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Vol 5, No. 3 June/July 2015Front Cover Story Page 24-26

Regional Magazine - West Coast Edition for WA, OR and CA

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Inside Cover Story on pages 48-49

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CONTRIBUTORSLinda Daly, Hugh Taylor, Eugene Wirth, Stephen

Hannemann, Kate Carpenter

Cover & Inside CoverThis Month’s Cover , Inside Cover,

Shop Profiles, & Articles:

North South Machinery SalesMonaco Tool and DCM Grinders

Published by:A2Z Manufacturing West Coast

PUBLISHERS/EDITORSKim Carpenter & Linda [email protected]

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Announcements/Releases ....................6-21Front Cover & Shop Profile ............. 1,24-26Feature Articles ................................... 48,49Buyers Guide Equipment ....................68-74Buyers Guide Processes ......................75-81Card Gallery ........................................68-81Index Of Advertisers ...............................82Editorial .................................. Throughout

“All meaningful and lasting change starts first in your imagination and then works its way out. Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

-Albert Einstein

Many people thought computers would never take off. In fact many intelligent people never thought we would have personal computers on our desks at work, input our own information, and make our secretaries obsolete. To think we would have a computer in our home was even more unbelievable. And, now I have a computer, camera, GPS device and a phone on my hip. This i-amazing device is generally with me where ever I go and this means my business follows me wherever I go.

The people who had the foresight, the visionaries that used their imaginations’ to see better ways to do things with high tech devices in it were the people who made some great, world changing innovations that touched and change all of our lives.

About 30 years ago a guy named Chuck Hull of 3D Systems Corporation developed a prototype system based on a process known as stereolithography, in which layers are added by curing photopolymers with ultraviolet light lasers. Hull defined the process as a ‘system for generating three-dimensional objects by creating a cross-sectional pattern of the object to be formed’. Hull’s contribution is the design of the STL (Stereo Lithography) file format widely accepted by 3D printing software. The term 3D printing originally referred to a process employing standard and custom inkjet print heads. The technology used by most 3D printers to date.

The reason this is important is because over the past 10 years 3D printing or Additive Manufacturing has been widely embraced as the next trillion-dollar market and is gaining fast on the subtractive industry. When I first saw a 3D printer print a crescent wrench at a trade show it boggled my mind. But I thought, when they can print metal parts come and talk to me.

Well, it’s come talk to me time. I witnessed an EOS system printing metal and laser sintered parts before my eyes at a company called i3DMFG (i3DMFG.com) in the Dalles, OR last year. It was amazing. I thought this is great for prototypes but you still need to kiss away the imperfections with a machine tool and bring it into spec, so how will the industry break into production?

Well, there are companies out there like Matsuura (http://www.matsuura.co.jp/english/contents/products/lumex.html) that have imagined the Lumex ‘Advance 25 laser sintering/milling hybrid printer’. And, there are the imaginations at DMG MORI (http://en.dmgmori.com/products/lasertec/lasertec-shape/lasertec-65-shape) that produced the ALL IN 1: ‘Laser Deposition Welding & Milling -additive Manufacturing in Milling quality hybrid, LASERTEC 65 3D’ that can print in titanium, stainless steel, and many other aerospace grade metals. These companies to name a few dreamed of a hybrid machine that can print and sinter complex parts and in the same machine 5-axis the parts to perfection in a production environment. There is also a company that imagined building bridges with a robotic 3D printing machine that literally prints the bridge out of thin air, so to speak. MX3D, (http://mx3d.com/) a company that researches and develops groundbreaking robotic 3D print technology. Their robots print sustainable materials such as metals and synthetics in virtually any size or shape.

Technology is moving so fast there are imaginators (new word) out there that feel they can perfect printing human tissue and create replacement parts perfectly suited for our individual bodies.

So, stay tuned and start looking into this new technology- you don’t want to be left behind.

Please take the time to read some of the great stories on some great imaginative and innovative companies in this issue.

Until next time, thank you all for your support of our regional manufacturing magazines!

God bless you all!

Kim Carpenter

Ryerson simplifies customer manufacturingand procurement. From one-of-a-kindcomponents to parts in productionquantities, our one-stop shopping reducesoverall costs and streamlines operations.

Lower Production CostsTrim outsourcing handling costs andinspection points. Eliminate scrap handlingcosts and inspection points. Minimize capitalexpenditures. Our ready-to-assemble partsreduce customer work-in-process inventory.

Consolidate Supplier BaseSave transportation and administrativecosts. We’re responsible for all work

performed, even for services of our extendedfabrication network. We screen and audit allof our sources.

Increase FlexibilityTest new designs and prototypes withouttying up machines or employees. We knowfabrication and materials and recommendthe best for customer applications.

Meet Demand FluctuationsEliminate bottlenecks. Avoid capacityoverloads. Eliminate capital tied up inunderutilized equipment. We help customersfocus on core competencies and meetprocessing requirements.

Carbon Steel Bar• CF1018 ROUNDS – 3/16" THRU 6"• CF1018 SQUARES – 1/4" THRU 6"• CF1018 FLATS – 1/8" X 1/2" THRU 3-1/2" X 6"• CF1045 ROUNDS – 3/4" THRU 6"• CF1144 STRESSPROOF ROUNDS – 1/2" THRU 4-1/2"• CF12L14 ROUNDS – 1/2" THRU 6"

Alloy Steel Bar• CF4140ANN ROUNDS – 3/4" THRU 4-1/2"• CF8620ANN ROUNDS – 1-1/8" THRU 4-3/4"• CF4140HT ROUNDS – 3/4" THRU 3-1/2"• HR4140ANN ROUNDS – 1-1/2" THRU 24"

Carbon Steel Tube• ERW STEEL TUBE – 1/2"OD X .049W THRU 6"0D X .188W• ORN STEEL TUBE – 1/2"SQ X .065W THRU 4"SQ X .120W• STRUCT STEEL TUBE – 1-1/2"SQ THRU 6"SQ X .250W

(INCLUDING RECTANGLES)

Stainless Steel Bar• 303, 304L, 316L, 17-4 ROUNDS – 1/8" THRU 12"• 304L, 316L PLATE CUT FLATS – 1/8" X 1/2" THRU 1/2" X 8"• 303, 304L, 316L ROLLED BAR – 1/4" X 3/4" THRU 1-1/2" X 2"• 304L, 316L ANGLES – 3/4" X 3/4" X 1/8" THRU 4" X 4" X 1/2"• 304L, 316L CHANNELS – 2" X 1" X 1/8" THRU 6" X 4" X 3/8"

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Stainless Steel Tube• 304 SQUARE TUBE – 1/2"SQ X .065W

THRU 12"SQ X .500W• 304 RECTANGLE TUBE – 1/2" X 1" X .065W

THRU 12"SQ X 8" X .500W• 304 ROUND TUBE – 1/2"OD X .065W

THRU 6.0"D X .375W• AVAILABLE IN MILL FINISH AND

180 GRIT POLISHED

Aluminum Bar• 6061 EXTR & CF ROUNDS – 3/16" THRU 12"• 6061 EXTR SQUARES – 1/4" THRU 6"• 6061 EXTR RECTANGLES – 1/8" X 1/2"

THRU 4" X 8"• 6061, 6063 EXTR ANGLES, CHANNELS, BEAMS• 2024 CF ROUNDS – 3/8" THRU 4"

Tube & Pipe• 6061, 6063 EXTR SQUARE TUBE – 3/4"SQ X

.065W THRU 8"SQ X .500W• 6061, 6063 EXTR RECTANGLE TUBE –

3/4" X 1-1/2" THRU 2" X 8" X .250W• 6061 EXTR ROUND TUBE – 1/2" X .125W

THRU 8"OD X .250W• 6061 EXTR PIPE – 1/2" SCH40 THRU 8" SCH80

Carbon & Alloy PlateWe routinely stock:• Carbon from general purpose to structural, PVQ

and improved machining grades.• Alloy in construction, case hardening, PVQ,

aircraft quality and abrasion resisting grades.

Plate processing:Oxy-fuel CuttingPlasma CuttingShearing

Aluminum PlateWe routinely stock:• Heat treatable, cast tooling and cast mold plate• Standard thicknesses to 16”• Widths to 60.5”• Standard lengths of 96”, 120”, 144”, 240” and 288”• Diamond Tread plate

Plate processing:SawingBand Saw CuttingShearingCutting to Length

Stainless PlateWe routinely stock:• All standard grades• Plate up to 4” thick• Coiled plate inventory: 36, 48, 60, 72” wide• Stainless floor plate in 1/8, 3/16 and 1/4” thickness

Plate processing:Plasma CuttingSawingShearingCutting to LengthPrecision Leveling



Announcements & ReleasesGanesh Machinery Open-House

September 1St, 2015

Ganesh Machinery announced their 2015 open house for Tuesday the 1st of September from 10:30 to 3:30pm. The event will feature 20 CNC Machines with state-of-the art cutting demonstrations. The event will be held at the Ganesh Machinery showroom at 20869 Plummer St. in Chatsworth, CA.

Ganesh Machinery has identified many ways to help you be more successful and will be providing an Automation Solutions Presentation, focusing on labor reduction and seamless production. A 5-Axis Milling Presentation will be given, showing enhanced milling efficiency for 5-sided work pieces. The 36-tool Cyclone BY-2 will be showing the angular cutting capabilities of its B-Axis machine, while demonstrating how complex lathe parts with milled and drilled angles can be easily machined.

Ganesh offers Multi-Tasking lathes with up to 11-axis to make short-work of complex parts for profitable production. The “Big-Bore” lathe series starts at 30” swings and goes up to 55” lathe swing capacity, with spindle bores up to 14”. Rear chuck mounts are available for oil field applications and bed lengths up to 315” are available to meet your requirements. The Ganesh CNC vertical milling machine line starts at 24” x 16” and goes up to 100” in X and 39” in Y.

Ganesh has extensive capabilities in production analysis, automation and turn-key solutions in support of challenging production applications. Ganesh offers a complete line of CNC milling and turning machines to meet your needs. The new 44-page catalog presents the entire Ganesh machine tool lineup, showing solutions that will provide you with greater manufacturing efficiency.

Come to the Ganesh Open-House on September 1st and challenge them to offer the best solution for your production problems and learn how Ganesh Machinery can increase your profitability! Join them from 11:45 to 1:45pm for a Fresh-Grilled Mexican Lunch!

TO RSVP CALL: 818-349-9166, [email protected],

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There Is A New 3D Printing Service In Town!

Ultimate 3D is a 3D printing company located in Hillsboro, Oregon.

We s p e c i a l i z e in SLS (selective laser sinter ing) technology. With S L S , w e c a n make high quality

prototypes as well as production parts. SLS is one of the most sophisticated printing technologies available, much different than your home 3D printer. With in-house printing capabilities, Ultimate 3D can create professional-grade parts for a wide variety of uses, handling orders of several thousand parts if necessary. We also offer custom finishing options like hand sanding, tumble polishing and dying to get the final appearance you desire.

SLS materials and processes are perfect for long-term applications, not just prototypes.

Qualities of our products:• Strong/durable• Flexible(certainmaterials)• Extremelyprecisetodigitalmodel• Greatforreal-worlduse

Industries we often print for:• Aerospace• Motorsports/customautomotiveproducts• Medicalprosthetics• Productdevelopment

Materials we use (data sheets available on our website):• Nylon12• Glass-fillednylon12• Carbonfiberfillednylon12

Call or email us for a quote! 503-848-8227 or [email protected] or www.ult3d.com

Ben Stodghill Joins Scottrade Bank Equipment Finance To Support Machine Shop’s

Financing Needs

Ben Stodghill is pleased to announce that he recently joined Scottrade Bank Equipment Finance as Senior Business Development officer supporting small and medium machine shops in CO, UT, ID, MT, WY, Northern CA, OR, WA, AZ, and NM.


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Ben says, “ I am proud to be part of Scottrade Bank Equipment Finance. The company slogan is ‘We Finance American Ambition’, and we are focused on offering machine shops with competitive/flexible equipment

leasing and financing products.”

To learn more about how Ben and Scottrade Bank Equipment Finance can support your financing needs, call him at 206-948-0022 or email [email protected]

FFG Signs Agreement To Acquire Pfiffner

Group A Previous Partner Of Hydromat Inc. For Many Years.

FFG’s Machine tool sector has 19 brands and 31 machine tool enterprises mostly in Taiwan, Japan, S. Korea, China, the USA, Italy, Germany, and now adds Switzerland to their map. Within the FFG group, the machine

tool division generates approximately 1.8 billion Dollars of total sales of about 3.3 billion US Dollars. As a member of a global conglomerate with manufacturing plants in Europe, Asia and the Americas, Pfiffner group will have access to the technology, sales, and service capacities of FFG, creating the potential for expanded growth. The FFG group has a strong financial record and always looks to invest further in its technologies and customer support capacities.

“The growth strategy that FFG employs is perfectly in line with the needs of the Pfiffner Group, and it will enhance their already stellar reputation for innovation, quality and precision in the rotary transfer sector,” added Kevin Meehan, Hydromat’s Executive Vice President & COO for Hydromat Inc., “This development will solidify their position as the leader in the CNC rotary transfer segment, and our customers are sure to benefit from future technological developments driven by a stronger

Pfiffner.”

Hydromat, Inc. is the industry leader in the Americas for the manufacture and assembly of precision transfer machines that include; EPIC R/T Rotary, Inline, and Trunnion models, as well as the revolutionary multi-station ICON 6-250, 6-150, and 8-150 Mill/Turn Productivity Centers. Hydromat has a reputation built on a commitment to product quality,

customer service and technological innovation that provides the correct productivity solution for their customers.

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People Tech, Inc To distribute Romi Machine Tools In California

Romi Machine Tools Inc, USA would like to announce the distinguished appointment of People Tech, Inc, a Machining Technology Sales and Service company, to distribute and support the full machine tool line of Romi Machine Tools USA’s offerings. People Tech’s distribution area will cover the entire State of California and Northern Nevada markets. These lines include Romi’s world-

class GL-Series Production CNC Turing Centers, D-Series CNC Vertical Machining Centers, C-Series Combination/CNC Tool Room Lathe Line, DCM-Series 5-Axis Machining Centers and the VTL/VT-Series Vertical Turning Production Centers.

People Tech has been distributing machine tools for Romi in Northern California and assisted in supporting the Southern California Regions for sometime now, but has made it official for the entire region this past month.

People Tech offers great technical and consultative sales through its distribution platforms and high performance machine tool service to keep your machines running. People Tech’s motto is “Equipping Your Success,” - a statement the company firmly believes and promises to its customers. People Tech has an office in the heart of Silicon Valley for the Northern California Territory and an office in Southern California to support and promote Romi Machine Tools.

Please Visit People Tech’s website at www.PeopleTechMT.com, or call Northern California at 408-598-2200 and Southern California at 949-398-0400.

National Institute For Metalworking Skills And

Gene Haas Foundation Announce Scholarships For

Young Manufacturing Talent

The National Institute for Metalworking Skills (NIMS), the precision manufacturing industry’s premier standards and certification

body, and the Gene Haas Foundation (GHF), which provides scholarships to schools for students entering technical training programs, are partnering to provide scholarship funds directly to the near-future workforce. The scholarships will be given to select SkillsUSA students, who represent some of the nation’s top young talent in precision machining and metalworking.

The 2015 GHF-NIMS SkillsUSA Scholarship Program will award over $200,000 in scholarship funds to students competing in three manufacturing events at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC) in Louisville, Kentucky June 22-26. Competitors include high school and college students from all 50 states who have won their state-level competitions in CNC Technician, CNC Milling Specialist and CNC Turning Specialist. Upon their arrival at NLSC, they will receive a $1,000 scholarship award recognizing their success. Medalists at each of the three competitions at each level will receive awards in the following amounts: Gold: $4,000; Silver: $3,000; and Bronze: $2,000.

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All-New Haas Bar Feeder

When Haas Automation introduced the Servo Bar 300 bar feeder in 1999, it was instantly popular, because it was compact, easy to use, and affordable. For 2015, Haas engineers went back to the drawing board to make bar feeder operations easier, more efficient, and faster.

The result is the all-new Haas Bar Feeder, which provides a simpler and more affordable way to automate part production on Haas turning centers. It features a re-engineered, heavy-duty

– yet still compact – design that boosts productivity and streamlines turning operations.

Designed and built by Haas Automation exclusively for use on Haas ST-10 through ST-35 and DS series CNC turning centers, the Haas Bar Feeder connects directly to the Haas control, and is powered by the turning center.

Fast set up and quick changeovers are what sets the new Haas Bar Feeder apart from the competition. It features an innovative rollaway design that provides easy access to the rear of the lathe spindle for quick liner adapter and liner changes. Simply press the foot-pedal release, and the bar feeder

easily rolls out of the way for access. When pulled back into position, the bar feeder locks into place completely, eliminating accidental bumps or alignment issues. And making bar height adjustments is easier than ever, using a single handwheel right where it’s needed to make visual “on-center” adjustments. Quick-change pushrods snap into place without tools, and both sizes store conveniently in the cover of the bar feeder. Built-in racks on both ends of the bar feeder provide storage for and easy access to all Haas extruded spindle liners, so there’s no need to walk around the machine, as with the previous version.

To reduce cycle times, the Haas Bar Feeder uses a new belt-driven bar-shuttle system that is 7 times faster than the previous version, with lightning-fast retract speeds. Optical sensors accurately determine bar position, even on bars with chamfers and ragged ends, and stainless steel runners on the charging tray help bars roll down to the loading area much easier. Even square and hexagonal stock glide down smoothly to the new bar feeder tray.

Because it’s integrated with the Haas control, all bar feeder parameters are set directly at the lathe. Easy-to-read, on-screen icons indicate if the bar feeder is out of position, has the lid open, or needs to be latched back into place.

The new Haas Bar Feeder is easy to set up, easy to operate, and ready to boost your output and profits. For more information, call 800-331-6746, or visit www.HaasCNC.com.

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Fahey Machinery is proud to announce a new addition to their professional sales arsenal and welcomes Dion Hardy as Oregon Sales Manager. Dion comes to Fahey Machinery with nearly 30 years of experience in serving the metal fabrication industry. Dion started at an early age working in successful manufacturing facilities, and has represented some of the top manufacturers of machine tools that the industry has to offer. As a member of Fahey Machinery, he looks forward to helping your businesses grow.

Call Dion today at: 800-523-2439

Fahey Machinery Expands Into The Northern California Region

TJ Hatfield, President of Fahey Machinery will be taking many of the Fahey Machinery lines for representation and service into the Northern California region. Fahey remains at the cutting edge for new and used machine tools sales and service and they look forward to providing the best customer service available in Northern California.

Fahey Machinery Announces Davi Rolling Equipment In Stock

Fahey Machinery carries a complete line of Davi rolling products.

