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Rocky Mountain Edition (CO, UT, ID, MT and WY) Doosan N.A. Executive Management Team Awards J.M. Grisley Expansion Into Colorado and Wyoming
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“Sometimes it’s hard to tell if retirement is a reward for a lifetime of hard work or a punishment.” Terri Guillemets What’s happening with us Baby Boomers? And why retire?
Doosan N.A. Executive Management Team Awards J.M. Grisley Expansion Into Colorado and Wyoming
This year, the oldest Baby Boomers turn 70 and the youngest turn 51. As a group, we are the wealthiest, most active, and most physically fit generation up to this time.We are a generation that received peak levels of income; Corporations grew larger and more profitable, labor unions promised generous wages and benefits to their members, and consumer goods were more plentiful and affordable than ever before.There are ~76 million of us today, and we make up almost 40% of the nation’s population.
Announcements/Releases ........................... 6-20 Feature Articles ...............................1,24-25,36-37 Buyers Guide Equipment ........................... 49-54 Buyers Guide Processes............................... 55-61 Card Gallery.................................................. 49-61 Index Of Advertisers .........................................62 Though I don’t have age demographics on our readers, I can speculate that substantial per- Editorial.............................................Throughout centages are baby boomers. We are in a more mature industry…that of manufacturing, and Published by: this industry is disproportionately experiencing the ramifications of an aging workforce. In A2Z Manufacturing 2000, the median age of the manufacturing workforce—at 40.5—was 1.1 years above the median age of the total non-farm workforce. By 2012, this gap doubled, with the median age PUBLISHER/EDITOR in manufacturing being 44.7 years versus 42.3 years for the total non-farm workforce. If you are in the baby boomer category, it means you’ve already retired or you may be contemplating it in the next decade or so.You can start your Social Security benefits as early as 62 and as late as age 70. I was astounded to learn that 43% of people take Social Security benefits at age 62, and almost 73% apply for benefits before they reach full retirement age. Today, about 2/3 of workers retire by the time they turn 65.Why? For some, it’s the right thing to do, but research shows that there are many benefits to retiring later in life. You stay healthier: • “For each additional year of work, the risk of getting dementia is reduced by 3.2 percent,” says Scientist Carole Dufouil. • The Harvard School of Public Health looked at rates of heart attack and stroke among men and women in the ongoing U.S. Health and Retirement Study. Among In the study, those who had retired were 40% more likely to have had a heart attack or stroke than those who were still working.
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You increase your retirement nest egg: • If you defer your Social Security benefits until age 70 or later, you can expect to have to save 25% more for your retirement than if you started receiving benefits at your normal retirement age. • A few extra years of work can cushion your retirement fund as you can delay your Social Security and add to your retirement account though your paycheck, rather than depleting it. • Another financial benefit to working later is the extended healthcare coverage that you will continue to receive through your employer.
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What does this mean to employers in the manufacturing industry? If you have great skilled employees, make their working environment a ‘great place to work’. People who are happy with their jobs are less likely to retire early. Use these workers to embark upon your own internal apprenticeship program so that your business can use the coming years to train its next generation workers. And if you are thinking about early retirement, consider the benefits of remaining in the workforce long-term — it’s not just good for your wallet — it’s good for your health.
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Features include: digital readout for any vernier-style boring tool having a docking port… with adjustments accurate to .0001” (0,002mm) on diameter…plus adjustments can be made on the spindle (module must be removed before actual cutting)…and has battery powered, coolant-proof electronics. In the future… other Wohlhaupter Boring Tools will be manufactured featuring the same docking port and electronics. This will allow a single Universal Digital Readout Module to be used with a number of different tools. Check out a presentation covering the Digital Module and the VarioBore Head on our website www.wohlhaupterus.com. To learn more, contact: Karl Hochuli, President www.wohlhaupterus.com E-mail: fj@wohlhaupter.com Phone: 937-885-1878 Fax: 937-885-9613 Announcements Continued Page 8
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Announcements Continued Faustson Tool Awarded Top Prize for Innovation
OEDIT, Ball and Lockheed and certainly to all the employees of Faustson for their hard work and efforts to make these ideas a reality.” Faustson was nominated for its long history of leading its field in innovation. Faustson won the award for demonstrating outstanding leadership in building a practical research center in Colorado that provides testing, performance analysis, and materials knowledge for 3D metal printed parts; especially as those parts apply to aerospace and advanced manufacturing. All nominees were evaluated by entrepreneurial community leaders and Innovation Pavilion partnership organizations. Selection criteria were based on a peer review of a company’s outstanding contribution to advancing innovation in Colorado. About the awards ceremony, Vic Ahmed, Innovation Pavilion Founder and CEO, said “Since our founding, it has been our mission and vision to recognize and promote leaders in our entrepreneurial community. It is our honor to highlight these nominees in our newest expansion location, Parker, CO. This event has brought together leaders from every sector of our community- businesses, government, and non-profits. These productive collisions are what make Colorado such a special place that promotes problem solving, collaboration, and innovation”. Faustson Tool, a worldwide leader in the machining industry, provides services for clients worldwide in the medical, aerospace, aeronautics, defense, semiconductor and other industries. The company, founded in 1982, provides additive manufacturing/3D metal printing, 3-, 4- and 5-axis milling and 5-axis EDM services, as well as turning capabilities for cutting-edge custom part production, and efficient production of standard parts. Faustson Tool is woman owned and operated small business. For more information, visit www. faustson.com, email hhostetter@faustson. com or call (303) 420-7422.
Faustson, a worldwide leader in the machining industry, received the Manufacturer’s Edge 1/16/13 10:45 AM Manufacturing Innovation Award at Innovation Pavilion’s inaugural Innovation Awards cereHaas Foundation Donates mony last month. Governor John Hickenlooper gave opening remarks for the event, which $25,000 For Scholarships was attended by more than 350 members of Colorado’s innovation community.
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In response to the honor, Faustson Vice President Heidi Hostetter said, “We couldn’t be more honored to receive this recognition. It’s truly an honor and, as noted at the awards ceremony, this is Colorado’s award; we merely accepted it.Thanks to Manufacturer’s Edge, School of Mines, A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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The Gene Haas Foundation presented a $25,000 ceremonial check to Western Announcements Continued Page 10
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Announcements Continued Colorado Community College on Feb. 29, to provide scholarships for students in WCCC’s Machining Technology Program. “This is a terrific investment by the Haas Foundation in the students and in the machining program,” said Jeanne Adkins, Colorado Mesa University Acting Vice President for Community College Affairs. “It is also an investment in the employers who use Haas equipment and want to hire well-trained and education employees.” To be eligible for the Haas Scholarship, students must attend full time, have at least a 3.0 grade point average and have financial need of the assistance.The amount of each scholarship will be determined based on individual circumstances. Six students received Haas scholarships to WCCC for the spring semester. Each scholarship was for $500. Students may reapply for Haas scholarships each semester. Established by Gene Haas, the foundation has awarded more than $15 million to deserving charities since 1999. It was formed to fund the needs of the local community and other deserving charities and has expanded to provide scholarships for students entering technical training programs, especially machinist-based certificate and degree A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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programs at community colleges and vocational schools. Haas founded Haas Automation Inc., in 1983. It is the largest machine tool builder in the western world and manufactures a complete line of CNC vertical machining centers, horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes and rotary products.The company also builds a variety of specialty machines, including 5-axis machining centers, mold making machining centers, tool-room machines, and gantry routers. WCCC’s machining program is a nationally designated Haas Technical Education Center program. Western Colorado Community College is a division of Colorado Mesa University. With programs ranging from the certificate to associate levels,WCCC offers career and technical education programs designed to provide students to enter the career field of their choice.
MMT-Moncktons Announces It is Now Locally Stocking CuttingTools, Including Kennametal and Many Others MMT-Moncktons is proud to announce that it is now locally stocking cutting tools in its Denver and Salt Lake City locations. In June of 2015 Moncktons Machine Tools, a long standing machine Announcements Continued Page 12
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“We are pleased to tell you that we are now operational in Colorado, and ready to handle all parts, service and sales for our new Doosan customers in Colorado and New Mexico. J.M. Grisley, in business for 90 years, has sold Doosan machine tools into Utah, Montana and Wyoming for the past 3 decades. We additionally thank our customers for helping us to win the distinctive ‘Outstanding Distributor of the Year’ for 2 years running. In these uncertain times, you can feel confident when you purchase your Doosan machine tools from J.M. Grisley, whether your business is in Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, or New Mexico. Trust your machine tool purchases from a family-run company that has been supporting the industry for 90 years now!”
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Announcements Continued tool company serving the Colorado and Rocky Mountain region, joined forces with Productivity, Inc. Productivity Inc. is the Midwest’s largest distributor of CNC machine tools and related metal working equipment. The new entity was named MMT, LLC, A Division of Productivity.
and South Carolina. “Back in 2004, there was no T-1 connection – it was all dial up so you couldn’t use Tooling U-SME classes outside the classroom,” said Bret Holmes, machinist coordinator and instructor, Ogden-Weber Tech College. “Now students are taking classes at home, on their smartphones, and on their tablets.”
With the new partnership, MMT-Moncktons has added cutting tools to its line of products. Tooling Sales Manager Kip Shefveland, says, “We now offer our customers in the Rocky Mountain region local stocking of such quality cutting tools as Kennametal, HORN, Komet, Guhring, Harvey Tool, Allied Machine, RedLine Tools, plus many more.
Being ahead of the technology curve has paid off. Today, the school, located in northern Utah surrounded by the scenic Wasatch Mountains, serves 6,000 students annually. It offers 300 technical-skills courses in more than 40 employment categories, such as machining, welding and industrial automation, and boasts a job placement rate of 94 percent.
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Ogden-Weber Tech College was an early adopter of online training, beginning more than a decade ago, according to Bret Holmes, machinist coordinator and instructor.
