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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.” — Steve Jobs

Do you love what you are doing in your career? In my long and varied career, I have operated in various roles: a computer programmer, a data center operations manager, a sales person/ marketeer for such tech companies as Motorola, AT&T and Intel, and then publisher/owner of A2Z Manufacturing magazines. Hands down, my passion, my favorite job ever is the one I am doing today. In fact, I’ve been doing it for 14 years now.

Finding a job you love is age-old advice. Confucius probably has the best longstanding quote about “do what you love.” His words, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life,” have been repeated throughout history.

Research shows that great work is produced when people focus on doing something others love. ‘The Great Work Study’ showed that 88% of projects that earned awards began with an employee asking, “What difference could I make that other people would love?”

The study found that all cases of work being studied shared a single intention—the work was focused on making a difference that someone else would love, instead of the person performing the work. They were focused on the recipient of their work—their customer, their colleague who depends on them, their leader who trusts in them, the community who expects their support, or others who benefit from their work.

Researchers Wrzesniewski and Dutton followed a group of hospital cleaners, and found that some of the cleaners experienced their work as a job — as something they did solely for the paycheck — and described it as boring and meaningless. But another group perceived the same work as a calling — and experienced the hours they spent at work as engaging and meaningful. This second group of hospital cleaners did things differently from the first group.

They engaged in more interactions with nurses, patients, and visitors, taking it upon themselves to make everyone they came in contact with feel better. Generally, they saw their work in its broader context: They were not merely cleaning the wards and removing the trash, but were contributing to the health of patients and the smooth functioning of the hospital.

In an article ‘15 Revealing Signs You Genuinely Love What You Do’ by Jeff Haden, there are some key indicators I wanted to call out because they particularly rang true to me: • You don’t talk about other people; you talk about the cool things other people are doing.

“I hear Alex just invested in a startup. What are they working on?” “I can’t believe Sonny and Alyssa won their business back; I’d love to know how they did it.” “Conrad developed a new sales channel. Let’s ask him how we can best leverage that.” When you love your work, you don’t gossip about the personal failings of others.You talk about their successes, because you’re happy for them (which is also also a sign you’re happy with yourself.)

Cover Lifetime Products Dramatically Increases Its Mold Making Capabilities WIth the Addition of The Mazak FJV-60/120E Productivity Improvements Are So Outstanding That They Ordered Their 2nd 6 Weeks Later!

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CONTRIBUTORS Kim Carpenter Gene Wirth Hugh Taylor Published bi-monthly to keep precision manufacturers abreast of news and to supply a viable vendor source for the industry.

Circulation:The A2Z Manufacturing has compiled and maintains a master list of approximately 6500 people in the Rocky Mountain states actively engaged in the Precision Manufacturing Industry. It has an estimated pass on readership of more than 18,000 people.

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• You enjoy your time at work.You don’t have to put in time at work and then escape to “life” requirements furnished upon request or you can go to to be happy.You enjoy life and enjoy work.You feel alive and joyful not just at home but also www.azManufacturing.com. at work. When you love your work, it’s a part of your life.

All photos and copy become the property of A2Z • You don’t think about retirement, because retirement sounds boring…and a lot less fulfilling.

This same article asks you to survey yourself to see how many of the 15 items you responded ‘yes’ to. This will help you to determine whether you need to be doing something else. Work just occupies too much of our lives not to enjoy it. Until next issue, I wish you well, and as always, God bless our troops!

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Announcements & Releases Mazak to Spotlight Automation atWestern Region Technology + Education Event Mazak will host its annual Discover More With Mazak™ Event at its Western Technology Center in Gardena, California, June 5 - 8. Attendees of this technology and learning event will sharpen their manufacturing productivity practices while discovering how automation can boost the output of both people and machines on the shop floor.

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KNUTH is Celebrating 15Years in the USA with a 5 Year Parts Warranty!

At this event, Mazak will showcase the latest advancements in Multi-Tasking technology and a wide variety of cost-effective automation solutions – from simple to complex – that can enable unmanned operations and increase spindle utilization.The capabilities of 17 of Mazak’s latest machine tools will be in action as application engineers perform a variety of real-life part cutting demonstrations.

One of the machines in action will be the VC-500A/5X Vertical Machining Center.

With a trunnion-style rotary/tilt table and new 60-tool capacity magazine, the VC-500A/5X allows for the accurate, cost-effective processing of small complex parts via full 5-axis machining while reducing valuable set-up time. In addition, several INTEGREX series machines will demonstrate how advanced Multi-Tasking efficiently produces complex components.

More than 10 different robots completing different manufacturing tasks will also be on display. Several machines – including the QUICK TURN 250 Turning Center and the MULTIPLEX 6200 Turning Center with Multi-Tasking capability – will be paired with cost-effective automation systems to demonstrate how easy it is to gain versatility, flexibility and productivity with the right automation solution. The QUICK TURN 250 will feature a prepackaged robotic loading system that maximizes profit potential by enabling unmanned operation, while the duel-spindle, dual-turret MULTIPLEX 6200 will have a gantry loader that speeds loading and unloading.

Mazak and several of its Value Inspired Partners (VIPs) will present a series of TEK talks on some of the industry’s hottest trends and techniques. Attendees will learn how SMOOTH TECHNOLOGY, a process-performance platform that is transforming the manufacturing industry, brings unmatched speed, accuracy and functionality to metalworking applications, and discover how easy it is to securely enter the world of IIoT with the Mazak SmartBox. For a complete list of machine tools running live demonstrations, presentation schedules and to register for the West event, visit MazakUSA.com.

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Seeking Nominations For The 2018 NTMA Service Awards This year, the NTMA celebrates 75 years of excellence. Our anniversary year will culminate at our annual Fall Conference, slated for Oct. 23-26, 2018, in Denver, Colorado.At the conference, we will be recognizing those individuals and companies who have made notable contributions to our industry. Do you know an individual A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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KNUTH Machine Tools USA, Inc. is celebrating its 15th anniversary. Founded in Germany in 1923, KNUTH is a worldwide leader in manufacturing and supplying the widest range of metalworking machinery in the industry. KNUTH Machine Tools USA was opened in 2003 in Wheeling, IL. Goetz Waehner was one of the first employees in the US, and is still with KNUTH USA today as National Service Manager. He has some fond memories of traveling to trade shows with Mr. Knuth before we even had a location established in the US.

In 2007 the company outgrew the first 15,000 sq. foot building in Wheeling, IL and moved to a 65,000 sq. ft. facility in Lincolnshire, IL. KNUTH’s warehouse provides customers with extensive inventory for immediate delivery.

Today KNUTH USA has more than doubled their number of employees and is expanding their reach from North & Central America to include South America. KNUTH has over 400 employees worldwide and has established a comprehensive dealer network of over 65 partners in the Americas. Daniel Maerklin, President of KNUTH Machine Tools USA is proud of the growth, stating, “Our strategy of customer-focused friendly employees selling a high quality product at the best price has paid off.”

In addition to sales, the KNUTH Machine Tools USA facility has a complete service, application and parts department including an on-site machine shop. KNUTH has focused on providing excellent customer service, implementing a system to guarantee a call back within 30 minutes. In 2015 KNUTH Machine Tools service Announcements Continued Page 8

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department was acknowledged with the Stevie® Award in the category Best Customer Service Department of the Year.

Frank Fontana, VP of Sales expressed, “We are proud of our success, believe in our quality and we will show our appreciation with a 5 year no cost limited warranty on our 15 best-selling machines over the course of the next year. This sets us apart from any other machine tool brands in the country.” Please visit www.knuth-usa.com/5yrs for additional details.

Denver Precision Products Announces New Machinery Purchases Denver Precision Products upgraded two pieces of equipment at the end of 2017. We purchased a Miyano BNA-MSY42 and a Miyano BNA-42S. These two machines replaced our older machines, 1983 Miyano BNC34 and 1993 Miyano BND34S-2.

Although our older machines were still holding tolerances of +/-.001, our new BNA machines can hold tighter tolerances with a CPK of 3.30 for +/-.0005. These two machines have also increased our productivity for many of our existing parts and have A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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created more capabilities for new parts. Denver Precision Products continues to upgrade its machining capabilities to service our customers.

For more information, contact:Amy Primrosse at 303-469-1771 or visit their website at denverprecisioncncturning.com

H2 Manufacturing Solutions CEO Is Awarded BizWest’s Women of Distinction Heidi Hostetter, CEO of H2 Manufacturing Solutions, is one of eleven women honored for their achievements in business, philanthropy, and government at BizWest’s Women of Distinction Awards April 18th, 2018.

The eleven women being honored have all made considerable contributions in leadership, time, and philanthropy to the Larimer or Weld county communities. This year, nine women won awards for nine different business, government, or philanthropic categories, along with a “Leading Lady” Award and an “OutAnnouncements Continued Page 10

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Announcements Continued standing Mentor” Award. Hostetter will be honored in the Business and Business Services category.

Hostetter has been a leader and fearless innovator in the Colorado manufacturing industry for more than twenty years. She leads two successful companies and is the visionary and a founder of the Alliance for the Development of Additive Processing Technologies (ADAPT) Center for additive manufacturing research. She sits on the state’s Advanced Manufacturing Accelerator review board and has led teams that earned a number of honors, including Manufacturer of the Year in 2016.

Along with her role as CEO of H2 Manufacturing, Hostetter is Vice President of Fauston Tool and Board Chair of Northern Colorado Manufacturing Partnership, and chairs its annual tradeshow this year (NOCOM 2018) on April 12 at The Ranch. She has put in substantial hours of volunteer service and support for both profit and non-profit organizations, including Child Safe—which provides services for women and children affected by sexual abuse and Respite—a center for the terminally ill. She’s served in a professional capacity a number of leading organizations, including Ball Aerospace, Woodward, Neo Tech, and others. She also works for the state as a volunteer and business leader on its transition boards in Global Business Development. She has three grown children and a sevenyear-old at home, who she calls her “greatest joy.”

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help manufacturers navigate the daily challenges of the modern manufacturing world. Our one-stop shop addresses any business challenge a manufacturer encounters, from representing best-inclass equipment and service providers to operational improvement consulting to business development strategies to technical expertise.

At H2, our mission is to make manufacturers’ day-to-day challenges more manageable and less frustrating. Our promise is to deliver Honest. Hardworking. Results. For more information, contact H2 Manufacturing Solutions at 970-692-3344 or h2@h2manufacturingsolutions.com. Visit H2 Manufacturing Solutions on the web, Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn.H2 Manufacturing Solutions; Mobile: 970-692-3344; adam@h2manufacturingsolutions.com

Daniel Geer Joins the MP Systems Team Daniel Geer has joined the MP Systems team as Technical Sales Account Manager for the Western Region of the United States, and Western Canada.