Davi is the only plate roll manufacturer with an in-house Research & Development team. These experts constantly w o r k t o i m p r o v e the engineer ing and automation on future generation machines and maintain the latest state of the art CNC control systems. With a c o m p l e t e l y n e w philosophy of engineering and manufacturing, Davi’s latest machines use only the highest technology available in the industry.

Contact Fahey Machinery today at: 800-523-2439, www.faheyinc.com

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Sunshine Metals Has A New Website That Sets The Customer Service Standard Worldwide

Sunshine Metals is a world-class supplier of specialty metals and custom supply chain services for aerospace and defense applications. They provide near net shapes, semi-finished products, and just in time kitting from their expansive inventories of plate, rod, bar, and forgings.

Our innovative forged block program allows for shipment from stock, cut to size and delivered in days, avoiding mill minimum quantities and long lead times. Their professional team of industry veterans is knowledgeable in all aspects of the market. Their quote response time and delivery integrity consistently lead the industry.

Four strategically located Service Centers deliver quantifiable improvements that impact cost, waste, quality, inventory and productivity. Sunshine Metals’ commitment to quality is reflected in their industry approvals by the world’s most prestigious airframe manufacturers.

Sunshine Metals new website now allows our customers full access to our Quote Builder product line and services. Sunshine Metals customers can log in to view their quotes, existing orders, track shipments, and retrieve test reports from shipments already made. In addition, users can actually use our Quote Builder function that will help you estimate material cost.

If you are a current Sunshine customer you can contact your local sales representative to retrieve your log-in and password. If you are not yet a Sunshine Metals customer, we invite you to explore our site and use the resources we have provided to meet your needs. Once you become a Sunshine Metals customer you will gain exclusive access to our site’s more advanced features. To become an active customer, you can download our current credit application and send it in, or you can contact us directly.

Call: 888-638-2514 with your aerospace or marine aluminum requirements and experience how Sunshine Metals sets the service standard worldwide! www.sunshinemetals.com



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Methods’ Twin Robodrill Jobshop Cell

Methods Machine Tools, Inc.a leading supplier of precision machine tools and automation, has introduced the Twin RoboDrill JobShop Cell featuring two FANUC D21 RoboDrill Vertical Machining Centers being ser viced by a s ingle,

articulating FANUC LR Mate 200iD robot. The cell features the ability to load and unload multiple parts at one time to amortize typically longer load / unload times compared to parts that are handled one at a time. To view a video that demonstrates this visit: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPvsUSYWrf8&list=UUtMeA1lPAvHSaSM1ORQxD1A).

“Articulating robots are typically known as the standard for parts loading and unloading on machine tools, but have not always been the method-of-choice when working with parts with short cycle times during manufacture. The Twin RoboDrill JobShop Cell offers an excellent solution to this fast cycle time challenge and is ideally suited for a low mix, medium to high volume of parts,” said Mr. John Lucier, Automation Manager at Methods Machine Tools, Inc. Traditionally, it might take about seven seconds to load / unload one part, but due to handling multiple parts at once with the Twin RoboDrill JobShop Cell,

the load / unload process is less than one second per part.

The Twin JobShop Cell features two side-by-side RoboDrill machines with a FANUC robot entering from the side of each machine to give operators full, open access to the front of the RoboDrills for tool changes, off-sets and maintenance. The cell also combines FANUC Robotics’ IR Vision System with a flex vibratory in-feed system to bring the parts into the cell. The flex feeder conveys a group of parts into the vision camera’s field-of-view for inspection, selecting the

“good” parts for directing the robot to load them into the machine.

FANUC D21 RoboDrill Vertical Machining Centers include a new state-of-the-art control. The FANUC 31iB5 control features extremely fast FSSB high-speed processing. This control offers streamlined electronics to reduce the number of components and provide a very ergonomic display. To significantly reduce the chance for downtime, the control provides efficient troubleshooting and maintenance capabilities, allowing users to analyze systems on the RoboDrills and receive notifications if any of the drives or electronics requires adjustment.

For more information, contact Methods Machine Tools, 64 Union Avenue, Sudbury, MA 01776, email [email protected], TEL: (978) 443-5388, FAX: (978) 440-9405, www.methodsmachine.com.

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Arvada, CO – Faustson, a worldwide leader in the machining industry, announced the installation of Concept Laser’s M2 cusing Multilaser metal additive manufacturing system to its shop, further expanding its precision technology capabilities. The company put the new technology – also described as 3D metal printing – to work immediately on a challenging job for a key client.

“Staying at the forefront of technology is critical,“ said Heidi Hostetter, vice president of Faustson. “This system, combined with our proven precision machining capacity, brings new depth to our manufacturing services and helps us continue to provide our customers with the best manufacturing solutions available on the market.”

Additive metals manufacturing and other new technologies are part of what some call the “third industrial revolution,” because they allow manufacturers to respond more quickly to customer component needs while providing overall cost savings through responsible use of diminishing resources and creating more efficient components.Faustson’s relationships with pioneers in the 3D design and creation revolution allow the company to stay on top of trends, best practices and improvements in the technology. As part of that continuing effort, Faustson is partnering with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, which has used the Concept Laser equipment for more than four years.

“From our inception, Faustson has been committed to being a pioneer in the industry, utilizing new leap-frog technology and pushing the boundaries of a traditional machine shop,” said Alicia Svaldi, president of Faustson. “Additive metals manufacturing, combined with the superior technology of five-axis mills, allows us to move from concept to completion while maintaining tight tolerances and cost-effective production.”

“Companies like Faustson represent the next step in the maturation of the addition metals industry,” said Zach Murphree, PhD, Concept Laser regional manager and technical sales engineer. “Technology is gaining acceptance within production facilities, not just with OEMs, and Faustson is on the leading edge of this wave.”

Faustson Tool, a worldwide leader in the machining industry, provides services for clients worldwide in the medical, aerospace, aeronautics, defense, semiconductor and other industries. The company, founded in 1982, provides 3-, 4- and 5-axis milling and 5-axis EDM services, as well as turning capabilities for cutting-edge custom part production, and efficient production of standard parts. Faustson Tool is woman owned and operated small business. For more information, visit www.faustson.com, email [email protected] or call (303) 420-7422.

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Arvada, Colorado’s Weiser Engineering Expands Metal Fabrication Capabilities To Meet

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This expansion continues the trend of earlier in the year when they secured an automated loader for their sheet metal department to increase capacity for larger batch runs, add more flexibility to respond to customers’ needs, and increase lights-out operation. A 3rd shift was also added to increase capacity and service short lead time, high volume demands.

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Tormach Gives A Skyward Camera Company The

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Time-to-market is a term that every engineer knows all too well, and every budding entrepreneur will soon know if they are just entering the marketplace.

Rugged Video (http://www.ruggedvid.com) is a company that specializes in creating customized video capture solutions for harsh and unwieldy environments. The company’s niche is developing low volume systems specific to unique applications, like flight tours, jet boats, and even military applications.

The company uses their PCNC 770 to manufacture enclosures, modify off-the-shelf enclosures, fabricate mounts and brackets, and engrave finished products, but they didn’t start out milling. At first, the company was utilizing 3D printing to create custom products. “With or needs to build custom products fast, 3D printing was the best available solution stat we recognized. While 3D printing has its advantages we were limited to only making internal mounts, brackets, or prototypes since the finish and strength isn’t up to our standards,” Roy Dietsch, Co-Founder and CEO, explains.

“However, 3D printing did open our eyes to the potential of rapid manufacturing. Moving to a CNC mill was the next logical step to start making real products on-site.”

For finished parts, Rugged Video used to outsource fabrication and production. “We had good vendors and attractive pricing, but the lead time was a huge impact on our business,” Dietsch says. “It used to take two to three weeks to get parts produced, another week for anodizing, and two more weeks for screen printing. Our production took five weeks, just for basic parts.”

When he was about to place a $5,000 order to mill parts, Dietsch decided, on a whim, to research low-cost, 3D printer-style CNC mills. “My searches turned up a bunch of hobby-style kits that seemed complicated and unreliable, and then I saw the Tormach,” Dietsch says. He immediately recognized the Tormach’s ability to mill real parts with accuracy, and after spending the rest of the day researching the PCNC 770, he decided to purchase and bring production in-house.

“Outside of 3D printing we had no knowledge or experience in CNC or Milling. Luckily Tormach had a class starting in a couple days and squeezed us in. While my business partner was in the class I worked out the purchasing and got a lease set up with North Star Leasing,” Dietsch explains.In just about any business, a five-week lead time is challenging in and of itself, but it presents a major issue when your business is reliant on customization

and changing existing parts. “All of our customers are unique and may want changes or supporting products to go along with the system.” With their Tormach, Rugged Video has been able to provide changes, supporting products, and customizations at a much lower cost to their customers, and typically with a lead time of just one to two days. “No other company in our industry can match this capability while using outside production services.”

Having a Tormach has allowed Rugged Video to launch new products faster and for less investment, since they not only use it for production, but also for easily adaptable iterations. “We can identify production issues immediately and make changes between units, rather than between production runs,” Dietsch explains. Now the company even uses their PCNC 770 to create some of their product displays.

Rugged Video saw their production costs drop and their time-to-market drastically increase, but they also credit Tormach as the “tow-rope up the learning curve” for their organization. Dietsch explains, “Within two weeks of finding Tormach online, we were able to build our first part on our own machine. That would not have been possible with any other company.”


Come Dust, Ice, Hail Stone and High-G Force: What it Takes for the LEAP Jet Engine

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The sand storms in the Gobi Desert in Central Asia are some of the most frightening events nature can cook up, sending giant tan clouds of fine dust as far as Beijing. While locals seal their homes and try to keep the dust away, Gareth Richards, program manager for the next-generation LEAP jet engines at CFM International, can’t get enough of it.

His team is buying the dust and other troublesome dirt by the ton and blowing it inside jet engines. “We import dust and sand from all over the world,” says Richards while rolling an exhibit sample of the talcum powder-like substance between his fingers at the Paris Air Show. “It’s so harsh we use it to age our new engines seven years in the span of just three months.”

Right, A sample of Gobi Desert dust.

This is important since his team has to understand how an engine is going to perform after years in service. “We need to get everything right early on,” Richards says.

“We are guaranteeing the underlying maintenance costs per hour for years to come. This is a big deal.”

CFM built an entire technology room to explain the tests here at the Paris Air Show, which is held every two years in the French capital’s suburb of Le Bourget. The display includes the latest technologies that are being tested, such as parts made from special ceramic composites, 3D-printed fuel nozzles and nickel alloy compressor blades grown from a single crystal, but also the Gobi Desert dust and special sand that simulates the effects of volcanic ash.

CFM, the GE and Snecma (Safran) joint company that developed the LEAP engine, will have a lot of LEAPs to maintain. CFM President & CEO Jean-Paul Ebanga said in Paris on Saturday that the company has received 8,900 orders for the LEAP engine family valued at $124 billion (at list price), making it the best-selling engine in the company’s history. The first one is scheduled to enter service next year and by 2020, CFM will be shipping 1,800 LEAPs per year.

One of the most dramatic tests performed at Peebles involves testing for a “blade-out incident,” an event when a fan blade breaks and the fragments get sucked inside the engine. “It’s not pretty, but the engine casing must be strong enough to contain the debris and protect the aircraft,” Brian DeBruin, who runs testing at Peebles.

There are 30 engines on 15 test stands around the world, but the test plan calls for 60 engine builds going through some 40,000 cycles over the three-year testing run, which started in late 2013. “These engines

are part of the most extensive ground and flight certification program in CFM’s history,” Ebanga says.

The LEAP will power new Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737MAX, and COMAC C919 planes. On May 19, a pair of LEAP-1A engines powered for the first time an Airbus A320neo. The plane has completed 23 flights and 75 flight hours as of last Friday without a hitch, according to Allen Paxson, CFM executive vice president.

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DeBruin says that the tests allow engineers to build robust engines that need less maintenance and stay on wing longer. “From these tests we learn changes to make or keep - for example, where the dirt collects and where it moves freely through the engine,” DeBruin says. “These tests also allow us to test new coatings that either protect the parent metal or help it to shed the dirt. Once we find promising coatings we then do additional tests in other conditions to ensure it will cover the range of full flight conditions.”

These are not the only harsh tests. To pass the “flocking b i rd te s t ,” the engine must sustain the impact of seven birds at the same time. “The first

three birds must strike within 10 percent of the nose cone for the test to count and they have to come in beak first,“ says CFM’s Paxson. “If they hit sideways, it invalidates the test.”

A n o t h e r t e s t involves shooting a slab of ice the size of a one-inch thick cutting board at the engine. The ice must remain whole until impact. It took the engineers 19 tries before they succeeded, Paxson says. Another test called the “triple redline test” pushes the engine to its limits: maximum speed of the fan, maximum speed of the core (the heart of the engine), and maximum temperature, all at the same time. “You would never see this in commercial service,” Paxson says.

Many of the most difficult tests have now been completed. CFM recently finished flying a LEAP-1A engine mounted on GE’s flying test bed made from a converted Boeing 747 in Alaska for natural icing tests. The test bed also allows the team to monitor the engine’s performance during high-G force turns and in-flight engine shut-downs and start-ups. To date, CFM has completed more than 50 flights and the engines have flown for more than 425 hours on GE’s two flying test beds.


The Bottom Line: How Machine Tool Dealer North South Machinery Turns Its

Manufacturing Knowledge Into Customer Profitability

It’s really a pretty simple recipe for success: Build a team that has more knowledge about machinery capabilities than most customers do. Use that knowledge to help those customers make the best possible decision for their business, regardless of your own bottom line. Earn their respect, their appreciation, and in turn… their loyalty for life.

Though this concept may seem exceedingly obvious, it’s relatively easy to become king of the hill for a time, regardless of the mountain you’re climbing. The thing that sets North South Machinery’s team apart is their unrelenting hunger to continually be better than they were the day before to ensure that they stay there. It’s a mindset that permeates all aspects of CEO Jim Swartzbaugh’s life, and it’s clear he’s bred a culture of excellence into his team.

“Attitude + Knowledge + Performance = Successful Long Term Relationships”

It’s the statement above that defines the North South Machinery belief system. Attitude, to North South, is a “can-do” outlook towards their customers’ needs. Knowledge is an in-depth understanding of the customer’s goals weighed against the most current and cost-effective technologies on the market today. Performance is delivering well above the customer’s expectations on a consistent basis. Living by this formula has enabled North South Machinery to develop long-term relationships with most of their customers, and is the foundation of both their success and their customers’ success as well.

One of the most common themes you’ll hear around the halls of North South are stories of customers that were successfully saved from making a purchase that didn’t meet their exact needs, wasn’t the most cost effective solution available, or that didn’t deliver the most efficient process possible.

“The customer is never wrong”, says Jim. “We have a white glove approach to our customers. We focus on their happiness and their success. It’s kind of like a give and receive mentality and way of life. We all look to please our customers by giving them the best experience we are able to. We offer them a partnership that evaluates their business model and looks at their requirements from the ground up. We offer them a full line of top-level machine tools as a means of advancing their business and fitting their future growth and we back it up with exemplary service. From follow up to information on cutting edge technology in the industry to technical service repair on most of the lines we carry, we back up our customers like we were part of their business and most times we feel we are. We just do the right thing every time, all the time.”

This type of ‘custom fit selling’ is not exactly common in the world of capital equipment, partly because people are naturally hesitant to turn down a quick buck by selling you the most expensive piece of equipment they can, but also because so many sales people don’t have the knowledge necessary to offer up such a solutions-based approach to their clients.

When you ask a North South salesman why they operate with this kind of ‘client-first’ mentality, he’ll tell you it’s because this kind of personal investment into the success of the client’s business puts North South at the top of the list the next time that customer looks to expand or upgrade their infrastructure.

History…North South Machinery was started in 1985, in La Habra, California by

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Jim Swartzbaugh and Glen Zachman. They sold machine tools and operated the start up business in the basement of Jim’s house. North South was the exclusive dealer for Mitsubishi EDM when they started the business and the two quickly developed a prestigious name in the non-traditional EDM manufacturing and machining market. They quickly outgrew the La Habra location and moved the company in 1988 to nearby Brea, CA. This new industrial complex properly suited their needs and added to North South Machinery’s success. Soon after the expansion, North South added two more non-traditional lines, Mitsubishi waterjet, and laser. In 30 years they have grown to a total of 35 employees. North South now covers the West Coast with many high quality manufacturer lines that are typically viewed as #1 in the industry for fabrication, machining, EDM, 3D-manufacturing, waterjet, laser cutting, and manufacturing.

The best machine tools in the industry deserve the best sales team in the industry. These rock stars include Chris Gendusa, Jim Nagel, Glen Zachman, Brian Juarez, Nathan Swartzbaugh, Chris Claxton and Bob Stewart. The North South sales professionals are a ‘hands on team’ and they all live the job. The job at North South Machinery is to serve the customers they live with, which requires a bit of explaining… Jim’s son Nathan, 29 years old, has literally grown up in the business. Nathan said, “After I worked at North South full time for a while I realized this team my Dad put together devotes their life to the company, and I mean 24/7. Weekends are another workday; If a customer needs something on a weekend they can call us and we respond. I thought to myself if this is really a 24/7 job how am I going to have any fun working all the time? Then it came to me; I literally grew up in this business. For 29 years I have been at North South and I was virtually raised in the business. As I look at all the people we have grown up with in the business, and raced cars with, and ridden motorcycles with, I realized they are also our customers. So, I do have fun with our customers.” Jim added to this and said, “My wife Madonna of 33 years realized early also that we all would talk non-stop shop while we were together so she imposed a rule; While the friends and family were out having fun, if you talked about business you bought a round for everyone! That rule helped us talk about everything but business and helped us have quality relationships with our customer-friends.”

While every great race team has a legendary driver on the track in the spotlight, they wouldn’t be anywhere without the rest of the team as a Pit Crew for support. That’s where North South’s in-house admin and service team makes their impact felt. Anchored by industry veterans Lani Christensen, Wayne Henderson, and Jimmy Farrugia, and their quickly growing and skilled service department, this group ensures that every aspect of the customer’s experience from purchase to delivery to maintenance is the smoothest it can possibly be. It’s this unparalleled support structure that has really served as the backbone of North South’s continued growth over the past three decades, and undoubtedly, its continued growth over many more yet to come.

Longevity…

North South Machinery is proud to say that their core group has been employed at North South for an average of 18+ years. Most have come from related fields and contribute a wealth of knowledge and experience in every aspect of the business. The company has a diverse mix of seasoned professionals and a great yin and yang of millennial teammates. The younger

generation helps the company with social media, marketing, data gathering and the latest in cutting edge customer service tools and sales. The blend of young blood and seasoned blood brings a wealth of knowledge to the table and a strong unity that is the A-Team for their entire customer base. Every team member at North South is an integral part of the success

coefficient, for their customers. There is no room for failure because if they fail their customer fails and that is unacceptable to the North South team. Everyone’s job is everyone’s job and when a North South team member says they have your back they mean you are a partner for life and if they have to machine something after hours and create a solution,

Brian Juarez, Chelsie Kerr, Jim & Nathan Swartzbaugh, Lani Christiansen

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by God they will. It’s a win-win at North South because the word failure is not in their vocabulary!