Ogden-Weber Tech College Fills Jobs With Employer and Technology-Driven Approach Back in 2004, responding to local employer need for a strong pipeline of manufacturing workers, Ogden-Weber Tech College in Ogden, Utah, placed a bold bet on technology. That year, the school introduced online training through Tooling U-SME as part of a blended learning approach. More than a decade later, that forward thinking has helped establish Ogden-Weber Tech College as a sought-after educator both with local students and those as far away as Hawaii A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain•
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Holmes, who has been an instructor at the college for nearly 20 years, said their successful program is tied to strong relationships with local manufacturers, sister schools within the Utah College of Applied Technology (UCAT) system, Northern Utah Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association, and partners like Tooling U-SME. “The state of Utah faces the same challenges as other areas of the country when it comes to manufacturing,” said Holmes. “While employers may be able to find replacement workers, a lack of skilled labor is impacting local companies’ ability to grow.” Announcements Continued Page 14
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Announcements Continued To combat this, Ogden-Weber Tech College works closely with manufacturers to understand their needs. Employer Advisory Teams provide valuable input to ensure programs are employer-ready. The school’s open entry/open exit approach means that students can start at any time, whether integrating classes during high school, pursuing a certificate program or completing individualized courses designed by a local business to boost specific skills. “Everything we do is driven by employers, for employers,” said Holmes, adding that they also partner with the Northern Utah Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association on campus events. Additionally, Ogden-Weber Tech College is involved with a new state-funded machinist apprenticeship program launched with JD Machine, a local high-tech precision machining and fabricating company creating components for aircraft, defense and medical systems. Completion time for the Machinist Apprentice Certificate is 720 hours of classroom/online trainA2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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To recognize the school’s success, in 2012, Tooling U-SME designated Ogden-Weber Tech College a Tooling U-SME Platinum Education Center (TUPEC). This elite designation is presented to model educational facilities that have developed an outstanding learning culture and demonstrate exceptional commitment to preparing students for a successful career in the manufacturing industry. The conversation nationally is moving to competency-based learning, but the concept is not new at Ogden-Weber Tech College, which has been using this approach for years. The school’s competency-based program consists of about 25 percent theory and 75 percent hands-on training. A blended learning approach includes textbook, video, hands-on and computer-based learning. Holmes said that since 2004, more than 44,000 Tooling U-SME courses have been completed. Now six UCAT schools have integrated the online courses. According to Holmes, instructors like Tooling U-SME because they don’t have to rewrite the curriculum, which is continually updated based on the latest technological advances in the industry. “With curriculum, testing and assessments built in, we don’t have to recreate the wheel,” Holmes said. “Even if I had a staff of curriculum writers there is no way I could keep up withTooling U-SME.” Even without checking, Holmes said he can tell immediately if a student has completed the required Tooling U-SME coursework before moving into the shop. Ogden-Weber Tech College serves 6,000 students annually and boasts Announcements Continued Page 16
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NUNTMA always has exciting and informative events. Last month, chapter offered in conjunction with The Manufacturing Extension Program (MEP) for an informatie presentation on “The Power of Kaizen.” The first portion was presented in December-and due to member request, the second happened in March! “The Power of Kaizen” is a presentation dealing with change. This training introduces the powerful concept of kaizen, and why it’s
NUNTMA is the Northern Utah chapter of the National Tooling & Machining Association. As a chapter focusing on supporting the precision machining and manufacturing industry along the Wasatch Front, NUNTMA welcomes machining companies and others concerned about creating a dynamic environment where businesses can grow and thrive. Our current focus is to develop the best talent from our Northern Utah communities by providing information about how to become a machinist apprentice.
The next event? NUNTMA Spring Social April 14, 2016 Location: Rooster’s in Ogden (253 25th Street) Time: 6 PM Mark your calendars for April 14! We will be having an evening social. Spouses and +1’s are invited to attend as well. To reserve your place in this meeting, whether you are a member or not, contact Maddie Dahl via email at chapterexec@nuntma.org or call 801.337.7097. A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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often overlooked as a change strategy. With examples drawn from manufacturing, history, and success literature, this training argues that small changes can create big results. “The Power of Kaizen” is applicable in any business and has been positively received in diverse businesses ranging from Corporate Software to a Custom Auto Garage. For those who’ve never heard of kaizen, this was a good introduction. For those versed in kaizen, this was a worthwhile review.
Mazak To Construct New Plant In Japan Yamazaki Mazak officials have announced the construction of a new production facility in Inabe City, Mie Prefecture, Japan. The new Yamazaki Mazak Inabe plant will combine – as key components of Mazak’s iSMART Factory concept – production automation and Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) technology. The Inabe plant follows suit with Mazak’s Kentucky plant where the iSMART Factory concepts are already established, as well as with the existing Yamazaki Mazak Oguchi Plant in Japan that will be a full iSMART Factory by the end of 2016. As an iSMART Factory and with 56,000m2 of planned floor space for manufacturing larger size machine tools, the new Inabe plant will boost productivity by more than 50%. Mazak’s iSMART Factory uses advanced manufacturing cells and systems together with full digital integration to achieve free-flow data sharing of process control and operation monitoring. In the iSMART Factory, the MTConnect open communications protocol works with process support software and provides connectivity and the capability to monitor and then harvest data from production floor
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Doosan Welcomes Eugene Hendrix As New Western Regional Manager Doosan Infracore America is pleased to announce that Eugene Hendrix has joined the company as Western Regional Manager. Andy McNamara, Director of Sales and Marketing for the company, says, “Eugene brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our distibution network in the western region. Not only did he start his career as a tool and die maker, he also supervised a CNC department years ago.” He continued, “Eugene’s Engineering degree, coupled with his industry experience in a machine shop environment enables him to truly grasp his customers’ requirements.” Eugenie’s career over the past decade and a half has been supporting customers in the precision machining environment as a sales manager working for a few different builders. He also spent time working for a local machine tool dealer in the Arizona market. Announcements Continued Page 18 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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Announcements Continued Eugene says, “I am very excited to work for a great company like Doosan Infracore America. Not only do they provide the tools for their employees, but they also provide superior customer support coupled with a great line of machine tools.” You can contact Eugene at 973-618-6022 or email him at eugene.hendrix@doosan.com
Methods 3D Installs 3D Systems’ New ProX DMP 320 High Precision / Throughput 3D Metal Printers In Technical Centers Across The US Methods 3D, Inc., a newly formed subsidiary of Methods Machine Tools, Inc. (www.methodsmachine.com), a leading supplier of innovative precision machine tools, 3D printing technology, automation and accessories, announced the addition of the new ProX™ DMP 320 to its growing line of direct metal 3D printers from 3D Systems (www.3dsystems.com). A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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Methods 3D is installing the ProX™ within multiple technology centers across the US to provide product demonstration, training, support, and development of customer solutions on this exceptional production printer incorporating the full range of available materials. “We are excited to offer the ProX™ DMP 320 along with the extensive line of 3D Systems Direct Metal Printers (DMP),” said Mr. Benjamin Fisk, General Manager, Methods 3D, Inc. “Its production manufacturing capability, in addition to high strength, high density, exceptionally pure materials at low operating costs, offers ideal additive manufacturing solutions for today’s demanding applications.” In October 2015, Methods Machine Tools announced it entered into a partner agreement with 3D Systems, a provider of the most advanced and comprehensive 3D digital design and fabrication solutions available today, including 3D printers, print materials and cloud-sourced custom parts. Methods 3D, Inc. is comprised of a dedicated team of industry experienced, highly-skilled technical sales and applications engineers fully integrated with, and leveraging, the extensive machining and manufacturing experience of Methods Machine Tools, Inc.This partnership enhances Methods’ portfolio of leading-edge precision machine tools and solutions for traditional manufacturing with advanced 3D printing solutions, enabling their customers to enter new markets, expand their manufacturing capabilities, and revolutionize manufacturing with 3D printing. For more information, please contact Methods at (978) 443-5388 or visit their website at www.methodsmachine.com. Announcements Continued Page 20
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Preparing for a Business Move Step 2: Review your Current Processes and Equipment This is the second part of the six-step series that will help you plan for and then execute a business move. Each of these steps will help you coordinate your move to be organized and effective. Step two is all about taking inventory of what your plant is currently doing, so you can decide what kind of move you need. To do this, ask yourself three questions. 1) Is this equipment running 24/7 or just five eight-hour shifts? If you are running eight-hour shifts five days a week, why do you need a larger facility? This is a good time to ask yourself what you can do to improve your efficiency, while studying the micro level of your layout, which we discussed in step one. 2) What is the downtime on the equipment and is there time to schedule maintenance? Consider how well your equipment is running. Does it break down frequently? Look for patterns in problems and try to implement predictive maintenance. If machines are running 24/7 with no time for maintenance, you’ll need to plan to add more equipment as part of your move. 3) How much space do you need for the machines both to operate and to maintain the equipment? Try to look into the future and determine how much space you’ll need A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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J.M. Grisley has carried the Doosan Machine tool line in Utah, Idaho, Montana and parts of Wyoming for the past 40 years. Just last year, Doosan expanded J.M. Grisley’s territory — not only does the company continue to support its customers in Utah, Idaho, Montana, and parts of Wyoming — the new agreement makes J.M. Grisley the exclusive distributor for the fine line of Doosan machine tools in Colorado, and now all of Wyoming. Lars Grisley, Managing Director for the 4th generation machine tool dealer, introduces the company’s newest team members who will support the new territory. Tom Zimmerman joined the J.M. Grisley team to support customers in Coloroado and Utah. Tom earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication from University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee and has been selling CNC MachineTools since 2007. He earned his CMTSE Certification (Certified Manufacturing Technology Sales Engineer) in November 2015. Steve Cote also joined the team to support J.M. Grisley’s new territory. Jim spent 9 years as a Naval ship board engineer, and he has 25 years Machine tool service experience, 15 working on Doosan machines. Steve enjoys hunting, fishing, camping, and travel. Contact Tom and Steve by calling J.M. Grisley’s main phone number at 801-486-7519.
Northrop won a contract worth an estimated $80 billion in October to develop and build 100 new bombers, but work on the plane was delayed for months while federal auditors reviewed a protest by Boeing and its key supplier, Lockheed Martin. Boeing said it would skip any further protests with the U.S. Government Accountability Office or in the federal courts. The Air Force, under pressure from lawmakers and retired Air Force officers, has promised to release more information about the new plane.
