Vol. 21, No. 2 March/Apr 2015
Southwest Edition (AZ, NV, and NM)
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“There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up” Bernard Meltzer I am part of an Apprenticeship Association here in Arizona -- it’s called the Arizona Precision MachiningApprenticeship Program (AzPMAP). Just last week, we learned our association was awarded a grant from the Gene Haas Scholarship Foundation.This is the 2nd year in a row we were awarded the grant.With these monies, each and every one of our apprentices will have the ability to take the classes they need to pursue their careers as skilled precision machinists.For all of 2015,and better yet,when we utilize all of the funds awarded to our program, we can apply for a new grant.This program is changing the lives for many individuals. Some are young, but many are people with families who lost their jobs in other careers, and just didn’t know how to get back into the workforce.This program and the generous grant we received will have such a positive impact on these apprentices. We don’t all have the financial ability to donate huge sums of money to help others, but we can all still make a difference in others’ lives.As I do each issue, I have the opportunity to interview small businesses in our industry and I write the articles about them.As you read through this issue, you will see many examples of people in our industry giving back.At DNKB Inc., a start-up company is hiringVeterans, Disabled Persons, and other underutilized people in our economy.AtVoodoo 13, a very successful business owner who was manufacturing his products overseas felt compelled to give back here locally, and so he his bringing all manufacturing back to the United States to help employ people locally. At Profiles Tool & Engineering, the company makes a regular practice of helping engineering students learn ‘hands-on’ manufacturing in his shop through his internship program. My fabulous photographer for 10 years now, Robbie Barrkman, had to step down from doing the photography for our Shop Profiles.He is a business owner,and his schedule has just gotten too hectic. He needed to simplify, and focus on his business that is growing so rapidly (CoatingTechnologies). Robbie didn’t leave me in a bind, however. He knew of a photographer who is just building his business, and Robbie worked an arrangement that would be beneficial to me, to himself, and to our new cover photographer,Takashi Sato. In fact, Robbie andTakashi each consider the other to be their ‘Sensei’, and both are the ‘Grasshopper’ in different aspects of their relationship. I will miss Robbie, and look forward to working withTakashi! This issue features a few new businesses in our industry, including DNKB Inc. and SPENG, to name a few. Many of our readers are directly responsible for selecting suppliers for their company. I encourage you to look carefully all the new businesses featured in our magazine, and if you have the opportunity to do so, give them the chance to bid on your business.You will have offered something so valuable to these new business owners -- a chance to become a successful entity. Back toAzPMAP.About a dozen shops in theValley have found it in their heart to hire an apprentice from the program.With few exceptions, the shops and the apprentices they take on are working out quite well. Once in the program, many of these shops have taken on additional apprentices, their experience has been so positive. For those shops who haven’t done so, I encourage you to look carefully at how you can get involved in this initiative. I know that I don’t do enough to give back. But it is something I am focused on, something that is so important to me, that I must find ways to do so. I know it will make me a better person. I hope that you will also look for ways to give back, especially to our manufacturing industry. Manufacturing, is, in fact, the backbone of American economic growth, and thankfully manufacturing job growth increased dramatically in 2014, according to numbers from the Labor Department. In closing, you will see several MachineTool Open Houses that are scheduled in the coming months. Your visits to these Open Houses is guaranteed to be educational. Until next issue, God Bless ourTroops! www.facebook.com/A2ZMetalworker A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Linda Daly Publisher
Walter, EWAG, ANCA...Name an Exclusive Brand in Grinding Machines...You Will Find It At US Carbide Tool Announcements....... 6-7,10,12,14,16,18,20 Feature Articles................... .28,42-43,44 More Feature Articles .......... 48,60-61,68 Buyers Guide Equipment............... 81-89 Buyers Guide Processes ............. 90-101 Card Gallery ................................ 81-101 Index of Advertisers .......................... 102 Editorial.................................Throughout
Published by: A2Z Metalworker PUBLISHER/EDITOR Linda Daly linda@azmetalworker.com
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CONTRIBUTORS Kim Carpenter Kate Carpenter Robbie Barrkman Gene Wirth Chris Seay Hugh Taylor Published bi-monthly to keep precision manufacturers abreast of news and to supply a viable vendor source for the industry.
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P r e n t i s Pe r f o r m a n c e E x h a u s t ( P P E ) Engineering Purchases Its Second Tube Bender, Expanding Capacity Prentis Performance Exhaust (PPE) Engineering, in business for 13 years now, is pleased to announce that it has expanded its capacity with its newest Mandrel Tube Bender.
IMPROVE YOUR GRINDING PROCESS DCM-Tech Designs And Builds A Premier Line Of Rotary Surface Grinders And Automotive Engine Rebuilding Equipment. We Have Provided Quality Machine Tool Equipment And Customer Satisfaction For Over 40 Years. DCM-Tech’s Application Specific Solutions In Rotary Surface Grinders Have Consistently Brought Increased Dollars To Our Customers Through Process Improvement.
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Paul Prentis founded the company in January of 2002, at the young age of 24, armed with an Electrical Engineering degree from Arizona State University, and a few years of working experience. PPE was, and continues to be a full service manufacturer of racing car parts.Their product line includes suspensions, exhaust systems, intakes, and couplers, to name a few. Today, Paul works with his brother Eric and their team to continue to serve PPE Engineering’s race car customers. Eric says, “We have additional capacity, and we are able to support customers across all industries with welding (TIG), and tube bending.” The company has already begun supporting local fabrication shops throughout the valley. For more information on how PPE Engineering can help you with your tube bending and welding requirements, contact them at 480615-7900 or email Eric at eric@ppeengineering.com
Arizona CNC Invites You To Their Open House on 3/17-3/18
Grind These Materials: Produce These Products: Turbine Engine Components Forging Dies Compressor Heads Pelletizer Plates Turret Tooling Sputtering Targets Prizms / Lenses / Filters Piezoelectric Components Aircraft Brake Rotors Transmission Pump Parts Boules / Cores /Wafers
Glass Carbide Ceramic Copper Aluminum Cast Iron Nitrided Steel Tool Steel Titanium Neodymium Ferrite Composites
You will have the opportunity to see the latest technology and live demonstrations from Okuma, Omax, Tsugami and Hardinge. Technology experts will be onsite to answer your technical questions. There will be several presentations for you to sign up for, including an overview on the benefits of ISO certification, increasing competitiveness for small and medium machine shops, bridging the skills gap, machine tool automation, and a software presentation on high efficiency milling. Please join the Arizona CNC for their presentations, machine demonstations, and lunch.
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Arizona CNC is pleased to announce that it is hosting its 2015 Open House this March, on the 17th and 18th from 10 am until 3 pm each day.The company will be celebrating 15 years in business this year.
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Contact theArizona CNC to RSPV, and to sign up for the presentations, as seating is limited. Please call 480-615-6353 or visit www.arizonacnc. com to register.
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Join Flow Waterjet at ACC Machinery’s Open House Wednesday, March 25th and Thursday, March 26th
Featuring Flow’s Mach 2b Cutting System There will be live demonstrations of this machine and other fabricating equipment, with senior application specialists on-‐site to review your needs and answer your toughest questions. Discover application solutions that will work best for you! We also will be featuring the following new product lines::
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Haas Factor y Outlet-Phoenix Invites Machinists to CNC Training Mill and lathe classes are scheduled every other month. Each course consists of 3 days of hands on instruction led by a Haas Certified Instructor. Students will learn the basics of the Haas control, operation of machines, and Haas programming using G & M codes. Classes are held Monday throughWednesday from 3:30 to 7 pm at Haas Factory Outlet- Phoenix. One day classes are also offered on some of the most common topics raised to our service technicians and applications engineers. Please join us for an upcoming session of the Haas CNC training.We recommend registering as early as possible as class sizes are limited. March 16 – 18th: Mill Training April 20 – 22nd: Lathe Training
Magnum Precision Invites You To Meet Their Expanded Team At Their Open House On March 10th And 11th Magnum Precision Machines invites you to join their team at their upcoming Open House that will be held from 10:30 am until 3 pm on March 10th and 11th. Chris Edgar, owner of the company, says, “This is a really exciting
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time as we continue to expand our team to better serve our customers.We just brought on a new service technician, Dan Hodge, and we welcome Rick Tanner as our Sales Manager. Rick comes to us with 26 years of experience working directly for Mazak. We are also pleased to announce that Mazak recently added a new member to their service team inArizona, with the addition of Mario Rodriguez.We hope that you will meet Dan, Rick and the entire Magnum Precision team at our Open House.” Chris says that the Open House 2015 features some new products and demonstrations that haven’t been done at Magnum Precision before. He says,“We are demonstrating new larger precision machines and grinding machines. Notably, this is the first time we will have a Mazak horizontal, an Okimoto OD/Grinder, and an ANCA Tool and cutter grinder. Magnum Precision’s machine tools can be found in several hundred machine shops in their territories served, as well as in a number ofTier 1 OEMs (Aerospace and Defense). Please contact the Magnum Precision team to confirm your reservation. They can be reached at 602-431-8300. Announcements Continued Page 10
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EXPERIENCED APPLICATIONS ENGINEERING Time Studies Programming Services Training Turnkey Pro ects Automation If you are looking for a partner to help solve your machining challenges and optimize your cycle times turn to our applications engineering department. ou benefit from the knowledge and experience that comes with people who work full time solving tough problems for various companies every day. Whether it’s evaluating your parts to help you make your machine selection, training the people in your facility to maximize your productivity or providing you a full turnkey system we are committed to your success.
PROFESSIONAL SALES ENGINEERS RELIABLE SERVICE SUPPORT Local Responsive Factory Certified our emergency is our emergency. So don’t panic. If anything goes wrong with your equipment, call Arizona CNC. You will get a quick response from an expert factory certified service engineer. On-site or over the phone, AZCNC's team of expert service personnel can solve problems fast-usually within hours. our uptime is our goal. Keep in mind time spent preventing problems can save you the unwanted costs of having to fix them later. A CNC offers preventive maintenance programs to help you avoid unexpected downtime through managed care of your equipment. Arizona CNC Equipment, LLC 1205 S. Park Lane, Suite 2 Tempe, AZ 85281 www.arizonacnc.com
Knowledgeable, Experienced Our goal is to provide you with the right solution and improve your profitability. The cheapest machine on the market is seldom the best value or the most cost effective. Our sales engineers are trained professionals with the ability to recognize and apply the appropriate manufacturing process for your needs. Their understanding of processes as well as product enables them to find the most efficient machine tool for your application. Our sales staff also can present you with the financing options that make your machine tool purchases more affordable.
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LOCAL FACILITY We are proud to be a 100% locally owned and operated company and our mission has always been to be the supplier of choice to Arizona’s manufacturing companies the ones determined to find a better way to compete in this world’s economy. We offer everything from parts to production-ready systems. And we do so with a friendly personal touch too often missing in today’s click-and-order environment. Call us with your manufacturing challenges. ou’ll be pleasantly surprised by what we can provide!
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HARDINGE Hardinge is the leader in providing highly reliable turning, milling, grinding and workholding solutions unmatched in the industry for more than 100 years. Products include:
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ACA’s RevAZ Hosts Seminar On AS9100 Audit Changes Rev AZ hosted a half-day seminar in late January to introduce manufacturing companies to the important changes for 2015 AS9100 Audits.The seminar was sold out, and a 2nd seminar will be scheduled soon. The RevAZ hosted seminar featured speaker Bretta Kelly, owner of BMSC. Bretta has worked for more than 15 years in a wide range of manufacturing industries implementing and managing Business Management Systems. Bretta’s experience ranges from process control systems for Intel Corporation, ISO systems management at Varian Tempe Electronics to implementation of Business Management Systems for more than 100 Aerospace, Electronics, and other manufacturing companies. RevAZ is Arizona’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) center created through a partnership between the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) and the National Institute of Standards andTechnology (NIST) whose goal is to become the central resource for technical assistance manufacturing forArizona’s community of small and medium-sized manufacturers. To learn more about how BMSC can help your company to prepare for A2Z METALWORKER SW
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ISO9001/AS9100, contact her at (602) 445-9400 or visit BusinessMSC. com. To learn more about how RevAZ can help you, contact Lauri Larson at (602) 845-1256 or email her at LauriL@azcommerce.com
Jameson Pack Joins Ellison M a c h i n e r y C o . Te a m I n Phoenix! Ellison Machinery Company continues to expand! The team brought on their 3rd Business Manager to support their customers throughout Arizona and Clark County, Nevada. Patrick Ellison, president of the company, says, “We have been growing over the past years, and we knew that we needed to add an addition Business Manager to continue to meet with customers all over Arizona and into Nevada. Jameson will be such an asset to our team. He comes from Tennessee, where he supported Amada customers. I was immediately impressed with his customer support/ sales record, his professional attitude, and his drive to succeed.” Please welcome Jameson to your company. He will support Ellison Machinery’s customers in Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler and Tucson. Announcements Continued Page 12
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Register for our "ISO 9001:2015 Revision and Update Lunch and Learn in April at www.aztechcouncil.org. Visit our blog with searchable tool to view over eight years of valuable manufacturing best practices and profit improvement methods. Congratulations to our clients that have achieved recent certification. Aerovation, Inc. Anderson Painting
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Contact Ellison Machinery Co. Ltd. to find out more about their machine tool offerings and their superior support.You can reach them at 480.968.5877 or visit ellisonaz.com
Sawblade.com to Begin Selling and Shipping the Trajan 125 Band Saw Sawblade.com has expanded its product offerings to include the metal-cuttingTrajan 125 portable band saw. We are proud to distribute this practical cutting machine in addition to custom-welded band saw blades. A wide range of capabilities and features makes theTrajan 125 a multi-purpose band saw useful to a variety of industries and types of workshops. This handy cutting machine is small and lightweight, so it’s ideal the ideal saw for taking to and from worksites -- or for at-home wood or metal cutting operations. With an adjustable left-cutting angle from zero to sixty degrees, the Trajan 125 band saw can handle a range of applications. Its powerful 110v single-phase motor is robust for a smaller portable band saw and includes an electronic blade speed regulator.The Trajan 125 also includes simplified blade tensioning, making it easy to set up and make cuts in the field. Straightforward to use, the Trajan 125 cuts quickly and without any need for lubrication.Trajan designed this saw to make A2Z METALWORKER SW
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short work of woods and metals without compromising on how easy it is to handle and carry. Sawblade.com proudly supports these industry-proven cutting machines. We began our website as a small, humble business in Houston,Texas.We were armed only with years of experience in the band saw blade industry, and a novel idea:To custom-manufacture the finest American-made saw blades, and provide the industry’s finest customer service and lowest prices. It wasn’t long before Sawblade.com revolutionized the way industrial and home-shop band saw blades are made and distributed. Our expertise and industry know-how helped Sawblade.com grow into one of the most popular online resources for saw blades – and now, for Trajan 125 band saws. Please don’t hesitate to visit Sawblade.com for more information. Or, give our customer service representatives a call at 877-501-7297.
Doosan Infracore America Machine Tools Appoints New CEO Doosan Infracore America Machine Tools (DIA) announces the appointment of Mr. Hee Eun Ahn to the position of CEO. Mr. Ahn has been with Doosan for more than 12 Announcements Continued Page 14
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Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, Mr. Ahn pursued his higher studies in the United States, including his undergrad at the University of Louisville, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance followed by his Master’s degree in Business Administration from Duke University, North Carolina. Mr. Ahn is married to Ms. Hyun Jin, and they have two daughters, Katherine and Jennifer. Doosan Infracore Machine Tools designs, engineers and manufactures the industry’s widest breadth of CNC machine tools, including Multitasking Machines, Turning Centers, Machining Centers, Boring Mills, Gantry Mills and Automated Pallet Systems. Doosan Infracore America (DIA) supports the manufacturing communities of North, Central and South America. DIA is based in Pine Brook, NJ, just outside Metro New York City, and operates technology centers inAtlanta, GA, Chicago, IL, LosAngeles, CA and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Bilz Tool Co. USA, a Leitz Group Company, announces the alliance with Boehlerit GmbH L e i t z G r o u p C o m p a ny l o c a t e d i n Kapfenberg, Austria. Under the new alliance, Bilz Tool Co. USA has hired Tim Slatina as their National Segment Manager, Heavy Duty Machining for Boehlerit USA.
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Local Sales, Processing, Inventory & Support Announcements & Releases Continued years. During his tenure he has served in several positions, including the Chief of Staff for the CEO of Doosan Infracore, the Head of Doosan Corporate Strategic Planning team, and as the ExecutiveVice President of Sales and Marketing for AP/E of Construction Equipment. Prior to joining Doosan, he served at General Electric Power Systems for 4 years as a financial manager and at Ernst &Young LLP for 8 years as a management consultant. “I’m excited to be joining Doosan InfracoreAmerica MachineTools at a time when manufacturing is returning to North America in a big way. Doosan is well positioned to support this growth with our mature management team and sales channel, along with a reputation for providing superior support to our customers,” notes Mr. Ahn. A2Z METALWORKER SW
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The Boehler it Company offer s high quality products for the crankshaft machining, tube manufacturing, and steel bar processing, railway products, and heavy machining industries. Boehlerit is one of Europe’s major carbide products producing companies. It has been producing carbides and very special tools for the steel mill industry with great expertise since 1932. Boehlerit’s total commitment stands to the one hand for innovation, permanent qualitative development and application knowledge, and on the other hand for its long tradition in the steel industry mills. Following its incorporation into the Leitz Group in 1991, Boehlerit has established itself as the cutting materials competence Announcements Continued Page 15
Announcements & Releases Continued center. This extensive experience and concentrated application knowledge is the core of services and products. As a main focus in steel mill industry applications, Boehlerit has extended the tool program for bar peeling with bar peeling heads, cartridges, indexable inserts and engineering performance. Boehlerit has also taken this application knowledge and successfully applied it to crankshaft milling applications for the gasoline and diesel engine manufacturing industry. Boehlerit’s extra advantage of having the flexibility that comes from a medium sized company allows it to develop products for specific applications utilizing its standard product offering. This allows Boehlerit the ability to develop special solutions with a quick and economical response and solution. For more information contact:Tim Slatina at BilzTool Co. /Boehlerit USA; 630-441-2409 cell, tslatina@bilzusa.com, www.boehlerit. com
Jared Peterson Named New President of JMT USA The Board of Directors for Jorgenson Industrial Companies announced that Jared Peterson has been appointed President of their JMT USA division following Kyle Jorgenson’s resignation. Jared Peterson has worked as the Service & Operations Manager at
JMT for the past eleven years. In that position he worked closely with both JMT customers and machine tool suppliers. Jared has been in this industry for over twenty years and has built a solid reputation of integrity. “We are excited to announce Jared’s appointment and are completely confident in his abilities to assume leadership of our JMT USA division. He’s well respected throughout the machine tool industry and the entire Jorgenson organization. His extensive knowledge of the industry, his hands-on machine tool application experience and his commitment to our organization, staff, vendors and customers will help the company move forward. His many accolades and wealth of experience made this an obvious and easy choice,” says company co-owner, Dustin Jorgenson. For the past five years JMT has been on a strong growth trajectory, expanding from a regional to a national supplier. Best known for sheet metal equipment with a focus on press brakes and plate rolls, JMT has expanded its product line to include fiber lasers and structural drill lines. Assisting Jared in the day-to-day operations will be RobYorgason, who was named General Manager of JMT in September, 2014. Also supporting Jared is a strong team of experienced people in sales, service, parts and logistics, including industry veterans Ken Bartelli as National Sales Announcements Continued Page 16 A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Announcements & Releases Continued Manager and Matt Bollinger as Purchasing & Logistics Manager. “JMT has a bright future with both the people and the resources to continue growing in the machine tool industry,” says Dustin. Jorgenson Industrial Companies has multiple business divisions that are family owned and operated. The company has been in business providing “strong customer service” since 1967. The company serves markets in machine tools, material handling, lockers and shelving. It has facilities in Salt Lake City, Utah andAtlanta, Georgia. Media Inquiries:Annette Plummer, JMT Marketing Manager; phone: 801-214-7350 | cell: 919-720-9428; Annette@jmtusa.com
Mazak Will Spotlight Advanced Multi-Tasking Technology at AeroDef 2015 At AeroDef 2015, taking place April 20 – 23 in Dallas, Texas, Mazak will spotlight advanced MultiA2Z METALWORKER SW
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Tasking technology for complex part production in booth 219.The company will demonstrate its INTEGREX i-200ST machine featuring the new MAZATROL SmoothX CNC. Show attendees will also have the opportunity to learn how MTConnect can be the communication standard for an entire factory. The small-footprint INTEGREX i-200ST Multi-Tasking machine features dual turning spindles, a lower turret and milling spindle for DONE IN ONE® production of mid-size complex components up to 25.9” in diameter. Both turning spindles on the INTEGREX i-200ST provide equal high performance with spindle speeds of 5,000 rpm and C-axis turning control. Each also has a maximum bar work capacity that measures 2.56” in diameter. The machine’s lower drum turret carries nine tools and can work at either the main or second spindle with the same tool, allowing the turret to perform balanced cutting operations on one part working in tandem with the machine’s vertical milling spindle. There is also the option for milling capability with the lower turret. AeroDef attendees will be the first to experience the INTEGREX i-200ST with Mazak’s latest SmoothX CNC. Made for complex, multi-axis machine tools,the company engineered the CNC to offer maximum speeds that are four times faster than previous-generation controls. AeroDef attendees that visit the Mazak booth will also have the opportunity to hear Neil Desrosiers, applications engineer and MTConnect specialist for Mazak, discuss the value of MTConnect, an open, royalty-free standard that is intended to foster greater interoperability between devices and software applications. Desrosiers will explain how data-driven manufacturing intelligence gathered via the MTConnect open communications protocol continues to advance Mazak’s Kentucky manufacturing operations Announcements Continued Page 18
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Tyler says, “We have set a quality policy and objectives, to analyze and improve our quality and delivery, to meet or exceed our customer’s requirements. The Heimer Tool Balancer and shrink fit and presetter will help with our quality and on-time delivery, and we have a designed a room where we will house these machines, ensuring a clean environment. ” To learn more about how Accutech Machine can help you with your precision parts, contact them at 801975-1117 or visit ATMI.US
Evans Precision M a c h i n i n g , P r o u d ly Serving Industry Aerospace Giants, Announces Expansion and Successful Recertification for ISO 9001 / AS9100 Rev C Also Now Hiring!