Jim Nagel, sales professional and veteran at North South had this to say about the company he loves, “I think the reason Jim and Glen hired me is because I was cut from the same cloth as they are. Our motto is to take care of the customer at all costs. We would rather walk away from a deal than to just sell something for the sake of selling it knowing we are not giving the customer good service. We are more in tune to find a solution to a problem that he has than to sell the only thing we have. I think that’s why Jim has been so selective about making sure we are multi-faceted with machine tool solutions. There are many ways to make a part but there is only one way that is the best way. This depends on the part and if you don’t have enough machine tools available to you chances are you will not have that one solution. We always find a solution. We also follow up with the customer to make sure they continue to maintain a satisfaction level. Our inside sale force helps us with this and I think we have the best team in the business. I think we all do our best to meet or exceed what our customer is thinking of. I’m very proud to be a part of the North South Team!”

North South Machinery has professionals inside and outside the facility so that when the outside pro slips the inside pro picks up the slack. This backup policy and strategy insures the customer is always in the center of the service bull’s eye so North South acts like professionals all the time. It’s a superstar cast at North South and although they have many state of the art CRM tools and the best in communications it is still up to the superstar cast to make sure the eye-to-eye interaction is made and the hand is held through the process. State of the art tools with state of the art people.

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General Atomics, San Diego, California, is being awarded a $737,000,000 not-to-exceed modification to a previously awarded undefinitized contract action (N00019-14-C-0037) for the procurement of one each Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) shipset in support of the CVN 79. This modification will provide for the manufacture, assembly, inspection, test and checkout of the EMALS and AAG delivered systems onboard the CVN 79 aircraft carrier, as well as non-recurring engineering, installation and checkout spares, repairs, technical data, and drawing changes. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (45 percent); Tupelo, Mississippi (26 percent); Mankato, Minnesota (9 percent); Cincinnati, Ohio (6 percent); Waltham, Massachusetts (6 percent); San Leandro, California (3 percent); New Milford, Connecticut (2 percent); Green Bay, Wisconsin (1 percent); Cameron, Texas (1 percent); and Aston, Pennsylvania (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2022. Fiscal 2015 shipbuilding conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $162,100,000 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Intevac Photonics,* Santa Clara, California, was awarded a $12,626,081 firm-fixed-price contract with options for Electronic Image Intensifier Ship-Set for Lot 4, Apache AH-64D/E Program. Work will be performed in Santa Clara, California, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 31, 2017. One bid was solicited with one received. Fiscal 2015 other

procurement funds in the amount of $12,626,081 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W58RGZ-15-C-0052).

Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, is being awarded a $152,886,443 firm-fixed-price contract to provide 53 APY-10 radar system production kits and related support for the P-8A Poseidon full-rate production aircraft (Lot 2 through Lot 6) for the Navy (46) and the government of Australia (7). Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas (79.2 percent); Chelmsford, Massachusetts (3.9 percent); Little Falls, New Jersey (3.1 percent); San Carlos, California (1.6 percent); Black Mountain, North Carolina (1.4 percent); Ontario, Canada (1.3 percent); Ashburn, Virginia (1.2 percent); Poway, California (1.2 percent); Simsbury, Connecticut (1.1 percent); Sunnyvale, California (0.5 percent); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (0.6 percent); Boston, Massachusetts (0.6 percent); and various other locations in the continental U.S. (4.3 percent). Work is expected to be completed in August 2021. Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds and other customer funds in the amount of $58,935,111 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the Navy ($134,585,937; 88 percent) and the government of Australia ($18,300,506; 12 percent) under a cooperative agreement. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N00019-15-C-0116).


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U.S. Scientists Create ‘Friction-Free’ Material

Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have found a way to use diamonds and graphene to create a new material combination that demonstrates so-called superlubricity.

Led by nanoscientist Ani Sumant of Argonne’s Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) and Argonne Distinguished Fellow Ali Erdemir of Argonne’s Energy Systems Division, the Argonne team combined diamond nanoparticles, small patches of graphene, and a diamond-like carbon material to create superlubricity, a highly-desirable property in which friction drops to near zero.

According to Erdemir, as the graphene patches and diamond particles rub up against a large diamond-like carbon surface, the graphene rolls itself around the diamond particle, creating something that looks like a ball bearing on the nanoscopic level.

“The interaction between the graphene and the diamond-like carbon is essential for creating the ‘superlubricity’ effect,” he said in a statement.

“The two materials depend on each other.”

By creating the graphene-encapsulated diamond ball bearings, or scrolls, the team found a way to translate the nanoscale superlubricity into a macroscale phenomenon. Because the scrolls change their orientation during the sliding process, enough diamond particles and graphene patches prevent the two surfaces from becoming locked in state. The team used large-scale atomistic computations on the Mira supercomputer at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility to prove that the effect could be seen not merely at the nanoscale but also at the macroscale.

“A scroll can be manipulated and rotated much more easily than a simple sheet of graphene or graphite,” Berman said.

The team found, however, that superlubricity wasn’t maintained in a humid environment. Because this behaviour was counterintuitive, the team again turned to atomistic calculations. “We observed that the scroll formation was inhibited in the presence of a water layer, therefore causing higher friction,” said Subramanian Sankaranarayanan, a computational nanoscientist at Argonne and co-author of a paper describing the work in Science Express.

While the field of tribology has long been concerned with ways to reduce friction - and therefore the energy demands of different mechanical systems - superlubricity has proved elusive.

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Design-Build Is The Emerging Preferred Approach In Industry

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More and more, MI is seeing customers that need a part or a complete system designed and manufactured, sometimes installed and tested. They prefer working with a supplier that can provide more than just building to their provided plan, they need design and manufacturability for their project, in some cases.

MI can provide all the detailed aspects of the design, then works collaboratively with the customer to develop the product, then proceeds into manufacturing of it at that point. This is called design-build, new to the manufacturing industry, our customers recognize the value in the process. In the construction industry, design-build yields breakthroughs in quality, cost, and schedule. It has been a proven process over many years and MI has found that is provides outstanding results in the manufacturing industry as well. MI offers a comprehensive array of services for design-build projects, that could include: engineering, mechanical, fabrication, controls and installation.

“Many of our customers do not have the engineering resources at their disposal or they are involved in other projects. It allows them to subcontract the design effort out, and not have to maintain an engineering staff,” said Jeff Tomson, MI director of marketing. “The second part is, we’re finding the inception/idea-to-market is faster.”

Customers do not have to go through the full development process. They can go through various stages of the design process and then implement production as they go through, so it is a concurrent design-build process.

Through this type of approach, Tomson said they are able to capitalize on their manufacturing strengths.

“We look at designs for manufacturability. Every time we are looking at designs, we are thinking, how am I going to build this? Thinking about how it is supposed to look in

the design aspect,” Tomson said. “We spend a lot of effort developing the design for manufacturability to review along the way.”

So when it comes to manufacturing, there’s very little left to uncertainty. And the manufacturing processes are well-defined, expediting the manufacturing process, controlling costs.

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They pitch that out to three or four suppliers. They say, come to us with your proposal, maybe some rough order sketching and the estimate for costs, both the design and the build,” Tomson said.

“Then the customer can make a selection based on past experience of the supplier, price and schedule.”

Design/Build projects can be a single part or an entire system.

Design/Build often includes proprietary processes or products. In comparison, a turnkey project would be a situation where the customer has a project to be completely designed, built, installed and tested. So MI would go through the process of running a series of tests, packaging the whole thing up, taking it to the customer’s location literally anywhere in the U.S. or the world. Install and run a series of tests, then turn it over to them in production.

In design-build, the typical delineation is, after it is built with some preliminary testing at MI, then it is handed over the customer. And it is up to the customer to take it from there, install it and run the first tests in their facility.

In terms of which is better, Tomson said it is very customer-driven.

“Some customers would prefer to not have anyone coming into their facility. And other customers say I need this up and running and need some test articles on it. Your performance payment is based on the success of that,” Tomson said. “It’s how the customer wants to manage it. It’s not better or worse either way.”

Large and small projects can be developed with the design-build structure. MI would work with the wide variety of engineering resources available to them. MI would act as the prime contractor, so they would be responsible for the design and manufacturing effort.

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New 777X Wing Plant

The massive steel trusses that hold up the roof of Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) new 777X wing plant resemble a series of bridges. Except they’re bigger and heavier than some bridges.

The steel trusses are so big that for many of the people working on the massive building, this is a career peak.

“It’s something “guys don’t get to work on very many times in their lifetimes,” said Mark Gosnold, Boeing construction project manager for the 777X composite wing factory.Seventeen cranes are building the new 777X facility. Enlarge

Gosnold, who spoke during a tour of the site before the Paris Air Show, said the project is on schedule, with few problems.

The only delay was at the beginning, getting 2,500 people out of the offices that used to be on the site so the buildings could be demolished, he said. Boeing broke ground in October.

What defines the project are the two open spans, one 460 feet across and the other 420 feet across, that run the 1,200-foot length of the building. To support these spans, and the roof and possible snow load, the engineers have designed mammoth trusses, 45 feet deep, built of heavy steel girders.

While I was standing about 40 feet up on a platform above the factory floor during a recent visit, the scale was so vast that the true size of the beams was difficult to discern.

Contractors are building the structure from 33,000 tons of steel, and at any moment 50 trucks are on the road bringing steel to the site from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Colorado, Gosnold said.

The $1 billion, 1.3-million-square-foot building where Boeing will fabricate carbon composite spars and skins for the 777X wings, is rising on the north side of the primary Everett aircraft assembly building. The southernmost of the new building’s two main bays will be a vast “clean room,” where robots will lay out the carbon composite fiber that makes up the wing parts.


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Those parts will then be cured in the autoclaves on the northern “dirty side,” bay, Gosnold said.

The project is being built by 17 cranes, two of them so big it took 55 large trucks to transport the sections to Everett.

Currently, about 1,000 people are working on the project, but that will rise to nearly 1,500 as completion nears. Some of these workers will have to conquer any fear of heights. Some will be on 45-foot people lifters to work on the ceilings, and those people lifters will be on platforms 60 feet above the floor.

The first autoclave will be so heavy, 1.2 million pounds, that engineers are having to carefully align truck wheels with the bridge girders over SR 526, to make sure the bridge can carry the weight.

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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Boeing [NYSE: BA] is on contract to build ABS-8, the third all-electric propulsion 702SP (small platform) satellite for ABS, a commercial satellite provider based in Bermuda and Hong Kong. This satellite will expand broadcast and enterprise services to Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, Russia, South Asia and Southeast Asia.

“The procurement of ABS-8 shows our confidence and trust with Boeing on the all-electric propulsion 702SP platform technology. The prescribed satellite payload of C-, Ku- and Ka-beams with wide beams and high throughput capacity would serve the government, mobility, telecoms, DTH (direct-to-home) and rural broadband sectors,” said Tom Choi, CEO of ABS. “ABS is committed to continually innovate and improve the competitiveness of the FSS industry for the betterment of our customers.”

“The decision by ABS to order a third Boeing 702SP satellite is a testament to our customer’s confidence in the capabilities of this satellite,” said Mark Spiwak, president of Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc. “With the innovative all-electric propulsion design, Boeing is able to maximize payload while decreasing overall satellite mass and cost.”

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ABS’ first all-electric propulsion 702SP satellite (ABS-3A) was launched earlier this year in a stacked configuration using Boeing-patented technology. A second ABS 702SP satellite (ABS-2A) is expected to be launched in the fourth quarter.

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Toast And Honey Holds The Key To Spider-Silk Strength

Each spider and each type of silk has a set of mechanical properties optimised for their biological function.

Most silks, in particular dragline silk, have exceptional mechanical properties. They exhibit a unique combination of high tensile strength and extensibility (ductility). This enables a silk fibre to absorb a lot of energy before breaking (toughness, the area under a stress-strain curve).

An illustration of the differences between toughness, stiffness and strengthA frequent mistake made in the mainstream media is to confuse strength and toughness when comparing silk to other materials. Weight for weight, silk is stronger than steel, but not as strong as Kevlar. Silk is, however, tougher than both.

In detail a dragline silk’s tensile strength is comparable to that of high-grade alloy steel (450 - 1970 MPa), and about half as strong as aramid filaments, such as Twaron or Kevlar (3000 MPa).[13]

A Montreal team exploits complex behaviour of viscous liquids to copy the sacrificial-coil structure that gives spider-silk its strength

Mimicking the properties of spider-silk has long been a goal of materials scientists. Exceptionally lightweight yet ten times stronger than steel, materials with spider-silk properties would have applications in bullet-proof materials with better characteristic than Kevlar and tyres that could resist highly abrasive and aggressive surfaces.

A team at Polytechnique Montreal is now claiming to have found a way to mimic spider-silk’s strength. “The silk protein coils upon itself like a spring. Each loop of the spring is attached to its neighbours with sacrificial bonds, chemical connections that break before the main molecular structural chain tears,” explained Prof Frederick Gosselin, who is supervising research by Renaud Passieux into the problem. “To break the protein by stretching it, you need to uncoil the spring and break each of the sacrificial bonds one by one, which takes a lot of energy. This is the mechanism we’re seeking to reproduce in laboratory.”

Passieux is working on a method for forming a polymer strand on a moving surface. “The method consists in pouring a filament of viscous polymeric solution toward a sub-layer that moves at a certain speed. So we create an instability,” said Passieux. “The filament forms a series of loops or coils, kind of like when you pour a thread of honey onto a piece of toast. Depending on the instability determined by the way the fluid runs, the fibre presents a particular geometry. It forms regular periodic patterns, which we call instability patterns.”

When the solvent of the solution evaporates, some of the loops bind to themselves, forming a sacrificial bond like the ones in spider-silk. The problem is that the process, though seeming simple, is in fact very complex. “This project aims to understand how the instability used in making the substance influences the loops’ geometry and, as a result, the mechanical properties of the fibres we obtain,” explained Prof Therriault.

“Our challenge is that the manufacturing process is multiphysical. It draws on concepts from numerous fields: fluid mechanics, microfabrication, strength of materials, polymer rheology and more.”


Air Force Orders Eight Mq-9 Block 5 Reaper Attack Drones From Manufacturer

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U.S. Air Force unmanned systems experts are ordering eight MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 attack drones from manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. in Poway, Calif.

Officials of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, announced a $72.1 million order with General Atomics Wednesday to provide the eight additional Reaper armed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

The Reaper is a variation of the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator UAV that is designed for surveillance and attack missions using a suite of airborne sensors and the AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-ground missile. General Atomics refers to the Reaper as the Predator B. Users are the U.S. Air Force and the British Royal Air Force.

Compared to the MQ-9 Reaper Block 1 models, the Reaper Block 5 has increased electrical power, secure communications, auto land, increased gross takeoff weight, weapons growth, and streamlined payload integration capabilities.

The new model has a high-capacity starter generator and upgraded electrical system with a backup generator that can support all flight-critical functions. The drone has three independent power sources to accommodate new communications such as dual ARC-210 VHF/UHF radios with wingtip antennas for simultaneous communications among multiple air-to-air and air-to-ground parties; secure data links; and an increased data transmission capacity. The Reaper Block 5 can carry heavier payloads or additional fuel.

The turboprop-powered, multi-mission Reaper armed drone can fly for more than 27 hours between refueling at speeds to 240 knots at altitudes to 50,000 feet. The medium-endurance UAV can carry payloads as heavy as 3,850 pounds, including 3,000 pounds of external stores like Hellfire missiles.

The Reaper can carry as many as four 4 Hellfire missiles, two GBU-12 Paveway II laser-guided bombs, or two 500-pound GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs).

Twice as fast as Predator, the Reaper carries 500 percent more payload and has nine times the horsepower, General Atomics officials say.The Reaper has a fault-tolerant flight control system, triple-redundant

avionics system, and is powered by the Honeywell TPE331-10 turboprop engine, integrated with digital electronic engine control (DEEC) to improve engine performance and fuel efficiency at low altitudes.

The Reaper cab carry electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensors, Lynx multi-mode radar, multi-mode maritime surveillance radar, electronic support measures (ESM), laser designators, and a variety of weapons.

The sophisticated drone has redundant flight-control surfaces; can fly remotely piloted or autonomously; has a MIL-STD-1760 stores management system; seven external payload stations; C-band line-of-sight data link control; Ku-band beyond line-of-sight and satellite communications data link control; more than 90 percent system operational availability; and can self-deploy or fly aboard C-130 utility aircraft.


Tesla (TSLA) Leases Manufacturing Facility in Fremont

Tesla Motors, Inc. TSLA has obtained a lease on a manufacturing facility spanning 500,000 square feet in Fremont, per media reports. The plant – Page Technology Center – is close to its primary manufacturing facility in Fremont.

The facility was earlier used by Solyndra to make solar cells till it filed for bankruptcy in 2011. Tesla will use the new premise to increase its manufacturing capacity and to establish more engineering labs.

Tesla is rapidly expanding its business. Last month, the company leased a 271,075-square foot industrial building in Lathrop, CA to be used as a castings and machining center. On May 7, 2015, media reports revealed that Tesla acquired Riviera Tool LLC of Cascade Township in Michigan. Riviera Tool produces tools and dies.

Tesla launched the new Tesla Energy business with the unveiling of the industrial Powerpack and the residential Powerwall batteries. Moreover, Tesla is building a Gigafactory in Nevada to produce the batteries in collaboration with various partners.

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Tesla Gigafactory To Host ‘Hundreds’ Of Panasonic Workers Starting This Fall

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However, many of the people at the Gigafactory at first will not be employees of Tesla, but rather of its battery-supply partner, Panasonic.

The Japanese company will send several hundred employees to Nevada this fall to prepare for the start of cell production, Reuters reports.

“We’ll need hundreds of people at the start,” Yoshio Ito, head of Panasonic’s automotive and industrial systems division, said Monday.

He also said Panasonic plans to invest $478 million this fiscal year in the Gigafactory, as well as a joint development project with Spanish

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Under an agreement announced last year, Panasonic will assist Tesla in setting up the Gigafactory, and help to fund the project.

The company--which already supplies batteries for the Model S and owns a small stake in Tesla--will supply equipment needed for cell fabrication, and oversee the factory’s operation.

According to previously-released terms, roughly half of the factory will be devoted to cell production supervised by Panasonic. The other half is to be occupied by suppliers and assembly lines for modules and battery packs.

Panasonic has said that it will invest at least $92 million in the estimated $5 billion Gigafactory project.

The majority of cells produced at the Gigafactory are currently planned for use in the 200-mile Tesla Model 3 electric car.

The economies of scale offered by such a large factory will be necessary to hit Tesla’s target price of $35,000 for the car.