Daniel entered the manufacturing industry in 2012 with Ellison Technologies in Southern California as a Certified Manufacturing Technology Sales Engineer (CMTSE). He earned a B.A. in Psychology Announcements Continued Page 12

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Mazak’s Brian Papke Inducted Into Hall Of Fame Brian Papke, chairman of manufacturing technology leader Mazak Corp., has been inducted into the Northern Kentucky Business Hall of Fame.

He accepted the award in April at the Metropolitan Club in Covington, Kentucky, where he delivered heartfelt remarks that credited Mazak’s customers and its employees for the company’s decades of success across North America.

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of our employees are homegrown,” said Papke. “We have all worked together over the years to create wonderful opportunities for families, the local community and all of the areas our customers call home.”

Under Papke’s direction, Mazak has strived to give back to its customers and the manufacturing industry through its contributions to the commonwealth’s economic growth and its establishment of a successful model for manufacturing excellence.

He also oversaw the Kentucky plant as it became an 800,000ft2 campus and significant regional employer.Today, the Kentucky facility serves as a proof of concept for the Mazak iSMART Factory model in addition to acting as the staging ground for some of the industry’s most advanced manufacturing systems, including innovative full 5-axis, Multi-Tasking and HYBRID Multi-Tasking machines.

Papke has also served Kentucky and the manufacturing industry by working to meet the needs of his company’s customers since he joined Mazak in 1987.

“One of Brian’s greatest traits is that he listens,” said Paul Hemmer, Announcements Continued Page 14

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president of Paul Hemmer Co., a construction company that often works with Mazak. “He listens to his staff and he listens to his customers.”

Commissioned by NKY Magazine in partnership with the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the Northern Kentucky Business Hall of Fame celebrates Northern Kentucky’s heritage of business accomplishments. The award honors men and women who have made a lasting contribution to the community in economic, cultural, and civic endeavors.

Revolution MachineTools is especially excited with this announcement because of the remarkable speed the Pipe Spool Master offers. Complex, precision bevels can now be completed by one operator, usually in 15 minutes or so depending on the size and scope of the material.

Handling of long and cumbersome pipe and tube can be a challenge.

The machine does not spin the pipe, but rather clamps and centers the material, while a facing head spins and approaches the material while inside the machine.With this machine design, you can quickly load your pipe without the need of using a crane or forklift to push or pull the pipe into position. All while taking up minimal floor space and overhead.

At Revolution Machine Tools we consistently look for ways for our customers to improve their processes and therefore, their bottom line. Our success begins with your success!

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The new Building #4 is the final phase of construction to add additional manufacturing capacity. Beginning in 2014, the company added 12,500 square feet to its Assembly building, followed by a 4,200 square foot addition to its South machine shop, and a 4,000 square foot addition to its Customer Center showroom. Properties were acquired along Herald Street to provide the necessary land for buildings and parking.The Hudson Avenue campus occupies more than 275,000 square feet of manufacturing space and employs over 300 full time staff.

Quality Vision International (www.qvii.com) is the world’s largest vision metrology company. Founded in Rochester in 1945, QVI manufactures optical instruments used by industry worldwide to measure critical dimensions on a wide variety of parts and assemblies.

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Buds Cooling Fans Announces Reginal Expansion In Western US Bryan “Bud” Jorgenson, owner of Buds Equipment Sales in Salk Lake City UT, has now opened additional stocking locations in California, Nevada and Arizona due to the popularity of his cooling fans.

Bryan launched his evaporative cooling line of fans in 2016, after being involved in metal fabrication machine tool sales for over 16 years.

He became a dealer of these cooling products Announcements Continued Page 16 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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The company’s founder Mr. Clement McIver Sr. established principles that have continued to set Methods apart from conventional impor ters or distributors: “Anyone can sell a machine. But not everyone provides the extra effort that makes a difference on a company’s bottom line”— Clem McIver Sr., 1917 - 1995.

“Staying true to our founder’s vision, we have built an excellent reputation in the machine tool industry by closely partnering with machine builders and customers, as well as providing strong application expertise,” says Mr. Scott McIver, Methods Chairman and 3rd generation Owner. “We offer a total service solution from design and applications to engineering, installation, training and unmatched support, to help manufacturers be more profitable, productive and competitive.”

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ULA picks Aerojet Rocketdyne engine Rocket company United Launch Alliance will stick with an Aerojet Rocketdyne engine for the upper stage of ULA’s new Vulcan rocket.

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“ULA and Aerojet Rocketdyne have a long and successful history together that began with the first flight of our Atlas and Delta rockets in the 1960s,” said Tory Bruno, ULA president and CEO, in a written statement. “We could not be more pleased to have selected the proven and reliable RL10 to power our Vulcan Centaur upper stage.”

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ULA considered other upper-stage engine options and as recently as last month was publicly holding open the possibility it could switch suppliers.

“Key determining factors to our selection included price and delivery schedule,” Bruno said.

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The contract is a significant win for Aerojet Rocketdyne.The company has been developing a new booster-stage engine, called AR-1, it hopes ULA will buy and use to power Vulcan rockets off the launch pad.

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In 2015, ULA reached a long-term agreement with Dulles,Virginia-based Orbital ATK to supply strap-on solid rocket boosters for Vulcan, which provide extra lift during initial launch for missions carrying large payloads.

Aerojet Rocketdyne has been a long-time supplier of strap-on boosters to ULA for its workhorse AtlasV rockets, which will be phased out in coming years and replaced by the Vulcan rocket. Source: Denver Business Journal

The Four Pillars Of Modernization: People, Processes, Technology, And Customers. This Approach Is Working For The Jaguar Precision Machine (JPM) Team, And The Company Continues To Grow By >20% Year Over Year.

People — “Interns are our secret weapon”, says JPM owner Dan Schatzman.Veteran-owned JPM continues to hire engineering students who intern with the company during the years of their undergraduate studies. In late May, I interviewed the JPM team at their 15,000 square foot facility in Albuquerque, NM. On this day, a professor from Navajo Technical University and 8 of his students came to tour JPM in order to evaluate options to intern with the precision machine shop for the summer. By the end of the tour, JPM had secured one engineering intern with a possibility for a 2nd. Within the team of ~ 20, today JPM has 4 interns, including 2 engineering students and a business student from UNM, and 1 welding student from CNM. Also, on the day I was at JPM, it was Operation Manager Seth Billie’s birthday. As is standard operating procedure at JPM, a pizza party celebration was offered to all for lunch.

Machinists at JPM aren’t button pushers; in fact every machinist is well skilled in both machining and programming. The interns (Generation Z’ers) say that what makes JPM a ‘great place to work’ includes: flexibility in the working environment, the ability to wear many hats and to increase their skill sets and the company’s willingness to embrace and invest in new technology.

JPM donates ~$10,000 in machine work to the UNM racecar competition each year. Dan says that UNM has a budget of about $85,000 to build their racecar, and they are competing against universities with budgets in the millions. Nearly every year UNM places in the Top 5 in the competition.

Processes — The company has long been certified to ISO 9001: 2008 and they recently upgraded to ISO 9001: 2015.

Business planning is an integral process at JPM, and all JPM team leaders participate in reviewing and updating the business plan on a quarterly basis.

Continuous learning is yet another key factor in JPM’s success. Controller Linnette Richards says, “We invest in the latest business, machine, and software technology. In order to maximize our use of it, we invest in continuous training of our team.”

Technology — When Dan purchased the company in 2014; the management team immediately began to replace older machines with newer technology. Today the company purchases the latest in machines, tooling, software and interfaces.All machines are equipped with 2 large screen displays. The company recently partnered with another company to bring additive manufacturing to JPM’s customers.

In the last two years, the company’s newest mills and lathes have been Haas machine tools, including the Haas UMC 750, a universal machining center for 3+2 machining and simultaneous 5-axis machining. One of JPM’s machinists commented, “We picked the Haas machines due to their price points and their outstanding service.”

He continued, “Two outstanding feature options we get with our Haas machines are the tool probing and the spindle probing.While these options are available with other machines,

they don’t exist with machines in this price point.”

“Also”, he continued, “MMT,A Division of Productivity, is the dealer for our Haas machines.When we need service, we call MMT and they are here to support us same day or next day.” DannyWhite, Sales Engineer for MMT supporting customers in New Mexico and the Colorado Western Slope, says, “Sales is about getting the right machine for the customer’s needs. After that it is our top notch service, applications, parts and tooling team that keeps our customers coming back to MMT when making future decisions.”

Dan and Seth agree that the JPM team members all value Danny’s knowledge of the machining industry. Seth says, “Prior to becoming a sales person, Danny was a service engineer. It is invaluable having a sales person with Danny’s strong expertise.” He added, “Danny isn’t just knowledgeable; we count on him and he always takes care of us.” JPM Purchasing Manager Michelle Summers adds that Danny and the MMT team have so successfully earned their trust that the company recently purchased other products from MMT, including a Marvel saw and the Pro Vend machine tool vending machine.

Customers — JPM’s customer base is highly technical, with the majority in the Aerospace, Defense and Space industries. Kenton Losinski, Sales Engineer for the company, says, “Our customers require partners/suppliers that have the ability to machine exotic alloys, including Hasteloy, Inconel andTitanium.

We are known for our ability to machine parts with difficult geometries, and above all, we recognize the need to meet or exceed our customers’ Quality and On-Time metrics.”

JPM is an outstanding precision machine shop that offers a wealth of engineering talent. To find out how they can support your precision product needs, contact them at (505) 242-6545 or visit www.JaguarPM.com Since 1968, Productivity, Inc. has offered superior products to the manufacturing industry. Through its acquisition of MMT, the company supports customers in NM, CO, UT, MT,WY, MT and ID. Contact them at (800) 947-8665 or visit www.mmtproductivity.com A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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NASA’s Lockheed-Built Lander Poised For Long-Awaited Trip To Mars NASA’s next space probe headed to Mars — a lander built in Jefferson County and launched on a Colorado rocket — may soon start its journey after two years of waiting.

NASA or ig inally scheduled the $828.8 million mission to blast off two years ago. A problem with a seismic instrument, built by France’s Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), prompted NASA to postpone launching InSight until the next time Mars’s orbit aligned with earth’s for an optimal flight.