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Sometimes things just work out in life. Sometimes a critical success factor is being in the right time at the right place. That is, to some extent, how partners Stephen Mackert and Michael Smith founded their business. But, of course, it isn’t just being in the right place at the right time. That helps, but then you must add in other intangibles like the ability to take risks, negotiating skills, a superior partnership between 2 colleagues, just to name a few. Stephen was a young man, nearly right out of high school, when he went to work at a machine shop. Stephen says, “I loved the trade from the start”, and he admits, “My family members were all in the construction industry, and it gets pretty cold in construction in Utah winters!” From his initial years in the machine shop, he went on to work for a mold making shop. It is here that he began the arduous journey of becoming a mold maker. Michael was busy installing car stereos, and made the decision that he didn’t want to be climbing under cars for his career. And so while he was working, he also went to school for machining — doing both full time. He went on to earn his associates degree in the trade. Stephen says, “While I was working for Sorenson Mold, I had a friend who was having a stereo and phone installed in his car, and Michael did the installation. My friend was so impressed with Michael, and since he knew Michael was already studying to become a machinist, he put the two of us in touch. Stephen says, “This friend said that Michael was so smart and so particular in his work. I needed some new blood in the company I was working for so I hired Michael as an apprentice.” Michael finished school, and came on full time at Sorenson Mold. Michael and Stephen worked together for nearly a decade at Sorenson Mold, where Stephen supervised a team of several mold makers. Stephen says, “In September of 2010 we learned that Sorenson Mold was closing its doors.” A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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Stephen approached Michael about the possibility of buying the business before it closed down. Michael says, “I had to be talked into it by Stephen — this was a huge step.” The 2 new partners negotiated with Sorenson Mold, brought in an expert to appraise the value of the machines, and in the end they successfully purchased the assets of Sorenson Mold. Stephen says, “We changed the name on the door — to Molding Solutions, Inc., and we never looked back.Within the first year we were profitable.” Michael says, “We were a new business, and getting financing was tricky. Several banks turned us down. We owe much of our early success,
and the ability to grow to Key Bank, and to Jace Johnson. He helped us to get the financing when nobody else would do it.” Today, Molding Solutions supports customers largely in Utah and Colorado, and their customers hale from such industries as medical, irrigation, dental, and commercial, to name a few. Stephen says, “We get the most difficult tooling requirements from our customers, and we specialize in new mold building as well as mold repairs. Our footprint capability is for molds 24”x36” and smaller.” The partners are particularly proud that they are often called on to rebuild tools that were built in China, and Stephen says, “We are getting these because the tools made in China didn’t work.” Six years into business ownership, Stephen says, “Business is very good, and we continue to grow.” He admits life is simplified today versus initial start up of the business, as he and Michael typically work 10 hours a day, far less than their early days of 16 hour workdays. Molding Solutions produces about a dozen new molds each year, repairs ~ 100 molds in a given year, and Stephen says their ratio of new tooling to replacement tooling is about 75:25. They build tools for prototyping to production. Using such software tools as Solidworks for 3D modeling and MasterCAM, they often are tasked with building the tooling for injection mold companies. Not only are they expert at mold repair and rebuild, they additionally offer wire, sinker and small hole EDM; prototype machining and mold making; part design for moldability; and production and prototype injection molding. In 2010 when Michael and Stephen bought out Sorenson Mold’s assets for pennies on the dollar, they inherited a number of machine tools. After a few years of profitability, Michael says, “It was time to replace some of our older equipment acquired with the business.” Stephen says, “We asked around in the industry when we were making our new machine tool purchase evaluations. We knew that one thing we had to have was local sales and service. One of our machinists knew Smith Machinery well from his prior experience, and he highly recommended them. Other machine shop owners in Utah also highly recommended Smith Machinery.” For their Vertical Machining Center purchase, the team at Molding Solutions, Inc. purchased the Mazak Nexus 510C. Michael says, “The Mazak is a workhorse for us. It has been so reliable, and the service we get from Smith Machinery is outstanding.” Molding Solutions’ most recent machine tool acquisition was the MC Machinery Diamond Cut TV-500, which is a combination Mill/Drill/Tap machine.The team worked with their Smith Machinery Sales Engineer, Klaus Lassig, in the purchase. Michael says,
“Klaus is a machinist by background, and he talks like a machinist. We respect his background — he isn’t a typical sales guy or a new machine tool sales guy who can’t answer your questions. During our decision making phase in the machine tool buying process, Klaus brought us into other machine shops so that we could hear directly from other owners’ about their experience with specific machines.” Klaus says, “Mold makers often use a vacuum system to extract the graphite dust from their environment, and the environment can be quite dusty through the process.We introduced Molding Solutions to a methodology that would allow them to machine ‘graphite wet’.” Stephen says, “We were very leery, but we did a test burn, and machining ‘graphite wet’ not only was a much cleaner process, but the finished product was outstanding.” Michael says, “Since we purchased our MC Machinery Diamond Cut TV-500 from Smith Machinery, we’ve been very pleased overall. The installation took 2 days before we were up and running (not months, as we have previously experienced), and the training (1 week at our site) we received from MC Machinery was just a great experience.” To learn more about Smith Machinery’s fine line of machine tools coupled with superior service, contact them at 801-263-6403 or visit SmithMachineTools.com Call Molding Solutions, Inc. if you need the most complex molds built or repaired, or if your require production or prototype injection molding. They can be reached at 801-858-1467 or contact Stephen at smackert@msislc.com A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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Sen.Wayne Harper, R-Taylorsville, grounded his own bill after drone industry experts, a state economic development official and a government watchdog group pointed out its flaws. “We don’t need more laws to regulate drones,” John McDonald, an airplane pilot and drone operator, told the Senate Transportation and Public Utilities and Technology Committee.The Federal Aviation Administration and state law already cover what Harper is proposing, he said. SB210 aimed to restrict recreational drone use during emergencies, wildfires and large gatherings, including allowing police to “neutralize” unmanned aerial vehicles in certain situations. It also would set criminal penalties for trespassing and voyeurism. Back at the offices of Rocky Mountain Unmanned Systems, there was a sense of relief as news came that Harper’s bill wouldn’t go forward. A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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Utah Valley University professor Robert Trim said the school would have to abandon its civil aviation program if the legislation passed. He said it attempts to redefine what is already a patchwork of laws that are difficult to navigate and that FAA regulations are already more stringent. Trim said he’s working on a curriculum for unmanned aerial vehicles, an industry Utah is well positioned to get into. Starting pay for lead pilots is $96,000, he said. Source: Deseret News
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Planning Human Test Space Flights By 2017 Private space travel company Blue Origin expects its first test flights with people in 2017, company founder Jeff Bezos said. And Bezos said that thousands of people have expressed interest in eventually paying for a trip on a suborbital craft. For now, the man who founded Amazon.com is spending some of the billions earned from the Seattle-based online retailer on high tech equipment and about 600 employees working in a former Boeing airplane parts facility. Bezos said he’s convinced the company — a vision of his childhood dreams_will eventually be profitable. The company isn’t taking deposits yet, so it’s unclear whether thousands
of interested space travelers will translate into sales. Blue Origin, founded in 2000, has launched a ship twice, and it landed safely. The company plans to keep testing until its usefulness is done then switch to other ships being built to test human flight. The real money will be made selling rocket engines to others planning to launch satellites and spaceships, Bezos said. United Launch Alliance has asked Blue Origin to build the engine for its new launch vehicle so it can stop relying on Russian-made engines. Bezos, who still has his day job at Amazon, said he’s deeply involved at Blue Origin. He enthusiastically shared technical details and explanations during a media tour and one engineer said he was as knowledgeable about the technology as anyone in the building. “I only pursue things that I am passionate about,” Bezos said. He spoke of dreaming of space travel and building rockets since he was 5. He said he wasn’t ready to share exactly how much he has invested in the space venture, saying just that all the high tech equipment and about 600 employees have added up to “a very significant number.” The media-shy company said welcoming the press to their development floor was a first step toward more openness, but all but a few photographs of the facility were prohibited. Bezos said he wasn’t concerned about his competition to build the next generation of rocket engines because society will need lots of help moving industry and people off the planet.
Anschutz’s Massive Wyoming Wind Farm Gets Another Ok From Feds The biggest wind farm in North America, backed by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz, notched another win in the proposed project’s long path toward reality. The federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued an “Environmental Assessment” of the specific sites for 500 of the 1,000 turbines that will be part of the Chokecherry and Sierra Madre (CCSM) Wind Energy Project in southernWyoming.The agency also issued the study’s draft finding that there were “no new significant impacts” from the construction and installation of the wind turbines. The BLM, in a statement, called its finding “a key milestone for the largest proposed wind energy facility in North America.” More approvals are needed, but it’s possible that construction work on roads at the wind farm could start in the late summer or fall, said Brad Purdy, a spokesman for the BLM in Wyoming. The Phase I for the project included in the environmental assessment, which consist of the first 500 wind turbines, will cover about 75,000 acres of private, federal and state land, according to the Power Company of Wyoming, the Anschutz entity that’s developing the project.
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NASA, Lockheed Work On Logistics Of Sustained Near-Moon Mission
NASA’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships, or NextSTEPs, are investigating ways to leverage the Orion capsule to set up a cislunar outpost. Lockheed Martin is working on Orion upgrades that would let a four-person crew stay on board for two months. Source: Space.com A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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Wind Power Surges In Colorado, Nationwide The wind industry nationwide notched its third-best year in 2015 in terms of new wind farms built, according to the American Wind Energy Association. Nationwide, the industry installed 8,598 megawatts worth of wind turbines in 2015, with 5,001 megawatts installed during the fourth quarter, says AWEA’s new report, available here. The 2015 total is a 77 percent increase over 2014, according to AWEA. In Colorado, wind turbines capable of generating 399 megawatts worth of renewable power started spinning in 2015, according to AWEA. Colorado now has a total of 2,992 megawatts worth of wind turbines in the state, AWEA said. Two major wind farms came online in Colorado during the fourth quarter: A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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• The Golden West Wind Farm in El Paso County, also is owned by NextEra, is capable of generating up to 249 megawatts worth of power, which is sold to Xcel Energy Inc. And industry experts say the wind sector is expected to grow following the five-year extension of the federal Production Tax Credit for wind power which passed as part of the $1.1 trillion budget signed by President Barack Obama in December . The budget also included language ending the ban on exporting oil produced in the United States. In Colorado, Xcel has expressed an interest in adding wind and solar power to its portfolio. At the start of 2016, about 9,400 megawatts worth of wind farms were under construction, AWEA said. “The U.S. wind industry hasn’t seen this kind of rapid growth for years,” said John Hensley, AWEA’s manager for industry data and analysis. “After surpassing the 70 gigawatt (GW) milestone late last year, American wind power is on the verge of reaching 75 GW of installed capacity in coming months,” he said. One gigawatt of electricity is equal to 1,000 megawatts. According to AWEA, Iowa ranks second in the nation in total installed capacity with more than 6,000 megawatts. Oklahoma just surpassed 5,000 megawatt mark and New Mexico has become the 17th state to enter the ‘gigawatt club,’ passing the 1,000 megawatt threshold. Texas continues to lead the nation with over 17,700 megawatts of installed capacity, more than twice that of any other state.
