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Regional Manufacturing Magazine for Regional Manufacturing Magazine for Regional Manufacturing Magazine for Regional Manufacturing Magazine for Regional Manufacturing Magazine for Regional Manufacturing Magazine for The Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, and N. CA)The Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, and N. CA)The Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, and N. CA)
Regional Manufacturing Magazine for The Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, and N. CA)
Regional Manufacturing Magazine for Regional Manufacturing Magazine for Regional Manufacturing Magazine for The Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, and N. CA)
Regional Manufacturing Magazine for The Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, and N. CA)
Regional Manufacturing Magazine for The Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, and N. CA)
Regional Manufacturing Magazine for Regional Manufacturing Magazine for Regional Manufacturing Magazine for The Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, and N. CA)
Regional Manufacturing Magazine for
Vol. 2, No. 5 Oct/Nov 2012
www.a2zMetalworker.com www.facebook.com/a2zmetalworker
Fahey Machinery Celebrates 50 Years in Business, Three Generations of Sales, Service, and
Impeccable Ethics for the Pacific Northwest!
A2Z METALWORKER • 17 • Sept/Oct 2012
1974 Bucktail Lane • Sugar Grove, IL 805541-888-289-3367 • [email protected]
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Published bi-monthly to keep precision manufac-turers abreast of news and to supply a viable sup-plier source for the industry.
Circulation: The A2Z Metalworker NW maintains a master list of over 9500 decision makers consisting of fortune 1000 companies, small manufacturing companies, engineering firms, DOD & Scientific Lab facilities, machine shops, fab-shops, and secondary source businesses. It has an estimated pass on readership of more than 24,000 people. The majority of our readers are based in the Pacific Northwest!
Advertising Rates have remained the same since 1999, deadlines and mechanical requirements furnished on our webite at: www.a2zMetalworker.com.
All photos and copy become the property of A2Z Metalworker NW.
The Publisher assumes no responsibility for the contents of any advertisement, and all representations are those of the advertiser and not that of the publisher.
The Publisher is not liable to any advertiser for any misprints or errors not the fault of the publisher, and in such event, the limit of the publisher's liability shall only be the amount of the publishers charge for such advertising.
CONTRIBUTORSLinda Daly Chris Seay
Bill Fahey SrBill Fahey Jr
Announcements/Releases .................... 6-12Shop Profile ......... .............................1,18-20Feature Articles ....................................40-41Buyers Guide Equipment .....................44-48Buyers Guide Processes .......................49-53Card Gallery .........................................44-53Index Of Advertisers .................................54
This Month’s Cover & Shop Profile.
Fahey Machinery Co, Inc.Fadal CNC Article
Published by:A2Z Metalworker NW
PUBLISHERS/EDITORSKim Carpenter & Linda Daly
Mail Address: PO Box 93295Phoenix, AZ 85070
Telephone: (480) 773-3239Website: www.A2ZMetalworker.com
www.facebook.com/A2ZMetalworkerE-mail:[email protected]
Editors Corner
A2Z METALWORKER NW • 4 • Oct/Nov 2012
www.magnumprecisionmachines.com
MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC. MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.12025 Rojas Drive, Suite ‘A’
El Paso, TX 79936Tel: (915) 856-7900Email: [email protected]
MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.3614 E. Southern Avenue #1
Phoenix, AZ 85040Tel: (602) 431-8300Email: [email protected]
8448 Washington Place N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87113Tel: (505) 345-8389Email: [email protected]
MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.
MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.Representing the best in metal working solutions since 1984.
MULTI-TASKING5-AXIS MACHININGMILLINGTURNINGAUTOMATIONMEDICALAEROSPACEAUTOMOTIVEENERGYTRAININGSERVICESUPPORTPARTS ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING
FROM THE WORLD’S MOST ADVANCED MACHINING TECHNOLOGY for every industry to unmatched comprehensive customer support, only Mazak provides the resources you need to discover more productivity, profi tability and competitiveness for your business.
DISCOVER MORE WITH MAZAK AT IMTS 2012 IN BOOTH S-8300. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS.
VISIT US AT IMTS IN BOOTH S-8300
AND AT MOREWITHMAZAK.COM
TO DISCOVER YOUR TRUE MANUFACTURING POTENTIAL.
QUICK TURN NEXUS 450 MY W/LBB
INTEGREX i-630V WITH PALLETECH
VERTICAL CENTER NEXUS COMPACT VARIAXIS i-700
EXPERIENCE THESE MACHINES AND M
ORE AT IMTS.
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Proudly manufacturing in Florence, Kentucky since 1974. (859) 342-1700
Kim Carpenter
“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President of the United States of America
Press on. This small phrase has been very powerful for us all. One we lived by growing up was, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”
We are tossed around like a ship out at sea in the middle of a long storm. We batten down the hatches; lash everything down that might fly overboard and remain focused on get-ting through this, because we know all storms end! We work together now more than we ever have because we know that we survive as a whole and we must survive and we know we must press on.
We make it out of the storm and we survive and we are stronger because of what we went through and we are smarter than when we started this voyage. This economic environment is very similar to this analogy. We are all doing very different things than we did before because it is a time for change. This change is not brought to us but comes from us and from the duress we experience. We overcome, we adapt, and we all find faster and better ways to do things.
In the old days there was Atari, Pan Am and Woolworth’s -- all once industry leaders that crashed against the rocks of strategy, innovation and competition. The business climate changes so fast today and is so globally competitive we must keep an open mind and search for innovative ways to compete. But first and foremost we must press on. We must do things differently than we did them 20 years ago and we must insist that our governing system back us all the way.
I had the opportunity to interview a great man and a business leader in the manufacturing industry here in the Pacific Northwest, Bill Fahey. He made it clear to me that some of the over governing practices that are currently in place have chocked our US manufacturing businesses and have resulted in outsourcing and off shoring our manufacturing industry. I believe the people of the US have spoken and have said enough. We must have a system that supports the way we do business and promotes the mechanism of business in the US to perpetuate prosperity and a strong economy. We are strong when we make things!
In closing; Please read the story on Fahey Machinery in this issue and if you are not doing so today, please consider becoming an active participating member of manufacturing in the Pacific NW. We would like to see you at Fabtech in Las Vegas November 12-14th. If there is anything I can do to help your business, please call me.
Thank you! And, Press On!
www.magnumprecisionmachines.com
MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC. MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.12025 Rojas Drive, Suite ‘A’
El Paso, TX 79936Tel: (915) 856-7900Email: [email protected]
MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.3614 E. Southern Avenue #1
Phoenix, AZ 85040Tel: (602) 431-8300Email: [email protected]
8448 Washington Place N.E.
Albuquerque, NM 87113Tel: (505) 345-8389Email: [email protected]
MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.
MAGNUM PRECISION MACHINES, INC.Representing the best in metal working solutions since 1984.
MULTI-TASKING5-AXIS MACHININGMILLINGTURNINGAUTOMATIONMEDICALAEROSPACEAUTOMOTIVEENERGYTRAININGSERVICESUPPORTPARTS ENGINEERING MANUFACTURING
FROM THE WORLD’S MOST ADVANCED MACHINING TECHNOLOGY for every industry to unmatched comprehensive customer support, only Mazak provides the resources you need to discover more productivity, profi tability and competitiveness for your business.
DISCOVER MORE WITH MAZAK AT IMTS 2012 IN BOOTH S-8300. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS.
VISIT US AT IMTS IN BOOTH S-8300
AND AT MOREWITHMAZAK.COM
TO DISCOVER YOUR TRUE MANUFACTURING POTENTIAL.
QUICK TURN NEXUS 450 MY W/LBB
INTEGREX i-630V WITH PALLETECH
VERTICAL CENTER NEXUS COMPACT VARIAXIS i-700
EXPERIENCE THESE MACHINES AND M
ORE AT IMTS.
WWW.MAZAKUSA.COM Facebook Twitter YouTube
Proudly manufacturing in Florence, Kentucky since 1974. (859) 342-1700
Oregon Tech Center27350 SW 95th AveWilsonville, OR 97070Office - 503-682-9030Fax - 503-682-9040
Washington Tech Center14600 Interurban Ave, South
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VISIT US AT IMTS IN BOOTH S-8300
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TO DISCOVER YOUR TRUE MANUFACTURING POTENTIAL.
A2Z METALWORKER NW • 6 • Oct/Nov 2012
Announcements & Releases1. DO ONE FOR FAHEY2. DO ONE FOR HOWELL PRECISION3. DO ONE FOR BERNIE SIWEK4. DO ONE FOR DW MACHINERY5. CALL SANSON SEE IF CARD IS IN6. CALL VINCE IN SEATTLE NW MACH IN?7. PACIFIC TOOL PR RELEASE (new machine?)8. P (206) 456-8858 call AJAC9. Call Kevin at Muratec, Card is in for Kevin
Aluminum Precision Products Upgrades Forging Facilities In So California
Aluminum Precision Products with facilities in Orange and Ventura counties in Southern California is making significant investments in capital equipment and improving process flow in their “Closed Die” and “Open Die Hand Forging” operations. A complete and separate hand forging operation has been running in the Santa Ana, CA facil-ity with extreme efficiency since its inaugural production just over 2 years ago. This operation included a newly remanufactured open die 2500 Ton Hydraulic Press along with an 8000 ton sister press for cold work stress relief of open die hand forgings. A complete Heat Treat and Age operation is included in this building along with a new automated high tech saw.
In the Oxnard, CA facility a new 3000 Ton Hydraulic press is under construction and scheduled to be running in the third quarter of 2012. A mate to the new Santa Ana automated high tech saw has also been purchased, installed and has been running since February of this year. Ongoing upgrades are being done with the rebuild of three of Oxnard’s 5 Mechanical Presses ranging in size of 1300 Ton to 4000 Ton capacities.
These improvements will enable APP to increase its efficiency in Aluminum Hand Forging production and hold down costs to our customers.
APP has a long history and expertise in “closed die near net forgings” in both of the noted facilities and can produce Precision and Con-ventional Aluminum and Titanium die forgings of up to 600 square inches (Aluminum) and 200 square inches (Titanium) in Plan View Area. Our capabilities include Forged Aluminum Wheels and Pistons for the Aftermarket Automotive industries.
APP facilities are certified to AS 9100C and also Nadcap certified for Heat Treat, Age, and Non-Destructive testing.
Please take the time to visit our website at www.aluminumprecision.
com for additional details on our capabilities and processes. Or, contact Bernie Siwek (805) 271 2560 for specific information. “Our Customer Service Policy is having “someone” to speak with instead of a computer prompted message.”
OMAX® Cor porat ion Announces Major Headquarters Expansion
OMAX Corporation designs, manufactures, markets and supports its advanced abrasive waterjet machines and accessories from its manufacturing facility and corporate head-quarters in Kent, Washington. Now, the company is announcing the largest expansion of its campus since opening the Kent facility in 1999, adding a new 22,000-square-foot building that will extend OMAX’s training, research and development, and engineering efforts.
The company has experienced significant growth over the past sev-eral years, making the expansion necessary. In fact, OMAX Corpo-ration was recently named, for the second time, to Inc. Magazine’s 500|5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America for achieving 21 percent business growth between 2008 and 2011.
According to Dr. John Cheung, CEO of OMAX Corporation, such growth can be attributed in part to the company’s 2009 launch of its cost-effective MAXIEM® JetCutting® Center Series, which makes abrasive waterjet technology more accessible. Another key growth contributor is the OMAX team’s commitment to continuously de-veloping and supporting new and improved technologies that meet the diverse and ever-changing needs of manufacturers worldwide.
The building expansion allows for a new dedicated training space, including a lab area, where OMAX sales representatives, distribu-tors and end-users can gain the highest levels of understanding and retention of the world’s most advanced abrasive waterjet technol-ogy. The expansion will also increase the company’s research and development and engineering capacities, allowing for better support of existing solutions and faster, more efficient development of new machines and accessories.
The company plans to complete the building expansion this month, at which point the entire OMAX campus in Kent will encompass 130,000 square feet of space spread across three buildings.
OMAX® Corporation designs and manufactures the world’s most advanced abrasive waterjet technology in a variety of table sizes and price points at its headquarters in Kent, Washington. Backed by unmatched support and powered by the company’s intuitive
A2Z METALWORKER NW • 7 • Oct/Nov 2012
control software, OMAX JetMachining® Centers and MAXIEM® JetCutting Centers bring affordable performance to a continuously expanding range of industries. For more information on OMAX products and accessories, contact Sandra McLain at 800-838-0343 or visit www.omax.com.
OMEP-The Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership Continues to Help Manufacturing Grow in Oregon!
OMEP helps Oregon companies grow—their clients say so! OMEP continues to bring advanced thinking and hands-on skills to guide companies towards business improvements that lead to immediate results. OMEP’s main goal for manufacturing is to sustain permanent, long-term profitability.
Manufacturing day was 10-5-12 and OMEP helped celebrate manu-facturing week all week by attending many of Oregon’s Manufactur-ing events throughout Oregon including the manufacturing event in many Oregon cities and also the Octoberbest Show at the Tektronics campus featuring many of Oregon’s finest manufacturing companies.
OMEP is a non-profit organization that helps Oregon manufactur-ers respond to the challenges of competing in an increasingly global economy.
OMEP works with owners, executives, managers and operators to assess company needs in all areas. OMEP moves quickly from assessment to implementation to ensure that the company’s efforts provide an immediate payback.
For more information on Oregon’s Manmufacturing Extension Partnership go to their website at:www.OMEP.org or call Larry Pederson at 503-349-5354. It’s good for Oregon!
Hallidie is Still Here and They Still Sell New and Used Machining Equipment!
Hallidie has been in business for more than 100-years, providing
quality new and pre-owned machinery for the metal industry. With our experience and long lasting relationships, we have bought and sold a wide variety of equipment to thousands of customers, both regionally and nationally.
At Hallidie we pride ourselves in the wide variety of both new and used machinery at rea-sonable prices located in our warehouse in Au-burn, WA. Please check out the current inven-tory, and if you don’t see what you are looking for please contact us and we will try to locate it for you.
Hallidie is known for its tremendous parts department! We have the largest inventory of Bridgeport parts and accessories in the state! We also supply parts for all of the machine brands we sell. Call Hallidie Machine Tool Sales, Inc. at: 253-939-9020, Email: [email protected]
Mazak Demonstrates Optiplex Fiber Laser-Cutting Sys-tem At Fabtech 2012
Mazak Optonics will demonstrate the OPTIPLEX 3015 Fiber at Fabtech booth number C3428. The OPTIPLEX Fiber increases the productivity of thin worksheet cutting significantly when compared to conventional laser processing machines.
The OPTIPLEX 3015 Fiber laser processes reflective materials, such as copper, brass, aluminum and exotic aerospace materials, with greater speeds and thicknesses than its CO2 counterpart. The speeds are considerably faster on carbon steels less than 4 mm.
By utilizing this increased compatibility, operating costs for appli-cable material thickness/types can be severely reduced. Industries in varying sectors, such as food processing, medical, architectural components, and aerospace will be able to integrate the newly intro-duced OPTIPLEX 3015 into their workload with remarkable results.
A2Z METALWORKER NW • 8 • Oct/Nov 2012
Announcements Continued Page 10
With rapid traverse rates of 4,724 ipm, the rugged construction of the OPTIPLEX 3015 Fiber provides heightened productivity, reli-ability, and greater part throughput.
On top of that, the new Mazak Preview 2 CNC Control, that drives the OPTIPLEX 3015 Fiber, features a user-friendly 15” touch-screen control. The Preview 2 automatically determines the required pro-cessing conditions for the material prior to cutting. A 3D graphic screen also makes it easier for the operator to successfully run the machine.
Mazak manufactures the OPTIPLEX 3015 Fiber in an underground, eco-friendly factory with ISO-4001 certification. This international certification standard confirms the production facility does not ad-versely affect air, water or land. Further adding to its eco-friendliness, the OPTIPLEX 3015 Fiber offers an 80% reduction in oscillator and chiller electrical power consumption as well as a 100% reduction in laser and optical path gases when compared to conventional laser
processing.
The OPTIPLEX 3015 Fiber adopts a “build-ing block” approach for laser capacity growth, meaning it easily integrates into Mazak auto-mation, and perfectly complements Mazak’s extensive line of CO2 lasers.