The InSight spacecraft and launch teams are ready. However, Air Force forecasts show an 80 percent chance of coastal fog heavy enough to scrub the pre-dawn launch due to poor visibility. If fog forces more waiting, there are other launch times that will work to launch InSight prior to June 6.

The Mars InSight lander, formally called the Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations Geodesy and HeatTransport, is designed to land and then drill nearly 16 feet beneath the Martian surface and monitor the subsurface temperature. Other instruments will take surface seismic readings.

The mission is expected to yield new information about the red planet’s interior — such as the composition of its core — and its geological processes.

Lockheed Martin Space led construction on the multi-national mission. The company, which has been a key player on seven previous NASA Mars missions, won the $425 million contract to build InSight in 2012.

The probe is 8.5 feet in diameter and weighs about 400 pounds.With its heat shield and entry vehicle enveloping it, the overall Insight payload resembles the size of a very small car.

InSight will blast off atop an AtlasV rocket built by Centennial-based United Launch Alliance, which has launched all NASA planetary probes since 2006.

Around 11 a.m. Nov. 26, if all goes according to plan, InSight will descend through Mars’ atmosphere at nearly 12,000 miles per hour.

A heat shield will ward off most of the friction and slow InSight, inside its protective aeroshell, enough for parachutes to deploy and slow the craft further.

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Close to Mars’s surface, the parachutes release InSight and thrusters fire to provide it a gentle five-mile-per-hour landing in the planet’s western Elysium Planitia region.

U.S. and European space agencies built the scientific instruments that Lockheed Martin Space integrated into the InSight lander.

In a 2015 file photo, NASA’s Mars-bound InSight spacecraft is loaded into a C-17 cargo aircraft at Buckley Air Force Base that was bound for Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems, was scheduled for launch that year but was delayed and is now slated to take off May 5, 2018.

Since the last time it was shipped to California for its 2016 launch, French engineers and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory redesigned a problematic vacuum seal on the lander’s key seismic instrument.

The delay and repair added $153.8 million to the original cost of the mission, according to NASA.

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InSight’s replacement seismic instr ument was installed, integrated and tested extensively at Lockheed’s campus in Colorado before sending the lander back to California in February.

A team of 25 Lockheed Martin Space employees have been with the lander there for three months, and another 25 traveled there this week for InSight’s launch.

Getting the spacecraft on its way to Mars will be a big deal for the company.

About 150 people worked on the probe at the height of assembly activity, and well over 1,000 employees there will have a hand in the mission over the six years it has been in development, Spath said.

InSight will be the first interplanetary probe to take off from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

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In 2016, Lockheed Martin Space teams weren’t familiar with theWest Coast launch site.And then there was the problem instrument and the possibility of integrating the new one at the launch site to keep InSight on schedule.

Once InSight leaves earth, a team from Lockheed’sWaterton campus will monitor and spacecraft from Colorado and make any adjustments needed for its flight.

The same crew will oversee InSight’s flight down through the Martian atmosphere and its time on Mars soil, too. It’s a “cradle-to-grave” job to make sure InSight is operating healthily, Spath said.That’s designed to be 728 earth days on the red planet, but will continue until NASA decides InSight’s job is done.

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“They’re a distributor just like we are,” Barr-Thorp President Todd Thorp told the Kansas City Business Journal. “They go to the market the same way and carry the same breadth of product. They’re in an adjoining state to our network in Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska and we were looking to expand outside of our territory. It was opportunistic.”

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Thorp, a third-generation leader at Barr-Thorpe, said he’s admired CPI Automation for many years and is excited to work with them.

He said the company also will continue to be interested in other opportunities to expand through acquisitions.

Colorado Company Completes Graphite Firm Buy; Bets Big On Batteries A Colorado company has completed its purchase of a Canadian company that owns a graphite project in Alabama.

Westwater Resources Inc. of Centennial said it’s completed its purchase of Alabama Graphite Corp. in an all-stock deal.

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Westwater is betting big on graphite: According to the company, there’s currently no domestic production of natural graphite.

Westwater said it plans to produce advanced battery materials on a pilot scale during 2019.

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“This is a transformational event for Westwater Resources. Our expansion into the battery-ready graphite industry takes full advantage of the rapid growth in energy storage markets and the materials they require,” said CEO Chris Jones, in a statement.The deal was originally announced in December.

With the acquisition,Westwater is changing its focus.The company used to be known as Uranium Resources Inc. but changed its name in August after it said it wanted to also concentrate on the lithium market.

It now operates in the lithium, graphite and uranium markets; “mineral resources that are materials essential to clean energy production,” according to the company.

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Why First Solar Is Doubling Down On U.S. Manufacturing

We have created an interactive dashboard analysis showing our expectations for First Solar over 2018. You can modify the key drivers to arrive at your own forecasts and valuation for the company.

While First Solar has typically done a bulk of its manufacturing in Asia, there appear to be multiple advantages in moving capacity towards the U.S. in the current environment. Firstly, the recent overhaul of the U.S. tax code has boosted the economic rationale for producing in the country. Moreover, labor accounts for a smaller portion of the manufacturing costs of the new Series 6 modules, reducing the effective cost savings of manufacturing in countries such as Malaysia or Vietnam.

First Solar published its Q1 2018 results last month, beating market expectations on revenues and earnings, driven by solar project sales in markets including India, Japan, and the U.S. First Solar has been seeing strong demand for its Series 6 modules, for which it recently started commercial shipments.The company also continues to witness tailwinds from the imposition of import duties on silicon-based panels and cells, to which its Cd-Te based products are not subject.Year to date, the company booked a total of 3.3 GW of capacity, with its shipment backlog standing at about 10.6 GW (including both systems and third-party module).

Additionally, a bulk of First Solar’s demand continues to come from North America, meaning that it could cut logistics costs by producing in the U.S.

Considering the strong bookings and demand for the new Series 6 panels, the company announced that it would be building a new module manufacturing facility with 1.2 gigawatts of capacity next to its current manufacturing operations in Ohio.This would help the company increase its planned U.S. Series 6 capacity to 1.8 GW with its total planned Series 6 capacity standing at 6.6 GW.

Close to three-quarters of the company’s potential booking opportunities come from the North American market. Source: Forbes

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Bees are losing ground to colony collapse disorder, a worldwide dieoff theoretically attributed to a variety of issues: pollution, pesticides, pathogens, fungicides, climate change, genetically modified crops, parasitic insects, malnutrition and more.

On March 8, 2018, Walmart applied for a patent (not yet approved) with the U.S. Patent Office for drone pollinators designed to fly from plant to plant, collecting pollen from one and depositing it on the next.

Another drone would hover along behind to monitor the accuracy of the first one — sort of a supervisor drone.

Regardless the cause, the effect presents a dire problem for agriculture.

Reproduction of many crops including apples, almonds, blueberries, peaches and nuts depends on pollinators. Several bee species have already made the sad leap from productive hives to the endangered species list. Globally and in the U.S., vast classifications of foods could disappear with them should extinction occur. Research on the disorder continues while scientists pursue various methods of artificial pollination.

For example, pollen has been collected and spread by aerial applicators; some even applied by hand with paint brushes. Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology crosspollinated Japanese lilies in 2017 using a 1.5-inch drone. The process employs a coating of horse hair and ionic sticky gel on the busy little metal device.

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But nail-biting worries about bees doing it or not doing it are sharing the stage with cutting-edge technologies for additional agricultural applications.

Robotics are already being implemented in strawberry harvesting, fresh-fruit picking, the dairy industry, data mapping and seeding.

Autonomous tractors might soon become commonplace. Technology already allows a drone to communicate information about the exact nature and location of individual weeds in a field. The responding tractor, based on GPS-like systems, then knows exactly when, where and the proper amount of herbicide to apply rather than blindly dousing an entire field.

On April 4, an interactive presentation at Colorado State University shared a broad overview of the future of farming in our technological society as described by presenters Raj Khosla and Tom McKinnon.

Khosla is a nationally and internationally known expert on precision

agriculture and its many uses. He has generated many discoveries in that field, including innovative techniques now in use in Colorado, nationally and around the world. Quantifying variability of spatially diverse soils using satellite-based remote sensing to create management zones maximizes profits by reducing use of inputs.

Khosla named the “five R’s of precision agriculture: at the Right time; in the Right amount; at the Right place; use of the Right input; in the Right manner.” These, he remarked, are the keys to the technique.

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For example, he pointed to the past three years’ corn prices, which have been down due to a product glut.

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Application of nitrogen, potassium, etc. is tailor-made per parts of a field based on information collected by drone technology.

Khosla showed the audience a series of slides in discussion of CSU’s ARDEC research farm’s successes in precision agriculture. Massive amounts of drone-generated data per field have consistently and accurately predicted yields and lowered production costs, thereby increasing profit.

The seminar co-presenter was McKinnon, founder of Boulderbased company, Agribotix.The small company began in 2012 when using drones to track a particular species of vulture. Now exclusively focusing on software products, Agribotix operates in 54 countries. vMcKinnon explained drone usage in the variable application of water, pesticides, fungicides, herbicides and fertilizer. He pointed out that, while data now comes from satellites and manned aircraft as well, only drones can fly under the clouds.

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McKinnon further discussed pertinent topics such as the final data product, cost, safety, reliability and ease of use. McKinnon mentioned Blue River Technology, which has trained a computer to identify and “nail” only the weeds with herbicide in strawberry fields as the tractor moves along.

Khosla reminded the audience that the first moon landing occurred nearly 50 years ago, on July 21, 1969. The Apollo 11 computer used in that astounding feat of space exploration would be no match for even the Galaxy 56 phone… which is 4 billion times faster.

Drones in agriculture now offer farming similar technological advantages to those that most people hold in their hand and use throughout each day. These robotic solutions maximize data, lower input investment and increase profit. Some even offer a helping wing to busy little bees that struggle to survive.

— Martey Metzger is a freelance writer from Fort Collins. She wrote this on behalf of The Fence Post, a Tribune sister publication. She can be reached at ponytime47@gmail.com.

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A Chinese travel service company is making an investment in a Denver company trying to build a supersonic airplane.

Ctrip.com International, Ltd. of China said it’s investing in Boom, a Centennial Airport-based company that said it’s building a $200 million supersonic plane with three engines, 55 seats and a cruising speed of Mach 2.2, or 1,451 mph.