CoorsTek Medical Enters The U.S. Hip Implant Market, Plans Expansion Hip replacement implants using ceramic made by CoorsTek Medical won federal approval for domestic use last week, giving the company its first U.S. toehold and prompting moves to expand its manufacturing in Golden. CoorsTek Medical isn’t disclosing the name of the company making the hip implant receiving U.S. Food & Drug Administration approval. CoorsTek Medical makes ball sockets, known as femoral heads, using specialized ceramic material, called CeraSurf. They’re part of another manufacturer’s hip implant systems. The implant’s femoral head — the ball that fits into a patient’s hip
socket — is made using a special zirconia-hardened ceramic CoorsTek Medical developed in Grand Junction and will manufacture into products at commercial scale in Golden. CoorsTek Medical’s CeraSurf ceramic material had previously only been green-lighted by regulators outside the U.S. Surgeons have been implanting CeraSurf hip components in South America since 2011 and in Europe since 2012.
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Implants using ceramics in the U.S. to date have been imported, mainly from one overseas company. CoorsTek Medical plans to be the first domestic alternative, first eyeing a hip implant market estimated to be about $350 million annually and then looking to other uses of its medical ceramics. The company, an offshoot of the beer family’s privately-held CoorsTek business, has positioned itself to be a supplier of medical ceramic components to large medical device companies. CoorsTek Medical is the only company capable of making ceramics components for medical implants as well as whole metal and ceramic implant technologies for clients, said Bryan McMillan, president of CoorsTek Medical. “Now we have a clearance that lets us tell a different story to clients about making products for the U.S.,” McMillan said. “(CoorsTek) being the largest engineered ceramics company in the world already, that’s a really big deal.”
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Lockheed Expanding Missile Factories, Quadruples Bomb Production for ISIS Long Haul “We are seeing a lot of international demand for our product set,” Frank St. John, Lockheed’s vice president of tactical missiles, said. “That’s causing us to do a lot of work in international partnerships and co-production and we’re very excited about those opportunities.” In particular, U.S. and allies are burning through their stocks of Lockheed’s Hellfire missile, the signature weapon of Predator and Reaper drones. Helicopters and fixed-wing planes also carry the versatile laser-guided weapon. “It requires a little bit of investment on our part to expand the factories, but the demand is there and we’re keeping up with it [and]
Lockheed has also “quadrupled our production capacity” at the Archbald, Pennsylvania, factory to meet demand from the U.S. and its allies for Paveway II laser-guided bombs. With top military officials predicting that the ISIS campaign will run for years, demand for missiles and bombs is expected to remain high. Between August 2014 and February 2016, the latest month for which Pentagon data is available, American warplanes dropped more than 39,715 bombs, worth some $1.5 billion, on ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria. Last month, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he had asked Congress for $1.8 billion to buy 45,000 smart bombs in fiscal 2017. In all, the Pentagon plans to spend $1.89 billion on JDAM, Hellfire, and Small Diameter bombs next year, up $337 million for those three weapons this year. NATO and Middle Eastern allies are also believed to want to buy these weapons, Roman Schweizer, an analyst with Guggenheim, said in a March 7 note to investors. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Jordan have all struck ISIS targets in Syria. Source: Defense One A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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UQM Technologies said it’s made a deal to sell these electronic propulsion systems to a Chinese company; a deal that could be worth more than $400 million for the Longmont company. UQM, based in Longmont, said at the time the deal to supply electric propulsion systems could be worth more than $400 million. The first systems shipped to China are intended for a test and certification program, which is on schedule for 2016, UQM said. UQM said it expects to manufacture the electric propulsion systems in Colorado through 2017, then shift manufacturing to China. The initial shipment of UQM’s PowerPhase Pro 135 systems will be used in the Chinese shuttle buses that are 6 to 8 meters long.
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Lockheed is scrambling to become more agile and lower its costs as the U.S. Air Force nears decisions on how to replace and augment the large missile warning and protected communications satellites that Lockheed builds.
“Ultimately (the government) is going to go to a new architecture, so by reducing the cost, it helps the government and it helps us get to the future,” Ambrose said. Boeing Co, Northrop Grumman Corp and other firms are determined to wrestle away a portion of the satellite business that Lockheed now dominates. The Air Force has not yet released its acquisition plans for the new satellite systems. Ambrose said Lockheed had already cut $2.8 billion in cost from its main satellite portfolio, including the Space-Based Infrared System missile warning satellites and the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected communications satellites. It had also lowered operating costs by shutting facilities. The company, which has built 850 satellites in past decades, was also trying to lower the cost of its Global Positioning System satellites, and had shaved 20 months off the time it took to finish the first GPS III satellite compared with the previous model it built. Increasing the number of common parts among satellites and standardizing interfaces for payloads would also help reduce the time it took to build new satellites, Ambrose said. Lockheed is adopting new technologies such as 3D printing, in which components are built by putting down layer after layer of powdered metals, he said. That process could lower costs and dramatically shorten production time, he said. Ambrose said Lockheed expected to complete testing of a 3D-printed 26-inch propellant tank in the second quarter, and had just begun work on a much larger 46-inch tank. Lockheed already has a 3D printed part on its Juno spacecraft which is due to arrive near Jupiter on July 4, and the Air Force is now testing a 3D printed part for use on the next AEHF satellite, Ambrose said. Source: Reuters
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J.M. Grisley The Oldest Doosan Dealer in The U.S. Is Now Awarded Expansion Into Colorado and All of Wyoming
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3rd Generation J.M. Grisley Owner Jim In Front of One of The First Doosan Machines The Company Ever Sold (It Recently Came Back To Them on A Trade From A Customer)
2 supported their father’s business, only Jim elected to make a career out of it. Jim is pictured above with one of the earliest Doosan (then called Daewoo) machines J.M. Grisley ever sold. The machine came back to them on a trade from one of their loyal customers who purchased a new Doosan machine. And now for the 4th generation Grisley. Lars is one of three children that Jim and his wife Mary Jane had. The two girls have pursued other business interests, but Lars joined the business after graduating from college, and spending a few years working for other companies.Today, Lars runs the business full time, and his father Jim has stepped out of day-to-day operations. Today, Jim supports a few of his long-term customers and is highly involved in sales of grinding machines, since this is one of his areas of expertise. J.M. Grisley is full service distributor for both multi-axis CNC and manual machine tools including Machining Centers, Turning Centers, Boring Mills, EDM,5 Axis Machining Centers, and Accessories for both production and prototype.The company’s customers range from small job shops and to high productions shops.Their machines are particularly well suited to Aerospace, Oil Field, Medical and Job Shop applications, and their core machine tool, the one that they sell more than any other, is the Doosan line of machine tools.
Lars Grisley is Pictured With The Company’s Newest Sales Addition, Troy Campbell, Who Will Support J.M. Grisley’s Customers in Utah Jim explains Doosan’s history in the US. He says, “Doosan Infracore opened its US headquarters in New Jersey in 1982, and moved to its current Pine Brook location in 2011. It was built to mainly interact with and to service all customers in North and South America. It was just a few short years, 4 to be exact, before it brought on its first US dealer, which was us.” Lars adds, “We have the longest history distributing Doosan Machine tools in this country.” He continued, “Doosan’s US headquarters, with its 65,000 square feet, offers not only a place to bring customers to see and touch new machine tools, but it also carries an extensive inventory of parts for our customers. Literally, through Doosan’s US headquarters, we can delivery 98% of parts to customers overnight.”
Through a series of dynamic mergers and acquisitions, Doosan Infracore has established subsidiaries in 20 countries across the world, with more than 60% of its 14,000-strong workforce consisting of foreign nationals and the share of overseas sales exceeding 80%. Doosan supports its U.S. customers with tech centers in Chicago, Los Angeles, Memphis and Dallas. Recently the North American Doosan executive team came to Salt Lake City to meet with Lars to show their support of J.M. Grisley’s ongoing success, and to strategize on the company’s expansion into Colorado and all of Wyoming. While on their business visit, the executive team had the opportunity to tour one of J.M. Grisley’s customers — one who recently purchased the Doosan HM 1250W Heavy Duty Large Envelope Horizontal Machining Center. Lars says that his customer is the first in all of the United States to purchase the HM 1250W. He continued, “The HM 1250W combines a high torque spindle drive and powerful axis drives for a large chip removal rate. The massive meehanite cast structure and wrap around box ways provide the rigidity required for both heavy cutting and superb surface finishes.The machine is exceptionally stable and maintains excellent positioning accuracy and repeatability in any environment.” The customer who purchased the Doosan HM 1250W Horizontal Machining Center is a manufacturer of Industrial equip-
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A Company Machinist Pictured At the Controls of the Massive Doosan HM 1250W Horizontal Machining Center That They Recently Purchased
ment. He says, “We evaluated several different machine builders who offered a machine of this size. In the end, after talking with other Doosan owners, and hearing about Doosan’s great reputation, we selected the Doosan.” He continued, “There were 3 other factors that helped us to make our decision, and they included superior price, capabilities (there were very few machines that offered the quill ‘extending’ spindle), and the fact that when we purchased our Doosan machine, we would have local service and support.We have been very happy with the team at J.M. Grisley.” The J.M. Grisley team is just ramping up its operations in Colorado, Lars says. They hired Stephen Cote to support current Doosan customers’ service and maintenance requirements throughout Colorado andWyoming. They also hired Tom Zimmerman to support customers’ sales requirements. And though J.M. Grisley isn’t a household name in the machine tool industry in Colorado today, just give them time. You will come to expect the superior sales and service that customers throughout Utah, Idaho, Montana and parts of Wyoming have experienced for 3 decades now, and you will clearly understand how the company has consistently earned awards for it sales and service. To learn more about J.M. Grisley, your 4th generation machine tool dealer with a long history serving customers in Utah, Idaho, Montana and parts of Wyoming, now with expansion into Colorado and all of Wyoming, contact them at 801-486-7519 or visit JMGrisleyMachine.com A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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The Air Force service has always had the largest share of the black Forecast budget. Its classified R&D is twice that of the Army and Navy combined—their Army and Navy classified procurement is under $20 Bloomberg News reports Boeing “raised its 20-year forecast for million. commercial jet demand by 3.8 percent as air traffic outstrips global
economic growth and airlines refresh their fleets with $4.8 trillion in However, this reflects a major complicating factor in the analysis new planes.” Randy Tinseth, marketing vice president for commercial of the black budget:said It has generally accepted for market years that airplanes at Boeing, he been did not see a “bubble” in the even the major elements of theraising intelligence community (IC)—theRichard CIA, as the company considers production rates. However, National Agency andTeal NRO—are chieflyinexpensive funded by financing the Air Aboulafia,Security an analyst with the Group, warned Force. Indeed, the service has in recent years been given approval to and oil prices could change these numbers. Meanwhile, Howard Rubel, talk about its “blue” and “nonblue” budgets, the latter being money an analyst with Jefferies LLC, predicted that Boeing and Airbus would passed directly to the IC. of as thenew difference andto continue to dominate the Most market entrantsbetween are just blue starting nonblue is in procurement ($21.5 billion) and R&D ($8.5 billion), come to the market. according to 2017 budget documents. The AP reports that speaking ahead of the Bourget international air But theinnonblue R&D is still $4.6 billion thanare theforcing Air Force lists into show Paris, Tinseth, “said rising oil less prices carriers classified R&D,about indicating that theand service major R&D programs think harder efficiency, that has means smaller planes that that are not pass-throughs to the IC. To confuse the picture further,air burn less fuel.” That “also means design changes, streamlined many major IC projects—including the design, development and traffic control and improved navigation to shave miles (kilometers) support of NRO spacecraft—are Air Force-type activities. Other off each flight.” The AP notes, “The demand for fuel efficiency has programs type for are the the wide-body manned andlong unmanned ISR aircraft eaten awayofatthis orders haul carriers that are owned by the CIA but developed, andthe operated bytwo Air Force major profit-drivers for Boeing procured and Airbus, world’s biggest personnel. This pattern has existed for more than 60 years. It continaircraft manufacturers.”
