.resellcnc.com
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Dot Peen Marking Systems
480-922-1674
www.kwikmark.com Phone 815 363 8268 Fax 815 363 8089 info@kwikmark.com
Kwik Mark Inc 4071 Albany Street McHenry IL 60050
Machine Toolworks ______ 800-426-2052 Methods Machine Tools Inc. ___623-826-1025 North-South Machinery _____253-333-2439 North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333 Custom Design/Build Machines Lambie Engineering_______509-868-3100 Dot Peen Markers Kwik Mark Inc_________ 815-363-8268 EDM Automation ONA EDM USA _______ 602-328-0881 EDM Die Sinking Machines ONA EDM USA
_______ 602-328-0881 EDM Filtration EDM Network _________ 480-836-1782 EDM Machines Current EDM, Inc. ________612-840-0037 EDM Network _________ 480-836-1782 Methods Machine Tools Inc. ___623-826-1025 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 EDM Drilling & Micro Hole Machines Current EDM, Inc. ________612-840-0037 EDM Service EDM Network _________ 480-836-1782 ONA EDM USA _______ 602-328-0881 EDM Tooling Systems EDM Network _________ 480-836-1782 Global EDM Supply ______ 800-676-7336 Equipment Financing
Pacific Continental Bank ___ 503-310-3604 Scottrade Bank Equip. Finance_ 206-948-0022 U.S. Bank Equipment _____ 800-810-0038 Gantry & Bridge Systems Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578
Horizontal Boring & Milling Machines (CNC ) Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 Jig Boring Methods Machine Tools Inc. __ 623-826-1025 Lathes Bixby Machine Tool Supply __ 509-534-1208 King Machine Inc. _______ 509-435-6741 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 Long Bed & Dual Machining Chiron America ________ 704-534-5436 Multi-Spindle Machining Chiron America ________ 704-534-5436 Parts Washing Gosiger ____________ 937-586-5067 Profile & Bar Machining Chiron America ________ 704-534-5436 Saws Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 King Machine Inc. _______ 509-435-6741 Sub Spindle Lathes Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 Turning Centers CNC-PROS ___________ 602-344-9753 Used Wire EDM Machines Current EDM, Inc. _______ 612-840-0037 EDM Network _________ 480-836-1782 MATERIAL Aluminum Fry Steel ____________ 800-423-6651 Gorilla Metals Inc. _______ 855-516-3825 Industrial Metal Supply Co. __ 818-729-3333 Ryerson Corporation _____ 425-204-2601 Sunshine Metals ________ 714-225-4972 TCI Precision Metals ______ 800-234-5613
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High Temperature Alloys United Performance Metals _888-282-3292 Laser Cut Material Laser Cutting Services, Inc __ 503-612-8311 Lead Industrial Metal Supply Co. __818-729-3333 Material Sales Coastal Metals _________800-811-7466 Fry Steel ____________800-423-6651 Laser Cutting Services, Inc __ 503-612-8311 Sunshine Metals ________714-225-4972 Temtco Steel _________ 480-389-2883 United Performance Metals _888-282-3292 Metals: Bar & Plate Fry Steel ____________ 800-423-665 Ryerson Corporation _____425-204-2601 Sequoia Brass & Copper __ 800-362-5255 Sunshine Metals ________714-225-4972 United Performance Metals _888-282-3292 Nickel Alloys Aerodyne Alloys ________800-337-3766 Fry Steel____________800-423-6651 Marzee Inc. __________602-269-5801 United Performance Metals _888-282-3292 Plate: Wear and Structural Ryerson Corporation _____425-204-2601 Temtco Steel _________ 480-389-2883 United Performance Metals _888-282-3292 Precision Ground Flat AZ Tool Steel_________ 877-795-1600 TCI Precision Metals ______800-234-5613 Sheet & Coil Ryerson Corporation _____425-204-2601 Stainless Steel & Steel Aerodyne Alloys _______ 800-337-3766 AZ Tool Steel_________ 877-795-1600
Delivering Alloy Solutions Worldwide Patty Negoro (800)337-3766 ext. 148 pnegoro@aerodynealloys.com www.aerodynealloys.com
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Phone: (360)366-5239 Email: solutions@perrypallet.com Web: www.PerryPallet.com
8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352
Sales Manager
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MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
PHONE (818) 729-3333 FAX (818) 729-3377 SUNVALLEY@IMSMETALS.COM WWW.INDUSTRIALMETALSUPPLY.COM