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Colorado Aerospace Company Buys RollsRoyce Parts Maker For $859 Million Woodward Inc. said it’s buying L’Orange, a fuel injection systems technology company owned by Rolls-Royce, for $859 million.

“Ctrip offers valuable expertise in the Chinese travel market, and we’re excited to work with their passionate, entrepreneurial team to bring supersonic travel to the region” said Blake Scholl, founder and CEO of Boom, in a statement.

In December, the Denver Business Journal reported that Boom has raised more than $51.8 million from investors.

In addition, the company received a $10 million investment from Japan Air Lines and has also received orders from Virgin Galactic.

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Fort Collins-based Woodward said Germany-based L’Orange is one of the world’s leading suppliers of fuel injection systems for industrial diesel, heavy fuel oil and dual-fuel engines.

“L’Orange is an excellent strategic and financial fit for Woodward, and this transaction exemplifies our acquisition strategy to invest in markets with solid long-term fundamentals. The acquisition of L’Orange brings innovative technology, bolsters relationships with key customers and enhances the profitability of our Industrial segment,” said Thomas Gendron, CEO and chairman of Woodward, in a statement.

L’Orange will be renamed Woodward L’Orange.

The purchase comes a few months after Woodward said it will close its Duarte, California that makes thrust reverser actuation systems and move the operations to its Fort Collins campus. That move will cost the company about $12 million, Woodward said Monday.

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The federal spending bill signed by President Donald Trump found $164 million in additional funding this year for NASA’s Orion capsule, the deep-space vehicle being built by Jefferson County-based Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co.

The president signed Congress’ $1.3 trillion appropriations bill last month, authorizing spending above what the president’s budget proposals sought for many programs, including Orion and its accompanying massive rocket.

The omnibus bill provides NASA with a $20.7 billion budget for the 2018 federal fiscal year that’s already five months old.

The budget calls for $1.35 billion for Orion. That compares to the $1.186 billion NASA was projecting under the president proposal this fiscal year.

Similarly, the Space Launch System rocket, or SLS, being built to launch Orion — a project led by contractors Orbital ATK and Boeing Co. — receives $2.15 billion in the approved budget.

NASA had previously expected nearly $1.94 billion under the president’s budget proposal.

Development of the SLS upper stage rocket, a mobile launch platfor m for the rocket and ground systems for Orion and SLS receive another $1.515 billion.

NASA commissioned Orion in 2006 as the spacecraft for traveling to the outer reaches of earth orbit and beyond, where mission distances are in the millions of miles, durations are long and radiation exposure is more intense than crews experience in lowearth orbits like those the space shuttle flew.

LMSS won the contract to design and develop technology for the Orion capsules and to build the actual flight capsules for Orion’s two for missions.

LMSS is a 14,000-employee divi-

sion of Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed Martin Corp.

An Orion has been test-launched once in a 2014 flight without astronauts aboard. That mission launched atop a Delta IV rocket built by Centennial-based United Launch Alliance.

Orion’s future missions are planned to launch using the SLS, a rocket capable of lifting 130 metric tons into orbit.

The next Orion flight, known at Exploration Mission 1, is slated to take place in 2019, a threeweek mission without crew aboard. Orion and SLS’ first flight with astronauts aboard is slated to be in 2022.

The omnibus bill signed also calls on NASA to use SLS to launch a pair of unmanned probes to the Jupiter moon called Europa, an orbiter by 2022 and a lander by 2024. By Greg Avery – Reporter, Denver Business Journal A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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and March. Capacity utilization for durable manufacturing moved upwards a percentage point to 76% in February as did Industrial Production which climbed to and index level of 106. The Michigan Consumer Confidence Index climbed 4 points in February and another 2 in March sitting at an index level of 101. Durable goods orders were up half a percent to $248 billion in February. The only indicator to move downward was the Purchasing Managers’ Index which moved from 61 to 59 which still represents a strong expansion of manufacturing business. By Elizabeth Engler Modic

GE, US Ar my conduct PDR for T901 improved turbine engine

Manufacturing Technology Shows Strength U.S. manufacturing technology orders for the first two months of 2018 climbed 27% higher than the same period in 2017 signaling continued strength in the recovery initiated in June 2017, according to the latest U.S. Manufacturing Technology Orders (USMTO) report from AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. Orders totaled $354 million in February, down 5% from a 22-year high in January.

“Our industry’s market is up 27% from 2017 as order growth rates accelerate; customers clamor for greater productivity and more capacity; and our member companies push their limits to keep pace with the market’s expansion,” says Pat McGibbon, AMT’s vice president of strategic analytics. “AMT supports free and fair trade; but recent trade issues with several of our major trading partners including China, the world’s largest consumer of manufacturing tech, will make harvesting the benefits of this boom market more challenging.”

Every region saw significant year-to-date growth rates ranging from 15% to 76% even though monthto-month rates varied from a not as high as 19% in the Northeast region to a decline of 24% in the North Central-West region. The variation in growth levels reflects the regionality of sectors that were major forces in moving the market down, such as oil and gas exploration in the South-Central region or mining and off-road equipment in the North Central-West. Likewise, regions which have significant amounts of automotive, medical equipment or aerospace fared better during the downturn such as the Northeast, Southeast, and West regions.

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GE Aviation hosted the U.S. Army for the successful Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the T901-GE-900 engine in early March. The T901 is GE Aviation’s engine for the Improved Turbine Engine Program (ITEP), the U.S. Army’s undertaking to re-engine its Boeing AH-64 Apache and Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. The PDR is a major milestone within the Technology Maturation and Risk Reduction (TMRR) contract, a $102 million, 24-month contract the Army awarded GE in September 2016.

The Army is in the process of down-selecting to one engine manufacturer for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase by the end of 2018.

The U.S. Army Contracting Command (ACC), based at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, released its request for proposals for the EMD last November. GE Aviation submitted the first phase of the proposal in February and is currently preparing the sec-

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The institute, which is a member of Manufacturing USA, a network of regional institutes, looks to robotics to bring about the change. Robotics can “elevate, not eliminate the human roles in manufacturing,” ARM says.

The group’s mission is to help train the future workforce for the high-value careers will determine the future of manufacturing.And it focuses on lowering the economic, technical, and operational barriers that companies experience in trying to adopt robotic technology.

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Polaris Alpha Announces major expansion plans in Colorado Polaris Alpha announced a major expansion of its Colorado offices, which will create 450 new high-paying jobs in Colorado Springs and the Metro Denver region.

The expansion will happen in two phases over the next eight years.

The first portion will focus on the company’s facilities in Metro Denver, where Polaris Alpha will build a new 20,000-square-foot office.Through the first phase, 150 new jobs will be created at the Metro Denver location.

The second phase will see the expansion of Polaris Alpha’s Colorado Springs facilities. The company plans to expand those offices with an additional 80,000 square feet of new space, and will hire 300 more employees in the Springs by 2026.

Polaris Alpha is a leading provider of mission-critical technology, software and solutions to the defense and intelligence communities. The plans are the culmination of efforts by both the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC and the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation in obtaining state tax credits and job incentives to help facilitate Polaris Alpha’s expansion, according to the release.

“The two organizations worked together to secure a Colorado Job Growth Incentive Tax Credit from the State of Colorado that will assist in Polaris Alpha’s recruiting efforts to fill its job openings,” the release said. “It will also enable Polaris Alpha to execute a multi-pronged advertising campaign to generate interest from potential employees in both the Denver region and Colorado Springs.”

Tammy Fields, chief economic development officer for the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC, said Polaris Alpha plays a crucial and foundational role in the defense and technology industries of Colorado Springs and the surrounding region.

“The Chamber & EDC is pleased we could help secure this long-term commitment,” she said in the release. “This announcement further validates Colorado Springs as a technology powerhouse and helps ensure a robust business climate for years to come.”

In both locations, Polaris Alpha will be looking to hire software engineers, systems engineers, space scientists, cloud enterprise architects, machine learning specialists and other IT professionals.Those applicants with security clearances will be at a distinct advantage since much of the work performed by the company is for agencies within the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Polaris Alpha, with dual headquarters in Colorado Springs and Fredericksburg, Va., is also expanding in other parts of the U.S. as well. The company is currently looking to fill a number of similar positions at its offices in several East Coast locations.

Last month, Polaris Alpha announced it had been awarded $96 million in U.S. Air Force task orders on contracts involving work software development, maintenance and enhancement for Command, Control, Intelligence and Surveillance, and Reconnaissance operations.

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Lifetime Products Mold Shop Just Invested In a High Technology, Large Capacity Mazak FJV-60/120E VMC and Sees Huge Gains in Productivity In one of the 22 large industrial buildings at the Freepor t Center that Lifetime Products occupies, is a small group of engineers and machinists who design and manufacture nearly all of the molds utilized to build Lifetime Product’s entire product portfolio.

Kelly Martinez, long-ter m employee of Lifetime Products and Machine Shop Director, manages the entity.

Kelly says that his team builds approximately 50 molds per year, and they use outside mold builders for a small amount of overflow work, but most are built in-house. Products manufactured by Lifetime Products typically require multiple molds. For example, the kayak pictured (a Hydros 8’6” Sit-On-Top kayak) has a cavity and a core; these are the primary molds but the kayak mold will have additional parts to them, such as the inserts, rail, cylinders, and bolts. The sheds they build require 10-12 molds to provide each component for assembly, Kelly shared. Molds were taking about 11 weeks to build, on average, and in their early stages of developments they often require revisions. Charles Monsen, long-term employee and Mold Designer/ CNC programmer, says, “About 70% of our molds require revisions due to feature modifications.”

Lifetime Product’s mold shop is run like a standalone business, the team says, and it must be competitive with outside mold shops to retain Lifetime Products’ business. Kelly says, “We can design and manufacture our molds for about 15% less than they can be done by outside suppliers, and we can also turn modifications much faster than an outside entity.”

The molds start with solid material that is generally quite large (>10,000 lbs.), so most machine shops do not have machines with the weight capacity nor the travels needed to manufacture these molds.The kayak pictured, for example, will start with a block of material that weighs in excess of 11,000 pounds prior to being machined.

More than a year ago, the company made the decision to upgrade their machine shop productivity and capability. Randy Macari, CNC Programmer, says, “We did a substantial amount of research prior to making our latest purchase. We looked at probably 5 different machine tool builders, and since these large machines are not common, we traveled to meet companies who had the machines we were evaluating.” He continued, “One of our most surprising findings in this research was that you cannot take the specifications provided by the manufacturer alone, and make the assumption, that because some specs are higher, that the overall performance of the machine is better too. In the case of many manufacturers’ spec sheets, we found that some quoted ‘best case’ scenarios, where as other manufactures were more conservative.” The team at Lifetime’s mold shop utilized test runs on samples of A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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their own products to determine the machine that best fit their requirements.