Some production capacity will also be devoted to battery packs for Tesla’s recently-announced energy-storage venture, which will produce stationary-storage systems for use by homeowners, businesses, and electrical utilities.

Between cars and storage batteries, Tesla could find that demand rises to the point that it would continue to buy cells from Panasonic’s existing plants in Japan as well.

Tesla Energy: Elon Musk Reveals His Plan to Change

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Tesla wants to start a revolution in the way the world stores energy.

CEO Elon Musk unveiled batteries that he said will help move homes, businesses and utilities away from the power grid and toward a more sustainable future with renewable energy.

Leveraging the battery technology from its Model S sedans, Tesla’s consumer version for the home will be called the Powerwall.

The software-controlled unit mounts to a wall and is integrated with the local grid, allowing homeowners the chance to shift between the grid and their own reserve of energy.

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While residential batteries could help consumers save money by charging when electricity rates are low and then providing more power when costs are high, Warshay said the main benefit of having a Tesla battery in the home will be for back-up power.

Deliveries are expected to begin this summer in the United States with manufacturing of the batteries later moving to Tesla’s multi-billion dollar gigafactory as soon as construction is complete.

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Change is the watchword for manufacturing’s future. Well, as far as the future goes we know that the only constant is change!

Particularly since the dawning of the internet, we have seen ever increasing change and the speed of change. Change is affecting all organizations, people and manufacturing as well.

But manufacturing g e n e r a t e s t h e most value of any industry because of the many tentacles and connections to services, suppliers, customers and governments. It’s true that many low-knowledge jobs may have gone overseas, but the U.S. continues to generate innovation and innovative ways to do things. This is the future. U.S. manufacturing is still a very dominant world economic force.

Companies and individuals must be agile and flexible in gaining new skills, running experiments to improve and move forward at a faster pace.

Many of our companies have adopted various approaches to being efficient and effective—The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Criteria began in 1990 and brought national focus and recognition. Also, the IndustryWeek Best Plants, the Shingo Prize and the AME Manufacturing Excellence Award all support continuous improvement and looking at the things that matter:

People — They are the heart and soul of performance excellence. They can unleash their knowledge of their current jobs to make giant steps to improve themselves and the processes, i.e., Respect for people

Process — The processes are what we must improve. Can we eliminate waste and improve quality by involving all people in the value stream to the customer? i.e., Continuous improvement

Technology — It is ever changing and we must adapt quickly or become yesterday’s news. If there is a new technology, how can we use it in our company to meet and exceed our customer’s expectations? i.e., 3D printing for dental fixtures.

Companies and individuals must be agile and flexible in gaining new skills, running experiments to improve and move forward at a faster pace. This means companies must transform their businesses and not rely on past successes or run the risk of becoming dinosaurs.

Manufacturing is sorely needed to provide goods for us to achieve the American Dream. With the increasing wages in many overseas countries, U.S. manufacturing sites are looking more attractive all the time.


GE Oil & Gas Now 3D Printing End-Use Control Valve Parts

Although it goes relatively unnoticed, many of today’s top manufacturers are using 3D printing to both prototype and produce end-use parts. One such company is General Electric, which has been in business since 1889 when Thomas Edison’s Lamp and Machine works companies merged with Bergmann & Company, an electric lighting fixtures and sockets company. Over the last 126 years the company has grown tremendously and has managed to stay ahead of the competition in many respects. A company doesn’t last and flourish for 126 years without swiftly adopting new technologies as they come along, such as additive manufacturing.

We have covered stories in the past in which GE used 3D printing for both prototyping and end-use parts within their US headquarters to manufacture jet engine parts. Also, the company’s Healthcare division in Japan has been using plastic 3D printers at their Hino factory to advance their manufacturing techniques. Now, however, GE Oil & Gas seems to be expanding that use, introducing the first metal 3D printers into their Japanese operations at their Kariwa plant in Niigata Prefecture. Here they are using hybrid metal laser sintering 3D printers to manufacture the company’s Masoneilan control valve parts, which are used in various applications within the energy industry.m2

There are several benefits to using additive manufacturing in the production of these control valve parts. Namely the freedom to design specific types of valves in shapes which were never possible with traditional molding techniques. For instance, intricate shapes, hollow structures, and woven meshes are able to be realized in designs. Additionally a great deal

of time is being saved. Specialty parts can now be designed and fabricated in a matter of a couple of weeks as opposed to the typical 3-month wait seen using traditional manufacturing methods.

“A completely new form of product manufacturing has been realized through the advanced technology of the metal 3D printer and the full utilization of that technology through the outstanding creativity of Japanese designers,” explained Alvin Jeffers, Senior Executive for GE Oil & Gas’ Global Supply Chain. “Advanced manufacturing has changed the conventional definitions and mechanisms of manufacturing, namely design and production, while offering an abundance of merits to customers, such as faster manufacturing times and greatly reduced costs. I am confident that it will become a new standard in the manufacturing industry in the near future.”

For the production of these control valve parts, GE Oil & Gas is currently using a LUMEX Avance-25 metal 3D printer that’s been manufactured by a company called Matsuura Machinery Corporation. The machine combines both additive and subtractive means of manufacturing within a single unit. Below you will find some quick specifications of this machine:

“We consider this metal 3D printer to be the best means for delivering high-grade products that meet the customer’s individual needs in the shortest amount of time and with increased cost competitiveness,” stated Mitsuaki Sakonju, the Kariwa plant Director. “GE’s Kariwa plant will continue to work to provide its customers in Japan with the most suitable control valve products and solutions in the shortest amount of time possible by making full use of its accumulated knowledge and the latest technology.”


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Having a “strong backbone” is not only figuratively speaking a positive personal characteristic. Physically speaking too, a healthy spine is very important for quality of life and personal mobility. One way to alleviate spinal issues is by using minimally invasive technical components made of plastic or metal that are implanted in the body. For spinal surgery patients and surgeons, these implants can be a blessing: with just minor surgical intervention, they help patients become able-bodied again by regaining full confidence in the supportive functions of their spines. Behind these implants lies a combination of design, functionality and a great deal of manufacturing expertise. We spoke to Stefano Caselli, CEO of Tsunami Medical Srl based in Modena, Italy, about trends and product development in spinal implants.

Tsunami sees itself as a system developer for spinal implants. Thus it offers implants that restore the functionality of a damaged spine as well as tools or instruments that allow surgeons to conduct a successful operation. The aim is to strengthen the spine and thus ensure the mobility of the patient.

Conventional Spine Cages

Spine cages are implants for levelling and relieving the pressure on the spine. These implants are minimally invasive normally used in conjunction with screws made of Titanium in patients with problems caused spinal instability stenosis or many others spinal degenerative dieses. The cages themselves are made of PEEK (polyetheretherketone), a highly biocompatible material, even for allergy sufferers. In the past, these cages were manufactured conventionally in titanium, with the result being that, in some cases, the titanium component had a negative impact on the bone structure due to the rigidity of the cage realized by drilling with a very hard structure. This was caused by the implant’s significantly lower elasticity versus the bone. One alternative is PEEK, a high-performance plastic with compression properties or elasticity (E-module) rivalling that of bone. In addition, PEEK components cause no artefacts in MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and are thus easy to locate by the surgeon through imaging. One of the disadvantages of PEEK spine cages is their inability to be integrated into the bone structure and their eventual should slip off from the original position also after longer periods of implant. Polyetheretherketone is a high temperature resistant thermoplastic and belongs to the group of polyaryletherketones. Its melting temperature is 335°C.

Modern, Laser-Melted Spine Cages

The LaserCUSING additive laser melting method combines the strengths – and eliminates the weaknesses – of traditional titanium or PEEK components for spine cage applications. A laser-melted component can now offer the biocompatibility of titanium with the desired elasticity of a plastic material in a single product. Laser-melted spine cages have a very complicate geometry and not require to be re-treated to ensure an optimal surface structure. The highlight of this solution: its geometry, with partially different density distributions (embedded web-like structures), now gives titanium parts the same elasticity as a PEEK solution. Laser-melted cages can also be affordably manufactured in various dimensions depending on the anatomy of the patient, allowing for customized manufacturing. According to CEO Stefano Caselli, laser-melted cages represent “a true innovation that combines material-specific advantages such as biocompatibility, i.e., the ability to embed the material into the


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“Lobster Spacers” As Mobile Functional Elements In Spinal Primary Instbilitity

Caselli described another Tsunami innovation – so-called “lobster spacers” self-spreading spacers that can be used between intervertebral discs in surgical spinal column reconstruction (image 5). The spreading mechanism developed by Tsunami is something of a miracle of manufacturing: it consists of a gearbox with a central screw and side gears that spreads apart two wings. Creating lobster spacers with perfectly aligned surfaces is possible thanks to the LaserCUSING process, using an Mlab cusing R system from Concept Laser. Its highly smooth – nearly polished – surface ensures significantly less excrescence in the tissue. A remarkable aspect of the manufacturing technology, according to Caselli, is the ability to produce multiple copies of this complex, movable part at the same time. “LaserCUSING gives us time advantages, advantages in cost structure and is also much easier, under cleanroom conditions, than conventional manufacturing strategies. In addition, machine solutions from Concept Laser provide excellent performance and a high level of safety when working with reactive materials such as titanium or titanium alloys.”

New Development: Disc Prosthesis As A Single Component

When it comes to component design, additive manufacturing can open up entirely new directions. Another innovation that has resulted from the opportunities offered by LaserCUSING at Tsunami is the development of a customized disc prosthesis that acts as a vertebral spacer to strengthen the spine. It consists of an upper shell and a lower shell connected by a double spring. The shells’ surface is designed to fit perfectly into the vertebral plate. The double spring is made of titanium with a silicone core for damping the movement of the spring. The design and spacing dimensions can be adjusted precisely to the patient’s anatomy in accordance with the surgeon’s specifications. The highlight of this innovative solution: the disc prosthesis is manufactured in a “one-shot” process using laser melting technology, a solution that eliminates the need for downstream assembly processes.

Functions Of The Disc Prosthesis In Detail

Tsunami’s competencies were put to the test early on. First, it had to translate its experience in spinal implants into a product solution that would increase patient mobility. The disc prosthesis ensures 360-degree freedom of movement, providing enormous support to the patient’s mobility. Optimum elasticity is ensured by the double spring and enhanced through the silicone core. The company also needed a engineering solution that made the most of the geometric possibilities offered by the LaserCUSING method. Stefano Caselli: “From a design standpoint, the disc prosthesis as a product idea is the direct result of the geometric freedom and functional integration offered by the LaserCUSING method. Conventional manufacturing methods don’t work for this kind of solution. Additive manufacturing complements our expertise in spinal column reconstruction by offering a multitude of new options. The solution is also very flexible: we can adjust the dimensions to a patient’s specific anatomical profile.”


Italy Plans First F-35 Flight In October

The first F-35 flight outside the US will take place in October when Italy’s first F-35 begins test flights after rolling off the country’s final assembly line, a Lockheed Martin official said.

After entering service with the Italian Air Force, the aircraft, AL-1, will then fly across the Atlantic in the first quarter of 2016, probably via the UK and Iceland, to Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, where Italian pilots will train, said Debra Palmer, the Lockheed executive leading F-35 work in Italy.

That is the same route that joint strike fighters were due to take to reach the UK from the US last summer to appear at the Farnborough International Air Show. The appearance was canceled when the JSF fleet was grounded due to a fire in the engine of one aircraft.

Details of the pending flights emerged as activity ramped up this month at Italy’s final assembly line at Cameri Air Base in northern Italy, which is owned by the Italian Defense Ministry and operated by Finmeccanica unit Alenia Aermacchi and Lockheed Martin.

The facility, the only one of its kind outside the US, was designated last year to also serve as the maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade hub for European- and Mediterranean-based JSFs.

In March, the first of Italy’s planned 90 JSFs rolled off the line, and this

month its engines were turned on for the first time.

“A full engine run can take two to three days but this took one day,” Palmer said. “Technicians on site from Pratt and Whitney said this was the cleanest run they had personally seen on an engine.”

AL-1 is now undergoing minor planned modifications before it will receive final coatings beginning the week of June 23 in the aircraft final finishes building, a process that will take about six weeks. The work will be undertaken by Alenia Aermacchi with technology transfer oversight provided by Lockheed experts for the initial planes, Palmer said.

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From the start of September, software will be loaded onto the aircraft, Palmer said, before the first flight takes place in the first or second week of October.

“Lockheed Martin will do three acceptance flights before the customer makes three flights,” she said. However, since Italy does not have trained JSF pilots yet, the customer flights will be undertaken by US Air Force test pilots. “It will be that way for a couple of years.”

The first two Italian JSF pilots will start training in September in the US. One will stay in the US as an instructor while the second will return to Italy.

After the six test flights, AL-1 will return to the aircraft final finishes building for any touch-ups required at the end of November before official delivery takes place in December.

“Since our contract is with the US government, the plane is officially delivered to them, and then immediately on to the Italian government,” Palmer said.

When AL-1 and AL-2 are ready, both will make the trans-Atlantic flight to the US early in 2016. In total, 11 Italian aircraft will go to the US for Italian Air Force and Navy pilot training. Air Force pilots will head for Luke to train on the conventional-takeoff and -landing F35A, and both Italian Navy and Air Force pilots will train at Beaufort Air Force Base in South Carolina with the short-takeoff, vertical-landing (STOVL) variant.

Italy so far has ordered eight F-35As, including three from low-rate initial production run (LRIP) 6, three from LRIP 7 and two from LRIP 8, and has said it will order 38 by 2020.

The ordering of two aircraft from LRIP 8 in the latter half of last year helped stave off an interruption in the flow of aircraft at the line, Palmer said.

“Lockheed Martin anticipates that formal negotiations will start for aircraft from LRIP 9 and 10 shortly, while long lead items have already been ordered,” she said. The two lots of two and four aircraft will contain Italy’s first STOVL F-35s.

Meanwhile, the first six F-35As are scheduled to be delivered by October 2016, with four more in 2017, four in 2018, seven in 2019 and 13 in 2010. That is far lower than the 24 aircraft a year the line was designed to handle, a drop due to Italy’s trimming of its order.

In 2019, the line will produce its first Dutch JSFs, the result of an Italian-Dutch deal under which eight of the 13 aircraft produced in 2020 at Cameri will be Dutch.

Meanwhile Italy is planning ahead to Cameri’s future as a maintenance, repair, overhaul and upkeep (MRO&U) hub.


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Joe Monaco owner of Monaco Tool Company comes from a long line of entrepreneurs and as he tells it, has only worked for another company for 6 years of his life. Joe is a diesel mechanic by trade and credits his early machine shop class in high school for his burning desire and knowledge of machines and motors. He joined the army in 1959 and learned the diesel mechanic trade by fire and from the best teachers the Army had. Joe has been at it ever since!

In 1981 Joe thought there must be another way to make a living besides repairing diesel engines, so he transitioned to selling precision tools for the Snap-On Tool Company. During his tenure at Snap-On, Joe learned a different prospective within his industry and that was the specialized tool aspect of the diesel repair business. Joe progressed from a user to a peddler (as he calls it) of tools and later to a designer and manufacturer of precision solutions of diesel repair tools. Joe knew it was hard for a professional diesel mechanic to get precision tools for his trade and he saw a niche he could build a business model on; produce precision tools the diesel mechanic could repair the engine with right on the chassis, without taking the engine out from the frame.

Joe always wanted to make miniature model train engines and he purchased an old lathe from one of his customers that he rebuilt and set off to build a model engine. Later one of his Snap-On Tools customers asked him if he could help him find a special used tool for repair of a Cummins engine, a tool to time the Cummins camshaft in an engine. Joe said, “I told the customer if he wasn’t in a real hurry for the tool that I would make him one. Well, I made that tool on that little lathe I rebuilt and that sparked an interest in me. I reasoned that there had to be room for one more specialty tool manufacturer in the diesel repair industry. This was good thinking because there was only one at the time, Kent Moore. Kent Moore Company sold the service tools to most all of the industry’s diesel repair centers including Harley Davidson, General Motors, Detroit Diesel, and many more. So, I made the decision I would start my own business making tool solutions for the trade I had spent my whole life in.”

Joe came home that day and shared the great news with his wife Sharon. This of course meant she would have to go to work at a job to help support Joe’s new passion and their new business. Joe got to keep his side of the double car garage for machining parts for their new tooling business and his wife kept her side for parking her car. Joe bought a manual mill and a saw to fill his side of the garage and went to work making his custom tools. So, in 1986 Monaco Tool Company was born. Joe would manufacture tools in his garage shop and then he would go out and sell them from the back of his car. His business formula worked, as he would come home with an empty car, make more tools, and go out and sell more, not to mention he was paying his bills.

The business grew and the business model was sound; Make some of the best tools in the industry, put your own name on them, and guarantee them

like no other. As the bus ine s s grew Joe and Sharon had to try and keep up with demand and they found their business expanding out of their garage. In 1990 Joe a n d S h a r o n h a d a n o t h e r b r a i n s t o r m ; they thought if they could make a concise tool catalog Joe wou ld never have to go out on the road and sell again. So, Joe and his wife bought a mailing list for the diesel repair industry and the truck repair industry and they sent out post cards to the top users to qualify the new prospective customers.

I n 1 9 9 1 t h e Monaco Tool Catalog made its debut, Joe took over the complete 2-car g a r a g e , a n d Sharon came aboard full time in the business with Joe. Sharon ran a new mill and kept the company books and did whatever else it took to make the business a success. In 2000 the Monaco team bought a house in Coburg, OR with a 1500 sq. ft. shop behind the house and the next level was taken to grow the business. Monaco Tool hired their first full time employee in that year bringing their count to three musketeers. The Monacos grew the business in this space for 5 years until the business success forced them to a new larger manufacturing facility. One year later an expansion was done with another expansion right after that bringing the manufacturing space to about 4,000 square feet. In 2002 a new CNC lathe, and a new CNC mill were added to the Monaco Tools arsenal and they were trying their best to keep up with the demand for


diesel motor tools.

Joe said, “We had to jump right into the 21st century with CNC machine tools because we had to get the work done. The catalog idea took off and we found ourselves buried in orders and this was good. The only problem was our name was on our tools and we had to deliver to this new demand. We weren’t going to deliver sub-standard tools either. These tools are precision and we needed state of the art machine tools to make the tools to strict high tolerances and quickly. With 3 full time employees, 4 CNC machine tools, and only 24 hours in a day, Sharon and I still couldn’t keep up! In 2005 we expanded and moved to our current location, which, at the time was 6200 sq. ft. We have just completed our most recent expansion (at the same address), bringing our total square footage to 16,000, adding a DCM IG 280 Surface Grinder and a DMG MORI NLX 2500 SY 700 Turning Center. We now have 7 CNC machines and 9 employees.

Monaco Tool outsources to local suppliers to do the processes they don’t do in house. One of the processes that presented a bottleneck to Monaco Tool was the grinding of some of the higher precision components that have to be dead center and have a perfect finish and high tolerance dimensions.

