Rocky Mountain Edition April May 2014

Vol. 7, No. 2 March/Apr 2014

Rocky Mountain Edition (CO, UT, ID, MT and WY)

Advanced Manufacturing Solutions From Delcam See Inside Story On VPC For More Details A2Zmetalworker.com

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“Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!”

Sitting Bull Ah, the best season of the year is fast approaching. All around the country, flowers are beginning to bloom, and the grass is turning green. For those living in cold climate, as is all of the Rocky Mountain region, you are ready for sunshine and warmer weather! After having a cold, dark winter that seemed to last forever, we deserve to enjoy the longer-lasting sunshine, chirping birds of spring and the happiness they’ll bring.We feel good when spring arrives!

To celebrate happiness, Facebook organizers asked people to head to social media and share the source of their happiness. Hundreds of people around the world shared photos and messages about their family, pets, books, jobs and more.

Here are some of the reasons why the arrival of spring has us so excited!

More Beautiful Sunshine - Longer days and more exposure to sunlight means a higher intake of vitamin D, which can help boost energy levels and keep your bones healthy.

Fresh Air- Warmer temperatures mean we’ll be staying out more and getting fresh air, which is known to lower stress levels and boost energy levels.

Exercise Beyond The Treadmill - Shedding those extra pounds of insulation you gained during the winter months means getting out the door, going for runs, biking and playing sports – without getting frostbite.

Improved Memory And Alertness - Studies show that overall mental performance is best when body temperature is high – and keeping your body temperature high is a lot easier when it’s not -30 degrees outside.

Getting Back To The Garden - Gardening is fun and relaxing – the best part is watching the progress of things you plant as they grow throughout the season.

On another note, and another reason for us to feel happier, our economy, while not booming, is clearly rebounding. I know that this is the first time in 5 years where I am seeing ‘Help Wanted’ signs in many retail businesses! In the Kiplinger: 2014 Economic Outlook report, it said that greater-than-expected February job growth of 175,000 indicates good momentum going into the spring months, given severe weather across much of the U.S. The report also forecasts an annual gain of about 2.3 million net new jobs in 2014. Increased business spending, growing consumer confidence, the continued housing renaissance and healthy export gains all add up to an increasingly strong economy that should be able to support net monthly hiring that frequently, if not regularly, tops 200,000.

The report also notes that contrary to what one might expect, the rise in the unemployment rate to 6.7% in February is encouraging, resulting as it did largely from an increase in the number of folks looking for work.This indicates greater optimism about employment prospects.

Until next issue, feel good, enjoy the season, and getting outdoors. I wish you the best, and God Bless our Troops!

Linda Daly Publisher A2Z METALWORKER

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Visser Precision Cast Implements Advanced Manufacturing Solutions From Delcam.

This Month’s Shop Profile.

Announcements/Releases ......6,8,10,12,14,16 Feature Articles .............................30-31,40-41 Buyers Guide Equipment .......................49-54 Buyers Guide Processes ..........................55-61 Card Gallery.............................................49-61 Index Of Advertisers....................................62 Editorial ...................................... Throughout

Published by: A2Z Metalworker PUBLISHER/EDITOR Linda Daly linda@azmetalworker.com Mail Address: PO Box 33857 Portland, OR 97292

Telephone: (602) 412-7696 Website: www.a2zmetalworker.com E-mail: info@azmetalworker.com

CONTRIBUTORS Kim Carpenter Gene Wirth Chris Seay Hugh Taylor Kathy Carpenter

Published bi-monthly to keep precision manufacturers abreast of news and to supply a viable vendor source for the industry.

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Announcements & Releases Atlas Rigging & Transfer Celebrates 30 Years in Business Atlas Rigging & Transfer thanks its loyal customers for 30 years serving them.

Jim Dunn, Project Engineer for the company says, “We have been to many of our customers your #1 source for over 30 years for installation, removal, crating, and transportation of machinery. Whether it’s one piece or an entire plant, we pride ourselves with the best client service in the industry.”

To learn how Atlas Rigging & Transfer can help you, call them at 801539-3882 or visit atlasrigging.net Ganesh Machinery Releases New ASL Model Machines

Metalcraft Industries Reduces Cycle Time with Robotic Welding Cell Metalcraft Industries Inc. recently took delivery of a Miller Welding Cell fitted with a Panasonic Robot for continuous MIG welding A2Z METALWORKER

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operations upon being awarded a project in the energy field.

Company President Darrin Caschette stated, “The sheer volume of work we received plus the linear inches of weld gave us no choice; we wouldn’t have been able to hire fast enough.” The roughly 38 x 28 x 28 hydraulic tanks require redundant welding inside and out to ensure against pin holes as well as pressure testing each tank. Mr. Caschette noted that the robot can weld 5-10 times faster than manual welding depending on the application and the quality of the weld is unsurpassed.

Do you have a steel based product requiring MIG welding; feel free to contact www.metalcraftind.com or 888-280-7080.

Rocky Mountain Tooling and Machining Association (RMTMA) Welcomes its Newest Members!

Precise Cast Prototypes & Engineering Precise Cast’s unique culture fulfills a market niche; i.e. prototypes through limited production which eliminates the need for expensive tooling and long manufacturing production cycle lead-times. We continually monitor and refine our processes to produce quality parts fast. Our expert staff uses automation, counter-gravity casting technology, and the latest precision machining equipment to assure Announcements Continued Page 8

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Designing and manufacturing fully functional, working parts gives companies valuable competitive evaluation time and speed to market with their new products which is a significant benefit to both our business and customers. For more information call (303) 288-8221 or email sales@precisecast.com.

Proto-Tel, Inc. Proto-Tel, Inc. is a manufacturer of custom plastic injection molded parts, through hole printed circuit board assemblies, and a proprietary line of residential structured wiring solutions. Capabilities include product design (Pro-Engineer), CAM (Mastercam), PCB layout (PADS), mold building, production molding, lead-free wave soldering, electronic assembly and testing, mechanical assembly and retail/commercial packaging.

Proto-Tel’s advantage is their 30 plus years of experience in design, low cost manufacturing capabilities and an outstanding quality record. For more information call (303) 423-6575 or email sales@ prototel.com.

Mazak Celebrates 40 Years of Manufacturing CNC Machine Tools in the U.S. Owner’s vision in the early 70’s, of Mazak being a global machine A2Z METALWORKER

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tool builder, became a reality in 1974 and over 30,000 machines later, it has set the standard of commitment to support their U.S. customers and for U.S. manufacturing!

In today’s competitive 24/7 manufacturing world where demands are high and increased quality, efficiency and productivity are critical for success, manufacturers need a machine tool partner that can deliver what they need, when they need it.

And that’s exactly what they can expect from Mazak, thanks to its advanced North American Headquarters and Manufacturing Campus in Florence, Kentucky.

The Bluegrass State has been Mazak’s North American hub since 1974, and the company has spent the past several decades continuously improving its manufacturing operations and enhancing its technology to be able to immediately address its customers’ changing needs.

Mazak’s ongoing investment in its North American operations as well as its overall commitment to the manufacturing industry gives customers constant access to new, cutting-edge solutions, while further solidifying its position as a leading provider of innovative, productive machine tools and systems.

Smith Machinery Co., Inc. has been Mazak’s distributor here since 1977.

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Now it pays to invest in high performance and productivity with the new Swiss ST 26. Two totally independent tool systems provide balanced operations, 7 linear axes, 2 C-axes and conversion to a guide-bush-less machine in only 30 minutes. The Swiss ST 26 is equipped with the most powerful and dynamic spindle and counter spindle ever built for this class of machine, allowing extreme machining capabilities. Choose from three turnkey equipment packs: “Starter”, “Advanced” and “Medical”.

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Shop Tools, Inc., Colorado’s Largest Independent Distributor, Is Celebrating Over 30 Years In Business!

We Are The ‘PRO’ in Productivity!

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Ganesh Machinery Announces Arrival of New Box Way CNC Slant Bed Lathes Ganesh Machinery, the popular Southern California based machine tool industry experts, has announced their new line of Ganesh ASL model box way slant bed CNC lathe machines. The CNC lathes are made of high quality materials, especially designed for heavy metal removal, superior cut capabilities, and more.

This comes as good news to machinists around the country seeking premium box way slant bed CNC lathes designed to improve efficiency and performance.

Ganesh has introduced four new Ganesh ASL models.The new machines boast robust standard features: • Renishaw Tool Pre-Setter – Designed to help reduce costly setup time.

• True Slant-Bed Lathe Design – Meehanite® processed cast iron 45° true slant bed design for improved vibration dampening and improved tool life.

• Programmable Tailstock Body – Hydraulic piston moves tailstock body without having to stop the machine for internal machining, reducing time-consuming work stoppages.

• Programmable Tailstock & Programmable Quill – Maintains consistent and adjustable pressure to the A2Z METALWORKER

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work piece for proper support.

• Parts Catcher & Parts Conveyor – Promotes uninterrupted machining efficiency by removing finished piece to the foot of the machine.

• Chip Wash-Down & Chip Conveyor – Chips are forced to the right side of the machine to streamline maintenance.

• Coolant Oil-Skimmer Unit – Increases machine’s productivity by mitigating maintenance interruptions and prolonging coolant life.

• Auto Power Shut Off – Increases production capabilities by automatically shutting down the machine once a long program is complete.

• Ball-Bar Testing – Geometric ball-bar test and laser inspection technology used on each model to ensure the machine meets Ganesh’s stringent long-term production, accuracy, and performance standards.

For more information on the new Ganesh ASL models, or any of Ganesh’s highly sought-after CNC lathe machine products and services, they recommend interested parties visit their website, www.ganeshmachinery. com, or call and speak to one of their specialists at 1-888-5426374.

Helical Solution introduces an extensive radius and ball nose addition Helical Solution has introduced an extensive radius and ball nose addition to their industry-proven 4 Flute Variable Pitch end mill. The HSV-4 is designed for roughing and finishing steel and exotic materials, essentially combining two tools into the Announcements Continued Page 12

Samuel Aerospace is one of North America’s top ten processors and distributors of metals, operating more than 40 facilities which are strategically located throughout Canada and the United States.

Additional facilities maintained in the United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico and China extend our reach globally. Our strategically placed processing and service centers allow us to offer on time and JIT delivery services.

Samuel Aerospace alloys are available in a complete range of shapes and sizes to meet the diverse requirements of the commercial and defense aerospace markets. We stock one of the most extensive aluminum inventories in the industry.

Our available aerospace aluminum offering includes:

• Sheet & Coil • Plate • Rod & Bar • Tube & Pipe

A variety of AS, ISO and TS standards ensures conformance to customer’s requirements. Primary aerospace service centers are ISO 9000 and AS9100/9120 certified.

Samuel Aerospace offers value-added quality processing services including:

• Water-Jet Cutting

• Bar and Extrusion Sawing • Aluminum Plate Sawing

• First Stage Processing

Our pre-production processing services are all performed to stringent quality standards to your specifications, saving you time and money while ensuring the quality of your end product. We go to great heights to deliver the right product to the correct quality standards, on time, every time. Plus, we offer Stock and Release and Vendor Managed Inventory programs.

These programs can help your company eliminate costly inventories and improve cash flow.

To learn more contact your Samuel Aerospace Metals representative or call (877) 565-7050.

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We do OD,ID, Centerless Plunge and Thru Feed, Surface, Angled and Blanchard Grinding.

We have Swiss Machining up to .560 Dia and CNC Mill Capabilities.

We specialize in Long Bar Grinding for Screw Machines.

We Grind all types of Industrial Blades along with Sales of Replacement Blades.

TSUGAMI SWISS MACHINE NEW TO SUPERIOR! 5 Cutting Axes, Rear Ejection, has threading capabilities, and .560 OD capabilities This Will Make Superior Very Competitive On Those Parts That Need Cut To Length, Machined, And Then OD Ground To Size Or Finish!

Announcements Continued price of one. The new HSV and HSV-RN offerings feature a complete selection of standard corner radii for added strength, and our new variable pitch ball nose for 3-D profiling and contouring.

The HSV is designed for tough milling applications that require sufficient chip evacuation and superior tool strength. We are pleased to have added to this popular tool family with over 250 new items!

Helical Solutions, LLC, manufacturers of high performance carbide cutting tools, is located in Gorham, Maine. American-owned and operated, all production is proudly made in the USA. For more information, please contact us at (866) 543-5422, or visit our website www.1helical.com.