Mazak Optonics Corporation is a major supplier of laser-cutting systems, offering 50 laser models and leading the industry in the implementation of emerging laser technologies. The company’s 50,0000 sq. ft. North American Headquarters are located in Elgin, Illinois, and feature a 30,000 sq. ft. laser technology center housing up to 18 machines for demonstrations and training. Mazak Op-tonics is part of Yamazaki Mazak Corporation (Oguchi, Japan), the global leader for the manufacture of machine tools and systems for the precision machining of metal parts, including CNC turning centers, horizontal and vertical machining centers, Multi-Tasking machining centers, turnkey cells and software solutions. The North American Headquarters for Yamazaki Mazak are located in Florence, Kentucky. For more information on Mazak Optonics’ products and solutions, visit:www.dwmachinerysales.com, Phone: (425) 827-6931 • toll free (800) 254-0415
Selway Machine Tool Company Host Succesful Haas Demo Day
Rob Stuart, Oregon Sales Manager told us the Open House and Haas Demo day was a complete success. Rob and his Selway Team
featured Haas VF3SS, VF2SS, and DT1 Vertical CNC Machining Cen-ters along with the Haas ST 10Y-Yaxis Live Tool Lathe. Attendance was double over last year and partners Master Cam and Omega Rigging was there to help support. Established in 1963 Sel-way Machine Tool Co sells a complete line of machine tools and ac-cessories on the West Coast. Selway customers are supported with local service technicians, application engineering, showrooms, and special finance packages. For more information on Haas Machining Centers call Rob Stuart at: 503-314-3165, [email protected]..
A2Z METALWORKER • 32 • Sept/Oct 2012A2Z METALWORKER • 12 • July/Aug 2012
Announcements Continued with travels up to 150” x 50” (3810mm x 1270mm). These American made systems reduce spindle downtime related to part loading and fixture change-over adapting to virtually all types of machining centers.
MIDACO Automatic Pallet Systems, such as the A30SD to be displayed, are easily installed on the right side or the left side or sometimes both sides of a new or existing machine center to reduce floor space. Once a pallet or load of parts is complete, the next pallet or job is transferred into the machine in seconds.
Visit MIDACO at IMTS 2012, Booth S-9347 and WWW.MIDACO-CORP.COM to see how to KEEP YOUR SPINDLE RUNNING! Contact your local authorized distributor or MIDACO at 847.593.8420.
Delcam to launch new milling options in FeatureCAM at IMTS
Delcam will launch the 2013 release of its FeatureCAM feature-based CAM software on booth E-3222 at the IMTS exhibition to be held in Chicago from 10th to 15th September. This will offer a new series of options for three-axis milling and enhancements in five-axis machining, plus improvements in the turning and mill-turn modules.
FeatureCAM was the world’s first feature-based programming software when it was launched in 1995. Constant development since then has ensured that the system has retained its leadership in programming speed and ease of use, while an increased range of strategies has been added to provide more efficient toolpaths giving greater productivity on a wider range of machines.
The main change to the 2013 FeatureCAM product family has been the introduction of three levels of 3D machining functionality. FeatureMILL 3D Lite offers single-surface machining with a basic range of strategies and so provides an introductory product for companies moving into 3D machining for the first time.
FeatureMILL 3D MX provides a greater number of strategies, including spiral finishing, flowline finishing and rotary machining, support for multiple-surface mac hining and automated feature recognition. It is aimed at companies with conventional machine tools and those that are machining softer materials.
For further information, please contact: -Peter Dickin, Marketing Manager Direct phone: 0121 683 1081, e-mail: [email protected]
Aero Tech Manufacturing, Inc. Achieves ISO9001: 2008 Certification
Aero Tech Manufacturing, in business since 1967, is pleased to announce that it suc-cessfully certified to ISO9001: 2008. The scope of the company’s certifications are for fabrication and finishing of sheet metal and light structural steel products. The Registrar Company, Inc., was the certifying auditor.
The company, based in North Salt Lake, UT, offers the following capabilities:
• Full Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication• Full Liquid And Powder Coat Finishing • U.L. 508 Industrial Control Panels• Total Turnkey Fabrication And Assembly
For more information contact Aero Tech at (801) 292-0493 or visit their website at:www.aerotechmfg.com.
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Phoenix groups help aerospace, defense companies diversify
With potentially huge cuts to federal defense spending looming by early next year, Phoenix-based groups are trying to reduce the impact by promoting diversification within Arizona’s aerospace and defense industry.
The Arizona Commerce Authority is focusing both on sustaining the state’s already existing industry and working to draw in new business. It is spearheading the effort to position Arizona as one of the six states selected as a testing range for aerial unmanned vehicles, a project being run by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Retired Lt. Gen. John Regni, an aerospace and defense adviser to the quasi-governmental ACA, also is co-director for the Arizona Aerospace and Defense Initiative. He said if the state is selected, it could bring in a new growth industry.
“This would open up doors in all kinds of areas outside of defense, in fire protection, in search and rescue, in law enforcement and a wide variety of new areas,” said Regni.
The ACA has taken other steps to ensure small and midsize businesses are ready for changes relative to large industry players, holding a requirements conference in January and working
on an interactive supply-chain database.
The conference allows smaller contractors and manufacturers to learn about what would be expected of them to subcontract with larger defense contractors.
Barry Broome, president and CEO of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, said his organization is meeting with the 114 aerospace and defense companies in the top three tiers in the Phoenix area this summer to help them develop sustainable plans.
“We will have a plan of attack for each one of those companies; how to help this company grow, how to keep this company from closing. It’s a very hands on, tactical effort,” he said.
Broome said while the largest local aerospace and defense players, such as Boeing Co., Honeywell Aerospace, Raytheon Co. and Lockheed Mar tin Corp., already have diversified businesses, smaller companies with limited capital face greater challenges as effects roll down the supply chain.
“Our major companies have been relatively optimistic that they have done a good job of preparing for these cuts. It’s all the other companies that are connected to the big companies that we have to pay attention to because they can’t change their behavior and enterprise until the bigger companies change theirs,” Broome said.
Small to midsize companies that produce defense-specific products and rely on that pipeline may need to change to adapt.
“If you depend too much on one customer, or one industry segment, you are going to be more vulnerable than if you were more diversified,” said Steven Zylstra, president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council.
Zylstra said strategic innovation and paying attention to where defense money is still being spent will be key.
“You have to be more innovative and ingenious to say what is my core competency and how can I re-apply that to some other industry? It’s a tough test. Those that are the most innovative are going to do the best,” Zylstra said.
P.O. Box 1603, Bellevue, WA 98009 Call: (425) 827-6931 Toll Free: (800) 254-0415 Fax: (425) 827-6938 www.dwmachinerysales.com
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A2Z METALWORKER NW • 10 • Oct/Nov 2012
Lambie Engineering, LLC specializes in designing and producing Right Sized Equipment.
Right Sized Equipment are machines designed to produce parts at the same rate as customer demand requires. Machines are designed to cycle unattended and automatically unload freeing the operator
to perform other tasks while ma-chines cycle. Ma-chines are typi-cally arranged in a U shaped cell for flexibility in staffing the line and to minimize travel distances. Opera-
tors are added to the line to increase production when demand increases.
Processes are designed to go from raw material to a finished part with one piece of inventory between each process step minimizing material handling and eliminating inventory. Sensors and other error proofing strategies are utilized to prevent the production of defective parts. Right Sized Equipment strategies require lower capital investment than traditional batch production strategies and eliminate inventory, wasted floor space, complex production flows, set-up, and other forms of waste associated with over production.
With over 25 years experience in manu-facturing, we understand flow. Machine set-up and shared production resources create complex batch and queue produc-tion flow. Product focused, one piece flow cells greatly simplify the production process and drive out waste.
Eliminate batch productionEliminate set-up wasteEliminate material handlingReduce plant floor spaceSimplify the production processDrastically reduce inventoryLower investment costLower riskImprove qualityError proof with in-die sensorsReduce maintenance costIncrease safety
Reduce scrap and re-workReduced energy cost
We utilize state of the art CAD/CAM tools and CNC equipment to design and build our machines and tooling and provide fully detailed solid models.
For more information, visit their website at www.lam-bieengineering.com or call (509) 868-3100.
Lambie Engineering will be an exhibitor at Fabtech, Booth #C4850
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A2Z METALWORKER NW • 12 • Oct/Nov 2012
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Boeing Co said it doubled deliveries of its fuel-effi-cient 787 jets in the third quarter to 12, compared with six in the second quarter
Boeing is years behind its initial delivery schedule on the new light-weight, carbon-composite 787 aircraft after extensive development delays.
The company declined to say how many of the 787s delivered in the quarter came from a group of previously produced jets that needed engineering changes after they left the factory.
Boeing has produced more than 70 of its 787 jet and delivered 26, suggesting that 45 or more jets require the post-factory retrofitting, said Russell Solomon an analyst at Moody’s Investors Service in New York.
“When you do the math, there are 50-ish sitting there with some level of work that needs to be completed,” he said. “We think most of those will get delivered next year. A few more from that group should be delivered this year.”
All of 787s delivered so far have been produced at Boeing’s plant in Everett, Wash.Boeing is trying to speed up production to five 787s per month by year-end. The rate will include jets made at its plant in South Carolina. That factory is expected to deliver its first 787 from South Carolina to Air India.
Overall, the company delivered 149 jets in the third quarter, down from 150 in the second, but up from 137 in the first quarter. Deliveries rose 17 percent from a year ago.
Orders rose sharply in the latest quarter, hitting 404, compared with 36 in the second quarter.
Orders for the new 737 MAX drove the increase, Boeing said. The
company logged orders for 377 of the single-aisle 737 jets in the quarter, up from just three in the second quarter of 2012, and compared with 243 in the third quarter of 2011.
Among the big buyers, United Airlines ordered 100 of the 737 MAX planes, and Air Lease Corp and GE Capital Aviation Services ordered 75 each. Virgin Australia Airlines ordered 23.
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Manufacturer Helps Vets Turn Military Skills Into Jobs
Advanced Technology Services, a company that maintains manufac-turing plant equipment, has fashioned a unique way to fill their vacant jobs—specifically recruit and hire America’s returning veterans.
Turns out soldiers trained in handling guns, radios and other kinds of equipment possess the ideal skills to work in America’s manu-facturing plants.
“They have all these great skills and manufacturing is a perfect place for them to transition into,” said Holly Mosack, director of military recruiting for Advanced Technology Services, based in Peoria, Ill.
Whether U.S. manufacturing can thrive again is a perennial question. But recent economic data suggests sector improvement. The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) recently said the manufacturing sector expanded in September—shaking off three months of weakness as new orders and employment edged higher.
Advanced Technology Services helps factories improve productivity and profitability. Their clients include Caterpillar, Honeywell, Eaton and Textron.
Advanced Technology Services began focusing on military hiring in 2006. That emphasis was ramped up last year as more vets began returning home from conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
But transitioning from the battlefield to private-sector work is challenging, as jobs data shows. The unemployment rate for veter-ans—who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time since September 2001—was 12.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said earlier this year.
Applying for the wrong jobs
Mosack said she noticed vets applying for the wrong jobs. “They were going for positions they were under or over qualified for.”
Other veterans need help on basic skills such as how to address supervisors. Some veterans “feel silly asking, ’What am I supposed to call my boss?’ “ she said. Advanced Technology Services’ program helps veterans navigate these dilemmas and other tasks they’ve never managed before such as health-care forms and 401(k)s.
Roughly 25 percent or 650 of the company’s 2,600 U.S.-based employees are veterans. Brian Aschenbrenner, a former Air Force officer is among them. A military communications officer, Aschen-brenner handled radios, radars, satellites and other communication equipment at Air Force bases and in Iraq, Jordan and Qatar.
After nearly 24 years in the military, Aschenbrenner found himself
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looking for a civilian job for the first time in his life a few months ago. Ad-vanced Technology Services caught his attention.
“Looking into what they did, I could see the relationship to maintaining factory equipment,” he said. Aschenbrenner now supervises maintenance activity on plant industrial equipment in Okla-homa. “The military is full of guys, who have a variety of technical skills.”
Romney Would Immediately Reverse DoD Cuts
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wants to immediately restore the Pentagon’s base budget to levels proposed by former Defense Secretary Robert Gates in 2012 before last year’s Budget Control Act slashed $259 billion from planned spending, according to campaign advisers.
A Romney administration would allot 4 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) to the defense base budget, said Roger Zakheim, one of the former Massachusetts governor’s senior defense advisers, at an Oct. 11 breakfast with reporters in Washing-ton. Zakheim is on leave from his job as deputy staff director and general counsel of the House Armed Services Committee.
Gates’ fiscal 2012 Pentagon budget proposal called for $2.99 trillion in defense spending from 2013 to 2017. That projection was cut by $259 billion after Congress passed the Budget Control Act in 2011.
Romney believes additional cuts mandated under the Budget Control Act, known as sequestration, also need to be reversed, his advisers said.
The fiscal 2013 Pentagon budget proposal is 3.3 percent of GDP.
Dov Zakheim — Roger Zakheim’s father and another senior Romney adviser who has served in numerous defense positions under Repub-lican presidents, including Pentagon comptroller under President George W. Bush — acknowledged that Romney would not neces-sarily be able to achieve the 4 percent GDP level of spending in his first term as president.
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“We’re not going to come in with this massive supplemental” spending measure, he said.
Specific defense budget numbers would rely on GDP levels. So if the GDP grows quickly, the defense budget would grow faster. If it does not grow as fast, the Defense Department budget would be smaller.
The defense budget needs at least 2 percent real growth each year or procurement and research and development historically is cut, Roger Zakheim said.
As for policy, Romney believes the Pentagon should be focused on the Asia-Pacific, Roger Zakheim said. That said, the campaign believes the Obama administration’s strategy to focus heavily on the Pacific and Middle East is not achievable due to a planned truncation in force structure.
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Raytheon Awarded $349 M US Army Contract for TOW Missiles
Multi-year contract will fund wire-less precision-assault capability Raytheon Company received a $349 million five-year, multi-year contract to provide heavy anti-tank, wireless precision-assault missiles for the U.S. government. Raytheon received the award during its third quarter.
Under this contract, Raytheon will deliver 6,676 of the new wireless TOW (tube-launched, optically tracked, wireless-guided) missiles that receive commands from the gun-ner through a wireless guidance link, eliminating the wire connection in early generations of the missile.
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“TOW has been one of the most fired weapons in history, and the upgrade to wireless gives our warfighters an improved capability,” said Michelle Lohmeier, vice president of Land Combat for Raytheon Missile Sys-tems. “With this contract, we are partnering with the U.S. Army to ensure our warfighters continue to have this life-saving weapon for years to come.”
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With the wireless system built into the missile and the missile case, the next-generation TOW works with existing launch platforms, including the Improved Target Acquisi-tion System, Improved Bradley Acquisition System, TOW2 Subsystem and M220 Ground TOW. The system performs exactly like the wire-guided version, enabling soldiers and Marines to continue using the proven weapon without changing tactics or incurring additional training.
“TOW remains the U.S. Army and Marine Corps’ primary heavy anti-tank and precision-assault weapon,” said Scott Speet, Raytheon Missile Systems’ TOW program director.
“It is currently deployed on more than 4,000 TOW launch platforms including the Army Stryker, Bradley Fighting Vehicle System and High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle.”
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In January of 1964 Raymond’s son, Bill Fahey Sr. was fresh out of college and joined the family business. Bill Sr. had a good amount of experience working with the tools that his family business sold because while going to college he would work for the local shops and with many of the fabrication tools. “It worked out pretty well,” says Bill Sr. “I got to sell the machines I worked with in college and I had a pretty good knowledge of how they worked. This helped me to sell the machinery and help my customers with top of the line products.
He continued, “When I joined the business mom and dad gave me my old room back, a gas card, and a small salary per month. I started slow and went on errands the first 4-6 months and basically watched and listened. I went on sales calls with dad and I would watch how he interacted with customers and I would listen. Six
months later dad gave me a list of about 500 names on it and he said this is your account list, go see them, and I realized at that moment how little I knew. As a young man one can be pretty cocky and think he is hot stuff, but it took me almost a year before I made my first sale and I will never forget it. I kept plugging away and finally made one. It wasn’t much but it meant the world to me and the feeling and confidence I had from that first sale propelled me to more sales.”