Joe said, “ I don’t do grinding to make money, I do grinding so I will not miss sales. Missing a sales opportunity is like money out of the pocket and a guy won’t stay in business long missing opportunities to sell his product. I now do grinding in house to control the process and to get the job done quickly and with the highest precision. I needed a grinder I could run all of my parts on, sometimes at the same time. I saw this DCM-Tech CNC grinding machine at a trade show and I got a first hand demonstration on it. I knew this might save me some time and trouble by controlling this process in house. I sent some parts to DCM-Tech and I got back some really great samples. I bought the DCM-Tech IG 280 SD grinding machine tool because I felt it would do all of the parts I could ever dream up for my tool assemblies and it is so easy to run. The DCM-Tech machine is well constructed and I can say that because I’ve been around machines and machine tools all of my life. I know a quality machine when I get my hands on it. I think these DCM machines are built to last. Also, the DCM-Tech sales engineer Skip Green was easy to talk to and I could really relate to him as he’s a diesel mechanic and knew what I needed in a grinding machine. Skip understood the application and he had the knowledge not only of the industry but a great knowledge of grinding and machining which is rare in this day and age. Skip came to set up the machine and gave us some great training so we were up and running in no time and he will be coming back soon for further training and to see what we have forgotten. That’s great service!”

Joe continued, “The secret to our success is we have great employees, great machine tools, and the key inventory on the shelf ready to ship! If you call the other diesel tool manufacturing companies they might tell you it would take 4-6 weeks or maybe even 8 weeks before you could get your tools shipped. This is money out of your customer’s pocket and they are in business to make money too, so you’d better deliver! This grinding machine helps me make sure I deliver tooling assemblies fast without waiting for an outside process (3-4 week process) I can’t control. You call Monaco Tool and you will get a top-notch tool at a very fair price and your tool will be on its way today! This is a testament to what a great machine tool (DCM-Tech IG 280SD) and control of a key process will get you. This helps us provide a service that is the same quality as our products, the finest anywhere!”

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Contractors Vying to Build Ship-Launched Drone

AeroVironment and Northrop Grumman are jockeying for the chance to build a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial system that can launch off the decks of small ships.

The program — known as the tactically exploited reconnaissance node, or TERN — is being developed jointly by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Naval Research. Smaller ships will serve as mobile launch and recovery platforms for medium-altitude systems.

“TERN’s goal is to develop breakthrough technologies that the Navy could realistically integrate into the future fleet and make it much easier, quicker and less expensive for the Defense Department to deploy persistent ISR and strike capabilities almost anywhere in the world,” said Dan Patt, a DARPA program manager in a press release.

In March, the agency chose AeroVironment and Northrop to participate in phase two of the program, which will focus on preliminary design and risk reduction. The winner of the third phase — which could be announced later this year — will go on to build a prototype and begin demonstrations, said Steve Gitlin, vice president of marketing and communications at AeroVironment.Right now, smaller ships such as destroyers can only launch manned or unmanned helicopters off their decks. That limits how far the ship can see out, he said.

“DARPA’s idea is to develop an unmanned aircraft solution that can operate off those ships but can operate [at] much greater distances for much longer durations” than traditional assets, Gitlin said.

“That delivers a new kind of capability to significantly expand the footprint of those smaller naval vessels and project power on a much more distributed basis,” he said.

B o t h AeroVironment and Northrop G r u m m a n were awarded $19 mi l l ion for phase two, which whittled the playing field down from five companies.

Without disclosing details of its offerings, Gitlin said AeroVironment is focused on the current phase and is confident it will move on to the third.

Citing the competitive nature of the program, Northrop Grumman declined to comment, but said in a statement that its “solution taps into the company’s proven expertise and experience in developing and deploying operational unmanned systems in harsh and challenging environments at sea.”


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Boeing/s 747 line, currently at 1.3 monthly, could continue, if Boeing’s 20-year forecast proves true.

The global aircraft market will need 38,000 jets worth $5.6 trillion in the next 20 years. Of that, 38 percent of the demand will come from Asia and just 21 percent from North America.

This is a key result of the Boeing Current Market Forecast, issued early Thursday morning by Boeing.

“We see a strong market today, a market that is growing and thriving,” said Randy Tinseth, director of marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

The stronger expected growth for freighters is especially important for Boeing, given the currently small demand for 747-8 freighters, which are built in Everett. Boeing has said it could keep the line going at a rate of one plane per month if need be. But the company has maintained optimism that increased demand for freighters can save the line.

“We expect the cargo market to grow 4.7 percent, 920 freight aircraft valued $290 billion,” Tinseth said. “We see demand for 650 new freighters.”

Tinseth said that 90 percent of cargo flies on Boeing freighters. That gives the company continued confidence that the 747s will remain in production.

“Nobody in the industry has a freighter line as complete as ours,” he added.

Boeing’s backlog today is $435 billion.

Global market growth will continue to be robust over the next 20 years, with 7 billion passengers by 2024, up from 3 billion this year.

Of the aircraft demand, 26,730 will be single aisle, or 70 percent, and 12 percent wide bodies.

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Britain and France will find funds for a future combat drone as they wish to keep building fighter jets, while France, Germany and Italy could invite other nations to sign up as partners to build a surveillance drone, said French procurement chief Laurent Collet-Billon.

Britain and France last year signed a £120 million (US $187 million) contract for a two-year feasibility study for the bilateral future combat air system development program.

“The feasibility study sets a firm foundation for the full-scale development phase that follows,” Collet-Billon said. “The future of combat aircraft for Britain and France will be at stake in this next phase, so there’s no doubt it will be funded.

“We have to be there. If we are not there, then we will be absent in the export market. There will be an export market. We and Britain are great aeronautical nations. We have to be on it together.”

Paris, Berlin and Rome are due to sign a €60 million (US $67.6 million), two-year contract for a design study on a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) UAV.

“We are at a preliminary stage, all that could change,” he said. “France, Germany and Italy have signed a letter of intent for preliminary studies. Further phases will be open to other countries. This could be a program for a federation in Europe.”

Spain partnered with France and Germany in a previous three-nation study for a European MALE UAV but that effort collapsed due to a lack of government support.

Poland, concerned about Russia, has included drones among the equipment to be ordered in a 10-year, €33.6 billion budget, Agence France-Presse has reported.

Turkey, which has developed its Anka UAV, is absent from the list of potential partners, as there are concerns in West European capitals over Ankara’s perceived lack of action against the Islamic State insurgents and its lack of support for the Kurdistan region, an industry executive said.

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Royce, Safran, Selex and Thales signed up for the two-year Anglo-French study for the UCAV.

Airbus Defense and Space, Dassault Aviation and Finmeccanica pitched the idea for the European MALE UAV two years ago at the 2013 Paris Air Show.

“France is a global actor and it is marketing its products like a global actor. France is also an independent actor, and tries not to be too dependent on the US because of the ITAR [international traffic in arms regulations],” said Massi Begous, partner at consultancy Roland Berger.

On the study for a combat drone, France and the UK had “good experience working together,” he said. That could be seen with MBDA building the Storm Shadow-Scalp cruise missile and the Anglo-French contract for a helicopter-borne anti-ship missile, dubbed future anti-surface guided weapon (heavy) and anti-navire leger.

France is already working on a UCAV technology demonstrator, Neuron, with Italy, which has 22 percent of the program, and other partners. France’s share of the work may migrate to the Anglo-French program, and Italy may then seek to sign up to join the French and the British on their program at a later date.

Meanwhile Britain, which originally pursued the MALE development as a bilateral arrangement with France as part of the Lancaster House defense treaty, has jettisoned for the time being any thoughts of joining a European alliance to replace the Reaper vehicles it currently uses.

The 10-strong British Reaper fleet operated by the Royal Air Force was heavily engaged in Afghanistan, and since the end of that mission much of the fleet has been switched to support the war against the Islamic State in Iraq.

“The work we’re doing with Dassault for our respective governments is around a FCAS [Future Combat Air System] development program and there is currently no requirement for a MALE development program that we are aware of from the UK MoD,” said Martin Taylor, the boss of BAE’s military aviation business.

“We are continuing to monitor customer requirements for next-generation MALE systems and the applicability of the technical demonstration in Mantis and Taranis to meeting these emerging customer needs,” she said.

Mantis is a conventional MALE demonstrator designed by BAE several years ago while Taranis is a UCAV demonstrator jointly funded by industry and the MoD.

Flight trials are continuing on Taranis with the MoD recently agreeing to a third phase of testing set to be undertaken later this year.

The European projects aim to cut the dependence on US UAV manufacturers General Atomics and Northrop Grumman, and Israeli producers Elbit and Israel Aircraft Industries.

The European projects are effectively efforts to catch up with the US.

The US Navy completed the X-47B demonstrator program, which was designed to show an unmanned jet take off and land from an aircraft carrier.

The next step is UCLASS — Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike — which will develop an operational aircraft. The main contenders are expected to be Northrop Grumman and Boeing. A decision is on hold pending a review of whether the emphasis should be surveillance or strike.

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Technologically, today we are in a second manufacturing revolution! Never before have we been witness to such rapid advancements in machinery, cutter technology, robotics and automation. But most exciting of all is the explosive growth of rapid manufacturing capabilities and additive manufacturing.

Today production parts are being printed, sintered, or grown. Glass-filled or carbon-filled polymers are being sintered for structural production components. Aluminum, stainless steel, titanium and tool steels are being sintered. Injection molds are grown for three to four day turns on 25 to 100 low or preproduction injection molded parts. One machine manufacturer has combined sintering and high speed machining into one machine that will produce finished and polished steel injection molds ready for use in 1/3 the time.

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Economic activity in the manufacturing sector expanded for the 29th consecutive month, and the overall economy grew for the 72nd consecutive month, say the nation’s supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®.

The report was issued today by Bradley J. Holcomb, CPSM, CPSD, chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Manufacturing Business Survey Committee. “The May PMI® registered 52.8 percent, an increase of 1.3 percentage points over the April reading of 51.5 percent. The New Orders Index registered 55.8 percent, an increase of 2.3 percentage points from the reading of 53.5 percent in April. The Production Index registered 54.5 percent, 1.5 percentage points below the April reading of 56 percent. The Employment Index registered 51.7 percent, 3.4 percentage points above the April reading of 48.3 percent, reflecting growing employment levels from April. Inventories of raw materials registered 51.5 percent, an increase of 2 percentage points from the April reading of 49.5 percent. The Prices Index registered 49.5 percent, 9 percentage points above the April reading of 40.5 percent, indicating lower raw materials prices for the seventh consecutive month. Comments from the panel carry a positive tone in terms of an improving economy, increasing demand, and improving flow of goods through the West Coast ports. Also noted; however, are continuing concerns over the price of the US dollar and challenges affecting markets related to oil and gas industries.”

Of the 18 manufacturing industries, 14 are reporting growth in May in the following order: Apparel, Leather & Allied Products; Furniture & Related Products; Paper Products; Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products; Nonmetallic Mineral Products; Plastics & Rubber Products; Electrical Equipment, Appliances & Components; Primary Metals; Transportation Equipment; Printing & Related Support Activities; Fabricated Metal Products; Machinery; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; and Chemical Products. The two industries reporting contraction in May are: Textile Mills; and Computer & Electronic Products.

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Escalating offshore wages are causing companies to reevaluate total cost and the news is good; more companies are reshoring. With a skilled U.S. workforce, quality and productivity three times higher than low-labor-cost countries, along with shorter supply chains that lead to higher customer responsiveness, the United States is an attractive place for reshoring.

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The Most Influential Business Executives Of The Past 35 Years: Built A Unique

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Jeff Brotman describes the hiring of Jim Sinegal in 1983 as one of the

“pivotal points” in his life.

Bro tman, a c o - f o u n d e r o f C o s t c o W h o l e s a l e (Nasdaq: COST), brought Sinegal on board just as the retailer was being formed. The two co-founded the company in 1983, and according to its website Costco became the first company to grow sales from nothing to $3 billion in its first six years.

Issaquah-based Costco today is Washington state’s largest public company, recording $116 billion in revenue last year.

Along the way, the company became somewhat of an American icon. Brotman and Sinegal provided employees generous health care benefits and paid workers above typical retail-sector wages, creating legions of happy employees who willingly embraced the company’s customer-service mantra.

“We have always had the attitude that if you go out and hire good people, provide good wages and jobs, good things will happen in your business,” Sinegal told the Business Journal in 2012 “It’s not altruism, it is good business.”

Brotman, still a Costco director, and Sinegal, who retired as CEO three years ago, remain involved in the community. Both are Democratic activists: Sinegal has twice hosted President Barack Obama at a fundraising dinner at his home last year and spoke at the Democratic National Convention in 2012.

Brotman, a retail entrepreneur before co-founding Costco, has been a fervent education advocate. He is a member of the board of Starbucks Corp. and a trustee at the Seattle Art Museum.

Costco continues its success today under Craig Jelinek, who has been CEO since 2012. The chain has grown to 475 stores in the United States, employs 9,000 in the Puget Sound region and 95,000 overall. It now offers a full selection of organic meats and produce, gasoline, travel packages and even a health and wellness department.

The Costco Scholarship Fund Breakfast is one of the region’s largest, raising several million dollars each year for scholarships for low-income students.

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Senate Panel Passes $576 Billion Defense Spending Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee voted 27-3 on Thursday to pass a $575.9 billion defense spending bill, setting the stage for a fight over budget caps.

Only three Democrats voted against the bill, but Democratic leaders say they will block the bill when it hits the floor next week.

“Democrats will vote against the motion to proceed ... not because we want to be pugnacious ... but because we want to end sequester,” said the committee’s top Democrat Sen. Barbara Mikulski (Md.).

Democrats object to the bill, since it keeps in place sequester budget limits but skirts those caps on defense by boosting a Pentagon war fund.Democrats are pressing Republicans to lift the caps for nondefense spending as well and say they will block consideration of all spending bills until GOP

leaders agree to a budget summit.

The president has threatened to veto any bill that adheres to the caps and has urged Congress to lift the limits.

Democrats have derided the use of the war fund, known as Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), as a “gimmick.”

Mikulski said it was “simply a tool to finesse the budget caps.” OCO “sounds like a rare bird from Costa Rica,” she added.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, urged Republicans to begin talks on lifting the caps and avoid a potential government shutdown in October when the new fiscal year starts.

“Why do we want to wait until September to have this talk?” Durbin said. “We’re trying to have this high-level mature conversation now.”

He warned that the Republican spending plan “will simply not succeed,” and there were not enough votes to override Obama’s veto. Republicans would need 13 Democrats in the Senate for a veto-proof majority.

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) criticized Democrats’ vow to block consideration of the bill on the floor.

“I object to this business of saying, ‘We’re not going to allow you to bring to the floor because the president might veto it,’ “ he said. “If the U.S. Senate halts our work every time the president says we might veto your bill, why are we here?”

An amendment from Durbin to move $38 billion from the war fund to the base budget failed in a party line 14-16 vote.

However, the committee did vote 18-12 to adopt a measure by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to express the sense of the Senate that the budget caps should be lifted.

Committee members also debated another amendment from Durbin and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to allow the Obama administration to transfer Guantánamo Bay detainees to maximum-security prisons in the U.S.

Durbin argued that it cost $3.2 million per year to house a detainee at the Cuban prison, versus $70,000 to house them at a super-max facility in the U.S.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) strongly objected to the amendment, and said the administration needs to submit a plan to Congress for approval on how it plans to close the facility.

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Diamond Technology Innovations (dit™) is known throughout the waterjet cutting industry for its leading brand of waterjet orifices seen worldwide inside top OEM products. A lesser known fact is that dti™ also specializes in full service, precision manufacturing through its highly acclaimed, CNC Machining Division named dtiEXACT™.

To get the word out to a wider range of potential customers, dtiEXACT™ recently launched a new website at www.dtiEXACT.com.

The new dtiEXACT.com features a content-rich platform delivering quick access to information with a contemporary design that functions across multiple devises. This platform allows for easy and intuitive access to its extensive list of precision machining capabilities and services as well as customer success stories, quality assurance standards, company values and a new video tour of the facilities showing customers why visitors consistently profess “this is the cleanest shop I have ever seen!”.

According to Jessica Van Hatcher, dti™’s director of marketing and business development,

“The new dtiEXACT™ website was created with our customer’s needs in mind, offering useful information, easy requests for quotation, and a superior user experience. To gain the full perspective of our top of the line shop, we also wanted to ensure our capabilities and services were highlighted by actual customer success stories and real customer requirements met through dtiEXACT™’s ability to provide unbeatable precision and quick turnaround”.

dti™’s waterjet orifice division also plans to release a new website later this year, which will focus on providing the waterjet industry with information on dtiCORE™ products and services and act as an educational hub for

users interested in optimizing their orifice performance. To this end the site will even feature waterjet orifice, cost calculators that turn user inputs into dollars saved and real orifice value.

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Established in 2004 to manufacture extreme, tolerance sensitive tooling and fixturing and continuously develop and automate new specialized processes for dti™’s diamond orifice division, dtiEXACT™ provided a much needed solution to the company’s stringent, custom part requirements. dtiEXACT™ quickly expanded beyond the waterjet industry and is now recognized by a growing customer base for its consistent quality, extreme tolerances, quick turnaround times and meticulous customer service.

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Washington Aerospace Suppliers Stretch To Meet Rising Demand From Boeing, Airbus

Engine makers’ supply chains could be the weak link, particularly in Washington state, as Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Airbus eye ever-higher single-aisle production rates.

The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that engine builders are urging the two aircraft builders “to move cautiously.”

“There are restrictions to how fast we can ramp up,” said François Bastin, executive vice president at engine maker CFM International, a joint venture

between General Electric Co. and Safran SA, as quoted in the Journal.

Boeing is in steps lifting production of its 737 to 52 monthly, and Airbus of its A320 series to 50. Executives at both companies have mentioned the possibility of 60 per month.

The pressure on engine maker CFM is looping back into Washington state, because aerospace suppliers here, which already are stretching to meet rising demand from Boeing and Airbus, also supply engine makers.

“There are a variety of components coming out of Washington to support engine manufacture,” said Bob Uptagrafft, executive director of the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance, in a Monday call from Paris.

Especially acute is the pressure to find qualified aerospace engineers in Washington, Uptagrafft said.

“I think the pressure is starting,” he said. “The conversations I’m having with shops and shop managers, in the aerospace world, everyone is greatly concerned about programmers, true machinists and certain engineering practices.”

He added the demand for skilled people is making this a sellers’ market.

“Good mechanical engineers are difficult to come by right now,” he said. “The pressure has begun, and we’re going to be seeing wage pressure moving up.”practices.”