Announcements & Releases Continued along with the machine tool technology it offers to aerospace manufacturers. To learn more about Mazak’s extensive involvement in the aerospace part manufacturing industry, please visit MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from “”http:” claiming to be www. mazakusa.com/machines/industry/aerospace/.
Accutech Machine Inc. Improves Tooling Life and Quality with Acquisition of Heimer Tool Balancer Accutech Machine Inc., a superior machine shop located in Salt Lake City, Utah, is pleased to announce that in its continuous endeavor to make process improvements and increase quality, it has purchased a Heimer TD tool balancer. Tyler Bushman, General Manager for the company, says, “The Heimer helps us to better manage our tools.With this machine, our tools don’t wear out as quickly.With less tooling requirements, we have the ability to make parts faster.” He continued, “The Heimer in essence allows us to increase the longevity of our tools, which are almost all specialty tools.” Accutech Machine Inc. is a high precision machine shop that celebrated 20 years in business last year. They manufacture a wide range of products, from precise aircraft and medical components, to ski lift and oilfield parts. The company is an ISO 9001:2000 Registered company. A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Bill Evans founded Evans Precision Machining, Inc. nearly 40 years ago, in Santa Clara, California. A long-term employee at Lockheed Martin, when Bill went out on his own to open a shop, business came immediately from his previous employer. More than a decade ago, in 2001, Bill made the decision to capitalize on opportunities he saw in the Phoenix metropolis. Grant Evans, General Manager, and second generation Evans family member in the business (along with brother Rick), said, “My father had the foresight to purchase property for a machine shop in Deer Announcements Continued Page 20
Announcements & Releases Continued Valley. More than a decade ago, there was nothing here.”Today, the company is proudly manufacturingpartsfortheaerospace,electronics, medical, robotics, and defense industries. This past year, the company expanded the footprint in their building to accommodate new machinery and increase capacity.In their 21,000 square foot facility, the business is now utilizing in excess of 12,000 square feet. The company has been certified to ISO 9001/ AS 9100 for the past 5 years, and is pleased to announce that it just successfully recertified. If you are a Tier 1 manufacturer of aerospace, medical or defense parts, you will find a superior supplier in Evans Precision Machining, Inc. Contact them at 623-581-6200 or visit evansprecison.com.Contact them also if you are an experienced machinist seeking employment at their DeerValley business.
Introducing FAA Approved Repair Station Spectrum Aerospace Spectrum Aerospace has been in business A2Z METALWORKER SW
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for the past 28 years and 8 years at the current location in Tempe as an FAA/EASA approved 145 repair station. The owner Mr. Lars Dirks refers to his company as the “biggest little FAA Repair Station in the US”. The reason behind this statement is the company’s diversification of in house capabilities. Spectrum Aerospace has enhanced its repair capabilities by adding a 12’ x 12’ paint booth, cadmium brush plating station, stress relieving oven, electrical repair/test bench, and CNC machining, both turning and milling. The company recently purchased a HaasVF4 Machining Center with 4th axis capabilities to add to the precision machining department’s HaasTL3 CNC lathe, Haas ST 30 CNC lathe, Haas TM 2 CNC Mill, and various manual equipment. Next on the horizon is the purchase of a CMM, and a wire EDM. Lars says,“Our growth strategy is to venture into the CNC Machining of Aircraft parts from billet, castings and forgings and will ensure customers 100% on time delivery
and quality. Spectrum Aerospace also will provide quick turn capabilities, with committing to continue the expansion of the Precision Machining Department to keep pace with customer’s demands.”
Seco to Spotlight Duratomic® Coating, New Cutting Tools for Modern Materials at AeroDef 2015 At AeroDef 2015 in booth 313, Seco Tools, LLC will showcase its next-generation Duratomic coating technology that sets an all-new standard in turning performance. The company will also spotlight several new milling solutions and share applications expertise that bring advanced performance and high productivity to aerospace applications involving titanium, superalloy, aluminum, stainless steel and composite workpiece materials. For more information, please contact Lisa Seidl, Tel: 248-528-5444, Email: lseidl@ secotools.com
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American Aerospace Technical Castings, Inc., Is Committed To Personal Attention With Ty Arias Continued customer service and quality in aerospace grade investment casting or lost wax keeps AATC at the cutting edge of the aerospace industry, weapons, and renewable energy components industry. From casting carbon, stainless steel alloys to aluminum, cobalt and beryllium copperAATC provides metal manufacturing solutions. AATC remains the industry leader by doing more for the customers they serve; Weld repair, Heat treating, Materials testing, Machining and Assembly, Non-DestructiveTesting, Digital Production Definition (DPD) and more.AATC is a certified aerospace leader; NADCAP, ISO 9001:2008, and AS9100 Rev. C certified, to support their customers with the highest possible quality. For more information onAATC contactTyArias at:(602) 758-4585,tyarias@ aatcinc.com
Arizona Precision Manufacturing Apprentice Program (AZPMAP) Thanks The Gene Haas Foundation for Its Generous Scholarship of $25,000 For the 2nd year in a row, the Gene Haas Foundation has generously awarded a scholarship grant to the AZPMAP. AZPMAP is chartered with providing Arizona manufacturers with a world class workforce. Today, more than a 10 machines shops have hired nearly 3 dozen apprentices in the program. Mark Lashinske, board president for AZPMAP, says, “Without the Gene Haas Foundation donations, we would not be able to send our apprentices through formal training classes needed to achieve their goals of becoming Journeymen Machinists.We thank the Foundation for their generosity.” The Gene Haas Foundation was formed in 1999 to fund the needs of the local community and other deserving charities, at the discretion of its benefactor, Mr. Gene Haas. Gene is the Founder and President of Haas Automation – Oxnard, California. Since 2001 the Gene Haas Foundation has generously supported more than 800 local, regional and national non-profit organizations. Of special importance to the Gene Haas Foundation are children’s charities and organizations that feed the poor, especially within the local community of Ventura County. In addition, the Gene Haas Foundation provides scholarship funds to Community Colleges and Vocational Schools for students entering technical training programs, especially machinist-based certificate and degree programs in partnership with the SME Education Foundation. For more information, visit www.ghaasfoundation.org To learn how you can participate in AZPMAP, either as an apprentice or as a sponsoring manufacturing organization, contact Maxine Jones at mjones@azpmap.org. A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Research proves Haas’ take on advantages of cellular machining over general-purpose CNC machine tools A recent report from theTechnische Universität (TU) Darmstadt in Germany demonstrates that the use of several,modestly priced CNC machine tools arranged in a cellular configuration can offer significant benefits over the use of more expensive specialpurpose machines configured for ‘done-in-one’ operations.The cell-configuration studied at the university features two Haas Super Mini Mill 2 CNC machining centres and a Haas SL-10 CNC lathe. The idea for the research was based on a perceived absence of the principles of lean manufacturing applied in widespread machining operations in manufacturing companies of all sizes. Although deployed widely in assembly and process engineering environments (typically in the volume automobile manufacturing sector), the principles of flow as a central element of lean manufacturing have not often been transferred successfully to machining operations, and are rarely to be found at all in Europe. In essence, cellular manufacturing is the grouping of heterogeneous equipment (in this case, CNC machine tools) to manufacture a family or group of similar parts.Typically, the concept involves the arrangement of machines in a U-shape to aid flow and balance work-in-progress with‘takt’time (the average unit production time needed to meet customer demand). To demonstrate the potential advantages, a com reference production line has been established at the PTW’s Process Learning Factory (CiP).The ‘done-in-one’ line features two, high-specification machine tools: a four-axis CNC horizontal machining centre with tombstone fixture, and a CNC multi-axis automatic turning centre. The competing line, a machining cell, features two Haas Super Mini Mill 2 three-axis A2Z METALWORKER SW
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machining centres and a Haas SL-10 twoaxis CNC lathe, as well as two, general purpose CNC machining centres and a CNC lathe supplied by another machine tool manufacturer.The report notes that the investment for the two machines in the ‘done-in-one’ line totaled €780,000, while that for the six CNC machine tools in the cell configuration was just €340,000. An economic comparison between the two machining line configurations (based on 2000 parts per week, and one worker on each line) drew startling results.The ‘done-in-one’ line required 15 shifts to complete the 2000 parts.The lead-time was 35 minutes, while the unit cost of each part (without material) was calculated at €3.95. Using a cellular machining configuration, however, it took just 12.6 shifts to finish the 2000 components to an identical specification, lead-time was reduced to 10 minutes,and unit cost to just €2.55. As an alternative scenario, if two workers are deployed in the machining cell the unit price climbs slightly to €3.10 as a result of the additional labour cost (but still far cheaper than the €3.95 unit cost of the‘done-in-one’ line), 12.6 shifts are reduced to 9.8, and lead-time is cut from 10 minutes to just 7. Using a capacity comparison based on 15 shifts, the ‘done-in-one’ line will complete 2000 parts; the cell with one worker will finish 2377 components (a 19% increase); and the cell with two workers will complete 3064 parts (a 29% increase). In all cases, the study ensured part accuracy and quality standards were maintained and that the less expensive, general purpose machines were able to produce to a similarly high standard as the special-purpose machines. Future costs could also be taken into consideration when comparing the different approaches. In the case that the production line needs to be expanded, introducing a new machine to the cell will be considerably cheaper than introducing a machine to the ‘done-inone’line due to the large disparity in their individual purchase prices.
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Tesla batteries could provide peak power for SRP solar users Arizona State University and Salt River Project are testing the potential for RESIDENT IAL SOL AR systems to connect to store sun-generated power in batteries to use during peak power demand periods and overnight. And batteries built by Tesla Motors could play a part. The research project comes on the heels of an announcement by Tesla CEO Elon Musk that it will be marketing a consumer battery for storing solar-generated power within the next six months. With Tesla accelerating the availability and cutting the EXPENSE of residential batteries for solar, SRP expects its solar customers will begin adding the backup batteries to their installations. “The technology for efficient and AFFORDABLE consumer batteries is advancing quickly,” said Lori Singleton, SRP’s director for emerging customer programs.“SRP is using this project to explore all possibilities in meeting the needs of its solar customers.”
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Tesla already provides batteries to Solar City, where Musk is chairman and his cousin, Lyndon Rive, is CEO. Solar City plans to include battery backup systems with its rooftop solar installations within the five to 10 years.The batteries will be built in the new Nevada battery plant now under construction. Nevada paid out over $1.2 billion to land the $5 billion facility. Singleton said SRP has about 20 of its 15,000 solar customers using battery backup systems. These units are designed to feed power back into the house when solar generation is too low for the home’s demand. That’s different than the ASU-SRP research efforts. “This program is designed to capture surplus solar power and then feed it back into the system when peak power is needed,” said Singleton.“We need to study that impact on the stability of the (power) grid.” If the technology pans out, it can help reduce the necessity of building power plants to provide peak hour electrical loads. “This is a research effort,” said Grant Smedley, SRP manager for research and development. “There isn’t a product being developed, but the research will provide information to optimize what batteries are needed for homes.” The research can also be ported to commercial photovoltaic arrays on commercial buildings. Currently, battery backups work to power critical home components – air conditioning, refrigerators, freezers – in the event solar power is cut off. Most systems in use today are not designed to feed battery power back into the grid or provide COMPLETE home power for extended periods of time.
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Arizona Public Service Co. has several utility scale solar facilities using molten salt and other technologies to store power for a few hours after the sun sets, but SRP does not have any battery storage at its facilities. ASU installed a lithium ion battery system on the roof of its Engineering Research Center in Tempe. The first step was to design a method to simulate the load on the SRP power grid. This process took about a year.The second part, which started about a year ago, was to install a photovoltaic array similar to one used by a home, and test the system against the grid and batteries. The testing will COMPLETE in July, said Smedley. Singleton said that one of the benefits, if this works, is that customers could save MONEY on the cost of peak power. Peak power rates are higher than off-peak rates. Conventional solar is usually at its most efficient generating capacity during off-peak hours. Source; Phoenix Business Journal
International airbag maker buys Mesa land for new plant An international manufacturer that makes initiator parts for airbags has bought 19.6 acres of land in Mesa for $5.5 million.The land will be used for a new production facility. Special Devices Inc. already has an airbag plant in Mesa near Greenfield
Road and the Loop 202 freeway. The new land is near the company’s existing plant. The Simi Valley, California-based company will break ground on a 64,000-square-foot assembly building next year. More buildings could also be built on the EastValley land. SDI’s current Mesa plant will also keep operating. RD Greenfield LLC was the seller and was represented by DTZ Vice President Kent Hanson. SDI makes other automotive parts, medical devices and industrial components. It also has operations in Japan and Thailand. Source: Phoenix Business Journal
Japanese manufacturer lands $40M facility in Surprise A major Japanese manufacturer will locate a 280,000-square-foot facility in the city of Surprise that will bring 100 new jobs. Surprise will be home to the western regional headquarters of IRIS Ohyama of Sendai, Japan. IRIS will invest $33 million to $40 million into a new 280,000-square-foot facility in the city’s Southwest Railplex Industrial District. The move is direct foreign investment into the greater Phoenix economy. Source: Phoenix Business Journal A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Walter, EWAG, ANCA... Name an Exclusive Brand in Grinding Machines...You Will Find It At US Carbide Tool
If you want a specialty cutting tool and grinding shop where innovation is embraced, where there is no need to question whether to purchase the latest (and best machinery) is the right thing to do, you simply must contact US Carbide Tool. Sal Kielbus, co-founder of the company with partner Randy Hansrote, has a very specific goal in mind for US Carbide Tool. “We are actively growing to become the largest and best grinding company in the Southwest”, he says. He added, “Of course this meant that we had to offer fast turnaround, coupled with producing the highest quality parts.” Just two months ago, we announced in the magazine the acquisition of Cutting Tool Consultants. With the purchase, the machines from CuttingTool Consultants were relocated to US CarbideTool, in Tempe, AZ. Mark Clements, owner of Cutting Tool Consultants, joined the US Carbide Tool team, as did his customers. For US Carbide Tool, new talent, new customers and new machines are the end result of the acquisition. US CarbideTool opened for business 4 years ago with a few high precision machine tools, including a 6 axis CNC and a manual EWAG grinding machine. In fact, nearly all of US Carbide’s machines in the early years were EWAGs. Randy says, “The EWAGs were optimal for our customers, who wanted very accurate high precision small tools (from .006 to 3/8”).” Over the past few years, business for US CarbideTool grew, and the company continued to expand their EWAG line. Just this past year, however, they made a strategic decision to expand their business. Randy says,“Our customers were asking us to machine tools with the same accuracy and precision they were getting from us today, but for larger tools.” It was at this time that US CarbideTool made the strategic decision to purchase the best machines for these larger tools --- and the machines of choice for them were theWalters.Today, the company has 3Walters. Randy says theWalter CNC grinders and Walter’s high resolution Helicheck inspection machine enable the US Carbide Tool team to manufacture precise tools up to 2 inches. Coincident with their business model that called for a broader range of capabilities at US Carbide Tool, Sal and Randy brought onWalter Pena, who is now the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Things tend to happen for a reason, and when the company, now with superior Walter grinding machines that were optimal for larger high precision tools, determined that this new line of business required additional team members who were skilled in the larger tools. Randy says, “Walter knew of Mark Clements from previous times, and he told Sal and me that Mark and his team would be a tremendous asset to our team.” Sal and Randy met with Mark to discuss the business proposition, and the rest is history. Mark sums it up well, “Sal is extremely ambitious, he is a straight shooter, and he embraces new technology. I will enjoy working in this exciting, high growth company.” A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Mark brought his machines into the US Carbide Tool entity, and this means another superior line of grinding machines, made by ANCA, are now part of the US Carbide Tool business. To learn just how superior US CarbideTool is, contact them at 480-755-3812 or visit USCarbideTool.com Walter says, “You will see 24-hour turnaround now when special circumstances or issues call for it. We are your source precision cutting tools that range from .006 to 2 inches.” Stay tuned for the company’s Open House, planned for later this year. Prepare to be amazed when you see this business!
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businesses to claim the R&D against tax and AMT liability, an important provision fought for by OneVoice. Both bills now go the Senate for consideration.
Companies Submit Proposals for JLTV
One of the US Army’s most important armored vehicle contests moved closer to resolution when manufacturers AM General, Lockheed Martin and Oshkosh Defense delivered proposals for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The Army plans to make a Milestone C decision and award of a firm-fixed-price contract to a single vendor this year. The award period will cover three years of low-rate initial production and five years of full-rate production.TheArmy plans to buy approximately 50,000 JLTVs for the Army, and the Marine Corps would buy 5,500. Billed as filling the gap between legacy Humvees and the larger, less mobile mineresistant, ambush-protected vehicle fleet, the JLTV is intended to restore light tactical mobility to the Army’s fleet.
House Moves Bills Making Sec. 179 Equipment Expensing, R&D Tax Credit Permanent Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed, H.R. 636, the America’s Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015, to make permanent Section 179 Equipment Expensing at $500,000. Over 90% of OneVoice members used Section 179 in 2014, making it the most used tax investment provision among the industry.The legislation, introduced by Representatives PatTiberi (R-OH) and Ron Kind (D-WI), removes the current uncertainty in the tax code after Congress allowed Section 179, Bonus Depreciation, and the R&D Tax Credit to expire on January 1, 2015. Section 179 reverted to only $25,000, rendering it useless for One Voice members.The legislation also made permanent the five year built-in gains holding period (H.R. 629) and a basis adjustment to ensure S corporations are able to deduct the full value of the stock they donate to charity. Lawmakers also introduced H.R. 880, the American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2015 introduced by Representatives Kevin Brady (R-TX) and John Larson (D-CT). Over half of OneVoice members claimed the R&DTax Credit last year, which is an important component of innovation for small and medium-sized manufacturers.The bill permanently extends the credit while allowing small A2Z METALWORKER SW
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The competition pits AM General’s Blast Resistant Vehicle-Off road (BRV-O), Oshkosh’s Light Combat Tactical AllTerrainVehicle (L-ATV) variant, and a joint Lockheed Martin-BAE Systems offering. The three companies each announced last month that their submissions were in. The solicitation follows Ar my and Marine Corps limited-user testing for prototype vehicles, part of engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contracts, awarded to the three companies in 2012. Each company delivered 22 vehicles and six trailers for the most recent test phase, which included ongoing reliability, armor and blast testing. The ongoing limited user test involved soldier
and Marine participation. AM General, in its announcement, touted the BRV-O’s modular armor, whose components can be replaced if damaged, as a life-cycle cost saver. It can also, according to the statement, “negotiate open terrain and maneuver effectively in urban environments” and “provide every crewmember connectivity in joint and coalition operations.”
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Oshkosh’s L-ATV offering includes four-seat and two-seat variants and the company’s TAK-4i independent suspension system, for off-road mobility, maneuverability and ride quality. The company claims the TAK-4i provides 25 percent more usable wheel travel and 70 percent faster speeds in off-road terrain compared to “today’s best-performing tactical wheeled vehicles.” Lockheed noted its JLTV offering’s power plant, an alternative to an alternator, if you will. The Power Generation Exportable Power solution provides 15kW and will be “expandable to as much as 75kW in the future.” It also boasts an Allison 6-speed transmission, a Meritor independent air bag suspension system and a Cummins 4.5-liter, 4-cylinder engine, for “greater displacement than many V6 engines, with superior fuel efficiency.” Once the Army makes its choice, the first Army unit is not expected to be equipped until fiscal 2018.The Marines anticipate an initial operating capability in fiscal 2018, with fielding complete in fiscal 2022. A r my p ro c u re m e n t w i l l l a s t u n t i l approximately 2040 and replace a significant portion of the Army’s legacy light tactical vehicle fleet with 49,099 new vehicles across four configurations: general purpose, heavy gun carrier, close combat weapons carrier and a utility vehicle. In December, the JLTV joint program office posted its final draft of the request for proposals, which contained source-selection criteria for the production phases and set a value for a company offering the data rights to their offering.The service set a threshold price for the data package of $511 million, above which contractors will see no effect on their rating, as described in the last draft and first reported by Inside the Army.
