a2z metalworker nw edition aug sept 2012

Swift Tool Co.Inc.

More than an Industrial Distributor

Bandsaw WeldingState-of-the-Art CNC Cutting Tool Manufacturing

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Driving Productivity and Profits for their Metalworking Customers

Regional Manufacturing Magazine for The Pacific Northwest (WA, OR, and N. CA)

Vol. 2, No. 4 Aug/Sept 2012

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Samuel Aerospace alloys are available in a complete range of shapes and sizes to meet the diverse requirements of the

commercial and defense aerospace markets. We stock one of the most extensive aluminum inventories in the industry.

Our available aerospace aluminum offering includes:

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

A variety of AS, ISO and TS standards ensures conformance to customer’s requirements. Primary aerospace service

centers are ISO 9000 and AS9100/9120 certified.

Samuel Aerospace offers value-added quality processing services including:

• Water-JetCutting • BarandExtrusionSawing • AluminumPlateSawing • FirstStageProcessing

Our pre-production processing services are all performed to stringent quality standards to your specifications, saving you

time and money while ensuring the quality of your end product. We go to great heights to deliver the right product to the

correct quality standards, on time, every time. Plus, we offer Stock and Release and Vendor Managed Inventory programs.

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

TolearnmorecontactyourSamuelAerospaceMetalsrepresentativeorcall(877)565-7050.

Everything you need in a metals supplier…quality, reliability and availability.

SamuelAerospace is one of North America’s top ten processors

and distributors of metals, operating more than 40 facilities which are

strategically located throughout Canada and the United States.

Additional facilities maintained in the United Kingdom, Australia,

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placed processing and service centers allow us to offer on time

and JIT delivery services.

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CONTRIBUTORSLinda Daly Gene Wirth Chris SeayAaron Fike

Announcements/Releases .................... 6-12Shop Profile ......... .............................1,18-19Feature Articles ....................................40-41Buyers Guide Equipment .....................44-48Buyers Guide Processes .......................49-53Card Gallery .........................................44-53Index Of Advertisers .................................54Editorial ................................... Throughout

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PUBLISHERS/EDITORSKim Carpenter & Linda Daly

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Editors Corner

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Entrepreneurial Spiriten·tre·pre·neur; A person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.

I would like to tell you about a special entrepreneur and what she taught me. I hope this story inspires you in some way.

I want to tell you about Ramona M. Carpenter, born on a small ranch in Galisteo, NM as Ramona M. Anaya. The time frame is the 1930’s. Back in those days there were cows, goats, lamb, chickens, and veggies from your own garden. You made your own cheese, stole the morning eggs and had a good early morning run from the mad hens in the hen house. In those days you had lots of kids to help you with the chores and the running of the ranch,

there was a lot to living. The people in that small town were living the American Dream; a good but hard life and all the freedom and opportunity they could muster. Ramona was taught a good work ethic. Work was not something you dreaded, it was a part of life; like eating, laughing, or sleeping. Everyone worked and everyone got up early, and everyone was proud of his or her daily accomplishments.

As time went on; Ramona’s Father Jose wanted a better life for his family and took a city job in the town of Santa Fe where he built his house with calloused hands, family labor, a lot of hard work and his team called it home.

Ramona went through school like her brothers and sisters and learned the ways of the evolv-ing world. She yearned for “the Good Life” as they called it then and had jobs and worked to buy the things she aspired to have on her own. After high scool, she met a Gringo, fell in love, had kids, and commenced living her American Dream. Though Ramona worked a series of different jobs, she longed for a business of her own and with the help of her husband and some inexpensive family labor, built a janitorial business. The business grew and was well known and after a few years of cleaning other people’s toilets this business no longer appealed to Ramona. She wanted her own shop and desired to elevate her vocation to some-thing more fulfilling. She loved flowers and plants so the idea was sold, start a flower shop.

Ramona went to school, learned the business, became a florist and never looked back. She built the business and the family all worked and helped out. With long hours and the spirit of a true entrepreneur, 27 years went by and many Christmases were happily realized. She and her family did not want and had a good life.

As the song goes by Zak Brown, “Take it all in, It’s a game we can’t win, Enjoy the ride”. Ramona left a legacy of entrepreneurial spirit, a great work ethic, and pride and honor in ones accomplishments. She managed her enterprise, grew it, lived the dream, and gave it considerable initiative, though there was a lot of risk!

Life is short and we all need to work and enjoy the fruits of our labor, our family, and the time we are blessed with on this wonderful planet.

I encourage you all to continue to foster that entrepreneurial spirit and enjoy the ride!

Until I meet you at one of the trade shows and shake your hand, kindly give me a call if there is anything I can do to help you grow your business!

Thank you for your continued support, Kim Carpenter

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INTEGREX i-630V WITH PALLETECH

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ORE AT IMTS.

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Announcements & ReleasesFahey Machinery has a new member to their sales and management team, Thomas J. Hatfield (“T.J.”)

Fahey Machinery has a new member to their sales and management team, Thomas J. Hatfield (“T.J.”). T.J. comes to Fahey Machinery with over 15 years of experience in the machine tool industry and over 5 years of experience as Regional Sales Manager of the western US for a manufacturer based out of northern Michigan.

T.J. is a 4th generation machine tool dealer, literally growing up

“in the business”. His first job out of high school was clean-ing and mechanical servicing of used machines purchased in his father’s used machinery dealership. T.J. has previously worked at C.F. Woodbury, F.P. Miller Inc., and most recently as Regional Sales Manager at IMI, Inc. T.J. has experience with start-up, training, writing CNC programs and after the

sale servicing of most types of metal fabrication equipment. He is especially proficient in Press Brakes, Punching and thermal cutting processes. In fact for a 6 month time period immediately after 9/11, T.J. helped out a customer by running their Trumpf CNC Punch and Trumpf CNC Brake during their 2nd shift, giving him not only machine knowledge, but operator and manager of a fab-shop.

T.J. will be responsible for giving customers in Washington and Northern Idaho new or used machinery at a fair price, with impec-cable service that will in turn help grow and expand the customer’s capabilities and business.

For more information on Fahey Machinery and the great lines of machines they carry, call T.J. Hatfield at: (503) 620-9031, www.FaheyInc.com

All World Machinery Taking Spindle Repair Accessories to a Whole New Level!

All World Machinery Supply is changing the way machine tool companies source their spindle repair parts accessories. With a 100

percent commitment to personal customer service and the “one stop shop” convenience for spindle repair parts and accessories, the industry is taking notice.

National Sales Manager Rich Koepp puts it simply: “For years, our company has been supplying bearings, seals, hydraulics, belts and any and everything having to do with machine tool repair to thousands of customers across the country. Through experience and education of the industry, we realized we can truly offer our customers a unique service for particular facets of our customers’ needs.”

Koepp adds: “We realized if we are helping so many customers with the bearings and o-rings for their spindle repairs, why not take it to another level for them?” Today, All World Machinery sources thou-sands of parts each month for their customers spindle repair needs.

The days of simply supplying a bearing here, an o-ring there, are over. Says Koepp: “we supply many of our customers with their disc springs for the draw bar repair as a compliment to what we offer for spindle repair. Furthermore, many times our customers will send us their oil chilling units for inspection while their spindle is out for repair. Many customers never realized that the oil chiller can be the cause of spindle failure in the first place. Whether it is proximity sensors, bearing grease, tool eye sensors, seals, lubrication accessories, precision locknuts or that high speed ceramic bearing, it’s a win-win lineup for all of our customers.” WWW.allworld-machinerysupply.com

Delcam to launch new milling options in FeatureCAM at IMTS

Delcam will launch the 2013 release of its FeatureCAM feature-based CAM software on booth E-3222 at the IMTS exhibition to be held in Chicago from 10th to 15th September. This will offer a new series of options for three-axis milling and enhancements in five-axis machining, plus improvements in the turning and mill-turn modules.

FeatureCAM was the world’s first feature-based programming software when it was launched in 1995. Constant development since then has ensured that the system has retained its leadership in programming speed and ease of use, while an increased range of strategies has been added to provide more efficient toolpaths giving greater productivity on a wider range of machines.

The main change to the 2013 FeatureCAM product family has been the introduction of three levels of 3D machining functionality. Fea-tureMILL 3D Lite offers single-surface machining with a basic range of strategies and so provides an introductory product for companies moving into 3D machining for the first time.

FeatureMILL 3D MX provides a greater number of strategies, includ-ing spiral finishing, flowline finishing and rotary machining, support


for multiple-surface machining and automated feature recognition. It is aimed at companies with conventional machine tools and those that are machining softer materials.

FeatureMILL HSM also contains all of the options for rest machin-ing, such as pencil machining and corner clearance, and high-speed machining, including trochoidal machining and Delcam’s patented Race Line Machining. It maximizes the benefits of any invest-ment in high-speed mills with strategies that maximize machine productivity while protecting the part, machine and cutter from excessive wear.

FeatureCAM HSM also includes a number of new strategies. Step cutting has been added within area clearance to remove large ter-races that can be left on the part when using deeper roughing cuts. FeatureCAM will now produce extra toolpaths that step back up the terrace with the existing large tool, adding extra cuts at intermediate levels. This results in more material being removed, using the same tool within the same toolpath.

Automatic splitting of finishing between steep and shallow areas of the part has been available in FeatureCAM for a number of releases. This option has been enhanced with the ability to use the scallop height to control the stepover. Using this value rather than setting a constant stepover distance gives better control of the surface finish.