In the early days of the business it was just Bill Sr. and his mom and dad. Bill Sr. would drive all over Oregon making sales calls pro-moting the business to customers and introducing Fahey Machine. After a while his dad let him go into Idaho and it could take up to two weeks before he would be home again, a real road war-rior considering this was the time when the interstate system was just coming into existence and it took forever to get anywhere. Bill Sr. would drive through Idaho and
into Montana shaking hands and making a name for Fahey Ma-chinery all the while developing
the territories. Eventually he worked his way into eastern Washington and expanded the territory there. His sister Mary was hired soon thereafter as secretary and the four of them worked hard to make every year better than the last.
“Through hard work and determination the business grew every year and it felt good to be a part of the family business,” says Bill Sr. “In those days we were a very small company and there were some very big competitors with many employees. These other companies had many branches throughout the states we covered and we were work-ing out of the house. The thing was we specialized in sheet metal and fabricating equipment and we were the only ones that did that so we
Fahey Machinery Celebrates 50 Years in Business, Three Generations of Sales, Service, and Impeccable Ethics for the Pacific Northwest!
Raymond and Lauretta Fahey founded Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. (Fahey Machinery) almost 50 years ago as a machine tool distributor, specializing in sheet metal and steel fabricating equipment. Fahey Machinery has become a leading distributor and represents some of the finest machine tool manufacturers in the industry with a territory that spans the following states: Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Hawaii, and Northern California.
Years ago, Raymond Fahey worked in the Los Angeles, California area for the aircraft industry doing precision Aerospace fabrication during the Second World War. He worked with various precision sheet metal machines and became proficient at his trade.
In 1943 the Fahey family moved to the Portland, Oregon area and Raymond worked for an aircraft related business there. Shortly af-ter the war ended, the company Raymond worked for went out of business. He then went to work for a machine tool company that sold metal working machinery. Raymond’s division sold sheet metal to sheet metal shops. This company also had a division that sold fabrication equipment and Raymond soon found his calling and began to sell equipment to shops in the area. Through his vast knowledge of working with fabrication equipment people came to him for advice on what to purchase for their shops.
Eventually Raymond felt he could do a better job supporting the shops with the fabrication machinery he was knowledgeable about. Raymond saw his niche and never looked back. After many 12 hour days and strategic business moves Raymond and his wife Lauretta decided to build the business together as a family. The Fahey home became the business location for a number of years. While Raymond pioneered the territory in sales for Fahey Machinery, Lauretta Fahey ran the accounting and day to day affairs at the office, creating a great partnership with Raymond and a great foundation for Fahey Machin-ery. When Raymond and Lauretta started the business, Raymond was 49 years of age and three of Raymond’s children were either in or going to college. It takes a strong individual to strike out on his own during a period of uncertainty.
Founders Raymond and Lauretta Fahey
Bill Jr. and TJ Hatfield with Marvels in stock, ready for shipment
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In January of 1964 Raymond’s son, Bill Fahey Sr. was fresh out of college and joined the family business. Bill Sr. had a good amount of experience working with the tools that his family business sold because while going to college he would work for the local shops and with many of the fabrication tools. “It worked out pretty well,” says Bill Sr. “I got to sell the machines I worked with in college and I had a pretty good knowledge of how they worked. This helped me to sell the machinery and help my customers with top of the line products.
He continued, “When I joined the business mom and dad gave me my old room back, a gas card, and a small salary per month. I started slow and went on errands the first 4-6 months and basically watched and listened. I went on sales calls with dad and I would watch how he interacted with customers and I would listen. Six
months later dad gave me a list of about 500 names on it and he said this is your account list, go see them, and I realized at that moment how little I knew. As a young man one can be pretty cocky and think he is hot stuff, but it took me almost a year before I made my first sale and I will never forget it. I kept plugging away and finally made one. It wasn’t much but it meant the world to me and the feeling and confidence I had from that first sale propelled me to more sales.”
In the early days of the business it was just Bill Sr. and his mom and dad. Bill Sr. would drive all over Oregon making sales calls pro-moting the business to customers and introducing Fahey Machine. After a while his dad let him go into Idaho and it could take up to two weeks before he would be home again, a real road war-rior considering this was the time when the interstate system was just coming into existence and it took forever to get anywhere. Bill Sr. would drive through Idaho and
into Montana shaking hands and making a name for Fahey Ma-chinery all the while developing
the territories. Eventually he worked his way into eastern Washington and expanded the territory there. His sister Mary was hired soon thereafter as secretary and the four of them worked hard to make every year better than the last.
“Through hard work and determination the business grew every year and it felt good to be a part of the family business,” says Bill Sr. “In those days we were a very small company and there were some very big competitors with many employees. These other companies had many branches throughout the states we covered and we were work-ing out of the house. The thing was we specialized in sheet metal and fabricating equipment and we were the only ones that did that so we
had our niche. The bigger companies sold everything under the sun and did not specialize in a line of products.” Bill Sr. continued. Fahey Machinery’s claim to fame was pounding the pavement. “Our customers knew who they were dealing with; we would shake their hand and look them in the eye. They knew we were not an order taker type of business. We were, and still are, their expert in fabrication equipment,” Bill Sr. said.
In the late 1960’s Boeing was not in great shape with the SST pro-gram and in 1971 the House of Representatives voted to end SST funding. Due to this project cancellation Boeing placed a glut of new/used machinery on the market. It was a difficult time to sell machinery in the Seattle area. In 1974 Bill Sr. moved up to Seattle to try and grow the territory. By then, Boeing was going straight up, the Alaskan pipeline was being built and high tech was just coming into play, and the timing was impeccable. Everyone else was selling
machine tools and Fahey Machinery was one of the only machinery businesses selling fabrication equipment. From 1974 through 1980 was a great time for making money in the Seattle area. Fahey Ma-chinery did well during this period and the business grew.
In 1968 the Fahey’s bought property and in 1977 built the build-ing they currently operate out of in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Fahey Machinery paid off the new location in only 15 years. “This is the best thing we ever did. Fahey LLC, my two brothers and myself own the 10k sq. ft. building. With this business space we stock all varieties of equipment both new and used. Sometimes a customer will want a new piece of equipment and they will want us to buy their used machine. If it’s in decent shape we will usually buy it and they end up with new machinery,” Bill Sr. said.
Bill Sr. came back to Portland to run the company as President in 1980 when his father stepped down as Chairman of the Board. Where is Fahey Machinery going in the next 5 years? Bill Sr. said, “In long term we want to continue to grow the company slowly practicing controlled growth. Times have been so unsettled for years
with the state of the economy and the government moving away from supporting US manufacturing and thus shrinking the middle class. Some of the consequences of over regulating by the government (OSHA & EPA) have made it so difficult for manufacturing to do business in the US that companies have either gone out of business or outsourced and offshored their work. This over regulation has resulted in less customers for us today. In the perfect world I see manufacturing growing again in the United States. We see some business coming back from Asia and that is encouraging. Businesses are finding out that it doesn’t make sense anymore to do business there with rising costs in fuel and labor and the decline of quality. When manufacturing comes back and we have higher paying jobs the economy will rise again and I see a good future on the horizon.”
Fahey Machinery is very proud they started with virtually nothing but knowledge and determination. They have continued a solid busi-ness for 50 years into their third generation with Bill Fahey Jr. as President. “Today the industry is very Internet driven and extremely competitive. There is a lot of price-cutting just to get the sale. Back in the days of my grandfather you could do a deal on a handshake and we built relationships back then. It was harder to get information
on machines and you relied on your sales professional to give you
October 1st the Fahey’s celebrated 50 years in busi-ness; 3 generations of Fahey’s supporting fabrication
in the NW
Bill Jr., TJ Hatfield & Bill Sr. showcase their large rolling machines
Bill Jr., Bill Sr. & TJ Hatfield in front of their 10,000 sq. ft. building
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quality information. Today the Internet has made it a different playing field and even though our company services what we sell, competitive pricing rules,” Bill Jr. said.
“As President I look forward to our company continuing to grow. We have a great team, Jackie Fahey (sister-in-law), Leonard Foster as Service Specialist, and Lisa Malone, Book Keeper. I see us adding some more service personnel and some sales professionals to support the business and help our customers. We have added a strong sales professional with T.J. Hatfield. T.J. joined the company as VP in January and is buying into the business as a partner. T.J. brings many years of experience in machinery sales to the company and follows the same strict ethics the Fahey’s have fostered for years,” Bill Jr. continued.
Fahey Machinery is located in Lake Oswego, Oregon. They house a wide variety of new and used equip-ment and machines for: bending, punching, shearing, stamping, sawing, burning, welding, rolling, finishing, as well as milling and turning. Along with a profes-sional sales team, Fahey Machinery employs full time service, parts, and tooling departments. The company is dedicated to keeping their customers’ equipment operating smoothly and with precision.
Today Fahey Machinery continues the legacy of 50 years (as of October 1st) of serving their customers and the industry through honesty, hard work, and some of the highest ethics in the industry. For service and sales of the finest fabrication machinery in the industry you can depend on Fahey Machinery.
Here’s what some of Fahey Machinery Customers have to say:
“I have nothing but great things to say about Fahey Machinery! They have great people working there. The service guy there, Leonard is real good. Fahey Machinery is one of the only machinery distributors I trust. I highly recommend them!”Cd’A Metals, Larry Coulson
“We started in the back yard with a hand break we bought from Fahey Machinery in 1989. They are the sole supplier for new equipment and get first crack on everything. Fahey Machinery is hands on, always answers their phone and, is very good with follow up service. Great representatives. It’s good to have a rep that knows the application. I highly recommend Fahey Machinery to everyone!” Evans Metal Fab, Chris Evans
“Scientific Research has been doing business with the Fahey’s since
1986, I deal with Bill Sr. primarily and Bill has become more of a friend over the years, he stays in contact and takes the time to know my business. Bill Fahey isn’t pushy and I appreciate the way he conducts himself. Bill tries to understand what I need and what I’m doing and comes up with a solution for every situation. The Fahey Company really stands out to me. I recommend Fahey Machinery to everyone I can. Fahey has good lines and represents them well.” Scientific Research, Mike Hollowell
“We have known Bill and been doing business with the Fahey’s for about 40 years. My dad dealt with his dad and we have done business for three generations and ours is about 60 years old. It’s unusual to
find any one in a business for 40 years. I have a great business relationship with Fahey Machinery. You don’t do today what you did 30-40 years ago. Bill and his company represents a full breath of equipment lines in our industry and he is knowledgeable of most all of it. Fahey competes hard and fair for your busi-ness. Bill is a professional with strong character and a man of his word and great at follow up and promises what he can deliver. Bill understands that you build relationships for the long haul and building these relationships takes time and trust. Over the years Bill has made relationships and intends to keep them. Fahey Machinery is a leader in their field.” Capital Industries, Ron Taylor
“Bill is one of the most knowledgeable machine tool salespersons out there.
He listens to our needs and meets our needs and requirements. He also brings years of experience to the table. Bill will
not sell you a machine you do not need. This year I had a need for a mill. After I explained to Bill what I needed, I got a call a few days later with a mill he thought would work and the name of the sales rep. he thought could help me. We bought the mill and have another one planned for 2013. Bill did not forget about the mill or us just because he did not carry what we needed. Bill is a guy that always will get 1st opportunity. Bottom line, Bill is a guy who cares about what he does.” Buyken Metal Products, Mark DeLaurenti
For more information on Fahey Machinery and their top of the line fabrication machinery and service, please call: (503) 620-9031, www.faheyinc.com
Leonard Foster, Service Specialist
Fahey Machinery also sells used equipment they refurbish them-
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Manufactured exports—a bright spot of the U.S. economy in recent years—are set to surge. Combined with jobs created as a result of re-shoring, higher U.S. exports could add 2.5 million to 5 million jobs by the end of the decade, as manufacturers shift production from leading European countries and Japan to take advantage of substantially lower costs in the U.S., according to new research by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
BCG projects that by around 2015, the U.S. will have an export cost advantage of 5 to 25 percent over Germany, Italy, France, the U.K., and Japan in a range of industries. Among the biggest drivers of this advantage will be the costs of labor, natural gas, and electricity. As a result, the U.S. could capture 2 to 4 percent of exports from the four European countries and 3 to 7 percent from Japan by the end of the current decade. This would translate into as much as $90 billion in additional U.S. exports per year, according to BCG’s analysis.
When the increase in U.S. exports to the rest of the world is included, an-nual gains could reach $130 billion. BCG forecasts that the biggest U.S. export gains will be in machinery, transportation equipment, electri-cal equipment and appliances, and chemicals.
“The export manufacturing sector has been the unsung hero of the U.S. economy for the past few years. But this is only the beginning,” said Harold L. Sirkin, a BCG senior partner and coauthor of the research.
“The U.S. is becoming one of the lowest-cost producers of the developed world, and companies in Europe and Japan are taking notice.”
The analysis is part of BCG’s ongoing “Made in America, Again” series on the changing global economics that are starting to favor manufactur-ing in the U.S. Previous reports in this series have focused on produc-tion and jobs that are likely to be brought back to the U.S. as China’s once-formidable cost advantage erodes, but the new research delves more deeply into the competitive position of the U.S. relative to other developed economies. Together, the developed economies account for about 60 percent of global manufactured exports.
The new analysis raises BCG’s previous estimate of U.S. job gains. Earlier this year, a BCG report titled U.S. Manufacturing Nears the Tipping Point: Which Industries, Why, and How Much? predicted that the U.S. would gain 2 to 3 million jobs from higher exports and production work shifting from China to the U.S.
Although the reshoring trend—also referred to as “insourcing” and “on-shoring”—is still in its early stages, several large foreign manufacturers have already announced plans to use the U.S. as an export base for other markets. Toyota, for example, has announced that it will export Camry sedans assembled in Kentucky and Sienna minivans made in Indiana to South Korea, while Honda and Nissan both say that they expect to boost exports of vehicles made in their U.S. plants to the rest of the world. Siemens is building gas turbines in North Carolina to ship to Saudi Arabia
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for construction of a 4-gigawatt power plant. Rolls-Royce recently opened a new aircraft engine parts manufacturing facility in Virginia citing lower labor costs, productivity and dollarization (doing business in U.S. dollars to mitigate local currency risk).
“Over the coming years, as European and Japanese companies decide where to locate new capacity, we can expect many more announcements like these,” said coauthor Michael Zinser, a BCG partner who leads the firm’s manufacturing work in the Americas.
“Producing in the U.S. offers increasingly compelling cost advantages—to supply not only North America but also some of the most important overseas markets.”
BCG estimates that average manufacturing costs in 2015 will be 8 percent lower in the U.S. than in the U.K., 15 percent lower than in both Germany and France, 21 percent lower than in Japan, and 23 percent lower than in Italy. Average manufacturing costs in China will still be 7 percent lower than those of the U.S. in 2015. But those costs do not include transportation, duties, and other expenses. And it is less than half of the advantage that China enjoyed a decade ago.
As explained in a previous BCG report, when the many risks and hidden costs of manag-ing extended global supply chains are taken into account, it will be just as economical to manufacture many products in the U.S. if those goods are sold in the U.S.
Labor and energy costs will be especially important sources of U.S. competitive
advantage in manufactur-ing. Adjusted for differences in worker productivity, which is consider-ably higher in the U.S., average labor costs of the other large developed economies
will be 20 to 45 percent higher than those of the U.S. Only a decade ago, the same U.S. worker cost only 12 percent less than the average factory worker in Europe.
Inexpensive natural gas will also boost U.S. competitiveness. For the foreseeable future, thanks to the recovery of vast U.S. underground gas deposits of shale, natural gas is likely to remain 50 to 70 percent cheaper in the U.S. than in Europe and Japan, BCG predicts. “That will translate into significantly lower costs for electricity generation, for fuel used to power industrial plants, and for feedstock used across many industrial processes,” said Justin Rose, a BCG principal and coauthor.
Although some of the U.S. gains will come from making products that
otherwise would have been imported from Europe and Japan, other gains will come from higher U.S. export shares in key international trade lanes. For example, in many industries, the U.S. will be significantly more cost competitive than Europe as an export base for Asia. In addition to lower labor and energy prices, it is 59 percent cheaper on average to ship goods from the U.S. to Japan than it is to ship from Europe to Japan. That’s because the U.S. is closer to Japan, and rates are much lower for containers departing U.S. ports, where there is significant overcapacity. Similarly, the U.S. will be more attractive than Japan as a base for sup-plying many goods to Europe.
U.S. exports have risen by 30 percent since 2006, far outpacing growth in gross domestic product. “The signs pointing to continued export growth offer further evidence that the U.S. is poised for a manufactur-ing renaissance between 2015 and 2020,” said Sirkin, whose most recent book, GLOBALITY: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything, deals with globalization and emerging markets.