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8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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Jorgensen Machine Tools ___ 800-952-0151 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD Cut Off Saws SUNBand 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 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 North Western Machinery ___ 206-583-2333 Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 CNC Turret Punches Muratec ____________ 949-466-8255 Drill Lines Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 Cold Saws/Saws Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ _503-620-9031 Hydmech Sawing Solutions __ 714-620-5560 Hardware Insertion Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 Iron Workers Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. ____ 306-434-8844 Jorgensen Machine Tools ___ 800-952-0151 Laser Cutting Machines Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __ 503-620-9031 Gladwin Machinery ______ 360-448-0951 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. ____ 306-434-8844 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM SATURDAY 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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Magnetic Drills/Cutters Innovative Tool Sales ______714-780-0730 Material 8300 SANHandling FERNANDO ROAD Systems SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 Hydmech Sawing Solutions ___ 714-620-5560 Metal Marking Systems Kwik Mark Inc__________ 815-363-8268 Notchers Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ___ 503-620-9031 Plasma/Gas Cutting Tools/Systems Fab - Line Machinery ______ 206-972-6215 8300 SAN FERNANDO ROAD SUN VALLEY, CA 91352 Rosco Precision Machinery ___253-333-2439 Plate Bending & Rolls Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ___ 503-620-9031 Jorgensen Machine Tools ____ 800-952-0151 Power Tools 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 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA ___306-434-8844 Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR ___503-887-1003 North-South Machinery _____ 253-333-2439 Punches Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ___ 503-620-903 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
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 North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 Sign & Graphic Cutting Solutions 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 Perry Pallet Co. _______ 360-366-5239 Wood Pallets Perry Pallet Co. _______ 360-366-5239 PRECISION TOOLHOLDING PRODUCTS
Stacy Bohms - Relationship Manager 503.603.2745 direct stacy.bohms@usbank.com
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Andy Wells ■
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B A R T O N I NTERNATIONAL sales: 800.741.7756 cell: 253.988.5934 email: awells@barton.com web: barton.com
Waterjet Bricks Barton International _____ 800-741-7756 GMA Garnet Group __________ 832-243-9300 Waterjet Hoppers Barton International _____ 800-741-7756 GMA Garnet Group _____ 832-243-9300
Waterjet Replacement Parts Barton International _____ 800-741-7756 Machining dtiEXACT ___________ 360-866-1337 Cimatron _______ 248-596-9700 ext. 237 EDM Performance _____ 800-336-2946 Delcam _____________877-335-2261 GMA Garnet Group _____ 832-243-9300 Great Western Registrar____ 623-580-1881 Solid Products _________ 480-206-0330 WOOD PRODUCTS UL DQS Inc. __________ 360-901-4785 Mechanical Design Perry Pallet Co. ______ 360-366-5239 Cimatron _______ 248-596-9700 ext. 237 Custom Packaging/Shipping Delcam _____________877-335-2261 Supplies SPINDLES & SLIDES Alliance Packaging ______ 206-445-5898Environmental Management Spindle Rebuilding/Repair UL DQS Inc. __________ 360-901-4785 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._ _503-691-0955 GMN USA LLC_ _________800-686-1679 Financial Services Setco ______________714-222-6523 Intech Funding ________ 800-553-9208 Spindle Sales New Kim@A2Zmanufacturing.com Quick Turn Financial _____ 415-608-5692 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._ _503-691-0955
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Factory Automation/Logistics North-South Machinery ____ 253-333-2439 CAD/CAM Software, CAD Automatics & Machinery Co.__303-990-6190 Delcam Software _______ 877-DELCAM1 MRP Software SigmaTEK ___________ 513-595-2022 U.S. Bank Equipment _____ 206-948-0022 Nesting Software ISO Consulting/Registration SigmaNEST __________ 513-595-2022 Gladhill Associates ______ 719-239-9830 Software, Solid Modeling Great Western Registrar____ 623-580-1881 Delcam Software _______ 877-DELCAM1 Lean Consulting Training PROTOTYPE MACHINERY Gladhill Associates ______ 719-239-9830 Santa Cruz Electronics _____ 831-479-5444 Lambie Engineering______ 509-868-3100 REPAIR ISO / AS9100 Certification CNC-PROS ___________ 602-344-9753 BMSC______________ 602-445-9400 Bar Feeder Repair Gladhill Associates ______ 719-239-9830 Edge Technologies ______ 562-243-4659 Sustaining Edge Solutions __ 888-572-9642 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS UL DQS Inc. __________ 360-901-4785 Machine Tool Rebuilding UL DQS Inc. __________ 360-901-4785 EDM Network _________ 480-836-1782 ROBOTICS Ellison Technologies ______ 206-669-3578 Management Systems Training BBMSC______________602-445-9400 LMI Machinery Inc. ______ 866-437-7315 Gladhill Associates ______ 719-239-9830 Robotic Part Loading Systems Sustaining Edge Solutions __ 888-572-9642 Midaco Corporation ______847-593-8420 Quality Management System ROUTERS Registration Rosco Precision Machinery __ 253-333-2439 UL DQS Inc. __________ 360-901-4785 SAFETY Supply Chain Assessments Fire Protection Systems Gladhill Associates ______ 719-239-9830 Rotarex North America ____ 480-689-8756 Sustaining Edge Solutions __ 888-572-9642 SERVICES AS9100 Registration
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GMN USA LLC_ _________800-686-1679 Setco ______________714-222-6523 STREAMING VIDEO EDUCATIONAL TRAINING Streamingteacher.com SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT UL DQS Inc. ___________360-901-4785 TOOLING SYSTEMS MP Industrial _________ 800-759-4282 USED MACHINERY Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc 303-990-6190 EDM Network ___________480-836-1782 Jorgensen Machine Tools ____ 800-952-0151 K.D. Capital Equipt _______480-922-1674 North Western Machinery ____206-583-2333 Performance Machine Tools___ 510-249-1000 WATERJET CUTTING Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ___503-620-9031 Flow International ___________ 909-620-5707 King Machine Inc.____________ 509-435-6741 Machine Toolworks ___________ 800-426-2052
Waterjet & Blast Abrasives Barton International _____ 800-741-7756 GMA Garnet Group __________ 832-243-9300
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Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 3D Printing Proto & Production Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 NW Rapid Mfg. _________ 503-434-8557 Speciality Bending Ultimate 3D ___________503-848-8227 Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 3D Scanning Structrual Bending NW Rapid Mfg. _________ 503-434-8557 Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 Ultimate 3D ___________503-848-8227 Tube and Pipe Bending SLS (Selctive Laser Sintering) Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 Ultimate 3D ___________503-848-8227 BONDING ASSEMBLIES Adhesive Cascade Systems Technology __503-640-5733 Vacco Industries _________626-450-6472 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. _360-735-3763 BONDING Clings Aerospace_________480-968-1778 Diffusion BENDING Vacco Industries _________626-450-6472 Mandrel BRAZING Albina Co., Inc. _________866-252-4628 dtiEXACT _____________360-866-1337 Bending Solutions, Inc. _____360-651-2443
Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Dolphin Investment Castings __ 602-272-6747 Precision Casting Repair _____801-972-2345 CHEMICAL ETCHING Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 PMA Photometals ________480-773-3239 Brazing: Dip Vacco Industries _________626-450-6472 Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 CUTTING Brazing: Vacuum Bar & Plate Cutting Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601 AZ Tool Steel ___________877-795-1600 BROACHING
Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776 Industrial Precision Grinding __ 310-352-4700 Ponderosa Ind ___ _______303-298-1801 SW Waterjet & Laser_______480-306-7748 Specialty Steel Services _____801-539-8252
DIE CASTING SMH Inc LLC ___________360-341-2226
CASTING AATC ___________ 866-792-2814 X 235 TVT Die Casting _________800-280-2278 RJM Sales Solutions _______630-849-8644 DIES Tool & Dies Investment Casting-Precision AATC ___________ 866-792-2814 X 235 Micropulse West Inc._______480-966-2300
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Innol/ative Tool !!iales Manufacturers Representatives
Randall J. Wilson Industrial Products 755 East Debra Lane Anaheim. CA 92805
Manager
ITS Office, (714) 780-0730 Weld Shop: [7 I 4) 533- 1690
randall@lnnovativetooisaies.com
Fax,
[714] 780-0735
www.innovativetoolsales.com
[ell,
(714) 51 2-73 I 4
Plastic Injection Molding_____509-531-2634 Metal Products Company ___ 800-345-2069 Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 Weiser Engineering ______ 303-280-2778 DEBURRING Micropulse West, Inc. _____ 480-966-2300 Cygnet Stamping & Fab ______818-240-7574 Wrico _____________ 480-892-7800
Industrial Precision Grinding _ 310-352-4700 EDGING United Performance Metals ___888-282-3292 EDM 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