Both roughing and finishing strategies now incorporate an “area filter” to remove small enclosed pockets within the part from the toolpath. Any attempt to cut these areas risks damage to the tool, even though it is mathematically possible to remove the material.

New five-axis strategies available in FeatureCAM 2013 include flow-line machining between two curves, pencil machining and corner re-machining. These options for simultaneous five-axis machining allow a better surface finish to be achieved as well as ensuring access to more areas within the part in a single set-up.

New options have also been added to give smoother five-axis machining. A new look-ahead capability will remove any sudden tool-axis changes during automatic collision avoidance and, instead, ensure that a smooth transition takes place. In addition, Feature-CAM now offers the ability to smooth the Azimuth and Elevation axes independently and so remove excessive five-axis movement. These options stabilize the rotary axis movement by maintaining a fixed tool axis as far as possible, thus replacing constant five-axis movement with a series of 3+2-axis segments having full five-axis transitions between them.

A number of enhancements have been added to FeatureCAM’s turn-

ing and mill-turn modules. Definition of the initial stock and part alignment has been improved, making it more similar to the set-up process for milling, support has been added for semi-finish canned cycles and curves of revolution can now be recognised from STL models. A new method has also been introduced allowing b-axis rotary milling to be carried out on features that would otherwise require the use of excessively long cutters.

The options for multi-spindle, multi-turret machines have been improved by fully integrating part transfers into the FeatureCAM output. Simulation and post-processing of these operations is also supported. In addition, the handling of synchronization points has been enhanced to simplify the optimization of the machining sequence between the various elements of the machine.

For further information on Delcam’s FeatureCAM software, please contact: -Peter Dickin, Marketing Manager, Direct phone: 0121 683 1081, e-mail: [email protected]

Anchor Danly Announces New Components Technology Manager

Anchor Danly announces the hiring of Steve Noga to the position of Components Technology Manager.

Noga, who most recently served as Account Manager for Tupy American Foundry, Farmington Hills, MI, is responsible for the technical support of the Special Components line for the company and is based out of Anchor Danly’s Farmington Hills, MI office. He will be instrumental in developing marketing strategies for the product line, as well as, identifying new business opportunities, while delivering product sales growth.

Previously, he held positions of Account Manager with US Manu-facturing Corporation, Warren, MI and Linamar Corporation, Southfield, MI, with both positions allowing for the implementa-tion of new technologies and annual sales growth. A graduate of Indiana University-Purdue, University at Fort Wayne, Noga holds a bachelor’s of science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics.

Anchor Danly is a leading manufacturer of die sets and tooling components for the metal-working and plastic injection mold industries and medium to complex fabrications for customers in a wide array of industries. As a customer focused, world-class sup-plier, Anchor Danly provides innovative and value-added productsand services.

For more information on Anchor Danly call: 800-652-6462, Email: [email protected], www.anchordanly.com

facturing costs down.

“The pressure is on machine shops in the western world to find faster, lower cost ways of achieving greater output and rel iable high-quality without incurring disproportionately higher costs. By investing in a MIDACO pallet changer, many of our customers in the US have retained work and prevented it from being outsourced to low-cost countries.”

The principal behind a MIDACO pallet-changer couldn’t be simpler. Instead of stopping a machine to load and unload parts, MIDACO systems provide an accurate and reliable means of loading or unloading one pallet while the other is being machined. “It’s not a new con-cept, but it’s still surprising how many companies continue to waste valuable machining time.

We’ve saved some customers tens of thousands of dollars. Not just in machine time, but also because we’ve saved them from having to buy addi-tional machines to achieve the desired output.” Cayley explains.

“Increasingly in the future, successful manufacturers will be the ones who learn to find time and cost savings in every aspect of their operations.”

For more information call: (847) 593-8420 www.MidacoCorp.com


Announcements Continued

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MIDACO is Displaying the 16SD Series Pallet Changer System for Smaller VMC’s at IMTS 2012, Sept 10-15, in Chicago in booth S-9347

MIDACO CORPORATION of Elk Grove Village, Illinois USA is pleased to show the A16SD Series of Servo Driven Automatic Pallet Systems for new and existing smaller Vertical Machining Centers, as well as a complete redesign of all systems to achieve faster pallet change times. With a pallet size ranging from 22” x 14” (558.8mm x 355.69mm) up to 27.5” x 16” (698.5 mm x 406.4mm) and a pallet change time of 6.5 SECONDS, this 16SD series is designed to deliver true productivity and labor savings for machine tool manufacturers looking to step up production in a lean economy.

According to company CEO, Mike Cayley Sr, MIDACO focused on designing a smaller, faster model Pallet Changer System to enhance the production of manufacturing com-panies. With the growing trend for OEM’s to source more of their precision-machined parts from low-cost regions such as the Far East, the American manufacturing industry has been hit particularly hard as more and more companies look overseas to keep manu-

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Shop Floor Automations Launches New Web-site

La Mesa, CALIF Shop Floor Automations, Inc. (SFA), a national company serving the CNC Industry, since 1998, has launched an overhauled website designed and format using Word Press.

The site - located at www.shopfloor-automations.com – features content SFA’s solutions which include software and hardware products along with downloadable support documents. Visitors can download technical infor-mation on drivers, setup guides and

products trials on from several different vendors. The software products include Predator, Job Pack, eXtremeDNC, Bigfoot, and

Scytec along with mobile applications created exclusively by Shop Floor Automations. Hardware solutions include flopply emulator, BTRs, bar code readers, RS232 cabling, USB portable devices, wireless and wired serial devices for CNCs.

Once of the enhanced areas of the site allows for end users and partners to complete an online form to be enrolled in the “Partner Rewards Pro-gram”. This program allows for refer-rals to be made to the company with new prospects who can receive up to 10% of the sale for a new customer.

Greg Mercurio, the President of Shop Floor Automations, said “ since most of our customers are referrals we wanted a way to give back and thank the people involved. The response has been remarkable and we look forward to another rewards coming soon!”

The Word Press design and theme gave the site a clean design that’s easy to navigate to maximize product infor-mation and allow visitors to quickly identify a solution product or service they desire.

The site was engineered for scalability, so SFA can build out with additional content with additional areas to include an end user login area along with adding video and live chat. New features are expected to be completed by December 2012.

F o r m o r e information: www.shopfloorautomations.com, email: [email protected], Tel: 619-461-4000, fax: 619-461-5918, toll free: 877-611-5825.

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Jemco Components & Fabrication Aquires New MazakJemco Components & Fabrication is pleased to announce the acquisi-tion and installation of a new Mazak Optiplex CNC Laser Machine.This high speed , 4Kw laser, with 5ft X 10ft cutting table and 1.2g axis acceleration, features the latest CNC laser cutting technology!This state of the art system has AO 5 Automated Set-Up features, automated torch and nozzle changing, and intelligent cut monitoring.

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Electronic Precision Specialties, Inc. Receives Nadcap Accreditation for Chemical ProcessingElectronic Precision Specialties, Inc. has received Nadcap accreditation for demonstrating their ongoing commit-ment to quality by satisfying customer requirements and industry specifica-tions. Achieving Nadcap accreditation is not easy: it is one of the ways in which the aerospace industry identifies those who excel at manufacturing quality product through superior special processes.

Companies, such as Electronic Precision Specialties, Inc., work hard to obtain this status and should be justifiably proud of it,” said Joe Pinto, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at the Performance Review Institute. “PRI is proud to support continual improvement in the aerospace industry by helping companies, such as Electronic Precision Specialties Inc., to become successful, and we look forward to continuing to assist the industry moving forward.”

“Electronic Precision Specialties, Inc. (aka EPSI) would like to ac-knowledge its employee associates for achieving Nadcap accreditation. In the past four years, EPSI has progressed from ISO 9001:2000, through the 2008 standard, and now has qualified for the Nadcap AC 7004 Aerospace Quality Standard. This distinction recognizes the ex-traordinary diligence required for processing and testing Aerospace materials and components.” Henry “Hank” Brown, President/CEO

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AJAC is Recognized as a 21st Century Registered Apprenticeship Innovator and Trailblazer

The Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee (AJAC) is being rec-ognized as a 21st Century Registered Apprenticeship Trailblazer and Innovator by the Department of Labor (DOL) and Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA).

AJAC is receiving this award at the National Education and Action Summit, “OutEducate OutBuild OutInnovate,” recognizing the 75th An-niversary of the National Apprenticeship Act. AJAC is joining Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis in celebrating this event at the U.S. Department of Labor’s Great Hall in Washington D.C.

In preparing for this event the DOL and ACA partnered together to advance and promote Registered Apprenticeship and started a search for innovative and trailblazing Registered Apprenticeship Programs to recognize at the summit.

They searched for Registered Apprenticeships who:

1. Help to define 21st Century Apprenticeship 2. Help to expand Registered Apprenticeship into new and existing industries 3. Are a trailblazer in forming new partnerships involving Registered Apprenticeship programs or sponsors with workforce, educational, or community-based organizations 4. Engage in an innovative Registered Apprenticeship practice that helps provide solutions to current workforce challenges 5. Help to increase Registered Apprenticeship opportunities for under-represented populations, including women, minorities, youth, veterans, and people with disabilities 6. Crafted innovative policies that create economic development benefits or improve our economic competitiveness using Registered Apprenticeship

160 new aerospace jobs will be coming to Washington state.

Italian aerospace supplier UMBRA Cuscinetti will add employees at its facility in Snohomish County

A pair of international companies has announced plans to expand opera-tions in Washington state, bringing about 160 new aerospace jobs.

Italian aerospace supplier UMBRA Cuscinetti will add 100 employees in Snohomish County, while Fokker Aerostructures, a Dutch firm, will add another 60 jobs by expanding its research and development depart-ment in Mukilteo.