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RQ-170 T h e pand r o X-37B posal programs and, most includes about $5.5 likely, the RQ-180; billion in Air Force itspace was investment, selected to a n run i n cthe r e a sB-21 e of approximately $250 bomber program. million — or 4.5 % —RCO over the fiscal The pattern year 2016 request. was used by Deup that industrial said. “Then take efforts of withTeague other satellites that aretherunning outthat of tech fuel, fense Secretary establish the Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO), formed in base,” The money will Ash fullyCarter fund thetoevolved expandable launch vehicle program, maturation work and be able to have it explore or support any and all repositioning and controlling them to continue 2012 accomplish “rapid innovation by building what we have,” he has said. SCO is the whichtohelps put payloads into orbit, said WinstononBeauchamp, deputy competitor launch service providers who would to take advantage serving their existing areasbeorable move to new areas. home the “arsenal . . . based on one of our oldest platforms,” which will operate underofsecretary of theplane Air Force for space. of those key technologies, and provide it in support of a rocket propulsion in conjunction with Lockheed Martin F-22s and F-35s and “act as a very large magazine.” system or engine …InThat engine work years, then helps transporttechnology transitions seven to eight as robotic EELV “will preserve our ability to access space [while] investing in an to our next step, which is a launch system development.” advances, the spacecraft could eventually transfer indigenouslyEyes produced capability,”For he said. “This serves Satellite not only Orbital 1stlaunch Customer In-Space Servicing fuel to aging satellites, or deliver or swap their as a capability to replenish space assets as they reach end of life, but also SpaceX and ATK Launch Systems were recently awarded contracts to payloads, Wilson said, citing work on such capato improve our capabilities and reconstitute our forces.” developwithin rocket propulsion system prototypes. For now, the Air Force Orbital ATK Inc said it hopes to announce bilities by NASA and other agencies. says ULAfor needs the next and six to eight weeks its first contract a to continue using the RD-180. As tensions have increased between Washington Moscow, Congress “in space” service aimed at extending the life has directed the Defense Departmentnew to stop using Russian-built RDEachthis oftransition the MEVperiod satellites bethe designed to “We’re trying to manage until will we get new family and uses of aging commercial in geosyn- last for 15 to 20 years, with the ability to dock 180 rocket engines as soon as possible. The engines power the Unitedsatellites next-generation of launch systems certified and able to support our chronous Launch Alliance’s Atlas V rocket, which are part orbit. of the EELV program. and undock other satellites 10 toto15 times, requirement,” Teague said. “Untilfrom that happens, and in order promote ULA is a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. he said. competition, ULA would need to have access to the RD-180 engine to Tom Wilson, vice president of strategy and business able to competitively compete with SpaceX and their Falcon 9. And “We are working diligently towards that objective … at [but] there’sATK, a lot said be development Orbital theif the company was begun by ATK but so direction isThe we’reproject going to getfirst off RD-180 now andinwe2009, will have of work to be done by [U.S.] industry,” Maj. Gen. Roger Teague, hadsaid invested tens of millions of dollars in the new got fresh momentum after Orbital merged with no further access or authorization to use any additional RD-180 engines, director ofbut space in the officeHe of the capability, gaveprograms no specific amount. alsoassistant declinedsecretary to name for the customer. months ago. Orbital a satellite that then we’re going to ATK have to18look at a different strategyhad to be able to satisfy acquisition. “To get off of that [RD-180] engine it’s important that first our launch manifestwas requirement untilfor those satisfied.” ideally sized thenew job,entrants and wasare docking to our U.S. technical industrial basesatellites build itself up 380 backcommunications up and restore satellites Wilson said each year about 70 of the in orbit other satellites through its NASA space station excellence in hydrocarbon engines.” Thethat Air Force for a complete launch system capability, not just a could potentially need servicing as they reached the end of the propellant allowsis looking cargo resupply contract, Wilson said. rocket engine. Teague noted. The service is trying to promote technology them to maintain their position in space.He added that the company planned to launch The Air Force laid out a multi-phased approach. maturation “to evolve from … new its first ViviSat Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) in 2018, and then carry out its first Orbital also hadengine a roletechnologies, on a secret toAira launch Force system, to ultimately launch services and certified launch capabilities “The first step is to try to shore up the industrial base and take … the customer mission in early 2019 after an in-orbit checkout. program that was first disclosed last year and in— and that’s our end state [and] what we’re trying to achieve,” he said. technical maturation and risk reduction activities necessary to build cludes docking capabilities, he said. He declined A Zprovide MANUFACTURING SW • 39 •details. March / Apr 2016 Orbital ATK eventually plans to operate 10 MEV spacecraft that will be able to dock to any additional 2
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This Airship Transports Lockheed Into New Territory “Airships, by the very laws of physics, are the most efficient and beautiful aircraft to ever fly,” said Grant Cool. The Canadian fixed-wing pilot was sitting in the mock-up of a blimp gondola built by a Hollywood set designer nestled in the middle of one of the most secretive places in America: Lockheed Martin’s legendary Skunk Works, where the SR-71 was created, along with the F-117 stealth fighter. Cool originally came to Lockheed as aSome potential customer the comFactories ‘Reshore’ WorkforFrom pany’s new Hybrid Airship, called the LMH1.The airship looks a bit like aOverseas flying can of Pillsbury Biscuits after it’s been popped, and it can best be described as part blimp, part airplane and part helicopter. “We’re Duringa the of for thethis, Great Recession, U.S.going factory were getting lot ofworst interest so we think there’s to bejobs a market,” disappearing at aLockheed’s furious pace.program As 2007 began, about million said Bob Boyd, manager for 14 hybrid airAmericans systems. were working in manufacturing. Three years and one frightful recession later,market only 11.5 were. Buttosince 2010, employment has beenwhether ticking That is million to deliver cargo remote areas without roads, back up, with companies adding about 400,000 jobs. it’s oil and gas exploration, mining projects or villages needing UPS
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The LMH1 will land on three cushions that can suction to the surface. It can also merely hover as cargo is moved, even over open water. It will fly below 10,000 feet, where the air is denser and can provide more lift. Maximum speeds will be 75 to 80 miles an hour, “faster than a ship.” On a full cargo load at full speed, Boyd said the LMH1 can go at least 1,400 miles, “But if you slow down, you can go a lot farther.” How far? “You actually go all the way around the planet ... on one tank of gas.” One of the unique things about the LMH1 is that is intentionally heavier than air. Cool said this is important when your goal is to load and unload cargo. “We start with a very heavy vehicle that will sit safely on the ground, and then figure out the flight components after that,” he said. The company said that flying the airship will be cheaper and quieter than traditional aircraft, and the plan is to sell between 200 and 500 of them. If the LMH1 succeeds, bigger airships will follow, some the size of the Rose Bowl. “Eventually we hope to get something that maybe is as much as a million pounds of cargo, and at that scale the cost goes down, so we get significantly more competitive,” said Boyd. Initial sales will be directly to customers, but the company believes that in the future it will sell the airships to leasing companies, much in the same these companies lease aircraft to airlines. The first sales should be announced in a few weeks. Even as commodities prices have collapsed, Lockheed said potential clients in oil, gas and mining are thinking 10 to 20 years out, and they see airships as a way to save upfront infrastructure costs. However, some of these locations are in dangerous areas of the world. Boyd said the LMH1 can survive bullet holes. “It doesn’t pop like a balloon ... we are still a military contractor, so we do know how to do defensive systems.” Source: CNBC.com A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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On the same day it awarded a contract to ULA and Blue Origin, the U.S. Air Force awarded a similar contract to ULA and Aerojet Rocketdyne, a California-based propulsion company, with an initial government investment of $115.3 million.
The initial government investment on those two contracts was $46.9 million and $33.6 million, respectively.
That contract will help pay for the continued development of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s AR1 engine, which will burn a more traditional mixture of liquid oxygen and kerosene, the same fuel used
In December, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, inserted language into a more than 2,000-page federal spending bill in order to allow use of the Russian engine for military launches for fiscal 2016. Shelby said temporarily lifting the ban on Russian engines would avoid a gap in America’s assured access to space before ULA has an alternative engine ready for use.
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decision granting Xcel’s request to spend $9.1 million on the two projects, considered part of the Innovation Clean Technology (ICT) demonstration project program. The two projects, one in the Stapleton neighborhood in Denver and the other at the new Panasonic complex near Denver International Airport, will test the use of batteries as well as the operation of “microgrid” power systems. Xcel proposed the tests in October 2015.In October, Xcel said the tests could be launched as soon as 2016 or 2017. At the Panasonic test site, Xcel will install a utility-scale solar power system and one large battery at a location near DIA.The Panasonic project will have the capability to be operated as a microgrid, which can provide backup power in emergencies, as well as connected to the regional grid. Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Co. in December 2014 announced it had chosen Denver— specifically a new transit-oriented development on the new commuter rail line near DIA, for its new U.S. headquarters.At the second project, known as the Stapleton project, Xcel will install six batteries at customer’s homes that already have rooftop solar power systems installed.