Makino Releases EDBV8 for Fast Hole EDM Drilling of Film Cooling Holes and Diffuser Shapes Makino announces the release of the EDBV8 fast hole EDM drilling machine for the production of film cooling holes and shaped diffuser holes in blade and vane segments. The EDBV8 is ideally suited for large turbine engine component machining for the aerospace and power-generation markets, and it is equipped with a 2-axis rotary table for enhanced workpiece positioning. The development of this machine marks the first expansion of the EDBV-Series (electrical discharge blade and vane) product line, and it provides blade and vane manufacturers with the flexibility to accommodate a wider range of part sizes for any high-volume fast hole EDM drilling application.

“The EDBV8 machine provides manufacturers with the speed, flexibility and reliability to effectively produce a wide range of hole shapes and sizes with a single electrode process,” said Brian Pfluger, Makino’s EDM product line manager. “This approach significantly reduces tooling costs while improving cycle time, part quality and production efficiency. Its uniquely designed tooling system A2Z METALWORKER

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integrates the electrode and die guide into a common assembly for quick and reliable automated exchanges, and provides programmable control over electrodes and electrode diameter size changes.”

The EDBV8 uses a rigid guide-arm assembly to hold, locate and support the die guide, which can be alternately used as a programmable axis (W-axis) that runs parallel to the Z-axis. An integrated “middle guide” system is also contained within the W-axis and is used with long small-diameter electrodes to prevent whipping, bending and vibration of the electrode. Additionally, the middle-guide “fingers” automatically retract as the electrode tube reduces in length, maximizing the productive useful length of the consumed electrode.

Unique Requirements for a Growing Industry “The need for EDM drilling with Announcements Continued Page 14

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Announcements Continued advanced capabilities in blade and vane components has grown substantially due to new production requirements, as turbine engine manufacturers strive to improve engine performance and reduce fuel consumption,” explained Pfluger. “The EDBV8 fulfills these needs by building on Makino’s proven EDM technologies to provide solutions to larger, heavier workpieces while improving productivity and part quality.”

BTM Corporation Reduces Coolant Usage and Waste Removal Costs by 50 Percent with QualiChem Semi-Synthetic Fluids BTM Corporation, a Michigan-based manufacturer of clinch joining systems, automation components and contract machine work, has reported substantial savings in coolant usage and waste removal costs after switching its aluminum and steel machining operations to run on QualiChem XTREME CUT 251C semi-synthetic metalworking fluid.

Michigan Petroleum Technologies, QualiChem’s distributor in lower Michigan, oversaw the six-month trials in which BTM compared XTREME CUT 251C against the fluids it had been using.

“The results of the trials on four machines spoke for themselves,” said Richard Seim, executive vice president of Michigan Petroleum A2Z METALWORKER

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Technologies. “Coolant usage and waste removal costs were down 50 percent, and machine operators reported total elimination of noxious odors. Altogether, the total documented hard savings resulting from reduced coolant usage and waste removal costs added up to more than $47,000 in 2013.”

Dave Lamb, BTM manufacturing manager, said: “BTM has an intensive coolant maintenance program and Michigan Petroleum stated that we should be able to lower consumption and the maintenance cost using QualiChem XTREME CUT 251C. We tested several coolants and found that Michigan Petroleum was correct.

We lowered our coolant consumption, maintenance cost, and waste coolant disposal cost using XTREME CUT 251C.” “I like the cleanliness, clarity and machinability of the QualiChem XTREME CUT 251C,” said Tony Weber, BTM milling supervisor.

“There is minimal maintenance and operator acceptance has been excellent.”

“At QualiChem, our strategy for success is dependent on our superior technology and outstanding distributors like Michigan Petroleum Technologies,” said Mike Forest, director of metalworking at QualiChem.

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needs and challenges, combined with their technical expertise and knowledge of QualiChem’s product lines. The result is a solution that dramatically reduces BTM’s operating costs, extends tool life, produces cleaner finished products and improves operator satisfaction on the job.”

Established in 1989, QualiChem is the fastest-growing fluids manufacturer in the metalworking industry. The company’s extensive product portfolio includes synthetic, semi-synthetic and soluble cutting and grinding fluids, straight oils, metal cleaners and corrosion preventatives.

QualiChem is a quality-focused ISO 9001:2008 company and a zero-discharge facility. The company is privately held. For more information, visit www.qualichem.com. In Utah, contact Star Metal Fluids at metalfluids.com or call 800-367-9966

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About Plus Ten Stainless Plus Ten Stainless is a supplier of stainless steel plate, Prodec® plate and aluminum plate. Plus Ten Stainless specializes exclusively in precision cold saw cutting FIRSTCUT+® Services.

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DMG Mori Welcomes You To Chicago Innovation Days 2014 Don’t miss our biggest event in the U.S. Join us May 6 through 9, 2014 as we showcase the latest technology, products, automation and software in the manufacturing industry. Our 42,000-square-foot showroom space will feature: •CELOS - from the idea to the finished product •Four U.S. machine premieres, plus five machines in the new DMG MORI design •38 advanced machine demos •Technology seminars from leading manufacturing companies •The latest in software, automation and additive manufacturing Don’t miss this valuable, complimentary four-day experience.

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Plus Ten Stainless Increases Production Capacity by 30%

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West Coast plate distributor Plus Ten Stainless has added a twelve-foot ferrous Metlsaw to its operations. With the addition

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GOT CIMATRON? More than 40 AMBA member companies are using Cimatron CAD/CAM software to increase productivity and shorten delivery times.

office in Louisville, where about 100 people worked.

Vestas, the No. 1 wind turbine manufacturer in the world in 2013, according to analysts, at its peak employed about 1,800 people at its Colorado facilities - including the research center, at the end of 2011.

Learn more at www.bettermoldmaking.com or call 248-596-9700 ext. 237 today.

The company currently has about 1,450 employees in Colorado and expects to hire an additional 450 people by the end of the year.

See What AMBA Members That Use Cimatron Say:

In 2013, Vestas hired more than 300 people at its tower factory in Pueblo, and the company said recently that the tower factory plans to hire 80 more people in the next few months.

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Kent Smith, President, Diamond Tool & Engineering “Cimatron has really helped us stay ahead of the curve when it comes to creating more sophisticated molds, such as those required for products with blended curves. Without Cimatron in place, designing and producing such goods would be nearly impossible.”

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The towers factory “is expected to reach full capacity utilization in 2014,” Vestas said.

The company also employs people in service and maintenance at two Colorado wind farms and a tools warehouse in Denver.

“By the end of 2014,Vestas expects to have more than 2,000 workers in the state,” the company said.

Vestas sold 1,733 megawatts, or nearly 900 wind turbines, to customers in North America during 2013 — the company’s second-best sales year for that market.

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Many of those firm orders including a “master supply agreement,” meaning that if developers finalize all the potential projects they have on the books, Vestas said it might pick up an additional 2,600 megawatts worth of orders for turbines in the U.S. and Canada.

Pe n t a g o n awa r d e d u p to $12B in contracts for February The Pentagon announced contracts worth up to $12 billion in February, a 48% drop from the same month last year. The drop

in contracts has affected defense firms, experts say. “What we’re seeing right now is people pulling back, saving their money, waiting to see what next year’s budget is going to be,” said Mark Amtower, a contracting consultant. Bloomberg

Colorado breaks nearly 60-year record for oil production Colorado’s booming energy industry produced nearly 63.2 million barrels of crude oil in 2013, a new state record for annual oil production, according to a Denver Business Journal review of records from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC), which oversees the multi-billion dollar industry.

That’s a 28 percent jump from 2012, when the state’s oil and gas wells produced nearly 49.3 million barrels of oil, according to COGCC records.

Preliminary tallies on the COGCC’s website recently indicated that the state produced 63,190,804 barrels of oil during 2013.

That breaks a record that’s stood for nearly 60 years, since 1956, when Colorado’s oil and gas wells produced nearly 62 million barrels of oil — specifically 61,995,000 barrels, according to COGCC records.

It also breaks another tally kept by the Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG), which says its records indicate Colorado’s previous high-water mark of 58,564,000 barrels of oil was reached in 1956.

State energy officials last month cautioned that the COGCC’s oil production information is still tentative, with more information being filed every day.

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“Colorado is playing an important role in securing and expanding our domestic energy supplies, including cleaner-burning natural gas,” said Todd Hartman, the spokesman for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, in response to the DBJ’s request for comment.

“This also represents a significant economic impact to our state and its workers and families,” Hartman said via email. Denver Business Journal

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Denver lands NamJet HQ, 63 jobs NAMJet LLC, the manufacturer of high-powered waterjets to propel workboats through the water, is moving its manufacturing and operational headquarters to Denver after its parent company landed a contract to supply the U.S. Army with up to $259 million in military-grade watercraft.

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NAMJet, currently based in Benton, Ark., will make a $4 million investment at a 50,000-squre-foot site it’s leased at 4959 Kingston St. in northeast Denver, according to an announcement from the city.

NAMJet chose Denver due to the city’s quality of life, the nearby ski areas, but also because it made business sense, said Jim Ducker, the company’s general manager.

The company currently employs about 20 people, and 10 to 15 are expected to move to Denver with the company, he said.

NAMJet’s expansion means about 63 new jobs to Denver, the city said.

NAMJet is owned by Australian company Birdon Pty Ltd., and the owners are “big skiers with ties to Denver,” Ducker said, adding that he grew up in Denver and is a graduate of Englewood High School.

But the move also penciled out on business terms, Ducker said.

“We did our due diligence and from employment and building availability and cost, taxes .. ultimately, when we’d gone through the diligence {Denver] just made sense from every perspective,” he said.

The company considered Seattle, Houston and California, Ducker said.

NAMJet doesn’t need a big body of water to make its waterjets, a small lake will work fine for test runs, he said. And Denver also made sense because the company works with clients around the world, and Denver has easy air connections through DIA. AMJet expects to open its doors in Denver on May 1, Ducker said.

The move stems from a contract NAMJet’s parent company, Birdon America, the U.S. subsidiary of Birdon Pty Ltd., won to supply “bridge erection boats” to the U.S. Army.

The contact calls for the replacement of the Army’s fleet of 400 bridge erection boats — each of the boats have two of NAMJets waterjets.

Birdon bought the company, formerly named North American Marine Jet, in 2011.

Ambri’s Development Of Liquid-Metal Batteries Has Great Storage Potential Bloomberg News reports on the development of liquid-metal batteries that can store electricity for under $500 per kilowatt-hour-technology that could make “renewable energy as reliable as natural gas and coal without the greenhouse-gas emissions.”

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Ambri Inc.’s chief scientific adviser Donald Sadoway said, “If we can get liquid-metal batteries down to $500 a kilowatt-hour, we’ll change the world.� Brian Warshay, analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, said Ambri is the first to pursue the technology. New Energy Finance notes that it costs $1,500 a kilowatt-hour to store energy from the grid using current battery technology.

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conditions will improve over the next four months, up from 21.2% in February. 65.7% of respondents believe business conditions will remain the same over the next four months, down from 72.7% in February.

• 31.4% of survey respondents believe demand for leases and loans to fund capital expenditures (capex) will increase over the next four months, up from 24.2% in February. 62.9% believe demand will “remain the same” during the same four-month time period, down from 69.7% the previous month.

• 31.4% of executives expect more access to capital to fund equipment acquisitions over the next four months, unchanged from February. 68.6% of survey respondents indicate they expect the “same” access to capital to fund business, up from 65.5% in February. No one expects “less” access to capital, down from 3.1% who expected less access the previous month.

• When asked, 40% of the executives reported they expect to hire more employees over the next four months, relatively unchanged from February. 60% expect no change in headcount over the next four months, up from 53% last month. No one expects fewer employees, down from 6.3% who expected fewer employees in February.

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Equipment Leasing and Finance Industry Confidence Reaches New Two-Year High The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) released the March 2014 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). Designed to collect leadership data, the index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from the $827 billion equipment finance sector.

Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market is 65.1, the highest index in two years and an increase from the February index of 63.3.

The first quarter MCI levels are the three highest since April 2011.

When asked about the outlook for the future, MCI survey respondent Daryn Lecy,VP of Operations, Stearns Bank N.A. Equipment Finance Division, said, “Considering we are coming off what are typically slower months and the likelihood that our extra-aggressive winter further impacted new business, we remain optimistic for 2014. We are fortunate to be experiencing year-over-year growth, increasing demand, and overall solid delinquency levels.”