In addition, the defense firm Aerojet, which employs 450 workers in Redmond, will be expanding its space rocket engine business into Eu-rope — a move that could bring additional contract work to its facility in Redmond.

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“We know there is no stronger center for aerospace than what we have in Washington state,” said Gov. Christine Gregoire.

In a conference call with reporters, Gregoire said the “competition is on” at the Farnborough Air Show, a major international aerospace trade show where Washington state has a booth.

“We have to make sure the rest of the world knows that. The back-to-back meetings that I will have over the next couple of days will ensure that global companies know the value and advantages of doing business in our state. That’s what we need to ensure the aerospace industry continues to grow here, and provide good, living-wage jobs.”

Gregoire, stressing the need for more aerospace workers in Washington, also announced an agreement between the state’s community colleges and Das-sault Systèmes, a company that makes 3D software used by Boeing.

Dassault Systèmes will provide the soft-ware to the state’s two-year colleges at a discounted price of $7.63 per license, instead of its typical $200-$350 price tag. Gregoire said the agreement will save community and technical colleges a “significant amount of money,” and provide training for students interested in aerospace careers.

“Now CATIA is going to be available to every community and technical college in Washington, includ-ing those that were previously unable to afford it,” said Mary Kaye Bredeson, executive director of the Center of Excellence. “It’s an important tool to prepare students for high-skill, high-wage jobs in aerospace.”

“Our community and technical colleges are knowledge-producers for the aerospace industry,” said Charlie Earl, executive director of the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. “This agreement means more students can take what they learn in the classroom directly into the workplace, without the need for exten-sive, on-the-job training.”

More than 50 aerospace companies and several aerospace con-sortiums representing more than 200 Washington aerospace busi-nesses are exhibiting at the Air Show highlighting Washington state, including our world-class aerospace training programs, its more

than 700 aerospace companies, and its more than 92,000 highly-skilled aerospace workers. What is an Apprenticeship Program in the Aerospace and Manufacturing Industries?

Aerospace and manufacturing apprenticeships in Washington State are not just a job, but a career opportunity! Aerospace and manufacturing apprenticeships provide occupational skills training that combines supervised on-the-job training experience with classroom instruc-tion. It is a proven way to train people for careers in the aerospace, aviation and advanced manufacturing industries that demand a wide range of skills, knowledge, and independent judgment. Apprentice-ship is a highly successful occupational skills model and is often referred to as the original four-year degree.

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Employers get a low-cost training program that captures and passes on the knowledge of their current workforce to a new generation of aerospace and advanced manufacturing workers. Employers also find many other advantages such as easier recruitment, increased produc-tivity and safety, less turn-over and a way to screen new employees.

Apprenticeship committees, made up of employee and employer rep-resentatives from the aerospace, aviation and advanced manufacturing industries, operate apprenticeship programs. Both state and federal governments have a role in regulating on-the-job training programs. Aerospace and manufacturing apprenticeships at the Aerospace Joint Apprenticeship Committee (AJAC) are a partnership of employers, workers, the State of Washington, and a variety of schools and com-munity colleges.

Murata Machinery USA to Introduce New Au-tomated Machines at FABTECH 2012

Murata Machinery USA, Inc. will unveil powerful new automated tur-ret punch presses at Booth C-3028 during FABTECH, to be held Nov. 12-14 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Murata Machinery’s Fabri-cation Division, a subsidiary of Kyoto, Japan-based Murata Machinery Ltd., produces a variety of reliable and highly productive automated machines for progressive fabrication shops.

Murata’s new Motorum 2048ST turret punch press continues a tradi-tion of innovative design, reliability and productivity that began with the introduction of the first Wiedemann turret punch press in 1934.

The 2048ST features a larger table and turret in a reinforced J frame design. The unit’s next-generation, energy-efficient ram drive is less complex and more rigid, resulting in higher punch speeds and greater productivity. The highly efficient design of the Motorum 2048ST is perfect for economical production of parts requiring punching, forming, tapping and deburring.

Also being introduced is the Motorum 3048. Driven by a resourceful blend of speed and power, the machine’s new 33-ton servo-driven ram boasts 510 hits per minute on 1-inch centers with a blistering 5,039 inches per minute traverse speed. The Motorum 3048 uses large turrets for greater on-demand tool availability coupled with indexable multi-tools for ultimate flexibility. The 3048 also features the latest state-of-the-art Fanuc control with an enhanced operator interface for ease of use.

Murata Machinery’s other displays at FABTECH 2012 will feature automated load/unload systems including the new low-cost SL-1250 and the FG-1250, industry leaders in parts-sorting technology.

Muratec automated loaders can potentially double the produc-tion of a stand-alone machine and offer reliable, unattended operation. Charlotte-based Murata Machinery USA, Inc. specializes in applications, ser-vice and sales of turret punch presses.

Murata’s fabrication division, formerly Murata Wiedemann,

supplies mechanical, servo-drive, and punch/plasma hybrid turret punch presses. The Muratec dealer network throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico also distributes and services a complete line of automated stockers, loaders, and sorting equipment.

Murata has over 25 years of experience engineering user-friendly automation for turret punch presses.

For more information on Murata Machinery USA or its products, visit FABTECH Booth #C-3028, www.turretpunchpresses.com or call 800-428-8469.

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GM: Nearing ‘Game Changer’ Electric Car Tech

A small battery company backed by General Motors is working on break-through technology that could power an electric car 100 (160 kilometers) or even 200 miles (320 kilometers) on a single charge in the next two-to-four years, GM’s CEO said.

Speaking at an employee meeting, CEO Dan Akerson said the company, Newark, California-based Envia Systems, has made a huge break-through in the amount of energy a lithium-ion battery can hold. GM is sure that the battery will be able to take a car 100 miles (160 kilometers) within a couple of years, he said. It could be double that with some luck, he said.

“I think we’ve got better than a 50-50 chance,” Akerson said, “to develop a car that will go to 200 miles on a charge,” he said. “That would be a game changer.”

GM’s current electric car, the Chev-rolet Volt, goes about 35 miles on a charge and has a small gas motor that generates power to keep the car going after that. Few competitors have electric cars with more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) of range. Tesla Motors’ Model S can go up to 300 miles (480 kilometers), but it has a much larger battery and can cost more than twice as much as a Volt. Nissan’s Leaf and Ford’s Focus electric cars both claim ranges of around 100 miles (120 kilometers), but that can vary with tem-perature, ter-rain and speed.

Envia said ear-lier this year that its next-gener-ation recharge-able lithium-ion cell hit a record high for energy density. The company said the new battery could slash the price of electric vehicles by cutting the battery cost in half.

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The GM meeting, which was broadcast on a conference call to employees, lasted about an hour. A participant allowed a reporter from The Associated Press to listen.

“These little companies come out of nowhere, and they surprise you,” Akerson said in response to a question about GM’s strategy on gas-electric hybrid vehicles.

Akerson said the company is looking at hybrids, all-electric cars, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and natural gas vehicles, as well as developing more efficient petroleum-powered engines.

“We can’t put all of our chips on one bet,” he said. “We’ve got to look at them all.”


A Full Manufacturing Solutions Provider partners with their customers to drive profits through productivity on the shop floor, an Industrial Supplier or Distributor can only look up the price of a tool for you. That is the message at Swift Tool Co. Inc., a Full Manufacturing Solutions Provider in the greater Seattle area.

I interviewed Steve Swift of Swift Tool and some of his team mem-bers, the story of customer commitment I received will amaze you!

“We invest very heavily in our customer’s profitability and success.” Says Steve Swift, Three local showrooms with huge inventories and the most technologically advanced 5th axis Tool Grinding, nano-composite PVD Coating, and non-contact Inspection Equipment available are all serious financial investments towards supporting their customers’ productivity. But what is the biggest asset that Swift Tool offers to their customers? “Technical Support and the experience at making parts faster and more profitably”, says Swift. “The last thing that our customers need is another outside salesperson knocking on their door, saying ‘I can get that tool for you too’. We have technical support personnel and applications specialists that can come in and look at a job, and drastically reduce the machine time and costs associated with that part. That is where the profits come from in manufacturing!” Steve went on to explain that anyone who is just putting their old or standard tooling out for bid, misses the opportunity to save the big money. “Only a very small amount of money can be saved by looking only at the lowest price, around 1% to be exact. But process improvements and using the most productive tooling can impact jobs by 20-300%!”

For those that are simply looking for a better price on tools, Swift Tool is making some big changes, because admittedly, they’ve never catered to the price only market. “We’ve been working on it for 2 years”, says Steve, “and before the end of the year, Swifttool.com will offer the most comprehensive online ordering in the market”. Steve’s vision for the online ordering is to have the easiest site to go on and order tools from at a competitive price.

Swift Tool’s philosophy of having the highest commitment to cus-tomer profitability, quality, and performance, has made them Syn-onymous with perfection. Swift Tool takes quality and performance to the highest level, by making every job their customers have, a planned solution.

When it comes to selling their cutting tools, 5th axis ground and coated special tools, they are committed to being the best. They do not strive to be great, At Swift Tool Co. Inc., making a flawless tool isn’t a goal, a mission statement, or a business plan, it’s a culture and a way of life that goes back to 1960.”There is a right way to do things, and that way results in perfect tools.

We weren’t taught any other way”, says Steve.