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FREDERICK C. HUTH serving Northern MT and ID
Dovetail Cutters & Fixtures 5th Axis __________ 858-505-0432 Drills Wohlhaupter________ 937-503-4708 Dust Collectors, Filtration Equip. Bytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox Castrol __________ 800-894-7773 DCM Tech _________ 800-533-5339 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 EDM Materials & Supplies Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773 Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782 EDM Perform. Access. ___ 800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply ____ 480-836-8330 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 EDM: Tooling Systems Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300 EDM Perform. Access. ___ 800-336-2946 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain•
Filtermist Mist Collectors Royal Products_______ 800-645-4174 Garnet Abrasives Barton International____ 800-741-7756 Grinding Wheels Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Knives: Replacement Superior Grinding _____ 801-487-9700 Laser Accessories Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773 Live Centers Royal Products_______ 800-645-4174 Lubricants / Systems Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773 Hangsterfer’s _______ 316-640-2462 Hangsterfer’s _______ 760-580-1357 Qualichem, Inc. ______ 480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 Machine Tool Accessories Schenk Intertech ____ 949-360-1512
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Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Machine Tool Cool. Filtration Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773 Hangsterfer’s _______ 316-640-2462 Hangsterfer’s _______ 760-580-1357 Hasco Oil__________ 562-595-8491 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 Milling and Turning Products Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Parts Washing Equipment Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 R8 Quick Change Tool System Royal Products_______ 800-645-4174 Rota-Rack Parts Accumulator Royal Products_______ 800-645-4174 Solvents /Degreasing Agents Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773 Hangsterfer’s _______ 316-640-2462 Hangsterfer’s _______ 760-580-1357
Hasco Oil__________ Hasc Oil 562-595-8491 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 Spindles GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679 Setco Spindles & Slides __ 866-362-0699 Vices and Vice Jaws 5th Axis __________ 858-505-0432 Desert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300 Waterjet Cutting Abrasives Barton International____ 800-741-7756 GMA Garnet ________ 828-243-9300 Work Holding Schenk Intertech ____ 949-360-1512 CALIBRATION SERVICES Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Klontech Industrial Sales _ 480-948-1871 Total Qual. Syst. ______ 480-377-6422 GRINDING Grinding Machines Jend Machinery _____ 303-775-3697 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268 Manual Lathes & Mills AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Pedestals for Grinders Midaco__________ 847-593-8420
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Sawing Machines AIT _____________ 800-321-3195 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades_303-761-3000 Saw Replacement Parts Rocky Mountain Saw Blades_303-761-3000 Tool Grinders Punch & Die DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339 INSPECTION EQUIP Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972 Klontech Indust. Sales ___ 480-948-1871 OGP ___________ 480-889-9056 Total Qual. Syst. ______ 480-377-6422 CMM Probes Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340 Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972 Klontech Industrial Sales _ 480-948-1871 OGP ___________ 480-889-9056 A2Z Manufacturing •
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OGP ___________ 480-889-9056 Video Measuring Systems Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972 Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871 HARDWARE Horizon Carbide Tool __480-968-0957 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Coor Measuring Mach. Coordinate Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Klontech Industrial Sales _ 480-948-1871 Utah Metal Works, Inc. _ 801-364-5679 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 METALS & MATERIALS OGP ___________ 480-889-9056 Affiliated Metals _____ 800-748-4711 Gauging Equipment AZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600 Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871 Dix Metals ________ 800-477-4349 OGP ___________ 480-889-9056 Low Temp Instrumentation Erickson Metals _____877-543-6061 High Precision Devices _ 303-447-2558 Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metrology Instruments Datum Inspection ____ 602-997-1340 Metal Supermarkets __303-424-1030 Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972 Olympic Metals _____303-286-9700 Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871 Ryerson _________303-227-6310 Samuel, Son & Co. __ 303-422-8282 OGP __________ 480-889-9056 United Performance Metals888-282-3292 Optical Comparators Datum Inspection ____ 602-997-1340 Western States Metals _801-978-0562 Alloys: Corrosion Resistant Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972 Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292
Alloys: High Temperature United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Alloys: Nichel & Cobalt United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Aluminum Affiliated Metals ____ 800-748-4711 Dix Metals ________ 800-477-4349 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Olympic Metals _____303-286-9700 Armor: Military & Commercial Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883 TW Metals ________ 800-203-8000 Brass Coastal Metals _____ 800-811-7466 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Olympic Metals _____303-286-9700 Ryerson _________ 303-227-6310 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Bronze Coastal Metals _____ 800-811-7466 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Olympic Metals _____303-286-9700
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An ISO 9001 Company
Jeff Klimowicz Senior Sales Engineer
Automatic Barfeeds of all Types
Carbon Coastal Metals ______800-811-7466 Ryerson __________303-227-6310 Copper Olympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700 Garnet Abrasives Barton International____ 800-741-7756 GMA Garnet Group ___ 832-243-9300 Metals: Bar & Plate Affiliated Metals _____ 800-748-4711 AZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600 Coastal Metals ______800-811-7466 Dix Metals ________ 800-477-4349 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Ryerson __________303-227-6310 TW Metals ________ 800-203-8000 Mold Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain•
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Nickel Alloys AZ Tool Steel LLC _____480-784-1600 Ryerson _________ 303-227-6310 TW Metals ________ 800-203-8000 United Perf. Metals ___ 888-282-3292 Plate-Precision Saw Cut Erickson Metals _____877-543-6061 Pre-Honed Tube Western States Metals _801-978-0562 Stainless Steel Affiliated Metals _____ 800-748-4711 AZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Dix Metals _________800-477-4349 Kloeckner Metals Corp __480-389-2883 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Olympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700 Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310 Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282 United Perf. Metals ___ 888-282-3292 Steel Affiliated Metals _____ 800-748-4711 AZ Tool Steel LLC_______480-784-1600 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Kloeckner Metals Corp __480-389-2883 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Olympic Metals _____ 303-286-9700 Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310 Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282 Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310 METAL DISTRIBUTORS Affiliated Metals _____ 800-748-4711
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Mobile: 480‐320‐0308 jklimowicz@qualichem.com www.qualichem.com
Erickson Metals ______877-543-6061 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Dix Metals _________ 800-477-4349 Kloeckner Metals Corp __ 480-389-2883 Metal Supermarkets ___ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets ___303-424-1030 Olympic Metals ______303-286-9700 Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310 Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282 TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000 United Perf. Metals ___ 888-282-3292 Western States Metals __801-978-0562 NEW MACHINERY CHIP CUTTING CNC Drilling/Tapping Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 CNC Mills AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Automatics & Machinery 800-543-7666 Doosan _________ 973-618-2500 Foothills Machinery Sales 303-4666-3777 Hurco __________ 800-634-2416 J.M. Grisley _______ 801-486-7519 J.M. Grisley _______ 208-861-8991 Jend Machinery _____ 303-775-3697 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 KTR Machine ______ 303-659-6690
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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
Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty 303-571-4933 New West Machine Tool _ 801-561-2001 Romi Machine Tools LLC 859-647-7566 Smith Machinery Co __ 801-263-6403 Todd Machinery ______801-294-6390 Tornos USA ________951-695-0342 Triad Machine _______303-424-0268 Ultimate Machinery ____ 480-966-2000 CNC Lathes AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Automatics & Machinery _800-543-7666 Doosan _________ 973-618-2500 Foothills Machinery Sales 303-4666-3777 J.M. Grisley ________ 801-486-7519 J.M. Grisley ________208-861-8991 Jend Machiney _____ 303-775-3697 Hurco ___________ 800-634-2416 King Machine_______208-345-9600 KTR Machine _ _____303-659-6690
Scott HAISCH Sales Manager Cell: 1(480) 689-8756 haisch.scott@rotarex.com 221 Westec Drive – Westmoreland Technology Park I Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666 – USA – www.firedetec.com
Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty 303-571-4933 New West Machine Tool _ 801-561-2001 Romi Machine Tools LLC 859-647-7566 Smith Machinery Co __ 801-263-6403 Todd Machinery _____ 801-294-6390 Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268 Ultimate Machinery ____ 480-966-2000 CNC Routers Ultimate Machinery ____ 480-966-2000 CNC Swiss Turn Machines AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Automatics & Machinery 800-543-7666 Jend Machinery _____ 303-775-3697 Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty 303-571-4933 Tornos USA ______ 951-695-0342 Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268 EDM Drilling Machines Current EDM Inc ____650-966-9676 EDM Machines AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782 Jend Machinery _____ 303-775-3697 Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty 303-571-4933 Smith Machinery Co __ 801-263-6403 Todd Machinery _____ 801-294-6390 Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268 EDM Tooling Systems Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782 EDM Perform. Access. ___ 800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply___ 480-836-8330 End Mills Helical Solutions ____ 866-543-5422
Micro Hole Drilling Machines Current EDM Inc ____650-966-9676 Swiss Screw Machines Schenk Intertech ____ 949-360-1512 NEW MACHINERY FABRICATION Band Saws AIT _____________ 800-321-3195 Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 Ultimate Machinery ____ 480-966-2000 Bar Feeders Edge Technologies _____ 562-597-7824 Trusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462 Cold Saws Fabricating Equip Sales __ 303-466-7342 Ultimate Machinery ____ 480-966-2000 CNC Punching Centers S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406 Iron Workers Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Laser Cutters AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406 MMT, A Div of Productivty 303-571-4933 PrecisionFab Inc. ____303-779-9180 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Sidley Diamond Tool __ 800-544-9070 Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268 Pipe & Tube Benders/Notchers Amada America _____ 303-549-9167 Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Plate Rolls Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 Press Brakes AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406 Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342
King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Shearing Machines Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Welding Equipment Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000 Welding Equipment: Spot Welders AMADA America _____ 303-670-9406 OTHER ACCESSORIES Tooling Systems Desert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300 USA EDM Supply _____ 480-836-8330 PALLET SYSTEMS AutomaticPalletSystems Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 AutomaticDoorOpenerSystems Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 ManualRotaryPalletSystems Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 RoboticPartLoadingSystems Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 PRODUCTS PRODUCTS CASES PlaSteel __________ 888-752-7899 Guns Layke Tactical ______ 602-272-2654 PROG. SYSTEMS CAD/CAMSoftware, CAD AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Cimatron ________ 248-596-9700 Delcam __________ 877-35-2261 Feature Cam ______ 602-502-9654 SolidCAM ________ 530-863-0461 PROTOTYPE MACHINERY 3D Parts To Go_______801-380-7935
RECYCLING Recyclable Metals Iron & Metals, Inc ____ 303-292-5555 Utah Metal Works ____ 801-364-5679 Scrap Metal Recycling Iron & Metals, Inc ____ 303-292-5555 Utah Metal Works ____ 801-364-5679 ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT Integrated Systems Inc _ 928-649-9600 SAFETY Fire Protection Systems Rotarex _________ 480-689-8756 FOD Prevention PlaSteel _________ 888-752-7899 SERVICES AS9100 Certification ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591 BMSC __________ 602-445-9400 MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642 Calibration Services Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Klontech Industrial ____480-948-1871 Consultant, ISO ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591 BMSC __________ 602-445-9400 MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 Sustaining Edge Solutions_ 888-572-9642 Calibration Services Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Klontech Industrial ____480-948-1871 Contract Inspection Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Klontech Measure Sol__ 480-626-8131 Education Ogden-Weber Tech College 801-395-3795 Engineering Services Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Schenk Intertech ____ 949-360-1512 Financing IEC __________ 303-593-0403
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Jeffrey F. Nawrot Vice President, Business Development 10530 E. 59th Street • Indianapolis, IN 46236 T: 317/826.4414 • TF: 877/240.2462 • F: 317/823.6822 jeff@trustycook.com • C: 317/946.1235 trustycook.com
Nick Hochuli Sales Engineer
C O R P O R A T I O N
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MIKE DENISON BUSINESS LOAN OFFICER