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U.S. becomes hot spot for aerospace manufacturing The aerospace industry is shifting more manufacturing investment to the United States after a decade in which production jobs in the sector flowed to China and other emerging economies, according to a new study. Consultancy ICF International analyzed more than 2,000 investment transactions made since 2000, and found 28 manufacturing investments in the United States from 2012 to 2013, compared with eight each in China and Mexico, and four in Brazil. A decade earlier, Mexico led the pack with 10 investments, compared with just six investments in the United States. ICF said its data show a strong flow into China, India, Brazil, Mexico and other emerging markets until 2012. In the last three years, investment has shifted toward the United States. U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co is moving more production in-house to U.S. plants, reducing the outsourcing used for the 787 Dreamliner. Rival Airbus is building an assembly line in Mobile, Alabama. For example, Boeing found a 787 air duct made near Seattle was being shipped to Italy, reboxed and shipped to the 787 factory in Charleston, South Carolina, to be installed. A2Z METALWORKER SW
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3-D printing is changing the nature of making parts The widespread adoption of 3-D printing is changing Arizona manufacturing. While the technology isn’t advanced enough for mass production, Phoenixarea companies in various industries are using it for prototyping. At the Phoenix Business Jour nal’s manufactur ing CEO roundtable,executives from Valley manufacturers discussed how 3-D printing fits into their businesses. MicrochipTechnology Inc. CEO Steve Sanghi said his company is using 3-D printing to show off its technology toTesla Motors Inc. and its chief executive, Elon Musk. “I am getting a model of aTesla Model S 3-D printed, and we are going to put all of our technology on it, (including) software that gives you an overhead view with no blind spots, visible on a 17-inch screen,” Sanghi said. “You can do things like that that you could not do before with 3-D printing.” Honeywell Aerospace uses 3-D printers for prototyping. Mike Owens, Honeywell’s vice president of integrated supply chain, said he is A2Z METALWORKER SW
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optimistic about what 3-D printing will do for his industry. The company works with Arizona State University, the University of Texas–El Paso and others to develop the technology. “For aerospace, we’re heavily involved with 3-D printing,” Owens said. “Every one of our engineers in one of our facilities in Kansas City has a 3-D printer on their DESK that allows them to rapidprototype.”Despite their growing adoption, Sanghi said it could be years before the printers are capable of mass production, and it will all be dependent on price. “If you could ever do that cost effectively compared to high-volume manufacturing, that could be one technology that could that brings a lot of the manufacturing back to the U.S.,” he said.“Today, you cannot compete with high-volume manufacturing overseas.” Owens said the time will come when the technology can be used for mass production, but it’s difficult to tell in what situations it might first occur. Sanghi said 3-D printing could become a U.S. industry, but the printers themselves currently are manufactured in Asian countries such as China. “Once a company buys lots and lots of 3-D printers and the technology advances, (it can) come down to a point where you can volumemanufacture parts cost-effectively with a 3-D printer and compete with China,” he said.“I think that is a long way away. If it could be done in certain industries — if you could 3-D print automotive parts — that could change the shape of the industry.” Source:Phoenix Business
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President Barack Obama requested a healthy increase in the number of MQ-9 Reaper drones that the Pentagon will purchase next year, further reversing the brief trend in fewer drone purchases.The numbers show that the Reaper is becoming the military’s favorite weapon in its fight against ISIS.But some experts say that the modest bump won’t be enough to fix the military’s much bigger drone problem—a growing deficit of drone pilots. The Reaper, as a machine, is very similar to the famous Predator drone, which the Air Force essentially stopped buying in fiscal 2015. Both the Predator and the Reaper are made by GeneralAtomics and look a lot alike. The difference is a matter of size and, thus, carrying capacity. The Reaper, with a wingspan of 66 feet and a length of 36 feet—compared to a 55 foot wingspan and a length of 28 feet for the Predator—can carry two 500-pound GBU-38 Joint DirectAttack Munitions,or JDAMs (bombs), and as many as four Hellfire missiles.The Predator can carry two missiles and no bombs. Like the Predator, the Reaper carries a lot of electronic targeting equipment such as the Raytheon AN/DAS-1 multi-spectral targeting system and various other cameras. It also has a variety of radar packages that the Predator doesn’t. The Pentagon will buy 29 Reapers in FY 2016 at a cost of $821 million, up from 24 in 2015 and 20 in 2014.They cost about $14 million apiece. The 2014 drop reflected ambitions to move away from the Middle East,an actual decline in the number of high-value targets to pursue inAfghanistan and Pakistan, and build up forces in Asia. The emphasis in Asia was not on drones, which Chinese anti-air defenses could brush aside easily. A machine like the Reaper is most suitable for targeted strikes and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, or ISR, in a place like Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria or Pakistan. Paul Scharre, fellow at the Center for a New American Security, says the current situation in the Middle East is in part a reflection of the shortsightedness of previous plans to curb drone purchases.The allure of flashier systems that the military could use in an utterly unlikely war against China got in the way of common sense, he argues. Military capabilities that will track terrorists and protect American lives should not be where the Pentagon should be looking for cuts.
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“The Pentagon continues to look at investments through the flawed prism of a ‘most likely, most dangerous’ perspective when it comes to future contingencies. That is, they tend to look at conflicts against groups like ISIS as ‘most likely,’ but a major war against a sophisticated military as ‘most dangerous,’” Scharre told Defense One. “The president has clearly placed counterterrorism as his number one national security priority, but it isn’t the number one priority for the Pentagon.That needs to change. That doesn’t mean that the bulk of the Pentagon’s budget needs to be spent on counterterrorism. What it does mean is that it should be the
number one priority for resources. Military capabilities that will track terrorists and protect American lives should not be where the Pentagon should be looking for cuts.” This increase would represent the most Reapers the military has bought since 2013, when it purchased 36. They’re slated to fly more often as well.The budget would allow the Pentagon increase the number of daily combat air patrols to 76, including 60 Air Force Reaper patrols.The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review had recommend cutting the number of patrols down to 55, reflecting the drawdown in Iraq andAfghanistan.According to Defense Department budget documents, the increased patrol number “normalizes the ISR capacity to better align with ongoing and enduring operations and tempo.”
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In other words, the threat of ISIS forced a change in patrol numbers. Speaking at an event in September, undersecretary of defense for intelligence MichaelVickers forecast this announcement, crediting ISIS with ruining the Pentagon’s drone-cutting plans. “We thought we could reduce the rate of growth for our fleet—some—in the years ahead and now we’re really, really looking at that…We’ll probably wind up with a different ISR mix after the budget cycle than we would have a year ago because of the rise of ISIS and other challenges.”
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But will a few extra drones be enough to help Kurdish, Iraqi and moderate Syrian opposition forces to defeat ISIS? Scharre expressed skepticism.The problem with the military’s drone capabilities isn’t a lack of equipment but a lack of manpower. “Increasing medium-altitude ISR is the right move, but this modest bump still won’t come close to meeting demand.The main limitation is personnel, not platforms. In order to address the widening gap between supply and demand, the Department of Defense will have to take steps to alleviate its personnel problems,” says Scharre. The Air Force has taken a few steps to address the problem. In January,Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James announced a big jump in incentive pay, from $650 per month to $1,500 per month, in order to make the job of drone piloting and image analysis more appealing. But it remains a tough job, often requiring pilots to work more than 14 hours a day. It’s also a very specialized skill. Upward mobility for drone operators within the military is extremely limited. That’s not the case everywhere. The private sector could begin to siphon trained pilots away from the military as early as this year, especially if the FAA passes a law mandating that commercial drone pilots have licenses, which is what many expect to happen. Scharre outlined three steps to fix the military’s drone pilot gap: begin training enlisted
pilots to operate remotely piloted aircraft; field multi-aircraft control technology so one pilot can monitor multiple aircraft while in transit; and leverage automated intelligence processing tools to reduce the analysis burden. On the second point, research is well underway. The DefenseAdvanced Research ProjectsAgency, or DARPA, recently called for ideas related to a project called Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment,” or CODE. It seeks to build technology to allow gangs of semiautonomous aircraft to “collaborate to find, track, identify and engage targets,” so that one pilot could operate several drones. The military is also building up machine learning and big data processing capabilities so that software can do more image recognition. A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Exports from Washington state hit a record $90.6 billion in 2014, an increase largely driven by Boeing.
Excluding Canada, which always scores high due to proximity, the next tier down of 2014 export destinations were Germany, the United Kingdom, Korea and Taiwan, each buying more than $2 billion inWashington goods.
The dollar value of exports, which doesn’t include software, climbed 11 percent compared to 2013, according to figures compiled by the World Institute for Strategic Economic Research, releasedThursday.
Washington’s 2014 exports place it fourth among exporting states, after Texas, California and NewYork.
Boeing and other aerospace exports totaled $48.8 billion, or 54 percent of the total. Boeing delivered a record 723 aircraft in 2014, 91 percent of them produced inWashington.And the Boeing production juggernaut is expected to increase at least through 2020. Non-Boeing Washington state exports, which are primarily a combination of agricultural and manufactured goods, increased last year by 8.9 percent to $3.8 billion. The non-Boeing number might have been even better ifWashington state ports been not been slowed down by the on-going dispute between the longshore union and vessel and terminal operators.
Even with Boeing, Washington state exports were 31 percent of Texas’ $289 billion.
Raytheon acquires remote sensing, UAS tech company Raytheon repor ts it has enhanced the prospects of growing its unmanned aerial systems business through the acquisition of Sensintel Inc.
China was far and away the largest 2014 market for Washington goods, at $20.8 billion, up 24 percent.
Sensintel,headquartered inArizona,was a privately held company specializing in expendable remote sensing and UAS engineering for intelligence and special operations communities. The Tucson company was created in 2013 when Britain’s BAE Systems sold its Unmanned Aircraft Programs.
A distant second was Japan at $7.4 billion, which is striking because
Among Sensintel’s customers: U.S. Special Operations Command, the Office
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of Naval Research and the U.S.Air Force Research Laboratory. Raytheon said the company will now become part of its Missile Systems business. “Sensintel’s expertise in unmanned aircraft systems solutions makes it a natural fit with Raytheon’s Advanced Missile Systems product line,” said Dr. Taylor W. Lawrence, Raytheon Missile Systems president. “The acquisition of Sensintel enhances the growth prospects of our UAS business and the advanced capabilities we can offer our customers.”
Pratt says growth in F-35 production will help cut costs The Pentagon’s plans to fund 50 percent more F-35 fighter jets in fiscal 2016 will help drive down the price of the new plane and its engine, a top official with enginemaker Pratt & Whitney, a unit of UnitedTechnologies Corp, said. Bennett Croswell, president of Pratt’s military engines division, said the company had submitted a proposal for the ninth and tenth batches of engines to the F-35 program office, and he hoped to sign those agreements by the end of 2015. T h e p r e v i o u s t wo p r o d u c t i o n agreements lowered the cost of the engine by nearly 8 percent, Croswell said, noting that further reductions were planned for the contracts now under discussion - 60 engines in the ninth batch and 100 in the tenth. The U.S. government signs separate production agreements with Lockheed Martin Corp, which builds the plane, and Pratt, which builds its F135 engine. The Pentagon plans to spend nearly $400 billion to develop and build 2,457 of the radar-evading warplanes over the next two decades. Croswell welcomed the start of a longdelayed increase in production of the F-35 in fiscal 2016, which funds 57
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its proposed NASA spending plan for fiscal 2016, starting in October. That 2016 budget request, among other things, seeks a roughly 50% boost from current U.S. House funding to support development of space taxis intended to ferry astronauts to and from the international space station. Overall, the package passed by the U.S. House puts the highest priority on developing hardware needed for deep-space exploration by future astronauts, including the Orion capsule and plans to build the most powerful U.S. rocket ever built, dubbed the Space Launch System. But, even in this area, the U.S. House panel and the White House don’t share a common vision. Rep. Lamar Smith (R., Texas), who heads the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, criticized the Obama administration’s 2016 NASA budget request in a statement released last month. In the statement, Rep. Smith said theWhite House’s proposed spending plan “does not adequately support the programs that will take us farther into our solar system to destinations like Mars.” Rep. Smith also faulted the White House for including what he called “costly distractions,” such as “climate funding better suited for other agencies, and an asteroid-retrieval mission which the space community does not support.” The U.S. Senate generally has been more supportive than the U.S. House of the Obama administration’s space priorities, resulting in compromise appropriations and authorization bills that tended to balance space-taxi funding with longer-term expenditures for human deep-space exploration.
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Nick Jackson has just a couple of recommendations to young people who are interested in starting their own business; 1. “Work hard. Nobody owes you anything.” 2. “When you go to bed at night, know that you have done everything you possibly could to help grow the business. It is a constant struggle (and constant feeling of excitement) to keep the business growing.” Nick launchedVoodoo13 just about a year ago.But he didn’t just become an entrepreneur last year. In fact, Nick was only 23 years of age when he founded his first company, called KSport, 12 years ago. KSport is a manufacturer of race performance accessories, and it has grown exponentially since its inception. Its products were all manufactured overseas,inTaiwan,and then packaged in the United States. A couple of years ago, Nick decided he wanted to capitalize on the increasing competitiveness of manufacturing here in the United States (and he admits, he just felt a strong sense of Patriotism in bringing his manufacturing back here). He founded‘‘Voodoo13’ as a manufacturer
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of race performance accessories, and it would proudly bear the ‘Made in the United States’ label. Nick says, “The plan was for Voodoo13 to be the manufacturer for KSport products. We would reduce our international manufacturing each year so that within 3 years, KSport products would be exclusively manufactured here in the United States.” Good intentions, but as things typically go, the best-laid plans can go awry. In fact, a year into building a machine shop here in the United States, in Gilbert,Arizona,Voodoo13 is manufacturing less than 10% of KSport’s products.This isn’t such bad news, however.Voodoo13 is busy, very busy due to the success of their made in the USA product line and sudden influx of contract manufacturing for other companies. Nick says, “Voodoo13 is making suspension parts for racing, and all of the materials and the manufacturing are 100% USA, I had no intention of producing products for other companies when I started manufacturing here but when other companies saw the quality of the products we produce orders became coming in from Off-Road racing companies, drag racing parts companies, and even the US Army
How did Nick decide to name the company ‘Voodoo13’? Nick’s great grandfather served in the United States Air force, he says, andVoodoo (the McDonnell F-101Voodoo) was a supersonic jet fighter that served the United States Air Force (USAF). Initially designed as a long-range bomber escort (known as a penetration fighter) for the Strategic Air Command (SAC), theVoodoo was instead developed as a nuclear-armed fighter-bomber for the Tactical Air Command (TAC), and as a photo reconnaissance aircraft based on the same airframe. Since Voodoo13 was going to proudly be a 100% USA manufacturing company, Nick felt that a fighter jet used by the USAF was a fitting name (and it gave recognition to his great grandfather).Voodoo13 products and marketing materials all utilize military ‘drab green’ colors when possible, Nick says. Nick says, “Voodoo13 is a MIL-SPEC parts manufacturer, Made in the USA, suspension for street, drift and road racing.The evolution of motorsports has created more horsepower,faster speeds and technology that will not stop. Progression is inevitable. Military Spec AKA “MILSPEC” is a standard used by the Department of Defense. Machinery, weapons and tactical equipment are now expected and demanded to deliver at this level.” He continued,“VOODOO 13 focuses on suspension components of the highest quality, developed on the race tracks and drift courses across the globe using the feedback of top tier drivers and technical directors. VOODOO 13 products are all developed and manufactured with components of the highest quality in Gilbert,Arizona. Our product will feature something more than what exists on race vehicles today.” The company is extremely proud that their Voodoo13 suspension system went into Chris Forberg’s Nissan 370Z, and it was the winner in the 2014 Formula Driftwood Championship. Since Voodoo13 proudly bears the ‘Made in the USA’ label, it made perfect sense that the machine shop the manufactures its parts was equipped with machine tools that too were ‘Made in the USA’. All 5 machine tools that the company purchased since its inception are Haas machines, made in the USA. Nick says “Not only are the USA made Haas machines very good machines, but Ellison Machinery, our
machine tool dealer, is an outstanding company that provides superior service to us.” The company has had 2 occasions when they had to rely upon Ellison Machinery Co’s service department.Nick says,“One time we had a small warranty issue, and another time we had a machinist crash the machine. In both cases, Ellison Machinery’s service department responded immediately.While the crash was serious, and the repair took a full 2 days, we were entirely satisfied with the Ellison Machinery Co’s service team’s responsiveness, professionalism, and knowledge.” He continued, “We all really value Jason McCurdy from Ellison Machinery. He helps us to make the right decisions for our machine tool purchases, without being pushy or forcing a machine on us.” Nick says that he doesn’t care to look elsewhere for his machine tool requirements. Nick has a few important parting comments; 1) If you are an experienced machinist who can program, preferably with 5 + years of experience, and you want to join a new company with incredible potential, contact Voodoo13. They are a young, energetic team with an outstanding product line. Visit Voodoo13USA.com or call 480.889.0812. 2)Voodoo13 is expanding from its 23,000 square foot facility to one that is 4X larger.They have capacity.If you are looking for a superior machine shop, contact them.They are equipped as a contract manufacturer. 3) “Arizona is your partner in business”, Nick says. Nick and his team have taken advantage of the state sponsored resources of RevAZ. He says they have helped him with process improvements, export assistance, and they support his move to the new facility with plant layout help. Go to RevAZ@AZCommerce.com to learn more about how this entity can help your business. To learn more about Ellison Machinery Co.’s superior products and service, contact them at 480-968-5335 or visit ellisonaz.com A2Z METALWORKER SW
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SPENG Utilizes State-of-The-Art Machine Tools From Arizona CNC To Offer Machining and Fabrication Under One Roof Superior Precision Engineering (aka SPENG) is a relatively new job shop, just a little over 1 year old. But it has some qualities that will offer you compelling reasons to bring your parts to them. • It offers machining and fabrication all under one roof and supports its customers with design assistance (design for manufacturability) • Its 2 partners are gifted in their respective capabilities • It purchases state-of-the-art technology
Background SPENG opened their business with a tax incentive to buy machines before year-end 2013. Marc Faris, a ‘serial entrepreneur’, was advised by his CPA to make the capital expenditures immediately. The holding company that he owns was profitable, and the new entity, SPENG, could capitalize on Section 179 of the tax code. So Marc and his new partner, Darin Neagle, contacted a machine tool dealer in Phoenix to procure a couple of low cost, entry level machines.They weren’t available to ship before year-end, in time to take advantage of Section 179, so the new business owners made a strategic decision.They would look for higher quality machines that were available quickly but at a slightly higher cost; ones that Darin knew had outstanding performance. Darin says,“I always loved the Okuma machines, but I wasn’t sure we could afford them as a start up entity.” As it turns out the Okumas ended up being very affordable. Darin also knew of the superior reputation of Arizona CNC, the local distributor for the Okuma machine tool line. He says,“I owned a machine shop a few years back, and I usedArizona CNC to service and maintain all my machines, even though they weren’t Okumas.” He continued,“After working with them, I knew I wanted to buy my next machines from them. I think they are so outstanding that I will not buy from anyone else!”
Machining and Fabrication with State-of-the-art technology The partners’ initial purchases were 2 Okuma machines, a lathe (Okuma GENOS L250E) and a Vertical Machining Center (Okuma GENOS M-560V). Darin says that their base price was slightly higher than the entry level machines that they were going to purchase, but they are 4 times faster, and they will last 4 times as long. He goes on to say that there are also many more features included with their Okuma lathe and mill compared to other machines. The GENOS L250 is an affordable, high performance lathe that provides stability, rigidity and accuracy for a wide variety of applications and materials. Darin says “the GENOS M560-V is a the highest performing vertical machining center in its class. It provides both high speed and heavy cutting capability in one machine and has the ability to hold the tightest tolerances we require.The distributor says these machines offer affordable excellence and they have certainly lived up to that in my shop”. “Combined with some very efficient workholding, (Orangevise and Carvesmart play a big role in how they are able to get parts done faster and easier) they have exceeded all productivity expectations.” Regarding service and support he says, “We had a door issue with one of the machines when they first arrived here, and a new door was overnighted to us!You just can’t get better than this level of service!” SPENG purchased an Omax Maxiem waterjet for their fabrication requirements, also offered through Arizona CNC.
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That jump in weapons procurement continues in the overseas contingency operations (OCO) request. The “blue” OCO funding request comes in at $10.6 billion, down from $12.1 billion in fiscal 2015 enacted.That includes a huge jump in missile procurement, going from $136 million in the 2015 enacted budget to $289 million for the 2016 request. The overall procurement budget jumped from $11.9 billion in the 2015 enacted to $15.6 in the 2016 request. Included in that request are: 44 F-35A joint strike fighters 29 MQ-9 Reaper unmanned systems 14 C-130J Hercules 12 KC-46 tankers 8 MC-130s for special operations 5 HC-130s for personnel recovery Upgrades to the F-22, F-15 Eagle, B-2 and E-3 fleets Space procurement comes out to $2.58 billion, which includes a fixed block buy of AEHF satellites 5 and 6, as well as the SBIRS satellites. Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance is a major focus of the budget request, something analysts predicted due to the continued demand worldwide for surveillance assets.
The USAir Force’s budget request reflects the service’s delicate situation — balancing the need to recapitalize an aging fleet with real-world concerns and ongoing operations.
Both the U-2 manned reconnaissance aircraft and the Global Hawk Block 30 and 40 unmanned systems are funded in the request.The service’s budget request is above the limits imposed by the Budget Control Act (BCA).As with fiscal 2015, the Air Force has laid out a list of potential victims if the BCA levels are not raised — something most inWashington agree isn’t going to happen.
While focusing heavily on research and development, the budget also funds a significant jump in air-to-ground munitions to help current operations. And while the service will continue its fight to retire the A-10, the U-2 spy plane has been spared retirement until 2019 under the new plan.
Options for cuts if BCA levels are not raised include divesting more fleets of aircraft, including the KC-10, U-2, E-3, Global Hawk Block 40 and F-15C. Given the battle over the A-10, it is unlikely any of those cuts would go through without a major fight in Congress, meaning the service might try other options.
Overall, the budget requests $122.1 billion in “blue” money. (Due to budgeting methodology, the Pentagon funnels some funds through the Air Force, which the service cannot use.) $24.2 billion of that goes to procurement with $17.9 billion going to research, development, test and evaluation programs (RDT&E).
Those include reductions in ISR capability, cuttings science and technology budgets by 10 percent, cuts to flying hours and a cut of investment into the nuclear enterprise. 14 F-35A joint strike fighters could also be cut in FY16.
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One option unlikely to make Boeing happy: Deferring the capitalization of the presidential aircraft, for which the company was selected last month.