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• 5.7% of the leadership evaluates the current U.S. economy as “excellent,” up from 3% last month. 88.6% of the leadership evaluates the current U.S. economy as “fair,” down from 93.8% last month.

5.7% rate it as “poor,” up from 3% last month.

• 31.4% of the of survey respondents believe that U.S. economic conditions will get “better” over the next six months, a decrease from 34.4% who believed so in February. 68.6% of survey respondents indicate they believe the U.S. economy will “stay the same” over the next six months, an increase from 59.4% in February. No one believes economic conditions in the U.S. will worsen over the next six months, a decrease from 6.2% last month.

• In March, 45.7% of respondents indicate they believe their company will increase spending on business development activities during the next six months, a decrease from 56.3% in February. 54.3% believe there will be “no change” in business development spending, an increase from 43.8% last month. No one believes there will be a decrease in spending, unchanged from last month.

Morgan Stanley Analyst Predicts Dramatic Consolidation In Auto Sector The Detroit News reports a Morgan Stanley auto analyst said in a research note that their will be major consolidation in the automobile industry. Analyst Adam Jonas said there are too many automobile manufacturers. Jonas predicts “the balance of economic, competitive and technological forces” will winnow down the automakers to less than seven.

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The first orbital test flight of the Orion space capsule is being delayed, pushing back the planned unmanned launch of the spacecraft built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. from three months to some time in December.

Orion’s tentatively scheduled Sept. 18 test launch is being bumped to make room on the launchpad schedule at Cape Canaveral, Fla. for a defense satellite launch, according to NASASpaceflight.com Both the Air Force mission and the orbital test of NASA’s Orion will use a Delta IV rocket made by Centennial-based United Launch Alliance.

NASA has confirmed the rescheduling. Neither Jefferson County-based Lockheed Martin Space Systems (LMSS) nor ULA have commented yet.

The Orion “exploration flight test,” or EFT-1, will take off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Fla., and take Orion 3,600 miles from Earth — more than 10 times higher than where the International Space Station orbits and where the Space Shuttles flew.

It will then re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere at speeds meant to mimic the stress of returning from deep space.

Engineers for Lockheed Martin Space Systems (LMSS) and NASA will prepare the EFT-1 version of Orion to be ready by mid-September or October as planned. They can then start working on the next Orion capsule to be flown on the specially-built Space Launch System rocket being managed by NASA. “It will also ensure that NASA’s partners are fully ready for the launch of EFT-1 at the earliest opportunity on the manifest,” NASA said.

Exactly when Orion’s first launch will be scheduled isn’t yet known, though dates in the first half of December are being considered.

Obama’s 2015 budget plan would boost funding for alt-fuel technologies President Barack Obama’s 2015 budget proposal would increase by 15%, to $359 million, the Department of Energy’s discretionary funds in support of advanced vehicles and alternative-fuel technologies.

About $253 million would also be set aside to support the agency’s advanced-biofuels efforts.

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Civil Helicopter Deliveries Expected To Reach $75B Over Next Decade Flightglobal reports that global civil helicopter deliveries are expected to total nearly $75 billion over the next ten years, according to “a rotorcraft fleet forecast from Flightglobal advisory service Ascend.”

The reports suggests that this “will be driven by persistent expansion of the global helicopter fleet,” as well as continued efforts to renew offshore oil and gas fleets.

Ascend’s client delivery manager Chris Wills comments that the AgustaWestland AW189 and Airbus Helicopters EC175 “will be a key part in making 2014 an interesting one for the commercial helicopter market.”

Solar-Powered 3D Printer Turns Desert Sand Into Glass Bowls and Sculptures The sun’s rays can be harnessed to power everything from homes to gadgets, but one graduate student is using the sun to create a super-printer capable of printing elaborate glassware.

Markus Kayser took his graduate project all the way to the sands of the Sahara in Egypt to create his innovative idea dubbed the ‘Solar Sinter’. The incredible design uses a 3D digital printer and the sun’s rays to turn the sand into incredible glass bowls and sculptures that are out of this world.

The Solar Sinter is made up of seven stations: a photovoltaic panel, the focal point for drawing the sun’s rays, a sun tracker, fresnel lens (for magnifying the rays), a battery, controlling electronics, and finally a silver tent dubbed the “office,” where Kayser can shield himself from the hot sun, while monitoring the process. Dragging the mini-station far into the desert, Kayser utilizes the abundant natural energy. The 3D printer has the capability of creating any shape, be it bowls, sculptures and even furniture. The machine is able to turn a remote desert area into a high-tech production facility for high-end design.

Inside the solar powered 3D printer, the sands of the desert replace traditional resin in the production process. The sands are melted and molded into varying shapes using the 3D printer. The entire process is as beautiful as the objects themselves, beautifully glowing and transforming as the sands melt together, evoking footage of the birth of stars in space.

Kayser is dedicated to creating projects that seek to prove the possibilities that lay in the use of solar and desert production, and above all, its endless supply of raw solar power. His previous project, Sun Cutter, used the sun’s rays to make delicate cuts in wood, like a fine laser.

Economy Added 175,000 Jobs In February ABC World News reported that in February, “employers added 175,000 new jobs, better than experts predicted.

But meanwhile, unemployment inched higher, up to 6.7%, fueled by a surge in the number of Americans who have been out of work more than 27 weeks, the long-term unemployed.”

The CBS Evening News reported “the unemployment rate rose slightly last month from 6.6 to 6.7%, but turns out it’s good news. It rose because more people looking for jobs joined the workforce. The government also report that 175,000 jobs were created in February – a moderate pace, but encouraging.”

Air Force: Combat rescue helicopter award coming

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The addition of new employees gave Colorado a total of 2,412,200 jobs and brought the unemployment rate down to 6.1 percent from 6.2 percent in December.

Colorado’s jobless rate has fallen for six consecutive months.The state hasn’t seen an unemployment rate of 6.1 percent since December 2008.

The addition of 7,300 nonfarm jobs during January amounts to private-sector employers adding 7,600 positions and government agencies shedding 300 workers.

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United States Navy Unveils Plan to Beam Solar Power from Space to Earth The United States Navy Research Laboratory has unveiled two modules they are testing to capture solar energy from space and divert its power to earth. The two designs would use reflectors to concentrate sunlight to a satellite that would project the power to a receiver on the earth’s surface. If the plans are approved, the components would be assembled in space by a team of robots.

The futuristic plans headed by Dr. Paul Jaffe comprise two different designs that could create enough solar energy to power a city or a military plant. The first is a sandwich module that keeps electrical components between one enormous square photovoltaic panel that faces the sun and a square base with an extending antenna that directs the powered collected toward the earth. The electronic system in the center transforms the collected solar energy into radio frequency that can be easily beamed to the receiver.

Jaffe’s second model, which opens up the sandwich design, would be more effective. The zig-zag shaped module has more surface area that extends into a step design to collect more power from the sun, making it more energy efficient.The panels would receive more sunlight without overheating, making the design safer, as well as producing more energy to be directed by the antenna in radio waves. Although Jaffe has tested models of these designs in a space-like chamber, the actual designs would be a kilometer in diameter. The NRL is currently exploring launching Jaffe’s design, either in space or high in the stratosphere.

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DMLS, however, is not the only high tech component to VPC. What really was the inspiration to start the company was a process that they embraced from the very beginning that most of us in manufacturing have never even heard of, or have thought to be possible commercially. It is called amorphous metal casting (also known metallic glass or bulk metal glass) is a solid zirconium based alloy, with a disordered atomicscale structure. Amorphous Metal Casting allows for near net shape casting of complex geometries that hold tight tolerances (often what you’d expect from machining) and offer a superior set of mechanical properties.

Whatever the reason or speculation of amorphous metals for the future, it is being done today at Visser Precision Cast, an incredible facility that houses CNC machines, a water jet machine and other pieces of equipment, such as additive manufacturing equipment.

Tool Maker Ryan Coniam, a mechanical and automotive manufacturing engineer knew that they couldn’t offer just this one new technology and still be a complete solutions provider. He says, “We knew that to succeed with a relatively new technology, like amorphous metal casting, we would have to offer more commercially accepted services to be a true solutions partner. We added additive manufacturing to our list of competencies. No one manufacturing process will solve the problems of the world, but having the tools to offer their customers for the specific needs is what will allow us to stand out.” So they wrapped their business around 3 key competencies, including; Amorphous Metal Casting, Precision Machining, and Additive Manufacturing Precision Machining VPC specializes in manufacturing unique and complex parts. Using cutting edge techniques, they manufacture parts for a wide variety of industries, ranging from injection molds to mission-critical aerospace components. VPC has the manufacturing resources available to take projects through a variety of processes from prototype to production.

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VPC manufactures parts for its customers on well-maintained, high accuracy machines in their temperature controlled Denver, Colorado facility. Their processes are designed around the utilization of statistical controls that work in conjunction with an on-site quality lab. All parts are machined to the same high standards, maintaining consistency and predictability for their customers.Today, the company is ISO 13485 certified for the medical industry, and plans to achieve AS9100 certification within the year.

The company offers 3 and 5 axis (automated) CNC milling, 7-axis mill/turning, wire and sinker EDM, flat grinding, and water jet cutting for their customers. Ryan says, “We believe in purchasing the latest in machine tool technology, as this enables us to remain competitive globally.”

He continued, “We are in the early stages of automating at VPC, and we are adding to our existing carousel robots that feed our machines.”

Additive Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing (AM) refers to a process by which digital 3D parasolids are used to build up or “Grow” a component in layers by depositing material. This definition is taken from the International Committee F42 for Additive Manufacturing Technologies (ASTM). The term “3D printing” is increasingly used as a synonym for AM. Instead of milling a workpiece from solid block, for example, AM builds up components layer by layer using materials that are available in fine powder form. A range of different metals, plastics and composite materials may be used.

Functional principle using the example of Direct Metal Laser Sintering Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) is a technology that uses a fiber optic laser to fuse together 30 micron layers of metal powder.

The parts are built up additively, layer by layer, to create a dense end product. Application dependent multiple heat treatments may be required to achieve the required material properties for each specific material as heat treatments on “grown” parts exhibit near billet properties.

Being able to produce parts directly from 3D CAD data allows designers to develop features and structures that would be impossible any other way. DMLS components offer an excellent option

for functional prototypes in as well as out of the box options for high temperature applications and end-use parts. Current materials available through VPC are Cobalt Chromium, Titanium-6Al-4V, Aluminum AlSi10Mg, Inconel 718, Stainless Steel 17-4, and Maraging Steel MS1.

Ryan says that VPC customers use the additive manufacturing solution for making prototypes during the early development phases of a product - significantly reducing the time required for their customers in new product development. Or when solving challenges that are not possible by conventional manufacturing techniques, such as creating internal passages or details.

What makes VPC so successful? Ryan says its not just their cutting edge technologies, or their superior machine tools, it’s dedicated teammates, and the company doesn’t put titles on their team members’ business cards (“We are equally responsible for the success at VPC”). It is also the suppliers VPC relies on to deliver the best products with the best service. Ryan says, “Unless a supplier gives me us a reason to change, we are loyal to them. It’s how we treat our customers, our teammates, and our suppliers.”

One of VPC’s partner/supplier’s is Delcam. Ryan says, “Delcam is a critical component to our business.” Luke Davidson, who does a lot of advanced program development for the company, says, “We looked at a few different CAM products on the market, and ultimately selected Delcam. I knew the Delcam product extensively, and we selected it for a variety of reasons, including: • Ease of use and quick learning curve (other CAM solutions are unnecessarily complex) • Common interface across all of VPC’s machine tools, from their wire EDM their turn/ mill centers • Superior posts (poor posts will result in expensive crashes in our machines) • Superior CAM software for our mold making (Delcam makes the tool maker as efficient as is humanly possible) • It offers some of the best CAM software for 5 axis machining (and it some good history with DMG, which is VPC’s 5 axis machine) • Superior knowledge of the employees at Delcam and superior training VPC has a number of Delcam’s software licenses, including PowerMILL. Luke says, “The main advantage of 5-axis machining is the ability to save time by machining complex shapes in a single setup. PowerMILL has several machining strategies using shorter cutters to produce faster, more accurate machining with less vibration.”

The company also uses Delcam PowerSHAPE, which is a versatile, easy-to-use, integrated solid, surface and triangle modeling from design to manufacture.

PowerSHAPE’s unique combination of modeling tools let you create detailed, accurate 3D models of even the most complex parts simply and efficiently.