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Investments will promote job creation and economic growth in local industry clusters in Ariz., Calif., Mich., NY, Okla., Ore., Pa., Tenn. and Wash.
The administration announced that 10 public-private partnerships across America will receive $20 million in total awards to help re-vitalize American manufacturing and encourage companies to invest in the United States.
The 10 partnerships were selected through the Advanced Manufactur-ing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge, which is a competi-tive multi-agency grant process announced in May 2012 to support initiatives that strengthen advanced manufacturing at the local level. These public-private partnerships consist of small and large businesses, colleges, nonprofits and other local stakeholders that “cluster” in a particular area. The funds will help the winning clusters support local efforts to spur job creation through a variety of projects, including initiatives that connect innovative small suppliers with large com-panies, link research with the startups that can commercialize new ideas, and train workers with skills that firms need to capitalize on business opportunities.
The Advanced Manufacturing Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge is a partnership among the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration, the U.S. Small Business Administration and the National Science Foundation.
In order to create an economy built to last, America needs to make more things the rest of the world wants to buy. After losing millions of good manufacturing jobs in the years before and during the deep recession, the economy has added nearly 500,000 manufacturing jobs since February 2010 — the strongest period of sustained job growth since the 1990s. While there’s more work to be done, steps like today’s announcement build on this momentum.
The awards will help regional clusters grow by strengthening their connections to regional economic development opportunities and advanced manufacturing assets, helping develop a skilled and diverse advanced manufacturing workforce, increasing exports, encouraging the development of small businesses, and accelerating innovation in technology. The 10 winning initiatives — based in Arizona, California, Michigan, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Washington — will each receive approximately $2 million to fund projects that are expected to train a total of 1,000 workers and help nearly 650 companies leverage a cluster’s resources in their regions and create jobs across the country.
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7. Pennsylvania: Agile Electro-Mechanical Product Accelerator, a project of Innovation Works, the Catalyst Connection, the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining and the Westmoreland/Fayette Workforce Investment Board ($1,862,150).
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With the increasing supply of natural gas in recent years, gas-to-liquids for diesel and jet fuel is looking attractive to companies like Calumet Specialty Products.
While natural gas supplies are now abundant in North America, the clean energy source is not a good direct substitute for all petroleum products. Engines that use jet fuel and diesel fuel, for example, would need modification to use natural gas. Converting the natural gas to a
‘drop in’ fuel solves many problems. Creating feedstocks for lubricants, solvents, and waxes is also useful.
Enter GTL. Using a high-temperature reformer technique, natural gas can be converted to a synthesis gas which can then be turned into these consumer-ready products via Fischer-Tropsch (FT) chemical reactions. This gas-to-liquid process is not magic and the energy cost is high, but as long as the natural gas feedstock price is low enough it makes commercial sense.
Against that background, Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP announced in a Sept 6 press release that it plans to expand its Karns City, PA specialty products facility to include a nominal 1000-barrels-per-day GTL plant. Calumet is a specialty petroleum products manu-facturer, operating 135,000 bpd of refining capacity in the United States, and producing some 1500 different products.
“Converting natural gas into ultra-high quality feedstock through GTL will reduce our costs, increase security of supply and improve product quality,” said Calumet’s Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Bill Grube in the press release.
Calumet has commissioned Ventech Engineers, LLC, specialists in modular petroleum processing plants, to design and deliver the GTL plant using an Autothermal Reformer (ATR) from Haldor Topsoe Inc and Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology from Velocys Inc., according to Calumet. Haldor Topsoe’s ATR will reform the natural gas into synthesis gas, a mixture of largely hydrogen and carbon monoxide. In the GTL plant, this synthesis gas will be routed through the Velocys FT process for conversion into long chain hydrocarbons. Velocys is the US-based subsidiary of the UK-based Oxford Catalysts Group, according to Oxford.
“Due to the historically large gap between high oil prices and low gas prices in North America, we’re experiencing very strong interest from potential clients keen to take advantage of this arbitrage opportunity. We are confident of the coming growth of GTL in North America and elsewhere, and of playing a leading role in this emerging market,” said Roy Lipski, CEO of Oxford in announcing its own involvement in the project.
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the first half of 2013. Production is currently expected to begin in the second half of 2014. The entire plant will be constructed as truckable modules at Ventech’s fabrication facility in Pasadena, Texas, and then transported to Calumet’s site in Karns City for rapid installation and interconnection with the existing refining facility.
As long as there is a price difference between natural gas and oil that is large enough, GTL will remain attractive. The biggest issue is the volatility in the price arbitrage. Oil prices can drop significantly and natural gas prices may rise—the current low prices may not last.
Forexpros - Natural gas futures sold at the highest level since De-cember 2011 earlier, after a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed U.S. gas supplies rose less-than-expected last week. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, natural gas futures for delivery in November traded at USD3.578 per million British thermal units during U.S. morning trade slipping 0.76%.
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ministration said in its weekly report that natural gas storage in the U.S. in the week ended October 5 rose by 72 billion cubic feet, below market expectations for an increase of 77 billion cubic feet.
Inventories rose by 108 billion cubic feet in the same week a year earlier, while the five-year average change for the week is an increase of 84 billion cubic feet, according to U.S. Energy Department data.
Total U.S. natural gas storage stood at 3.725 trillion cubic feet as of last week. Stocks were 236 billion cubic feet higher than last year at this time and 269 billion cubic feet above the five-year average of 3.456 trillion cubic feet for this time of year.
U.S. natural gas stocks peaked at a record 3.852 trillion cubic feet in November of last year.
The report showed that in the East Region, stocks were 67 billion cubic feet above the five-year average, following a net injection of 42 billion cubic feet.
Stocks in the Producing Region were 160 billion cubic feet above the five-year average of 1.047 billion cubic feet, after a net injection of 27 billion cubic feet.
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Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, Electronic Warfare Sys-tems, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $15,802,292 firm-fixed price contract for 48 integrated multi-platform launch controllers (IMPLCs) for installation on F/A-18 aircraft. The IMPLC is a component of the AN/ALE-50(V) countermeasures decoy dispensing set and the Inte-
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The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $1,904,545,643 modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for the procurement of 11 P-8A Multi-Mission Maritime Low Rate Initial Production III aircraft. Work will be performed in Seattle, Wash. (75.5 percent); Baltimore, Md. (4 percent); Green-lawn, N.Y. (2.5 percent); North Amityville, N.Y. (2.3 percent); McKinney, Texas (1.8 percent); Cambridge, United Kingdom (1.5 percent); and various location inside and outside of the continental United States (12.4 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2015. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.
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Report Forecasts Jobs, Revenues In Offshore Winds
The large-scale development of wind power off the Mid-Atlantic coast would create more than 70,000 jobs from New York to Vir-ginia, an industry-sponsored study concludes.
The study released last month said those jobs would be created by a new industrial base needed to manufacture, build, oper-ate and maintain the towering wind turbines, and an additional 40,000 jobs would be needed to serve the supply chain. The job growth would be realized over a 10-year build out of the offshore industry.
The study was conducted for the Atlantic Wind Connection and released during the American Wind Energy Association’s annual
conference in Virginia Beach.
“These findings highlight the unique op-portunity our nation has for stimulating a brand new industry by developing this limitless, yet untapped, resource,” said Bob Mitchell, CEO of Atlantic Wind Connection.
Backed by Google and other investors, the Atlantic Wind Connection is moving forward with the construction of a 380-mile power line that would enable up to 7,000 megawatts of electricity to be produced at offshore wind farms from Virginia to New Jersey.
The study’s economic projections are based on the development of 7,000 megawatts of wind power, or enough to power more than 2 million homes in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Besides the 110,000 jobs created directly by the industry and the supply chain, the study estimates that 50,000 jobs would be created by the effect of added economic activity — restaurants and groceries, for instance.
Large-scale wind development off the Atlantic coast would also have a com-bined economic impact for the states of $19 billion and increase local, state and federal government revenues by $4.6 billion, the study by information and analytics company IHS Inc. concluded.
Mitchell said the findings represent the “tip of the iceberg” of an industry that could have the potential of generating 330 gigawatts of electricity, exceeding the region’s current energy use. He
cited a University of Delaware study that examined wind potential from Cape Cod in Massachusetts to North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
The study, of course, examines the potential for an industry that has little presence in the in the U.S.
No commercial wind power is produced in waters off the U.S., although a project off Cape Cod, Mass., could begin producing elec-tricity in 2014. In Virginia, the industry is just beginning to stir with eight energy producers expressing interest in developing ocean bot-tom 25 miles off Virginia Beach. The state is seeking to survey the ocean bottom and collect surface data to move the industry forward.
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RAMPMILL®The fastest way to rough material! Our Patent PendingRampmill is designed specifically for the new roughing cutter paths, achieving drastically higher tool life, and Material Removal Rate than any
other tooling available.
Feeds & Speeds Calculator Even when youve found the best tool for the job, how you run it is the biggest key to productivity. Download our FREE feeds and speeds calculator at www.swiftcarb.com, in the downloads tab.
Coolant-Through Solid Carbide EndmillsOur patent pending center coolant hole blasts chips away from the cutting tool,
skyrocketing tool life, feeds and speeds, and producing better finishes. On internal pocketing, tool life increases by a minimum of 30%, but is often double or more! Stocked on most premium tools from Swiftcarb.
MDC Coating Generally, tool coatings are designed to achieve either wear resistance,
lubricity, or heat resistance, but usually only 1, and occasionally 2 of those at a time. MDC is an incredible combination of excellent wear resistance, lubricity, and heat resistance, that results in tool life and speeds that are over 30% greater
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Manufacturing Matters
October 5th was the first national Manufacturing Day, reminding us that the United States still leads the world in production of manufactured goods, and that the manufac-
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Manufacturing activity is coming back from the recession, and may also be coming back from overseas. The 2012 U.S. Re-shoring Survey by the MIT Forum for Supply Chain Innovation finds that manufacturers are reconsidering their supply chain strategies due to higher labor costs in developing countries, energy costs and political stability issues, as well as time-to-market concerns. Re-shoring — bringing manufactur-ing back to the U.S. — is under consideration by a significant number of firms, and some, including auto parts and electrical equipment manufacturers, have moved operations back. The survey finds that federal and state policies, including corporate tax rates, have a major impact on decisions to move or stay.
In this election year, candidates across the country, from President Obama and Gover-nor Romney on down, have jumped onto the manufacturing bandwagon. Beacon Hill has cut the corporate excise tax, passed bills to control medical and energy costs, strength-ened the Workforce Training Fund Program and the community colleges, and created the industry-led Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative. Nationally, however, the reality has been not bipartisan consensus but partisan deadlock.
If Congress really cares about manufacturing, there are issues that demand im-mediate action. Most urgent is heading off about $500 billion in tax increases that will hit the U.S. economy on January 1, along with huge automatic spending cuts.
The top tax rate on dividends will almost triple, the top tax rate on capital gains will increase by more than half, and many small and mid-size manufacturers will see their top marginal tax rate rise, because nearly 70 percent of manufacturers file taxes at individual rates. The Research and Development tax credit expired for the 15th time at the end of 2011. And the U.S. corporate tax rate is the highest in the developed world. Action in other areas is equally vital, if less pressing; for example, the future of workforce development programs, largely shaped by federal policy, remains up in the air.
America’s manufacturing sector, historically the backbone of our economy and of upward mobility in our society, is entering a period of renewed opportunity. We need congressional action, now, to ensure that future expansion takes place here rather that abroad.
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US Manufacturing Grows for 1st Time in 4 Months
U.S. manufacturing grew for the first time in four months, buoyed by a jump in new orders and more jobs. The increase is a hopeful sign that the economy may be improving after a weak stretch.
The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing manag-ers, said last month that its index of factory activity rose to 51.5. That’s up from 49.6 in August.
A reading above 50 signals growth and below indicates contraction. The index had been below that threshold from June through August.
Stocks increased their gains after the report was released. The Dow Jones industrial average had been up roughly 100 points before the report came
out. It jumped to 150 points up within 10 minutes of the release.
Separately, a government report showed that U.S. builders spent more on home construc-tion in August, adding to evidence that housing is recovering.
Overall construction spending dipped 0.7 percent, the Commerce Department said, as spending on commercial projects such as office buildings and shopping centers fell.
In the manufacturing survey, a measure of new orders jumped to 52.3, the highest read-ing since May. That suggests production will increase in the coming months.
And a gauge of employment rose, a sign that manufacturers may report a gain in jobs when September’s employment report is released recently. Manufacturers shed workers in August.
The increase could signal that manufacturing is picking up after a weakening this spring because of declining consumer demand and a drop in exports.
The improvement in the United States comes even as growth is slowing overseas. Europe’s financial crisis has pushed many countries in the region into recession. Growth in emerging nations such as China and India has slowed.
China’s manufacturing sector shrank in Sep-tember, according to a survey by a Chinese trade group. But its measure of factory activity rose for the first time in four months, to 49.8, from 49.2.
The U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of just 1.3 percent in the April-June quarter, down from a 2 percent growth rate in the January-March quarter.
Most economists expect growth will stay near or below 2 percent for the rest of this year. Growth at that pace is typically too weak to lower the unemployment rate.
Employers added 96,000 jobs in August, lower than July’s total and far below the average of 226,000 a month in the first three months of the year. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent from 8.3 percent in July. But that was only because fewer people were looking for work. The government only counts people as unemployed if they are actively searching for jobs.
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OctoberBest-Regional High-Tech Conference & Expo: 2012 A Great SuccessTen years ago, four members of the Electronic Representatives Association gathered to launch an idea that has grown into today’s OctoberBest Regional High-tech Conference & Expo. Their goal was to provide an open forum for companies involved in manufacturing, design, testing and development to network and learn about emerging trends from industry leaders. The idea was and still is to showcase local sourcing of goods and services in manufacturing.
The event continues to provide an arena where local manufacturers can learn new methods and technologies. It promotes the exchange of ideas and information that will help them to perform more efficiently and cost effectively. It provides a platform to introduce local resources and sup-pliers to the manufacturing community who offer a wide range of products and services. OctoberBest sponsors educational programs designed for learning, networking and personal growth. All of this is done with the goal of stimulating the Pacific Northwest economy.
OctoberBest is an all volunteer organization bringing together professionals from around the tech community to help plan, organize and facilitate the event. The primary contributors are the Oregon Chapter of the Electronics Manufacturers Association (EMA) and the Pacific Northwest Electronic Representatives Association (ERA).
The 2012 Event is being chaired by Ruth Delker of Cipher Systems. It was be held on October 3rd, 2012 from 8AM to 5PM in the Tektronix Conference Center on the Tektronix Campus at 13975 SW Karl Braun Drive, Beaverton, Oregon. The show continues to be organized by vol-unteers who are professionals from around the tech community who help plan, organize and facilitate the event.
A significant benefit of the event is that it enables our organizations to give to our community. To date, the event has donated over $15,000 and approximately 2,500 lbs of canned food to the Oregon Food Bank. Additionally, scholarships were presented last year to the local robotics teams who participated in the show.
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good design, is easy to work on and fairly reliable, but were being choked out by replacement parts pricing. So in the scope of competing globally, between already high labor costs, environmental fees & other overhead costs many other countries are not subject to, now we add forcing Fadal machine tool owners to pay $70 for a $10 off-the-shelf relay. This takes our ability to compete worldwide, and makes it far more difficult; all the while lining the pockets of Corporate American with gold.
FadalCNC.com was conceived to support the thousands of customers worldwide who own Fadal machine tools and need to keep their machines running. Today, they retain an inventory of Fadal parts that exceeds $3 million, and includes parts made for Fadal machines built as far back as
1984. Superior customer service is an integral ingredient to the FadalCNC.com buying experience, and the team is proud of their >98% customer retention rate!
We won business in the early years by understanding our customer’s expectations & exceeding them. Offering parts at a more competitive price helped, but knowing that shipping anything (lower price or not) that doesn’t work when it’s received was the real killer. Customers remember the price for a while, but remember you shipping them a part that didn’t work for a long time. Thus, Mr. Denny & his team designed a 100% test-all quality program. Anything that moves mechanically or electrically, or consumes power is tested on an actual Fadal machine in his showroom. This insures 100% of the items shipped from FadalCNC.com are fully tested before making their way to the shelf. “We are the only replacement parts resellers that I know of that take this extreme step towards 100% customer satisfaction. We don’t stop there either. We always go the extra mile to be certain parts were shipped out next day correctly by a double check & pack system, and offer superior warranty exchanges. We even pay overnight charges for all items sent which need replacement under warranty. It’s our service that makes us who we are today & what the deCaussin brothers knew early on.” Mr. Denny states proudly.