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FAA Approved Repair Station Achieves ISO 9001:2008/ AS9100 Revision C Certification With The Help of Consultant Group BMSC: Company Is Poised To Build And Repair Your Commercial Aviation/ Defense Parts For several years, D-Velco Aviation Services (DAS) has been NADCAP accredited for NDT (Nondestructive Testing),Welding, and Chemical Processing.The company is an FAA Approved Repair Station (#D1RR408N), and it houses both a machine shop and a fabrication department on its premises.And late last year, in December, it added ISO 9001:2008/ AS9100 Revision C to its list of credentials. DAS, a Northstar Aerospace company, specializes in commercial aviation structural repair and overhaul of flight control surfaces and associated components including spoilers, flaps, ailerons, MLG & NLG doors, cargo doors, radomes, trim tabs, elevators, rudders, mechanical assemblies, slats, panels, and fairing. Their customers include some of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the world, and they are an ‘A Report Card’ supplier to all of their customers. Paul Baldacchino, FAA Accountable Manager, says, “Each of our customers has different designations for On-time Delivery and Quality ratings, but with each of their individual ratings, we consistently score very high.” General Manager Mike Lantz, and 18 year veteran of the company, says, “At DAS, we offer a number of in-house services, including plating, full painting, sheet metal, DER repair scopes, material fabrication, component sourcing and inspection department. We additionally have the only commercially available autoclave in the state, and its working area is 10’ diameter by 30’.” He continued, “We have some great equipment, but I think what separates us from other companies in the industry is our responsiveness, our technical capabilities, and our competitive pricing.The company’s success is very much the result of our superior team.They are all so committed to our success, and they have a wealth of industry experience. In fact, the average tenure at our company is 10 years, and the number of years in the industry overall is 235 years.” Rory Robinson, Director of Operations for the company, added, “We are proud to say that our turnaround times for most jobs is less than 20 days, and we have 0 returns.”The company also is well accomplished in repair and manufacturing parts utilizing composites. Paul says,“Last summer, one of our long term customers, realized that a number of their suppliers across the US, including us, weren’t currently certified to ISO 900:2008 / AS9100 Revision C. It became a fire drill, and we had to become certified before year end.” He continued,“We heard that the other suppliers who received this dictate weren’t going to make the 2014 year end deadline, but I knew just who to call.” Paul had worked with Bretta Kelly, owner of BMSC, more than a decade ago at his previous employer.Though he and the DAS team were being encouraged to use the ISO consultant team their sister company had used, one in California, Paul knew that BMSC would offer a lower price and a better certification date. Paul says, “Once we pulled the trigger, Bretta and her colleague Debbie Hart were on the job the next day.” Paul, Bretta and Debbie were tireless in their efforts over the next few months. Paul says, “We understood the quality and business requirements from our FAA certification, and BMSC helped us correlate these to the ISO/AS9100 requirements.” He continued, “Bretta/BMSC helped us to come through with flying colors, and we were officially certified before year end 2014. I can’t say enough positive things about BMSC!” To learn more about how BMSC can help your company to achieve ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100 Revision C certification, contact them at 602-445-9400 or visit BusinessMSC.com DAS has so much to offer to its customers, new and old. Not only are they an FAA Approved Repair Station, recognized for superior quality and on-time delivery, expert in composites, but they now add ISO 9001:2008 / AS9100 Revision C to their list of accolades.To learn more about how they can help you, contact them at 602-914-1313. A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Three US Military bases partner with Energy Department to train veterans for solar jobs Last month, the first class of Marine trainees at Camp Pendleton graduated from the Energy Department’s solar job training pilot program. The initiative is aimed at preparing service members for careers in the solar industry as solar photovoltaic system installers, sales representatives, system inspectors and other solar-related opportunities. Camp Pendleton is one of three military bases partnering with the Department’s SunShot Initiative to train 200 transitioning military service members during the pilot period for employment opportunities in the rapidly growing US solar energy industry. Training courses will also begin at Fort Carson and Naval Station Norfolk this spring. As more homes and businesses across America choose solar power for their electricity needs, the industry has witnessed a growing demand for highly skilled solar workers, according to Minh Le, director, SunShot Initiative.
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“This new solar energy job training program will help our motivated, highly skilled service men and women gain the training they need to transition into leaders of our nation’s growing clean energy economy,” he explained. This pilot program is enabled by the Department of Defense’s SkillBridge initiative, which allows exiting military personnel to pursue civilian job training, employment skills training, apprenticeships and internships up to 6 months prior to their separation date. Service members who graduate from the Energy Department’s solar training program will gain the skills to size and install solar panels, safely connect electricity to the grid, and interpret and comply with local building codes. The solar industry has long been a leader in hiring military veterans, and today, the industry employs nearly 17,000 veterans, approximately 10 percent of nearly 174,000 solar jobs nationwide. Five of the largest U.S. solar companies by number of employees – SolarCity,Vivint Solar, Sunrun, SunEdison and SunPower – have committed to interview military trainees graduating from the solar job training pilot program, a step that will help place qualified trainees in well-paying jobs. This solar energy training pilot program builds on the success of the Department’s SunShot Solar InstructorTraining Network — a national network of nine regional centers supporting credentialed solar training at more than 400 community colleges in 49 states. The program has already trained nearly 1,100 certified solar instructors and provided hands-on training to more than 30,000 students nationwide, according to the Department of Energy.
DOD calls for a sustained increase in weapons spending; hitting $187B in 2020 The requested $20.4 billion increase in weapons and research spending by the Department of Defense does not represent a “one-time peak,” said Comptroller Michael McCord, indicating the need for a sustained increase in expenditures. DOD projects spending of $177.5 billion in 2016, jumping to $187 billion by 2020.
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It’s no secret, though, that there still exist large gender and racial gaps in STEM fields.
A previous report from the L’Oreal Foundation analyzed data from 14 countries and found that women are three times less likely than men to become scientists. According to the report, women earned 32 percent of undergraduate degrees awarded in science, 30 percent of science master’s degrees and 25 percent of science doctoral degrees. But there also have been signs of incremental improvement. A report from the college testing organization ACT found about half of ACT-tested graduates in 2014 were interested in STEM fields. While the percentage of students interested has held steady for several years, the overall number of students tested has increased, resulting in a higher absolute number of students interested in STEM areas. Those interested in STEM fields also tended to be more likely to meet the ACT’s college readiness benchmarks in English, reading, math and science, the report found. According to the U.S.News/Raytheon STEM Index, high school student interest in STEM fields reached a low point in 2004, dropping
nearly 19 percent from base-year calculations. Interest levels climbed steadily until 2009, when they began to decline again. Despite the intense drive to encourage students to study science, interest levels fell between 2009 and 2013 and are now just slightly below where they were in 2000. The index overall shows there have only been modest gains in overall STEM activity since 2000.
SpaceX, Boeing onTrack toTake Astronauts to Space Station by 2017 Boeing and SpaceX voiced confidence that they would be able to take astronauts from American soil to the International Space Station by 2017. “I don’t ever want to write another check to Roscosmos after 2017,” said NASA administrator Charles Bolden, referring to the Russian space agency that now charges $71 million a seat for a ride to the ISS. “If we can make that date, I’ll be a happy camper.” NASA retired its space shuttle fleet in 2011, and has relied on Russia to take its astronauts into space ever since. Earlier this month, the Government Accountability Office ruled that NASA acted properly when awarding $6.8 billion to Boeing and SpaceX. Sierra Nevada Corporation had earlier challenged the decision. NASA plans to utilize both SpaceX and Boeing to take astronauts into space, instead of picking one over the other.The agency said that the arrangement could double the amount of scientific research done on the ISS by astronauts. SpaceX is planning an uncrewed test flight by the end of 2016, while Boeing is planning to launch one in early 2017. Boeing’s CST-100 capsule and the Dragon capsule from SpaceX will both be designed to carry four to five people along with cargo and be reused at least 10 times. Bolden said that it was important to allow private corporations to take astronauts into low-earth orbit so that NASA could focus on its goal of eventually sending astronauts to Mars. A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Forecast for Global Aviation Soars The world’s leading aircraft manufacturers are forecasting blue skies ahead for the aviation industry over the next two decades.The 2014 market-outlook reports from Boeing,Airbus, Bombardier and Embraer predict the world’s aircraft fleet to double in size over the next 20 years.Virtually every major manufacturer has recently revised its forecasts upward. Boeing estimates the world’s passenger and freighter fleet to expand from 20,910 to 42,180 aircraft, with 36,770 new airplanes over that time period valued at $5.2 trillion. Most of this growth is expected to be in single-aisle airplanes, which are predicted to comprise 70 percent of units over the next 20 years, according to Airbus. Boeing estimated its production of 25,680 new single-aisle airplanes over that time period with a market value of $4.4 trillion, whereas Bombardier forecasts 22,000 business aircraft deliveries over the next 20 years. One reason for this boost in the recent aircraft market forecast is the replacement of aging aircraft, especially in North America. Airbus projects a 20-year demand for nearly 11,000 passenger aircraft to be replaced, largely in the single-aisle segment. Most of this replacement of an aging fleet of commercial aircraft is due to operating efficiency and the revenue requirements of the operating airlines. Emerging environmental concerns, new regulations and airspace modernization have also contributed to the retirement of older jets, according to Bombardier. Therefore, the new engine programs will also see dramatic growth during this same period. All major jet-engine manufacturers are developing more efficient and eco-friendly engines for these new aircraft. Coupled with historically low interest rates, many airlines have gone on a buying spree recently, contributing to an even larger backlog of aircraft orders. World urban population is likely to reach 5 billion by 2030, with the global middle class A2Z METALWORKER SW
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predicted to more than double, according to Airbus. In the next two decades, there will be more people in the world, with more wealth, living in urban areas. Airbus predicts the urban population to, in fact, grow from 51 percent today to over 60 percent. Billions of people are going to want to travel by air, which means that worldwide demand will drive industry growth.According to Embraer, demand is estimated to increase by an average of 4.8 percent annually through 2033. Boeing sees a future with passengers flying where they want and when they want. Airbus estimates that 27 percent of all trips during the upcoming 20year period will be for visiting friends and relatives and will also reflect immigration flow. Similarly, the number of international students has nearly doubled since 2000, which has also contributed to aviation travel. Economic growth drives wealth creation, which influences worldwide demand for commercial air travel. Boeing and Airbus report that over the last decade, 67 percent growth has been seen in the aviation industry, despite multiple world crises, the 9/11 attack, the SARS near-pandemic and the financial crises. Much of this expansion has mirrored the growth of the world economy. According to
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Southeast Asia, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East. Airbus predicts Asia-Pacific to lead the world in aircraft traffic by 2032, followed by Europe, North America, the Middle East, Latin America, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) andAfrica. Embraer sees the Middle East and China as drivers, with an annual revenue passenger kilometers (RPK, which is a measurement of worldwide demand for air transport) of 7.1 percent and 6.8 percent, respectively, followed by Latin America (at 6 percent), CIS and Africa (at 5 percent). More first-time flyers are likely to come from an expanding middle class, which is predicted to grow from 2.2 billion people today to 5.2 billion, according to Airbus. By 2025 it is projected that emerging markets are going to capture just over half of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP). Embraer predicts that by 2033Asia-Pacific and China will be the largest air-travel markets in the world, with a combined 40 percent of total global RPK. North America and Europe are considered
mature markets that grow more slowly but still generate 36 percent of world demand. According to Bombardier, North America is going to have a modest fleet-growth rate due to its more established market, but it is forecasted to receive the greatest number of new business-jet deliveries between 2014 and 2033, with 8,760 units. In contrast, China has a very small business-jet fleet and is now entering a rapid growth phase, according to Bombardier. For planning purposes, the top three current programs are the Boeing 737 Max, Airbus A320 Neo and Boeing’s 787 series. In addition, other civilian aerospace markets are also expected to grow, like rotorcraft, which will only add to total aerospace part production demand. As long-term prospects for aviation remain strong, the time has come forTier 1 andTier 2 suppliers to invest in the technologies that provide for the capacity to handle rapidly increasing demand. Now is the time to take advantage of this projected growth and invest in new machining technologies. A2Z METALWORKER SW
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TheArmy is seeking a base budget of $126.5 billion in the FiscalYear 2016 budget the Pentagon released on February 2.The budget assumes ongoing relief from sequestration budget reductions the 2011 Budget ControlAct required, but later legislation mitigated. Continued sequestration would cut modernization accounts by 12 percent, the service said.
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U.S. Ar my’s ‘Bridge’ is Moder nization, Unmanned Teaming Modernization and manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) are the way forward for U.S. Army aviation as the fundingconstrained service awaits a next generation helicopter fleet.TheArmy’s Fiscal Year 2016 budget proposal prioritizes modernization of itsApache, Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters to support its planned aviation restructuring initiative (ARI), a reorganization of current assets that involves a helicopter swap with the Army National Guard. TheARI, which calls for the Guard to transfer itsApaches to active-duty Army units and the Army to send some Black Hawks to the Guard, has proven controversial, and awaits the findings of a National Commission on the Structure of the Army that Congress established in legislation last year. However, one aspect of the ARI is progressing, as the Army retires its fleet of Bell OH-58 Kiowa Warrior armed reconnaissance helicopters. In their absence, the service will emphasize MUM-T operations combining AH-64D/E Apache attack helicopters with MQ-1C Gray Eagle and other unmanned aircraft. “As we divest the Kiowa Warriors as part of the aviation restructuring initiative, [the] manned-unmanned capability is a bridging strategy,” said Col. Jeff White, Army Training and Doctrine Command capability A2Z METALWORKER SW
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The budget seeks $62.3 million for the Joint Multi-Role (JMR) program to demonstrate a radically improved medium-class air vehicle that would replace the UH-60 Black Hawk. In October, the service chose Bell Helicopter and a Boeing-Sikorsky team to build and fly demonstrators by 2017.The JMR effort is part of the Pentagon’s FutureVertical Lift program to develop a series of advanced rotorcraft that would begin replacing the Army’s helicopter fleet by 2030.
USAF Looking at B-52 Engine Options The US Air Force is keeping an eye on options to re-engine its B-52 bombers, including the creation of a publicprivate partnership with an industry supplier. Lt. Gen. Mike Holmes, deputy chief of staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements, told reporters that the service is looking to get “creative” on potential power plant replacements for the aging bomber fleet. Each B-52 flies on eight Pratt &WhitneyTF33-P-3/103 turbofan engines, an old and inefficient design produced between late 1950s and 1980s. “To go out and buy new engines for the B-52, you’d have a really hard time fitting that into our program,” Holmes acknowledged. “But that’s why we’re interested in a public-private partnership, which would be a different way to amortize those engines over time and pay for them in the savings that they actually generate, instead of paying for them out of savings that you hope for.”
“There are contractor proposals to do some public-private partnerships, kind of creative ways, to get new engines on the airplane,” Holmes said. “We have to work through policy and legal and legislative hurdles to be able to do that. “The idea is in a public-private partnership, somebody funds the engine and then we pay them back over time out of the fuel savings, which are generated out of the new engines,” he continued.“Our government has a way to do that with [military construction] facilities.We don’t have a way to do that with airplanes, and we are exploring whether there are alternative ways that would let us do that.” In October, Global Strike Command chief Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson told reporters he had people “looking at” installing new engines on the bomber fleet, which is expected to operate until 2040. “Look at what the airline industry is doing — they’re all re-engining,” Wilson said at the time. “Why? Because it saves you a lot of money. If there is a commercially available engine which can give a 25-30 percent increase in either range or loiter, you have my attention.”
Lockheed’s revenue and profits soar Lockheed’s revenue climbed to $12.53 billion during the fourth quarter of 2014 — a $1 billion increase compared to the same period the year before. Net earnings grew from $488 million to $904 million, or $2.82 per diluted share. The latter increase came even as the company recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge related to the technical services reporting unit within the missiles and fire control business segment.The charge reflects such market pressures as lower in-theater support amid troop drawdown in the Middle East, and lower margin from contracts that are increasingly awarded on price. All segments except Information Systems & Global Solutions saw revenue increase, with a 6 percent increase attributable mostly to F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production contracts and deliveries of the C-130 transport aircraft, a 17 percent increase in missiles and fire control attribute to the PatriotAdvanced Capability-3 system, and a 19 percent increase in space systems thanks largely to the test flight of the Orion program.
Obama budget pitches tax simplification for businesses President Obama wants to make it easier for small businesses to pay their taxes by letting them stop using what the White House calls “an array of complicated accounting rules.” The proposed budget unveiled would also extend provisions allowing small businesses to write off investment spending of up to $1 million annually.“Tax compliance is a significant burden for small business owners,” the White House said in a statement outlining the proposed changes. The simplification proposals affect businesses with gross receipts of less
than $25 million annually, which means more than 99% of all businesses. “Today’s rules require many small businesses to disregard their cash flows, and instead use more complicated and onerous accrual accounting,” the White House said in its statement. “Many small businesses are also required to gradually deduct the cost of investments and other expenses over time under a host of different rules.” The Obama plan would allow businesses to dispense with most of these rules, and “simplifies how small businesses file their taxes,” said Jeff Zients, director of the administration’s National Economic Council. “They can use cash accounting, which is basically their bank statement, rather than very complex accrual accounting,” Zients said. “That’s available for all businesses up to $25 million.” At least 75% of the compliance hours for small businesses deal with filing taxes, the White House said. About 60% of the costs of tax compliance are due to the complexity of the rules on measuring income. Simplified accounting rules allowing businesses to write off investment spending of up to $1 million would enable businesses to pay taxes “on an amount much closer to their bank statement,” the White House said. TheWhite House also said that, as in previous budgets, Obama is calling “to eliminate capital gains taxation on investments in small business stock, increase the tax deduction for start-up expenses, and expand and simplify the Affordable Care Act small business credit.” Source: Associated Press A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Profiles Tool & Engineering Engineering and Manufacturing Solutions for You There are companies who implement process improvements as a checklist item, typically so that they can continue to do business with their customers or even gain new customers. Zach Wilsterman, owner of Profiles Tool & Engineering, truly breathes process improvement in his business.We interviewed his company little more than 6 months ago -- and you might expect that business was similar today as it was just a half year ago. It is certainly not the case.While the company was doing well last year, as Zach says, “We are continuing to morph who we are.”
ISO 9001 / AS 9100 Revision C Certification For one thing, the company certified to ISO 9001/AS9100 Revision C late last year. And their certification differs from most you hear about from machine shops -- they didn’t take the 7.3 clause exclusion.The 7.3 clause in the certification process refers to ‘Design and Development’. This is just what Profiles Tool & Engineering offers its customers, Design and Development.Zach is a degreed mechanical engineer,and the company has two other engineers on-staff, one a mechanical engineer and one a manufacturing engineer.
Collaboration With Other Machine Shop Owners Zach also joined a small team who meets monthly to discuss issues and opportunities that machine shop owners face. The team is called the ‘Machining Master Mind Group’, and it consists ofArizonaTooling and MachiningAssociation (ATMA) board and regular members. Zach, who is a current board member, says,“Our discussions aren’t always technical. One of the more interesting discussion items was ‘How can you take good employees at your shop and make them great employees’.” He continued,“We made a change directly as an outcome of this discussion topic. Our change was to involve our team directly with our vendors.Whether it is a call to tech support to determine how to program our machine better or it is meeting regularly with tooling vendors to improve our machine tool efficiencies, this change is expanding our good employees’ role in the company, and helping to make them become great.”
Formal Continuous Process Improvement Initiatives Another change that Zach and the team made was to implement regularly scheduled process improvement meetings. Zach says, “We are conducting these meetings every other Friday, and the team consists of our management team plus our engineers. In these meetings, we look at what points constitute ‘failure modes’ for running our products through the shop. The initiative includes formal process mapping, which are white boarded for follow up, and then subsequently measurable goals that we track.” The process improvement team’s latest challenge (and an important driver for the meetings in the first place) was to reduce the company’s standard turnaround time from 4 weeks to 2 weeks. Zach says that after some process improvements last month, the company was achieving 100% on time delivery through the first half of the month.“Interestingly”, Zach says,“I thought the team would be bored during the lengthy meetings, and the opposite is true. They are energized by the process improvements that we are making through our efforts.”
Employee Retention and Growth 6 months after our last interview,Zach says every team member is still part of the company. “We haven’t had turnover”, Zach says, “and in fact we have grown our team by a few.” Profiles Tool & Engineering is looking for a Quality Manager, and is planning to add a 2nd shift to manage the company’s growth. Zach is a true believer in mentoring engineering students, A2Z METALWORKER SW
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effectively without the 5 axis machine.” He continued,“We can make them now, and our customers will see some direct improvements related to this new machine, including quicker turnarounds, and potentially cost improvements.With less set-ups and special tooling required, our customers will also see some quality improvements.” Chris Hansen, Business Manager for Ellison Machinery Company, says, “The machines are equipped with a 12,000-rpm, 40-taper spindle that features a unique inline, direct-drive system that couples the drive directly to the spindle rather than using belts. This results in better surface finishes, extreme thermal stability and very quiet operation.” With the Haas VF5-SS, the team also appreciates the new coolant system, the high intensity lighting, the larger memory, and the tool changer that can accomodate up to 40 tools.Since they machine plastic parts on a regular basis, they value the airblast system. Ken says that the new 5 axis Haas machine will reduce set-ups from 4 to 2 on a given part, and that overall the company expects ~30% reduction in turnaround on some of their 5 axis parts. Though Chris is relatively new to Ellison Machinery, he has some experiences in common with the team at ProfilesTool & Engineering. The two ProfilesTool interns are currently studying engineering atASU Polytechnic, which is where Chris too earned his engineering degree. In fact, the interns recognized Chris from the college. Zach says,“It is a pleasure to speak with Chris about some of our requirements. For example, we are looking for our next Haas machine tool purchase to have pallet changing capabilities, and Chris not only studied manufacturing at ASU Polytechnic, but he also worked at machine shops, and he knows just why we need the pallet changing. It is good to work with someone from the machine tool world who knows about our business.” and the team today has 2 engineering interns.The interns agree that their employment with Profiles Tool greatly enhances their classroom learning. Colten Lindauer, says,“I am studying QualityAssurance at school, and it is so beneficial to be working on process improvements/ mapping here at my job”.
New Capital Equipment Acquisitions Zach and his team believe in the Haas machine tools. “They are made in America”, Zach says, “and they are good dependable machines.” Zach and the team value the fact that machinists anywhere in the valley (or anywhere really), will likely have a substantial amount of experience on these machine tools.They are also well experienced in Ellison Machinery’s superior service and maintenance capabilities, as they have worked with the team at Ellison Machinery for years now. Zach says, “They are just outstanding.”