Office: 801-463-3597 Cell: 801-979-3361 Fax: 801-294-3319 mdenison@ucreditu.com www.UcreditU.com
I tech Funding _____ 385-553-9208 Intech Scottrade Bank Equip Fin _ 206-948-0022 Univerity Federal Credit Union 801-463-3597 US Bank __________ 909-466-5020 US Bank __________ 507-5328437 First Article Inspection Advanced Coord. Tech ____303-469-6161 Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340 Heavyhaul IRH ___________801-972-5581 Injection Molding 3D Parts To Go _____ 801-380-7935 Inspection Services Advanced Coord. Tech ____303-469-6161 Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340 Insurance Services Sentry Insurance ____ 877-373-6879 Lean Consulting ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591 Machine Repair/Servicing KTR Machine ______ 303-659-6690 Process Improvement/ Audit ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
SHOP FLOOR AUTOMATION BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400 Hardware: USB Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642 Bytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox X-Ray Serial Port Certified Inspection Service _602-267-0661 Bytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert. Software:CNC Networking BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400 Bytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox Gladhill Associates ______719-495-8045 Transportation MEP ____________801-863-7001 IRH ____________801-972-5581 Orion Registrar _______303-645-4017 SOFTWARE Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642 CAD/CAM/CAE ISO Registrar Orion Registrar _______303-645-4017 SolidCAM ________ 530-863-0461 Business Mgmt Software Lean Manufacturing MEP ____________ 801-863-7001 Vision 33 _____ 303-937-6543x353 Sustaining Edge Solutions_ 888-572-9642 Consulting/Engineering Machine Tool Rebuilding Von Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322 EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782 Vision 33 _____ 303-937-6543x353 Process Improvement TOOLING BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400 Arc Cutting Tools Sustaining Edge Solutions __ 888-572-9642 Helical Solutions______866-543-5422 Reverse Engineering Precision Toolholding Advanced Coord. Tech __ _303-469-6161 Products Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 Von Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322 Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 Tooling Systems Rigging & Transfer Von Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322 Atlas Rigging & Transfer 801-539-3885 Live Tool Holders IRH ___________ _801-972-5581 Schenk Intertech ____ 949-360-1512 Spindle Rebuilding GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679 Von Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322 Setco-Pope Spindles_____866-362-0699 Static Tool Holders Schenk Intertech ____ 949-360-1512 Staffing Resource Mfg________801-265-1999 Von Ruden Mfg _____ 763-682-0322
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TRAINING CAD/CAM Training Davis Applied Tech College__801-593-2483 CNC/Conventional Machining Davis Applied Tech College__801-593-2483 Machining Software Davis Applied Tech College__801-593-2483 USED MACHINERY Automatics & Machinery __ 800-543-7666 EDM Network ________ 480-836-1782 King Machine________208-345-9600 K.D. Capital Equipment___480-922-1674 KTR Machine________303-659-6690 Methods West________602-437-2220 New West Mchine______801-561-2001 ReSell CNC West_______480-694-9919 S&S Machinery Sales____602-368-8542 WATERJET CUTTING MACHINERY Fabricating Equip Sales __303-466-7342 Flow International_______800-446-3569 Global EDM Supply____480-836-8330 Jend Machinery_______303-775-3697 King Machine________208-345-9600 OMAX Corp________ _800-838-0343 Triad Machine______ _ 303-424-0268 Abrasives/Blast Media Barton International____ 800-741-7756 GMA Garnet Group ____ 832-243-9300 Fives ____________909-263-9282
Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes ISO9001:2008
Joe Tripi President jtripi@micropulsewest.com
444 W. 21st Street / Suite 101 / Tempe, AZ 85282 (480) 966-2300 / Fax (480) 966-2323
ZAC HUMES
VICE PRESIDENT FLUID SOLUTIONS GROUP
c 435.890.8823 zhumes@caid.com www.caid.com
Jeffrey Peterson 801-710-7891
3063 North 575 East North Ogden, UT EliteMachineSales@Gmail.com
Precision Investment Castings Since 1972 www.dolphincasting.com
mikeb@dolphincasting.com MICHAEL BUTLER Manager Ext. 3335 Phone:Sales 602-272-6747 mikeb@dolphincasting.com
602-272-6747 Ext. 3335 ISOPhone: 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC
Plastic Bandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181 ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111 Saw Cutting Bandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181
DESIGN/ CAD/CAM Bar-S Machine _______ 928-636-2115 BAR CODING Coating:Chemfilm H& S Machine _______ 801-755-7627 Western Sintering _____509-375-3096 LA Specialties ________ 602-269-7612 DIES BROACHING Coating: Liquid Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 Ponderosa Ind________303-298-1801 Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146 EDM Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676 EDM: Drilling Small Hole Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/Chrome Specialty Steel Services __ 801-539-8252 Our company logo Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 EDM Express_______800-780-7075 CASTINGS LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654 Die Casting Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300 Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos. TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Die Casting: Aluminum/Zinc EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075 COMPOSITES TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278 Innovative Precision____ 801-334-6317 Precision Investment Casting Font EliteVerdana Machine size ________ 801-710-7891 9 (I dropped in this cell Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604 Dolphin Inc. ________ 602-272-6747 because the “Precision Investment Castings” S.A. Composites _______ 970-776-3877 Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300 on the logo is not very clear. COATING CUTTING Prec. Mach’d Products ___ 970-482-7676 Coating:Abrasive Blasting Metal EDM: Wire Precision Investment Castings Since 1972 LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 Bandsawwww.dolphincasting.com LLC ________ 303-744-7181 Custom Design & Mfg ___ 435-257-0668 Coating:Black Oxide Plasma Cutting EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075 LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 Bandsaw LLC ________ 303-744-7181 Innovative Precision ____ 801-334-6317 ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC
ADDITIVE MFG/ 3 D PRINTING Faustson __________303-420-7422 ASSEMBLIES Advantage Manufacturing _ 877-727-0281 Acu-Tec CNC _________ 303-365-9245 Bar-S Machine ________ 928-636-2115 CAID Industries _______435-890-8823 Dayton Rogers _______ 763-717-6303 JD Machine _________801-782-4403 PlaSteel ___________ 480-491-8100 RAM Company ______ 435-673-4603 Wasatch Laser Processing__801-972-3500 Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800 Electronics Assemblies Advantage Manufacturing _ 877-727-0281 CAID Industries _______435-890-8823 Welded Assemblies Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778
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www.paramount-machine.com sales@paramount-machine.com Office: 801.886.2755 Fax: 801.886.2759
Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 RAM Company ______435-673-4603 Solenoids/ Valves RAM Company ______435-673-4603
Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175 Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300 Paramount Machine ___ 801-886-2755 Qualtek ________ 719-598-3394 X23 The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453 Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800 ELECTRONICS Contract Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733 Design Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733 Electromechanical Design RAM Company ______ 435-673-4603 Kitting Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733 Prototype Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733 ELECTROPOLISHING Qualtek ________ 719-598-3394 X23 ENGINEERING/DESIGN Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 AzMark __________480-926-8969 CAID Industries _____435-890-8823 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
FABRICATION Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 Aero Tech _______ 801-292-0493 Arrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419 CAID Industries _____435-890-8823 Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303 EMJD Corporation _____ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Custom Auto/Truck/Bike H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627 Fabrication: Filament Winding S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877 Fabrication: Composites S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877 Fabrication: Enclosures Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Fabrication: Medium & Large Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419
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Bandsaw LLC ________303-744-7181 CAID Industries _____435-890-8823 EMJD Corp _________ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Falcon Sheet Metal ____801-298-5064 Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778 Fabrication: Plastic ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111 Fabrication: SheetMetal Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419 AzMark __________480-926-8969 CAID Industries _____435-890-8823 Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000 EMJD Corporation _____ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064 Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818
Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Fabrication: Steel Bandsaw LLC ________303-744-7181 CAID Industries _____435-890-8823 EMJD Corp _______303-761-5236 Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064 FINISHING Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 Arizona Finishing _____602-438-4443 Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751 Precision Mach’d Prod___ 970-482-7676 Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700 TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278 Finishing: One Stop Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281
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Glass Bead Clean Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 Passivation Certified Inspection Service___602-267-0661 Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23 Photochemical/Etching VACCO Industries _____626-443-7121 Powder Coating Arizona Finishing _____602-438-4443 Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146 Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Silk Screening Arizona Finishing _____602-438-4443 Aluminum (Medium & Large) Aero Tech _______ 801-292-0493 GAS NITRIDING Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 GEAR CUTTING Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801
Specialty Steel Stee Svcs ___ 801-539-8252 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 Gear Hobbing Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Sun Grinding _______602-238-9595 Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700 GRINDING Grinding: Surface AzMark __________480-926-8969 ChemResearch_______ 602-253-4175 ChemResearch_______ 602-253-4175 Sun Grinding _______602-238-9595 HONING/LAPPING Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093 Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700 LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654 Dix Metals ________ 800-477-4349 Grinding: Tool & Cutter IDENTIFICATION Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Exact Tool Grinding ____ 801-712-2720 Silk Screen GMN USA ________ 800-686-1679 Passivation Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 Prec. Mach’d Products _ 970-482-7676 Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 INDUSTRIAL HARDPrecision Tech _______801-285-7288 Polishing WARE Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 Gold Tech Industries____ 480-968-1930 Steel Services Grinding __ 800-662-0126 Electronic Locking Systems Selective Coatings Sun Grinding _______602-238-9595 ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111 EMKA Inc. ________ 717-986-1111 FORMING Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700 Gasketing EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 EMKA Inc. ________ 717-986-1111 Grinding, Blanchard Handles & Hinges Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 EMKA Inc. ________ 717-986-1111 Dix Metals ________ 800-477-4349 HEAT TREATING Steel Services Grinding __ 800-662-0126 Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 Locking Systems Sun Grinding _______602-238-9595 Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751 EMKA Inc. ________ 717-986-1111 Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700 Pilkington Metal Finishing__801-972-2146 Qtr Turns/Rod Controls Grinding, Centerless Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 EMKA Inc. ________ 717-986-1111 INJECTION MOLDING Sun Grinding _______602-238-9595 Heat Treating/Aerospace Grinding, Double Disc Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751 LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 INSPECTION Dix Metals ________ 800-477-4349 Large Capacity Drop Inspection, First Article Bottom Oven/Aluminum Grinding: OD Klontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131 AzMark __________480-926-8969 Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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Darrin J. Caschette President
888-280-7080 | djc@metalcraftind.com www.metalcraftind.com
ISO 9001:2008
HIRSH PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC . Specializing in Production CNC Turning & Milling
Quality Work Delivered On Time Mike Hirsh Tel: 303.530.3131 Fax: 303.530.5242 Email: mike.hirsh@hppi.com
Inspection Services Klontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131 Micropulse West ______480-966-2300 Sustaining Edge Solutions_888-572-9642 LASER CUTTING Laser Cutting Advantage Manufacturing ___ 877-727-0281 Arrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419 EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121 Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Laser Cutting: Pipe&Tube Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 Laser Engraving 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___ 303-295-1544 Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175 Laser Marking 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___ 303-295-1544 LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175 MACHINING A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 Advantage Manufacturing __ 877-727-0281 AG Machining _______805-531-9595 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 CAID Industries _____435-890-8823 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •
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Henry Parker
EMAIL: HenryParker4me@comcast.net