Luke says the company also has a seat of Delcam Electrode, which enables the team

to design better electrodes - faster. He says, “It helps us to reduce manufacturing bottlenecks by creating EDM electrodes, as part of our machining process.

Delcam Electrode guides you step by step from 3D CAD model to ready-to-use electrode.”

With VPC’s Delcam FeatureWIRE seat, once the part dimensions or geometry is created, the feature wizard walks you through the creation of features including: 2 or 4 axis dies, 2 or 4 axis punches, and 2 or 4 axis sides.

Blaine Duke, Delcam’s Sales Manager says, “VPC is also using our advanced FeatureTURN/MILL software that suppor ts their lathes with live tooling that have B axis with a subspindle. They also use FeatureMILL3D as well for additional mill work, and FeatureRECOGNITION is used with all the FeatureCAM products to extract features from solid models.”

Luke and the team say Blaine is doing a superior job in his role, which is to provide different options for manufacturing problems they have and to provide solutions. Luke says, “Blaine has been exposed to a lot of advanced manufacturing processes, and his skills are outstanding. Everyone at Delcam is so knowledgeable on helping our team with difficult to machine parts.”

For more information on Delcam’s complete CAD/ CAM software solutions, visit delcam.com or call them at 1-877-DELCAM1 (335-2261).

To learn more about VPC, and how amorphous metal casting may benefit your manufacturing, call them at visserprecisioncast.com or call 303-454-1650.

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Generallargest Dynamics to Deliver U.S. Army’s Newest World’s rocket contest launches next Tactical Ground Station Intelligence System generation of aerospace leaders The U.S. Army awarded a contract to General Dynamics C4 Systems More than 700 student teams representing 48 states, the District for 10 vehicle-mounted Tactical Ground Station (TGS) Lot D systems of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands are preparing for the 2014 with an option for 11 additional systems.The TGS system is part of the Team America Rocketry Challenge, the world’s largest student Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A), the Army’s rocket contest and a key piece of the aerospace and defense industry’s primary deployed system for posting, processing and distributing strategy to build a stronger U.S. workforce in science, technology, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information in real time engineering and math (STEM). to intelligence analysts and commanders. The order is valued at $31.5 million with all options exercised. The first of the new TGS systems is Vestas a hiring at its Colorado scheduledisforon delivery during thespree third quarter of 2013.

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Five $250,000 early-stage capital and retention grants went to companies producing products ranging from prosthetic feet to vapor-recovery modules for oil and gas sites.

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“We are so used to dominating at sea and in the air, we don’t spend anywhere near the money we should on enablers like electronic warfare and deception and other things like that,” acting Deputy Defense Secretary Christine Fox said this month. Travis Slocumb of Raytheon Co. said work on next-generation electronic warfare would bring together advancements in computer, wireless and communications technology from recent decades. Los Angeles Times

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O b a m a u nve i l s n e w p u bl i c - p r iva t e manufacturing institutes An institute for advancing digital manufacturing and one for boosting lightweight metals innovation -- through a combination of public and private backing -- were announced recently by President Barack Obama. The Lightweight and Modern Metals Innovation Institute, or LM3I, will be in Detroit, while the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute will be based in Chicago. Both are aimed at developing technologies and markets.

“Public-private partnerships are essential to advancing the competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing,” said Ray Kilmer, executive vice president and chief technology officer at Alcoa, one of the founding members of the LM3I. American City Business Journals

Retirement wave will hit aerospace hard, companies warn An aging workforce is a looming threat to the aviation and aerospace industries, leaders of that sector told Congress this month. The testimony -- during which executives from Boeing and elsewhere detailed the percentage of their skilled workforce due to retire soon -- was part of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security’s attempt to understand the industry’s workforce needs.

“We are seeing competitors move up behind us,” said Marion Blakey, president and CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association. Reuters

Cyber, IT Bright Spots in Defense Budget The Pentagon’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2015 includes $5.2 billion for cyber security. But when intelligence agencies are added to the mix, the amount nearly doubles, according to new estimates.

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“Cyber and business IT systems are among the few bright spots in the Defense Department’s investment budget plans,” says Douglas Berenson, budget analyst at The Avascent Group.

The firm estimated that military spending on cyber security amounts to about $3.6 billion, and $6.3 billion goes to the intelligence community.That includes the CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, National Security Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of National Intelligence and other small civilian intelligence organization at the departments of State, Energy and Homeland Security.

Agencies such as DIA, NRO, NSA, and NGA draw a significant share of their budgets from the Pentagon top line, Berenson said, so his figures are consistent with the Department of Defense estimate of $5.2 billion.

Beyond these agencies, civilian federal cyber security spending is about $2.5 billion, which results in total federal government investment of about $12.4 billion.

The cyber security budget consumes only a small piece of the Pentagon’s $37.7 billion pot of money allocated to information technology.

But it receives disproportionate attention because of an increased incidence of network intrusions in the United States. The military is particularly vulnerable because it owns 15,000 networks that are difficult to monitor, said Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the outgoing director of the National Security Agency and chief of U.S. Cyber Command.

“Defense Department systems are scammed by adversaries about 250,000 times an hour on average for vulnerabilities,” Alexander told members of the House Armed Services subcommittee on intelligence, emerging threats and capabilities during a hearing March 12.

With 15,000 networks, he said, “It’s very difficult to ensure that one of those doesn’t get penetrated. And if they get into one, they’re free to roam around all of them. And that creates a problem.”

Much of the Defense Department’s cyber funding will be spent on

security technologies, workforce training and command-and-control systems to monitor networks. “You’ve got to be able to see what’s going on in cyberspace,” Alexander said. “If you ask anybody to draw a diagram of what the attack looks like, get four different people, have them sit at different desks, you’ll get four different pictures. That means you have no coherent defense. We’ve got to have a common picture that people can see to defend it.”

Berenson said Defense Department spending on information and intelligence systems (C4ISR in military-speak) is the only portion of the budget that is growing in 2015. C4ISR procurement is up 6.9 percent from $10.1 billion in 2014 to $10.8 billion in 2015. Research and development would grow by 0.9 percent, from $9.2 billion to $9.3 billion. Source: NDIA

Corgenix considering sale of company Broomfield’s Corgenix Medical Corp. is considering putting the company up for sale, the Daily Camera reports.

The company, which makes diagnostic tests, made the announcement in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Corgenix said it’s looking at other “strategic alternatives” that could include a joint venture or strategic partnership.

Corgenix noted in the filing additional information wouldn’t be revealed unless the board of directors approved a specific deal, or finished a review of the strategic alternatives. The company has retained Inverness Advisors to act as its financial adviser.

Corgenix posted profits of $178,497 on revenue of $2.71 million in the quarter ended Dec. 31, up from $50,400 in net income and $2.48 million in revenue during the same period a year earlier.

Lockheed shifts Korean jet work from Arizona to Colorado Work on South Korea’s Peace Krypton reconnaissance aircraft system is relocating from Goodyear, Ariz., to Colorado Springs, Colo., as

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First Boeing 737 At 42 Per Month Rolls Out The Tacoma News Tribune reports that Boeing has rolled out its first 737 at a production rate of 42 a month, “the highest 737 production pace the Renton plant has ever achieved.” Boeing will not stop there, according to the article, planning to produce 47 a month by 2017.

Report: Cheap Energy Leads To Increase In Manufacturing Employment Reuters reports that a US Conference of Mayors report says that manufacturing employment in metropolitan areas increased by an average of 1.7% per year for the last three years. The report also states that energy-intensive industries like machinery and fabricated metals were an essential part of that growth. The conference that commissioned the report attributes much of the growth to the impact of the energy revolution and cheaper natural gas keeping firms competitive.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports “through 2020, the report projects that energy intensive manufacturing employment will expand by more than 1% annually nationwide.”

Tesla Fights For Direct Sale Business Model Bloomberg News reports that, in its fight to sell its cars directly without a dealership middleman,Tesla Motors Inc. is being backed by consumer groups including Consumer Federation of America and the Center for Auto Safety. Jack Gillis of the Washington-based Consumer Federation of America says that “Direct sales to consumers, especially with the Internet now becoming the go-to vehicle for purchasing, are very important.”

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The satellites and other payloads carried on ULA’s Delta IV and Atlas V EELV rockets are the most sophisticated and expensive projects military and spy agencies put in space. They can be school bus-sized satellites costing hundreds of millions of dollars to build and that are considered vital to nation’s national security.

With JLTV on Track, Army Officials Hope to Start New Programs In the next few years, the Army may be ramping up new-start programs for a medium truck as well as a boat designed to transport supplies on inland waterways.

The currently unnamed medium truck, which would be created jointly with the Marine Corps, could be fielded in the mid-2020s, said Kevin Fahey, the Army’s program executive officer for combat support and combat service support.

“We’re already working with the Sustainment Center of Excellence and the [research and development] centers, both Army and Marine Corps, because we need to right now start structuring a [medium truck] program like” the joint light tactical vehicle, he told reporters.

The new truck could take the place of the family of medium tactical vehicles, the palletized load system and the heavy expanded mobility tactical truck, he said.

A technology development phase could begin as early as 2018, he said.

Fahey envisions that the truck will have the same survivability as a mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle while maintaining the same weight as one of the Army’s current medium trucks. Like the JLTV, it could be outfitted with armor kits, allowing the service to add more when needed and to upgrade to lighter, more protective armor when it becomes commercially available.

Fahey and Army Col. John Cavedo, joint project manager for the joint light tactical vehicle, indicated the JLTV program was on track to make a Milestone C decision in 2015. The services this month released draft source selection and evaluation criteria for low rate initial production.

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The Marine Corps and Army also considered lifecycle costs, including fuel efficiency and reliability, as part of its source selection strategy, he said.

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That study will wrap up as early as this spring.

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because of the changes to the Pacific,” he said. “For Colorado to be at the forefront and to be able to build our hubs to help local businesses National Defense compete is really at the heart of our effort to C o l o r a d o t o b e o n e o f be home to this,” Lund said. “It will allow us 7 hubs of national digital to be able to retrain our workforce to be able to compete in the future.”

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Colorado will be one of seven hubs for a national digital manufacturing institute — an opportunity to continue its efforts to grow its advanced-manufacturing sector, with some major financial help from the federal government.

President Barack Obama is expected to announce the seven locations and further details about the project, but Ken Lund, executive director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, confirmed last month that this state will be one of them.

With the announcement will come a federal grant of about $10 million to match the $10 million pledged already to the project by OEDIT and several universities in Colorado, he said.

Digital manufacturing is a rapidly evolving subset of the industry. It involves using computer tools such as simulations and 3D visualization to drive production.

Several Colorado companies already employ the practice, including Woodward Inc. in Fort Collins and Bal Seal Engineering Inc. in Colorado Springs, but the placement of three training “nodes” in the state will let more companies learn how to employ the technology, Lund said.

UI Labs of Chicago will be awarded the main $70 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to fund the Digital Lab for Manufacturing project. That will be matched with $250 million in contributions from industry, academia and private sources to sustain the full nationwide network.

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Loyalty is an attribute that Jason and the team at Mountain View value highly. Jason says, “When we celebrated our 20th anniversary this year, we invited our employees and their families to the event. We also invited our past employees, who are still like family members to us. Though many had moved away from Logan to other parts of Utah, or elsewhere, many of them still came to celebrate our event.”

Mountain View Machine & Welding (a.k.a. Mountain View) is celebrating 20 years in business this year! The company, founded by Jason Crook, is a family-owned business tucked away in Logan, Utah, a quaint town in the mountains. It is also a woman-owned and Veteran-owned business.

The company continues to thrive, and Jason has plans in the future to build an adjacent building on his land to accommodate the growth. Today, the business occupies a 26,000 square foot facility.

Jason doesn’t realize that his company’s success is not typical of many machine shops. For him and his family, it is business as usual. Take care of your customers (treat them as they are part of the business), work overtime or on weekends to get them out of a bind (without charging rush fees), make great products, buy the best machine tool technology, treat your employees well so that your retention is below average (they even have employees who have been with them since the company opened for business), and continually reinvest profits back into the company.

That’s it. And it works really well for Mountain View’s customers.