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When you think of manufacturing in the United States, you think quality, you think precision & speed, you think about a closed distributor network, but Brian Denny, founder of FadalCNC.com, thinks about the freedom of choice. Mr. Denny has demonstrated superior knowledge of utilizing the internet to support manufacturing from the perspective of offering replacement parts to anyone in need, regardless of geographical location; much like the auto parts business. Not just in the United States. FadalCNC.com’s customers span the globe.
FadalCNC.com was founded more than a decade ago to solve a problem in the machine tool business we don’t see much in America; lack of free market parts sales (competition). Through the 2000’s, his local Idaho sales and service company was involved in a relationship with Fadal Engineering to varying degrees which played into the full development of FadalCNC.com. Originally, the concept was to offer only parts purchased directly from Fadal Engineering to internet customers; those customers who fell victim to hiked up pricing, poor communication about parts orders & lackluster service. Their choice was to continue to deal with their local distributor, or sell the machine and buy another brand.
FadalCNC.com’s mission was not necessarily to bring prices down, but to bring quick, reliable service solutions to those who were straying from Fadal for these reasons. They started by publicizing the Fadal Parts Suggested Price List. That lit the fire. There was such an outpour of opposition from the Fadal distributors to allow Fadal Engineering to continue to sell to FadalCNC.com that eventually Mag Fadal terminated all agreements with Mr. Denny’s company & he was free to source parts from suppliers of his choice. This brought prices down significantly and quality up with many items.
Mr. Denny expanded, “These machine shop owners, often very small businesses with limited capital, were forced to pay very high replacement costs, simply because they were forced to buy from their local dealer and had no other options. And of course, machine down time meant lost revenues, so they just had to bite the bullet. The problem is much larger scale than just one guy with a parts budget problem. American’s were buying American made machines with plenty of capability,
lead the way in the industry. Additionally, with such an extensive inventory, FadalCNC.com typically has new and remanufactured motors on the shelf and ready for immediate shipment. FadalCNC.com is proud to share that its failure rate is less that 1% under warranty, and that this compares to approximately 8-10% failure rate for products that motor shops and other sources Fadal owners use to save money on parts.
“When you have us rework a motor for you, have confidence that it is done right, and it is always tested on a Fadal machining center. We don’t just bench test and call it a day. We install it on a machine, under full load, at full rapid speed for 30 minutes. We know our customers’ down time is critical, so we eliminate all possibilities of failure. We even make my guys drop it on the floor, just like UPS will do to make sure it will make it through shipping. Sounds funny, but unfortunately necessary,” explains CEO Brian Denny.
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FadalCNC.com has parts and service resellers all over the world. In the United States, they have partnered with dozens of ex-Fadal distributors with a full staff of incredibly qualified service technicians, as well as very qualified 3rd party service technicians who have vast experience with Fadal troubleshooting. They work with you to be sure your Fadal diagnosis and parts are exactly what you need.
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good design, is easy to work on and fairly reliable, but were being choked out by replacement parts pricing. So in the scope of competing globally, between already high labor costs, environmental fees & other overhead costs many other countries are not subject to, now we add forcing Fadal machine tool owners to pay $70 for a $10 off-the-shelf relay. This takes our ability to compete worldwide, and makes it far more difficult; all the while lining the pockets of Corporate American with gold.
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We won business in the early years by understanding our customer’s expectations & exceeding them. Offering parts at a more competitive price helped, but knowing that shipping anything (lower price or not) that doesn’t work when it’s received was the real killer. Customers remember the price for a while, but remember you shipping them a part that didn’t work for a long time. Thus, Mr. Denny & his team designed a 100% test-all quality program. Anything that moves mechanically or electrically, or consumes power is tested on an actual Fadal machine in his showroom. This insures 100% of the items shipped from FadalCNC.com are fully tested before making their way to the shelf. “We are the only replacement parts resellers that I know of that take this extreme step towards 100% customer satisfaction. We don’t stop there either. We always go the extra mile to be certain parts were shipped out next day correctly by a double check & pack system, and offer superior warranty exchanges. We even pay overnight charges for all items sent which need replacement under warranty. It’s our service that makes us who we are today & what the deCaussin brothers knew early on.” Mr. Denny states proudly.
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The team at FadalCNC.com offer full Fadal servo and spindle motor repair capabilities. As you can imagine, their warranties
When you think of manufacturing in the United States, you think quality, you think precision & speed, you think about a closed distributor network, but Brian Denny, founder of FadalCNC.com, thinks about the freedom of choice. Mr. Denny has demonstrated superior knowledge of utilizing the internet to support manufacturing from the perspective of offering replacement parts to anyone in need, regardless of geographical location; much like the auto parts business. Not just in the United States. FadalCNC.com’s customers span the globe.
FadalCNC.com was founded more than a decade ago to solve a problem in the machine tool business we don’t see much in America; lack of free market parts sales (competition). Through the 2000’s, his local Idaho sales and service company was involved in a relationship with Fadal Engineering to varying degrees which played into the full development of FadalCNC.com. Originally, the concept was to offer only parts purchased directly from Fadal Engineering to internet customers; those customers who fell victim to hiked up pricing, poor communication about parts orders & lackluster service. Their choice was to continue to deal with their local distributor, or sell the machine and buy another brand.
FadalCNC.com’s mission was not necessarily to bring prices down, but to bring quick, reliable service solutions to those who were straying from Fadal for these reasons. They started by publicizing the Fadal Parts Suggested Price List. That lit the fire. There was such an outpour of opposition from the Fadal distributors to allow Fadal Engineering to continue to sell to FadalCNC.com that eventually Mag Fadal terminated all agreements with Mr. Denny’s company & he was free to source parts from suppliers of his choice. This brought prices down significantly and quality up with many items.
Mr. Denny expanded, “These machine shop owners, often very small businesses with limited capital, were forced to pay very high replacement costs, simply because they were forced to buy from their local dealer and had no other options. And of course, machine down time meant lost revenues, so they just had to bite the bullet. The problem is much larger scale than just one guy with a parts budget problem. American’s were buying American made machines with plenty of capability,
lead the way in the industry. Additionally, with such an extensive inventory, FadalCNC.com typically has new and remanufactured motors on the shelf and ready for immediate shipment. FadalCNC.com is proud to share that its failure rate is less that 1% under warranty, and that this compares to approximately 8-10% failure rate for products that motor shops and other sources Fadal owners use to save money on parts.
“When you have us rework a motor for you, have confidence that it is done right, and it is always tested on a Fadal machining center. We don’t just bench test and call it a day. We install it on a machine, under full load, at full rapid speed for 30 minutes. We know our customers’ down time is critical, so we eliminate all possibilities of failure. We even make my guys drop it on the floor, just like UPS will do to make sure it will make it through shipping. Sounds funny, but unfortunately necessary,” explains CEO Brian Denny.
On-site Fadal repair services
FadalCNC.com has parts and service resellers all over the world. In the United States, they have partnered with dozens of ex-Fadal distributors with a full staff of incredibly qualified service technicians, as well as very qualified 3rd party service technicians who have vast experience with Fadal troubleshooting. They work with you to be sure your Fadal diagnosis and parts are exactly what you need.
They first recommend you try to find a local Fadal service technician with their Fadal Service Provider Lookup feature (http://www.fadalcnc.com/partners/). If no Fadal service technicians are available in your local area, give them a call, as they have more resources for you.
FadalCNC.com On-line Store
Online buying must be extremely easy to use if it is going to be a success. To facilitate online purchasing at FadalCNC.com, they developed a user friendly web store interface that provides you with current pricing, availability, and photos of the item to be sure you are getting what you need. Web browser add-ons are also available for download which allow for instant searches of all products listed in their store (http://www.fadalcnc.com/products_home.cfm).
What’s Next?
AllFadal.com, sponsored by FadalCNC.com, will be the new age in buying and selling used equipment. The team at FadalCNC.com is launching a website where anyone interested in buying or selling a new or used machine (Fadal only in this case), can list it on their website. Mr. Denny says, “We won’t be charging a commission fee based upon the sale price like all others. Instead, we’re pricing our service at a flat, and unheard of $30 per month. Holding true to our Mission Statement, this is another area our customers really need help with.”
The FadalCNC.com model is working very well for the founders and employees of FadalCNC.com. It is also working exceptionally well for their customers located throughout the world. FadalCNC are experts in a number of brands of CNC machines, not just the Fadal brand, so you can expect the innovative entrepreneur to soon offer other OEM’s parts and accessories. Go to FadalCNC.com to learn more about how to gain the edge over others still using the “old OEM system!” Great service, fair prices, and superior technical expertise. It’s what you should expect. Done. Done Right. Overnight!
lead the way in the industry. Additionally, with such an extensive inventory FadalCNC.com typically has new and remanufactured motors on the shelf and ready for immediate shipment. FadalCNC.com is proud to share that its failure rate is less that 1% under warranty, and that this compares to approximately 8-10% failure rate for products that motor shops and other sources Fadal owners use to save money on parts.
“When you have us rework a motor for you, have confidence that it is done right, and it is always tested on a Fadal machining center. We don’t just bench test and call it a day. We install it on a machine, under full load, at full rapid speed for 30 minutes. We know our customers’ down time is critical, so we eliminate all possibilities of failure.
On-site Fadal repair services
FadalCNC.com has parts and service resellers all over the world. In the United States they have partnered with dozens of ex-Fadal distributors with a full staff of incredibly qualified service technicians, as well as very qualified 3rd party service technicians who have vast experience with Fadal troubleshooting. They work with you to be sure your Fadal diagnosis and parts are exactly what you need.
They first recommend you try to find a local Fadal service technician with their Fadal Service Provider Lookup feature (http://www.fadalcnc.com/partners/). If no Fadal service technicians are available in your local area, give them a call, as they have more resources for you.
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good design, is easy to work on and fairly reliable, but were being choked out by replacement parts pricing. So in the scope of competing globally, between already high labor costs, environmental fees & other overhead costs many other countries are not subject to, now we add forcing Fadal machine tool owners to pay $70 for a $10 off-the-shelf relay. This takes our ability to compete worldwide, and makes it far more difficult; all the while lining the pockets of Corporate American with gold.
FadalCNC.com was conceived to support the thousands of customers worldwide who own Fadal machine tools and need to keep their machines running. Today, they retain an inventory of Fadal parts that exceeds $3 million, and includes parts made for Fadal machines built as far back as
1984. Superior customer service is an integral ingredient to the FadalCNC.com buying experience, and the team is proud of their >98% customer retention rate!
We won business in the early years by understanding our customer’s expectations & exceeding them. Offering parts at a more competitive price helped, but knowing that shipping anything (lower price or not) that doesn’t work when it’s received was the real killer. Customers remember the price for a while, but remember you shipping them a part that didn’t work for a long time. Thus, Mr. Denny & his team designed a 100% test-all quality program. Anything that moves mechanically or electrically, or consumes power is tested on an actual Fadal machine in his showroom. This insures 100% of the items shipped from FadalCNC.com are fully tested before making their way to the shelf. “We are the only replacement parts resellers that I know of that take this extreme step towards 100% customer satisfaction. We don’t stop there either. We always go the extra mile to be certain parts were shipped out next day correctly by a double check & pack system, and offer superior warranty exchanges. We even pay overnight charges for all items sent which need replacement under warranty. It’s our service that makes us who we are today & what the deCaussin brothers knew early on.” Mr. Denny states proudly.
Servo and Spindle Motor Repairs
The team at FadalCNC.com offer full Fadal servo and spindle motor repair capabilities. As you can imagine, their warranties
When you think of manufacturing in the United States, you think quality, you think precision & speed, you think about a closed distributor network, but Brian Denny, founder of FadalCNC.com, thinks about the freedom of choice. Mr. Denny has demonstrated superior knowledge of utilizing the internet to support manufacturing from the perspective of offering replacement parts to anyone in need, regardless of geographical location; much like the auto parts business. Not just in the United States. FadalCNC.com’s customers span the globe.
FadalCNC.com was founded more than a decade ago to solve a problem in the machine tool business we don’t see much in America; lack of free market parts sales (competition). Through the 2000’s, his local Idaho sales and service company was involved in a relationship with Fadal Engineering to varying degrees which played into the full development of FadalCNC.com. Originally, the concept was to offer only parts purchased directly from Fadal Engineering to internet customers; those customers who fell victim to hiked up pricing, poor communication about parts orders & lackluster service. Their choice was to continue to deal with their local distributor, or sell the machine and buy another brand.
FadalCNC.com’s mission was not necessarily to bring prices down, but to bring quick, reliable service solutions to those who were straying from Fadal for these reasons. They started by publicizing the Fadal Parts Suggested Price List. That lit the fire. There was such an outpour of opposition from the Fadal distributors to allow Fadal Engineering to continue to sell to FadalCNC.com that eventually Mag Fadal terminated all agreements with Mr. Denny’s company & he was free to source parts from suppliers of his choice. This brought prices down significantly and quality up with many items.
Mr. Denny expanded, “These machine shop owners, often very small businesses with limited capital, were forced to pay very high replacement costs, simply because they were forced to buy from their local dealer and had no other options. And of course, machine down time meant lost revenues, so they just had to bite the bullet. The problem is much larger scale than just one guy with a parts budget problem. American’s were buying American made machines with plenty of capability,
lead the way in the industry. Additionally, with such an extensive inventory, FadalCNC.com typically has new and remanufactured motors on the shelf and ready for immediate shipment. FadalCNC.com is proud to share that its failure rate is less that 1% under warranty, and that this compares to approximately 8-10% failure rate for products that motor shops and other sources Fadal owners use to save money on parts.
“When you have us rework a motor for you, have confidence that it is done right, and it is always tested on a Fadal machining center. We don’t just bench test and call it a day. We install it on a machine, under full load, at full rapid speed for 30 minutes. We know our customers’ down time is critical, so we eliminate all possibilities of failure. We even make my guys drop it on the floor, just like UPS will do to make sure it will make it through shipping. Sounds funny, but unfortunately necessary,” explains CEO Brian Denny.
On-site Fadal repair services
FadalCNC.com has parts and service resellers all over the world. In the United States, they have partnered with dozens of ex-Fadal distributors with a full staff of incredibly qualified service technicians, as well as very qualified 3rd party service technicians who have vast experience with Fadal troubleshooting. They work with you to be sure your Fadal diagnosis and parts are exactly what you need.
They first recommend you try to find a local Fadal service technician with their Fadal Service Provider Lookup feature (http://www.fadalcnc.com/partners/). If no Fadal service technicians are available in your local area, give them a call, as they have more resources for you.
FadalCNC.com On-line Store
Online buying must be extremely easy to use if it is going to be a success. To facilitate online purchasing at FadalCNC.com, they developed a user friendly web store interface that provides you with current pricing, availability, and photos of the item to be sure you are getting what you need. Web browser add-ons are also available for download which allow for instant searches of all products listed in their store (http://www.fadalcnc.com/products_home.cfm).
What’s Next?
AllFadal.com, sponsored by FadalCNC.com, will be the new age in buying and selling used equipment. The team at FadalCNC.com is launching a website where anyone interested in buying or selling a new or used machine (Fadal only in this case), can list it on their website. Mr. Denny says, “We won’t be charging a commission fee based upon the sale price like all others. Instead, we’re pricing our service at a flat, and unheard of $30 per month. Holding true to our Mission Statement, this is another area our customers really need help with.”
The FadalCNC.com model is working very well for the founders and employees of FadalCNC.com. It is also working exceptionally well for their customers located throughout the world. FadalCNC are experts in a number of brands of CNC machines, not just the Fadal brand, so you can expect the innovative entrepreneur to soon offer other OEM’s parts and accessories. Go to FadalCNC.com to learn more about how to gain the edge over others still using the “old OEM system!” Great service, fair prices, and superior technical expertise. It’s what you should expect. Done. Done Right. Overnight!
lead the way in the industry. Additionally, with such an extensive inventory FadalCNC.com typically has new and remanufactured motors on the shelf and ready for immediate shipment. FadalCNC.com is proud to share that its failure rate is less that 1% under warranty, and that this compares to approximately 8-10% failure rate for products that motor shops and other sources Fadal owners use to save money on parts.