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Plastic Injection Molding____ 509-531-2634 Gillaspie MFG __________ 360-921-3973 Forming & Fabrication Stevens Tool & Die _______ 503-682-3185 NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080 Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 Mountain View Machine_____ 435-755-0500 Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication: ELECTRO-FORMING Vacco Industries ________ 626-450-6472 QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________206-762-2117 Medium & Large Rickard Engineering ______ 866-845-8838 AEI Fabrication ________ 480-733-6594 ELECTRO MECHANICAL SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Aeroform, Inc. __________360-403-1919 Sub-Assembly Builds Cascade Systems Technology _ 503-640-5733 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 AG Machining _________ 805-207-0584 Weiser Engineering _______ 303-280-2778 Buyken Metal Products ____ 206-947-9122 ENGINEERING/DESIGN Cascade Systems Technology _ 503-640-5733 Fabrication: Custom Metal Hexatron Engineering _____ 801-363-8010 AEI Fabrication _________ 480-733-6594 Lambie Engineering ______ 509-868-3100 AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584 FABRICATION Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122
Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. 360-735-3763 Gillaspie MFG _________ 360-921-3973 Group Mfg Serv ________ 480-966-3952
Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878 NW Metalcraft Industries ___ 888-280-7080 Architectural Forming & Fabrication Cygnet Stamping & Fab ______818-240-7574 QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________206-762-2117 Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 Group Mfg Serv _________ 480-966-3952 SMH Inc LLC __________ 360-341-2226 Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878 Fabrication: Sheet Metal Solid Form Fabrication ____ 503-435-1400 NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080 AEI Fabrication ________ 480-733-6594 Weiser Engineering ______ 303-280-2778 QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________206-762-2117 Aeroform, Inc. __________360-403-1919 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Tube & Pipe Bending Fabrication Aero Tech MFG_________ 801-891-2740 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Albina Co., Inc. ________ 866-252-4628 AG Machining _________ 805-207-0584 Bending Solutions, Inc. ____ 360-651-2443
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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
FINISHING Arizona Finishing _______ Arizona Finishing _______ 602-438-4443 FIXTURING Arizona Hard Chrome ______602-278-8671 Real Axis Machining ______ Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 GASKETS 3-D Plastics, Inc. ________ Gold Tech Industries ______ 480-968-1930 Real Axis Machining ______ 360-723-5386 GRINDING Galvanizing: Hot Dip AZ Tool Steel __________ TMM Precision ________ 800-448-9448 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ Glass Bead Clean ChemResearch_________ Byington Steel Treating, Inc.__ 408-727-6630 EDM Express__________ Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Evans Precision ________ Gold Tech Industries ______ 480-968-1930 Industrial Machine Svcs ____ Liquid Painting Industrial Precision Grinding _ Aero Tech MFG__________801-891-2740 Mountain View Machine____ MPI International _______ 956-631-6880 Ron Grob Co __________ Sun Grinding _________ Passivation
Grinding, Centerless Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ 805-583-9966
HEAT TREATING Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630
360-723-5386
Ron Grob Co ___________970-667-5320 Sun Grinding _________ 602-238-9595
Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. _ 360-735-3763 Controlled Thermal Tech______602-272-3714
503-720-0572
Grinding, Double Disc Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ 805-583-9966
Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776
602-438-4443
Industrial Precision Grinding __310-352-4700 877-795-1600 Sun Grinding _________ 602-238-9595 805-583-9966 TCI Precision Metals _______800-234-5613 602-253-4175
Grinding: OD 800-780-7075 Arizona Hard Chrome ______602-278-8671 623-582-4776 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ 805-583-9966
503-240-0878 310-352-4700 435-755-0500 970-667-5320 602-238-9595