Mountain View retains the philosophy of doing everything they possibly can in-house. Jason says, “This is one of the ways we are able to control nearly the entire process involved with delivering parts to our customers on-time.” It also allows Mountain View to keep their costs down.” Jason says, “I haven’t had a customer in 5 years tell me our prices were high.”The company offers in-house machining, tooling, grinding, certified welding, wire EDM, heat treat, black oxide, waterjet cutting, painting, inspection and complete assemblies. The only work they outsource is anodizing and sinker EDM work, though Jason says that if more sinker EDM work comes into Mountain View, the company will purchase its own machine.

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Loyalty extends to MountainView’s suppliers.

Jason started buying machines from Scott Trumble when he first opened for business.

Jason says, “Nearly every CNC machine we own was purchased through Scott. Scott is honest and I consider him a friend. I trust him and that is why we do business with him.

Scott knows our business so well, and he always recommends the right machine tools for our requirements, today and in the future.

He doesn’t just sell us something.”

Business was so strong last year that Jason was able to purchase 2 new machines, a Romi 620 CNC/Manual “combination” lathe and a Mazak mill and a Mazak Nexus VCN-530C II. Both were purchased from Scott Trumble, sales engineer at Smith Machinery.

Jason says, “We already owned 2 Romi machines, and they are still working well for

About Romi us.” He continued, “The Romi 620 offers us extensive work flexibility for multiple applications with several chucks and tool holders configurations.

It gives us great power levels, speed movement and machining precision.”

Before Jason purchased the Romi 620 lathe, the team was using an older Cincinnati machine. Jason says, “We still have the Cincinnati, and we’re still using it, but we like that the Romi 620 offers a bigger spindle bore and is much easier to run.” He continued, “We recognize that our customers value the fact that we invest in new machine tools and that they realize the benefits of the technology it offers.”

The two older Romi machines used Bridgeport EZ-Path and EZ-Track controls.The new Romi comes with the Siemens Sinumerik 802D CNC Control.

Jason is very pleased with the high performance and reliable hardware of the Siemens Sinumerik 802D CNC Control, and he says it offers multiple means of programming, operating and machining simulation resources, including a Graphic module for machining simulation. He says that his team likes the new Siemens Sinumerik control; it easier to program. He admits it was relatively easy for his team to move from the EZ-Path CNC to the Siemens control.

The company is also pleased with the training and servicing they have received on their Romi machines, both from the resources at Smith Machinery, and from Romi direct. Several Mountain View employees participated in the onsite training that came with the purchase of the Romi 620.

Jason and his wife Trisha aren’t even close to retiring, but when they do, business continuity is assured as there are a number of family members active in the business today. Daughter Jamie and her husband Derek, sons Robert and Bill work fulltime for the business, while Jacob, the youngest son, is studying manufacturing at school, while working part time for the company. Jason expects Jacob’s formal manufacturing training will bring new ideas and technologies into the family business.

Founded by Americo Emilio Romi in 1930 as an automobile repair shop in Santa Barbara d’Oeste, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Industries Romi S.A. has grown to become a global leader in Machine Tools, Plastic Injection Molding Machines, High Precision Adjustable Boring Systems and Rough and Mac hined Castings. Its products and services a r e m a r ke t e d domestically and exported to five continents for industries such as automobile and automotive components manufacturing, consumer goods, agricultural machinery and implements, and industrial machinery and equipment. Our brand name is synonymous with quality, technology and reliable products and services.

Romi manufactures Machine Tools (metal cutting machines and metal removal equipment such as CNC Lathes, Conventional Engine Lathes, and Machining Centers); Plastic Injection Molding Machines; and Rough or machined grey, ductile and vermicular castings.

To learn more about Mountain View Machine & Welding, a company with values and work ethic that helped make the US a manufacturing powerhouse years ago, call them at 435-755-0500.

Romi invests about 4% of its annual net earnings into developing new products and technologies. It holds over 60 patents and has a further 30 patents pending in Brazil and overseas.

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Jet Engine Technology at The Heart of DoD’s Drive To Preserve At-Risk Sectors The Pentagon for years has said it would intervene to protect vulnerable areas of the industrial base during a period of declining defense spending.Now it’s acting on that policy.

Senior US defense officials said the Pentagon’s fiscal 2015 budget proposal would put money toward preserving at-risk sectors of the industrial base to protect technological know-how.

At the center of the effort is a $1 billion investment in next-generation jet engine technology. The goal is to reduce fuel consumption and maintenance needs.

“This new funding will also help ensure a robust industrial base, a very strong and important industrial base, itself a national strategic asset,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said when he previewed major decisions in the Pentagon’s 2015 budget.

Just one problem: The effort will not begin until 2016 and would go away if Congress does not raise defense spending caps in that year and through the remainder of the decade.

This comes at a time when the Pentagon could use science and technology investments to help dig itself out of the budget hole.

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In addition to the engine initiative, DoD’s $496 billion 2015 budget proposal would look at designs for a new combat vehicle and next-generation aircraft, Frank Kendall, DoD’s acquisition chief, said at a conference sponsored by McAleese and Associates and Credit Suisse.

As the defense budget shrinks and the Pentagon looks to tailor its strategic investments, Christine Fox, the acting deputy defense secretary, warned that DoD and industry will likely not see eye-to-eye on everything.

Hagel also announced the Army would terminate its Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program. Instead, Kendall said, DoD would look at designs for a next-generation combat vehicle.

“We’re going to go back and take a look at that and try to advance technologies so that we have more capability than GCV was going to give us, hopefully with less weight and the equivalent protection, but with more capabilities in other areas as well,” Kendall said.

Army officials are laying out the details of the GCV follow-on, Army acquisition executive Heidi Shyu said at the same conference.

In addition to that project, DoD also plans investments to sustain rotary and design teams, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking at ways to maintain air dominance 30 years from now.

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Is the Navy ready for seagoing drones?

The Navy probably won’t embrace drone ships immediately, but critics of drone aircraft dismissed the Predator when it was introduced, writes David Antanitus, retired Navy rear admiral and now senior capture manager in the surveillance and reconnaissance group of Leidos in Chesapeake, Va.

One of the keys to the success of unmanned ships, he writes, will be freeing them from the size constraints required to launch them from a manned ship, and making sure such drone ships can travel safely without fear of collision. National Defense

Budget-crimped military needs cheaper satellites In a bid to save money, the Air Force is considering outsourcing more of its satellite launches, piggybacking sensors on existing commercial satellites and forge satellite partnerships with other nations. “Status quo is just not going to work for us,” said Gen. William Shelton, head of Air Force Space Command, who noted that the tight budget comes at a time when the U.S. faces increased competition in space surveillance from other countries. Reuters

Aerospace, defense cost savings with 3-D printing Additive manufacturing -- also known as 3-D printing -- is gaining traction in the worlds of aerospace and defense, where it can save companies time and money. “We believe it is a ... game changer, and it will allow engines to run more efficiently in the future,” says Steve Rengers, the lead of General Electric Aviation’s research and development group. “We envision performance benefits, cost savings and fuel savings.” Another expert predicts the now-$3 billion 3-D manufacturing market will mushroom to a $30 million business in 10 years. NationalDefenseMagazine.org

New bomber price tag should stick to $550M, Air Force says Despite some sentiment that $550 million won’t be enough to build a new long-range bomber, that remains the Air Force’s target price, says Air Force Undersecretary Eric Fanning. “We’re still using that as a pretty firm chalk line for those companies that are bidding on it, and in determining which requirements make it, and which ones don’t,” Fanning said, noting that the price doesn’t include research and development. Reuters A2Z METALWORKER

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Lockheed Martin strengthens commercial cybersecurity practice with new acquisition Defense giant Lockheed Martin is bolstering its profile in the cybersecurity sector with the acquisition of Industrial Defender, a provider of technology designed to protect critical infrastructure.

The deal -- which is expected to close quickly -- is part of a larger move by Lockheed to expand its commercial cybersecurity business to include clients in the energy, pharmaceutical and financial industries. The Washington Post

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still loom large in manufacturers’ business decisions, particularly for the smallest companies,” said NAM Chief Economist Chad Moutray.

“Manufacturers are prepared to make the investments that will jumpstart our economy, but we need Washington to work with us, not against us.”

One way Congress can do that is to renew tax breaks for capital investment that expired Dec. 31. Nearly two-thirds of manufacturers said they took advantage of either Section 179 expensing, which allowed small businesses to write off up to $500,000 of equipment investments immediately, or bonus depreciation, which allowed businesses of any size to expense 50 percent of the cost of assets bought an placed into service.

Assembly lines, including this Jeep Cherokee fabrication area in Toledo, Manufacturers are more optimistic about their prospects than they’ve been in two years, according to a new survey by the National Association of Manufacturers.

The quarterly survey found that 86.1 percent of manufacturers think the business outlook is positive or somewhat positive. That’s their brightest outlook since the first quarter of 2012.

The biggest drivers for growth will be an improving economy, new product development, increased efficiencies in the production process and exports, manufacturers said.

NAM also said December’s budget deal, which removed the specter of a government shutdown for two years, also contributed to growing optimism among its members.

The federal government, however, also continues to create problems for manufacturers, according to the survey. Nearly 80 percent said an unfavorable business climate due to taxes, regulations and government uncertainties as a a major business challenge. Rising health care and insurance costs were the next most-cited challenge.

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Around 40 percent of small and medium-sized manufacturers said the expiration of these two tax breaks would alter their investment plans for this year.

There’s a chance these tax breaks could be revived. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the new chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said re-enacting expired tax breaks, including the research and development tax credit, will be one of his top priorities. Bloomberg

FAA predicts strong growth in Latin American aviation market The Federal Aviation Administration predicts the aviation market in Latin America will grow at a rate of 4.5% over the next 20 years. “The international market is indeed a bright spot as growth in passengers for all world regions is strong, with the Latin region growing fastest and the Pacific region just behind,” FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said. AviationToday.com

Manufacturing Sector Adds 1,000 Jobs In February The Wall Street Journal reports that the ADP/Moody’s Analytics employment report for February, released recently, found that private sector employment was up 139,000, below the 160,000 expected by economists surveyed by the paper. In addition, January’s originally

reported increase of 175,000 was revised sharply downward to 127,000. The ADP report said, “February was another soft month for the job market. Employment was weak across a number of industries.”

Manufacturing Output Rose 0.8 Percent In February Reuter reports that US manufacturing output rose 0.8% in February, its biggest increase since August, according to data released recently by the Fed. That’s a solid rebound from a 0.9% drop in January, and well above the 0.2% increase expected by economists. Reuters says that the report, along with a regional Fed report showing factory activity in New York expanding, will likely encourage the Fed to continue to taper its stimulus programs.

Bloomberg News reports that February’s increase shows that “manufacturing will help the U.S. economy emerge from a weather-related setback.” Bloomberg adds that the numbers “point to an expansion that will keep improving as temperatures warm, one reason why Fed policy makers this week will probably stick to their strategy of reducing the pace of monthly bond purchases.”

FAA wants to dispel “myths” about drones There will be about 7,500 commercial drones flying U.S. skies by 2018, not the 30,000 some project, and it’s not OK to fly drones now over private land following hobby plane rules, says the Federal Aviation Administration in what it’s referring to as an

effort to dispel myths about drone use.

The FAA posted on its website a document about drone use that included points such as the fact that it regulates airspace below 400 feet. FedWeek

Xcel Energy contracts for biggest solar power farm east of the Rockies Xcel Energy Inc. has chosen Community Energy Solar LLC to build a $200 million, 120-megawatt solar power farm southeast of Pueblo to supply electricity to Xcel’s customers.

The solar power plant, which is slated to begin operations in mid-2016, is expected to generate enough power to meet the needs of 31,000 homes in its first year, according to an announcement recently from Community Energy Solar, based in Radnor, Penn.

The final contract hasn’t yet been signed, according to spokespeople for Community Energy and Xcel.

When complete, the Community Energy project near Pueblo will be the biggest solar power farm between the Rocky Mountains and the East Coast and one of the biggest in the United States, said Eric Blank, president of Community Energy Solar, who works out of the company’s regional office in Boulder.

It’s the first large-scale solar power farm to be built on Colorado’s Front Range — the other operating plants were built in

the San Luis Valley, according to an Xcel spokesman.

The solar power farm will be built on about 900 acres of grazing land near Xcel’s Comanche Generating Station, about 2 miles southeast of Pueblo, according to Community Energy Solar.

The site was attractive because it was close to the power plant and existing substations and transmission lines, Blank said in an interview.

“This project is part of our vision begun in 2010 to bring utility scale solar at a competitive price to Front Range Colorado,” Blank said in a statement.