Elite Machine _______ 801-710-7891 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239 Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131 LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724 Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 TVT Die Casting _____ 800-280-2278 Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778 Machining: 3D Micropulse West ______480-966-2300 Machining: 5 Axis 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544 Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117 AzMark __________480-926-8969 Faustson __________303-420-7422 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Paramount Machine __ 801-886-2755 Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724 S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877
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Machining: Aerospace AzMark __________480-926-8969 CAID Industries _____435-890-8823 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239 LAYKE, INC_________602-272-2654 Micropulse West ______480-966-2300 Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 Paramount Machine ____801-886-2755 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447 RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724 Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 Machining: Ceramic O’Keefe Ceramics _____719-687-0888 Ceramic: Sapphire, Alumina, Silicon, Aluminum, Quartz O’Keefe Ceramics _____719-687-0888 Machining: CNC 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544 A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 AG Machining _______805-531-9595
Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Engi Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Bar-S Machine______ 928-636-2115 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 DMSI___________801-972-6093 Elite Machine ______ 801-710-7891 EPOCS Mfg ________ 970-535-4540 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 Faustson_________ 303-420-7422 Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239 H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627 Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131 HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850 Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 LAYKE, INC_________602-272-2654 Leading Edge Machine _ 435-563-9425 LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 Electromechanical Design RAM Company ______ 435-673-4603 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 Wrico __________ 480-892-7800
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Elite Machine _______801-710-7891 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540 Hirsh Precision Products Products__ 303-530-3131 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Machining: Composites Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Prec. Mach’d Products__970-482-7676 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 Machining: Contract Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 Machining: Mold Base AG Machining _______805-531-9595 Maverick Mold & Machine __970-535-4604 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Machining: Mold Making Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Machining: Plastic Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175 Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862 Paramount Machine ___801-886-2755 ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 Machining: Production Electromechanical Design A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 RAM Company ______ 435-673-4603 Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031 Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 Machining: DoD CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 AG Machining _______805-531-9595 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Machining: Laser AzMark __________480-926-8969 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Faustson_________ 303-420-7422 Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862 Gerome Mfg_______520-622-8402 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317 Elite Machine___________801-710-7891 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 Faustson_________ 303-420-7422 Southwest Waterjet-Laser _480-306-7748 Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239 VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121 Hirsh Precision Products__ 303-530-3131 Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778 HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850 Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317 Machining:Medical L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 CAID Industries _____435-890-8823 Newport Tool _______801-295-7411 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 Paramount Machine __ 801-886-2755 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Machining: Milling R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 Radtech ___ ______303-789-4247 Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724 Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862 Star Precision _______303-926-0559
Machining: Prototype 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544 A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117 Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Bar-S Machine______ 928-636-2115 Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 D e n v e r Precision _ 303-469-1771 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 Faustson __________303-420-7422 Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239 Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 LAYKE, INC_________602-272-2654 Leading Edge Machine _ 435-563-9425 Micropulse West _____ 480-966-2300 Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500 Newport Tool _______801-295-7411 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724 Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031 S.A.Composites _____ 970-776-3877 The Toolroom Inc. ____ 801-773-6331 Machining: Precision A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 4 Axis Machining Inc. __ 303-295-1544 Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 Advantage Manufacturing 877-727-0281 AG Machining _______805-531-9595 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Cornerstone Machine __ 801-731-8862 Elite Machine _______801-710-7891 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239
Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Newport Tool _______801-295-7411 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 RP Machining ______ 719-550-1724 Precision Machined Prod. _ 970-482-7676 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278 Machining: R & D Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Evans Precision Machining 623-581-6200 Flex-Pro __________ 480-773-3239 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175 Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 Machining: Swiss Bar-S Machine______ 928-636-2115 Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 Teton Machining______208-642-9344 White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Machining: Turning Acu-Tec CNC ________303-365-9245 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 AzMark __________480-926-8969 Bar-S Machine______ 928-636-2115 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 EPOCS Mfg ________970-535-4540
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Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453 PRINTING Hi-Production Precision 3D Printing Stamping The 3D Printing Store ___720-443-3733 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 3D Prototyping Precision Die & Stamping _ 480-967-2038 The 3D Printing Store ___720-443-3733 Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453 Custom Screen ImageTek _________303-806-8111 MOLDS Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 PROCESSING: METAL Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604 Chemical Molds: Blow LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 Lifetime Products ____ 801-728-1260 Etching/Photochemical Molds: Plastic Injection Lifetime Products _____801-728-1260 VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121 Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604 PUNCHING JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Molds Steel DMSI___________ 801-972-6093 Group Manufacturing Serv 480-966-3952 Aero Tech ________ 801-292-0493 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Arizona Finishing ____602-438-4443 Weiser Engineering _ 303-280-2778 ChemResearch ______ 602-253-417 REPAIR Machining: Ultra-Precision Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Bearing Surface Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000 PAINTING MANUFACTURING Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Hydraulic Cylinder A&L Machining ______303-373-1540 Jet Processing ______623-869-6749 x117 Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000 AG Machining _______805-531-9595 Richards Fab_________ 801-409-0392 ROLL FORMING CAID Industries _____435-890-8823 Lifetime Products _____801-728-1260 PLATING Elite Machine _______801-710-7891 Rolling: thread Group Mfg Serv _____480-966-3952 Blanchard Metals Proc. _ 801-972-5590 Electromechanical Design ChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 CAID Industries _____435-890-8823 Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000 ROUTERING, CNC RAM Company ______ 435-673-4603 Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 Micropulse West ______480-966-2300 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 LA Specialties ______ 602-269-7612 SAW CUTTING Anodizing Composites Diversified Metal Services _ 801-972-6093 S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877 Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 SHOT PEENING ChemResearch_______ 602-253-4175 Contract Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 AG Machining _______805-531-9595 Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146 SINTERING Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23 Western Sintering _____509-375-3096 Teton Machining ______208-642-9344 Copper SPINNING: METAL Manufacturing: Electrode Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000 Metal Spinning Solutions _ 480-899-0939 Wire-Tech ________ 480-966-1591 Electroless Nickel SPLINES Production Specialty Steel Services _ 801-539-8252 LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 Aero Tech ________ 801-292-0493 SPRINGS EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236 Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000 Flat & Wire Gold/Silver Plate L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 Nickel/Chrome/ STAMPING Rapid Prototyping Copper Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Jensen Precision ______ 801-866-0175 Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000 Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303 White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Robotic CNC DMSI___________ 801-972-6093 LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 Precision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038 Tin Plate Routering CNC Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23 DMSI___________ 801-972-6093 Foresight Finishing ____480-921-0000 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Small Part Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Thompson Machine __ 505-823-1453 POLISHING White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Wrico _________ 480-892-7800 Turnkey Product Services Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 Stamping:Aerospace PRECISION FORMING Aero Tech ________ 801-292-0493 Precision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038 Richards Fab________801-409-0392 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453 Thompson Machine ____505-823-1453 METAL STAMPING Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Qualtek _______ 719-598-3394 X23
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Manufacturer of Industrial Hardware
Madisen Dahl
Chuck Pinkham Regional Sales Manager
Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 TESTING Testing: Non-Destructive Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590
Jet Processing ____ 623-869-6749x117 Pilkington Metal Finishing __ 801-972-2146 THERMFORMING LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 TOOL & DIE Newport Tool _______801-295-7411 The Toolroom Inc. _____ 801-773-6331 Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Tool & Cutter Grinding Exact Tool Grinding ____ 801-712-2720 TOOLING Elite Machine _______801-710-7891 Mountain View Machine _ 435-755-0500 Northwest Swiss, Inc. ___ 208-772-4011 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Western Sintering _____509-375-3096 TUBE FORMING AG Machining _______805-531-9595 Formed Tubing AG Machining _______805-531-9595 Tube Bending /Fabrication AG Machining _______805-531-9595 WATERJET CUTTING Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093 Dix Metals ________ 800-477-4349 Leading Edge Machine __435-563-9425 Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 Southwest Waterjet-Laser _480-306-7748
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WELDING Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 WIRE FORMING Advantage Manufacturing __ 877-727-0281 SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419 ASSOCIATIONS Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303 N. Utah NTMA _______ 801-337-7097
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Total Superior Service Support: No machine tool investment will be successful without excellent service support. Smith Machinery has layers of technicians to insure your machine tool from us works well for many years. First, our factory trained service partner, Smith-Neotech has THREE factory trained technicians, right here, to give you fast and experienced service support.
Total Superior Service Support
Next, you are backed up by TWO Mazak Factory Service Technicians that live here, as well. Mazak is the only Machine Tool Builder with their own service technicians right here! And those two are backed by TWENTYFOUR other Mazak Field Service Technicians living in the western U.S. And again, all those TWENTY-SIX are backed up by the TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE Field Service Technicians and Technical Support Personnel with Mazak in North America! MANY WORK RIGHT AT THE U.S. FACTORY WHERE MANY OF MAZAK’S MACHINE TOOLS ARE BUILT! YOU ARE SAFE AND SECURE, KNOWING SMITH & MAZAK HAS MADE THE INVESTMENT TO KEEP YOUR MACHINES UP AND RUNNING.
Local/Regional Applications Support: You are losing hours and hours of billable time, if you don’t have someone local to call and give you technical support. SMITH MACHINERY’S Applications Engineer can get you answers quickly by phone or even visit to help you quickly overcome programming issues or on training you how best to use the awesome new features on advanced machines. And, just like the service group, Mazak has EIGHT Application Engineers in the West, all available to you as well.
Local/Regional Applications Support
All our customers have this “piece of the puzzle” that helps them be more productive, and profitable.
The investments made for machine tools today are significant and it’s too competitive to allow them to be idle. So, if you do not have these pieces of the puzzle in your tool box, give us a call and you’ll see how we can make a difference in the way your shop runs.
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