The team ran more than 50 test cuts between in-house machinery and multiple machine tool vendors. Most test cuts were performed on smaller machinery because larger bridge-frame equipment is not normally kept in-stock by machine tool vendors due to their size and enormity of investment.

However, the smaller machines would serve as a representation of the performance of the larger machines. The best they achieved in-house was 63 minutes. Mazak was the top performer with 30 minutes of run time and a better surface finish.

Ultimately, the Lifetime team selected the Mazak FJV-60/120E, which is a high-precision, high-productivity, double-column vertical machining center with enhanced spindle performance, the latest in CNC technology and rigid machine construction, specifically with regard to “Y” axis support. Its design ensures extremely high-precision machining over extended periods of operation by eliminating the spindle overhang that is a big concern with traditional C-frame vertical machining centers.

Furthermore, its ergonomic design ensures convenient loading/unloading of very large work pieces and overall ease of operation. The table is also 100% supported by the massive base, over the entire travel.

While all expected an improvement on the inhouse cycle time proportionate to the test cuts, there was no sure way to tell exactly what the cycle time on the newly purchased Mazak FJV-60/120Ewould be until another test cut was completed after the machine’s arrival. Everyone expected the larger and final equipment to move slower than the smaller machines, consequentially setting estimations of the cycle-time on the new machine to be closer to 40 minutes. With Lifetime’s new Mazak, these same test cuts took only 29 minutes and 45 seconds, entirely blowing away everyone’s predictions and setting the new record for the test cut! Not only was FJV-60/120E the top performer, but it was also proven to be designed

with power and speed proportionate to the capacity it was meant to handle. Randy says, “Since installing and utilizing the Mazak FJV-60/120E for 6 weeks now, the results are far better than we even expected.

Here are some comparisons:

Our Kayak core took 175 hours to build and 14 hours to polish with our old e r m ac h in e (not a Mazak) and now takes 100 hours to build and 1 hour to polish (75% and 1300% faster) Our Shed cores took 243 hours to build and 30 hours to polish with our older machine (not a Mazak) and now takes 117 hours to build and 17 hours to polish (108% and 76% faster) Our Shed Floor cavity took 101 hours to build and 50 hours to polish with our older machine (not a Mazak) and now takes 17 hours to build and 30 hours to polish (494% and 67% faster)” Charles says, “You get what you pay for, and the Mazak is just so much faster than the machines we used prior to our purchase.” He adds, “With the Mazak FJV-60/120E, we are seeing better finishes, so there’s significantly less sanding and polishing, and we are reducing our electricity consumption. Due to the rigidity of the machine, our tool life is much better!” The team says that the Mazak is most impressive for heavy cutting. One example: Randy says, “We previously ran a 1-1/2” Kennametal inserted Mill-1 cutter at 6000RPM at 100IPM feed rate and .100” DOC when we were rouging a mold. Now we run the same cutter on the Mazak FJV at 8000RPM at 236IPM feed rate and .300” DOC.” Kelly says, “In our new machine tool purchase plan for mold making, we were looking for high speed, extreme rigidity, and an overall reduction in the cost of making our products.”

With the purchase of their Mazak FJV-60/120E, the machine has a “Bridge-Frame” design that supports long “Y” travel (this model travels are X=120”, Y=55” & Z=26”). This additional “Y” travel has allowed the crew at Lifetime to cut set up time in-half, on a number of molds, that would have otherwise required multiple set ups. It is also equipped with an 18,000RPM spindle, 1000psi coolant, dual belt chip conveyor with a filtration system, an X-Large coolant tank, and the latest ‘MAZATROL SmoothG’ control, which comes standard on the machine.

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Functions Include: √ High Gain Feed Forward Control boosts machining speed and accuracy √ Variable Acceleration Control calculates and applies optimal acceleration for a combination of axes √ Smooth Corner Control makes cutter path adjustments to help shorten cycle times while holding accuracy

√ Rapid Over Lap increases the speed and smoothness in which the machine rapids to reduce non-cut time √ Smooth Machine Configuration optimizes and allows fine tuning of the machine for different machining styles

The Lifetime team is so pleased with their Mazak FJV-60/120E, that after just 6 weeks of production, they ordered a 2nd machine!

The Lifetime products team had been purchasing Mazak machines from Smith Machinery for many years now (since 1991), so they knew Mazak was a premier machine and they knew they would get great performance with a Mazak.They are also very familiar with the combination of Smith Machinery/ Mazak service; Charles says one word describes it, ‘Outstanding’.

Both Mazak FJV machines were purchased with support from David Soares, Sales Engineer for Smith Machinery. David and the Smith Machinery team worked with Lifetime Products throughout the testing and the decision making process. David values the opportunity he has to work with the Lifetime team.

Together with Kelly Martinez and Dennis Norman, they visited Yamazaki Mazak in Japan, and toured the five factories there.They also were able to meet with the Yamazaki family.

Mazak is a privately held family-business that will be celebrating its 100th year in business in 2019! The fact that their name is on every one of their machines means a lot to them, insomuch that they support every Mazak for its life, and ensure that they are built of the upmost quality and leading technology.

Go to Lifetime.com to learn about all of Lifetime Products’ offerings.Their products can be purchased at sporting goods stores, large retail stores, and online.

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DoD Awards L3 Technologies, Salt Lake City, Utah, has been awarded a $9,186,145 firm-fixed-price contract for unmanned aerial vehicle spare parts. This is a 31-month contract with no option periods. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1), as stated in Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. Location of performance is Utah, with a Dec. 28, 2020, performance completion date. Using military service is Navy. Type of appropriation is fiscal 2017 through 2018 Navy aircraft procurement funds.The contracting activity is the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation.

Diversified Maintenance Systems Inc., Sandy, Utah, is awarded a maximum amount $15,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for electrical alterations, renovations, and repair projects at Naval Base San Diego. The work to be performed provides for primarily design-bid-build (fully designed) task orders or task orders with minimal design effort (e.g., shop drawings). Projects may include, but are not limited to, alterations, repairs, and construction of fiber optic cable systems, alarm systems, lighting systems, and audio equipment installation. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with four proposals received.

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L-3 CommunicationsWest, Salt Lake City, Utah, is awarded $8,833,750 for firm-fixed-price delivery order N0042118F0255 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement. This delivery order is for the procurement of three tactical common data link maritime shipboard terminals for littoral combat ships (LCS-25, LCS-26 and LCS-28) in support of surface aviation interoperability lab. Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is expected to be completed in November 2019.

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The U.S. Army is gathering potential requirements for another evolution of the Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, which is now expected to remain in

The possible improvements are being grouped into two categories of engineering change proposal (ECP): upgrades that could be incorporated relatively easily into the current AH-64E, and major changes that would require helicopters to return to the depot, says Rich Tyler, the Army’s Apache deputy program manager.

Topping the list of major changes is re-engining with the 3,000-shp Improved Turbine Engine, but the array of potential upgrades includes adding a propulsor and compounding wing to increase the helicopter’s performance. Also listed are sensor and survivability upgrades and an advanced cockpit and flight controls.

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CNC Collet Chucks Royal Products________ 800-645-4174 CNC Lathe Accessories Von Ruden Manufacturing_ 763-682-0322 Collet Fixtures Royal Products________ 800-645-4174 ACCESSORIES Coolant Systems Desert EDM Sales_____ 480-816-6300 Blaser____________ 801-722-4095 Chemtool__________ 815-957-4140 Abrasive Products Barton International_____ 800-741-7756 Hangsterfer’s________ 316-640-2462 Chemtool Inc.________ 815-957-4140 MP Systems_________ 909-282-7463 GMA Garnet_________ 828-243-9300 Qualichem, Inc._______ 480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids______ 800-367-9966 Bandsaw Blades Coolant Chillers Rocky Mountain Saw Blades__303-761-3000 MP Systems_________ 909-282-7463 Roentgen USA________ 847-787-0135 Cutting Fluids & Oils Trajan Saw Works______ 800-743-9313 Castrol____________ 800-894-7773 Bar Pullers Chemtool__________ 815-957-4140 Accudyne Corp________ 303-991-1500 Hangsterfer’s________ 316-640-2462 Edge Technologies______ 562-597-7824 Hasco Oil__________ 562-595-8491

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Driven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry

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Qualichem, Inc._______ 480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids______ 800-367-9966 Cutting Tools Horizon Carbide Tool___480-968-0957 US Carbide Tool______480-755-3812 Von Ruden Manufacturing_ 763-682-0322 Dielectric Fluid Hangsterfer’s________ 316-640-2462 Dovetail Cutters & Fixtures 5th Axis___________ 858-505-0432 Dust Collectors, Filtration Equip.

Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773 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 Filtermist Mist Collectors Royal Products________ 800-645-4174 Garnet Abrasives Barton International_____ 800-741-7756 Greases Chemtool__________ 815-957-4140 Knives: Replacement Superior Grinding______ 801-487-9700 Laser Accessories Castrol____________ 800-894-7773 Live Centers Royal Products________ 800-645-4174

Division of Curran Manufacturing Corporation

200 Oser Avenue Hauppauge, NY 11788 U.S.A.

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www.royalprod.com

orders@royalprod.com

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1-631-273-1010 1-800-645-4174 Fax: 1-631-273-1066 1-800-424-2082

A2Z Manufacturing A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain Rocky Mountain • May • / •June May / June 2018 2018

Tel: 800-686-1679 Fax: 860-409-2552181 dloveless@gmnusa.com 65 South Cottonwood Street (300 W) 6577 Salt Lake City, Utah 84107 Sa

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Dimensional Gaging Specialists

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phone (801)716-2972 fax

(8 (801)716-2975

c cell

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PHONE (801) 486-7519 FAX (8 01) 48 6 - 79 81 DENVER, COLORADO

CELL (303) 720-8760

s c a r l s o n @ j m g r i s l e y. c o m www.jmgrisleymachine.com

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Lubricants / Systems Castrol____________ 800-894-7773 Hangsterfer’s________ 316-640-2462 Qualichem, Inc._______ 480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids______ 800-367-9966 Machine Tool Accessories Von Ruden Manufacturing_ 763-682-0322 Machine Tool Cool. Filtration Castrol____________ 800-894-7773 Hangsterfer’s________ 316-640-2462 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 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain•

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 Hasco 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 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

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Moncktons Mach Tools_ 303-571-4933 Sharp Precision_____ 310-370-5990 Triad Machine______ 303-424-0268 Manual Lathes & Mills AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 Sharp Precision_____ 310-370-5990 Pedestals for Grinders Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 Sawing Machines Moncktons Mach Tools__ 303-571-4933 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades__303-761-3000 Saw Replacement Parts Rocky Mountain Saw Blades__303-761-3000 INSPECTION EQUIP Advanced Coord. Tech ____ 303-469-6161 Gage Lab Products______ 801-716-2972 Innovative Measuring Systems_602-527-5488 Klontech Indust. Sales____ 480-948-1871 Mitutoyo___________ 480-294-7631 OGP ____________ 480-889-9056 Selway Machine Tool___ 888-735-9290 Total Qual. Syst._______ 480-377-6422 Zeiss Industrial Metrology__ 800-327-9735 CMM Probes Gage Lab Products______ 801-716-2972 Innovative Measuring Systems_602-527-5488 Klontech Industrial Sales__ 480-948-1871 Mitutoyo___________ 480-294-7631 OGP ___________ 480-889-9056 Coordinate Measuring Mach.