“We were drawn to Pueblo County and the Comanche sub-station as a great combination of high solar insolation [radiation], a welcoming community with open land, and a strong interconnection point with existing infrastructure close to Front Range load centers,” Blank said.

U.S. adds $750 million to Northrop ballistic missile defense contract The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency said it had added $750 million to Northrop Grumman Corp’s contract to manage the information technology of the U.S. ballistic missile defense system.

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Drone boosters predict robust U.S. market Backers of commercial drones in the U.S. say that as soon as the Federal Aviation Administration crafts rules for using the drones for business and research, the market is going to take off. Already, they say, the appetite for drone use -- and cheaper drone technology -- are growing the ranks of drone hobbyists. “This market’s going to be huge,” said Ken Loo, a Calif. mechanical engineer and would-be drone consultant. “The possibilities are endless; I know so many people getting into this field now so that they can pounce once the FAA comes up with its rules.” San Jose Mercury News

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As 2007 began, 14 million Americans Rolls-Royce says it could buildabout engines for A330, were working in manufacturing. Three years and one frightful recession A380 later, only 11.5 million were. But since 2010, employment has been ticking back up, with companies about 400,000 jobs.

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Reversing A Herd FlightGlobal.com Mentality Howard Hauser, a vice president with Hiawatha Rubber Co., says for a long time, manufacturers followed a herd mentality of sending Opinion: Competition the key to cheaper work offshore. They all wanted components produced in low-wage, emerging markets like China.

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Blaser ___________ 801-722-4095 Bytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox Castrol __________ 800-894-7773 DCM Tech _________ 800-533-5339 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 EDM Materials & Supplies Blaser ___________ 801-722-4095 Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773 Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782 EDM Perform. Access. ___ 800-336-2946

Global EDM Supply ____ 480-836-8330 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 EDM: Dielectric Systems /Filtration Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300 End Mills Almar Tools ________ 503-255-2763 Marshall Tool & Supply __ 602-269-6295 Micro 100 _________ 208-888-7310 Sandvik __________ 801-362-3618 Fasteners Self Clinch Direct ____ 801-746-2689 Filtermist Mist Collectors Royal Products_______ 800-645-4174 Filtration Equipment Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300 Gaging Shop Tools, Inc. ______ 303-375-9190 Grinding Wheels Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Hole Making Products Schenk Intertech______480-323-6755 Knives: Replacement Superior Grinding _____ 801-487-9700 Laser Accessories

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Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773 Live Centers Royal Products_______ 800-645-4174 Lubricants / Systems Blaser ___________ 801-722-4095 Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773 Hangsterfer’s _______ 316-640-2462 Hangsterfer’s _______ 760-580-1357 Marshall Tool & Supply __ 602-269-6295 Qualichem, Inc. ______ 480-320-0308 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 TAPIT All Lubricants ____ 719-200-9141 Machine Tool Accessories Schenk Intertech______480-323-6755 Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Machine Tool Cool. Filtration Blaser ___________ 801-722-4095 Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773

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Hangsterfer’s _______ 316-640-2462 Hangsterfer’s _______ 760-580-1357 Marshall Tool & Supply __ 602-269-6295 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 Milling and Turning Products Schenk Intertech______480-323-6755 Von Ruden Manufacturing 763-682-0322 Parts Washing Equipment Blaser ___________ 801-722-4095 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 PrecisionTool Holding Products Schenk Intertech______480-323-6755 R8 Quick Change Tool System Royal Products_______ 800-645-4174 Rapid Optical Part Inspection Schenk Intertech______ 480-323-6755 Rota-Rack Parts Accumulator Royal Products_______ 800-645-4174 Solvents /Degreasing Agents Blaser ___________ 801-722-4095 Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773 Hangsterfer’s _______ 316-640-2462 Hangsterfer’s _______ 760-580-1357 Star Metal Fluids _____ 800-367-9966 Spindles A2Z METALWORKER

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GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679 Setco Spindles & Slides __ 866-362-0699 Tapping Paste TAPIT All Lubricants ____ 719-200-9141 Thread Mills Micro 100 _________ 208-888-7310 Sandvik __________ 801-362-3618 Tooling Systems AIT _____________ 800-321-3195 Almar Tools ________ 503-255-2763 Micro 100 _________ 208-888-7310 Sandvik __________ 801-362-3618 Seco Tools Inc. _______ 248-528-5960 Vices and Vice Jaws Desert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300 Work Holding AIT _____________ 800-321-3195 Dielectric Fluid Schenk Intertech______480-323-6755 CALIBRATION SERVICES Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Klontech Industrial Sales _ 480-948-1871 Total Qual. Syst. ______ 480-377-6422 GRINDING

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Grinding Machines DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268 Aircraft brake rotor DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339 Grinders, Rotary Silicon & Quartz DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339 Manual Lathes & Mills AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Pedestals for Grinders Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 Sawing Machines AIT _____________ 800-321-3195 Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades_303-761-3000 Saw Replacement Parts Rocky Mountain Saw Blades_303-761-3000 Tool Grinders Punch & Die DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339 INSPECTION EQUIP Advanced Coord. Tech ___ 303-469-6161 Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972

Klontech Indust. Sales ___ 480-948-1871 OGP ___________ 480-889-9056 Total Qual. Syst. ______ 480-377-6422 CMM Probes Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340 Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972 Klontech Industrial Sales _ 480-948-1871 OGP ___________ 480-889-9056 Coordinate Measuring Mach.

Advanced Coordinate Tech_ 623-780-4137 Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340 Klontech Industrial Sales _ 480-948-1871 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 OGP ___________ 480-889-9056 Gauging Equipment Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972 Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871 OGP ___________ 480-889-9056 Low Temp Instrumentation High Precision Devices _ 303-447-2558 Metrology Instruments Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Datum Inspection ____ 602-997-1340 Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972 A2Z METALWORKER

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__________ 480-889-9056 Optical Comparators Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Datum Inspection ____ 602-997-1340 Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972 Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871 OGP ___________ 480-889-9056 Particle Inspection Mach DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339 Video Measuring Systems Advanced Coordinate Tech ___ 623-780-4137 Gage Lab Products_____ 801-716-2972 Klontech Industrial Sales 480-948-1871 HARDWARE Horizon Carbide Tool __480-968-0957 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Utah Metal Works, Inc. _ 801-364-5679 METALS & MATERIALS AZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600 Coastal Metals _____ 800-811-7466 Erickson Metals _____877-543-6061 Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883 A2Z METALWORKER

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Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __303-424-1030 Ryerson _________303-227-6310 Samuel, Son & Co. __ 303-422-8282 TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613 United Performance Metals888-282-3292 Western States Metals _801-978-0562 Alloys: Corrosion Resistant Haynes Intl ________ 713-937-7597 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Alloys: High Temperature Haynes Intl _______ 713-937-7597 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Alloys: Nichel & Cobalt Haynes Intl _______ 713-937-7597 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Aluminum Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613 Armor: Military & Commercial Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883 Brass Coastal Metals ______800-811-7466 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Ryerson _________ 303-227-6310 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Bronze Coastal Metals ______800-811-7466

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

Metal Supermarkets ___ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets ___303-424-1030 Carbon Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310 Garnet Abrasives GMA Garnet Group ____ 832-243-9300 Metals: Bar & Plate AZ Tool Steel LLC _____ 480-784-1600 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Metal Supermarkets ___ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets ___303-424-1030 Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310 Mold Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC _____ 480-784-1600 Nickel Alloys AZ Tool Steel LLC _____ 480-784-1600 Marzee Inc. _______ 602-269-5801 Ryerson _________303-227-6310 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Plate-Precision Saw Cut Erickson Metals _____877-543-6061 Pre-Honed Tube Western States Metals _801-978-0562 Rubber Marzee Inc.________602-269-5801 Stainless Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC _____480-784-1600 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883 Metal Supermarkets ___ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets ___303-424-1030

Ryerson __________303-227-6310 Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282 TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Steel AZ Tool Steel LLC_______480-784-1600 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883 Marzee __________ 602-269-5801 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441 Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Ryerson __________303-227-6310 Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282 Ryerson __________303-227-6310 TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613 Titanium Tube & Pipe Haynes Intl ________713-937-7597 Washers LeeSpring ________480-539-5704 METAL DISTRIBUTORS Erickson Metals _____ 877-543-6061 Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466 Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883 Haynes Intl ________713-937-7597 Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441

HYDMECH P.O. Box 1659 1079 Parkinson Road Woodstock, Ontario, Canada N4S 0A9

Leston Trueblood Regional Sales Manager P: 877-276-SAWS (7297) C: 714-620-5560 F: 714-963-0630 ltrueblood@hydmech.com www.hydmech.com

Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030 Ryerson __________303-227-6310 Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282 United Performance Metals 888-282-3292 Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562 NEW MACHINERY CHIP CUTTING CNC Drilling/Tapping Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 CNC Mills Action Machine _____ 303-532-2900 AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777 Hartwig Inc. _______ 303-373-9450 Hurco __________ 800-634-2416 J.M. Grisley _______ 801-486-7519 J.M. Grisley _______ 208-861-8991 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 Smith Machinery Co ___801-263-6403 Todd Machinery ______801-294-6390 Tornos USA ________951-695-0342 Triad Machine _______303-424-0268 CNC Lathes Action Machine _____ 303-532-2900 AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777 J.M. Grisley ________ 801-486-7519 J.M. Grisley _______ 208-861-8991 Hartwig Inc. ________303-373-9450 Hurco __________ 800-634-2416 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 Moncktons Mach Tools __303-571-4933 Smith Machinery Co ___801-263-6403 Todd Machinery ______801-294-6390 Triad Machine _______303-424-0268 CNC Swiss Turn Machines

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AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 Tornos USA ______ 951-695-0342 Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268 EDM Drilling Machines Current EDM Inc ____650-966-9676 EDM Machines Action Machine _____ 303-532-2900 AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782 Methods West ______ 602-437-2220 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 Smith Machinery Co __ 801-263-6403 Todd Machinery _____ 801-294-6390 Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268 EDM Tooling Systems Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300 EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782 EDM Perform. Access. ___ 800-336-2946 Global EDM Supply___ 480-836-8330 End Mills Helical Solutions ____ 866-543-5422 Manual Milling Machines Machinery Consultants Inc._801-531-9500 Manual Lathes Machinery Consultants Inc._801-531-9500 Micro Hole Drilling Machines Current EDM Inc ____650-966-9676 NEW MACHINERY FABRICATION PrecisionFab Inc. ____303-779-9180 Band Saws AIT _____________ 800-321-3195 Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 Machinery Consultants Inc._801-531-9500 Marshall Tool & Supply __ 602-269-6295 Bar Feeders Edge Technologies _____ 562-597-7824 Trusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462 Cold Saws Fabricating Equip Sales __ 303-466-7342

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Machinery Consultants Inc._801-531-9500 CNC Punching Centers PrecisionFab Inc. ____303-779-9180 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Iron Workers AIT _____________ 800-321-3195 Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Laser Cutters Action Machine _____ 303-532-2900 Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933 PrecisionFab Inc. ____303-779-9180 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Sidley Diamond Tool __ 800-544-9070 Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268 Pipe &Tube Benders/Notchers Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Plate Rolls Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151 Press Brakes Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 PrecisionFab Inc. ____303-779-9180 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Radial Arm Drill Presses Machinery Consultants Inc._801-531-9500 Shearing Machines Action Machine _____ 303-532-2900 Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342 Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151 King Machine ______ 208-345-9600 S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542 Welding Equipment Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000 OTHER ACCESSORIES Tooling Systems Desert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300 USA EDM Supply _____ 480-836-8330 PALLET SYSTEMS Automatic Pallet Systems

Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 Automatic Door Opener Systems Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 Manual Rotary Pallet Systems Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 Robotic Part Loading Systems Midaco__________ 847-593-8420 PROG. SYSTEMS CAD/CAMSoftware, CAD AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266 Cimatron ________ 248-596-9700 Delcam __________ 877-35-2261 Feature Cam ______ 602-502-9654 SolidCAM ________ 530-863-0461 PROTOTYPE MACHINERY 3D Parts To Go_______801-380-7935 RECYCLING Recyclable Metals Iron & Metals, Inc ____ 303-292-5555 Utah Metal Works ____ 801-364-5679 Scrap Metal Recycling Iron & Metals, Inc ____ 303-292-5555 Utah Metal Works ____ 801-364-5679 ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT Integrated Systems Inc _ 928-649-9600 SERVICES AS9100 Certification ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591 BMSC __________ 602-445-9400 MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642 Calibration Services Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Klontech Industrial ____480-948-1871 Western States Calibration __ 801-466-1700 Consultant, ISO ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591 BMSC __________ 602-445-9400 MEP ___________ 801-863-7001 Sustaining Edge Solutions_ 888-572-9642 Western States Calibration 801-466-1700 Calibration: Repair & Certify Western States Calibration __ 801-466-1700