“When you have us rework a motor for you, have confidence that it is done right, and it is always tested on a Fadal machining center. We don’t just bench test and call it a day. We install it on a machine, under full load, at full rapid speed for 30 minutes. We know our customers’ down time is critical, so we eliminate all possibilities of failure.
On-site Fadal repair services
FadalCNC.com has parts and service resellers all over the world. In the United States they have partnered with dozens of ex-Fadal distributors with a full staff of incredibly qualified service technicians, as well as very qualified 3rd party service technicians who have vast experience with Fadal troubleshooting. They work with you to be sure your Fadal diagnosis and parts are exactly what you need.
They first recommend you try to find a local Fadal service technician with their Fadal Service Provider Lookup feature (http://www.fadalcnc.com/partners/). If no Fadal service technicians are available in your local area, give them a call, as they have more resources for you.
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Boeing’s Next-Generation 737-900ER (extended range) reached 100 deliveries with a delivery this week to Tajikistan-based Somon Air.
To date, the 737-900ER has logged 414 orders from 16 customers. The Next-Generation 737 family (all models) has won orders for more than 6,000 airplanes and Boeing has delivered more than 3,800.
“Airlines around the world are recognizing the superior performance and operating economics of the Next-Generation 737-900ER,” said Beverly Wyse, 737 vice president and general manager. “It offers the best seat-mile cost of any single-aisle airplane which is especially important with today’s high fuel prices.”
The Next-Generation 737-900ER is a short-to-medium range twinjet that increases the capability of the Next-Generation 737 family. The higher-capacity, longer-range derivative of the 737-900 was launched in July 2005 with an order for 30 airplanes from Indonesia’s Lion Air and introduced into service in April 2007.
The Next-Generation 737-900ER replaces the larger, single-aisle Boeing 757, which ceased production in 2004. The 737-900ER is capable of operating more than 90 percent of the 757 twin-engine’s routes yet at a much lower operating cost.
The 737-900ER is the longest 737, typically carrying 180 passengers in a two-class layout with an exit limit certified for up to 220 passengers in a single-class configuration.
Somon Air, based in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, is the country’s first private full-service carrier. This is the airline’s second 737-900ER delivered with the Boeing Sky Interior.
Goodrich Wins Contract for Landing Gear System Overhaul Services
Goodrich Corporation has been selected by Boeing to provide landing gear system maintenance services in support of the United States Air Force fleet of Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. Included as part of the agreement, Goodrich will provide training to Hill Air Force Base (HAFB) in Ogden, Utah to perform overhaul of C-17 landing gear systems as a Goodrich supplier.
Greg Watson, site director for Goodrich’s Landing Gear business in Burlington, Ontario, Canada stated, “We look forward to using this partnership with HAFB as an opportunity to share best practices between the U.S. Government and private industry which can help to identify key process improvements and continue to add value to performance.”
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Jim Albaugh, The Boeing Company President and CEO for Com-mercial Airplanes, and AIA Executive Committee member, gave a call to arms about U.S. leadership in the second century of flight at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars on September 18.
In his National Aerospace Week remarks, Albaugh stated, “Aerospace is more than an industry. It’s a force for good in the world. We help drive the global economy. We’re good stewards of the environment. We bring people together, connect our world, and promote an un-derstanding of different cultures and points of view.” But Albaugh warned of threats to our aerospace leadership. “While other countries are investing aggressively in aerospace and defense, we are doing the opposite,” he said. “We are so focused on what to cut, we are forget-
ting how to grow.”
Albaugh addressed specific policies he thinks the United States needs to institute to keep its aerospace and defense sector in the forefront of leadership. First, he said Amer-ica needs a strategy “to ensure the long-term viability of our defense industrial base.” Albaugh added,
“I think that starts with identify-ing key enabling technologies and
ensuring we keep design teams together, even if it’s at a low level to support them.” As part of this strategy he said the U.S. government
“must ensure that we play by the same [trade] rules – on both sides of the Atlantic and Pacific.” Second, he said our country needs to invest in research and development, noting, “wherever R&D goes, innovation and economic growth follow.” He noted with alarm that
“U.S. government R&D as a percentage of our GDP has fallen by 60 percent since 1964,” and called for reinstating the U.S. R&D tax credit that expired last year.
Third, Albaugh said the United States needs to focus on the demo-graphics of our workforce, and “attract tomorrow’s engineers by capturing their imagination and letting them be part of an exciting mission that will shape the future…just as my generation was drawn into aerospace by President Kennedy’s call to land a man on the moon.” Fourth, Albaugh stated growth in the aerospace industry can’t come at the expense of the environment. He noted that the commercial aviation industry’s goal of achieving carbon-neutral growth by 2020 and a significant reduction in CO2 emissions is validated by airline customers who worry about profitability and their environmental footprint, two factors that he said are both tied to fuel consumption. Finally, Albaugh pointed to NextGen implementation—“the inter-state highway system of the sky”—as being the fourth great stride in transportation in his lifetime, after the highways, commercial air travel and GPS.
“Throughout my lifetime, the aerospace industry has improved our
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Boeing’s EcoDemonstrator Visits D.C.
National Aerospace Week attendees got a glimpse of aviation’s future when Boeing, along with partner American Airlines, welcomed its innovative ecoDemonstrator 737-800 aircraft to Washington National Airport. Visitors to a special exhibit area were told about technologies and advanced materials used on and in the aircraft that provide greater fuel efficiency and further noise reduction than current aircraft.
The ecoDemonstrator highlights potential efficiencies from all areas of the aircraft. Modifications include internal cabin improvements through the utilization of lighter-weight materials, new galley re-frigeration tech-nologies and the installation of recycled, recy-clable modular carpet that will save operator time, cost and reduce waste. Active engine vibration con-trols and other improvements to the engines not only save fuel, but also reduce cabin and external noise. New high-tech devices in the cockpit have the potential to provide significant safety and efficiency improvements. These include up-to-date weather and other data streams delivered to an iPad-like device, allowing for more direct routing and a smoother, safer flight. New structural materials and designs such as adaptive trailing wing edges increase fuel efficiency. The regenerative hydro-gen fuel cell on board essentially makes its own energy, bringing the aircraft one step closer towards zero emission power generation. Additionally, test flights of this aircraft are done using biofuels. All of the technologies tested by the aircraft have shown a two percent increase in fuel efficiency savings.
American Airlines has allowed this aircraft to serve as a test bed for these advanced technologies. After testing on the ecoDemonstrator is complete, the airplane will be returned to standard configuration and delivered to the airline later this year. Boeing’s plan is to demonstrate similar technologies on one new aircraft type every year.
The FAA participated in the 2012 program and will again offer assis-tance for the 2013 program, providing supportive funding for two of the technologies incorporated on the aircraft, and also some flight test cost. This funding is provided through the FAA’s Continuous Lower Energy Emissions and Noise program (CLEEN). In addition to Boeing, FAA and American Airlines, General Electric, Honeywell, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce-North America also assisted in the program.
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Boring Bars/ToolsMicro 100 _________208-888-7310Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900
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Carbide ToolsHorizon Carbide _____ 480-335-7688Micro 100 _________208-888-7310S.L. Fusco San Leandro __510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __619-477-7733Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900
Chemicals: UltrasonicPetroferm Inc. _______317-371-8899
ChucksSeco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805
CNC Lathe AccessoriesTrusty-Cook ________877-240-2462
CNC SharpeningCalifornia Cold Saw ____ 877-700-7610
CNC Spindle LinersTrusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462
Coolant SystemsEbbco Inc _________ 800-809-3901DCM Tech _________ 800-533-5339Swift Tool Co, Inc. _____ 800-562-0900
Cutting Fluids & OilsCalifornia Cold Saw ____ 877-700-7610Castrol ___________ 800-894-7773Hangsterfer’s _______ 316-640-2462S.L. Fusco San Leandro __ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __ 619-477-7733Swift Tool Co, Inc. _____ 800-562-0900
Cutting ToolsHorizon Carbide ______ 480-335-7688 Innovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730S.L. Fusco San Leandro __ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __ 619-477-7733Sandvik __________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. _______ 503-267-4805
Swift Tool Co, Inc. _____800-562-0900Cutting Tool Holders
Innovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730Seco Tools Inc. _______503-267-4805Swift Tool Co, Inc. _____800-562-0900
Cutting Tool SystemsInnovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730Seco Tools Inc. _______503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro __ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __ 619-477-7733
Magnetic Drills/CuttersInnovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730Micro 100 _________ 208-888-7310Sandvik __________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. _______503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro __ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __ 619-477-7733
Drills/ReamersSandvik __________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. _______503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro __ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010
Scott O. McCulloughVice President & General ManagerPacific [email protected] Direct206-683-7396 Mobile425-204-2603 Fax
600 SW 10th StreetRenton, WA 98057www.ryerson.com
Tornos US840 Parkview BoulevardLombard, IL 60148
Fax 630 812 2039
Call: 800-446-3569
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Buyer’s Guide & Card GalleryEquipment and Services
Offices:California (So. & No.) • Florida • Ohio
“Work with passion, sell with conviction, support with dedication.”
• Brass & copper tubes• Dielectric fluid• Metallics• Tooling• Graphite• EDM hole driller
• Zinc coated wire• Brass wire• Resin• Filters• Spare & wear parts• Omax parts
At EPA, one call does it all. Call 1-800-EDM-2-WIN
MIKE ELDRIDGESales Manager, North WestCORPORATE OFFICE
1400 Pioneer St.Brea, CA 92821562•694•5990562•694•6228: fax
1•800•336•29461•510•701•0738 : ce l lemail: [email protected]
www.kdcapital.com922-1674
Micro 100 Tool Corporation
Phil Saltness Manufacturer Representative - Washington
Company Office 1410 E. Pine Avenue
Meridian, ID 83642 800-421-8065 208-888-7310 208-888-2106
Toll Free: Ph:
Fax:
www.micro100.com
Sales Office 23180 SW Price Terrace Sherwood, OR 97140 Email: [email protected] Fax: 253-220-2620 Cell: 253-797-0890
Offices:California (So. & No.) • Florida • Ohio
“Work with passion, sell with conviction, support with dedication.”
• Brass & copper tubes• Dielectric fluid• Metallics• Tooling• Graphite• EDM hole driller
• Zinc coated wire• Brass wire• Resin• Filters• Spare & wear parts• Omax parts
At EPA, one call does it all. Call 1-800-EDM-2-WIN
MIKE ELDRIDGESales Manager, North WestCORPORATE OFFICE
1400 Pioneer St.Brea, CA 92821562•694•5990562•694•6228: fax
1•800•336•29461•510•701•0738 : ce l lemail: [email protected]
Bob Herlingphone: (425) 827-6931 Certified MachineTool Sales Engineer
e-mail: [email protected]
DW Metal CuttingMetal Forming
Machinery SalesP.O. Box 1603 Bellevue, WA 98009-1603
www.
.com
fax: (425) 827-6938 (800) 254-0415
7140 Engineer Rd. San Diego, CA 92111
Mathew EvansDirector of Sales and Marketing
www.5axisfixtures.com [email protected] (858)-505-0432
5 AXIS FIXTURES Innovative solutions for all 3, 4, and 5 axis machines.
th
Sales Office23180 SW Price TerraceSherwood, OR 97140Email: [email protected]: 253Cell: 253
Swift Tool Co, Inc. _____800-562-0900Cutting Tool Holders
Innovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730Seco Tools Inc. _______503-267-4805Swift Tool Co, Inc. _____800-562-0900
Cutting Tool SystemsInnovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730Seco Tools Inc. _______503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro __ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __ 619-477-7733
Magnetic Drills/CuttersInnovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730Micro 100 _________ 208-888-7310Sandvik __________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. _______503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro __ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __ 619-477-7733
Drills/ReamersSandvik __________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. _______503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro __ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010
S.L. Fusco National City ___619-477-773Dust Collectors, Filtration Equip.DCM Tech _________800-533-5339
EDM Materials & Supplies
Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300EDM Network _______480-836-1782EDM Performance _____800-336-2946Global EDM Supply ____480-836-8330
EDM: Dielectric Systems/Filtration
Ebbco Inc _________ 800-809-3901Electronics
Fadal CNC _________208-855-9426End Mills
Horizon Carbide ______480-335-7688Micro 100 _________208-888-7310Sandvik __________ 503-381-8740S.L. Fusco San Leandro __510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __ 619-477-7733Swift Tool Co, Inc. _____800-562-0900
Fixturing/Fixtures5th Axis Fixtures _____858-505-0432
InsertsHorizon Carbide ______480-335-7688Sandvik __________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. _______503-267-4805
Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900Jaws
Desert EDM Sales ___ 480-816-6300EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782
Lubricants / SystemsCalifornia Cold Saw ____877-700-7610DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __619-477-7733Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900
Machine Tool Cool. Filtration
DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __619-477-7733
Modular Spray SystemsSwift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900
MotorsFadal CNC ________ 208-855-9426
Parts Washing EquipmentEbbco Inc _________800-809-3901DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339
ResolversFadal CNC ________ 208-855-9426
Saw Blades & Replacement Parts
California Cold Saw ____877-700-7610
Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303--761-3000Roentgen USA _______ 760--900-1110SawBlade.com _______ 800--240-2932
Solvents & Degreasing AgentsDCM Tech _________ 800-533-5339Petroferm Inc. _______ 317-371-8899
Solvents: Vapor degreasing Petroferm Inc. _______ 317-371-8899
Solvents:Hand WipePetroferm Inc. _______ 317-371-8899
Solvents: Mil PRF 680 Petroferm Inc. _______ 317-371-8899
SpindlesFadal CNC _________ 208-855-9426Setco-Pope Spindles ____ 866-362-0699
Thread MillsMicro 100 _________ 208-888-7310Sandvik __________ 503-381-8740
Tooling SystemsHorizon Carbide ______ 480-335-7688Micro 100 _________ 208-888-7310Sandvik __________ 503-381-8740S.L. Fusco San Leandro __ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __ 619-477-7733
Vises & Vise Jaws5th Axis Fixtures _____ 858-505-0432
Waterjet AccessoriesKMT Waterjet Systems ___800-826-9274
WaycoversFadal CNC _________208-855-9426
Workholding5th Axis Fixtures ____ 858-505-0432Innovative Tool Sales ___714-780-0730
DOOR SYSTEMSAutomatic Door opening
Systems
Midaco Corporation ___ 847-593-8420FIRE SUPPRESSION
Fire Suppression SystemsFiretrace __________480-544-4450
GRINDINGGrinding Filtration
S.L. Fusco San Leandro __510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __619-477-7733
Grinding MachinesChevalier USA _______ 562-903-1929
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Carlos R. LugoSales Manager
NORTH WESTERN, - ,- - - '"
MAC H I ~_ E R Y -
1222 S. Weller St.Seattle, WA 98144www.nwmachinery.org
(206) 583-2333Fax (206) 583-0698Cell (206) 898-6900
LNlIMACHINERY INC.