Swift Tool, a family owned business, has been grinding tools and creating manufacturing solutions for over 52 years and is a local Washington metal working distributor with 3 strategic locations. Swift has a World Class tool making facility that manufactures carbide cutting tool solutions. Swift supports their customers with intricate laser part marking, PVD Nano-Phase Coating, Bandsaw Welding, a free Shrink Fit Service, Programming and Technical Support, Cutting Tool Design & Engineering combined with the largest tool inventory in the Northwest.

The 1960’s were a time where tools for Boeing and other top com-panies were ground manually. Before the days of CNC machines, cutting tools were expertly ground by craftsmen on manual tool grinders.

Neil Swift was a craftsman and in the early 60’s he and his two sons, Steve and Larry, worked together in the small shop grinding tools to perfection. Neil had a very good reputation in the area and the word was, nobody could build the tools he could. He was the best tool grinder and even Boeing came to him for some of their form tools. Neil understood the principals of machining metal and taught a strong work ethic and machining perfection to his sons.

Larry and Steve were sweeping chips when they were 6-8 years old and were running machines when they were 11-12, and Neil set them up on drill presses, counter sinking, and chamfering, and deburring. Later at 14-15 years of age they were running lathes and mills, and twin spindle profilers. “Other kids played in the summer and the Swift boys worked without question, we made tools and parts,” said Steve.

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As time moved forward so did their dream to have their own busi-ness and New Tech was started. Steve and Larry built their business, New Tech with a customer first mentality and later bought their father Neil out at Swift Tool. The family business lived on as Steve and Larry merged the two companies New Tech and Swift Tool in 1994 by buying Dad Neil out. Steve and Larry continued on the path taught to them and strived to help make the customers they worked with as profitable as possible.

“In the old days”, Steve says, “We used to be a manual tool and grind shop. Swift Tool has evolved into state of the art CNC Grinding and PVD Coating. We service small to very large customers and our Swift Tool custom-ers are all interested in productivity and profits. They understand that if they buy a good tool they can make more money! Hand ground tools just don’t cut it anymore, it’s like running retreaded tires in a car race.

Steve continued, “SPC tolerances are challenged when you manually grind tools. With state of the art grinding these new CNC machines can perfectly grind tools above specifications (.0002” tolerance) at a faster rate. We use German and Swiss equipment that are all state of the art, the best you can buy with 3 more new machines coming in August and December, that will boost our service to our customers.”

Swift Tool has ten, 5 axis CNC grinding machines armed with automated ro-botic loaders, the same equipment that the Germans use to produce their cut-ting tools, widely regarded as the best tool grinding machinery money can buy.

“We can beat anyone in the world right now with our end mills. We maintain extremely high quality, extremely high consistency, and process improvement. It’s through process improvements that you realize profits.” Steve said.

How did Swift get so good? Certainly growing up learning the art of flawless toolmaking was the foundation, but it took many years on the design trail and accomplishments in the right direction, measur-ing how one tool outperforms the other. The many years of running the tools and empirical science have helped Swift to offer solutions and profitability to all of their customers. They do what works for their customers on their customers machines for their particular application. When you buy a tool from Swift, it works because they help the customer design a specific milling tool for their applica-tion. Swift customers come to them because they now understand the increase in productivity Swift Tool can provide with the special tooling designed and engineered for their scenario.

Steve says, “Swift Tool will pay 30% more for the highest quality tool blanks because Swift understands that when you start with the best

substrate you are on the right path to make the best tool in the world. We also have patents pending on our tools and formulate them with the improved geometry and proprietary processes that we put the carbide end mills through and we have our own coating facility with Swift devel-oped coatings like Molecular Dense Coating (MDC). So, basically we use the best blank, we grind slower to get the best finish, we are meticulous about maintaining the geometry, and making sure it is specific to the ap-plication (the machine, the holder,

fixture, and the entire system that’s involved in the process.).”

When Swift Tool is involved in the process, then they can guarantee more profitable results. For instance; Controlled Radial Engagement Milling in conjunction with a Swiftcarb Rampmill can rough out 3 times faster than any conventional method. Most CAM software now has some form of cutter path based on Controlled Radial Engage-ment Milling, CREM. Swift has a patent pending Ramp Mill, capable of ramping into the material at 5-8 degrees in titanium. “Swift Tool reduces cutting tool costs; if you can calculate how many cubic inches

are removed and how fast it’s removed; you can assign a value to the tool.” Steve said.

The Goal Is: To build the best cutting tools possible; to provide the highest service level, and to make sure our customers are profitable. If your customers are not profitable, they can’t pay their tool bill. So, everyone wins.”

So what does the future look like for Swift Tool? Swift’s online presence will offer additional

savings with the most cost effective tools and resources, and they also will help businesses with inventory management and part numbering of tools. Swift has developed a very sophisticated part numbering system (Patent Pending) whereby they can assign a part number that is specific to what the tool can do thus alleviating the purchase of many different brand names with different part numbers. This will foster the consolidation of purchasing with one part number and can be utilized to save money by standardizing a number for each type of tool.

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Making The Best Of Breakdown In Manufacturing

More and more production and fabrication work looks like it is coming back to developed economies. There are several factors behind this new phenomenon. One is rising wages in China. Recent estimates by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have China’s labour costs going up by 15 to 20 percent a year. Recent rioting at Foxconn, a giant Chinese contract manufacturer, has shown just how much discontent is growing in China. More and more workers are demanding better salaries working conditions and treatment, all of which put upward pressure on costs.

According to BCG, one possible effect of these trends could be an increase in the competitive position of the United States. They argue that by the end of this decade, the US could undergo another indus-trial revolution, as the difference in wages between the lowest paid American workers and the highest paid Chinese workers gets smaller and smaller. As a result, in such diverse areas as computers, transport, machinery and fabricated metals, 10-30% of what America used to import from China could be made domestically by 2020. This could add anywhere from $20 to $55 billion a year to US output.

In these types of production systems, operators are free to work at their own speed, passing their partially completed work pieces onto the next station, often by hand; though in some cases there may be some limited form of mechanical assistance. In between each pair of stations there is usually allocated some space for the temporary storage of work in process. This avoids the need for an operator to stop due to a lack of available work (a condition known as “starv-ing”), or the need for an operator to pause because they cannot pass on their completed work piece (a situation known as “blocking”). It is these inter-station storage spaces that allow workers to process items without being greatly affected by what is going on upstream or downstream. This worker independence is known as “asynchronous” production.

Unpaced lines usually have a certain degree of “imbalance.” What this means is that each work station takes a different amount of time, on average, to finish some required task. The reasons for this are many. One could be the type of work people are doing. Quite often it is difficult to break down tasks in a way that each step requires the same amount of work and effort. Therefore, some stations might have more complicated assignments and thus require more time than others. Also, people by their very nature have differing levels of skill, motivation, education, and ability. In addition to different average completion times, operators can also have differing ranges of completion times. Unlike robots, people speed up or slow down naturally over their day, and though the average time to complete a task might stay the same, if we took a snapshot at any particular time, we would see quite a variation. Studies have shown that the rates at which operators process items can vary by as much as 66%. This variability is measured by the coefficient of variation, or CV.

This slowing and hastening of task times introduces variability into


the production line, but is not the only source of variability. Another major problem that line managers have to deal with is breakdown, and the time it takes to get a workstation operating again.

Many production managers could be well placed to benefit from this expected rebirth in industrial manufacturing. They can gain a possible distinct advantage by utilizing the imbalance that might already exist in their own production facilities. The question we asked was, “can performance in lines that suffer breakdown be improved by properly allocating variable workers?”

A series of experiments were done using simulation on manual un-paced production lines, in which the workers had differing levels of variability (CV). We incorporated station breakdown so as to dupli-cate real life operating conditions as closely as possible. We assumed that workers fell into one of three classifications. That is to say, an operator could be considered as steady, variable, or highly variable, depending on his/her CV.

Four different policies were looked at regarding the placement of variable workers in 5 and 8 station lines, and the amount of space available for inventory was also varied at 1, 2, 4 and 6 units, allowing us to look at whether having more space would absorb the ill-effects of variability and breakdown. The 4 policies were as follows:

1. Separating the variable workers from one another by steadier workers (a zig-zag arrangement). 2. Assigning steadier workers to

the center of the line (a “bowl” arrangement). 3. Placing operators with medium variability in the middle of the line (ascending or descending variability). 4. Having the most variable workers in the center of the line (an “inverted bowl” arrangement).

Contrary to what many production managers might have thought, improved performance was achieved by deliberately unbalancing the variability of the line. The pattern that gave the best results was a CV bowl arrangement, i.e. having the steadiest workers in the center of the line and more variable workers toward both ends of the line. Allocating workers in this fashion resulted in increased production rates, lower average idle times and lower average buffer levels.

Just how good were the improvements? For TR, it was found that in certain instances an increase of almost 3% was possible, with a corresponding decrease of over 13% in average worker idle times being achieved (as compared to a balanced line). ABL results were even more promising in that it was found that, on occasion, an almost 68% reduction in ABL was possible through a CV bowl arrangement of workers.

A word of caution must be sounded, however, to any production manager wishing to employ these imbalance methods into his or her facility. While improvements were found to exist from using the best patterns, serious deteriorations in performance were found from us-ing inferior patterns of imbalance. As always, conditions and results will vary. But we believe that the opportunities for improvement, and thus a competitive advantage, are too great to ignore.


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ViaSat, Carlsbad, Calif., is being awarded an $18,050,312 firm-fixed-price delivery order under a previously awarded contract (N00039-10-D-0032) for Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT). The MIDS-LVT pro-vides secure, high capacity, jam resistant, digital data and voice com-munications capability for Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Army platforms. Work will be performed in Carlsbad, Calif. (30 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 31, 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $402,756 will expire at the end of the current fis-cal year. This contract was competitively procured under a multiple award contract (MAC) with two proposals solicited and two offers received via the SPAWAR E-commerce website. The synopsis was released via the Federal Business Opportunities website for the initial MAC awards. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.