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P: 888.668.6818 C: 937.479.5381 ribal.btaddini@legrand.us www.legrand.us

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801.886.2221 435.901.0287

General Mgr/Vice President

spolster@mmtproductivity.com www.mmtproductivity.com

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3676 W. California Ave., Ste A117 Salt Lake City, UT 52404 MAIN: 801.886.2221 Helping You435.901.0287 Find The Right CELL:

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Innovative Measuring Systems_602-527-5488 Klontech Industrial Sales_ 480-948-1871 Steve480-294-7631 Polster Mitutoyo___________ General Mgr/Vice President OGP ___________ 480-889-9056 , CMTSE

IMS

3676 W. California Ave., Ste A117 Salt Lake City, UT 52404 MAIN: CELL:

801.886.2221 435.901.0287

spolster@mmtproductivity.com www.mmtproductivity.com

Total Quality Systems____ 720-338-2581 Innovative Measuring Systems Sensors: Contact & 85281 Optical 1711 W. 17th St. Tempe, AZ www.innovativemeasuring.com Mitutoyo___________ 480-294-7631 Ken Lambert (801)673-4783 Zeiss Industrial Metrology__ 800-327-9735 Video MeasuringSteve Systems Polster General Mgr/Vice President Gage Lab Products______ 801-716-2972 Klontech Industrial Sales_ 480-948-1871 Mitutoyo___________ 480-294-7631 Helping You Find The Right Solutions For Your Measuring Needs

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, CMTSE

3676 W. California Ave., Ste A117 Salt Lake City, UT 52404 MAIN: CELL:

801.886.2221 435.901.0287

spolster@mmtproductivity.com www.mmtproductivity.com

Total Quality Systems____ 720-338-2581 HARDWARE Horizon Carbide Tool___480-968-0957 Steve Polster General Mgr/Vice President Metal Supermarkets___ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets___ 303-424-1030 , CMTSE

3676 W. California Ave., Ste A117 Salt Lake City, UT 52404 MAIN: CELL:

801.886.2221 435.901.0287

3676 W. California Ave., Ste A117 Salt Lake City, UT 52404 MAIN: CELL:

801.886.2221 435.901.0287

General Mgr/Vice President

spolster@mmtproductivity.com www.mmtproductivity.com

METALS & MATERIALS Steve Polster AZ Tool Steel LLC______480-784-1600 General Mgr/Vice President Coastal Metals_______ 800-811-7466 Erickson Metals______877-543-6061 Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 Kloeckner Metals Corp_ 480-389-2883 Metal Supermarkets___ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets___303-424-1030 Steve Polster Olympic Metals______303-286-9700 General Mgr/Vice President Ryerson__________303-227-6310 Western States Metals__801-978-0562 Aluminum Affiliated Metals______ 800-748-4711 Metal Supermarkets___ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets___ 303-424-1030 Steve Polster General Mgr/Vice President Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 Armor: Military & Commercial Kloeckner Metals Corp_ 480-389-2883 TW Metals_________ 800-203-8000 Brass Steve Polster Coastal Metals_______ 800-811-7466 General Mgr/Vice President Metal Supermarkets___ 801-972-2441 , CMTSE

3676 W. California Ave., Ste A117 Salt Lake City, UT 52404 MAIN: CELL:

801.886.2221 435.901.0287

spolster@mmtproductivity.com www.mmtproductivity.com

, CMTSE

3676 W. California Ave., Ste A117 Salt Lake City, UT 52404 MAIN: CELL:

801.886.2221 435.901.0287

spolster@mmtproductivity.com www.mmtproductivity.com

, CMTSE

3676 W. California Ave., Ste A117 Salt Lake City, UT 52404 MAIN: CELL:

801.886.2221 435.901.0287

spolster@mmtproductivity.com www.mmtproductivity.com

, CMTSE

3676 W. California Ave., Ste A117 Salt Lake City, UT 52404 MAIN: CELL:

801.886.2221 435.901.0287

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Utah Metal Works, Inc.__ 801-364-5679

Innovative Measuring Systems

Legrand, North America 3555 Kettering Blvd.

Moraine, OH 45439

Steve Polster, CMTSE

spolster@mmtproductivity.com www.mmtproductivity.com

Adam Papilion

Director of Operations 970.692.3344

adam@h2manufacturing solutions.com www.h2manufacturingsolutions.com

Metals: Bar & Plate AZ Tool Steel LLC______480-784-1600 Coastal Metals_______ 800-811-7466 JACQUET West 22400 Lucerne Street Metal Supermarkets___ 801-972-2441 Carson / CA 90745 Offering plasma cutting and P +1 310-684-4370 waterjet cutting of stainless F +1 310-684-4377 Metal Supermarkets___ 303-424-1030 steel plate and nickel alloy C +1 714-496-3445 plate and bar c.weber@myjacquet.com Ryerson___________303-227-6310 www.myjacquet.com/USA TW Metals_________ 800-203-8000 Mold Steel Metal Supermarkets____ 303-424-1030 AZ Tool Steel LLC______480-784-1600 Olympic Metals_______ 303-286-9700 Nickel Alloys Ryerson____________303-227-6310 AZ Tool Steel LLC______480-784-1600 Bronze Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 Coastal Metals________ 800-811-7466 Ryerson__________ 303-227-6310 Metal Supermarkets____ 801-972-2441 TW Metals_________ 800-203-8000 Plate-Precision Saw Cut Metal Supermarkets____ 303-424-1030 Erickson Metals______877-543-6061 Olympic Metals_______ 303-286-9700 Pre-Honed Tube Carbon Western States Metals__801-978-0562 Coastal Metals________ 800-811-7466 Stainless Steel Ryerson____________303-227-6310 AZ Tool Steel LLC_____ 480-784-1600 Copper Coastal Metals_______ 800-811-7466 Olympic Metals_______ 303-286-9700 Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 Garnet Abrasives Kloeckner Metals Corp__ 480-389-2883 Barton International_____ 800-741-7756 Metal Supermarkets___ 801-972-2441 GMA Garnet Group____ 832-243-9300 Metal Supermarkets___ 303-424-1030

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Steve Polster, CMTSE

Christopher Weber General Manager

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An ISO 9001 Company

Jeff Klimowicz Senior Sales Engineer Southwest Region: AZ, UT, NV, CO, ID All Products Proudly Made in the USA

Mobile: 480‐320‐0308 jklimowicz@qualichem.com www.qualichem.com

AlIen Webb Sales Associate

KNUTH Machine Tools USA, Inc. 590 Bond St. Lincolnshire, IL 60069

Ph: (847) 415-3333 x260 Fax: (847) 415-2402 a.webb@knuth-usa.com

www.knuth-usa.com

Olympic Metals______ 303-286-9700 Ryerson___________303-227-6310 Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC_______ 480-784-1600 Coastal Metals_______800-811-7466 Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 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 Ryerson___________303-227-6310 METAL DISTRIBUTORS Erickson Metals______ 877-543-6061 Coastal Metals_______800-811-7466 Jacquet West_______310-684-4370 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 TW Metals_________ 800-203-8000 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain•

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 Doosan__________ 973-618-2500 Foothills Machinery Sales__ 303-466-3777 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_______ 623-202-7177 Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933 Romi Machine Tools LLC_ 859-647-7566 Selway Machine Tool___ 888-735-9290 Sharp Precision______ 310-370-5990 Smith Machinery Co___ 801-263-6403 Tornos USA_________951-695-0342 Triad Machine________303-424-0268

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CNC Lathes AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 Doosan___________973-618-2500 Foothills Machinery____ 303-466-3777 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_________623-202-7177 Methods West________ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933 Romi Machine Tools LLC_ 859-647-7566 Selway Machine Tool___ 888-735-9290 Sharp Precision______ 310-370-5990 Smith Machinery Co____ 801-263-6403 Triad Machine________ 303-424-0268 CNC Swiss Turn Machines AME, Inc.__________303-922-9266 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 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 Methods West_______ 602-437-2220 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933 Smith Machinery Co___ 801-263-6403 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

Michael McSWEENEY

Sales Manager

Ph: +1 724 696 4340 x3437 Direct: +1 724 213 7290 Cell: +1 724 309 1940 mcsweeney.michael@rotarex.com

ROTAREX NORTH AMERICA

101 Bilby Rd, Building #2 Hackettstown, NJ 07840 www.rotarexfiretec.com

Manual Mills & Lathes KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 Micro Hole Drilling Machines Current EDM Inc_____650-966-9676 NEW MACHINERY FABRICATION Angle Rolls Jorgenson Machine Tools__ 435-659-9455 Revolution Machine Tools__ 385-355-0316 Band Saws King Machine_______ 208-345-9600 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 Revolution Machine Tools__ 385-355-0316 Ultimate Machinery_____ 480-966-2000 Bar Feeders Edge Technologies______ 562-597-7824 Cold Saws KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 CNC Punching Centers S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 AMADA America______ 303-670-9406 Fiber Lasers Jorgenson Machine Tools__ 435-659-9455 Revolution Machine Tools__ 385-355-0316 Grinding Machines KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 Iron Workers S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Laser Cutters AMADA America______ 303-670-9406 Jorgenson Machine Tools__ 435-659-9455 KNUTH Machine Tools____847-415-3333 MMT, A Div of Productivty_303-571-4933 PrecisionFab Inc._____303-779-9180 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Triad Machine_______ 303-424-0268