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Jeffrey F. Nawrot Vice President, Business Development 10530 E. 59th Street • Indianapolis, IN 46236 T: 317/826.4414 • TF: 877/240.2462 • F: 317/823.6822 jeff@trustycook.com • C: 317/946.1235 trustycook.com

Calibration Services Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Klontech Industrial ____480-948-1871 Western States Calibration __ 801-466-1700 Calibration Training Western States Calibration __ 801-466-1700 Contract Inspection Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Klontech Measure Sol__ 480-626-8131 Education College Of Western Idaho _ 208-562-2346 Ogden-Weber Tech College 801-395-3795 Engineering Services Advanced Coord. Tech __ 303-469-6161 Financing IEC __________ 303-593-0403 Intech Funding ______480-699-2512 Quick Turn Financial____415-608-5692 First Article Inspection Advanced Coord. Tech ____303-469-6161 Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340 Western States Calibration __ 801-466-1700 Heavyhaul IRH ___________801-972-5581 Injection Molding 3D Parts To Go _____ 801-380-7935 ISO900/AS9100 Audits American Global Standards 617-838-4648 ISO900/AS9100 Registration American Global Standards 617-838-4648 Inspection Services Advanced Coord. Tech ____303-469-6161 Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340 Insurance Services Sentry Insurance ____ 303-619-4476 Lean Consulting ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591 Machine Repair/Servicing A2Z METALWORKER

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Jorgensen Machine Tools_800-952-0151 Setco-Pope Spindles_____866-362-0699 Process Improvement/ Audit Staffing ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591 Resource Mfg________801-265-1999 BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400 SHOP FLOOR AUTOMATION Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642 Hardware: USB

X-Ray Bytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox Certified Inspection Service _602-267-0661 Serial Port Semiray____________602-275-1917 Bytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox Software:CNC Networking ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.

American Global Standards 617-838-4648 Bytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400 Transportation Gladhill Associates ______719-495-8045 IRH ____________801-972-5581 MEP ____________801-863-7001 SOFTWARE Orion Registrar _______303-645-4017 CAD/CAM/CAE Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642 Daystrom Technologies___303-534-8345 ISO Registrar SolidCAM ________ 530-863-0461 American Global Standards 617-838-4648 Consulting/Engineering Orion Registrar _______303-645-4017 Daystrom Technologies___303-534-8345 Lean Manufacturing TOOLING MEP ____________ 801-863-7001 Arc Cutting Tools Sustaining Edge Solutions_ 888-572-9642 Machine Tool Rebuilding Helical Solutions______866-543-5422 EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782 Precision Toolholding Products Manufacturers’ Rep Von Ruden Mfg ______763-682-0322 Schenk Intertech______480-323-6755 Tooling Systems Process Improvement Von Ruden Mfg ______763-682-0322 BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400 Sustaining Edge Solutions __ 888-572-9642 Live Tool Holders Von Ruden Mfg ______763-682-0322 Reverse Engineering Advanced Coord. Tech __ _303-469-6161 Static Tool Holders Von Ruden Mfg ______763-682-0322 Diversified Metal Services__ 801-972-6093 Klontech Measure Sol___ 480-626-8131 TRAINING Rigging & Transder CAD/CAM Training Atlas Rigging & Transfer 801-539-3885 College Of Western Idaho___208-562-2346 IRH ___________ _801-972-5581 Davis Applied Tech College__801-593-2483 Spindle Rebuilding Daystrom Technologies___303-534-8345 GMN USA _________ 800-686-1679

CNC/Conventional Machining College Of Western Idaho___208-562-2346 Davis Applied Tech College__801-593-2483 Machining Software College Of Western Idaho___208-562-2346 Davis Applied Tech College__801-593-2483 USED MACHINERY EDM Network ________ 480-836-1782 Jorgensen Machine Tools__800-952-0151 King Machine________208-345-9600 K.D. Capital Equipment___480-922-1674 Methods West________602-437-2220 PrecisionFab Inc.______303-779-9180 S&S Machinery Sales____602-368-8542 WATERJET CUTTING MACHINERY Action Machine_______303-532-2900 Fabricating Equip Sales __ 303-466-7342 Flow International_______800-446-3569 Global EDM Supply____480-836-8330 Jorgensen Machine Tools__800-952-0151 King Machine________208-345-9600 Machinery Consultants Inc._801-531-9500 OMAX Corp________ _800-838-0343 Triad Machine______ _ 303-424-0268 Abrasives/Blast Media GMA Garnet Group ____ 832-243-9300 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282

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ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC DESIGN/ CAD/CAM BROACHING Bar-S Machine _______ 928-636-2115 Coating: Liquid Ponderosa Ind________303-298-1801 Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 H& S Machine _______ 801-755-7627 Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676 Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146 DIES Specialty Steel Services __ 801-539-8252 Coating: Nickel/Teflon/Chrome Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 EDM Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Turning: Automatic Our company logo Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 EDM: Drilling Small Hole Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451 EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075 LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 CASTINGS Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos. Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300 Die Casting EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking) Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278 Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075 Die Casting: Aluminum/Zinc Innovative Precision____ 801-334-6317 COMPOSITES TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278 Font Verdana size 9 (I dropped in this cell Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604 S.A. Composites _______ 970-776-3877 Precision Investment Casting because the “Precision Investment Castings” Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300 very clear.

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Mach’d Products ___ 970-482-7676 Metal COATING Precision Investment Castings Since 1972 EDM: Wire Bandsawwww.dolphincasting.com LLC ________ 303-744-7181 Dry Film Lubrication Custom Design & Mfg ___ 435-257-0668 Jet Processing _____ 623-869-6749 x117 Plasma Cutting Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Bandsaw LLC ________ 303-744-7181 EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075 METEORITE•PLASTIC•CLAD ALLOYS•CASTINGS•FIBER-TITE

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Plastic Bandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181 ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111 Saw Cutting Bandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181

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FABRICATION Aero Tech _______ 801-292-0493 Arrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419 Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303 EMJD Corporation _____ 303-761-5236 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 GBC ____________303-988-6450 Hexatron _________ 801-363-8010 Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Custom Auto/Truck/Bike H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627 Fabrication: Filament Winding S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877 Fabrication: Composites S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877 Fabrication: Enclosures Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Fabrication: Medium & Large Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419

Bandsaw LLC ________303-744-7181 EMJD Corp _________ 303-761-5236 Falcon Sheet Metal ____801-298-5064 GBC ____________303-988-6450 Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952 Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Weiser/Mile High Prec __303-280-2778 Fabrication: Plastic ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111 Fabrication: SheetMetal Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419 AzMark __________480-926-8969 Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000 EMJD Corporation _____ 303-761-5236 Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064 GBC ____________303-988-6450 Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952 Hexatron _________ 801-363-8010 Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776 JD Machine ________801-782-4403

Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Weiser/Mile High Prec __303-280-2778 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Fabrication: Steel Bandsaw LLC ________303-744-7181 EMJD Corp _______303-761-5236 Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064 FINISHING Arizona Finishing _____602-438-4443 Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751 Precision Mach’d Prod___ 970-482-7676 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700

Image Tek Business Card 2011 (Neil Daley: President) 3.5” Wide by 2” High

TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278 800-280-2278 Finishing: One Stop Precision Industrial Painting--602-256-0260

Kelly Martinez Machine Shop Lifetime Products, Inc. P.O. Box 160010, Freeport Center, Bldg D-11

Glass Bead Clean Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648

Clearfield, UT 84016 T: 801.726.5312 F: 801.728.1979 email: kmartinez@lifetime.com

Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 Silk Screening Hand Deburring: Precision Arizona Finishing _____602-438-4443 H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400 Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847 Liquid Painting Potting/Encapsulation Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847 Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847 Passivation Wet Paint/CARC Certified Inspection Service___602-267-0661 Precision Industrial Painting602-256-0260 Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648 Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 Aluminum (Medium & Large) Jet Processing ____ 623-869-6749x117 Aero Tech _______ 801-292-0493 Powder Coating Arizona Finishing _____602-438-4443 Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847 LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146 Star Precision _______303-926-0559

Galvanizing: Zinc Jordan River Galvanizing _801-282-9375 GAS NITRIDING Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 GEAR CUTTING Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Specialty Steel Svcs ___ 801-539-8252 Gear Hobbing Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801

GRINDING AzMark __________480-926-8969 ChemResearch_______ 602-253-4175 FOUNDRY May Foundry & Machine 801-531-8931 Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 GALVANIZING Jordan River Galvanizing _801-282-9375 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 GMN USA ________ 800-686-1679 Galvanizing: Hot Dip Jordan River Galvanizing _801-282-9375 Prec. Mach’d Products _ 970-482-7676

Precision ision Tech _______801-285-7288 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 Steel Services Grinding __ 800-662-0126 Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700 Superior Metal Products__303-791-7550 TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613 Grinding, Blanchard Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093 Steel Services Grinding __ 800-662-0126 Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700 TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613 Grinding, Centerless Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 Grinding, Double Disc TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613 Grinding: OD AzMark __________480-926-8969 • 57 • March/Apr 2014 57 •July/Aug 2011

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Shawn Carlin scarlin@gmsaz.com Henry Parker

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Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700 Superior Metal Products__303-791-7550 Grinding: Surface ChemResearch_______ 602-253-4175 Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700 Passivation Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930 Polishing Gold Tech Industries____ 480-968-1930 Selective Coatings ImageTek __________303-806-8111 FORMING JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 HEAT TREATING Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751 Pilkington Metal Finishing__801-972-2146 Heat Treating/Aerospace Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751 Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751 IDENTIFICATION Silk Screen Arizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443 A2Z METALWORKER

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Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 INJECTION MOLDING LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 INSPECTION Inspection, First Article Klontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131 Inspection Services Klontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131 Micropulse West ______480-966-2300 Sustaining Edge Solutions_888-572-9642 LASER CUTTING Laser Cutting Arrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419 EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236 GBC ____________303-988-6450 Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776 Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723 Progway __________ 435-656-9585 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Laser Cutting: Pipe&Tube Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 EMI/RFI Shielding Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847 Laser Engraving 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___ 303-295-1544

Laser Marking 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___ 303-295-1544 LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 LINE TOOLING RPM CNC Precision Machine _ 208-442-199 MACHINING American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Fives ____________ 909-263-9282 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 GBC ____________303-988-6450 H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400 LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999 Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031 St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529 Superior Metal Products 303-791-7550 TVT Die Casting _____ 800-280-2278 Machining: 3D Micropulse West ______480-966-2300 Machining: 5 Axis 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544

Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117 Ac AzMark __________480-926-8969 Cling’s Manufacturing ___ 480-968-1778 Faustson __________303-420-7422 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877 St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529 Superior Metal Products 303-791-7550 Machining: Aerospace AzMark __________480-926-8969 H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Matrix Machine ____ 480-966-4451 Micropulse West ______480-966-2300 Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 Paramount Machine ___801-282-2755 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Quick Turn Precision____801-334-6800 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447 Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031 St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529 Superior Metal Products 303-791-7550 Machining: CNC 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544

St. Vrain Manufacturing, Inc. “Precision Machining Solutions for Industry”

Robert Bergstrom President

819 So. Lincoln Street P. O. Box 1066 Longmont, CO 80502 Website: stvrainmfg.com

Darrin J. Caschette President

888-280-7080 | djc@metalcraftind.com www.metalcraftind.com

ISO 9001:2008

Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Bar-S Machine______ 928-636-2115 Cling’s Manufacturing _ 480-968-1778 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 DMSI___________801-972-6093 Faustson_________ 303-420-7422 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 Foremaster Tool____ 801-737--0265 GBC ____________303-988-6450 H&R Precision ______ 801-975-7400 H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627 HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850 Hexatron _________ 801-363-8010 Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 Leading Edge Machine _ 435-563-9425 LMI Machining_______303-776-6629 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922

M RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999 St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341 Superior Metal Products 303-791-7550 Wrico __________ 480-892-7800 Machining: Composites Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Machining: Contract American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Paramount Machine ___801-282-2755 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031 Machining: DoD CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Machining: Laser AzMark __________480-926-8969 Faustson_________ 303-420-7422 Foremaster Tool _____ 801-737--0265 Gerome Mfg_______520-622-8402 Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 Matrix Machine _____ 480-966-4451 Paramount Machine __ 801-282-2755 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 Machining:Medical Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Machining: Milling American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Cling’s Manufacturing ___ 480-968-1778 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 JD Machine ________801-782-4403