ViaSat, Inc., Carlsbad, Calif., is being awarded a $12,254,000 single-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the ArcLight2 KuSS Hub mobile satellite communication system, associ-ated hardware, installation, spares, and operational software license in support of Special Operations forces. The anticipated period of performance is not to exceed three years. The place of performance is Carlsbad, Calif. U.S. Special Operations Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (H92222-12-D-0022).

Rapiscan Systems, Inc., Torrance, Calif., is being awarded a $7,251,250 firm-fixed-priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quan-tity contract for walk-through metal detectors, V440 transformers, training, spare parts, and data. The walk-through metal detectors will increase the safety of personnel and property of the Navy. The detectors will be used at entry control points to eliminate and detect the presence of handguns, knives, metal tools, and equipment enter-ing and leaving Navy facilities. Work will be performed in Torrance, Calif., and is expected to be complete by July 2017. Contract funds in the amount of $1,052,925 will be provided at time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website with three offers received. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division, Crane, Ind., is the contract-ing activity (N00164-12-D-JQ28).

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co., Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $26,159,047 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide for the procurement of security hardware, associated software, equip-ment installation, system test, accreditation, certification and deliv-ery of Nuclear Weapon Security (NWS) system equipment at Navy Installations. This contract contains options, which, if exercised, will bring the contract value to $37,612,863. Work will be performed in Kings Bay, Ga. (43.14 percent); Sunnyvale, Calif. (21.90 percent); Silverdale, Wash. (16.28 percent); Pittsfield, Mass. (9.75 percent); Cape Canaveral, Fla. (5.95 percent); and Simpsonville, S.C. (2.98 percent). Work is expected to be completed Jan. 30, 2013. Work will continue through March 31, 2015, if all options are exercised. Contract funds in the amount of $512,410 will expire at the end of


the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. Lockheed Martin Space Systems is the only known source with the critical experience, ex-pertise, personnel, facilities, and in-depth knowledge of the NWS system equipment required. The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the con-tracting activity (N00030-12-C-0023).

Computer Sciences Corp., Norco, Calif., was awarded a $14,861,559 modification on Aug. 1 to a previously awarded contract (N63394-12-C-5001) for continued infor-mation technology, technical, engineering, operational and ancillary services at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division. Services will be required at the NSWC, Corona facility, land-based test facilities, and aboard ships in ports and at sea. Work will be performed in Norco, Calif., and is expected to be completed by February 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $2,000,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Port Hueneme Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, Calif., is the con-tracting activity.

Boeing Satellite Systems Inc., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $317,700,000 contract modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for WGS Satellite Vehicle 10 (SV10) produc-tion, processing, launch, and on-orbit acti-vation. The modification adds an additional satellite to the existing requirements for WGS 7-10. The location of the work is El Segundo, Calif. Work is to be completed by March 31, 2018. Los Angeles Air Force Base, El Segundo, Calif., is the contracting activity (FA8808-10-C-0001, Modification PZ0026).

The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $107,100,000 modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-09-C-0022) to provide additional funding for long-lead materials in support of the manufacture and delivery of 11 P-8A Low Rate Initial Production III aircraft. Work will be performed in Seattle, Wash. (63.8 percent); Greenlawn, N.Y. (11.7 percent); Baltimore, Md. (11 percent); North Amityville, N.Y. (8.2 percent); and McKinney, Texas (5.3 percent). Work is expected to be completed in May 2015. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

The Boeing Co., Seattle, Wash., is being awarded a $28,220,216

modification to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive-firm contract (N00019-09-C-0022) for 22 flight management system trainers; 44 mission systems desktop trainers; two desktop training environments; and updates to the instructional system’s design for courseware for the Air Combat Training Continuum in support of the P-8A Multi-Mission Maritime aircraft. In addition, this modifica-tion provides for all spares, support, and tools associated with these training devices and non-destructive inspection, training devices and courseware. Work will be performed in Seattle, Wash. (48.2 percent); St. Louis, Mo. (35.8 percent); Jacksonville, Fla. (10.9 per-cent); Bloomington, Ill. (3.2 percent); Anaheim, Calif. (0.8 percent); Dallas, Texas (0.8 percent); and Wichita, Kan. (0.3 percent). Work is expected to be completed in June 2014. Contract funds in the amount of $25,472,459 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air System Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

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Boeing Expands Gresham Manufacturing Plant

A lone contractor plugged away at a laptop recently in a gleaming chemical processing plant about to open at Boeing’s factory complex in Gresham.

The worker tested and adjusted computerized controls for the plant, which has a series of chemical baths — filled, for now, with water — that will treat aircraft parts in preparation for as-sembly at Puget Sound factories.

Boeing invested more than $100 million in the 64,000-square-foot plant and additional expanded quarters, which opened last month with tours and speeches by company managers. Already the aircraft manufacturer has added 350 workers since breaking ground two years ago on the new space.

“This provides us a modern chemical processing facility that’s going to support our site for large products for a very long time in the future,” said Don Hendrickson, Boeing Portland chief financial of-ficer. “You don’t make this investment if you’re going to keep work here for a couple of years.”

The new jobs bring Boeing’s Gresham employment to 1,800, a sig-nificant workforce in a state that lost manufacturing operations during the recession. Workers make parts from aluminum, steel, titanium, magnesium and other specialized metals for Boeing “7-series” planes such as the 787 Dreamliner.

The processing plant is the first of its kind to gain LEED gold envi-ronmental certification, said Don Schmidt, a company spokesman. It dispenses with cyanide-based copper plating and stripping and cadmium-based processing, substituting more environmentally friendly chemicals, Hendrickson said.

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The accompanying 34,000-square-foot expansion of existing quarters will bring Boeing’s Gresham complex to a total 1.3 million square feet.

Twenty-year projections predict a world-wide demand for 35,000 new large com-

mercial planes, for a total $4.5 trillion market, Hendrickson said. Boeing traditionally gets about half the market, and plans to deliver 585 planes this year, he said.

The company is building 35 Boeing 737s a month in Renton, Wash. It plans to increase that number to 38 and then 42. Boeing 777 production will jump from seven a month to more than eight.

Workers in the new Gresham plant will use their new computerized controls to clean, plate and etch parts for these and other planes.

“It’s going to be a busy place,” Hendrickson said.

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SolarWorld Initiates Technology Upgrades to Boost Solar Panels’ Performance Edge

HILLSBORO, Ore.-SolarWorld, the largest solar manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere, just celebrated its fifth anniversary of revitalizing, expanding and staffing a formerly idle semiconductor wafer factory here by announcing new investments totaling $27 million to upgrade and replace several factory systems and debut technological advances that will boost the power output of its high-performance solar panels.

Work to install new manufacturing systems from today through the first quarter of 2013 will implement three technological advances fostered and tested by SolarWorld research-and-development specialists in Or-egon and Europe. All three upgrades will increase the power output of SolarWorld’s photovoltaic cells – the light-sensitive building blocks of panels – to propel the company further ahead in its solar-technology

leadership worldwide. For competitive reasons, SolarWorld will not detail the upgrades. The work will employ dozens of contractors’ employees, without affecting either the company’s Hillsboro workforce of about 1,000 or its total unit output.

The new initiatives push SolarWorld’s to-tal capital investment in Hillsboro to more than $600 million, establishing the plant as the only solar factory in the Western Hemisphere that does every manufactur-ing step. In August 2007, the company began activating production tools as it renovated the former 480,000-square-foot plant of Komatsu, which had stood idle since that company had shuttered its facility and laid off its workforce in September 1999. In 2009, SolarWorld built a new, 210,000-square-foot build-ing to house a panel-assembly factory and bigger logistics center. In 2010, the company bought an adjacent property, adding 40,000 square feet of building space on six acres and resulting in a total of 750,000 square feet of building space on 103 acres.

“SolarWorld’s constant forward progress extends Oregon’s leadership of the so-lar industry, one of the most essential energy industries of the future,” said Ryan Deckert, president of the Oregon Business Association. “The company is making advances on multiple fronts to pull further ahead of the global competi-tion: streamlining manufacturing costs, boosting its products’ power output, and leading the domestic industry in restoring fair competition in the U.S. solar market.”

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Brinser also expressed gratitude for support from U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley for the company’s effort on behalf of the U.S. solar manufacturing industry to pursue trade cases to hold the Chinese industry accountable to international and U.S. trade laws.

In turn, SolarWorld has fulfilled its commitment to create and maintain an average of about 1,000 jobs over several years. In addition, since So-larWorld began its modernizations, construction trailers on the Hillsboro site have become semi-permanent fixtures, serving dozens of construc-tion workers and consulting engineers – up to nearly 1,000 at peak – who staff factory upgrades and expansions. Excluding payroll, the Hillsboro operation in 2011 also purchased some $86 million in goods and services in Oregon and another $22 million in Washington, creating and support-ing jobs at a swelling constellation of regional solar-industry suppliers.

“Though pioneered in the United States, the solar industry is very much a global industry today, and the competition – both fair and unfair – is truly fierce, especially amid today’s turbulent times,” Brinser said. “In this light, it is heartening that with the steady commitment of our corporate leadership, our public partners and our dedicated employees alike, we find ourselves in the enviable position of starting our sixth year at this site just as we started out here – by once again rolling out the most advanced solar technologies on Earth. With these investments, and a successful conclusion of our trade case against China, SolarWorld will be poised to thrive in a fairly traded solar marketplace.”