Pipe & Tube Benders/Notchers Amada America______ 303-549-9167 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Plate Rolls Jorgenson Machine Tools__ 435-659-9455 Revolution Machine Tools__ 385-355-0316 Plasma Cutters KNUTH Machine Tools____ 847-415-3333 Press Brakes AMADA America______ 303-670-9406 Jorgenson Machine Tools__ 435-659-9455 King Machine_______ 208-345-9600 Revolution Machine Tools__ 385-355-0316 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Shearing Machines Jorgenson Machine Tools__ 435-659-9455 King Machine_______ 208-345-9600 Revolution Machine Tools__ 385-355-0316 S&S Machinery Sales___ 602-368-8542 Welding Equipment Rocky Mountain Saw Blades303-761-3000 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

Robotic Part Loading Systems Mobility Ramps & Stairs - Modular Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 EZ-Access_________ 800-451-1903 SERVICES Woodworking Machines AS9100 Certification Pillar Machine________ 801-965-1900 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 PLASTICS BMSC___________ 602-445-9400 Acrylics And Polycarbonates MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 Laird Plastics_______ 303-292-1687 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Plastics: Fabrication Calibration Services Laird Plastics_______ 303-292-1687 Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Klontech Industrial_____480-948-1871 Graphics Materials Laird Plastics_______ 303-292-1687 Western States Calibration_ 801-466-1700 Consultant,3D Printing Mechanical/Engineering Material Laird Plastics_______ 303-292-1687 H2 Solutions_________ 970-692-3344 Consultant,Operational PRODUCTS Consultant, ISO Guns Layke Tactical_______ 602-272-2654 ABS Quality Evaluations_ 702-371-7591 BMSC___________ 602-445-9400 PROG. SYSTEMS MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 CAD/CAMSoftware, CAD AME, Inc._________ 303-922-9266 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Cimatron_________ 248-596-9700 H2 Solutions_________ 970-692-3344 Consultant,Supply Chain Delcam (Autodeck)_____ 877-35-2261 H2 Solutions_________ 970-692-3344 Feature Cam_______ 602-502-9654 Improvement SolidCAM_________ 530-863-0461 H2 Solutions__________ 970-692-3344 PROTOTYPE MACHINERY 3D Parts To Go________801-380-7935 Contract Inspection

RECYCLING Recyclable Metals Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 Utah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 PALLET SYSTEMS Scrap Metal Recycling Automatic Pallet Systems Iron & Metals, Inc_____ 303-292-5555 Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 Utah Metal Works_____ 801-364-5679 ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT Automatic Door Opener SysIntegrated Systems Inc__ 928-649-9600 tems Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 SAFETY Fire Protection Systems Manual Rotary Pallet Systems Midaco___________ 847-593-8420 Rotarex__________ 480-689-8756

Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 Data Communications; Wire & Cable Management Legrand___________888-668-6818 Education Ogden-Weber Tech College_ 801-395-3795 Electrical: Breakers/Switches/ Starters Denver Breaker Supply __ 855-4UR-BRKR Engineering Services Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161

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DAYTON Lamina

™

a MISUMI Group Company

Kevin Benson Die Components Marketing Director

39830 Grand River Ave. Suite B2 Novi, MI 48375

DAYTON Lamina Corporation a MISUMI Group Company

Phone: (248) 489-9122 Cell: (708) 203-6684 Email: kbenson@daytonlamina.com www.daytonlamina.com

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Office: 801-463-3597 Cell: 801-979-3361 Fax: 801-294-3319 mdenison@ucreditu.com www.UcreditU.com

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BMSC ______________ 602-445-9400 MEP Center________ 801-587-0713 Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 ISO Registrar Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

Lean Manufacturing MEP Center________ 801-587-0713 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Machine Tool Rebuilding EDM Network_______ 480-836-1782 Ad Design Heppner & Bourque___ 303-675-0105 Photography Heppner & Bourque___ 303-675-0105 Social Media Heppner & Bourque___ 303-675-0105 Website Development Heppner & Bourque___ 303-675-0105 Nadcap Approvals - Consulting Level III NDT Consulting_ 602-578-8109 Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Level III NDT Consulting_ 602-578-8109 Process Improvement BMSC ______________ 602-445-9400 MEP Center________ 801-587-0713 Sustaining Edge Solutions___ 888-572-9642 Reverse Engineering Advanced Coord. Tech ___ _303-469-6161 Diversified Metal Services___ 801-972-6093 Klontech Measure Sol____ 480-626-8131 Rigging & Transfer Atlas Rigging & Transfer_ 801-539-3885 IRH ___________ _801-972-5581

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MEI Rigging__________801-701-7975 Spindle Rebuilding GMN USA__________ 800-686-1679 Setco-Pope Spindles______866-362-0699 Transportation IRH ____________801-972-5581 SOFTWARE Machining Software CAD/CAM/CAE Davis Applied Tech College___801-593-2483 SolidCAM_________ 530-863-0461 USED MACHINERY Consulting/Engineering Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 EDM Network_________ 480-836-1782 Jorgenson Machine Tools____435-659-9455 SPINDLE REPAIR RMS Assembly & Mfg___ 303-777-3064 King Machine_________208-345-9600 K.D. Capital Equipment____480-922-1674 TOOLING Methods West_________602-437-2220 PrecisionToolholding Products Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 ReSell CNC West________480-694-9919 S&S Machinery Sales_____602-368-8542 _ Tooling Systems Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 Selway Machine Tool___ 888-735-9290 WATERJET CUTTING Live Tool Holders MACHINERY Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 Fabricating Equip Sales___303-466-7342 Static Tool Holders Flow International_______800-446-3569 Von Ruden Mfg______ 763-682-0322 Global EDM Supply_____480-836-8330 TRAINING Jend Machinery________303-775-3697 MEP Center________ 801-587-0713 Jorgenson Machine Tools____435-659-9455 CAD/CAM Training King Machine_________208-345-9600 Davis Applied Tech College___801-593-2483 OMAX Corp________ _800-838-0343 CNC/Conventional Abrasives/Blast Media Barton International_ ____ 800-741-7756 Machining Davis Applied Tech College___801-593-2483 GMA Garnet Group_____ 832-243-9300

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VICE PRESIDENT SALES / MACHINE MECHANICAL GROUP

t 520.294.3126 c 520.247.5977 jeffr@caid.com www.caid.com

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CAID Industries_________435-890-8823 Dayton Rogers_______ 763-717-6303 JD Machine_________ 801-782-4403 Pillar Machine_______ 801-965-1900 Wrico____________ 480-892-7800 AUTOMATION Motion Control/ Machine Vision In-Position Technologies_ 303-231-9955

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Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 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 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 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 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Fabrication: Medium & Large Bandsaw LLC_________303-744-7181 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 EMJD Corp__________ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Group Mfg Serv_______480-966-3952 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778

Fabrication: SheetMetal Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 AzMark___________480-926-8969 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 Denver Machine Shop____303-295-6000 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EMJD Corporation______ 303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 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 Pillar Machine_______ 801-965-1900 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

GAS NITRIDING Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 Iron Phosphates GEAR CUTTING Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 Passivation Specialty Steel Svcs____ 801-539-8252 Certified Inspection Service___602-267-0661 Gear Hobbing Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 Gold Tech Industries_____ 480-968-1930 GRINDING Qualtek_________719-598-3394 X23 AzMark___________480-926-8969 Photochemical/Etching Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 VACCO Industries______ 626-443-7121 GMN USA_________ 800-686-1679 Prec. Mach’d Products__ 970-482-7676 Powder Coating Arizona Finishing______602-438-4443 Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 CPCS_____________303-438-8328 Steel Services Grinding___ 800-662-0126 Pilkington Metal Finishing_ 801-972-2146 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 Qualtek________ 719-598-3394 X23 Superior Grinding______801-487-9700 Star Precision________303-926-0559 The Toolroom Inc.______ 801-773-6331 Grinding, Blanchard Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 Sandblasting Steel Services Grinding___ 800-662-0126 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 Shot Peen Superior Grinding______ 801487-9700 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Grinding, Centerless Silk Screening Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Arizona Finishing______602-438-4443 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 Grinding, Cold Saw Aluminum (Medium & Large) AA Carbide________ 801-486-4881 Aero Tech________ 801-292-0493 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906

EMJD Corp_______ 303-761-5236 FINISHING Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 Arizona Finishing______602-438-4443 Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 CPCS_____________303-438-8328 Gold Tech Industries_____ 480-968-1930 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 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 Wasatch Powder Coating__ 801-718-7969 Finishing: One Stop Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Glass Bead Clean Coating Technologies____623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries_____480-968-1930

Grinding: OD AzMark___________480-926-8969 Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 Superior Grinding______ 801487-9700 Grinding: Surface Precision Tech________801-285-7288 Sun Grinding________602-238-9595 Superior Grinding______ 801487-9700 Grinding: Tool & Cutter BC Tool & Cutter Grinding__ 713-638-0303 Exact Tool Grinding_____ 801-712-2720 Passivation Gold Tech Industries_____ 480-968-1930 Polishing Gold Tech Industries_____ 480-968-1930 FORMING Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Star Precision________303-926-0559 HEAT TREATING Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 Phoenix Heat Treating___ 602-258-7751 Pilkington Metal Finishing__801-972-2146 Qualtek_________ 719-598-3394 X23 Temperature Processing___ 303-772-0250

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EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Star Precision________303-926-0559 VACCO Industries_____ 626-443-7121 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Wrico____________480-892-7800 Laser Cutting: Pipe&Tube Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Laser Engraving Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Laser Marking Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 MACHINING Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245 Advantage Manufacturing___ 877-727-0281 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 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 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

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TVT Die Casting______ 800-280-2278 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Machining: 3D Faustson___________303-420-7422 Qualified Rapid Products__ 801-999-4297 Machining: 5 Axis Accutech Machine______ 801-975-1117 AzMark___________480-926-8969 Faustson___________303-420-7422 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Paramount Machine___ 801-886-2755 Precision Tech________801-285-7288 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 S.A. Composites_______ 970-776-3877 Machining: Aerospace AzMark___________480-926-8969 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 Flex-Pro___________480-773-3239 LAYKE, INC__________602-272-2654 Micropulse West_______480-966-2300 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 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 Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245