MX3D Wants You to Buy a 3D Printed Bridge in Amsterdam

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What do you get when you combine MX3D, the young firm working on multi-axis robotic metal 3D printing systems, and Amsterdam, the city that inspired consumer 3D printing and the 3D Printed Canal House? With some help from Autodesk and Heijmans, the Dutch construction company the developed the smart highway concept, the result is a 3D printed metal bridge over canal waters.

Jurre Vand der Ven, Infra Innovation Manager at Heijmans, explained the reasoning behind the partnership: “Heijmans realizes things must change. We are perfectly compatible with MX3D because we share the same outlook and will be able to build it together. We are able to offer knowledge and know what the market wants. They are involved in other types of production and want to scale up from furniture to a bridge. We will be testing for the first two years, but want to effectively start printing the bridge in year three.”

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Heijmans goal is to create an automatic construction site. “Robots, which were previously only suitable for serial production, are now able to do a great deal more thanks to today’s ‘computing power’ and the user-friendliness of software,” explained Jan van de Ven, Manager Business Development at Infra.

“On-demand is quickly increasing in popularity in all sectors. In addition, there is increasing demand for special shapes – and everything has to be as cheap as possible. 3D printing is the culmination of all these requirements. And this is something we need to react to.”

This automatic construction site is a concept where all parts of the construction process are coordinated, which results in minimal energy consumption and significant waste reduction. Heijman’s 3D Construction Information Models include all the technical specifications in the 3D drawing, which is designed parametrically so that, if something is changed in a particular area, the consequences will be automatically implemented in the rest of the design. The only way to bring a parametric design to physical life is through digitally controlled additive

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The MX3D-resin printer developed last year evolved into a new robot which, together with an advanced welding machine, is able to print with metals, such as steel, stainless steel, aluminum, bronze or copper, without the need for support-structures. By adding small amounts of molten metal at a time, the machine is able to print lines in mid air.

In the recent past, the 3D printing of large structures has been viewed as an evolution of 3D printing on very small scales. Since one probable direction that extrusion based 3D printing is going to take is that of multi-axis robots collaborating together, it seems likely to me that, until we find a way to reduce the size of robotic arms and lower their costs, large scale 3D printed structures are going to return the favor and lead in the next wave of innovation.


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Bilz USA _______________ 224-563-7233Cutting Tool Control Inc. _________206-617-2201Horizon Carbide ___________ 480-335-7688 Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 206-818-6813S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ________310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City ________ 619-477-7733Seco Tools Inc. ____________ 503-267-4805Swift Tool Co, Inc. ___________ 800-562-0900US Shop Tools ____________ 800-243-7701Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 763-682--3122

Cutting Tool HoldersBilz USA _______________ 224-563-7233Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730Seco Tools Inc. ____________ 503-267-4805Swift Tool Co, Inc. ___________ 800-562-0900

Cutting Tool SystemsBilz USA _______________ 224-563-7233Cutting Tool Control Inc. _________206-617-2201Innovative 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

Deburring ToolsRoyal Products ____________ 631-273-1010

Drills/Cutters-MagneticBilz USA _______________224-563-7233Innovative 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

Dovetail FixturesRyansDovetails.com _________ 253-876-9981

Drills/Reamers/TapsBilz USA _______________224-563-7233Seco Tools Inc. ____________503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _______ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _________619-477-773Wohlhaupter _____________937-503-4708

Dust 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 __________800-676-7336

End MillsApplications Specialities _______ 253-872-0305Bilz USA ______________ 224-563-7233Fullerton Tool Company ____ 303-478-3497Horizon Carbide __________ 480-335-7688S.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

Facing and Boring HeadsWohlhaupter ____________ 937-503-4708

Filiter Mist CollectorsRoyal Products ____________631-273-1010

Fixturing/FixturesRyansDovetails.com _________253-876-9981

Grooving HeadWohlhaupter ____________ 937-503-4708

Guide Bushings, SwissEdge Technologies _________ 314-692-8388

Indestructable KeyboardsByte Box _______________ 888-bytebox

InsertsHorizon Carbide __________ 480-335-7688Seco Tools Inc. ___________ 503-267-4805

Swift Tool Co, Inc. __________ 800-562-0900Wohlhaupter _____________937-503-4708

Jaws

Desert EDM Sales __________480-816-6300EDM Network ____________480-836-1782RyansDovetails.com _________253-876-9981US Shop Tools ____________800-243-7701

Keyseat CuttersFullerton Tool Company _____303-478-3497

Live CentersRoyal Products ____________631-273-1010

Load Unload SystemsEdge Technologies __________314-692-8388

Lubricants / SystemsCutting Tool Control Inc. ________ 206-617-2201DCM Tech _____________ 800-533-5339Hangsterfer’s _____________316-640-2462Hangsterfer’s _____________760-580-1357S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _______310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City ________619-477-7733Star Metal Fluids ___________800-367-9966Swift Tool Co, Inc. __________ 800-562-0900

Machine Tool Acccessories

T.J. HatfieldPresident

Cell: 503-290-9667Office: 800.523.2549Fax: 503.620.191117605 SW 65th Ave.Lake Oswego, Or. [email protected]

End MillsDeburring Tools

LNlIMACHINERY INC.

Edward GieblewiczAccount Manager

970 Industry DriveTukwila, WA 98188

Toll Free: 1-866-437-7315Cell: (206) 300-3945Fax: (780) 437-7328

[email protected]

Web: www.newusedmachines.com

www.SwiftTool.com

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JEFF HALLPrincipal

Seattle 360-434-8844Fax 866-457-2103

[email protected]

Metal Fabrication Machine Tools

Serving WA, OR, ID,MO, IL, KS, OK, AR, IA

Pacific Northwest

IconMachine Tool

Swift Tool Co, Inc. 800-562-0900

Michael GarverSales Manager

GOSIGER NORTHWEST21911 68TH Ave SouthKent, WA 98032T 253.826.3921C 253.508.4771E [email protected]

Exclusive provider of OKUMA

Division of Curran Manufacturing Corporation

200 Oser AvenueHauppauge, NY 11788U.S.A.

www.royalprod.com

Tel: 1-631-273-10101-800-645-4174

Fax: 1-631-273-10661-800-424-2082

[email protected]

Bilz USA 224-563-7233

[email protected]

Phone360-448-0951

CELL


801-214-7359801-641-2294

JAREDPETERSON

DESK PHONECELL PHONE

855-773-7727 (855-PRESS-BRAKE)

[email protected] (TOLL FREE)

EMAILMACHINE TOOLS & FABRICATION EQUIPMENTwww.JMTUSA.com

PRESIDENT

UNITEDP E R F O R M A N C E M E TA LSO’NEAL HIGH PERFORMANCE METALS GROUP

888.282.3292 | www.upmet.com

14941 E. Northam Street | La Mirada, CA 90638

647159_UPM_BCs.indd 2 11/19/12 11:23 AM

MP Industrial _____________ 800-759-4282US Shop Tools ____________ 800-243-7701Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 763-682--3122

Machine Tool Cool. Filtration

Cutting Tool Control Inc. ________ 206-617-2201DCM Tech ______________ 800-533-5339S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _______ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City ________ 619-477-7733Star Metal Fluids ___________ 800-367-9966

Manufacturing SystemsMP Industrial _____________ 800-759-4282

Milling & Turning ProductsVon Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 763-682--3122

Modular Multi-Boring SystemWohlhaupter _____________ 937-503-4708

Modular Spray SystemsSwift Tool Co, Inc. ___________ 800-562-0900

Optical Mouse-Silicone BasedByte Box ________________ 888-bytebox

Parts Washing EquipmentEbbco Inc _______________ 800-809-3901DCM Tech ______________ 800-533-5339

Pnuematic Manufacturing SystemsMP Industrial _____________ 800-759-4282

Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD) Fullerton Tool Company _____ 303-478-3497

Precision BearingsC & M Precision Spindle, Inc._ _____ 503-691-0955

Safety Products

US Shop Tools _____________800-243-7701Saw Blades & Replacement Parts

Rocky Mountain Saw Blades ______303--761-3000Roentgen USA _____________760--900-1110SawBlade.com ____________ 800--240-2932

Solvents & Degreasing AgentsDCM -Tech _______________800-533-5339

Solvents: Vapor degreasing Star Metal Fluids ____________800-367-9966

Solvents:Hand WipeStar Metal Fluids ____________800-367-9966

Solvents: Mil PRF 680 Star Metal Fluids ____________800-367-9966

SpindlesSetco-Pope Spindles ___________866-362-0699

Torque Manufacturing SystemsMP Industrial ______________800-759-4282

Tool Sharpening (Grinding)Applications Specialities _________253-872-0305

Tooling SystemsApplications Specialities _________253-872-0305Bilz USA ________________224-563-7233Cutting Tool Control Inc. _________ 206-617-2201Horizon Carbide ____________480-335-7688MP Industrial ______________800-759-4282Rosco Precision Machinery _______253-333-2439RyansDovetails.com __________ 253-876-9981S.L. Fusco San Leandro _________510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez ________ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _________619-477-7733Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. _____763-682--3122

Western Sintering ___________ 509-375-3096Vises & Vise Jaws

RyansDovetails.com _________ 253-876-9981Workholding

Applications Specialities ________ 253-872-0305Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730

APPRENTICESHIPS & TRAININGAerospace & Advanced Manufacturing

ApprenticeshipsAJAC _________________ 206-737-8342

Machining ApprenticeshipsAJAC _________________ 206-737-8342

Precision Metal Fabrication Apprenticeships

AJAC _________________ 206-737-8342Training & Education

AJAC _________________ 206-737-8342BANKING

Quick Turn Financial _________ 415-608-5692Pacific Continental Bank ________ 503-310-3604U.S. Bank Equipment _________ 800-810-0038

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Vision 33 _______ 303-937-6543 Ext. 353CAD TRAINING

Streamingteacher.comCAD/CAM/CAE CONSULTING AND

ENGINEERING SERVICESAnalysis, Design, Manufacturing

Daystrom Technologies ________ 303-619-3341Full Circle Development ________ 503-867-6514

Training & Technical SupportDaystrom Technologies ________ 303-619-3341

CNC PROGRAMING TRAINING

Streamingteacher.comDISIGN FOR MANUFACTURABILITY

3-D Plastics, Inc. _________503-720-0572DOOR SYSTEMS

Automatic Door opening SystemsMidaco Corporation __________847-593-8420

ELECTRONIC LOCKING SYSTEMSEMKA _________________717-986-1111

FINANCINGQuick Turn Financial _________ 415-608-5692Pacific Continental Bank ________ 503-310-3604U.S. Bank Equipment _________ 800-810-0038

FORK LIFTSBixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208

GARNETGMA Garnet Group __________832-243-9300

GRINDINGCustom Machines

Campbell Grinders Co. ________480-370-3800DCM Tech ______________800-533-5339

Grinding FiltrationCampbell Grinders Co. ________480-370-3800S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _______ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City ________ 619-477-7733

Grinding MachinesBixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208

Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship CommitteeYour key to a loyal, productive and trained workforce

JOE HAUTHProgram Development Manager

[email protected]

www.ajactraining.org

6770 E. Marginal Way S., Bldg A-106Seattle, WA 98108 Phone 206-737-8342Fax 206-764-5329

MP Industrial 800-759-4282 US Shop ToolsUS Shop Tools

Marc GoerlichBusiness Manager

GOSIGER NORTHWEST21911 68TH Ave SouthKent, WA 98032T 253.826.3921C 253.278.1110E [email protected]

Exclusive provider of OKUMA

Dion HardySales Manager



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

[email protected]

Campbell Grinders Co. ________480-370-3800CNC Machine Services _________ 425-788-4500DCM Tech ______________800-533-5339Ellison Technologies __________ 206-669-3578Gosiger ________________ 937-586-5067Machine 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

Campbell Grinders Co. ________480-370-3800CNC Machine Services _________ 425-788-4500

Silicon & QuartzDCM Tech ______________800-533-5339

Manual Lathes & MillsGanesh Machinery __________ 888-542-6374Machine Toolworks __________ 800-426-2052North Western Machinery _______ 206-583-2333

Sawing MachinesBixby Machine Tool Supply ______509-534-1208Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______503-620-9031North Western Machinery _______ 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools ______ 510-249-1000Rocky Mountain Saw Blades _____303-761-3000Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 206-818-6813 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

Used Grinding MachinesCampbell Grinders Co. ________480-370-3800

INDUSTRIAL HARDWAREGasketing

EMKA _________________717-986-1111Handles & Hinges

EMKA _________________717-986-1111Locking Systems

EMKA _________________717-986-1111Quarter Turns

EMKA _________________717-986-1111Rod Controils

EMKA _________________717-986-1111INSPECTION EQUIP

Cutting Tool Control Inc. ________ 206-617-2201King Machine Inc. ___________ 509-435-6741OGP ________________480-889-9056Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 206-818-6813S.L. Fusco San Leandro ________ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez _______ 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City ________ 619-477-7733Verisurf ________________ 714-381-2322

3D CAD for CMMVerisurf ________________ 714-381-2322

CMM ProbesOGP ________________480-889-9056

Coordinate Measuring Mach.OGP ________________ 480-889-9056

Laser TrackersMetrology Instruments

OGP ________________ 480-889-9056Optical Comparators

OGP ________________ 480-889-9056Particle Inspection Mach

DCM Tech ______________ 800-533-5339INSURANCE

Business Insurance SolutionsSentry Insurance ___________ 877-373-6879

MACHINERY/MACHINE TOOLSBoring Mills

Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439Chuckers

CNC-PROS ______________ 602-344-9753CNC Controls & Retro Fits

Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439CNC Lathes

Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc ____303-990-6190Chevalier USA _____________562-903-1929Ellison Technologies __________ 206-669-3578Ganesh Machinery ___________888-542-6374Gosiger _________________937-586-5067King Machine Inc. ____________509-435-6741Machine Toolworks __________ 800-426-2052Methods Machine Tools Inc. _______623-826-1025Muratec _______________ 949-466-8255North Western Machinery _______ 206-583-2333

Romi Machine Tools, Ltd ________ 480-510-4146Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439Selway Machine Tool __________ 503-314-3165Selway Machine Tool __________425-931-1680

3 , 4, & 5 Axis CNC MillsAutomatics & Machinery Co., Inc ____ 303-990-6190Bixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208Chiron America _____________704-534-5436Ellison Technologies ___________206-669-3578Ganesh Machinery ___________888-542-6374Gosiger _________________ 937-586-5067King Machine Inc. ____________509-435-6741LMI Machinery Inc. ___________ 866-437-7315Machine Toolworks ___________800-426-2052Methods Machine Tools Inc. _______623-826-1025North Western Machinery ________ 206-583-2333Romi Machine Tools, Ltd ________ 480-510-4146Rosco Precision Machinery _______253-333-2439Selway Machine Tool __________ 503-314-3165Selway Machine Tool __________ 425-931-1680

CNC 3 & 5 Axis Routing MachinesACS/MultiCamNW ___________ 360-318-7534Ellison Technologies ___________ 206-669-3578Impact Machine Tools ___________253-219-0119

CNC Swiss Turn MachinesAutomatics & Machinery Co., Inc ____ 303-990-6190Ellison Technologies ___________ 206-669-3578Ganesh Machinery ___________ 888-542-6374Gosiger _________________ 937-586-5067King Machine Inc. ____________509-435-6741

FAB-LINE

MACHINERY, LLC

Robert Herling

West Coast Regional

Sales Manager

1900 EAST TYLER ROAD

BUILDING 800

ST. CHARLES, IL 60174 USA

1-866-466-8298

OFFICE 630-587-0505

CELL 206-972-6215

E-MAIL [email protected]

www.fab-line.com

Romi Machine Tools, Ltd 480-510-4146

763.682.0322763.682.3122763.682.3954

[email protected]

Brandon AndersonVon Ruden Manufacturing, Inc.

DIRECT:PHONE:

FAX:MOBILE:E-MAIL:

1008 First Street NE - PO Box 699 - Buffalo, MN 55313 USA www.live-tooling.com

Made in Italy

Since 1922

Made in ItalyDriven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry

GROUPISO 9001:2008 Certified

Ray ElledgeSales Manager

Verisurf Software, Inc.4907 E. Landon DriveAnaheim, CA 92807www.verisurf.com

O�ce +1(714) 970-1683 x107 Mobile +1(714) 381-2322 [email protected]

Verisurf Software, Inc. 4907 E. Landon DriveAnaheim, CA 92807www.verisurf.com

David OlsonDirector of Sales & Marketing

888.713.7201 714.970.1683 x39

[email protected]

Toll FreePhoneFax

Coordinate Measuring Mach. Romi Machine Tools, Ltd

Northwest Regional Manager

EMKA Incorporated 1961 Fulling Mill Road Middletown, PA 17057 Phone: (717) 986-1111 Fax: (717) 986-1080 www.emkausa.com [email protected]

Manufacturer of Industrial Hardware

Industries Served: Electrical, Mechanical, HVAC, Transportation, Data Center, Oil and Gas, Commercial Vehicles, Telecommunications, etc.