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Campo Verde is expected to start construction in the third quarter of 2012 and be completed in 2013, creating about 250 construction jobs. San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) will purchase the project’s output under a 20-year power purchase agreement.

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“First Solar is very pleased to be working with SDG&E for the first time to deliver clean, renewable energy and create hundreds of construction jobs,” said Brian Kunz, First Solar VP of Project Development

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Boeing Team Demonstrates Expanded Control of Unmanned Aircraft Swarm

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Airbus America Chairman Allan McArtor told representatives from 114 companies at an aviation supplier conference in Kansas that 40 percent of what his company uses to build its planes comes from U.S. companies.

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The Airbus supplier event comes just months after Airbus’ biggest competitor, Boeing, announced it planned to close its defense plant in Wichita by the end of 2013. The decision means the loss of some 2,160 high-paying Boeing jobs in Wichita, ending Boeing’s presence in a city where it has been a major employer for generations.

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10530 E. 59th StreetIndianapolis, IN 46236ph317.823.6821 / 877.240.2462cell317.946.1235 / home317.823.8615fax317.823.6822www.trusty-cook.comemail-trustycook@sbcglobal.net

[email protected]

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Tukwila. WA 98188

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ROBERT SERRANORegional Sales Manager West

951 695 0342951 695 0346951 240 [email protected]

California Office

New Cold Saw Blades • CNC Blade Sharpening • Cold Sawing Coolants

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ACCESSORIESAbrasive Systems

KMT Waterjet Systems __ 800-826-9274S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _ 619-477-7733

Aqueous DegreasersPetroferm Inc. ______ 317-371-8899

Auto-Bar Feed SystemsWestern Machine Center 408-955-1000

BallscrewsFadal CNC ________ 208-855-9426

Band Saws/Saw BladesBandsaw Tech_______562--419-7675California Cold Saw ___ 877-700-7610Roentgen USA ______ 760--900-1110S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _ 619-477-7733SawBlade.com ______800--240-2932

Band Saw Replacement PartsBandsaw Tech_______562--419-7675

Band Saw RepairBandsaw Tech_______562--419-7675

Bar FeedersEdge Technologies ___ 562-243-4659

Bar Feeder AccessoriesTrusty-Cook _______ 877-240-2462

Bar Feeder RepairEdge Technologies ___ 562-243-4659

Boring Bars/ToolsMicro 100 ________ 208-888-7310Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900

Bridgeport Parts & Accs.Hallidie Machine Tool __ 253-939-9020

Carbide ToolsHorizon Carbide _____ 480-335-7688Micro 100 ________ 208-888-7310S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _ 619-477-7733Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900

Chemicals: UltrasonicPetroferm Inc. ______ 317-371-8899

ChucksSeco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805

CNC Lathe AccessoriesTrusty-Cook _______ 877-240-2462

CNC SharpeningCalifornia Cold Saw ___ 877-700-7610

CNC Spindle LinersTrusty-Cook _______ 877-240-2462

Coolant SystemsEbbco Inc ________ 800-809-3901DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900

Cutting Fluids & OilsCalifornia Cold Saw ___ 877-700-7610Castrol __________ 800-894-7773Hangsterfer’s ______ 316-640-2462S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _ 619-477-7733Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900

Cutting ToolsHorizon Carbide ______480-335-7688 Innovative Tool Sales ___ 714-780-0730S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _ 619-477-7733Sandvik _________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900

Cutting Tool HoldersInnovative Tool Sales __ 714-780-0730

Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900

Cutting Tool SystemsInnovative Tool Sales __ 714-780-0730Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _ 619-477-7733Magnetic Drills/CuttersInnovative Tool Sales __ 714-780-0730Micro 100 ________ 208-888-7310Sandvik _________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _ 619-477-7733

Drills/ReamersSandvik _________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __ 619-477-773

Dust Collectors, Filtration Equip.

DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339

Scott O. McCulloughVice President & General ManagerPacific [email protected] Direct206-683-7396 Mobile425-204-2603 Fax

600 SW 10th StreetRenton, WA 98057www.ryerson.com


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Micro 100 Tool Corporation

Phil Saltness Manufacturer Representative - Washington

Company Office 1410 E. Pine Avenue

Meridian, ID 83642 800-421-8065 208-888-7310 208-888-2106

Toll Free: Ph:

Fax:

www.micro100.com

Sales Office 23180 SW Price Terrace Sherwood, OR 97140 Email: [email protected] Fax: 253-220-2620 Cell: 253-797-0890









Bob Herlingphone: (425) 827-6931 Certified MachineTool Sales Engineer

e-mail: [email protected]

DW Metal CuttingMetal Forming

Machinery SalesP.O. Box 1603 Bellevue, WA 98009-1603

www.

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fax: (425) 827-6938 (800) 254-0415

7140 Engineer Rd. San Diego, CA 92111

Mathew EvansDirector of Sales and Marketing

www.5axisfixtures.com [email protected] (858)-505-0432

5 AXIS FIXTURES Innovative solutions for all 3, 4, and 5 axis machines.

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Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900

Cutting Tool SystemsInnovative Tool Sales __ 714-780-0730Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _ 619-477-7733Magnetic Drills/CuttersInnovative Tool Sales __ 714-780-0730Micro 100 ________ 208-888-7310Sandvik _________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _ 619-477-7733

Drills/ReamersSandvik _________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City __ 619-477-773

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 ___ 480-836-8330

EDM: Dielectric Systems/Filtration

Ebbco Inc ________ 800-809-3901Electronics

Fadal CNC ________ 208-855-9426End Mills

Horizon Carbide _____ 480-335-7688Micro 100 ________ 208-888-7310Sandvik _________ 503-381-8740S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _ 619-477-7733Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900

Fixturing/Fixtures5th Axis Fixtures ____ 858-505-0432

InsertsHorizon Carbide _____ 480-335-7688Sandvik _________ 503-381-8740Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900

Jaws

Desert EDM Sales ___ 480-816-6300EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782

Lubricants / SystemsCalifornia Cold Saw ___ 877-700-7610DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _ 619-477-7733Swift Tool Co, Inc. ____ 800-562-0900

Machine Tool Cool. Filtration

DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339S.L. Fusco San Leandro _ 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _ 619-477-7733

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

MotorsFadal CNC ________ 208-855-9426Parts Washing EquipmentEbbco Inc ________ 800-809-3901DCM Tech ________ 800-533-5339

ResolversFadal CNC ________ 208-855-9426

Rotary TablesHogue Precision -------------209-892-5649

Saw Blades & Replace-ment Parts

California Cold Saw ___ 877-700-7610Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303--761-3000Roentgen USA ______ 760--900-1110

SawBlade.com _____ 800--240-2932Solvents & Degreasing

AgentsDCM Tech _______ 800-533-5339Petroferm Inc. ______317-371-8899

Solvents: Vapor degreasing Petroferm Inc. ______317-371-8899

Solvents:Hand WipePetroferm Inc. ______317-371-8899

Solvents: Mil PRF 680 Petroferm Inc. ______317-371-8899

SpindlesFadal CNC _______ 208-855-9426Setco-Pope Spindles __ 866-362-0699

Thread MillsMicro 100 _______ 208-888-7310Sandvik ________ 503-381-8740

Tooling SystemsHorizon Carbide ____ 480-335-7688Micro 100 _______ 208-888-7310Sandvik ________ 503-381-8740S.L. Fusco San Leandro 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _619-477-7733

Vises & Vise Jaws5th Axis Fixtures ___ 858-505-0432

Waterjet AccessoriesKMT Waterjet Systems _ 800-826-9274

WaycoversFadal CNC ________208-855-9426

Workholding5th Axis Fixtures ___ 858-505-0432Innovative Tool Sales __714-780-0730

DOOR SYSTEMSAutomatic Door opening

SystemsMidaco Corporation ___ 847-593-8420

FIRE SUPPRESSIONFire Suppression

SystemsFiretrace ________ 480-544-4450

GRINDINGGrinding Filtration

S.L. Fusco San Leandro _510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City _619-477-7733

Grinding MachinesChevalier USA _____ 562-903-1929Clark Machinery ___ 206-219-2528CNC Machine Services 425-788-4500Hallidie Machine Tool _ 253-939-9020


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]

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

Phone: 206-650-8999 Fax: 360-651-2488 E-mail: [email protected]

Vince Selway

Machine Tools Machine Tools Machine Tools Northwest, LLCNorthwest, LLCNorthwest, LLC

Hogue Precision ____ 209-892-5649Machine Toolworks ___800-426-2052North-South Machinery 253-333-2439North Western Machinery 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools 510-249-1000

Guard & Vacuum Pedestals For Grinders

Midaco Corporation ____847-593-8420Aircraft brake rotor

DCM Tech _______ 800-533-5339Grinders, Rotary

CNC Machine Services 425-788-4500Silicon & Quartz

DCM Tech _______ 800-533-5339Manual Lathes & Mills

Clark Machinery ___ 206-219-2528Ganesh Machinery __ 888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool__253-939-9020Machine Toolworks ___800-426-2052North Western Machinery 206-583-2333Western Machine Center 408-955-1000

Sawing MachinesHallidie Machine Tool Sales 253-939-9020North Western Machinery 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools 510-249-1000Rocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000 Western Machine Center 408-955-1000

Saw Replacement PartsRocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000SawBlade.com _____ 800--240-2932

Punch & DieDCM Tech _______ 800-533-5339

INSPECTION EQUIPOGP ________ 480-889-9056S.L. Fusco San Leandro 510-895-9000S.L. Fusco R. Dominguez 310-868-1010S.L. Fusco National City 619-477-7733

CMM ProbesOGP _________ 480-889-9056

Coordinate Measuring Mach.