Coating Technologies ____ _623-581-2648 Superior Grinding _______ 801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals ______ 800-234-5613 Gold Tech Industries ______ 480-968-1930 Grinding, Blanchard Polishing AZ Tool Steel __________ 877-795-1600 Arizona Hard Chrome ______602-278-8671 Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ 805-583-9966 Powder Coating Diversified Metal Services ___ 801-972-6093 Aero Tech MFG__________801-891-2740 Evans Precision ________ 623-582-4776 AG Machining _________ 805-207-0584 Industrial Precision Grinding _ 310-352-4700 Sandblasting Sun Grinding _________ 602-238-9595 Byington Steel Treating, Inc.__ 408-727-6630 Superior Grinding _______ 801-487-9700 Silk Screening TCI Precision Metals ______ 800-234-5613
Precision Tech __________801-285-7288 Ron Grob Co ___________970-667-5320 Sun Grinding _________ 602-238-9595
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
Superior Grinding ________801-487-9700
Heat Treating/Aerospace Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630
Grinding: Surface Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _ 805-583-9966
Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751
ChemResearch__________602-253-4175
Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630
Industrial Precision Grinding __310-352-4700 Superior Grinding ________801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals _______800-234-5613
Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601
MET-TEK Heat Treating_______503-519-9864
HONING Grinding: Tool & Cutter Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Superior Grinding_________888-487-9701 HYDRAULIC REPAIR
GUN DRILLING Evans Precision _________623-582-4776
Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671 GASKETS RUBBER PRODUCTS RJM Sales Solutions _______630-849-8644
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SCOTT FERGUSON
Marketing & Sales Manager
AEIFABRICATION RONKOTLOFF Founder / CEO
TEL FAX EMAIL WEB MAIL
480.733.6594 480.733.6596 Ron@AEIFab.com www.AEIFab.com 1113 W. Birchwood Avenue Mesa, Arizona 85210
scottf@treske.com (503) 625.2821
TRESKE.COM ISO 9001:2008 | AS9100C (2013) | ITAR
Sunshine Metals ________ 714-225-4972 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 LEVELING INJECTION MOLDS Plastic Injection Molding_____ 509-531-2634 United Performance Metals ___888-282-3292 Treske Precision Machining __ 503-625-2821 St. Vrain ____________ 303-702-1529 TVT Die Casting ________ 800-280-2278 SMH Inc LLC __________ 360-341-2226 INJECTION MOLDING MACHINING
Plastic Injection Molding_____ 509-531-2634 AG Machining __________805-207-0584 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 LABELS-DECALS-OVERLAYS RJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 LASER CUTTING Cascade Engineering Tech ___503-266-1300 Laser Cutting Central Valley Machine _____435-752-0934 AEI Fabrication _________ 480-733-6594 Clings Aerospace_________480-968-1778 AG Machining __________805-207-0584 EDM Express___________800-780-7075 Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122 Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422
Metal Products Company ____800-345-2069 Grovtec US, Inc. _________503-557-4689 SW Waterjet & Laser_______ 480-306-7748 Howard Precision Machine ___ 801-619-9850 United Performance Metals ___888-282-3292 Larkin Precision Machine ____831-438-2700 Weiser Engineering _______303-280-2778 Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342 Wrico ______________480-892-7800 NW Metalcraft Industries ____888-280-7080 Metal Products Company ____800-345-2069 Laser Cutting: 3D
SW Waterjet & Laser_______ 480-306-7748 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Real Axis Machining _______360-723-5386 Micro-Laser Vacco Industries _________626-450-6472 Ron Grob Co ___________970-667-5320 St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529 Precision Etched Parts Vacco Industries _________626-450-6472 SMH Inc LLC ___________360-341-2226
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Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ___ 425-207-5951 Teton Machine ________ 208-642-9344