Doug BanksSales Manager



www.kdcapital.com922-1674

Kwik Mark Inc

www.kwikmark.com

Dot Peen Marking Systems

Phone 815 363 8268Fax 815 363 [email protected]

Kwik Mark Inc4071 Albany Street

McHenry IL 60050

LMI Machinery Inc. ___________ 866-437-7315Machine Toolworks ___________800-426-2052Methods Machine Tools Inc. _______623-826-1025North-South Machinery _________253-333-2439North Western Machinery ________206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools _______ 510-249-1000

Custom Design/Build MachinesLambie Engineering __________509-868-3100

Dot Peen MarkersKwik Mark Inc _____________815-363-8268

EDM Automation

ONA EDM USA ____________602-328-0881EDM Die Sinking Machines

ONA EDM USA ____________602-328-0881EDM Filtration

EDM Network _____________480-836-1782EDM Machines

Current EDM, Inc. ____________612-840-0037EDM Network _____________480-836-1782Methods Machine Tools Inc. _______623-826-1025North-South Machinery ________ 253-333-2439

EDM Drilling & Micro Hole MachinesCurrent EDM, Inc. ____________612-840-0037

EDM Service

Desert EDM Sales ___________480-816-6300EDM Network _____________480-836-1782

ONA EDM USA ____________602-328-0881EDM Tooling Systems

EDM Network _____________480-836-1782Global EDM Supply __________ 800-676-7336

Equipment Financing

Quick Turn Financial _________ 415-608-5692Pacific Continental Bank ________ 503-310-3604Scottrade Bank Equipment Finance __ 206-948-0022

U.S. Bank Equipment _________ 800-810-0038Gantry & Bridge Systems

Ellison Technologies ___________206-669-3578Horizontal Boring &

Milling Machines (CNC ) Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439

Jig BoringMethods Machine Tools Inc. _______623-826-1025

LathesBixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208CNC-PROS _______________602-344-9753King Machine Inc. ___________ 509-435-6741Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439

Long Bed & Dual MachiningChiron America ____________ 704-534-5436

Multi-Spindle MachiningChiron America ____________ 704-534-5436

Parts WashingGosiger _________________937-586-5067

Profile & Bar MachiningChiron America ____________ 704-534-5436

SawsFahey Machinery Co., Inc. ________503-620-9031King Machine Inc. ___________ 509-435-6741

Sub Spindle LathesRosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439

Turning CentersCNC-PROS _______________602-344-9753

Used Wire EDM MachinesCurrent EDM, Inc. ____________612-840-0037EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782

MATERIALAluminum

Fry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651Gorilla Metals Inc. ___________ 855-516-3825Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333

Laser Cutting Services, Inc _______ 503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601Sunshine Metals ___________ 714-225-4972TCI Precision Metals __________ 800-234-5613

Aluminum ExtrusionsAluminum Precision _________805-889-7569

Armor:CommercialService Steel _____________ 503-224-9500Temtco Steel _____________480-389-2883

Armor: Military GradeService Steel _____________ 503-224-9500Temtco Steel _____________480-389-2883

Brass Coastal Metals ____________ 800-811-7466Fry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651Gorilla Metals Inc. ___________ 855-516-3825Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601Sequoia Brass & Copper _______ 800-362-5255

BronzeCoastal Metals ____________ 800-811-7466Sequoia Brass & Copper _______ 800-362-5255

Carbon SteelCoastal Metals ____________ 800-811-7466Fry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc _______ 503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601

Cobalt AlloysAerodyne Alloys ___________ 800-337-3766United Performance Metals ______888-282-3292

CopperGorilla Metals Inc. ___________ 855-516-3825Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601Sequoia Brass & Copper _______ 800-362-5255

Drill Rod

AZ Tool Steel _____________877-795-1600Electrical Steels

Fry Steel _______________800-423-6651High Temperature Alloys

United Performance Metals ______888-282-3292Laser Cut Material

Laser Cutting Services, Inc _______ 503-612-8311Lead

Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______818-729-3333Material Sales

Coastal Metals ____________ 800-811-7466Fry Steel _______________800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc _______ 503-612-8311Sunshine Metals ___________714-225-4972Temtco Steel ____________ 480-389-2883United Performance Metals ______888-282-3292

Metals: Bar & PlateFry Steel _______________ 800-423-665Ryerson Corporation _________425-204-2601Sequoia Brass & Copper _______800-362-5255Sunshine Metals ___________714-225-4972United Performance Metals ______888-282-3292

Nickel AlloysAerodyne Alloys ___________800-337-3766 Fry Steel _______________800-423-6651Marzee Inc. ______________602-269-5801United Performance Metals ______888-282-3292

Plate: Wear and StructuralRyerson Corporation _________425-204-2601Temtco Steel ____________ 480-389-2883United Performance Metals ______888-282-3292

Precision Ground FlatAZ Tool Steel _____________877-795-1600TCI Precision Metals __________800-234-5613

Sheet & CoilRyerson Corporation _________425-204-2601

EDGEA DIVISION OF HYDROMAT INC

TECHNOLOGIES

11600 Adie RoadMaryland Heights, MO 63043

main: 314.692.8388 x3927cell: 951.440.1574fax: 314.692.5152

James PetersonRegional Service Technician

[email protected]

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Business insurance solutions for the precision manufacturing industry

[email protected]

Cell: 206-604-4928 Bellingham, WA Office: 360-318-7534 Salem, OR Office: 503-585-8741 Email: [email protected]

Ron Rankin, President4058 Hammer Drive, Unit B-101Bellingham, WA 98226

Router • Plasma • Knives • Waterjet • Laser • Cutting Solutionswww.appliedcuttingsolutions.com

Cell: 206-604-4928 Bellingham, WA Office: 360-318-7534 Salem, OR Office: 503-585-8741 Email: [email protected]

Ron Rankin, President4058 Hammer Drive, Unit B-101Bellingham, WA 98226

Router Router Router • Plasma • Knives • Waterjet • Laser • Cutting Solutionswww.appliedcuttingsolutions.com

1355 Pacific Place, Unit #117Ferndale, WA 98248


For AZ, NM, and NV publication Southwest Edition

Delivering Alloy Solutions Worldwide

Patty Negoro (800)337-3766 ext. 148 [email protected]

www.aerodynealloys.com

O’Neal High-Performance Metals

Delivering Alloy Solutions Worldwide

O’Neal High-Performance Metals

For No. CA, OR, and WA publication Northwest Edition

Bill Voden (800)337‐3766 ext. 152 [email protected] www.aerodynealloys.com

Nickel Cobalt Titanium Stainless

Nickel Cobalt Titanium Stainless

Stainless Steel & SteelAerodyne Alloys ___________ 800-337-3766AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600Fry Steel ________________800-423-665Gorilla Metals Inc. ___________ 855-516-3825Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333Laser Cutting Services, Inc ________503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601TCI Precision Metals __________ 800-234-5613Temtco Steel _____________ 480-389-2883United Performance Metals _____ _888-282-3292

Titanium Rod, Bar, & WireAerodyne Alloys ___________ 800-337-3766

Tool SteelAZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613 CNC

MASTERCAM TRAINING

Streamingteacher.comMECHANICAL ENGINEERING

CONSULTINGDesign to CAD to Build

Full Circle Development _________503-867-6514METROLOGY PRODUCTS

Rosco Precision Machinery _______253-333-2439NEW MACHINERY

FABRICATIONBixby Machine Tool Supply _______509-534-1208Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ________503-620-9031

Gladwin Machinery __________ 360-448-0951Jorgensen Machine Tools _______ 800-952-0151

Band & Cut Off SawsFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031Hydmech Sawing Solutions ______ 714-620-5560Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA ______ 306-434-8844Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR _______ 503-887-1003Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730Jorgenson Machine Tools ________801-214-7309North Western Machinery _______ 206-583-2333Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439

CNC Knife Cutting with RegistrationACS/MultiCamNW ___________360-318-7534

CNC Turret PunchesMuratec _______________ 949-466-8255

Drill LinesFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031

Cold Saws/SawsFahey Machinery Co., Inc. ______ _503-620-9031Hydmech Sawing Solutions ______ 714-620-5560

Hardware InsertionFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031

Iron WorkersFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA ______ 306-434-8844Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR _______ 503-887-1003Jorgensen Machine Tools _______ 800-952-0151

Laser Cutting MachinesACS/MultiCamNW ___________360-318-7534

Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ________ 503-620-9031Gladwin Machinery ___________ 360-448-0951Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA _______306-434-8844Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR ________ 503-887-1003

Magnetic Drills/CuttersInnovative Tool Sales __________ 714-780-0730

Material Handling SystemsHydmech Sawing Solutions _______ 714-620-5560

Metal Marking SystemsKwik Mark Inc _____________ 815-363-8268

NotchersFahey Machinery Co., Inc. ________ 503-620-9031

Plasma/Gas Cutting Tools/SystemsACS/MultiCamNW ___________ 360-318-7534Fab - Line Machinery __________ 206-972-6215Rosco Precision Machinery _______ 253-333-2439

Plate Bending & RollsFahey Machinery Co., Inc. ________ 503-620-9031Jorgensen Machine Tools ________ 800-952-0151

Power ToolsIcon Machine Tool, Inc. WA _______306-434-8844Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR ________ 503-887-1003MP Industrial ______________800-759-4282

PressesBixby Machine Tool Supply _______509-534-1208

Press Brakes Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ________503-620-9031

Fab - Line Machinery__________206-972-6215Gladwin Machinery ___________ 360-448-0951

Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA ______ 306-434-8844Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR _______ 503-887-1003Jorgensen Machine Tools________800-952-0151

PunchesFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-903Gladwin Machinery __________ 360-448-0951Icon Machine Tool, Inc. WA ______ 306-434-8844Icon Machine Tool, Inc. OR _______ 503-887-1003

Rolling MachinesFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031

Shearing MachinesFab - Line Machinery _________ 206-972-6215Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031Jorgensen Machine Tools ______ _800-952-0151

Sign & Graphic Cutting SolutionsACS/MultiCamNW __________ 360-318-7534

ToolingFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031

Welding EquipmentRocky Mountain Saw Blades _____ 303-761-3000

PALLET SYSTEMSManual & Automatic Pallet Systems

Midaco Corporation __________847-593-8420Manual Lift Off Pallet

SystemsMidaco Corporation __________847-593-8420

Manual Rotory Pallet SystemsMidaco Corporation __________847-593-8420

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Perry Pallet Co. ____________360-366-5239Wood Pallets

Perry Pallet Co. ____________360-366-5239PRECISION TOOLHOLDING

PRODUCTSTooling

Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____763-682--3122Tooling Systems

Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____763-682--3122PROG. SYSTEMS

Factory Automation/LogisticsMuratec _______________949-466-8255

CAD/CAM Software, CADAutomatics & Machinery Co., Inc ___ 303-990-6190Delcam Software ___________ 877-DELCAM1

MRP SoftwareSigmaTEK ______________513-595-2022

Nesting SoftwareSigmaNEST ______________513-595-2022

Software, Solid ModelingDelcam Software ___________ 877-DELCAM1Shop Floor ______________ 877-611-5825

PROTOTYPE MACHINERYSanta Cruz Electronics ______831-479-5444

REPAIRCNC-PROS ______________ 602-344-9753

Bar Feeder RepairEdge Technologies __________562-243-4659

QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSUL DQS Inc. ______________360-901-4785

ROBOTICSEllison Technologies __________ 206-669-3578LMI Machinery Inc. __________ 866-437-7315

Robotic Part Loading SystemsMidaco Corporation __________847-593-8420

ROUTERSRosco Precision Machinery ______253-333-2439

SAFETY

Fire Protection SystemsRotarex North America ________ 480-689-8756

SERVICES

AS9100 RegistrationGreat Western Registrar ________ 623-580-1881UL DQS Inc. ______________ 360-901-4785

Environmental ManagementUL DQS Inc. ______________ 360-901-4785

Financial ServicesIntech Funding ____________ 800-553-9208Quick Turn Financial _________ 415-608-5692U.S. Bank Equipment _________ 206-948-0022

ISO Consulting/RegistrationGladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830Great Western Registrar ________ 623-580-1881

Lean Consulting TrainingGladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830Lambie Engineering _________ 509-868-3100

ISO / AS9100 CertificationBMSC_________________ 602-445-9400Gladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830Sustaining Edge Solutions _______ 888-572-9642UL DQS Inc. ______________ 360-901-4785

Machine Tool RebuildingEDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782

Management Systems TrainingBMSC_________________ 602-445-9400Gladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830Sustaining Edge Solutions _______ 888-572-9642

Quality Management System Registration

UL DQS Inc. ______________ 360-901-4785

Supply Chain AssessmentsGladhill Associates __________ 719-239-9830Sustaining Edge Solutions _______ 888-572-9642

SIX SIGMA TRAININGSustaining Edge Solutions _______ 888-572-9642

SOFTWARE CAD CAM

Machining Cimatron _________ 248-596-9700 ext. 237Delcam ______________ 877-335-2261Solid Products ___________480-206-0330

Mechanical DesignCimatron _________ 248-596-9700 ext. 237Delcam ______________ 877-335-2261

SPINDLES & SLIDES

Spindle Rebuilding/RepairC & M Precision Spindle, Inc._ ______503-691-0955GMN USA LLC______________ 800-686-1679Setco _________________714-222-6523

Spindle Sales NewC & M Precision Spindle, Inc._ ______503-691-0955GMN USA LLC______________ 800-686-1679Setco _________________714-222-6523

STREAMING VIDEO EDUCATIONAL TRAINING

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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTUL DQS Inc. _______________ 360-901-4785

TOOLING SYSTEMSMP Industrial ______________800-759-4282

USED MACHINERYAutomatics & Machinery Co., Inc ____ 303-990-6190

EDM Network _____________480-836-1782Jorgensen Machine Tools ________ 800-952-0151K.D. Capital Equipt ___________ 480-922-1674

Machine Tools Northwest ________206-650-8999North Western Machinery ________ 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools _______ 510-249-1000

WATERJET CUTTINGACS/MultiCamNW ___________ 360-318-7534Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. ________ 503-620-9031Flow International ___________ 909-620-5707King Machine Inc. ____________ 509-435-6741Jorgensen Machine Tools ________ 800-952-0151 Machine Toolworks ___________ 800-426-2052

Waterjet & Blast AbrasivesBarton International __________951-551-2685GMA Garnet Group ___________832-243-9300

Waterjet BricksGMA Garnet Group ___________832-243-9300

Waterjet HoppersGMA Garnet Group _____832-243-9300

Waterjet Replacement PartsBarton International ____951-551-2685

dtiEXACT ___________ 360-866-1337

EDM Performance _____800-336-2946

GMA Garnet Group _____832-243-9300

WOOD PRODUCTS

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3D TOOLS3D Printing Proto & Production

NW Rapid Mfg. _________ 503-434-8557Ultimate 3D ___________ 503-848-8227

3D ScanningNW Rapid Mfg. _________ 503-434-8557Ultimate 3D ___________ 503-848-8227

SLS (Selctive Laser Sintering)Ultimate 3D ___________ 503-848-8227

ASSEMBLIESCascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733Clings Aerospace _________ 480-968-1778

BENDINGMandrel

Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628Bending Solutions, Inc. _____ 360-651-2443Aeroform, Inc. ___________360-403-1919Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122

Laser Cutting Services, Inc ________503-612-8311Speciality Bending

Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628Structrual Bending

Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628Tube and Pipe Bending

Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628BONDINGAdhesive

Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472BONDINGDi�usion

Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472BRAZING

dtiEXACT _______________ 360-866-1337Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776Precision Casting Repair _____ 801-972-2345Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601

Brazing: DipThermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601

Brazing: VacuumThermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601

BROACHINGEvans Precision _________ 623-582-4776Ponderosa Ind ___ _______303-298-1801Specialty Steel Services _____ 801-539-8252

CASTINGAATC ____________ 866-792-2814 X 235RJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644

Investment Casting-PrecisionAATC ____________ 866-792-2814 X 235Dolphin Investment Castings____602-272-6747

CHEMICAL ETCHINGPMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472

CUTTING

Bar & Plate CuttingAZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600Industrial Precision Grinding ___ 310-352-4700Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311

DIE CASTINGSMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278

DIESTool & Dies

Micropulse West Inc. _______ 480-966-2300Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634

DEBURRINGIndustrial Precision Grinding ___ 310-352-4700

EDGINGUnited Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292

EDM

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JEFF TOMSONCELL: 360.202.7342

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P.O. Box 80505 800.244.4130

7600 5th Ave. S. • Seattle. WA 98108 • 206.763.0990 • Fax 206.763.8709

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Laser Cutting Services, Inc 503-612-83113D TOOLS


EDM: Dialectric Systems/Filtration

Ebbco Inc _____________586-716-5151EDM: Drilling Small Hole

Layke Inc. ____________ 602-272-2654EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075

EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking)Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______ 714-373-0098Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185

EDM: WireClings Aerospace _________ 480-968-1778EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______ 714-373-0098Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300Jet Processing ________ 623-869-6749x117Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185

ELECTRO-FORMINGVacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472

ELECTRO MECHANICAL

Sub-Assembly BuildsCascade Systems Technology __503-640-5733

ENGINEERING/DESIGNCascade Systems Technology __503-640-5733Hexatron Engineering ______ 801-363-8010Lambie Engineering _______ 509-868-3100

FABRICATION

Architectural Forming & FabricationAlbina Co., Inc. _________866-252-4628

Fabrication: Sheet MetalAEI Fabrication __________480-733-6594Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740AG Machining __________805-207-0584Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574Laser Cutting Services Inc _______ 503-612-8311NW Metalcraft Industries ____888-280-7080Mountain View Machine _____435-755-0500QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951

Fabrication: Custom Metal

AEI Fabrication ___________480-733-6594AG Machining ___________805-207-0584Buyken Metal Products ______ 206-947-9122Cygnet Stamping & Fab ______ 818-240-7574Group Mfg Serv __________480-966-3952Industrial Machine Svcs ______503-240-0878NW Metalcraft Industries _____888-280-7080QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________ 206-762-2117SMH Inc LLC ____________ 360-341-2226Valley Machine Shop, Inc. _____ 425-207-5951Weiser/Mile High Precision ____303-280-2778Wrico________________480-892-7800

Forming & FabricationAlbina Co., Inc. __________866-252-4628

Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication: Medium & Large

AEI Fabrication ___________480-733-6594 Aeroform, Inc. ___________ 360-403-1919AG Machining ___________805-207-0584Buyken Metal Products ______ 206-947-9122Group Mfg Serv __________480-966-3952Industrial Machine Svcs ______503-240-0878Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311NW Metalcraft Industries _____888-280-7080

QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226Solid Form Fabrication ______ 503-435-1400Weiser/Mile High Precision ___303-280-2778

Tube & Pipe Bending FabricationAlbina Co., Inc. _________866-252-4628Bending Solutions, Inc. _____ 360-651-2443

FINISHINGArizona Finishing ________602-438-4443Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671Coating Technologies ______623-581-2648

Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930Real Axis Machining _______360-723-5386

Galvanizing: Hot DipTMM Precision __________800-448-9448

Glass Bead Clean Byington Steel Treating, Inc. ___408-727-6630Coating Technologies ______623-581-2648

Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930Liquid Painting

Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740MPI International ________956-631-6880

AEI Fabrication QUAL-FAB, Inc.