Edward GieblewiczAccount Manager
970 Industry DriveTukwila, WA 98188
Toll Free: 1-866-437-7315Cell: (206) 300-3945Fax: (780) 437-7328
Web: www.newusedmachines.com
CNC Machine Services _ 425-788-4500Hallidie Machine Tool __ 253-939-9020
Machine Toolworks ___800-426-2052North-South Machinery _ 253-333-2439North Western Machinery _ 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools 510-249-1000Guard & Vacuum Pedestals For
Grinders
Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420Aircraft brake rotor
DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339Grinders, Rotary
CNC Machine Services _ 425-788-4500Silicon & Quartz
DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339Manual Lathes & Mills
Ganesh Machinery ___ 888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool___253-939-9020Machine Toolworks ____800-426-2052North Western Machinery 206-583-2333Western Machine Center 408-955-1000
Sawing MachinesFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ 503-620-9031Hallidie Machine Tool Sales _ 253-939-9020North Western Machinery _ 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools 510-249-1000
Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000 Western Machine Center 408-955-1000
Saw Replacement PartsRocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000SawBlade.com ______ 800--240-2932
Punch & DieDCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339
INSPECTION EQUIPOGP __________480-889-9056S.L. Fusco San Leandro __ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __ 619-477-7733
CMM ProbesOGP ___________ 480-889-9056
Coordinate Measuring Mach.OGP ___________ 480-889-9056
Gauging EquipmentTotal Quality Systems Inc. _ 480-377-6422
Laser TrackersMetrology Instruments
OGP __________480-889-9056Optical Comparators
OGP ___________ 480-889-9056Particle Inspection Mach
DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339MATERIAL
AluminumFry Steel __________ 800-423-6651
Laser Cutting Services, Inc__503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Samuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000TCI Precision Metals ____ 800-234-5613
Aluminum ExtrusionsSamuel Son & Co _____ 800-631-9765
Armor:CommercialTemtco Steel_______480-389-2883
Armor: Military GradeTemtco Steel_______480-389-2883
Brass Fry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Coastal Metals _______ 800-811-7466Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255
BronzeCoastal Metals _______ 800-811-7466Samuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255
Carbon SteelCoastal Metals _______ 800-811-7466Fry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc 503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Samuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000
CeramicsSamuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000
CopperRyerson Corporation_____425-204-2601
Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255Electrical Steels
Fry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Hastelloy Tube & Pipe
Haynes International ___ 425-422-6496High Temperature Alloys
Haynes International ___ 425-422-6496Laser Cut Material
Laser Cutting Services, Inc _503-612-8311Material Sales
Haynes International ___ 425-422-6496Coastal Metals _______ 800-811-7466Fry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc _503-612-8311Samuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000Temtco Steel _______ 480-389-2883
Metals: Bar & PlateFry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601
Samuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255
Nickel AlloysFry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Haynes International ___ 425-422-6496Marzee Inc. ______ 602-269-5801
Plate: Wear and StructuralRyerson Corporation_____425-204-2601
Temtco Steel _______ 480-389-2883Sheet & Coil
Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Stainless Steel
Fry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc _503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Samuel Son & Co_______800-648-8000TCI Precision Metals ______800-234-5613Temtco Steel _______480-389-2883
Titanium Rod, Bar, & WireSupra Alloys, Inc._ ______866-949-1699
Titanium Sheet & PlateSupra Alloys, Inc._ ______866-949-1699
Titanium Tube & PipeHaynes International ___ 425-422-6496Supra Alloys, Inc._ ______866-949-1699
Tool SteelSamuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000TCI Precision Metals ____800-234-5613
CNC MillsChevalier USA _______562-903-1929Ganesh Machinery ____888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool _ 253-939-9020
Micro 100 Tool Corporation
Jeff Saltness Manufacturer Representative - Oregon
Company Office 1410 E. Pine Avenue
Meridian, ID 83642 800-421-8065 208-888-7310 208-888-2106
Toll Free: Ph:
Fax:
www.micro100.com
Sales Office 23180 SW Price Terrace Sherwood, OR 97140 Email: [email protected] Office: 503-625-1578 Fax:503-715-0430 Cell: 503-330-5414
A2Z METALWORKER NW • 47 • Oct/Nov 2012
DAVID LADZICK MANAGER
NORTHWEST REGION
SECO TOOLS INC., 8215 SW TUALATIN-SHERWOOD ROAD, SUITE 200 TUALATIN, OR 97062
CELL: 503-267-4805
OFFICE: 248-528-5990 FAX: 503-404-2440
E-MAIL: [email protected] www.secotools.com
DAVID LADZICK MANAGER
NORTHWEST REGION
SECO TOOLS INC., 8215 SW TUALATIN-SHERWOOD ROAD, SUITE 200 TUALATIN, OR 97062
CELL: 503-267-4805
OFFICE: 248-528-5990 FAX: 503-404-2440
E-MAIL: [email protected] www.secotools.com
CopperRyerson Corporation_____425-204-2601
Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255Electrical Steels
Fry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Hastelloy Tube & Pipe
Haynes International ___ 425-422-6496High Temperature Alloys
Haynes International ___ 425-422-6496Laser Cut Material
Laser Cutting Services, Inc _503-612-8311Material Sales
Haynes International ___ 425-422-6496Coastal Metals _______ 800-811-7466Fry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc _503-612-8311Samuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000Temtco Steel _______ 480-389-2883
Metals: Bar & PlateFry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601
Samuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255
Nickel AlloysFry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Haynes International ___ 425-422-6496Marzee Inc. ______ 602-269-5801
Plate: Wear and StructuralRyerson Corporation_____425-204-2601
Temtco Steel _______ 480-389-2883Sheet & Coil
Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Stainless Steel
Fry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc _503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Samuel Son & Co_______800-648-8000TCI Precision Metals ______800-234-5613Temtco Steel _______480-389-2883
Titanium Rod, Bar, & WireSupra Alloys, Inc._ ______866-949-1699
Titanium Sheet & PlateSupra Alloys, Inc._ ______866-949-1699
Titanium Tube & PipeHaynes International ___ 425-422-6496Supra Alloys, Inc._ ______866-949-1699
Tool SteelSamuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000TCI Precision Metals ____800-234-5613
CNC MillsChevalier USA _______562-903-1929Ganesh Machinery ____888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool _ 253-939-9020
LMI Machinery Inc.___866-437-7315Machine Toolworks ___800-426-2052North Western Mach’y__206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools510-249-1000Selway Machine Tool __ 503-314-3165Selway Machine Tool __ 425-931-1680Tornos USA. _______ 951-240-0818
CNC LathesChevalier USA ______ 562-903-1929Ganesh Machinery ___ 888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool __253-939-9020Machine Toolworks ___800-426-2052
Muratec ________ 949-466-8255North Western Mach’y__206-583-2333OmniTurn _________ 541-332-7004Performance Machine Tools 510-249-1000Selway Machine Tool __ 503-314-3165Selway Machine Tool __ 425-931-1680
CNC Routing MachinesSanson Machinery ___ 425-513-8263
CNC Swiss Turn MachinesEllis Machinery WA ___253-838-3443Ellis Machinery OR ___ 503-258-0526Ganesh Machinery ___ 888-542-6374LMI Machinery Inc.___866-437-7315
Machine Toolworks _____800-426-2052
North-South Machinery _ 253-333-2439North Western Machinery206-583-2333
Performance Machine Tools 510-249-1000Tornos USA. ______ _951-240-0818
Custom Design/Build Ma-chines
Lambie Engineering __ 509-868-3100Double Column Vertical Milling
MachinesChevalier USA ______ 562-903-1929
EDM Filtration
Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782
EDM Machines4
Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782North-South Machinery __ 253-333-2439
EDM Service
Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782
EDM Tooling Systems
Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782Global EDM Supply __ 480-836-8330
CNC Horizontal Boring & Mill-ing Machines
Chevalier USA ______ 562-903-1929
Slant Bed LathesChevalier USA ______ 562-903-1929
Sub Spindle LathesChevalier USA ______ 562-903-1929
Used Wire EDM Machines
Desert EDM Sales ____480-816-6300EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782
PALLET SYSTEMSManual & Automatic Pallet
Systems
Midaco Corporation ____847-593-8420Manual Lift Off Pallet
Systems
Midaco Corporation ____847-593-8420Manual Rotory Pallet Systems
Midaco Corporation ____847-593-8420REPAIR
Bandsaw Tech________562--419-7675ROBOTICS
Robotic Part Loading Systems
Midaco Corporation ____847-593-8420NEW MACHINERY
FABRICATIONFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _503-620-9031Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151
Vice President/General Manager
A2Z METALWORKER NW • 49 • Oct/Nov 2012A2Z METALWORKER NW • 48 • Oct/Nov 2012
ASSEMBLIESDiamond Tool & Die_____510-534-7050Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Prescott’s MFG ________719-659-0262
BENDINGMandrel
Aeroform, Inc. _______360-403-1919BK Machine Inc. _____ 801-253-1929Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Solid Form Fabrication __ 503-435-1400
BONDINGDiffusion
Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451VACCO Industries ______626-443-7121
BRAZINGPrecision Casting Repair _ 801-972-2345
BROACHINGPonderosa Ind ________303-298-1801Specialty Steel Services __ 801-539-8252
Turning: AutomaticMatrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451
Band & Cut Off Saws
DW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Innovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730Jorgenson Machine Tools 801-214-7309North Western Machinery 206-583-2333
CNC Turret Punches
DW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Muratec ________ 949-466-8255
Drill Lines
Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ 503-620-9031Cold Saws/Saws
DW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ 503-620-9031North Western Mach’y__206-583-2333
Hardware InsertionFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ 503-620-9031
Iron WorkersFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ 503-620-9031Hallidie Machine Tool _ 253-939-9020Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151
Laser Cutting
DW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Laser Marking
CNC Machine Services _ 425-788-4500
Magnetic Drills/CuttersInnovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730
NotchersFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ 503-620-9031
Pipe & Tube BendersNotchers
Hallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020Plasma/Gas
Cutting Tools/SystemsDW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931
Magnetic Drills/CuttersInnovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730Muratec ________ 949-466-8255
Plate Bending & RollsFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ 503-620-9031
Jorgensen Machine Tools _ 800-952-0151
Presses
DW Machinery Sales ___ 425-827-6931
Press Brakes
DW Machinery Sales ____425-827-6931
Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __503-620-9031
Hallidie Machine Tool __253-939-9020
Jorgensen Machine Tools _ 800-952-0151
Punches
Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __503-620-9031
Rolling Machines
Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __503-620-9031
Sanders/Finishing
DW Machinery Sales ____425-827-6931
Shearing Machines
Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __503-620-9031
Jorgensen Machine Tools _800-952-0151
Tooling
Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __503-620-9031
Tube Bending
DW Machinery Sales ____425-827-6931
Hallidie Machine Tool Sales 253-939-9020
Welding Equipment
Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000
OTHER ACCESSORIES
Tooling Systems
USA EDM Supply ____ 480-836-8330
PROG. SYSTEMS
Factory Automation/Logistics
Muratec _________ 949-466-8255
CAD/CAMSoftware, CAD
Delcam __________ 877-DELCAM1
Software, Solid Modeling
Delcam __________877-DELCAM1
Shop Floor_________ 877-611-5825
REPAIR PARTS
Belts
All World Machinery ___815-943-9111Bearings(Precision)
All World Machinery ___815-943-9111Metric O-Rings
All World Machinery ___815-943-9111Switches (Proximity, Limit)
All World Machinery ___815-943-9111Valves (Hydraulic,
Pneumatic)
All World Machinery ___815-943-9111
ROBOTICS
LMI Machinery Inc. ___866-437-7315
SERVICES
AS9100 RegistrationABS Quality Evaluations __ 702-371-7591Great Western Registrar __ 623-580-1881
Gap Analysis TrainingABS Quality Evaluations __ 702-371-7591
Financial ServicesSpectra Financial ______ 602-680-7570 ISO RegistrationABS Quality Evaluations __ 702-371-7591Great Western Registrar ___623-580-1881
Lean Consulting TrainingABS Quality Evaluations __ 702-371-7591Lambie Engineering __ 509-868-3100
Liquid Penetrant
Team Industrial Services __ 801-397-2202Team Industrial Services __ 602-269-7868
X-RayTeam Industrial Services __ 801-397-2202Team Industrial Services __ 602-269-7868
ISO9000 / AS9100
Certification
ABS Quality Evaluations __ 702-371-7591BMSC ____________602-445-9400
Machine Tool RebuildingEDM Network ______ 480-836-1782
Management Systems TrainingABS Quality Evaluations __ 702-371-7591
BMSC ____________602-445-9400
Supply Chain Assessments
ABS Quality Evaluations __ 702-371-7591
SPINDLES & SLIDES
Spindle Rebuilding/Repair
GMN USA LLC________800-686-1679
Setco ___________ 714-222-6523
Spindle Sales New
Fadal CNC _________ 208-855-9426GMN USA LLC________800-686-1679
Setco ___________ 714-222-6523
USED MACHINERY
EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782Ganesh Machinery____888-542-6374
Hallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020
Jorgensen Machine Tools_800-952-0151
K.D. Capital Equipt____480-922-1674
Machine Tools Northwest _ 206-650-8999North Western Mach’y__206-583-2333
Performance Machine Tools_510-249-1000
WATERJET CUTTING
Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ 503-620-9031
Flow International_____ 909-620-5707
Jorgensen Machine Tools_800-952-0151
Machine Toolworks ____800-426-20521
OMAX Corp_________800-838-0343
Waterjet Abrasives
KMT Waterjet Systems ___ 800-826-9274
Waterjet Replacement Parts
EDM Performance _____ 800-336-2946
KMT Waterjet Systems ___ 800-826-9274
WaterJet: Filtration/Chillers
KMT Waterjet Systems ___ 800-826-9274
Waterjet Nozzels
KMT Waterjet Systems ___ 800-826-9274
Waterjet Pumps
Flow International_____ 909-620-5707
KMT Waterjet Systems ___ 800-826-9274
Waterjet Robot Kits
KMT Waterjet Systems ___ 800-826-9274
Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151
All World Machinery
All World Machinery
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MarZee Inc.2345 N. 34th Dr.Phoenix, AZ 85009
602-269-5801FAX 602-269-58101-877-885-1059
Innol/ative
Tool !!iales
Manufacturers Representatives
Randall J. Wilson
Industrial Products Manager
755 East Debra Lane ITSOffice, (714) 780-0730
Anaheim. CA 92805 Weld Shop: [7 I 4) 533- 1690
[email protected] Fax, [714] 780-0735
www.innovativetoolsales.com [ell, (714) 51 2-73 I 4
ASSEMBLIESDiamond Tool & Die_____510-534-7050Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Prescott’s MFG ________719-659-0262
BENDINGMandrel
Aeroform, Inc. _______360-403-1919BK Machine Inc. _____ 801-253-1929Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Solid Form Fabrication __ 503-435-1400
BONDINGDiffusion
Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451VACCO Industries ______626-443-7121
BRAZINGPrecision Casting Repair _ 801-972-2345
BROACHINGPonderosa Ind ________303-298-1801Specialty Steel Services __ 801-539-8252
Turning: AutomaticMatrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451
Castings: RepairPrecision Casting Repair _ 801-972-2345
CHEMICAL ETCHINGAcu-Line __________ 206-634-1618PMA Photometals _____ 480-773-3239VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121
CLEANINGWasatch Metal Finishing801-779-2020
COATINGAccuwright Industries __ 480-892-9595Coating Technologies ___ 623-581-2648
Coating: Black OxideCoating Technologies ___ 623-581-2648
Coating: Dry Film LubeCoating Technologies ___ 623-581-2648
Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/ChromeCoating Technologies ___ 623-581-2648
Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.Coating Technologies ___ 623-581-2648
Electro-Coating ServicesVACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121
COLD SPRAYAccuwright Industries __ 480-892-9595
DIE CASTINGHilton Tool _________503-657-9312TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278
DIESTool & Dies
Hilton Tool_________503-657-9312Micropulse West Inc. ___ 480-966-2300Plastic Injection Molding _ 509-531-2634
EDMEDM: Dialectric Systems
/FiltrationEbbco Inc _________ 586-716-5151
EDM: Drilling Small HoleLayke Inc. ________ 602-272-2654Micropulse West, Inc. ___ 480-966-2300
EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking)Micropulse West, Inc. ___ 480-966-2300Petersen Inc. ________ 800-410-6789Wright Prototype _____ 541-924-1203
EDM: WireCentral Valley Machine __ 435-752-0934Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. _ 510-534-7050Micropulse West, Inc. ___ 480-966-2300Jet Processing _____623-869-6749x117
Pacific Tool, Inc. _____425-882-1970Plastic Injection Molding _ 509-531-2634Powerhaus Precision ___ 480-225-8845
ENGINEERING/DESIGN
Nuclear Filter Tech____303-384-9785Pacific Tool, Inc. _____425-882-1970
FABRICATION
Fabrication: Sheet MetalAeroform, Inc. ______ 360-403-1919Aero Tech MFG ______801-891-2740Central Valley Machine __ 435-752-0934Cygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. _ 510-534-7050Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Mountain View Machine _ 435-755-0500Solid Form Fabrication __ 503-435-1400Valley Machine Shop, Inc. _ 425-207-5951
Fabrication: Custom MetalCygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574Group Mfg Serv ______ 480-966-3952
BMSC ____________602-445-9400
Supply Chain Assessments
ABS Quality Evaluations __ 702-371-7591
SPINDLES & SLIDES
Spindle Rebuilding/Repair
GMN USA LLC________800-686-1679
Setco ___________ 714-222-6523
Spindle Sales New
Fadal CNC _________ 208-855-9426GMN USA LLC________800-686-1679
Setco ___________ 714-222-6523
USED MACHINERY
EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782Ganesh Machinery____888-542-6374
Hallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020
Jorgensen Machine Tools_800-952-0151
K.D. Capital Equipt____480-922-1674
Machine Tools Northwest _ 206-650-8999North Western Mach’y__206-583-2333
Performance Machine Tools_510-249-1000
WATERJET CUTTING
Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ 503-620-9031
Flow International_____ 909-620-5707
Jorgensen Machine Tools_800-952-0151
Machine Toolworks ____800-426-20521
OMAX Corp_________800-838-0343
Waterjet Abrasives
KMT Waterjet Systems ___ 800-826-9274
Waterjet Replacement Parts
EDM Performance _____ 800-336-2946
KMT Waterjet Systems ___ 800-826-9274
WaterJet: Filtration/Chillers
KMT Waterjet Systems ___ 800-826-9274
Waterjet Nozzels
KMT Waterjet Systems ___ 800-826-9274
Waterjet Pumps
Flow International_____ 909-620-5707
KMT Waterjet Systems ___ 800-826-9274
Waterjet Robot Kits
KMT Waterjet Systems ___ 800-826-9274
Pacific Tool, Inc. _____425-882-1970
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Patrick [email protected]
T: 425-455-9200 F: 425.455.1750
Redback Industries 1400 112th Ave. SE Bellevue, WA 98004
www.redbackindustries.com
Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs __ 503-240-0878Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Solid Form Fabrication __ 503-435-1400VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121Valley Machine Shop, Inc. _ 425-207-5951Weiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800Wright Prototype _____ 541-924-1203
Fabrication: Medium & Large
Aeroform, Inc. ______ 360-403-1919BK Machine Inc. _____ 801-253-1929Group Mfg Serv ______ 480-966-3952Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs __ 503-240-0878Solid Form Fabrication __ 503-435-1400Weiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778
FASTENERS/HARDWARE
Self Clinch _________ 801-746-2689
FINISHINGArizona Finishing _____ 602-438-4443Coating Technologies ___ 623-581-2648
METCO Metal Finishing __ 602-276-4120Galvanizing: Hot Dip
TMM Precision ______ 800-448-9448
Glass Bead Clean Byington Steel Treating, Inc. 408-727-6630Coating Technologies ___ 623-581-2648
Liquid PaintingAero Tech MFG ______801-891-2740IndustrialEX ______ 303-456-6847MPI International _____ 956-631-6880
PassivationCoating Technologies __ _623-581-2648Jet Processing _____623-869-6749x117METCO Metal Finishing __ 602-276-4120
Powder CoatingAero Tech MFG ______801-891-2740
SandblastingByington Steel Treating, Inc. 408-727-6630
Silk ScreeningArizona Finishing ______602-438-4443IndustrialEX _______ 303-456-6847
Potting/EncapsulationIndustrialEX _______ 303-456-6847
FORGINGSAluminum
Aluminum Precision ___ 805-889-7569Hand Forgings
Aluminum Precision ___ 805-889-7569Titanium
Aluminum Precision ___ 805-889-7569GLASS/OPTICAL
Prescott’s MFG _______719-659-0262
GRINDINGChemResearch ______ 602-253-4175Industrial Machine Svcs ___ 503-240-0878Mountain View Machine __435-755-0500
Pacific Tool, Inc. _______425-882-1970
Precision Tech _______ 801-285-7288Ron Grob Co ________ 970-667-5320Superior Grinding _____ 801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals ____ 800-234-5613
Grinding, BlanchardDiversified Metal Services _ 801-972-6093Superior Grinding _____ 801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals ____ 800-234-5613
Grinding, CenterlessRon Grob Co ________ 970-667-5320
Grinding, Double DiscTCI Precision Metals ____ 800-234-5613
Grinding: ODPacific Tool, Inc. _____425-882-1970
Precision Tech _______ 801-285-7288Ron Grob Co ________ 970-667-5320Superior Grinding _____ 801-487-9700
Grinding: SurfaceChemResearch _______ 602-253-4175Quality Mold _______ 480-892-5480Superior Grinding _____ 801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals ____ 800-234-5613Westwood Precision ____ 425-742-7011
Grinding: Tool & CutterGet An Edge________425-355-9593Superior Grinding_____888-487-9701
Howell Precision 623-582-4776
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Shawn Carlin [email protected]
Marjorie Langton President
J&M Machine, LLC
1703 NE 43rd Street Renton, WA 98056 Phone: 425-204-0848 Fax: 425-204-0850 Email: [email protected]
CNC Machining and Manufacturing Since 1968
DIAMOND TOOL & DIE, INC.