To learn more about how Profiles Tool & Engineering can help you with your precision manufacturing requirements, and with design and development support, call them at 480.894.1008 or visit ProfilesTool.com. Call them if you are a Quality Manager seeking a new opportunity. To learn more about how Ellison Machinery can help your manufacturing business to grow, call them at 480.968.5335 or visit EllisonAZ.com
Just recently, the team purchased their latest Haas machine, aVF-5SS with a TR210 2-axis trunnion.This is the company’s entree into 5 axis machining. The VF-5SS is a super-speed Vertical Machining Center, and the Profiles Tool team says it offers many compelling features not available on their older machines. Zach says, “We make parts for the medical and aerospace industries, and these are relatively complicated parts.The new 5th axis Haas machine will allow us to take on parts that have more complex geometries.” Ken Darby, production manager for the company, says, “There were jobs we shied away from or had to bid high because we couldn’t make them cost A2Z METALWORKER SW
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30 Under 30 Reinventing Manufacturing In A Greener,Tech-SavvierWorld The classic picture of the manufacturing industry is that of conveyor belt upon conveyor belt of identical, mass produced products on the inside and large chimneys belching smoke into the atmosphere on the outside. But this year’s list of 30 Under 30 in Manufacturing shows that the present - and future - of manufacturing is something altogether different. It’s a world of custom products, 3D printing, nanoscale chemistry and a green outlook. Consider Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre, the 29 year-old founders of Ecovative.These two friends use an environmentally-friendly process to grow mushrooms that they then turn into packaging materials to replace the styrofoam protecting, say, a Dell laptop. Best of all, their packaging costs the same - or even less - than traditional materials. Other examples of green thinking in the manufacturing list include MaxWinograd, 27, the cofounder of NuLabel, which designs adhesive labels for products without those annoying paper backs that you just end up throwing away. Then there’s Jeremiah Chapman, 24, whose company Crisp creates products that extend the life of oil in deep fryers for restaurants; and Gabe Blanchet and Jamie Byron, whose company Grove Labs will be selling mass produced indoor gardens for people to easily grow their own fruits and vegetables. Another theme that emerged in this year’s list was the big impact of 3D printing to make customized products. For example, there’s Nikki Kaufman, 28, whose company Normal produces 3D printed earbuds that are custom fitted to your ear. Or Kegan Schouwenburg, 29, whose company Sols creates insoles for shoes that are customized for its customers feet. Also innovating with 3D printing are Aaron Kemmer, Jason Dunn, Mike Chen, and Michael Snyder of the company Made In Space.They developed a 3D printer that’s capable of working in zero-gravity.Their first printer is already making custom tools for astronauts on the International Space Station, and a bigger one is going up later this year. Another theme in manufacturing this year was robotics. The list includes Antoine Balaresque and Henry Bradlow, whose Lily Robotics has developed a drone that can follow you around and take pictures like a flying GoPro; Jordi Muñoz, 28, who cofounded 3D Robotics,
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the world’s second largest commercial drone manfacturer; Blake Sessions and Arron Acosta, whose company Rise Robotics builds parts for bigger robots and Natalie Panek, 29, who helps design robotic systems that will be used in outer space. As for future iterations of the list? We might start looking for them among the kids currently playing with Roominate toys.This company, cofounded byAlice Brooks, 26, makes building toys that employ basic engineering principles from pulleys to electric circuits, allowing kids to learn STEM concepts while they play.Source: Forbes
Could Boeing buy defense aerospace company Northrop? A prominent aerospace analyst has suggested Air Force contracts awarded this spring could lead to consolidation within the aerospace defense industry. That could be a good opportunity for Boeing. The Air Force will announce a new $90 billion stealth bomber contract this spring, and that’s likely to drive intense competition between the leading aerospace military contractors, Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group said. It could also give Boeing a reason to acquire the No. 3 aerospace defense contractor Northrop Grumman. Boeing and Lockheed Martin have worked together to bid against Northrop in the past, but consolidation would give Boeing a leg up against its No. 1 defense contract competitor. Boeing has operations in Mesa. Northrop also has operations down in Tucson. “If Boeing loses, it won’t be building combat aircraft after 2018 unless it buys Northrop’s aircraft unit,” said Aboulafia told the Times. That could be a major acquisition for Boeing, one that’s likely to have ripple effects throughout the manufacturing and supply chain. U.S. military contracts have been on the decline, which is driving
intense competition for those that remain. Boeing is now building an initial 18 of the 767-based tankers for what is expected to be a 179-aircraft order from the Air Force, increasing exports has been a key part of Boeing strategy to cope with declining U.S. military purchases. The Air Force also recently ordered several 747s to convert into Air Force One.
Drop In Oil Prices Means An Airline Profitability Boost Now, But... Much as the meteoric rise of jet fuel prices dramatically changed the equation of airline business models and caused unprecedented demand for more-efficient aircraft, the recent steep fall has the potential to change the equation again.While short-term financial benefits for many airlines are undisputed, there is increasing concern that the new shift may prove a mixed blessing for airlines and aircraft manufacturers over time. Estimates by rating agency Moody’s show what a hugely positive financial impact the lower fuel prices will have on the airline industry’s costs. Moody’s analysts believe airlines globally will spend around $70 billion less on fuel in 2015 than in 2014, equivalent to a reduction of one-third. But given that the once-favorable hedging contracts are binding and scheduled to be in place for some time and that the U.S. dollar has strengthened against several important currencies, the net effect will be more like $35 billion. Moody’s believes the seven U.S. airlines it is rating will end up paying $15 billion less for fuel this year. But executives at many airlines insist that while low fuel prices are changing balance sheets, big-picture strategy—notably fleet planning and capacity—remains largely unaffected for now. In the U.S. United Airlines this year will take delivery of two used Boeing 737-700s— aircraft acquired due in part to their more favorable economics thanks to fuel prices of around $50 per barrel, about 50% lower than six months ago. Beyond that, however, the carrier says its fleet plans are not being reworked to cash in on cheaper gas. “These are assets that we fly for 25 to 30 years,” Chief Revenue Officer Jim Compton says. “If we are so fortunate that fuel prices remain at this level for years to come, we might adjust our view on what fuel
prices we use when we make these fleet investment decisions. But for right now, we are still assuming the same fuel prices that we’ve used or seen over the last few years, which is $120-125 [per barrel].” Delta Air Lines, which stands to save $2 billion from lower fuel costs in 2015, net of its hedges, has not changed plans due to the price drop. The carrier’s move to phase out its 16 747-400s from 2014-17 remains on track. “Planning with a low fuel price will only disappoint,” CEO Richard Anderson says. “And planning with a high fuel price, if you end up being wrong and the fuel price is lower, you will be pleased.” An even more substantial effect on bottom lines will only be seen when the current fuel-hedging contracts expire and are replaced with ones that mirror current market prices. Low-cost carrier Ryanair is among the airlines that, from today’s point of view, hedged at the wrong time—at prices that turned out to be too high. Moody’s warns that unhedged airlines might use the opportunity to wage fare wars in an attempt to boost market share. . One question confronting all airlines is how to continue or resume hedging, given the current price levels.Beyond the obvious near-term positive impact on balance sheets, future consequences may not be as obvious. Brian Pearce, chief economist at the International Air TransportAssociation, believes the impact of lower fuel costs is “more complex than people say.” He does not go along with the prediction that a drop in fuel prices necessarily translates into an equivalent increase in airline profits. In fact, Pearce argues, because of several different factors that will crop up in the next 1-2 years, the bottom-line benefit will be much lower. He even wonders whether cheap oil is actually that good for the industry when all the follow-on ramifications are taken into account. For starters, Pearce points out,“profits have increased with rising fuel” over the past few years. That airlines would be profitable given the massive increase in fuel costs over and above the historic trend, was unexpected. In fact, many analysts have predicted record numbers of bankruptcies and consolidations. What seems to be the major factor for airlines’ financial performance improvement in recent years has been capacity control. Carriers simply could not afford to continue to fly all the marginal routes they had put in place—in spite of ongoing losses—for “strategic reasons” to improve network quality. Improved (meaning more destinations) quality takes a backseat when in survival mode.
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Reshoring Expert Comments on Latest Manufacturing Employment Data The Department of Labor’s January Economic News Release showed nonfarm employment increased by 257,000, with unemployment at 5.7 percent. Most important, manufacturing employment was up 22,000 in January, almost 100,000 in the last three months, 343,000 year-over-year and 870,000 since the employment recession low in February 2010. Compared to the 10-year 1,927,000 decline in manufacturing employment, this announcement is good news and is consistent with the reshoring trend getting started and offshoring slowing in 2010. Data from the Reshoring Initiative, an organization committed to helping manufacturers A2Z METALWORKER SW
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recognize the profit potential of utilizing local sourcing and production, shows that reshoring plus foreign direct investment (FDI) added a record 50,000 to 60,000 manufacturing jobs in 2014 and that January 2015 U.S. manufacturing employment is above the trend line of the last 15 years. Harry Moser, founder and president of the Reshoring Initiative cautioned, “The recent unprecedented rise in the USD and the potential impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), absent strong control of currency manipulation, threaten this positive trend for manufacturing and reshoring.” Companies can help improve manufacturing employment by consistently utilizing advanced metrics for supply chain sourcing decisions. The Reshoring Initiative’s Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Estimator is the bestknown publically available tool for this purpose. It allows users to easily determine the total cost of offshoring by accounting for and understanding the relevant offshoring costs, which include inventory carrying costs, shipping expenses, intellectual property risks and more. About The Reshoring Initiative A 47-year manufacturing industry veteran and retired President of GF AgieCharmilles, Harry Moser founded the Reshoring Initiative to move lost jobs back to the United States. For his efforts with the Reshoring Initiative, he was named to Industry Week magazine’s Manufacturing Hall of Fame in 2010.Additional information on the Reshoring Initiative is available at www.reshorenow.org.
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Boeing’s new 777X flagship is due to enter service in 2020. This seems like tomorrow t o t h e c o m p a n y ’s manufacturing side as it prepares for assembly, but for the 777 sales team looking to fill the production “skyline” during the transition it could be an eternity. To smooth the move at the end of the decade from the current 777 family to the 777X, Boeing needs to drum up more sales to keep the Everett assembly line ticking at, or close to, the current 8.3 aircraft per month. There are currently 278 777-300ER and 777Fs in the firm backlog, representing just under three-years worth of production at the current rate. While the longer-term outlook appears to be positive—286 sales are already locked in for the 777X—the delivery trough between 2018 and the acceleration in deliveries of the new model from the 2020-22 timeframe onward is causing some concern. But Boeing’s 777 sales team is about to get a shot in the arm.To help bridge the gap to the 777X, the company plans to inject additional life into the -200LR/-300ER by developing an upgrade package that will reduce fuel burn by 2% from 2016 onward. Boeing plans to reveal full details of the upgrade in mid-March. News of the plan first emerged in January when John Wojick, global sales and marketing senior vice president, revealed “we are working on a fuel-burn improvement and other items for 2016 that will provide the equivalent of around 2% fuel-burn savings.” The coming availability of the upgrade, added to what Boeing Chairman/ CEO Jim McNerney describes as the “enduring capability” of the 777, already appears to be bolstering prospects of new orders to fill out the mid-term production slots. During the recent fourth-quarter financial results call, McNerney said:“We took 63 orders in 2014, which bodes well for the 40 to 60 we need [per year] over the next few years. So I’m feeling increasingly comfortable [about] the long-term demand for the airplane. We expect demand for the 777 to remain healthy through this decade.” General Electric, which is the exclusive engine supplier to the 777-300ER/777F with the GE90-115B, expects to start initial tests of the engine-improvement element by the end of the year. “We are targeting about a 0.5% specific fuel consumption (sfc) improvement in the engine,” says Bill Millhaem, general manager of the GE90 program. Focus areas include the aerodynamic “clean-up” of the fan module with elimination of steps and gaps to reduce drag, and improvements to the efficiency of the high-pressure compressor stage-1 blisk. The most significant single change in the engine upgrade is an improvement to the active clearance control system which cools the casing of the highpressure turbine section, helping to minimize clearances between the tips of the blades and the shroud during cruise.The new manifold improves
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Slight aerodynamic changes will also be introduced to the first-stage nozzle of the low-pressure turbine, and the “grind� of the high-pressure turbine shroud will also be optimized to improve the match between the blades and shrouds in cruise. “In aggregate, all this adds up to around 0.5% sfc.We are in the process of finalizing the design of the hardware and will be doing some testing later this year,� says Millhaem. The upgrade is not considered a major certification effort because the engine thrust is unchanged and testing is aimed at “mostly assurance� work to confirm that none of the modifications affect durability, he adds. The bulk of the planned 777 improvements is therefore expected to encompass aerodynamic changes, although it is not yet known what these will be. Whether some of the more novel drag-reduction features—such as the hybrid laminarflow-control system developed for the 787-9—will be highlighted remains unclear. However, the most likely solution is expected to be a further package of aerodynamic tweaks similar in scale to upgrades introduced in the early days of the 777-200LR/-300ER program. Together with better-than-expected initial engine performance, these modifications improved the fuel burn of the 777-300ER by 3.6% compared with pre-service predictions at the start of the program in 2003. For the 777-300ER, every 1% improvement in fuel efficiency is roughly equal to 75 nm of extra range, 10 extra passengers for a load-limited flight or 2,400 lb. of cargo. The first set of improvements, introduced in 2005, resulted from changes made to counter unexpected drag from the environmental control system’s ram air exhaust duct, and from handling changes related to the introduction of the aircraft’s raked wingtips. The duct changes included the addition of exit
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Executive Aircraft Maintenance (EAM) Certifies To ISO 9001:2008 With The Help of Consultant Group BMSC Executive Aircraft Maintenance (EAM) is pleased to announce that they achieved ISO 9001: 2008 certification in December of 2014, just 3 short months after they enlisted the help of consultant group BMSC. Roger Ping, Chief Inspector for the company, says, “We have long been an FAA part 145 (Certified Repair Station) but we knew that if we wanted to grow our relationship with our customers beyond our repair station capabilities, to expand our capababilities to become an approved supplier, we had to achieve the ISO 9001:2008 certification.” As an FAA Repair Station, Roger admits that the FAA’s extremely stringent requirements meant that EAM was very close to meeting the requirements for ISO certification.“And”, he said,“we also knew it would bolster our focus on corrective actions, continuous improvement, and process controls.” The team at EAM, which was founded by 3 ex-Honeywell employees (and initially totaled 5 employees including the owners), was extremely busy more than a decade after the business opened. Today EAM has more than 110 employees, and the business spans 4 facilities, 3 in Arizona and one in Anchorage,AK. The company provides General Aviation services to regional airlines, corporate, ag/utility and military organizations.They offer engine, avionics, and airframe support for piston, turboprop, and turbofan-powered aircraft. EAM supports thousands of customers across 24 countries. Roger says that EAM is the only repair station in the world that does such extensive repairs for TPE331 gear boxes (previously manufactured by Honeywell).Their expertise coupled with their recently achieved ISO 9001:2008 will open up opportunities to secure new customers, Roger says. “We have the ability to machine parts and perform repairs on TPE engines and would like to grow our business to include other manufacturers engines and components.” Roger says,“At EAM we comply with FAA 145 requirements -- likewise Bretta Kelly, owner of BMSC, is expert at the ISO 9001:2008 requirements.”When asked if he met with other ISO consultants,Roger said that a couple of years ago, they brought in a consultant to hear more about certification.“We were not impressed”, he said, “and we just let it go. But when Honeywell told us that we would have to become ISO certified to secure their business for machining and to grow our relationship to other FAA certified repairs, we knew we had to actively pursue ISO 9001: 2008 certification.” Roger didn’t bring in consultants to evaluate this time. “I have a very good relationship with Bret Halley, COO of Valley Forge & Bolt Manufacturing”, he said.“Bret told me that Bretta Kelly, owner of BMSC, was outstanding, and frankly, the best choice for our ISO consulting requirements.” More than 3 months later, with the company certified, Roger is confident that ISO 9001: 2008 certification will open many new doors for EAM. He also recommends you contact BMSC to help you prepare for ISO certification. “You get expertise, energy, and she and her team will work very hard for you. They will literally burn the midnight oil to get the job done.” Contact BMSC at BusinessMSC.com or call 602-445-9400 to learn more about how BMSC can help you with your ISO and AS9100 certification. EAM is equipped with a full service machine shop, and their team takes great pride in repairing mission critical aviation engine parts. Call them at 480-991-0900 or visit eamaz.com to learn more about what they can do for you. A2Z METALWORKER SW
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congressional leaders are looking for ways to rebuild the middle class, what’s missing for manufacturing is good policy,” said AAM President Scott Paul. Overall, the country gained 252,000 jobs in December — and wrapped up its strongest annual hiring total in 15 years — as the unemployment rate dropped to 5.6 percent. Wage growth, however, remained slow in 2014, with the average wage climbing just 1.7 percent. Source: Manufacturing.net
Scottsdale snags StandardAero corporate HQ relocation StandardAero is moving its corporate headquarters up the High Tech Highway from Tempe to Spectrum Office complex in Scottsdale. The company is moving into more spacious quarters at 6170 N. Scottsdale Road. A division of Dubai Aerospace enterprise, StandardAero is one of the largest independent maintenance, repair and operations service providers in global aviation.The company had been in Tempe since 2008. The new location will house corporate executives and operations for the 3,700-employee Dubai firm.The firm has 13 primary facilities and 50 sales and field locations in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Singapore and Australia.The company does not have a repair facility or service center in Arizona. Source: Phoenix Business Journal
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WebPT has partnered with NewYork City-based SOLS to provide 3-D printed custom foot orthotics for its 43,000 rehabilitation professional members around the country. The Phoenix-based electronic medical records solutions provider is offering the orthotics through its WebPT e-commerce Marketplace at a discounted price, said Heidi Jannenga,WebPT’s COO and co-founder. “We use group buying to negotiate discounted prices,” Jannenga told me this week. “SOLS is the company that wanted to enter into the PT (physical therapy) market, which is very smart.” SOLS, which approachedWebPT, makes foot orthoses and performance inserts using advanced data capture and modeling technology. Each custom foot orthotic is custom-engineered for the individual’s foot morphology, body and lifestyle, said SOLS founder and CEO Kegan Schouwenburg. “In as little as three steps, physical therapists can order custom orthoses for their patients with full control over prescription and material properties,” Schouwenburg said in an email. Physical therapists in the SOLS network receive an iPad with a built-in app that allows them to capture thousands of data points with six images to scan the patient’s foot.That information is then sent to SOLS for the 3-D printing using NASA-grade nylon. The custom orthotic ships directly to the provider’s office within seven days.
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NASA selects UTC Aerospace Systems NP2000 Propellers and Electronic Propeller Control Systems for a P-3 aircraft NASA has selected UTCAerospace Systems for the world’s first NP2000 propeller modernization of a P-3 aircraft.The agreement provides for procurement and INSTALLATION of NP2000 propellers with electronic propeller control systems and will include engineering, technical and logistics services within the next two years. UTC Aerospace Systems is a unit of United Technologies Corp. . The NP2000 is being offered to replace the HS 54H60 propeller system for the P-3. It is designed to provide higher reliability, reduced vibration and noise to the aircraft, and reduce support COSTS. The U.S. Navy
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USAF Looking at B-52 Engine Options The US Air Force is keeping an eye on options to re-engine its B-52 bombers, including the creation of a public-private partnership with an industry supplier, a top service official said.
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Lt. Gen. Mike Holmes, deputy chief of staff for Strategic Plans and Requirements, told reporters during a Feb. 6 event that the service is looking to get “creative” on potential power plant replacements for the aging bomber fleet. Each B-52 flies on eight Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-3/103 turbofan engines, an old and inefficient design produced between late 1950s and 1980s. “To go out and buy new engines for the B-52, you’d have a really hard time fitting that into our program,” Holmes acknowledged. “But that’s why we’re interested in a public-private partnership, which would be a different way to amortize those engines over time and pay for them in the savings that they actually generate, instead of paying for them out of savings that you hope for.” The idea would allow the service to get new engines onboard without breaking the budget.However,as Holmes noted,non-budgetary hurdles must be crossed before such an agreement could be put into place. “There are contractor proposals to do some public-private partnerships, kind of creative ways, to get new engines on the airplane,” Holmes said. “We have to work through policy and legal and legislative hurdles to be able to do that. “The idea is in a public-private partnership, somebody funds the engine and then we pay them back over time out of the fuel savings, which are generated out of the new engines,” he continued.“Our government has a way to do that with [military construction] facilities.We don’t have a way to do that with airplanes, and we are exploring whether there are alternative ways that would let us do that.” In October, Global Strike Command chief Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson told reporters he had people “looking at” installing new engines on the bomber fleet, which is expected to operate until 2040. “Look at what the airline industry is doing — they’re all re-engining,” Wilson said at the time. “Why? Because it saves you a lot of money. If there is a commercially available engine which can give a 25-30 percent increase in either range or loiter, you have my attention.”
Japanese Industrial Robot Maker Fanuc Ramps Up Production Fanuc, whose machine tools and robots are used to make IPHONES for Apple Inc.and cars forTesla Motors Inc.,said it would spend about ¥100 billion on a factory aimed at “fortification” of its production capabilities and about ¥30 billion on laboratories aimed at enhancing the reliability and speed of its equipment. The company didn’t make note of a letter to investors from hedge fund Third Point LLC, run by Daniel Loeb , which disclosed an unspecified stake in Fanuc and criticized the company for an “illogical capital structure which does nothing for shareholder value.”Third Point, which is known for taking sizable stakes in companies and then demanding they
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“Announcing a plan to invest in Japanese growth does not change our thesis as they are talking about spending a bit over $1 billion … all the while the company generates roughly $2 billion of free cash every year,” Mr. Loeb wrote. Fanuc declined to comment on Third Point’s letter and its request for a share buyback. In its statement, it said it acquired land for the new factories in September, which would be well before Mr. Loeb’s interest in the company came to light. Mr. Loeb—who last year decided to sell Third Point’s stake in Sony Corp. after failing to persuade it to partially spin off its entertainment division—is increasing his activism in Japan at an opportune time. Overseas investors,drawn by record corporate profits,have helped push Tokyo stock prices to their highest levels in more than seven years.As of March 2014, foreigners owned 31% of Japanese companies’ shares, including 52.5% at Fanuc.The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has joined foreign investors in calling on Japanese companies to be more responsive to shareholder interests. But the run on Fanuc,which was spun out from Fujitsu Ltd.in 1972,puts Mr. Loeb head-to-head with one of Japan’s most quirky and standoffish public companies. Fanuc is known for its secretive culture, restricting email contact with the outside world and limiting communications with analysts and investors to official financial filings,such as its quarterly earnings reports. Fanuc kept all its manufacturing in Japan, even as most of the country’s industrial giants moved more factories to lower-cost locations overseas. And Fanuc has managed to maintain a strong profit: In the nine months through Dec. 31, the company’s sales rose 61%, to ¥526 billion and its net profit doubled to ¥149 billion.The company cited strong demand for assembly-line robots from the U.S.and China,where factory automation is accelerating from a low base. Sales of the company’s Robomachine tools nearly tripled, fueled by
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strong demand from smartphone makers. Analysts at Goldman Sachs estimate that Fanuc held an 18% share of the global robotics market in 2013, just ahead of ABB Group of Switzerland and another Japanese company, Yaskawa Electric Corp. , at 17% each. Yukihiro Kumagai, an analyst at Jefferies & Co., said that while Fanuc’s capital-spending plan didn’t rule out a buyback, the timing might have been intended to send a message. “This company is saying it wants to create shareholder value through growth,” he said.The company said the new factories, inTochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo, would make motors, amplifiers and computer-controlled cutting machines.The start of production is slated for October 2016. Bolstering domestic manufacturing is a significant goal of Mr. Abe’s economic-turnaround plan. Lured by a weaker yen, which makes domestic manufacturing more competitive,several manufacturers,including camera maker Canon Inc. and electronics companies Panasonic Corp. and Sharp Corp. , said recently that they planned to return some production to Japan from overseas. Some investorssaid they were happy with the company’s approach of putting long-term growth ahead of short-term shareholder returns. “There is no growth after returning money to the shareholders,” saidYusuke Sakai, a senior stock trader at T&D Asset Management Co., which manages ¥1.9 trillion in assets. “Of course, if you can do both, that’s the best.” Source: BLOOMBERG NEWS A2Z METALWORKER SW
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A report issued by BMO Harris Bank found that the majority of business owners and executives plan on making investments in their business in 2015.A nation-wide poll of 781 business owners and executives found that 58% plan on making at least one investment in their business, with the expansion of operations leading the way as the most popular option. “Real GDP growth has averaged above 3% for the past 18 months, long enough to convince businesses that the United States has indeed freed itself from its prior low-growth rut,” said Michael Gregory, Head of U.S. Economics, BMO Capital Markets. When asked where they plan on making those investments, the most popular answers from business owners and executives were: • Expanding operations 31% • Upgrading/Purchasing New Equipment 26% • ModernizingTechnology/Systems 23% • Hiring More Employees 20% The survey was conducted by Pollara with an online sample of 781 American business owners. A probability sample of this size would be accurate to +/- 3.5 percent, 19 times out of 20.