Weiser Engineering ______ 303-280-2778 Treske Precision Machining ___503-625-2821 Western Precision Products, Inc. 503-786-8923 Western Precision Products, Inc. 503-786-8923 Machining: Chemical Machining: 5-Axis Vacco Industries ________ 626-450-6472 Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 Machining: Horizontal Boring Cascade Engineering Tech __ 503-266-1300 Machinists Inc. _________ 360-202-7342 Clings Aerospace________ 480-968-1778 Machining: Proto-R & D Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. 360-735-3763 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _253-395-7381 Machinists Inc. _________ 360-202-7342 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______928-636-2115 St. Vrain ____________ 303-702-1529 Cascade Engineering Tech __ 503-266-1300 Treske Precision Machining __ 503-625-2821 Central Valley Machine ____ 435-752-0934 Western Precision Products, Inc. 503-786-8923 Flex-Pro Manufacturing._____623-277-8031 Machining: Aerospace Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. 253-395-7381 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______928-636-2115 Real Axis Machining ______ 360-723-5386 dtiEXACT ____________ 360-866-1337 Ron Grob Co __________ 970-667-5320 Flex-Pro Manufacturing.____ 623-277-8031 Savage Machining Inc. _____805-584-8047 Larkin Precision Machine ___ 831-438-2700 SMH Inc LLC __________ 360-341-2226 Layke Inc. ___________ 602-272-2654 Treske Precision Machining ___503-625-2821
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Heather Cutler Sales Manager OFFICE 503-406-3774 MOBILE 503-853-6234 hcutler@omep.org
Passivation, Electroless Nickel, Gold, Hard Chrome, Silver, & Tin Plating. 206-947-4052 geoffs@askogroup.com TVT Die Casting ________ 800-280-2278 Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 Western Precision Products, Inc. 503-786-8923 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Cascade Engineering Tech ___503-266-1300 Machining: CNC Milling Accutech Machine Inc ______801-975-1117 Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. 253-395-7381 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951
Machining: Turning Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117
Bar-S Machine, Inc. __ ____ 928-636-2115
Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422
Machining: Medical Cascade Engineering Tech __ 503-266-1300 Cascade Engineering Tech ___503-266-1300 Central Valley Machine ____435-752-0934 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Clings Aerospace________ 480-968-1778 Teton Machine _________208-642-9344 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. 360-735-3763 Machining: Production dtiEXACT ____________ 360-866-1337 Accutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117 EDM Express__________ 800-780-7075 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Cascade Engineering Tech ___503-266-1300 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. _ 360-735-3763 dtiEXACT _____________ 360-866-1337
Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 dtiEXACT _____________ 360-866-1337 EDM Express___________800-780-7075 Flex-Pro Manufacturing._____ 623-277-8031 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 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
Faustson ____________ 303-420-7422 Flex-Pro Manufacturing.____ 623-277-8031 Gillaspie MFG _________ 360-921-3973 Grovtec US, Inc. ________ 503-557-4689 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 Flex-Pro Manufacturing._____ 623-277-8031 Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878 Grovtec US, Inc. _________503-557-4689 Teton Machine _________208-642-9344 Larkin Precision Machine ___ 831-438-2700 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Layke Inc. ___________ 602-272-2654 Larkin Precision Machine ____831-438-2700 Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923 NW Metalcraft Industries ___ 888-280-7080 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 Machining: Turning With Live Tooling Metal Products Company ___ 800-345-2069 Teton Machine _________208-642-9344 Weiser Engineering _______303-280-2778 Micropulse West, Inc. _____ 480-966-2300 Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923 Machining: Turning Large Portland Precision Manufacturing503-253-6700 Machining: Shaft Turning Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342 Real Axis Machining ______ 360-723-5386 Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951 Rickard Engineering _____ 866-845-8838 Machining: Swiss MANUFACTURING VALUE ADDED Savage Machining Inc. ____ 805-584-8047 Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115 Contract Manufacturing SMH Inc LLC __________ 360-341-2226 dtiEXACT _____________ 360-866-1337 Sunshine Metals ________ 714-225-4972 Grovtec US, Inc. _________503-557-4689 AATC ___________ 866-792-2814 X 235 AEI Fabrication _________480-733-6594 Teton Machine ________ 208-642-9344 Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850 Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919 Treske Precision Machining __ 503-625-2821 Ron Grob Co ___________970-667-5320 Albina Co., Inc. _________866-252-4628 Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ___ 425-207-5951 Teton Machine _________208-642-9344 Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381 Western Precision Products, Inc. 503-786-8923 Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923 Bending Solutions, Inc. _____360-651-2443 Machining: Large
Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. _ 360-735-3763 Flex-Pro Manufacturing._____ 623-277-8031 G & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069 Group Mfg Serv _________ 480-966-3952 Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700 NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069 Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________206-762-2117 Rickard Engineering ______ 866-845-8838 Teton Machine _________ 208-642-9344 Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821 TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278 Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923 Industrial Manufacturing Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628 Turnkey Product Services Aero Tech MFG__________ 801-891-2740 Columbia Manufacturing Svcs. _ 360-735-3763 METAL INJECTION MOLDING RJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644 Custom Airplane to Marine Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy ___ 503-253-5294 Personal Collectables Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy ___ 503-253-5294 Production Polishing Metal Polishing By Timothy ___ 503-253-5294 METALIZING Controlled Thermal Tech ____ 602-272-3714 METROLOGY Part Probing & Inspection Blum Novotest _________ 805-823-3255
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Plastic Injection Molding____ 509-531-2634 Production Metrology Blum Novotest _________ 805-823-3255 SMH Inc LLC __________ 360-341-2226 Mold Making Tool Measurement 3-D Plastics, Inc. ________ 503-720-0572 Blum Novotest _________ 805-823-3255 Plastic Injection Molding____ 509-531-2634 Tool Breakage Blum Novotest _________ 805-823-3255 MOLDING: RUBBER
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ChemResearch_________ 602-253-4175 Molds: Plastic Injection Plastic Injection Molding_____ 509-531-2634 EPSI ______________ 714-519-9423 SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226 Foresight Finishing ______ 480-772-0387 Gold Tech ___________ 480-968-1930 MOLDS Anodizing Aero Tech MFG__________ 801-891-2740 Advanced Mold Technology ___ 714-990-0144 ChemResearch_________ 602-253-4175 Bright Tin Arizona Finishing ________602-438-4443 Foresight Finishing ______ 480-772-0387 Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______ 714-373-0098 Plastic Injection Molding_____ 509-531-2634 Precious Metal Plating Co.___ 800-481-6271 Chrome/Nickel/Palladium Molds: High Volume Class 100 Advanced Mold Technology ___ 714-990-0144 EPSI ______________ 714-519-9423 Gold Tech ___________ 480-968-1930 Molds: Fast Turn Prototype and Coating Bridge Molds Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Advanced Mold Technology ___ 714-990-0144 Controlled Thermal Tech ___ 602-272-3714 Molds: Expertise in Overmold and Coating: Black Oxide Insert Molding Advanced Mold Technology ___ 714-990-0144 Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Coating: Dry Film Lube PACKAGING/SHIPPING SUPPLIES Alliance Packaging _______ 206-445-5898 Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/Chrome Passivation ASKO Group ___________ 206-947-4052 Coating Technologies _____ 623-581-2648 TFC Plating ___________ 503-771-0969 PC BOARDS Surface Mount & Thru Hole Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733 PLASTIC MACHINING Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700 PLASTIC MOLDING 3-D Plastics, Inc. _________ 503-720-0572
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PRECISION FORMING Aeroform, Inc. __________360-403-1919 Precious Metal Plating Co.____800-481-6271 Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 TFC Plating __________ 503-771-0969 Gillaspie MFG __________ 360-921-3973 Pacific Tool, Inc _________ 425-882-1970 Gold ASKO Group __________ 206-947-4052 QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117 EPSI _______________714-519-9423 SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113 Foresight Finishing ______ 480-772-0387 Wrico ______________ 480-892-7800