Phone: (303) 702-1529 x 103 Fax: (303) 702-1534 Email: bobb@stvrainmfg.com RFQ Email: mail@stvrainmfg.com

Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Prec. Mach’d Products__970-482-7676 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341

Machining: Prototype 4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544 Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Bar-S Machine______ 928-636-2115 Cling’s Manufacturing _ 480-968-1778 Machining: Mold Base Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Maverick Mold & Machine __970-535-4604 Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 Machining: Mold Making Faustson __________303-420-7422 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 Foremaster Tool _____ 801-737--0265 Machining: Plastic ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111 H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400 Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317 Machining: Production JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 Leading Edge Machine _ 435-563-9425 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Micropulse West _____ 480-966-2300 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500 Faustson_________ 303-420-7422 Newport Tool _______801-295-7411 Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076 Quick Turn Precision __ 801-334-6800 H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317 RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Newport Tool _______801-295-7411 S.A.Composites _____ 970-776-3877 Paramount Machine __ 801-282-2755 St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Superior Metal Products 303-791-7550 R&H Machine _______801-621-7922 Machining: Precision Radtech _________ 303-789-4247 4 Axis Machining Inc. __ 303-295-1544 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999 American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Star Precision _______303-926-0559 CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450 A2Z METALWORKER

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FOUNDER & CEO NATE WOODS nate@quickturn mach.com 3340 South 1500 W, Ogden, UT 84401

801-334-6800 www.QUICKTURNMACH.com

Focusedd on Machining __ 303-922-3076 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400 Newport Tool _______801-295-7411 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801 Precision Machined Prod. _ 970-482-7676 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999 Superior Metal Products__303-791-7550 TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278 Machining: R & D American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341 Superior Metal Products __ 303-791-7550 Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 Machining: Swiss Bar-S Machine______ 928-636-2115 Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850 Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 A2Z METALWORKER

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Machining: Turning American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494 Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 AzMark __________480-926-8969 Bar-S Machine______ 928-636-2115 Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668 Datum Machining _____208-376-6099 Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 Faustson_________ 303-420-7422 H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400 HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850 JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Leading Edge Machine __ 435-563-9425 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Mountain View Machine__ 435-755-0500 Prec Mach’d Products ___ 970-482-7676 Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 Quick Turn Precision __801-334-6800 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341

MANUFACTURING Group Mfg Serv _____480-966-3952 RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447 Composites S.A. Composites _______970-776-3877 Contract Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072 Manufacturing: Electrode Wire-Tech ________ 480-966-1591 Production Aero Tech ________ 801-292-0493 EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 Laser Concepts Inc. ___ 801-280-7723 Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341 White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Rapid Prototyping White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Robotic CNC DMSI___________ 801-972-6093 Routering CNC DMSI___________ 801-972-6093 Small Part Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Turnkey Product Services Aero Tech ________ 801-292-0493 L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505 METAL INJECTION MOLDING (MIM) Progway __________435-656-9585 METAL STAMPING Hi-Production Precision Stamping Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Precision Die & Stamping _ 480-967-2038 Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453 MOLDS Colorado Tool Design Inc 720-218-5246 Lifetime Products ____ 801-728-1260 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604 Progway _________435-656-9585 Molds: Blow Lifetime Products ____ 801-728-1260 Molds: Plastic Injection Lifetime Products _____801-728-1260 Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604 Molds: DieCast Design Colorado Tool Design Inc _ 720-218-5246

Machining: Ultra-Precision Molds: Injection Design Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722 Colorado Tool Design Inc _ 720-218-5246 Machining: Waterjet Molds: Trim Die Design Colorado Waterjet ___970-532-5404 Quick Turn Precision __801-334-6800 Colorado Tool Design Inc _ 720-218-5246

Molds Steel DMSI___________ 801-972-6093 Aero Tech ________ 801-292-0493 Arizona Finishing ____602-438-4443 ChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175 Jet Processing ___ 623-869-6749x117 Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414 PAINTING Coating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648 Jet Processing _____ 623-869-6749 x117 Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 Richards Fab_________ 801-409-0392 Mil Spec Painting IndustrialEX _________ 303-456-6847 Wet Paint/CARC Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260 PARTS: MISC. Lifetime Products _____801-728-1260 PLATING Blanchard Metals Proc. _ 801-972-5590 ChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175 Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 LA Specialties ______ 602-269-7612 Anodizing Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 ChemResearch_______ 602-253-4175 Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117 Jet Processing ____ 623-869-6749x117 Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146 Gold/Silver Plate Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 Nickel/Chrome Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 Tin Plate Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 POLISHING Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930 LA Specialties ______ 602-269-7612 PRECISION FORMING Richards Fab________801-409-0392 Thompson Machine ____505-823-1453 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 PRINTING Custom Screen ImageTek _________303-806-8111 PROCESSING: METAL Chemical LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612 PUNCHING JD Machine ________801-782-4403 Group Manufacturing Serv 480-966-3952

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Stamping:Deep Draw Thompson Machine __ 505-823-1453 Wrico _________ 480-892-7800 Stamping:Design Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778 Stamping:Flat Forming SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 Stamping: Light Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 Stamping:Precision Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656 Precision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Stamping:Prototype Wrico ___________480-892-7800 Stamping:Short Run Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574 Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800 SWISS SCREW MCHG. Denver Precision Products_ 303-469-1771 White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414 Screwing: Lead Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320 TAPPING Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723 TEST FIXTURES RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999 TESTING Testing: Corrosive CascadeTEK ________888-835-9250 Testing: Non-Destructive Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590 CascadeTEK ________888-835-9250 Jet Processing ____ 623-869-6749x117 Pilkington Metal Finishing __ 801-972-2146 THERMFORMING LMI Machining_______303-776-6629

TOOL & DIE Foremaster Tool _____ 801-737--0265 Newport Tool _______801-295-7411 Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453 Wrico ___________480-892-7800 TOOLING Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 Precision Tech _______801-285-7288 Western Sintering _____509-375-3096 TUBE FORMING Cling’s Manufacturing ___ 480-968-1778 Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776 Formed Tubing Cling’s Manufacturing ___ 480-968-1778 Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776 Tube Bending /Fabrication Cling’s Manufacturing ___ 480-968-1778 Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776 WATERJET CUTTING Colorado Waterjet __ 970-532-5404 Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093 JQ Enterprises _______ 801-975-0777 Leading Edge Machine __435-563-9425 Marzee Inc. ______ 602-269-5801 Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500 Quick Turn Precision____801-334-6800

801-972-3500 Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500 Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778 Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800 Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 Skyline Products _______719-392-9046 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Welding: Orbital Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Welding: Precision Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419 Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274 Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392 Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778 Welding: Robotic Metalcraft _________888-280-7080 Welding: TIG Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419 GBC ____________303-988-6450 Mountain View Machine__ 435-755-0500

WELDING Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766 WIRE FORMING Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419 SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113 Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303 Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000 Call to GBC ____________303-988-6450 promote your business H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627 through a JD Machine ________801-782-4403 business card ad!

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AZ Tool Steel...55 Arrow Sheet Metal...57 AZMark Aerospace...55 Bandsaw LLC...5,55 bandsawreviews.com...48 Bar-S Machine, Inc...56 Bemsco...56 Blanchard Metals Proc...56 Blaser Swisslube...50 BMSC..38,54 Bytebox...50 Canyon State Oil ...49,50,64 Cascade Systems Tech...3,56 CascadeTEK...61 Castrol ...49,52,64 ChemResearch...57 Chevalier...27 Cimatron...18,54 Cling’s Manufacturing...58 CM Manufacturing...59 Coastal Metals...6,52 Coating Technologies...57 College of Western Idaho...54 Collins Metal Finishing...57 Colorado Tool Design, Inc...58 Colorado Waterjet...58 Current EDM Inc...53 Custom Design & Mfg...55 Cygnet Stamping...57 Datum Inspection Services...52 Datum Machining...58 Davis Applied Tech College...51 Daystrom Technologies...54 Dayton Rogers...55 DCM Tech...22,49 A2Z METALWORKER

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Delcam...30-31,49 Denver Machine Shop...56 Denver Precision Products...58 Desert EDM Sales...52 DMSI...55 Dolphin Inc...55 Edge Technologies...52 EDM Express...36-37,55 EDM Network...19,51 EDM Perf. Accessories...51 EMJD Corp....57 Erickson Metals...49 Fabricating Equipment Sales..51 Falcon Sheet Metal...59 Faustson...20,56 Fives...50 Flow International...49 Focused On Machining...58 Foothills Machinery...49 Foremaster Tool...59 Gage Lab Products...51 Ganesh Machinery...23,58 GBC...56 Gladhill Assoc...28,49 Global EDM Supply...50 GMA Garnet Group...54 GMN USA...24,50 Gold Tech Industries...32,55 Group Manufacturing...56 H&R Precision...56 HAAS Automation...2,49 Hangsterfers...50 Hartwig...49 Haynes Intl...52 Helical Solutions...51 Hexatron...57 Horizon Carbide...51 Howell Precision...34,57 HPMP...20,61 Hurco...53 Hydmech...14,53 Image Tek...57 Industrialex...55 Industrial Heat Treat Co...57 Innovative Precision...55 IRH...52 Iron & Metals, Inc...8,52 JD Machine...55 J.M. Grisley...25,49,51 Jordan River Galvanizing...59 Jorgensen Machine Tools ...49,52 JQ Enterprises...60 K.D. Capital Equipment...51

King Machine...23,52 Kloeckner Metals...53 Klontech Industrial..50,51 Kustom Koncepts...56 L.A. Specialties...56 Laser Concepts...58 Leading Edge Machine...58 Lifetime Products, Inc...57 LMI Machining...58 Loveridge Machine...59 Machinery Consultants...52,54 Marshall Tool...44,51 Marzee...34,57 Matrix Machine Inc...56,57 Maverick Mold & Machine...55 May Foundry & Machine...55 MEP...51 Metalcraft...59 Metal Supermarkets...51,53 Methods West...49 Micro 100...32,50 Micropulse West ...55 Midaco..52 Monckton Mach...2,33,49,53 Mountain View...40-41,55 Nelson Engineering...56 Newport Tool...59 Ogden-Weber Tech College...51 OGP...50 Omax...49 Orion Registrar...51 Pacific Metal Stampings...61 Paramount Machine...56 Phoenix Heat Treating...58 Pilkington Metal Finishing...57 Pinnacle Precision..59 Ponderosa Industries...58 Precision Die & Stamping....61 PrecisionFab Inc...52 Precision Industrial Painting...61 Precision Mach’d Products...60 Precision Tech...59 Premier Technology Inc...58 Progway...57 Qualichem...52 Quick Turn Financial...54 QuickTurn Precision...60 R&H Machine...58 Radtech..59 RD Machine...60 ResourceMfg...35,56 Richards Fab...56

RPM CNC Precision Machine...55 RMTMA...48 Rocky Mountain Saw Blades...52 Roentgen USA...52 Ron Grob CO....57 Royal Products...26,49 Ryerson...17,49,51,52,53 SA Composites...61 S&S Machinery...50 Samuel Son & CO..11,43,52 Sandvik...49 Schenk Intertech...54 Seco Tools Inc...50 Self Clinch Direct...51 Setco Spindles & Slides...50 Shop Tools, Inc..10,50 Skydandee Mfg...55 Smith Machinery...49,63 SolidCAM...28,54 Specialty Steel Serv....24,56 SPRING WORKS Utah...60 St.Vrain Manufacturing...59 Star Metal Fluids...13,49,50,51 Star Precision...56 Steel Services Grinding...57 Steen & Sons Machine..58 Superior Grinding..12,57 Superior Metal Products...60 Sustaining Edge Solutions...50 TAPIT All Lubricants...50 TCI Precision Metals...21,51 Todd Machinery...26,49 Thompson Machine...57 Tornos...9,49 trajansaw.com...5 Triad Machinery...39,50 Trusty Cook...15,54 TVT Die Casting...46-47,55 Universal Laser Systems...22 United Performance Metals...27,53 Utah Metal Works, Inc...16,52 Visser Precision Cast...1,30-31 Von Ruden Mfg...49,51 Wasatch Laser Forming...59 Weiser/Mile High Precision...61 Western Sintering...61 Western States Calibration...53 Western States Metals...51 White Rock...61 Wrico Stamping...57

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