Global semiconductor industry posts record sales in 2014 The global semiconductor industry posted record sales of $335.8 billion in 2014, an increase of 10 percent from the previous year. The Semiconductor IndustryAssociation, which represents the voice of the U.S. semiconductor industry, announced the record sales last month. Phoenix is home to a number of semiconductor manufacturers such as Intel Corp. and MicrochipTechnology. Both companies have significant footprints in Chandler. December was the strongest month on record for the industry, with global sales reaching $29.1 billion. That’s a 16 percent increase compared to December 2013. “The global semiconductor industry posted its highest-ever sales in 2014, topping $335 billion for the first time thanks to broad and sustained growth across nearly all regions and product categories,” Semiconductor Industry Association President and CEO John Neuffer said in a statement. “The industry now has achieved record sales in two consecutive years and is well-positioned for continued growth in 2015 and beyond.” Fourth quarter global sales of $87.4 billion were 9.3 percent higher than the total of $79.9 billion from the fourth quarter of 2013. Logic, memory and microprocessors were the three semiconductor product segments that stood out in 2014.Logic was the largest semiconductor category, with sales reaching $91.6 billion in 2014, a 6.6 percent increase compared to 2013.Memory was the fastest growing segment, with $79.2 billion of sales, an 18 percent increase.
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US Navy to Add Mission Capabilities to P-8A Poseidon The U.S.Navy has awarded Raytheon a $15.5 million contract to provide its fleet of P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft with an open system application-based architecture (ABA). Under the new contract, Raytheon will deliver two prototype ABA systems featuring softwarebased mission applications and services-oriented architecture and airborne Commercial OffThe Shelf (COTS) computing capabilities. “The goal is to use readily available technology to quickly upgrade the P-8A’s warfighting capability,” said Jerry Powlen, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems’ vice president of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. “This open systems architecture can easily be used for other domestic and international customers looking to affordably enhance their airborne platforms.”
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The Cupertino, Californiabased company has several hundred employees working secretly toward creating anApple-branded electric vehicle, sources told theWSJ.The project is code-namedTitan and the initial vehicle design is similar to a minivan, one source told the newspaper. CEOTim Cook approvedTitan a year ago and assigned veteran product designVice President Steve Zadesky to lead the group, people familiar with the matter told the newspaper. Source: SiliconValley Business
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Aerosol Products Magnum Precision Mach _ 602-431-8300 R.S. Hughes _______ 602-275-5565 Bar Feeder Accessories Edge Technologies ____ 562-597-7824 Adhesives R.S. Hughes _______ 602-275-5565 Trusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462 Blast Abrasives S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______ 480-753-5000 Barton International ___ 800-741-7756 Air Blast Cabinets,Blast Rooms Boring Tools: Precision Lone Arrow ________ 480-507-8074 Wohlhaupter _______ 937-885-1878 Air Compressors Cabinets, Custom Airtek ___________ 480-966-5267 Air Drying Systems Lone Arrow ________ 480-507-8074 Chip Management Airtek ___________ 480-966-5267 Magnum Precision Mach _ 602-431-8300 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Ellison Machinery ____ 480-968-5335 Band Saw/ Blades Chip Removal bandsawparts.com ___ 800-240-2932 Echols Saw & Supply ___ 602-278-3918 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Marshall Tool & Supply__ 602-269-6295 Ellison Machinery ____ 480-968-5335 Chuck Jaws Rocky Mountain Saw Blades303-761-3000 Roentgen USA_______847-787-0135 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______ 480-753-5000 Ellison Machinery ____ 480-968-5335 Chucks sawblade.com_______ 877-501-7297 Starrett Co_________ 978-249-3551 Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Bar Feeders Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Ellison Machinery ____ 480-968-5335 Automatics & Machinery _ 303-651-6545 Marshall Tool & Supply__ 602-269-6295 Cleaners Edge Technologies ____ 562-597-7824 Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 Chemetall _________ 714-739-2821 CNC Lathe Accessories Nick Hochuli Trusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462 Sales Engineer Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 CNC Collet Chucks Cell: 937/503-4708 Office: 937/885-1878 Royal Products ______ 800-645-4174 E-mail: hn@wohlhaupter.com Wohlhaupter Corporation CNC Spindle Liners 10542 Success Lane Centerville, Ohio 45458 Trusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462 C O R P O R A T I O N
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Collet Fixtures Royal Products _____ 800-645-4174 CompressedAirPipingSystems Airtek ___________480-966-5267 Coolant Systems Chemetall _________ 714-739-2821 DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339 Ebbco Inc _________800-809-3901 Hangsterfers _______ 316-640-2462 Star Metal Fluids _____800-367-9966 Cutting Tools Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Micro 100 _________480-495-1454 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000 S. L. Fusco, Inc. _____ 480-753-5000 Sandvik Coromant ____480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant ____602-628-4242 Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Deburring Equipment S. L. Fusco, Inc. _____ 480-753-5000 Digital Readout Units Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 D & R Machinery _____480-775-6462 Lone Arrow ________480-507-8074 Magnum Precision Mach _602-431-8300
An ISO 9001 Company
Jeff Klimowicz Senior Sales Engineer Southwest Region: AZ, UT, NV, CO, ID All Products Proudly Made in the USA
Door Opening Systems: Automatic Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420 Dust Collectors Lone Arrow________480-507-8074 Electronic Hardware Southwest Electronic H/W_ 480-905-3600 Fasteners Southwest Electronic H/W_ 480-905-3600 Fasteners:Specialty Southwest Electronic H/W_ 480-905-3600 Filtration Equip. Canyon State Oil _____800-894-7773 Chemetall _________ 714-739-2821 Ebbco Inc _________ 800-809-3901 Qualichem, Inc. ______480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids _____800-367-9966 EDM Tooling Systems Desert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782 EDM Performance ____800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply____480-836-8330 Filtermist Mist Collectors Royal Products ______ 800-645-4174 Fluid Control Products (Valves
Mobile: 480‐320‐0308 jklimowicz@qualichem.com www.qualichem.com
& Filters) VACCO Industries _____ 626-443-7121 Filtration -GrindWheels & Belts S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______ 480-753-5000 Guard & Vacuum Pedestals For Grinders Midaco Corporation _____847-593-8420 Industrial Automation IEC Supply LLC________480-455-1446 Industrial Controls IEC Supply LLC________480-455-1446 Industrial Electronics IEC Supply LLC________480-455-1446 Live Centers Royal Products ______ 800-645-4174 Live Tool Holders Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Lubricants / Systems Canyon State Oil _____ 800-894-7773 Hangsterfers _______ 316-640-2462 Pioneer Distributing Co. _ 602-278-2693 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 MachineToolAccessories Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Magnetic Particle Ins Equip.
DCM Tech ___________ 800-533-5339 Milling andTurning Products Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Pallet Systems Adams Machinery _______ 480-968-3711 Arizona CNC Equip ____480-615-6353 D & R Machinery________ 480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery _______ 480-968-5335 PartsWashing Equipment Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728 Qualichem, Inc_________ 480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids ________ 800-367-9966 Power Tools R.S. Hughes _______ 602-275-5565 R8 Quick-ChangeTool System Royal Products ______ 800-645-4174 Rota-Rack Parts Accumulator Royal Products ______ 800-645-4174 Safety R.S. Hughes _______ 602-275-5565 Sensors IEC Supply LLC________480-455-1446 Spindles GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679 Setco Spindles & Slides_____ 866-362-0699 Static Tool Holders Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Steel Service Center Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 Surface Preparation Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728 Tapes
R.S. Hughes _______ 602-275-5565 Vibratory Equipment Adams Machinery _______480-968-3711 Vises andVise Jaws Arizona CNC Equip_______480-615-6353 Desert EDM Sales _______480-816-6300 Waterjet Abrasives Barton International __ 800-741-7756 Lone Arrow ________ 480-507-8074 Waterjet Replacement Parts Arizona CNC Equip ____480-615-6353 Barton International __ 800-741-7756 Work Holding Ellison Machinery____ 480-968-5335 Kurt Manufacturing____ 763-574-8320 CONSUMMABLES Cleaners: Ultrasonic Pro- Ultrasonics ______602-938-0603 Cutting Fluids & Oils (Coolants) Canyon State Oil _____800-894-7773 Echols Saw & Supply ___ 602-278-3918 Hangsterfers _______ 316-640-2462 Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295 Pioneer Distributing Co. _602-278-2693 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000 S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______480-753-5000 Star Metal Fluids _____800-367-9966 EDM Materials & Supplies Adams Machinery_____480-968-3711 Canyon State Oil _____800-894-7773 D & R Machinery _____480-775-6462
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www.micro100.com
Nickel Cobalt Titanium Stainless
O’Neal High-Performance Metals
Delivering Alloy Solutions Worldwide Patty Negoro (800)337-3766 ext. 148 pnegoro@aerodynealloys.com www.aerodynealloys.com
Desert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782 EDM Performance acc’s__ 800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply ____480-836-8330 Qualichem Inc_______480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 EDM Fluids Hangsterfers _______ 316-640-2462 Pioneer Distributing Co. _ 602-278-2693 Impression Materials Roydent ____________480-607-1876 MachineTool Cool. Filtration Canyon State Oil ________800-894-7773 D & R Machinery________480-775-6462 Qualichem, Inc_________480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids ________800-367-9966 Measurement Products for In Process/First Article Inspection Roydent ____________480-607-1876 Solvents & Degreasing Agents Canyon State Oil ________800-894-7773 Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728 Pioneer Distributing Co. _ 602-278-2693 Qualichem, Inc_________480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids ________800-367-9966
Solvents:Vapor degreasing Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728 Solvents:HandWipe Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728 Solvents: Mil PRF 680 Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728 HARDWARE MATERIAL Alloys: High Temperature Aerodyne Alloys_____ 860-289-3820 Western States Metals __801-978-0562 Alloys: Specialty Aerodyne Alloys_____ 860-289-3820 Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 Aluminum Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Ind. Metal Supply_____602-454-1500 Coast Aluminum _____877-977-6061 Fry Steel Company ____800-423-6651 MarZee Inc. ________602-269-5801 Samuel, Son & Co. ____800-631-9765 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Tube Service Company __602-267-9865 Aluminum Extrusions Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Coast Aluminum _____877-977-6061 Samuel, Son & Co. ____800-631-9765 Armor:Commercial Temtco Steel________ 480-389-2883 Armor:Military Grade Temtco Steel________ 480-389-2883 Bar: Large Diameter Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918
Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. Since 1946
Fluid Power / Mechanical / Tool Products ISO 9001:2008 Certified
Brandon Anderson President MOBILE: 612.251.0868 E-MAIL: brandon@vonruden.com
DIRECT: 763.682.0322 PHONE: 763.682.3122 FAX: 763.682.3954
1008 First Street NE - PO Box 699 - Buffalo, MN 55313 USA Made in USA
www.vonruden.com
Driven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry
Made in USA
O mar D e lfin
T echnicalSalesManager Arizona T erritory C h e me t all U S ,I nc. 16961 KnottAvenue La Mirada,CA 90638 ollF ree:800-331-1197 ext.2672 F ax:714-670-6480 T el:714-739-2821 T Omar.Delfin@chemetall.com www.chemetallUS.com Cell:619-208-8968 •
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(855) 400-2269 Tel
A Division of SC Fuels
(602) 369-5185 Mobile
2640 N. 31st Avenue,
(602) 269-2685 Fax
Phoenix, AZ 85009
swatkins@canyonstateoil.com
Cobalt United Performance Metals _ 888-282-3292 Copper Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061 State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990 Western States Metals __801-978-0562 Drill Rod Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 Extrusions TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000 Lead Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Material Sales Samuel, Son & Co. ____800-631-9765 TW Metals _________ 800-203-8000 Ulbrich of California __ 800-237-2888 Metals Advanced Metal Sales___ 623-434-8343 Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 AZ Tool & Steel ______ 480-784-1600 Bralco Metals _______ 602-252-1918 Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061
Davis Salvage Co _____ 602-267-7208 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471 Samuel, Son & Co. ___ 800-631-9765 State Industrial Prod ___602-275-0990 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Temtco Steel________480-389-2883 Tube Service Company __ 602-267-9865 TW Metals _________800-203-8000 Ulbrich of California __ 800-237-2888 United Performance Metals _888-282-3292 Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562 Metals-Bar & Plate Aerodyne Ulbrich Alloys _ 800-337-3766 Apache Steel Company __602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 AZ Tool & Steel ______ 480-784-1600 Coast Aluminum _____ 877-977-6061 Davis Salvage Co _____ 602-267-7208 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471 Samuel, Son & Co. ___ 800-631-9765 Temtco Steel________480-389-2883 Steel Sheet Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471 Tool Steel Apache Steel Company __602-323-2200 Davis Salvage Co _____ 602-267-7208 Tubing & Pipe Apache Steel Company __602-323-2200 AZ Metals ________ 602-688-8003 Ind. Metal Supply _____ 602-454-1500 Reliance Metal Center __ 602-275-4471
Samuel, Son & Co. ___ 800-631-9765 Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Tube Service Company __ 602-267-9865 Helical Solutions _____866-543-5422 Tubing:Titanium & Hastelloy Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295 Apache Steel Company __ 602-323-2200 Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 GASES S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______480-753-5000 Cylinder Storage/Microbulk Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Praxair Distribution____ 602-269-2151 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Purification Units Form Tools (CO2 and Hydrogen) B & T Tool & Engineering 602-267-1481 Praxair Distribution____ 602-269-2151 Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162 Welding and Cutting Praxair Distribution____ 602-269-2151 Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 TOOLING Holders Boring Bars B & T Tool & Engineering_ 602-267-1481 Bilz USA __________ 800-227-5460 Marshall Tool & Supply__ 602-269-6295 Inserts, Indexable Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162 Carbide Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 B & T Tool & Engineering_ 602-267-1481 Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295 Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Helical Solutions _____ 866-543-5422 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 Inserts, PCD/CBN Magnum Precision Mach _ 602-431-8300 Marshall Tool & Supply__ 602-269-6295 Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162 Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 S. L. Fusco, Inc. ______ 480-753-5000 Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295 The Tool Crib _______ 602-978-3130 Loose Abrasive Grains Chucks S. L. Fusco, Inc. _____ 480-753-5000 Bilz USA __________ 800-227-5460 Reamers & Drills, PCD Bilz USA __________ 800-227-5460 Cutting Tools Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Marshall Tool & Supply__602-269-6295 Helical Solutions _____ 866-543-5422 PrecisionToolholding Products Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 Von Ruden Manufacturing__ 763-682-0322 Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Thread Mills Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 Cutting Tools: Custom Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 B & T Tool & Engineering_ 602-267-1481 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Horizon Carbide______ 480-968-0957 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Drills Tooling Columns Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 Ellison Machinery____ 480-968-5335 Marshall Tool & Supply__ 602-269-6295 Tooling: Cutting Tools Moore Tool & Equipment _ 602-455-8904 Custom Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 B & T Tool & Engineering ___ 602-267-1481 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Tooling Systems Ellison Machinery _____480-968-5335 End Mills Coast Aluminum Sales __ 480-797-5162 Global EDM Supply____480-836-8330
Micro 100 _________ 480-495-1454 Sandvik Coromant ____ 480-233-0997 Sandvik Coromant ____ 602-628-4242 Von Ruden Manufacturing__ 763-682-0322 PALLET SYSTEMS Manual & Automatic Pallet Systems Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420 Manual Lift Off Pallet Systems Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420 Manual Rotory Pallet Systems Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420 ROBOTICS Robotic Part Loading Systems Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420 PROG. SYSTEMS Business Software Infor ____________ 520-431-4349 CAD/CAM Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Cimatron _________ 248-596-9700 Delcam __________ 877 335 2261 Feature Cam _______602-502-9654 MLC CAD (MasterCAM) __480-696-6056 MLC CAD (SolidWorks) __480-696-6056 SolidCAM _________ 602-369-0630 SolidProducts _______ 480-206-0330 TMI (GibbsCAM)______ 602-618-6553 ERP Software Infor ____________ 520-431-4349 Software, Inv. Control Delcam __________ 877 335 2261 Feature Cam _______602-502-9654 MLC CAD (MasterCAM) __480-696-6056 MLC CAD (SolidWorks) __480-696-6056 SolidProducts _______ 480-206-0330 Software, NC Programming Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 Delcam __________ 877 335 2261 Ellison Machinery _____480-968-5335 Feature Cam _______602-502-9654 MLC CAD (MasterCAM) __480-696-6056 MLC CAD (SolidWorks) __480-696-6056 SolidProducts _______ 480-206-0330
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Rob Schwister
Relationship Manager 480.905.2407 rschwister@alerusmail.com alerusfinancial.com
30 Years Experience MIKE SMITH 602-397-4008
amtsmike@hotmail.com mike.amts@hotmail.com
TMI (GibbsCAM)______ 602-618-6553 Software, Servicing Delcam __________ 877 335 2261 Feature Cam _______ 602-502-9654 MLC CAD (MasterCAM) __ 480-696-6056 MLC CAD (SolidWorks) __ 480-696-6056 SolidProducts _______ 480-206-0330 TMI (GibbsCAM)______ 602-618-6553 Tooling Systems Global EDM Supply____ 480-836-8330 REPAIR/DESIGN Bar Feeder Repair Edge Technologies ____ 562-597-7824 Machine Tool Design/ Engineering Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 Machine Tool Rebuilding API Services ________ 757-223-4157 Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 AMTS____________ 602-397-4008 DM Machine Repair ____ 480-709-1450 EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782 Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541 Setco-Pope Spindles____ 866-362-0699 The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809
Machine Retrofitting/CNC Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 AMTS____________ 602-397-4008 API Services _________757-223-4157 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 Machinery Moving Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 API Services _________757-223-4157 Maint/Repair Services Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 AMTS____________ 602-397-4008 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 DM Machine Repair ____ 480-709-1450 D & R Machinery _____ 480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery _____ 480-968-5335 Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541 State Industrial Prod ___ 602-275-0990 The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809 White’s Niche Products __ 602-290-9402 Mold Repairs B&B Tool _________ 520-397-0436 Stamping Repairs B&B Tool. _________ 520-397-0436 Prev. Maint Programs Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711
Jimmy Wahbeh
Certified Sales Professional
Celebrating three decades of “Unbeatable Service”
800-364-1652 Ext 1080 Phone 480-696-6056 Ext 1080 Email jimmyw@mlc-cad.com Fax 866-465-0652 A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 API Services ________ 757-223-4157 Arizona CNC Equip ____ 480-615-6353 DM Machine Repair ____480-709-1450 D & R Machinery _____480-775-6462 Ellison Machinery _____480-968-5335 Jemelco, Inc. _______480-804-9541 The Werks C&C, Inc ____602-569-1809 Repair -Hydraulic Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 The Werks C&C, Inc ____602-569-1809 Repair - Portable Advanced Precision ____ 602-525-0156 The Werks C&C, Inc ____ 602-569-1809 Spindle Rebuilding API Services ________ 757-223-4157 Setco-Pope Spindles ____ 866-362-0699 GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679 Tool Repair, Coating, Treatment Cutting Tools Consultants 602-277-1342 PRODUCTS Guns Layke Tactical _______602-272-2654 SERVICES Aerospace Advocate Jill Norgaard _______ 602-753-9155
AZ House of Representatives Jill Norgaard _______ 602-753-9155 Banks Alerus Bank & Trust ____ 480-905-2407 National Bank of Arizona_ 460-756-7124 Business Consulting BMSC ___________ 480-445-9400 Quick Turn Financial ___ 480-385-1220 Rev AZ ___________ 602-845-1200 Calibration: On Site Linear Precise Measurements LLC 602-309-0963 Calibration Services Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370 Arizona CNC Equip_____ 480-615-6353 Klontech Industrial Sales _ 480-948-1871 Precise Measurements LLC 602-309-0963 Washington Calibration__480-820-0506 Calibration: Repair & Certify Advanced Coordinate Tech 480-921-3370 Precise Measurements LLC 602-309-0963 Washington Calibration__480-820-0506 Computer/Web Services Gartman Technical Services _602-788-8121 Consulting ABS Quality Evaluations 702-644-2770
p: 602-753-9155 e: jill@jillnorgaard2014.com w: www.jillnorgaard2014.com MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC. Attract. Engage. Retain.