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Index of Advertisers 3D-Plastics...48,87 Flex-Pro...88 AATC...88 Flow International...80 Accutech Machine, inc...91 Foresight Finishing...90 Advanced Mold Technology...69 Fry Steel...82 AEI Fabrication...8,90 Full Circle Development...85 Aerodyne Alloys...20,85 Fullerton Tool...52,85 Aeroform, Inc...91 G&G Custom Metal Fab...90 Aerotech...88 Ganesh Machinery...63,80 AG Machining...89 Gartman Technical...77 AJAC...82 Gillaspie...90 Albina Co, Inc...14,87 Gladhill Associates...82 Alliance Packaging...91 Gladwin Machinery...59,81 Alpha Precision Machining...89 Global EDM Supply...12,81 Application Specialties Inc...80 GMA Garnet Group...38,83 Arizona Finishing...89 GMN...22,82 Arizona Hard Chrome...91 Gold Tech...89 Asko Group...91 Gorilla Metals Inc...82 Atlas Copco...3 Gosiger...81,82 Automatics...10,80 Group Manufacturing...88 Aviation High School...92 Grovtec...53,87 AZ Tool Steel...86 Hangsterfers...80,82 BandSawBlog...74 Hardware Speciality...43 BandSawParts.com...86 Helical...83 Bar-S...88 Horizon Carbide...82 Barton International...48,86 Howard Precision Mach. Prod...92 Bending Solutions...93 Hurco...64 Bilz Tool Co...13,83 Hydmech...1,9,28,29,80 Bixby Machine Tool Supply...82 Hyundai...62 Blum-Novotest...92 Icon Machine Tools, Inc....61,81 BMSC...42,80 Industrial Machine Services...90 Bourdelais Grinding...89 Industrial Metal Supply Co....38,85 Buyken Metal Products...88 Industrial Precision Grinding...92 Byington Steel Treating...89 Innovative Tool Sales...88 C & M Precision Spindle, Inc...84 KD Capital...84 Calbag Recycling...92 King Machine...83 Cascade Engineering Technologies...90 Kloeckner Metals-Temtco...50,81 Cascade Systems Tech...87 Kwik Mark Inc...68,84 Castrol...95 Lambie Engineering...83 ChemResearch...90 Larkin Precision...91 Chevalier...31,81 Layke Inc...91 Chiron...51,81 Layke Tactical...90 Cimatron...26,85 LMI Machinery...62,81 Clings...92 Machinists Inc....37,87 CNC Machine Services...2,54-56 Makino...5 Coastal Metals...27,81 Mario Pinto...83 Coating Technologies...88 Marzee Inc...60,87 Columbia Manufacturing Services...44 Mazak...56 Controlled Thermal Tech...91 MCAM NW...40,81 Current EDM, Inc....84 MET-TEK Inc...88 Cutting Tool Control...85 Metal Products Company...42,87 Cygnet Stamping...89 Methods Machine Tools Inc...17,81 DCM Tech...18,80 Metro Metals Northwest, Inc...90 Delcam...62,54,55,80,85 Micropulse West...89 Design 2 Part...24 Midaco Corporation...82 Dix Metals...45,81 Milco...92 Dolphin Investment Castings...91 Mountain View Machining...89 dtiEXACT...11,87 MP Industrial...3,80 EDM Express...88 North-South Machinery...19,80 EDM Network...71,80 Northwestern Machinery...83 EDM Performance..80,81 NW Metalcraft...89 Edge Technologies...39,82,84 NW Rapid Manufacturing...32,87 Ellison Technologies...80,82 OMEP...91 EMKA Beschlagteile...83 ONA EDM USA...85 EPSI...90 Optical Gaging Products Inc...83 Evans Precision...93 Pacific Continental Bank...72,85 Fab-Line Machinery...83 Perry Pallet...85 Fahey Machinery...21,81-83 Phoenix Heat Treat...89 Faustson...88 Pinnacle Precision...89 Fives...85 Plastic Injection Molding...88 A Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST • 94 • AUG/SEPT 2015 2
Portland Precision...90 Precious Metals Plating...53,93 Precision Die & Stamping...88 QUAL-FAB, Inc....87 Resell CNC...46,47,84 Real Axis Machining...90 Rickard Engineering...87 RJM Sales Solutions...93 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades...85 Roentgen USA...81 Romi Machine Tools...84 Ron Grob...88 Rosco Precision Machinery...64,80 Rotarex...86 Royal products...50,81 Ryerson...33,80 S.L. Fusco...95 Santa Cruz Electronics...25 Savage Machine...51,93 Saw Blade.com...96 Scotttrade Bank Equip Finance...85 Seco...83 Selway Machine Tool Co...80,82 Sentry Insurance...84 Sequoia Brass & Copper...86 Setco Spindles & Slides...85 SigmaTEK...84 SMH Inc LLC...75,87 SMTCL...76 SW Waterjet and Laser..36,87 Specialty Steel...88 Spring Works Utah...88 St. Vrain Manufacturing...88 Star Metal Fluids...81 Steel Services Grinding...89 Streaming Teacher...41,86 Sun Grinding...88 Sunshine Metals...15,84 Superior Grinding...49,87 Sustaining Edge...83 Swift Tool...16,30,74,81 TCI Precision Metals...70,82 Tell Steel...73,84 Teton...90 TFC Plating...89 Thermal-Vac...90 Tormach...25 Treske...24,90 Trusty Cook...35,80 TVT Die Casting...66-67,87 UNIST...23 UL DQS Inc...85 Ulbrich..57,81 Ultimate 3D...88 United Performance Metals...58,82 US Bank Equipment ...85 US Shop Tools...65,84 Vacco Industries...91 Valley Machine Shop...89 Verisurf...83 Vision33...83 Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc...81 VTN Manufacturing...87 Weiser Engineering...89 Westec...78 Western Precision Products...20,58,87 Western Sintering...43,87 Wohlhaupter...92 Wrico Stamping...34,87
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