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Sub-Assembly Builds

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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

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Shawn Carlin [email protected]

Joe TripiISO9001:2008 President

[email protected]

444 W. 21st Street / Suite 101 / Tempe, AZ 85282(480) 966-2300 / Fax (480) 966-2323

PassivationCoating Technologies _____ _623-581-2648

Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930Polishing

Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671Powder Coating

Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584

SandblastingByington Steel Treating, Inc. ___ 408-727-6630

Silk ScreeningArizona Finishing ________ 602-438-4443

FIXTURINGReal Axis Machining _______ 360-723-5386

FORGINGSAluminum

Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098Hand Forgings

Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098Titanium

Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098GASKETS

3-D Plastics, Inc. _________ 503-720-0572

GRINDINGAZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. ______ 805-583-9966ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776

Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878Industrial Precision Grinding ___ 310-352-4700Mountain View Machine _____435-755-0500Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320Sun Grinding___________ 602-238-9595Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613

Grinding, BlanchardAZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. ______805-583-9966Diversified Metal Services ____ 801-972-6093Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776Industrial Precision Grinding ___ 310-352-4700Sun Grinding___________ 602-238-9595Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613

Grinding, CenterlessRon Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320Sun Grinding___________ 602-238-9595

Grinding, Double DiscBourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. ______805-583-9966Industrial Precision Grinding ___ 310-352-4700Sun Grinding___________ 602-238-9595TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613

Grinding: ODArizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. ______805-583-9966Precision Tech __________ 801-285-7288Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320Sun Grinding___________ 602-238-9595

Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700Grinding: Surface

Bourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. ______ 805-583-9966ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175Industrial Precision Grinding ___ 310-352-4700

Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613

Grinding: Tool & CutterSuperior Grinding_________888-487-9701

GUN DRILLINGEvans Precision _________ 623-582-4776

HEAT TREATINGByington Steel Treating______408-727-6630Controlled Thermal Tech______602-272-3714Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776

MET-TEK Heat Treating______503-519-9864Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601

CryogenicsPhoenix Heat Treating ______ 602-258-7751

Heat Treating/ISO/AS9100Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601

Heat Treating/AerospaceByington Steel Treating______408-727-6630Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751Thermal-Vac Technology______714-997-2601

Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum

Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630MET-TEK Heat Treating_______503-519-9864

HONINGValley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951

HYDRAULIC REPAIRArizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671

GASKETS RUBBER PRODUCTSRJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644

INJECTION MOLDSPlastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634

INJECTION MOLDINGPlastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634

LABELS-DECALS-OVERLAYSRJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644

LASER CUTTINGLaser Cutting

AEI Fabrication __________ 480-733-6594AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584Buyken Metal Products ______206-947-9122Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292Wrico_______________ 480-892-7800

Laser Cutting: MicroLaser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311

Laser Cutting: 3DLaser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311

Micro-Laser

Shelly Conti

[email protected]

www.tfcplating.com

503-771-0969 [email protected]

13305 41st Ave NE | Marysville, WA 9827I360-386-6294 | 888-280-7080 x204 [email protected]

Darrin J. CaschettePresident

Mystique Engineering & MfgDan's Machine Works

AS9100CISO9001:2008

[email protected]

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Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472E-Coat

MPI International ________ 956-631-6880EMI/RFI Shielding

IndustrialEX ___________ 303-456-6847Laser Engraving

PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239Laser Marking

PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239Precision Etched Parts

PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239LEVELING

United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292

MACHININGAG Machining __________ 805-207-0584Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115Cascade Engineering Tech ____ 503-266-1300Central Valley Machine _____ 435-752-0934Clings Aerospace _________ 480-968-1778EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422Grovtec US, Inc. _________ 503-557-4689Howard Precision Machine _____801-619-9850Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700Machinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700

Real Axis Machining _______ 360-723-5386Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226Sunshine Metals ____________714-225-4972Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923

Machining: 5-AxisAccutech Machine Inc _______ 801-975-1117Cascade Engineering Tech ____ 503-266-1300Clings Aerospace _________ 480-968-1778Machinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923

Machining: AerospaceAlpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115dtiEXACT ________________360-866-1337Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700

Layke Inc. ____________602-272-2654Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226Teton Machine __________208-642-9344Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923

Machining: ChemicalNW Etch _____________ 408-364-6001Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472

Machining: Horizontal BoringMachinists Inc. __________360-202-7342

Machining: Proto-R & D Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115Cascade Engineering Tech ____ 503-266-1300Central Valley Machine _____435-752-0934Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700Proto Technologies. _______ 509-891-4747Real Axis Machining _______360-723-5386Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320Savage Machining Inc. ______ 805-584-8047

SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923

Machining: CNC MillingAccutech Machine Inc _______801-975-1117Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 503-538-0350Bar-S Machine, Inc. __ _____ 928-636-2115Cascade Engineering Tech ____ 503-266-1300Central Valley Machine _____ 435-752-0934Clings Aerospace _________ 480-968-1778dtiEXACT _______________ 360-866-1337EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422Grovtec US, Inc. _________ 503-557-4689Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700Layke Inc. ____________ 602-272-2654MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700Real Axis Machining _______ 360-723-5386Savage Machining Inc. ______ 805-584-8047SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185

Rebecca PrenticeBusiness Manager

www.IndustrialMachineServices.comwww.IndustrialMachineServices.com

Treske Precision Machining TVT Die Casting

Accutech Machine Inc

SCOTT FERGUSONMarketing & Sales Manager

[email protected] (503) 625.2821

TRESKE.COMISO 9001:2008 | AS9100C (2013) | ITAR

KOTLOFFRON

[email protected] W. Birchwood AvenueMesa, Arizona 85210

TELFAX

EMAILWEBMAIL

Founder / CEO

AEIFABRICATION

SMH Inc LLC 360-341-2226

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Sunshine Metals ___________ 714-225-4972Teton Machine __________208-642-9344Treske Precision Machining ___503-625-2821Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923

Machining: LargeAccutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381Cascade Engineering Tech ____503-266-1300Machinists Inc. __________360-202-7342Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951

Machining: MedicalCascade Engineering Tech ____503-266-1300Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700Teton Machine __________208-642-9344

Machining: ProductionAccutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____503-538-0350Cascade Engineering Tech ____503-266-1300dtiEXACT _______________ 360-866-1337Grovtec US, Inc. _________503-557-4689Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850Larkin Precision Machine ____831-438-2700MacKay Manufacturing _____509-922-7742Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700Teton Machine __________208-642-9344Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923

Machining: Shaft TurningMachinists Inc. __________360-202-7342

Machining: SwissBar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115dtiEXACT _______________ 360-866-1337Grovtec US, Inc. _________503-557-4689

Howard Precision Machined Prod. _801-619-9850Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923

Machining: TurningAccutech Machine Inc _______ 801-975-1117A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 503-538-0350Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115dtiEXACT ________________360-866-1337EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422Grovtec US, Inc. _________ 503-557-4689Howard Precision Machined Prod. _801-619-9850Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700Layke Inc. ____________ 602-272-2654MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700Real Axis Machining _______ 360-723-5386Savage Machining Inc. ______ 805-584-8047SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923

Machining: Turning LargeMachinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951

MANUFACTURING VALUE ADDED

Contract ManufacturingAATC ____________ 866-792-2814 X 235AEI Fabrication __________ 480-733-6594Aeroform, Inc. ___________360-403-1919Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381

Bending Solutions, Inc. _____ 360-651-2443Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733G & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069Group Mfg Serv _________ 480-966-3952Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________206-762-2117Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-253-6700Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923

Industrial ManufacturingAlbina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628

Turnkey Product ServicesAero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740

METAL INJECTION MOLDINGRJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644Custom Airplane to Marine PolishingMetal Polishing By Timothy ___ 503-253-5294

Personal Collectables PolishingMetal Polishing By Timothy ___ 503-253-5294

Production PolishingMetal Polishing By Timothy ___ 503-253-5294

METALIZINGControlled Thermal Tech ____ 602-272-3714

METROLOGY

Part Probing & InspectionBlum Novotest _________ 805-823-3255

Production MetrologyBlum Novotest _________ 805-823-3255

Tool Measurement

Blum Novotest ___________805-823-3255

Tool BreakageBlum Novotest ___________805-823-3255

MOLDING: RUBBER

Molds: Plastic InjectionPlastic ________________509-531-2634Plastic Injection Molding _______509-531-2634SMH Inc LLC _____________360-341-2226

MOLDS Aero Tech MFG ____________801-891-2740Arizona Finishing _________ 602-438-4443Jet Processing _________ 623-869-6749x117Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ________714-373-0098Plastic Injection Molding _______509-531-2634

Molds: High Volume Class 100Stevens Tool & Die __________503-682-3185

Molds: Fast Turn Prototype and Bridge Molds

Stevens Tool & Die __________503-682-3185

Molds: Expertise in Overmold and Insert Molding

Stevens Tool & Die __________503-682-3185

PAINTING & POWDER COATINGA.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. _____ 503-538-0350Precision Industrial Painting ____ 602-256-0260

Intricate MaskingPrecision Industrial Painting ____ 602-256-0260

PassivationASKO Group _____________206-947-4052

TFC Plating ______________503-771-0969

PC BOARDSSurface Mount & Thru Hole

Cascade Systems Technology ___ 503-640-5733

Heather CutlerSales ManagerOFFICE 503-406-3774 MOBILE 503-853-6234

[email protected]

Passivation, Electroless Nickel, Gold, Hard Chrome, Silver, &

Tin Plating. 206-947-4052 [email protected]


PLASTIC MACHININGMacKay Manufacturing ______509-922-7742Portland Precision Manufacturing _503-253-6700

PLASTIC MOLDING3-D Plastics, Inc. __________503-720-0572Plastic Injection Molding ______509-531-2634SMH Inc LLC ____________360-341-2226

Mold Making3-D Plastics, Inc. __________503-720-0572Plastic Injection Molding ______509-531-2634

PLATINGASKO Group ____________206-947-4052ChemResearch ___________602-253-4175EPSI ________________ 714-519-9423Foresight Finishing_________480-772-0387Gold Tech _____________480-968-1930

AnodizingChemResearch ___________602-253-4175

Bright TinForesight Finishing_________480-772-0387Precious Metal Plating Co. _____800-481-6271

Chrome/Nickel/PalladiumEPSI ________________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech _____________480-968-1930

CoatingCoating Technologies _______623-581-2648Controlled Thermal Tech _____602-272-3714

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

Copper

Gold Tech Industries ________480-968-1930Foresight Finishing_________480-772-0387

TFC Plating _____________503-771-0969

Embrittlement ReliefEPSI _______________ 714-519-9423

Electroless NickelASKO Group ___________206-947-4052

Gold Tech Industries _______480-968-1930Foresight Finishing________480-772-0387Precious Metal Plating Co. ____ 800-481-6271

TFC Plating ____________503-771-0969Gold

ASKO Group ___________206-947-4052EPSI _______________ 714-519-9423Foresight Finishing________480-772-0387Gold Tech ____________480-968-1930Precious Metal Plating Co. ____ 800-481-6271

Hard ChromeArizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671ASKO Group ___________206-947-4052

NAD CAP & Boeing Approved Processes

Precious Metal Plating Co. ____ 800-481-6271Nickel-Bright

Gold Tech Industries _______480-968-1930Foresight Finishing________480-772-0387Precious Metal Plating Co. ____ 800-481-6271

TFC Plating ____________503-771-0969GTin / Zinc Plate

ASKO Group ___________206-947-4052EPSI _______________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ____________480-968-1930

TFC Plating ____________503-771-0969Silver Plating

ASKO Group ___________206-947-4052EPSI _______________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ____________480-968-1930Precious Metal Plating Co. ____ 800-481-6271

TFC Plating ____________503-771-0969Tin Plating

Precious Metal Plating Co. ____ 800-481-6271

TFC Plating ____________503-771-0969

PLASMA CUTTINGG & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069

Oxy Fuel-Plasma CuttingChapel Steel ____________ _503-928-7442

PRECISION FORMINGAeroform, Inc. _ _________360-403-1919Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574Pacific Tool, Inc __________ 425-882-1970QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113Wrico_______________480-892-7800

PRINTING

UV LED Printing

Stratavision Industries ______ 951-272-5700Flat Bed Digital Printing

Marketcraft ___________ 503-329-7678

PROCESSING: METAL

Acid Pickle

MPI International ________ 956-631-6880Chemical

LA Specialties __________ 602-269-7612

MPI International ________ 956-631-6880Plating Alodine

MPI International ________ 956-631-6880Phosphate

MPI International ________ 956-631-6880

PROTOTYPESCascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733NW Rapid Mfg. _________ 503-434-8557

PUNCHINGAEI Fabrication __________ 480-733-6594AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574Group Manufacturing Serv ___ 480-966-3952Pacific Tool, Inc __________ 425-882-1970QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117

RECYCLING MATERIALSAluminum, Brass, Copper, Nickel,

Inland Northwest Metallurgical Services, Inc. 16203 E Marietta Ave

Spokane Valley, WA 99216

Dan Tabish

509-922-7663 800-379-2231 509-922-7626 Fax

President

Now Bright Hardening Superalloys!

[email protected] www.inlandmet.com 509-939-1590 Cell

Plastics, Stainless Steel, Steel, TinCalbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657Metro Metals Northwest _____503-819-1284

Bin ServiceCalbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657

Excess Material HandlingCalbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657

Full Service Scrap ManagementCalbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657

Scrap Metal PrrocessingCalbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657

Waste Metal ManagementCalbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657

Wood Products

Perry Pallet Co. _____________360-366-5239

REPAIRCNC-PROS _______________ 602-344-9753Derest Machine Tool Repair ____480-226-3128

ROLLINGAG Machining __________ 805-207-0584Albina Co., Inc. _________ 866-252-4628

ROUTING -CNCMarketcraft ____________503-329-7678

SANDBLASTINGByington Steel Treating, Inc. ___ 408-727-6630

SAWS: AUTOMATICA.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 503-538-0350

Production SawingBourdelais Grinding Co., Inc. _______805-583-9966

SEWINGGrovtec US, Inc. _________ 503-557-4689

SHEARINGUnited Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292

SIGNAGE & DISPLAYSMilco Wire EDM,, Inc. _______714-373-0098

SILICONE3-D Plastics, Inc. _________ 503-720-0572

SINTERINGWestern Sintering ________ 509-375-3096

SLITTINGUnited Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292

SOFTWARE

PLASTIC MACHINING

Cell: 937/503-4708O�ce: 937/885-1878E-mail: [email protected]

Wohlhaupter Corporation10542 Success LaneCenterville, Ohio 45458

Nick HochuliSales Engineer

C O R P O R A T I O N

Plastics, Stainless Steel, Steel, Tin


MachiningDelcam _____________ 877-335-2261

Mechanical DesignDelcam _____________ 877-335-2261

SPINNINGEvans Precision _________ 623-582-4776

SPLINESSpecialty Steel Services _____ 801-539-8252

SPRINGSSpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113

STAMPING PRECISIONAEI Fabrication __________ 480-733-6594Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069NW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080Precision Die & Stamping ____ 480-967-2038SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____ 303-280-2778

Stamping:DesignSpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____ 303-280-2778

Stamping:Flat FormingNW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113

Stamping: LightNW Metalcraft Industries ____ 888-280-7080SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113

Stamping: Production/Precision

Precision Die & Stamping ____ 480-967-2038SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733TESTING

Testing: Corrosion, Product Stress, Vibration

Cascade TEK ___________ 888-835-9250Testing: Non-Destructive

Noranco Jet Processing _____ 623-869-6749THERMAL SPRAY

Controlled Thermal Tech ____ 602-272-3714TOOL & DIE DESIGN

Metal Products Company ____800-345-2069Wrico_______________480-892-7800

TOOL Cutting & GrindingPowerhaus Precision _______480-225-8845

TOOLINGIndustrial Machine Svcs _____503-240-0878Lambie Engineering _______ 509-868-3100Mountain View Machine _____435-755-0500Real Axis Machining _______360-723-5386

TUBE BENDING &

CUTTING FABAG Machining __________805-207-0584Albina Co., Inc. _________866-252-4628Bending Solutions, Inc. _____360-651-2443Clings Aerospace _________ 480-968-1778Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574

WATERJET CUTTINGAccutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919dtiEXACT _______________ 360-866-1337Marzee Inc. ___________ 602-269-5801Milco Waterjet __________ 714-373-0098United Performance Metals ___888-282-3292

WELDINGCustom Metal Fabrication ____ 503-788-5701Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574G & G Custom Metal Fab ____503-931-7069Evans Precision _________ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs _____503-240-0878Mountain View Machine _____435-755-0500Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____303-280-2778Weld Metal Works ________ 503-788-5701

Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large

G & G Custom Metal Fab ____503-931-7069Industrial Machine Svcs _____503-240-0878

Friction Welding:RJM Sales Solutions _______630-849-8644

NADCAP Welding

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A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ___ 503-538-0350AG Machining _________ 805-207-0584G & G Custom Metal Fab ___ 503-931-7069Evans Precision _________623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____303280-2778

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Fry Steel...70Full Circle Development...69Fullerton Tool...46,73G&G Custom Metal Fab...78Ganesh Machinery...57,68Gartman Technical...67Gladhill Associates...20,70Gladwin Machinery...53,69Global EDM Supply...69GMA Garnet Group...34,71GMN...16,70Gold Tech...77Gorilla Metals Inc...70Gosiger...69,70Group Manufacturing...76Grovtec...47,75GS Testing...29Hangsterfers...68,70Hardware Speciality...40Helical...71Howard Precision Mach. Prod...80Hurco...59Hydmech...9,68Hyundai...56Icon Machine Tools, Inc....55, 69Industrial Machine Services...78Industrial Metal Supply Co....34,73Industrial Precision Grinding...81Inland NW Metalurgical...80Innovative Tool Sales...76Jorgenson Machine Tools...70KD Capital...72King Machine...71Kloeckner Metals-Temtco...44,69Kwik Mark Inc...62,72Lambie Engineering...71Larkin Precision...79Layke Inc...79Layke Tactical...78LMI Machinery...56,69Machine Toolworks, Inc..50,69Machinists Inc....33, 75Makino...29Mario Pinto...71Marzee Inc...54,75Mazak...50MCAMNW...36,69MET-TEK Inc...76Metal Products Company...38,75Methods Machine Tools Inc...69Metro Metals Northwest, Inc...78Micropulse West...77Midaco Corporation...70Milco...80Monaco Tool...2,48,49Mountain View Machining...77MP Industrial...3,68North-South Machinery...1,15,24-26,68Northwestern Machinery...71Northwest Swiss...32,75NW Metalcraft...77NW Rapid Manufacturing...28,75OMEP...79ONA EDM USA...73Optical Gaging Products Inc...71Pacific Continental Bank...30,73Perry Pallet...73Phoenix Heat Treat...77Pinnacle Precision...77

Plastic Injection Molding...76Portland Precision...78Precious Metals Plating...47,81Precision Die & Stamping...76Proclamp...73QUAL-FAB, Inc....75Resell CNC...72Real Axis Machining...78 RJM Sales Solutions...81Rocky Mountain Saw Blades...73Roentgen USA...69Romi Machine Tools...72Ron Grob...76Rosco Precision Machinery...59,68Rotarex...74Royal products...44,69Ryerson...5,68S.L. Fusco...83Santa Cruz Electronics...21Savage Machine...45,81Saw Blade.com...84Scotttrade Bank Equip Finance...73Seco...71Selway Machine Tool Co...68,70Sentry Insurance...72Sequoia Brass & Copper...74Setco Spindles & Slides...73SigmaTEK...72SMH Inc LLC...58,75SMTCL...13Specialty Steel...76Spring Works Utah...76St. Vrain Manufacturing...76Star Metal Fluids...69,71Steel Services Grinding...77Streaming Teacher...37,74Sun Grinding...76Sunshine Metals...11,72Superior Grinding...43,76Sustaining Edge...71Swift Tool...12,26,62,69TCI Precision Metals...41,70Teton...78TFC Plating...77Thermal-Vac...78Tormach...21Treske...20,78Trusty Cook...31,68TVT Die Casting...60-61,75UNIST...19UL DQS Inc...73Ulbrich..51,69Ultimate 3D...76United Performance Metals...52,70US Bank Equipment ...73US Shop Tools...63,72Usher Precision...24-25Vacco Industries...79Valley Machine Shop...77Verisurf...71Vision33...71Von Ruden Manufacturing, Inc...69VTN Manufacturing...75Weiser Engineering...77Western Precision Products...52,75Western Sintering...39,75Wohlhaupter...80Wrico Stamping...30,75


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