OGP _________ 480-889-9056Gauging Equipment

Total Quality Systems Inc. 480-377-6422Laser Trackers

Metrology Instruments

OGP ________ 480-889-9056Optical Comparators

OGP _________ 480-889-9056Particle Inspection Mach

DCM Tech _______800-533-5339MATERIAL

AluminumFry Steel _________ 800-423-6651

Laser Cutting Services, Inc 503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation____425-204-2601Samuel Son & Co ____ 800-648-8000TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613

Aluminum ExtrusionsSamuel Son & Co ____ 800-631-9765

Armor:CommercialTemtco Steel______480-389-2883

Armor: Military GradeTemtco Steel______480-389-2883

Brass Fry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Coastal Metals _______ 800-811-7466Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255

BronzeCoastal Metals _______ 800-811-7466Samuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255

Carbon SteelCoastal Metals _______ 800-811-7466Fry Steel __________ 800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc _503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Samuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000

CeramicsSamuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000

CopperRyerson Corporation_____425-204-2601

Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255Electrical Steels

Fry Steel ___________800-423-6651Hastelloy Tube & Pipe

Haynes International __ 425-422-6496High Temperature Alloys

Haynes International __ 425-422-6496Laser Cut Material

Laser Cutting Services, Inc 503-612-8311Material Sales

Haynes International __ 425-422-6496Coastal Metals _______800-811-7466Fry Steel __________800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc 503-612-8311Samuel Son & Co ____ 800-648-8000Temtco Steel _______480-389-2883

Metals: Bar & PlateFry Steel __________800-423-6651Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Samuel Son & Co ____ 800-648-8000Sequoia Brass & Copper 800-362-5255

Nickel AlloysFry Steel __________800-423-6651Haynes International __ 425-422-6496Marzee Inc. ______ 602-269-5801

Plate: Wear and StructuralRyerson Corporation_____425-204-2601

Temtco Steel _______480-389-2883Sheet & Coil

Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Stainless Steel

Fry Steel ___________800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc _ 503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Samuel Son & Co_______800-648-8000TCI Precision Metals ______800-234-5613Temtco Steel _______480-389-2883

Titanium Rod, Bar, & WireSupra Alloys, Inc._ ______866-949-1699

Titanium Sheet & PlateSupra Alloys, Inc._ ______866-949-1699

Titanium Tube & PipeHaynes International ____425-422-6496Supra Alloys, Inc._ ______866-949-1699

Tool SteelSamuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000TCI Precision Metals ____800-234-5613Temtco Steel ______480-389-2883

Tubing & PipeRyerson Corporation_____425-204-2601

METAL DISTRIBUTORS Fry Steel ___________800-423-6651Haynes International ____425-422-6496Laser Cutting Services, Inc _ 503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601

Micro 100 Tool Corporation

Jeff Saltness Manufacturer Representative - Oregon

Company Office 1410 E. Pine Avenue

Meridian, ID 83642 800-421-8065 208-888-7310 208-888-2106

Toll Free: Ph:

Fax:

www.micro100.com

Sales Office 23180 SW Price Terrace Sherwood, OR 97140 Email: [email protected] Office: 503-625-1578 Fax:503-715-0430 Cell: 503-330-5414


DAVID LADZICK MANAGER

NORTHWEST REGION

SECO TOOLS INC., 8215 SW TUALATIN-SHERWOOD ROAD, SUITE 200 TUALATIN, OR 97062

CELL: 503-267-4805

OFFICE: 248-528-5990 FAX: 503-404-2440

E-MAIL: [email protected] www.secotools.com

DAVID LADZICK MANAGER

NORTHWEST REGION

SECO TOOLS INC., 8215 SW TUALATIN-SHERWOOD ROAD, SUITE 200 TUALATIN, OR 97062

CELL: 503-267-4805

OFFICE: 248-528-5990 FAX: 503-404-2440

E-MAIL: [email protected] www.secotools.com

Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255Electrical Steels

Fry Steel ___________800-423-6651Hastelloy Tube & Pipe

Haynes International __ 425-422-6496High Temperature Alloys

Haynes International __ 425-422-6496Laser Cut Material

Laser Cutting Services, Inc 503-612-8311Material Sales

Haynes International __ 425-422-6496Coastal Metals _______800-811-7466Fry Steel __________800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc 503-612-8311Samuel Son & Co ____ 800-648-8000Temtco Steel _______480-389-2883

Metals: Bar & PlateFry Steel __________800-423-6651Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Samuel Son & Co ____ 800-648-8000Sequoia Brass & Copper 800-362-5255

Nickel AlloysFry Steel __________800-423-6651Haynes International __ 425-422-6496Marzee Inc. ______ 602-269-5801

Plate: Wear and StructuralRyerson Corporation_____425-204-2601

Temtco Steel _______480-389-2883Sheet & Coil

Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Stainless Steel

Fry Steel ___________800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc _ 503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601Samuel Son & Co_______800-648-8000TCI Precision Metals ______800-234-5613Temtco Steel _______480-389-2883

Titanium Rod, Bar, & WireSupra Alloys, Inc._ ______866-949-1699

Titanium Sheet & PlateSupra Alloys, Inc._ ______866-949-1699

Titanium Tube & PipeHaynes International ____425-422-6496Supra Alloys, Inc._ ______866-949-1699

Tool SteelSamuel Son & Co _____ 800-648-8000TCI Precision Metals ____800-234-5613Temtco Steel ______480-389-2883

Tubing & PipeRyerson Corporation_____425-204-2601

METAL DISTRIBUTORS Fry Steel ___________800-423-6651Haynes International ____425-422-6496Laser Cutting Services, Inc _ 503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation_____425-204-2601

Samuel Son & Co _____800-648-8000Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255Supra Alloys, Inc.______866-949-1699TCI Precision MeTals____800-234-5613Temtco Steel _______ 480-389-2883

NEW MACHINERYCHIP CUTTING

BoringNorth Western Machinery _ 206-583-2333

CNC AttachmentsOmniTurn __________541-332-7004

CNC Drilling/TappingMachine Toolworks ___800-426-2052North Western Machinery _ 206-583-2333

CNC Mills 5-AxisPerformance Machine Tools _ 510-249-1000Western Machine Center 408-955-1000

CNC MillsChevalier USA ______ 562-903-1929Ganesh Machinery ___ 888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool _ 253-939-9020

LMI Machinery Inc.____866-437-7315Machine Toolworks ____800-426-2052

Machine Tools Northwest _ 206-650-8999North Western Mach’y___206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools_510-249-1000

Tornos USA. _______ 951-240-0818CNC Lathes

Chevalier USA ______ 562-903-1929Ganesh Machinery ___ 888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool __ 253-939-9020Machine Toolworks ____800-426-2052Machine Tools Northwest 206-650-8999Muratec _______ 949-466-8255North Western Machinery 206-583-2333OmniTurn ________ 541-332-7004Performance Machine Tools_510-249-1000

CNC Routing MachinesSanson Machinery __ 425-513-8263

CNC Swiss Turn MachinesEllis Machinery WA __253-838-3443Ellis Machinery OR __503-258-0526Ganesh Machinery __ 888-542-6374LMI Machinery Inc.___866-437-7315Machine Toolworks ____800-426-2052Machine Tools Northwest 206-650-8999North-South Machinery 253-333-2439North Western Machinery 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools 510-249-1000Tornos USA. _____ _951-240-0818

Custom Design/Build Machines

Lambie Engineering _ 509-868-3100

Double Column Vertical Milling Machines

Chevalier USA _____ 562-903-1929EDM Filtration

Desert EDM Sales __ 480-816-6300EDM Network ____ 480-836-1782

EDM Machines4

Desert EDM Sales __ 480-816-6300EDM Network ____ 480-836-1782North-South Machinery 253-333-2439

EDM Service


EDM Tooling Systems

Desert EDM Sales __ 480-816-6300EDM Network ____ 480-836-1782Global EDM Supply 480-836-8330

CNC Horizontal Boring & Milling Machines

Chevalier USA _____562-903-1929Slant Bed Lathes

Chevalier USA _____562-903-1929Sub Spindle Lathes

Chevalier USA _____562-903-1929

Vice President/General Manager

A2Z METALWORKER NW • 49 • Aug/Sept 2012A2Z METALWORKER NW • 48 • Aug/Sept 2012

ASSEMBLIESDiamond Tool & Die_510-534-7050Matrix Machine _____ 480-966-4451Prescott’s MFG ____719-659-0262

BENDINGMandrel

Aeroform, Inc. _____ 360-403-1919BK Machine Inc. ____801-253-1929Howell Precision _____ 623-582-4776Solid Form Fabrication _ 503-435-1400

BONDINGDiffusion

Matrix Machine _____ 480-966-4451VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121

BRAZINGPrecision Casting Repair 801-972-2345

BROACHINGPonderosa Ind _______303-298-1801Specialty Steel Services _ 801-539-8252

Turning: AutomaticMatrix Machine _____ 480-966-4451

Used Wire EDM Machines


PALLET SYSTEMSManual & Automatic Pallet

Systems

Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420Manual Lift Off Pallet

Systems

Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420Manual Rotory Pallet Systems

Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420REPAIR

Bandsaw Tech_______562--419-7675ROBOTICS

Robotic Part Loading Systems

Midaco Corporation ____ 847-593-8420NEW MACHINERY

FABRICATIONFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ 503-620-9031Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151