DDD
510 534-7050 Ext 215Fax 510 534-0454
508 29th AvenueOakland, CA 94601 USA
HEAT TREATINGByington Steel Treating___408-727-6630Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751
CryogenicsPhoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751
Heat Treating/ISO/AS9100Byington Steel Treating__408-727-6630
Heat Treating/AerospaceByington Steel Treating__408-727-6630Large Capacity Drop Bottom
Oven/AluminumByington Steel Treating__408-727-6630
HONINGValley Machine Shop, Inc. _ 425-207-5951Westwood Precision ____ 425-742-7011
INJECTION MOLDSHilton Tool _________ 503-657-9312Plastic Injection Molding _ 509-531-2634
INJECTION MOLDINGPlastic Injection Molding _ 509-531-2634Prescott’s MFG _______719-659-0262
Inspection ServicesIRON STITCHING
Precision Casting Repair_801-972-2345LASER CUTTING
Laser CuttingHowell Precision ______623-582-4776Wrico __________ 480-892-7800
Laser Cutting: MicroHowell Precision ______623-582-4776VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121
Laser Cutting: 3DHowell Precision ______623-582-4776
E-CoatMPI International _____ 956-631-6880
EMI/RFI ShieldingIndustrialEX ______ 303-456-6847
Laser EngravingPMA Photometals _____480-773-3239VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121
Laser MarkingPMA Photometals _____480-773-3239
VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121Precision Etched Parts
PMA Photometals _____ 480-773-3239VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121
MACHININGAdvanced Mfg Services __ 310-320-28973rd Gen Machine______435-794-4980BK Machine Inc. _____801-253-1929Bar-S Machine, Inc. ____928-636-2115Britz Machine & Design __ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine __ 435-752-0934Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. _ 510-534-7050Faustson __________ 303-420-7422Howard PMP ________801-619-9850Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Nuclear Filter Tech ___ 303-384-9785Pacific Tool, Inc. ______ 425-882-1970Premier Precision _____ 623-466-3156Ron Grob Co ________ 970-667-5320St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529Solid Form Fabrication __ 503-435-1400TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278Valley Machine Shop, Inc. _ 425-207-5951Westwood Precision ____ 425-742-7011Wright Prototype _____ 541-924-1203
Machining: 5-AxisHoward PMP ________801-619-9850
St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529
Machining: AerospaceBar-S Machine, Inc. ____ 928-636-2115Howard PMP ________801-619-9850Layke Inc. ________ 602-272-2654St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529Teton Machine _____ 208-642-9344
Machining: Proto-R & D Advanced Mfg Services __ 310-320-2897BK Machine Inc. _____801-253-1929Bar-S Machine, Inc. ____ 928-636-2115Britz Machine & Design __ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine __ 435-752-0934Howard PMP __ 801-619-9850Industrial Machine Svcs _______ 503-240-0878Innovative Precision ____801-334-6317
Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Pacific Tool, Inc. ______ 425-882-1970Prescott’s MFG _______719-659-0262Ron Grob Co ________ 970-667-5320
VACCO IndustriesVACCO Industries
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TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278Westwood Precision _____ 425-742-7011Wright Prototype _____ 541-924-1203
Machining: ChemicalAcu-Line ___________206-634-1618
Machining: CNCAdvanced Mfg Services ___310-320-28973rd Gen Machine_______435-794-4980Bar-S Machine, Inc. ____ 928-636-2115BK Machine Inc. _____ 801-253-1929Britz Machine & Design __ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine __ 435-752-0934Faustson __________ 303-420-7422Howard PMP ________ 801-619-9850Industrial Machine Svcs __ 503-240-0878Innovative Precision _____801-334-6317
Layke Inc. ________ 602-272-2654Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Micropulse West, Inc. ___ 480-966-2300Pacific Tool, Inc. ______ 425-882-1970Teton Machine ______ 208-642-9344Valley Machine Shop, Inc. _ 425-207-5951Westwood Precision _____ 425-742-7011Wright Prototype _____ 541-924-1203
Machining: LargeValley Machine Shop, Inc. _ 425-207-5951
Machining: LaserInnovative Precision _____801-334-6317
Machining: MedicalPrescott’s MFG ________719-659-0262Teton Machine ______ 208-642-9344
Machining: ProductionHoward PMP ________ 801-619-9850Innovative Precision _____801-334-6317Prescott’s MFG ________719-659-0262Teton Machine ______ 208-642-9344
Machining: SwissHoward PMP ________ 801-619-9850
Bar-S Machine, Inc. ____ 928-636-2115Teton Machine ______ 208-642-9344
Machining: TurningAdvanced Mfg Services ___310-320-28973rd Gen Machine_______435-794-4980Bar-S Machine, Inc. ____ 928-636-2115BK Machine Inc. _____ 801-253-1929Britz Machine & Design __ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine __ 435-752-0934Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Howard PMP ________ 801-619-9850Industrial Machine Svcs __ 503-240-0878Layke Inc. ________ 602-272-2654Pacific Tool, Inc. ______ 425-882-1970Teton Machine ______ 208-642-9344Valley Machine Shop, Inc. _ 425-207-5951Westwood Precision _____425-742-7011
Machining: Turning LargeValley Machine Shop, Inc. _ 425-207-5951
MANUFACTURINGAeroform, Inc. _______360-403-1919Advanced Mfg Services ___310-320-2897BK Machine Inc. _____ 801-253-1929Central Valley Machine __ 435-752-0934Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. _ 510-534-7050Group Mfg Serv _____ 480-966-3952Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Pacific Tool, Inc. ______ 425-882-1970Premier Precision _____ 623-466-3156Teton Machine ______ 208-642-9344TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278Westwood Precision _____425-742-7011
Turnkey Product ServicesAero Tech MFG ______ 801-891-2740
METALIZINGAccuwright Industries __ 480-892-9595
MOLDS STEELAero Tech MFG ______ 801-891-2740
Plastic Injection Molding _ 509-531-2634
MOLDING: RUBBER
Molds: Plastic InjectionPlastic Injection Molding _ 509-531-2634
Molds SteelArizona Finishing ____ 602-438-4443Jet Processing ____623-869-6749x117Plastic Injection Molding _ 509-531-2634
Mil Spec PaintingIndustrialEX ______ 303-456-6847
NAME PLATESAcu-Line __________ 206-634-1618
PACKAGING
Banding Material SystemsRedback _________ 425-455-9200
Non-Metalic Banding SystemsRedback _________ 425-455-9200
PLASTIC MOLDINGPlastic Injection Molding _ 509-531-2634
Mold MakingPlastic Injection Molding _ 509-531-2634
PLATINGChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175EPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Foresight Finishing ___ 480-772-0387Gold Tech ________ 480-968-1930
MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Anodizing
ChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175Premier Precision ____ 623-466-3156Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146
Bright TinForesight Finishing ___ 480-772-0387
Chrome/Nickel/PalladiumEPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ________ 480-968-1930
CopperForesight Finishing ___ 480-772-0387
Embrittlement ReliefEPSI ___________ 714-519-9423
Electroless NickelForesight Finishing ___ 480-772-0387
GoldEPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Foresight Finishing ___ 480-772-0387Gold Tech ________ 480-968-1930
Seattle Polishing & Plating 253-804-0160Nickel
Foresight Finishing ___ 480-772-0387GTin / Zinc Plate
EPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ________ 480-968-1930
Silver PlatingEPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ________ 480-968-1930
PRECISION FORMINGAeroform, Inc. ______ 360-403-1919Cygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574Pacific Tool, Inc ______ 425-882-1970SpringWorks Utah _____ 801-298-0113Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800
PROCESSING: METAL
Acid Pickle
MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Chemical
LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612
MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Seattle Polishing & Plating 253-804-0160
Plating Alodine
MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Phosphate
MPI International _____ 956-631-6880
Rebecca PrenticeBusiness Manager
www.IndustrialMachineServices.com
A2Z METALWORKER NW • 53 • Oct/Nov 2012
CopperForesight Finishing ___ 480-772-0387
Embrittlement ReliefEPSI ___________ 714-519-9423
Electroless NickelForesight Finishing ___ 480-772-0387
GoldEPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Foresight Finishing ___ 480-772-0387Gold Tech ________ 480-968-1930
Seattle Polishing & Plating 253-804-0160Nickel
Foresight Finishing ___ 480-772-0387GTin / Zinc Plate
EPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ________ 480-968-1930
Silver PlatingEPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ________ 480-968-1930
PRECISION FORMINGAeroform, Inc. ______ 360-403-1919Cygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574Pacific Tool, Inc ______ 425-882-1970SpringWorks Utah _____ 801-298-0113Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800
PROCESSING: METAL
Acid Pickle
MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Chemical
LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612
MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Seattle Polishing & Plating 253-804-0160
Plating Alodine
MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Phosphate
MPI International _____ 956-631-6880
JOURNEYMAN PRECISION TOOL, INC.
“QUALITY METAL STAMPINGS”
155 Schulz Road 541-664-6743Central Point, OR 97502 Fax [email protected] www.jptool.com
METAL STAMPING
JOURNEYMAN PRECISION
JED BROWN
Polishing
Seattle Polishing & Plating 253-804-0160
PUNCHINGGroup Manufacturing Serv 480-966-3952Pacific Tool, Inc ______ 425-882-1970Cygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574
SANDBLASTINGByington Steel Treating__408-727-6630
SIGNSAcu-Line __________ 206-634-1618Solid Form Fabrication __ 503-435-1400
SPLINESSpecialty Steel Services _ 801-539-8252
SPRAY: METAL, PLASMAAccuwright Industries ___480-892-9595
SPRINGSSpringWorks Utah _____ 801-298-0113
STAMPING PRECISIONCygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574 Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934JP Tool ___________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656Precision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038SpringWorks Utah _____ 801-298-0113
Weiser/Mile High Prec.303-280-2778Stamping: Aerospace
JP Tool ___________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings ___661-257-7656
Stamping: BendingJP Tool ___________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings ___661-257-7656
Stamping:DesignJP Tool ___________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings ___661-257-7656SpringWorks Utah ______801-298-0113Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778
Stamping:Flat FormingJP Tool ___________ 541-664-6743SpringWorks Utah ______801-298-0113
Stamping: LightJP Tool ___________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings ___661-257-7656SpringWorks Utah ______801-298-0113
Stamping: Production/Precision
Precision Die & Stamping _ 480-967-2038Stamping: Short Run
JP Tool ___________ 541-664-6743
Pacific Metal Stampings ___661-257-7656
SWISS SCREW MACHINING.
Acu Spec, Inc________ 408-748-86003rd Gen Machine _____ 435-794-4980Howard PMP ________ 801-808-4106
Lewis Aerospace ____ 877-254-2024
Ron Grob Co ________ 970-667-5320Westwood Precision _____ 425-742-7011
TESTINGTesting: Non-Destructive
Jet Processing _____ 623-869-6749x117
Pilkington Metal Finishing _801-972-2146
Premier Precision _____ 623-466-3156
THERMAL SPRAYAccuwright Industries ___ 480-892-9595
TOOL & DIEWrico ___________ 480-892-7800
TOOL Cutting & GrindingPowerhaus Precision ___ 480-225-8845
TOOLINGCentral Valley Machine __ 435-752-0934
Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. _ 510-534-7050
Industrial Machine Svcs __ 503-240-0878JP Tool ___________ 541-664-6743
Lambie Engineering ___509-868-3100
Mountain View Machine _ 435-755-0500
TUBE BENDING
CUTTING FABCygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776
WATERJET CUTTINGAeroform, Inc. ______ 360-403-1919Central Valley Machine __ 435-752-0934Marzee Inc. ______ 602-269-5801Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Solid Form Fabrication __ 503-435-1400
WELDINGBritz Machine & Design __ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine __ 435-752-0934Cygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs __ 503-240-0878Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Mountain View Machine _ 435-755-0500Solid Form Fabrication __ 503-435-1400Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778
Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large
Industrial Machine Svcs __ 503-240-0878Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789
Welding: PrecisionHowell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs __ 503-240-0878Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778
Welding: MIG-TIGHowell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs __ 503-240-0878Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789
Polishing
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Acu Spec, Inc3rd Gen MachineHoward PMP
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Cygnet Stamping & FabHowell Precision
Pacific Metal Stampings
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Index of Advertisers
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