Apex Engineering_____ 435-713-0072 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 DRP Machine_______ 801-699-4372 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EPOCS Mfg________970-535-4540 Faustson__________ 303-420-7422 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 H& S Machine_______ 801-755-7627 HPMP____________ 801-619-9850 Innovative Precision___ 801-334-6317 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 LAYKE, INC__________602-272-2654 Leading Edge Machine__ 435-563-9425 Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 Maverick Mold & Machine_ 970-535-4604 Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 Precision Tech________801-285-7288 Electromechanical Design 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 Machining: Composites Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Machining: Contract Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245 American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 JD Machine_________801-782-4403

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Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Paramount Machine____801-886-2755 Radtech__________ 303-789-4247 Electromechanical Design Skydandee Mfg______ 801-774-8031 Machining: DoD CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 Machining: Large Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Machining: Laser AzMark___________480-926-8969 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 Faustson__________ 303-420-7422 Gerome Mfg________520-622-8402 Innovative Precision___ 801-334-6317 L.A.R. Manufacturing___ 801-280-3505 RD Machine & Mfg____ 801-977-0447 Southwest Waterjet-Laser__480-306-7748 VACCO Industries_____ 626-443-7121 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Machining:Medical A&L Machining_______303-373-1540 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 Teton Machining_____ 208-642-9344 Machining: Milling Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245 American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 Cornerstone Machine___ 801-731-8862 DRP Machine_______ 801-699-4372 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 Prec. Mach’d Products__970-482-7676

Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Precision Machined Prod.__ 970-482-7676 TVT Die Casting_______800-280-2278 Precision Tech________801-285-7288 Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Machining: Mold Base Maverick Mold & Machine___970-535-4604 Machining: Production Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245 Apex Engineering_____ 435-713-0072 CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 Cornerstone Machine___ 801-731-8862 Custom Design & Mfg___ 435-257-0668 Elite Machie_________ 801-710-7891 Faustson__________ 303-420-7422 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 HPMP____________ 801-619-9850 Innovative Precision___ 801-334-6317 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 L.A.R. Manufacturing___ 801-280-3505 Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 Newport Tool________801-295-7411 Paramount Machine___ 801-886-2755 Ponderosa Ind________ 303-298-1801 Precision Tech________801-285-7288 Radtech____ ______303-789-4247 RD Machine & Mfg____ 801-977-0447 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Machining: Prototype 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

Machining: R & D Bar-S Machine_______ 928-636-2115 Cornerstone Machine___ 801-731-8862 Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245 Custom Design & Mfg____435-257-0668 American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 Denver Precision______ 303-469-1771 Custom Design & Mfg____435-257-0668 Faustson___________303-420-7422 Dynamic Design & Mfg___ 303-652-0431 Flex-Pro ___________ 480-773-3239 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 Innovative Precision___ 801-334-6317 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 Precision Tech________801-285-7288 L.A.R. Manufacturing___ 801-280-3505 Machining: Swiss LAYKE, INC__________602-272-2654 Bar-S Machine_______ 928-636-2115 Leading Edge Machine___435-563-9425 Denver Precision Products__ 303-469-1771 Micropulse West______ 480-966-2300 HPMP____________ 801-619-9850 Mountain View Machine_ 435-755-0500 Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing_ 503-557-9407 Newport Tool________801-295-7411 Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 Radtech__________ 303-789-4247 Teton Machining_______208-642-9344 RD Machine & Mfg____ 801-977-0447 Machining: Turning RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Skydandee Mfg______ 801-774-8031 Acu-Tec CNC_________303-365-9245 S.A.Composites______ 970-776-3877 American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 The Toolroom Inc._____ 801-773-6331 Apex Engineering_____ 435-713-0072 AzMark___________480-926-8969 Machining: Precision Bar-S Machine_______ 928-636-2115 Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 Custom Design & Mfg____435-257-0668 Advantage Manufacturing_ 877-727-0281 American Machine & Eng.__ 801-973-0494 Denver Precision Products__ 303-469-1771 CM Manufacturing____ 406-543-4450 DRP Machine_______ 801-699-4372 Cornerstone Machine___ 801-731-8862 EPOCS Mfg_________970-535-4540 Flex-Pro___________ 480-773-3239 Faustson__________ 303-420-7422 Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 HPMP____________ 801-619-9850 Kings Peak Manufacturing_ 801-337-5926 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 LAYKE, INC__________602-272-2654 Newport Tool________801-295-7411 Leading Edge Machine___ 435-563-9425 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

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MOLDS Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414 Maverick Mold & Machine_ 970-535-4604 Molds: Plastic Injection Lifetime Products______801-728-1260 Maverick Mold & Machine_ 970-535-4604 Molds Steel DMSI____________ 801-972-6093 Aero Tech_________ 801-292-0493 Arizona Finishing_____602-438-4443 Loveridge Machine Co.___ 801-262-1414

Machinists Inc_______ 800-244-4130 Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Mountain View Machine___ 435-755-0500 Precision Tech________801-285-7288 RD Machine & Mfg____ 801-977-0447 RP Machining_______ 719-550-1724 Teton Machining_______208-642-9344 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778 Machining: Ultra-Precision Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing_ 503-557-9407 Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 MANUFACTURING A&L Machining_______303-373-1540 CAID Industries______435-890-8823 Group Mfg Serv______480-966-3952 Electromechanical Design CAID Industries______435-890-8823 RD Machine & Mfg____ 801-977-0447 Composites S.A. Composites________970-776-3877 A2Z Manufacturing Rocky Mountain •

Contract Apex Engineering_____ 435-713-0072 Teton Machining_______208-642-9344 Manufacturing: Electrode Wire-Tech_________ 480-966-1591 Production Aero Tech_________ 801-292-0493 EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236 L.A.R. Manufacturing___ 801-280-3505 Precision Tech________801-285-7288 Rapid Prototyping Jensen Precision_______ 801-866-0175 Robotic CNC DMSI____________ 801-972-6093 Routering CNC DMSI____________ 801-972-6093 Small Part Pinnacle Precision____435-563-2722 Turnkey Product Services Aero Tech_________ 801-292-0493 L.A.R. Manufacturing___ 801-280-3505 METAL STAMPING Qualtek________ 719-598-3394 X23 Thompson Machine_____ 505-823-1453 Hi-Production Precision Stamping Metalcraft__________888-280-7080 Precision Die & Stamping__ 480-967-2038 Thompson Machine_____ 505-823-1453

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3D Prototyping The 3D Printing Store____720-443-3733 PROCESSING: METAL Chemical PAS Technologies______ 480-487-1906 Etching/Photochemical VACCO Industries_____ 626-443-7121 PUNCHING JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Group Manufacturing Serv_ 480-966-3952 Star Precision________303-926-0559

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Ron Grob Co.________970-667-5320 TESTING Testing: Non-Destructive Blanchard Metals Proc.___801-972-5590 Pilkington Metal Finishing___ 801-972-2146 TOOL & DIE Newport Tool________801-295-7411

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WELDING Able Machining & Eng.__ 801-268-6766 Advantage Manufacturing___ 877-727-0281 Dayton Rogers_______ 763-717-6303 Denver Machine Shop____303-295-6000 H& S Machine_______ 801-755-7627 JD Machine_________801-782-4403 Kustom Koncepts______ 307-472-0818 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Pillar Machine______ 801-965-1900 Richards Fab______ 801-409-0392 Star Precision________303-926-0559 Weiser Engineering__ 303-280-2778

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EPOCS Mfg...48 LeGrand. (C2G)..15,43 Erickson Metals...16,41 Level III Nadcap Consulting...46 Exact Tool Grinding...53 Lifetime Products...1,34-35 EZ-Access...22,44 Loveridge Machine...51 Faustson...32,48 Machinists, Inc..33,50 Flex-Pro...40,49 Mario Pinto...43 Flow International...41 Maverick Mold & Machine...47 Foothills Machinery...21,42 MEI Rigging...46 Foresight Finishing...52 MEP Center...46 Gage Lab Products...42 Metalcraft...50 Ganesh Machinery...46 Metal Supermarkets...43 Global EDM Supply...42 Methods West...3,41 GMA Garnet...18,42,46 Micropulse West ...47 GMN USA...36,42 Midaco...44 Gold Tech Industries...47 Mitutoyo...42 Group Manufacturing...48 MMT, A Div of Productivity ...13,41-45 H2 Solutions...43 Mountain View...47 HAAS Automation...15,41 MP Systems...41 Hangsterfers...42 Nelson Engineering...48 Heppner+Bourque..30,.46 Newport Tool...51 Horizon Carbide...43 NOCO...40 HPMP...26,53 NUNTMA...39, 53 Hurco...21,45 In-Position Technologies...28,47 O’Keefe Ceramics...22,50 Ogden-Weber Tech College...43 Industrial Heat Treat Co...49 Innovative Measuring Systems...43 OGP...42 Olympic Metals...10,44 Innovative Precision...47 Omax...41 Intech Funding...46 Orion Registrar...43 IRH...44 Pacific Swiss & Manufacturing...51 Iron & Metals, Inc..31,44 Paramount Machine...48 Jacquet West...43 PAS Technologies...48 Jaguar (JPM...19 Phoenix Heat Treating...50 JD Machine...47 Pilkington Metal Finishing...49 Jend Machinery...52 Pillar Machine...51 Jensen Precision...52 Pinnacle Precision...51 J.M. Grisley..1,.5,34-35,41-45 Precision Die & Stamping....53 Jorgenson...46 Precision Tech...51 K.D. Capital Equipment...46 Qualichem...44 King Machine...41,42,44 Qualified Rapid Products...47 Kings Peak...50 Qualtek...51 Kloeckner Metals...45 Radtech...50 Klontech Industrial...42 RAM Company...40 Knuth Machine Tools...23,44 RD Machine...52 KTR Machine...46 Resell CNC West...46 Kustom Koncepts...48 Revolution Machine Tools...44 Laird Plastics...45 Richards Fab...48 LAYKE Inc...52 RMS Assembly & MFG...24,46 Layke Tactical...45 RMTMA...28 Leading Edge Machine...50

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“Technology Solutions For Competitive Manufacturing” 41 West Guest Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 801-263-6403 www.smithmachinetools.com

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Building CNC Machines In The U.S. For 43 Years

SMITH + MAZAK PARTNERSHIP

Smith Machinery Co. Thanks Its Customers For The Opportunity To Serve You! This Year, The Company Is Celebrating Our 40th Year In Partnership with Mazak!

Clark Smith, 4th Generation Smith of the Family Business, Says, “Over the years we have sold more than 700 new Mazak machines to our customers in the Mountain States.

We have also sold 80 Mazak 5-Axis Machines. Our experience with 5-Axis machining sets us apart. ”

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