Donovan Ray Hardenbrook Marketing Consultant don@leapinnovation.com LeapInnovation.com
DAVID MORENO BUSINESS: 915-856-7900 12025 ROJAS DR. SUITE A FAX: 915-857-4700 EL PASO, TX. 79936 CELL: 915-892-0797 www.magnumprecisionmachines.com
EMAIL: dmoreno@magnumep.com
Sheila Berru Account Executive Direct: 310 753 7104 Email:sheila.berru@infor.com Web: infor.com Infor VISUAL ERP: http://go.infor.com/visual/abouterpvisual/
Schools, Your Own Machine Shop for Hobbiests TechShop _________ 480-327-0820
Business insurance solutions for the precision manufacturing industry
Surface Preparation Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728
1-877-373-6879 businessproducts_direct@sentry.com sentry.com
American Global Standards_ 617-838-4648 BMSC ____________480-445-9400 Advanced Custom Screens _800-992-7936 Quality Training Consultants__928-284-0856 Rev AZ ____________602-845-1200 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Contract Inspection Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 Contract Programming Adams Machinery_____ 480-968-3711 Ellison Machinery_____ 480-968-5335 Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 CNC Training Adams Machinery______ 480-968-3711 Ellison Machinery ______480-968-5335 Degreasing Chemical Logic_________ 512-426-5728 Design Services Metalcraft Inc.________480-967-4889 Electrical Installation/ Maintenance Lights Out Electric _____623-703-2950 Engineering Services Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 623-780-4137 Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571
Financial Services Alerus Bank & Trust ____ 480-905-2407 National Bank of Arizona_ 460-756-7124 Quick Turn Financial __ 480-385-1738 SBG Capital _______ 480-897-4988 US Bank __________ 480-303-5422 Heavyhaul IRH ___________ 800-334-2409 Insurance Services NFP Property & Casualty 480-458-6052 Sentry Insurance ____ 877-373-6879 ISO/AS9100 Consulting ABS Quality Evaluations 702-644-2770 BMSC ___________ 480-445-9400 Quality Training Consultants_ 928-284-0856 Rev AZ ___________ 602-845-1200 Sustaining Edge Solutions_ _888-572-9642 IT/ Network Support Gartman Technical Services _ 602-788-8121 Leasing and Financing Alerus Bank & Trust ____ 480-905-2407 National Bank of Arizona_ 460-756-7124 Quick Turn Financial ___ 480-385-1220 US Bank __________ 480-303-5422 Lean Manufacturing ABS Quality Evaluations 702-644-2770 BMSC ___________ 480-445-9400 Rev AZ ___________ 602-845-1200 Sustaining Edge Solutions___888-572-9642 Management Systems Certification/Training ABS Quality Evaluations 702-644-2770
Machine Tool Utilization Tracking E Solutions ________ 602-524-0192 Manufacturers Rep Trepanning Specialties __ 562-633-8110 Quality Training Consultants_ 928-284-0856 Marketing/ Consulting Leap Innovation______ 480-235-6188 Rigging/Machinery Moving IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Political Consultant Jill Norgaard _______ 602-753-9155 Real Estate, Commercial Lee & Associates _____ 602-956-7777 Recycling Barry Metals_________602-484-7186 Consolidated Resources Inc. 623-931-5009 Davis Salvage Co _____ 602-267-7208 Phoenix Metal Trading __ 602-257-4660 Reverse Engineering BMSC ___________ 480-445-9400 Datum Inspection ___ 602-997-1340 Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 Metalcraft Inc. ________ 480-967-4889 Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571 Rigging IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Schools, Custom Training AZPMAP __________ 602-723-8191 Ellison Machinery_____480-968-5335 TechShop _________ 480-327-0820 Schools, Membership Based Machining &Training TechShop _________ 480-327-0820
Systems Integration Ellison Machinery ______ 480-968-5877 Testing, Metallurgical ARTL _____________ 602-374-3770 Metals Eng & Testing Lab.__ 602-272-4571 Starrett Co __________ 978-249-3551 Trade Show Booth Design Fry Fabricators _______ 602-454-0701 Transportation IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Lynden Intl. ________ 602-252-2911 Transportation:Air/Freight/ Ground IRH ____________ 800-334-2409 Lynden Intl. ________ 602-252-2911 Vision Certification Exams, Onsite Hollie Perlow, Nurse ____602-910-0956 Working Capital, Credit Lines Quick Turn Financial ____480-385-1220 SBG Capital ________ 480-897-4988 US Bank __________ 480-303-5422 WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS Chemetall _________ 714-739-2821
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Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes
WESTERN CAST PARTS LLC Steve Whisel
Field Sales & Engineering 9630 N Rock Ridge Trail Fountain Hills, AZ 85268 (480) 2846618 Office (480) 2509764 Mobile swcastings@cox.net, email
ASSEMBLY Abrams Airborne Mfg___ 520-887-1727 Acme Metalworks ______ 480-926-4171 AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 Cascade Systems Tech____ 503-640-5733 DNKB Inc __________ 480-659-7703 East Valley Precision_____ 480-288-6601 Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701 GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 KLK Ind. ___________ 602-267-1331
Morsch Machine________480-961-7673 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Profiles Tool & Engineering _ 480-894-1008 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Cable/Harness Assembly Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115 Cascade Systems Tech____ 503-640-5733
BENDING Advanced Metal Sales __ 623-434-8343 AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 AG Machining ________ 805-531-9595 B&B Fabrication & Machine_ 623-271-6855 Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701 Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090 Bending: CNC B&B Fabrication & Machine_ 623-271-6855 Clean Room Assembly Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090 Jan’s Inc.___________ 480-833-7305 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 L&W Fluid ________ 602-323-2560 BAR CODING BRAZING Western Sintering_____ 509-375-3096 Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432
Thermal-Vac __________714-702-0488 Brazing: Aluminum Dip Abrams Airborne Mfg____520-887-1727 Brazing:Vacuum Bolt’s Metallizing _______602-244-2432 BROACHING Apache Gear, Inc _______623-934-7144 Ayers Gear & Mach ______623-934-6913 CASTINGS AATC_____________602-268-1467 Dolphin ___________ 602-272-6747
Marilyn Kahler Industrial Sales Marilyn@TriFabSales.com phone: 480-607-1876 fax: 480-607-7695
Panasil Impression Material used in inspection for consistent, accurate measurements
Precision Investment Castings Since 1972 www.dolphincasting.com
mikeb@dolphincasting.com Phone: 602-272-6747 Ext. 3335
ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC ISO 9001 PED Directive 97/23/EC
ISO9001:2008
Joe Tripi President jtripi@micropulsewest.com
444 W. 21st Street / Suite 101 / Tempe, AZ 85282 (480) 966-2300 / Fax (480) 966-2323
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LA Specialties ________ 602-269-7612 Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 May Foundry & Machine _ 801-531-8931 Western Cast Parts ____ 480-250-9764 Castings: Prototype AATC_____________602-268-1467 Dolphin ___________ 602-272-6747 May Foundry & Machine _ 801-531-8931 Western Cast Parts ____ 480-250-9764 Castings: Production AATC_____________602-268-1467 Dolphin ___________ 602-272-6747 May Foundry & Machine _ 801-531-8931 Western Cast Parts ____ 480-250-9764 COATING Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117
Sav-On Plating________ 602-252-4311 Coating: Dry Film Lube Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260
Coating: Black Oxide Coating: Liquid Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing ___602-275-3117 Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117 Pilkington Metal Finishing__ 801-972-2146 Coating: Nickel/Teflon Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Coating: Cerakote Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117 Masic Industries _______ 503-232-9109 Coating: NP3 Coating: Chem Film Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 AP Industrial ________ 480-968-1947 Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos. Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117 Chemetall _________ 714-739-2821 FutureWeld _________ 602-437-2426 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries____ _480-968-1930 Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117 LA Specialties ________ 602-269-7612 Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 Lynch Brothers Mfg _____ 602-267-7575 Powder Coating Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Collins Metal Finishing ____602-275-3117 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 AG Machining _______ 805-531-9595 Treffers Precision ______ 602-744-2636 Masic Industries ______ 503-232-9109 The Metal Man _______ 800-448-9448 Pilkington Metal Finishing__ 801-972-2146
CUTTING Advanced Metal Sales __ 623-434-8343 bandsawparts.com ____ 800-240-2932 Echols Saw & Supply _____602-278-3918 Harschco LLC _______ 602-617-7514 Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748 The Metal Man _______ 800-448-9448 Bandsaw Cutting bandsawparts.com ____ 800-240-2932 Echols Saw & Supply ___ 602-278-3918 CNC Router Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 Laser APMI____________ 480-668-0024 Fine Line Laser Cutting ___602-863-3196 Tube Laser Cutting Tube Service Company __ 602-267-9865
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AERO
Craig Roth President/C.O.O.
Spring & Manufacturing Co.,Inc. Patrick H. Stewart II President
DIE CASTING TVT Die Casting ________800-280-2278 Die Casting/Aluminum & Zinc TVT Die Casting ________800-280-2278 DIES Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002 Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995 Precision Die & Stamp’g ___480-967-2038 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 EDM EDM: Drilling Small Hole Arizona Wire Specialists____480-829-6530 EDM Express__________800-780-7075 EDM Tech ___________602-278-6666 LAYKE, Inc.___________602-272-2654 Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995
Ilene Price: iprice@precise-metals.com Steve Bangerter: sbangerter@precise-metals.com 4534 N. 44th Ave, Phoenix AZ 85031 602-272-2625
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Micropulse West________480-966-2300 Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet___714-373-0098 Sun Tech__________ 480-921-1665 EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) EDM Express__________800-780-7075 EDM Tech ___________602-278-6666 Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995 Micropulse West________480-966-2300 Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet___714-373-0098 Quality Mold _________480-892-5480 Sun Tech__________ 480-921-1665 EDM: Dialectric Systems /Filtration Ebbco Inc __________800-809-3901 EDM: Wire 3D Machine LLC______480-239-8254 Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002 Arizona Wire Specialists____480-829-6530 Auer Precision _________480-834-4637 Continental Machining __ 800-777-2483 EDM Express__________800-780-7075 EDM Tech ___________602-278-6666 Hogan Manufacturing_____623-463-1939
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A Complete Manufacturing Facility for Fabrication, Machining and Assembly
21631 N. 3rd Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85027 p (623) 492 9400 x215 f (623) 492 9071 pstewart@stewartmfg.com www.stewartmfg.com
SPRINGS- STAMPINGS- MACH INED PARTS- WASHER S -WIR E FORMSFORMED TUB ING-ASSEMBLIES
3325 East Wier Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85040 Phone: (602)243-4329 Cell: (602)370-5777
Aerospring1@aerospringmfg.com
Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet__ 714-373-0098 PGI_______________505-884-5782 Powill Manufactuing_____623-780-4100 Quality Mold__________480-892-5480 Sun Tech__________480-921-1665 Thompson Machine____505-823-1453 Toolcraft of Phoenix __ 623-435-5405 WC Machine & Tool _____ 480-507-4620 Whitley Machine ______ 602-323-5550 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Graphite Services Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 ENGINEERING/ PROGRAMMING Exactitude Precision______602-316-6957
Profiles Tool & Engineering _ 480-894-1008 FAA REPAIR STATION Air Gear Industries ______602-275-7996 FABRICATION Abrams Airborne Mfg____520-887-1727 Acme Metalworks _______ 480-926-4171 Advanced Metal Sales __ 623-434-8343 AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 AERO Spring & Mfg Co ____602-243-4329 Aero Tech __________ 801-292-0493 Allfab Engineering ______602-437-0497
Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222 APMI ____________ 480-668-0024 Arrow Sheet Metal_______ 303-427-6419 AzMark ____________480-926-8969 B&B Fabrication & Machine__623-271-6855 Bell Steel ___________480-833-5538 BID Machine, Inc _______480-892-7304 CAID Industries ________ 520-294-3126 Continental Machining ____800-777-2483 CygnetStamping & Fab ____ 818-240-7574 Creedbilt Inc__________ 623-939-8119 DT Products Metal Fabrication 928-776-4129 Fry Fabrications ________602-454-0701 Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506 Gilbert Metal Stamping ____480-503-1283 Group Manufacturing Serv _ 480-966-3952 Innovia ____________480-966-6090
JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 Nelson Engineering _____ 602-273-7114 Phoenix Metalcraft _____ 602-279-4810 Plastic Eng. _________ 480-491-8100 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Precision Metal Products 408-699-5037 Scriven Precision ______ 480-961-9775 Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400 TMM Precision _______ 800-448-9448 Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778 Whitley Machine ______ 602-323-5550 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Aluminum (Medium & Large) Aero Tech __________ 801-292-0493 Fabrication: Custom Metal Allfab Engineering _____ 602-437-0497
Arrow Sheet Metal______ 303-427-6419 CygnetStamping & Fab ___ 818-240-7574 Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Precision Metal Products 408-699-5037 Fabrication: Medium & Large Abrams Airborne Mfg___ 520-887-1727 APMI______________480-668-0024 Arrow Sheet Metal______ 303-427-6419 Bell Steel __________ 480-833-5538 Continental Machining _ 800-777-2483 DT Products Metal Fabrication 928-776-4129 Fine Line Fabricating ____ 602-863-3506 Fry Fabrications _______ 602-454-0701 Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090
JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 Precision Metalworks _ 602-455-9575 Trepanning Specialties __ 562-633-8110 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Fabrication: Rebuild/ Large Bell Steel __________ 480-833-5538 Empire Precision Mach.__ 480-633-4580 Fabrication: Sheet Metal Abrams Airborne Mfg___ 520-887-1727 AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 Allfab Engineering _____ 602-437-0497 APMI_____________480-668-0024 Arrow Sheet Metal_______303-427-6419 Bell Steel __________ 480-833-5538 Capital Stainless _____480-967-0016 CygnetStamping & Fab ____818-240-7574 DT Products Metal Fabrication 928-776-4129
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Shawn Carlin scarlin@gmsaz.com
FAA CRS AI0R143N - EASA.145.4079 3301 EAST MADISON STREET PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85034
Fine Line Fabricating _____602-863-3506 Fry Fabrications ________ 602-454-0701 Innovia ____________480-966-6090 Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305 JD Machine __________801-782-4403 Phoenix Metalcraft ____ 602-279-4810 Precise Metal Products ____602-272-2625 Precision Metalworks __ 602-455-9575 Precision Metal Products_ 408-699-5037 Stewart Precision Mfg _____623-492-9400 TMM Precision ________800-448-9448 Weiser/Mile High Precision__303-280-2778 FINISHING AP Industrial _________ 480-968-1947 Arizona Finishing _______602-438-4443 Arizona Hard Chrome _____ 602-278-8671 Coating Technologies _____623-581-2648 EPSI______________714-256-8950 Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930 LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612 Louie’s Black Oxide ______602-257-0530 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Phoenix Heat Treating ____ 602-258-7751
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Shot Blasting Desert Fire___________602-268-1511 Stripping Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Semiray ____________602-275-1917 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 FIXTURES RB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869 Exactitude Precision_____ 602-316-6957 Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939 FORGINGS R&D Specialty Manco ____ 602-278-7700 Forgings:Titanium R&D Specialty Manco ____ 602-278-7700 FOUNDRY AATC _____________ 602-268-1467
GAGES Design & Build Sonic Tool & Gage_______ 480-777-1789 Tooling Sonic Tool & Gage_______ 480-777-1789 May Foundry & Machine __ 801-531-8931 GEAR CUTTING Air Gear Industries ______ 602-275-7996 Apache Gear, Inc _______ 623-934-7144 Ayers Gear & Machine ____ 623-934-6913 GRINDING
Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 ChemResearch________ 602-253-4175 East Valley Precision_____ 480-288-6601 EDM Express_________ 800-780-7075 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679 Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767 Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939 JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600 McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401 Powill Manufacturing ____ 623-780-4100 Ron Grob Co. ________ 970-667-5320 Steel Services Grinding ___ 800-662-0126 Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Grinding, Blanchard
Air Gear Industries ______ 602-275-7996 Air Gear Industries _____ 602-275-7996 Arizona Hard Chrome _____ 602-278-8671 Industrial Precision Grinding 310-352-4700 Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002 McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388 Auer Precision _________ 480-834-4637 Steel Services Grinding ____800-662-0126 AzMark ____________ 480-926-8969 Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595
Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 TCI Precision Metals____ 800-234-5613 Grinding: Centerless Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401 Ron Grob Co. ________ 970-667-5320 Shaw Precision _______ 480-785-4925 Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 Grinding, CNC/Contour Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Powill Manufacturing____623-780-4100 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701
Grinding… Cylindrical Grindworks __________ 623-582-5767 Grinding… Double Disc Industrial Precision Grinding _310-352-4700 Phoenix Grinding _______ 602-437-8401 TCI Precision Metals ______800-234-5613 Grinding: ID/OD Arizona Hard Chrome _____ 602-278-8671 AzMark ____________480-926-8969 Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 Grindworks __________ 623-582-5767 National Grinding & Mfg ___602-588-2869 Osborn Products________623-587-0335 Ron Grob Co._________970-667-5320 Superior Grinding _______ 888-487-9701 Grinding:Mattison Sun Grinding _________602-238-9595
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3422 West Wilshire Drive Phoenix, AZ 85009
edgibson@continentalmachiningco.com www.continentalmachiningco.com
Grinding: OD Arizona Hard Chrome ____ 602-278-8671 Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767 Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Grinding: Surface Arizona Wire & Tool_____ 480-813-1002 Blue Streak Grinding ____ 602-353-8088 Grindworks _________ 623-582-5767 Industrial Precision Grinding 310-352-4700 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401 Quality Mold ________ 480-892-5480 Sun Grinding ________ 602-238-9595 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 WC Machine & Tool _____ 480-507-4620 Grinding: Tool & Cutter B & T Tool & Engineering ___ 602-267-1481 CTE_____________800-783-2400 Gilbert Metal Stamping ___ 480-503-1283 Superior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701 GUNDRILLING Acme Metal Works ______480-926-4171 Trepanning Specialties __ 562-633-8110 HEAT TREATING Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432 Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630 Controlled Thermal Tech’y _ 602-272-3714 A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Desert Fire___________602-268-1511 Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939 L A Specialties _________602-269-7612 Phoenix Heat Treating ___ 602-258-7751 Thermal-Vac _________ 714-702-0488 Heat Treating/ Aerospace Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432 Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630 Phoenix Heat Treating ___ 602-258-7751 Heat Treating/ISO9001/ AS9100 Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630 LargeCapacityDropBottomOven/ AluminumHeatTreating Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432 Byington Steel Treating ___ 408-727-6630 Phoenix Heat Treating ___ 602-258-7751 HONING/LAPPING Grindworks __________623-582-5767 LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654 National Grinding & Mfg __ 602-588-2869 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 Phoenix Grinding ______ 602-437-8401 Powill Manufacturing_____623-780-4100 IDENTIFICATION Labels&BarCode EPSI______________714-256-8950 Tool/PartMarking(Laser) Ace Laser ___________ 480-924-3232 B & T Tool & Engineering ___ 602-267-1481 TechMark __________ 480-820--9444 Silk Screen Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260
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INSPECTION Calibration Washington Calibration ___ 480-820-0506 Inspection, First Article Datum Inspection _______602-997-1340 Klontech Measure Sol _____480-626-8131 Total Quality Systems ____ 480-377-6422 Inspection Services Arizona Wire & Tool______480-813-1002 Challenger Aerospace ____ 480-894-0802 Datum Inspection _______602-997-1340 Klontech Measure Sol _____480-626-8131 Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571 Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Total Quality Systems ____ 480-377-6422 Inspection Services (NDT) Semiray Aero. Testing_____ 602-275-1917 Inspection Services,Welding Metals Eng & Testing Lab. 602-272-4571 ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert. American Global Standards_ 617-838-4648 BMSC_____________480-445-9400 Gladhill Assoc _________623-939-4412 Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642 Quality Training Consultants _ 928-284-0856 ISO Registrar American Global Standards_ 617-838-4648 Orion Registrar ________303-645-4017 Liquid Penetrant Semiray ____________ 602-275-1917 Process Improvement/ Audit BMSC_____________480-445-9400 Quality Training Consultants _ 928-284-0856 Sustaining Edge Solutions__ 888-572-9642
X-Ray Semiray ____________602-275-1917 JIGS RB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869 MACHINING Machining: 3D 3D Machine LLC_____ 480-239-8254 Arcas Machine Inc ___ 480-632-9414 Cassavant Machining__ 602-437-4005 Challenger Aerospace _____480-894-0802 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560 Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 Profiles Tool & Engineering _ 480-894-1008 Pro Precision ________ 602-353-0022 Machining: 5 Axis Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117 Cassavant Machining__ 602-437-4005 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 Industrial Tool Die & Eng 520-745-8771 Metalcraft Inc.________ 480-967-4889 Morsch Machine_______ 480-961-7673 St. Vrain Manufacturing___ 303-702-1529 Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601 Machining: Aerospace AATC ____________ 602-268-1467 Abrams Airborne Mfg___ 520-887-1727 Absolute Turning & Machine 520-624-5628 Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222
Swami Subramanian
860 East 46th Street, Tucson AZ 85713 520-624-5628 • Cell 602-418-2171• Fax 520-624-5636 www.atmswiss.com • swami@atmswiss.com
NATHAN CONSULTING, LLC dba
ABSOLUTE TURNING & MACHINE
Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222
Arcas Machine Inc ____ 480-632-9414 AzMark ___________ 480-926-8969 B&B Fabrication & Machine__623-271-6855 Backerworks Mfg _____505-342-2943 Cassavant Machining___602-437-4005 Challenger Aerospace ____ 480-894-0802 Continental Machining __800-777-2483 Evans Precision Machining _ 623-581-6200 Excaliber___________ 623-878-6800 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 HK Machining ________602-278-6704 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 JB’s Precision ________ 623-581-9088 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560 LAYKE, Inc.__________ 602-272-2654 Matrix Machine ________480-966-4451 Metalcraft Inc._________480-967-4889 Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995 Morsch Machine________480-961-7673 Nelson Engineering ______ 602-273-7114 Nichols Precision ____ 480-804-0593 Osborn Products________623-587-0335 PGI ____________ 505-884-5782 Powill Manufacturing___ 623-780-4100 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Pro Precision ________ 602-353-0022 R&D Specialty Manco ____ 602-278-7700 Service & Sales _______ 480-968-9084 Southwest Swiss Precision _ 602-438-4670 St. Vrain Manufacturing____303-702-1529
Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002 AzMark ____________480-926-8969 B&B Fabrication & Machine__623-271-6855 BID Machine, Inc ______ 480-892-7304 Challenger Aerospace___ _ 480-894-0802 Trepanning Specialties ___562-633-8110 Continental Machining __ 800-777-2483 Uni-Tek ____________602-272-2601 East Valley Precision______ 480-288-6601 Evans Precision Machining __ 623-581-6200 Machining: Contract Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628 Fives _____________909-263-9282 Aero Design & Mfg _____ 602-437-8080 Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551 AERO Spring & Mfg Co ____602-243-4329 GHT Services__________480-396-1800 Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222 Glover Precision, Inc. ____480-464-0150 Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002 HK Machining ________ 602-278-6704 East Valley Precision______480-288-6601 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___520-889-8325 Evans Precision Machining _ 623-581-6200 Hogan Manufacturing_____ 623-463-1939 Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551 HPMP _____________ 801-619-9850 GHT Services__________480-396-1800 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 Gilbert Metal Stamping___ 480-503-1283 Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305 Group Mfg Serv._______ 480-966-3952 JB’s Precision ________ 623-581-9088 HK Machining _______ 602-278-6704 JC Machine & Motorsports __ 602-790-2207 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 Jan’s Inc.____________480-833-7305 JD Machine __________801-782-4403 JC Machine & Motorsports __602-790-2207 KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 JD Machine __________801-782-4403 L&W Machine Co _____ 602-323-2560 KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 LAYKE, Inc.___________602-272-2654 McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388 Metalcraft Inc._________480-967-4889 Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 Matrix Machine _______ 480-966-4451 Profiles Tool & Engineering _ 480-894-1008 McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388 RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993 Micropulse West________480-966-2300 TVT Die Casting _______ 800-280-2278 Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Milco Wire EDM/Waterjet___ 714-373-0098 Machining: CNC 3D Machine LLC______480-239-8254 Morsch Machine________ 480-961-7673 Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117 Nichols Precision _____ 480-804-0593 Abrams Airborne Mfg____520-887-1727 Osborn Products________623-587-0335 Absolute Turning and Machine 520-624-5628 PGI ______________505-884-5782 Alpha Machine ________602-437-0322 PMBC ___________ _602-431-8131 Arcas Machine Inc ____ 480-632-9414 Powill Manufacturing____623-780-4100 Nichols Precision _____480-804-0593 Precise Metal Products ____602-272-2625
Profiles Tool & Engineering __480-894-1008 Pro Precision _________602-353-0022 Quality Mold _______ 480-892-5480 R&D Specialty Manco _____602-278-7700 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 RPM Industries ________623-780-4993 St. Vrain Manufacturing____ 303-702-1529 Toolcraft of Phoenix____623-435-5405 Uni-Tek ____________ 602-272-2601 Val-Tech Mfg__________ 480-966-7376 WC Machine & Tool ______480-507-4620 Wire-Tech___________480-966-1591 Wrico _____________480-892-7800 X5 Manufacturing____ ___602-454-7385 Machining Composites Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628 Machining: Large Alpha Machine ________602-437-0322 Backerworks Mfg _____ 505-342-2943 Continental Machining __ 800-777-2483 Empire Precision Mach.___480-633-4580 HK Machining ________ 602-278-6704 KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 Mach:Turning CNC 3D Machine LLC_______480-239-8254 Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628 Alpha Machine ________602-437-0322 Arcas Machine Inc ____ 480-632-9414 Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222 AzMark ____________480-926-8969 Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115 Cassavant Machining___ 602-437-4005 Continental Machining __ 800-777-2483
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East Valley Precision______ 480-288-6601 EDM Express__________ 800-780-7075 Exactitude Precision______ 602-316-6957 Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551 GHT Services__________480-396-1800 Glover Precision, Inc. ____ 480-464-0150 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___520-889-8325 Hogan Manufacturing_____ 623-463-1939 HPMP _____________ 801-619-9850 JC Machine & Motorsports __ 602-790-2207 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 JD Machine __________801-782-4403 McFarland Machine & Eng __ 480-966-1388 Morsch Machine_______ 480-961-7673 Nichols Precision _____ 480-804-0593 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 PGI ______________505-884-5782 Precision Metalworks __ 602-455-9575 Profiles Tool & Engineering __480-894-1008 Rentzel Tool Compnay ____480-832-0700 RMSS _____________623-780-5904 Ron Grob Co._________970-667-5320 RPM Industries ________623-780-4993 St. Vrain Manufacturing____ 303-702-1529 Stewart Precision Mfg _____623-492-9400 Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601 Val-Tech Mfg_________ 480-966-7376 Metalcraft Inc._________ 480-967-4889 Morsch Machine________ 480-961-7673 St. Vrain Manufacturing____ 303-702-1529 Uni-Tek ____________ 602-272-2601 Machining Plastic Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628
Arcas Machine Inc ____ 480-632-9414 Arizona Wire & Tool______ 480-813-1002 Auer Precision _________ 480-834-4637 AzMark __________ 480-926-8969 Backerworks Mfg _____ 505-342-2943 BID Machine, Inc _______480-892-7304 Cassavant Machining___ 602-437-4005 Challenger Aerospace _____ 480-894-0802 Continental Machining __ 800-777-2483 East Valley Precision______ 480-288-6601 Evans Precision Mach’g _ 623-581-6200 Fives _____________909-263-9282 Flex-Pro ___________ 623-581-0551 Glover Precision , Inc. _____ 480-464-0150 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___ 520-889-8325 HK Machining ________ 602-278-6704 HPMP _____________ 801-619-9850 JB’s Precision _______ 623-581-9088 JC Machine & Motorsports __ 602-790-2207 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 JD Machine __________ 801-782-4403 Jemelco, Inc. ________480-804-9541 JWB Manufacturing ______480-967-4600 LAYKE, Inc. ________ 602-272-2654 Lynch Brothers Mfg ______ 602-267-7575 Matrix Machine______ 480-966-4451 Micropulse West________480-966-2300 Micro-Tronics, Inc _____ 602-437-8995 Metalcraft Inc._________ 480-967-4889 Morsch Machine________ 480-961-7673 Nelson Engineering ___ 602-273-7114 Nichols Precision _____ 480-804-0593 Osborn Products________ 623-587-0335 PGI _____________ 505-884-5782 Powill Mfg ___________ 623-780-4100 Pro Precision _________602-353-0022 Quality Mold _______ 480-892-5480 R&D Specialty Manco _____602-278-7700 Rentzel Tool Compnay ____480-832-0700 RMSS_____________623-780-5904
Machining Precision 3D Machine LLC______ 480-239-8254 AATC_____________602-268-1467 Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117 Abrams Airborne Mfg____ 520-887-1727 Absolute Turning & Machine _520-624-5628 Alpha Machine ________602-437-0322 A Z METALWORKER SW • 98 • March / Apr 2015 2
RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993 Service & Sales _____ 480-968-9084 Southwest Swiss Precision _ 602-438-4670 St. Vrain Manufacturing___ 303-702-1529 Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400 Sun Tech_________ 480-921-1665 Toolcraft of Phoenix __ 623-435-5405 Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601 Val-Tech Mfg_________ 480-966-7376 WC Machine & Tool _____ 480-507-4620 Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778 Wire-Tech _________480-966-1591 Machining: Production GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800 HPMP ____________ 801-619-9850 Innovia ___________ 480-966-6090 JC Machine & Motorsports _ 602-790-2207 Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700 Machining: Prototype A A T C ____________602-268-1467 Absolute Turning & Machine 520-624-5628 Accutech ____________ 801-975-1117 Alpha Machine _______ 602-437-0322 Anewco ___________ 520-751-1222 Arcas Machine Inc ___ 480-632-9414 Backerworks Mfg ____ 505-342-2943 Bar-S Machine ______928-636-2115 BID Machine, Inc ______480-892-7304 Continental Machining _ 800-777-2483 East Valley Precision_____ 480-288-6601 Evans Precision _____ 623-581-6200 Exactitude Precision_____ 602-316-6957 Flex-Pro __________ 623-581-0551 GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800 Glover Precision, Inc. ___ 480-464-0150 Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939 HPMP ____________ 801-619-9850 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 Jan’s Inc.___________ 480-833-7305 Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541
JC Machine & Motorsports _ 602-790-2207 JD Ellen LLC _______ 623-587--0253 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600 KLK Ind. ___________ 602-267-1331 L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560 McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388 Metalcraft Inc.________ 480-967-4889 Micropulse West_______ 480-966-2300 Nichols Precision ____ 480-804-0593 Osborn Products_______ 623-587-0335 PGI_______________505-884-5782 Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700 Pro Precision _______ 602-353-00220 R&D Specialty Manco ____ 602-278-7700 RB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869 RMSS ___________ 623-780-5904 RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993 St. Vrain Manufacturing___ 303-702-1529 Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400 Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601 Val-Tech Mfg_________ 480-966-7376 Wire-Tech __________ 480-966-1591 Machining: Quick Turn Flex-Pro __________ 623-581-0551 HK Machining _______ 602-278-6704 JC Machine & Motorsports _ 602-790-2207 Jemelco, Inc. _______ 480-804-9541 RB Machine Co, Inc _____ 602-272-6869 Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700 RMSS_____________ 623-780-5904 RPM Industries _______ 623-780-4993 Machining: Milling 3D Machine LLC_____ 480-239-8254 AG Machining ________805-531-9595 Anewco ___________520-751-1222 Bar-S Machine _____ 928-636-2115 Challenger Aerospace _____480-894-0802 EDM Express_________ 800-780-7075 Exactitude Precision_____ 602-316-6957
Office: 480.306.7748 4221 E. Raymond Str. Fax: 480.306.7769 Suite #103 Info@swwj-laser.com Phoenix, AZ 85040
www.swwj-laser.com Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Flex-Pro ___________623-581-0551 GHT Services_________ 480-396-1800 Glover Precision, Inc. ___ 480-464-0150 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng __ 520-889-8325 Hogan Manufacturing____ 623-463-1939 Infinisys ___________ 602-276-2276 JC Machine & Motorsports _ 602-790-2207 JD Machine _________ 801-782-4403 L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560 Metalcraft Inc.________ 480-967-4889 Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Morsch Machine________480-961-7673 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400 Uni-Tek ___________ 602-272-2601 Wire-Tech __________ 480-966-1591 Machining: Semiconductor KLK Ind. ____________602-267-1331 L&W Machine Co ____ 602-323-2560 Machining: Swiss Absolute Turning & Machine 520-624-5628 Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115 Cassavant Machining__ 602-437-4005 HPMP _____________801-619-9850 Ron Grob __________ 970-667-5320 Southwest Swiss Precision _ 602-438-4670 Machining: Ultra-Precision Auer Precision ________ 480-834-4637 Southwest Swiss Precision _ 602-438-4670 Nichols Precision ____ 480-804-0593 Machining:Turning: Automatic Absolute Turning and Machine 520-624-5628 American Prec. Machine___ 602-269-6298 Ayers Gear & Mach ____ 623-934-6913 AzMark __________ 480-926-8969 Challenger Aerospace __ 480-894-0802 EDM Express_________ 800-780-7075 Evans Precision Mach’g__ 623-581-6200 HPMP _____________801-619-9850
Dennis Reynolds
PH 602-863-3196 17464 N. 25th Ave. Ste B1 Phoenix, AZ 85023 DR@finelinefabricating.com
JB’s Precision Ind _____ 623-581-9088 LAYKE, Inc. ________ 602-272-2654 Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451 Micro-Tronics, Inc _____ 602-437-8995 PGI _____________505-884-5782 Rentzel Tool Compnay ___ 480-832-0700 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 Stewart Precision Mfg ____ 623-492-9400 MACHINING: LASER Laser Cutting Ace Laser ___________480-924-3232 AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 Allfab Engineering _____ 602-437-0497 Fine Line Laser Cutting 602-863-3196 KLK Ind. ___________ 602-267-1331 McFarland Machine & Eng _ 480-966-1388 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Precision Metal Products 408-699-5037 Research Engineering Dev 602-484-8982 Southwest Waterjet-Laser 480-306-7748 The Metal Man _______ 800-448-9448 TMM Precision _______ 800-448-9448 Tube Service Company __602-267-9865 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Vacco Industries _______ 626-443-7121 Laser Cutting:Rotary Axis K-zell Metals, Inc. ___ 602-232-5882 Laser Engraving & Etching Ace Laser ___________480-924-3232 TechMark __________ 480-820--9444 Vacco Industries _______ 626-443-7121 Laser Marking Ace Laser ___________480-924-3232 TechMark __________ 480-820--9444
MANUFACTURING Abrams Airborne Mfg____ 520-887-1727 Aero Tech ___________ 801-292-0493 APMI __ ___________ 480-668-0024 B&B Fabrication & Machine__ 623-271-6855 Cascade Systems Tech_____ 503-640-5733 Creedbilt Inc _______ 623-939-8119 Exactitude Precision______ 602-316-6957 Harschco LLC _______ 602-617-7514 Hi-Tech Machining & Eng ___ 520-889-8325 Glover Precision, Inc. ____ 480-464-0150 Group Manufacturing Serv _ 480-966-3952 KLK Ind. ____________ 602-267-1331 PMBC ____________ 602-431-8131 Precision Metal Products_ 408-699-5037 RMSS ____________ 623-780-5904 Scriven Precision _______480-961-9775 Manufacturing: Cable Assemblies Cascade Systems Tech_____ 503-640-5733 Manufacturing: PC Boards Cascade Systems Tech 503-640-5733 Manufacturing: Electrode Wire-Tech ___________ 480-966-1591 Mfg: PhotoChemical Aero Tech ___________ 801-292-0493 Vacco Industries ________ 626-443-7121 Etching Fabrication Turnkey Product Services Aero Tech ___________ 801-292-0493 Vacco Industries ________ 626-443-7121 METAL FORMING Allfab Engineering ______ 602-437-0497 B&B Fabrication & Machine__ 623-271-6855 Creedbilt Inc _______ 623-939-8119 Fry Fabrications ________ 602-454-0701 TMM Precision ________ 800-448-9448 METAL STAMPING High Production Precision Stamping Precision Die & Stamping___480-967-2038 Thompson Machine____ 505-823-1453 METALIZING Bolt’s Metallizing _______ 602-244-2432 MOLDING: RUBBER Micro-Tronics, Inc _______602-437-8995
MOLDS PMBC ____________ 602-431-8131 JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600 Quality Mold ________ 480-892-5480 Toolcraft of Phoenix ___623-435-5405 Molds: Construction JWB Manufacturing _____ 480-967-4600 Molds: Plastic Injection Micro-Tronics, Inc ______ 602-437-8995 Wire-Tech __________ 480-966-1591 Molds: Rubber Toolcraft of Phoenix ___623-435-5405 Molds: Steel Aero Tech __________ 801-292-0493 PAINTING AP Industrial _________480-968-1947 Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 STP Performance Coating LLC_ 602-276-1231 Painting& Blast Booths AP Industrial _________480-968-1947 STP Performance Coating LLC_ 602-276-1231 Phosphate Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Powder Coating AP Industrial _________480-968-1947 Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 LA Specialties _________602-269-7612 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Southwest Powder Coating _ 602-272-0878 Wet Paint/CARC AP Industrial _________480-968-1947 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Sandblast/Automated STP Performance Coating LLC_ 602-276-1231 Screenprinting & Pad Printing AP Industrial _________480-968-1947
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BOB HUDZIK
E.D.M. Specialists Precision Machining
SUN TECH Since 1980 1930 E. 3rd St., #13 Tempe, AZ 85281
& ENG.
(480) 921-1665 Cell: (480) 215-7144 suntech@suntecheng.net
AEIFABRICATION RONKOTLOFF Founder / CEO
TEL FAX EMAIL WEB MAIL
480.733.6594 480.733.6596 Ron@AEIFab.com www.AEIFab.com 1113 W. Birchwood Avenue Mesa, Arizona 85210
6532 W Flint St. Ste. 1 Chandler, AZ 85226
STP Performance Coating LLC_ 602-276-1231 PLATING Arizona Hard Chrome _____602-278-8671 ChemResearch_________602-253-4175 Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 E.P.S.I. ____________ 714-256-8950 Gold Tech Industries_____ 480-968-1930 L A Specialties _________602-269-7612 Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530 Precious Metal Plating ____800-481-6271 Precision Metalworks __602-455-9575 Sav-On Plating_________602-252-4311 Anodizing Chemetall __________714-739-2821 ChemResearch_________602-253-4175 Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 FutureWeld _________ 602-437-2426 Gold Tech Industries_____ 480-968-1930 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Pilkington Metal Finishing__ 801-972-2146 A2Z METALWORKER SW
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Brass Plating Sav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311 Bronze Plating Sav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311 Copper Foresight Finishing ______480-921-0000 Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930 Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109 Electroless Nickel Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930 Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109 Embrittlement Relief E.P.S.I. _____________714-256-8950 Gold E.P.S.I. _____________714-256-8950 Foresight Finishing ______480-921-0000 Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930 Nickel/ Chrome/Palladium Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 E.P.S.I. _____________714-256-8950 Foresight Finishing ______480-921-0000 Gold Tech Industries______480-968-1930
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LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Sav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311 Silver Plating E.P.S.I. _____________ 714-256-8950 Gold Tech Industries______ 480-968-1930 Tin: Bright Foresight Finishing ______ 480-921-0000 Tin: Matte Gold Tech Industries______ 480-968-1930 Tin / Zinc Plate Collins Metal Finishing ____ 602-275-3117 E.P.S.I. _____________ 714-256-8950 Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109 Perfection Industrial Finishing 520-434-9090 Sav-On Plating_________ 602-252-4311 POLISHING Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 L A Specialties_________602-269-7612 Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109 PRODUCT DESIGN Design and Modeling Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115 PROCESSING: CHEMICAL LA Specialties _________ 602-269-7612 PRODUCTION Challenger Aerospace _____ 480-894-0802 Louie’s Black Oxide _____ 602-257-0530
PUNCHING AEI Fabrication _______ 480-733-6594 Fry Fabrications ________602-454-0701 Group Manufacturing Serv _ 480-966-3952 McFarland Machine & Eng __480-966-1388 Nelson Engineering ______ 602-273-7114 Phoenix Metalcraft ____ 602-279-4810 Precision Metalworks __602-455-9575 Precision Metal Products_ 408-699-5037 WC Machine & Tool_ ____ 480-507-4620 X5 Manufacturing _______602-454-7385 ROLLING AG Machining ________ 805-531-9595
SAW CUTTING Industrial Precision Grinding _310-352-4700 SINTERING Western Sintering______509-375-3096 SPINNING: Metal Nelson Engineering ______ 602-273-7114 SPLINES Apache Gear, Inc ______ 623-934-7144 SPRAY: METAL, PLASMA Bolt’s Metallizing _______602-244-2432 Empire Precision Mach.__ 480-633-4580 SPRINGS Flat and Wire Springs AERO Spring & Mfg Co ___ 602-243-4329 SPRINGWORKS Utah ____ 801-298-0113 STAMPING AERO Spring & Mfg Co ___ 602-243-4329 Auer Precision _________480-834-4637
CygnetStamping & Fab ____818-240-7574 Gilbert Metal Stamping___ 480-503-1283 Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 Precise Metal Products ___ 602-272-2625 Precision Die & Stamping__ 480-967-2038 Scriven Precision ______ 480-961-9775 Thompson Machine___ 505-823-1453 Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778 Whitley Machine ______ 602-323-5550 Wrico_____________480-892-7800 Precision Metal Forming SPRINGWORKS Utah _____801-298-0113 Thompson Machine___ 505-823-1453 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Stamping: Aerospace Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 Wrico ____________ 480-892-7800 Stamping: Bending Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 Stamping: Deep Draw Thompson Machine___ 505-823-1453 Stamping Design Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 SPRINGS WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 Weiser/Mile High Precision_ 303-280-2778 Stamping Flat Forming Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 SPRINGS WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 Stamping: Light Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 Stamping: Precision Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 SPRINGS WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 TAPPING Gilbert Metal Stamping___ 480-503-1283 Harschco LLC _______ 602-617-7514 TESTING Testing: Flow /Target Semiray Aero. Testing____ 623-842-3030 Testing: Non-Dest/ Pressure Chemetall __________714-739-2821 FutureWeld _________ 602-437-2426 Pilkington Metal Finishing___801-972-2146 Semiray Aero. Testing____ 623-842-3030 THERMAL SPRAY Bolt’s Metallizing ______ 602-244-2432 Controlled Thermal Tech’y __602-272-3714 Empire Precision Mach.__ 480-633-4580 THREADING
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Ron Grob ...........................................96 Royal Products..............................76,84 Roydent..............................................90 RPM Industries...................................96 R.S. Hughes........................................84 S&S Machinery Sales........................83 S L Fusco............................................85 Samuel, Son & Co....................... 39,85 Sandvik Coromant...................... 83,89 Sav-On Plating...................................98 Savage Machine .................... .....58,82 Sawblade.com ................................103 SBG Capital........................................87 Scriven Precision Fab. ......................90 Semiray .............................................96 Sentry Insurance...............................89 Service & Sales......................... ......100 Setco Spindles & Slides ...................86 Shaw Precision Grind’g....................92 Southwest Powder...........................94 SolidProducts....................................88 Sonic Tool & Gage............................94 Southwest Electronic Hardware.........84 Southwest Powder...........................94 Southwest Swiss Precision..............96 Southwest Waterjet-Laser...............99 Spectrum Aerospace........................98 SPENG................................................44 SPRINGWORKS Utah.................... .100 St Vrain..............................................97 Star Metal Fluids......... 13,84,85,87,88 Starrett ..............................................82 State Technology..............................85 Steel Services Grind’g..................74,91 Stewart Precision Manufacturing.........92 Streaming Teacher..................................30 Sun Grinding............................... 38,93 Sun Tech......................................... 100 Superior Grinding....................... 40,94 Sustaining Edge Solutions..........12,87 TCI Precision Metals................... 67,85 TMM Precision............................ 90,93 T.S.M. Mach. ....................................81 TechMark ..........................................93 TechShop ..........................................89 Temtco Steel.....................................85 The Metal Man............................ 90,93 The Werks C&C ................................86 Thermal-Vac......................................97 Thompson Machine.........................92 TMI (GibbsCAM) ...............................88 Toolcraft of Phoenix.........................96 Tornquist Machinery........................82 Total Quality Sys...............................85 Trepanning Specialties.....................98 Treske................................................59 Triad..............................................73,91 Trusty-Cook ................................ 29,83 Tsugami.............................................41 Tube Service .....................................85 TVT Die Casting.......................... 50,93 TW Metals.........................................86 U S Shop Tools ........................... 21,84 Ulbrich of CA............................... 55,85 United Performance Metals..........46,84 Universal Laser Systems Inc ................82 Uni-Tek..............................................95 US Bank....................................... 59,89 US Carbide Tool ............................1,28 Vacco Industries ...............................91 Val-Tech Mfg.....................................92 Verisurf..............................................83 VonRuden ................................... 86,88 Voodoo 13.................................. 42-43 Washington Cal. ........................94 WC Machine & Tool.........................92 Weiser/Mile High Precision .............93 Western Cast Parts...........................90 Western Sintering Co.................... 100 Western States Metal................. 78,88 White’s Niche Products....................83 Whitley Machine ........................93 Wire-Tech..........................................92 Wohlhaupter.....................................84 Wrico........................................... 66,92 X5.......................................................93 Yamazen USA...............................19,81
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