Band & Cut Off SawsDW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Innovative Tool Sales __ 714-780-0730Jorgenson Machine Tools 801-214-7309North Western Machinery 206-583-2333

CNC Turret PunchesDW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Muratec ________949-466-8255

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

Cold Saws/SawsDW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ 503-620-9031North Western Machinery _206-583-2333

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

Iron WorkersFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _ 503-620-9031Hallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151

Laser CuttingDW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931

Laser MarkingCNC Machine Services 425-788-4500

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

NotchersFahey Machinery Co., Inc. __503-620-9031

Pipe & Tube BendersNotchersHallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020

Plasma/Gas Cutting Tools/Systems

DW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Magnetic Drills/Cutters

Innovative Tool Sales __ 714-780-0730Muratec ________949-466-8255

Plate Bending & RollsFahey Machinery Co., Inc. __503-620-9031Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151

PressesDW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931

Press Brakes DW Machinery Sales ____425-827-6931Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. __503-620-9031Hallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151

PunchesFahey Machinery Co., Inc. __503-620-9031

Sanders/FinishingDW Machinery Sales ____425-827-6931 Shearing MachinesFahey Machinery Co., Inc. __503-620-9031Jorgensen Machine Tools _800-952-0151

ToolingFahey Machinery Co., Inc. __503-620-9031

Tube BendingDW Machinery Sales ____425-827-6931Hallidie Machine Tool Sales 253-939-9020

Welding EquipmentRocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000

OTHER ACCESSORIESTooling Systems

USA EDM Supply ____ 480-836-8330

PROG. SYSTEMS

Factory Automation/LogisticsMuratec ________949-466-8255

CAD/CAMSoftware, CADDelcam _________ 877-DELCAM1

Software, Solid ModelingDelcam __________877-DELCAM1Shop Floor ______ 877-611-5825

REPAIR PARTS

BeltsAll World Machinery___815-943-9111

Bearings(Precision)All World Machinery ___815-943-9111

Metric O-RingsAll World Machinery ___815-943-9111

Switches (Proximity, Limit)

All World Machinery ___815-943-9111Valves (Hydraulic,

Pneumatic)All World Machinery ___815-943-9111

ROBOTICSLMI Machinery Inc. ___866-437-7315

SERVICES

AS9100 RegistrationABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591Great Western Registrar 623-580-1881

Gap Analysis TrainingABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591

Financial ServicesSpectra Financial _____602-680-7570 ISO RegistrationABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591Great Western Registrar 623-580-1881

Lean Consulting TrainingABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591Lambie Engineering 509-868-3100

Liquid PenetrantTeam Industrial Services 801-397-2202Team Industrial Services 602-269-7868

X-RayTeam Industrial Services 801-397-2202Team Industrial Services 602-269-7868

ISO9000 / AS9100 Certification

ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591BMSC ____________602-445-9400

Machine Tool RebuildingEDM Network ____480-836-1782

Management Systems Training


Supply Chain AssessmentsABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591

SPINDLES & SLIDESSpindle Rebuilding/Repair

GMN USA LLC_______800-686-1679Setco ___________714-222-6523

Spindle Sales NewFadal CNC ______ 208-855-9426GMN USA LLC_______800-686-1679Setco ___________714-222-6523

USED MACHINERYEDM Network ______480-836-1782Ganesh Machinery____888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020Jorgensen Machine Tools_800-952-0151K.D. Capital Equipt____480-922-1674Machine Tools Northwest 206-650-8999North Western Mach’y___206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools_510-249-1000

WATERJET CUTTINGFahey Machinery Co., Inc. 503-620-9031FLOW Intl ________909-620-5707Jorgensen Machine Tools_800-952-0151Machine Toolworks ____800-426-20521OMAX Corp_________800-838-0343

Waterjet AbrasivesKMT Waterjet Systems 800-826-9274

Waterjet Replacement PartsEDM Performance __ 800-336-2946KMT Waterjet Systems 800-826-9274

WaterJet: Filtration/ChillersKMT Waterjet Systems 800-826-9274

Waterjet NozzelsKMT Waterjet Systems 800-826-9274

Waterjet PumpsKMT Waterjet Systems 800-826-9274

Waterjet Robot KitsKMT Waterjet Systems 800-826-9274


Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes

Home of 5 Omax Waterjets80” x 240” Cutting EnvelopeVirtually Zero Taper AvailableFast Quoting & Turn AroundsPrototype to Production

MarZee Inc.2345 N. 34th Dr.Phoenix, AZ 85009

602-269-5801FAX 602-269-58101-877-885-1059

[email protected]

Innol/ative

Tool !!iales

Manufacturers Representatives

Randall J. Wilson

Industrial Products Manager

755 East Debra Lane ITSOffice, (714) 780-0730

Anaheim. CA 92805 Weld Shop: [7 I 4) 533- 1690

[email protected] Fax, [714] 780-0735

www.innovativetoolsales.com [ell, (714) 51 2-73 I 4

ASSEMBLIESDiamond Tool & Die_510-534-7050Matrix Machine _____ 480-966-4451Prescott’s MFG ____719-659-0262

BENDINGMandrel

Aeroform, Inc. _____ 360-403-1919BK Machine Inc. ____801-253-1929Howell Precision _____ 623-582-4776Solid Form Fabrication _ 503-435-1400

BONDINGDiffusion

Matrix Machine _____ 480-966-4451VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121

BRAZINGPrecision Casting Repair 801-972-2345

BROACHINGPonderosa Ind _______303-298-1801Specialty Steel Services _ 801-539-8252

Turning: AutomaticMatrix Machine _____ 480-966-4451

Castings: RepairPrecision Casting Repair 801-972-2345

CHEMICAL ETCHINGAcu-Line _________ 206-634-1618PMA Photometals ____ 480-773-3239VACCO Industries ___ 626-443-7121

CLEANINGWasatch Metal Finishing801-779-2020

COATINGAccuwright Industries _ 480-892-9595Coating Technologies __ 623-581-2648METCO Metal Finishing _ 602-276-4120

Coating: Black OxideCoating Technologies __ 623-581-2648METCO Metal Finishing _602-276-41203

Coating: Dry Film LubeCoating Technologies __ 623-581-2648

Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/Chrome

Coating Technologies __ 623-581-2648

Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.Coating Technologies __ 623-581-2648

Electro-Coating ServicesVACCO Industries ___ 626-443-7121

COLD SPRAYAccuwright Industries _ 480-892-9595

DIE CASTINGHilton Tool _________503-657-9312TVT Die Casting _____ 800-280-2278

DIESTool & Dies

Hilton Tool_________503-657-9312Micropulse West Inc. __ 480-966-2300Plastic Injection Molding 509-531-2634

EDMEDM: Dialectric Systems

/FiltrationEbbco Inc _________ 586-716-5151

EDM: Drilling Small HoleLayke Inc. _______ 602-272-2654Micropulse West, Inc. __ 480-966-2300

EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking)Micropulse West, Inc. __ 480-966-2300Petersen Inc. _______ 800-410-6789Wright Prototype ____ 541-924-1203

EDM: WireCentral Valley Machine _ 435-752-0934Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. 510-534-7050

Micropulse West, Inc. __ 480-966-2300Jet Processing ____623-869-6749x117Pacific Tool, Inc. _____425-882-1970Plastic Injection Molding 509-531-2634Powerhaus Precision __ 480-225-8845

ENGINEERING/DESIGNNuclear Filter Tech____303-384-9785Pacific Tool, Inc. _____425-882-1970

FABRICATION

Fabrication: Sheet MetalAeroform, Inc. _____ 360-403-1919Aero Tech MFG _____ 801-891-2740Central Valley Machine _ 435-752-0934Cygnet Stamping & Fab _ 818-240-7574Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. 510-534-7050Howell Precision _____ 623-582-4776Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500Solid Form Fabrication _ 503-435-1400Valley Machine Shop, Inc. 425-207-5951

Fabrication: Custom MetalCygnet Stamping & Fab _ 818-240-7574

Machine Tool RebuildingEDM Network ____480-836-1782

Management Systems Training


Supply Chain AssessmentsABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591

SPINDLES & SLIDESSpindle Rebuilding/Repair

GMN USA LLC_______800-686-1679Setco ___________714-222-6523

Spindle Sales NewFadal CNC ______ 208-855-9426GMN USA LLC_______800-686-1679Setco ___________714-222-6523

USED MACHINERYEDM Network ______480-836-1782Ganesh Machinery____888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020Jorgensen Machine Tools_800-952-0151K.D. Capital Equipt____480-922-1674Machine Tools Northwest 206-650-8999North Western Mach’y___206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools_510-249-1000

WATERJET CUTTINGFahey Machinery Co., Inc. 503-620-9031FLOW Intl ________909-620-5707Jorgensen Machine Tools_800-952-0151Machine Toolworks ____800-426-20521OMAX Corp_________800-838-0343

Waterjet AbrasivesKMT Waterjet Systems 800-826-9274

Waterjet Replacement PartsEDM Performance __ 800-336-2946KMT Waterjet Systems 800-826-9274

WaterJet: Filtration/ChillersKMT Waterjet Systems 800-826-9274

Waterjet NozzelsKMT Waterjet Systems 800-826-9274

Waterjet PumpsKMT Waterjet Systems 800-826-9274

Waterjet Robot KitsKMT Waterjet Systems 800-826-9274


Patrick [email protected]

T: 425-455-9200 F: 425.455.1750

Redback Industries 1400 112th Ave. SE Bellevue, WA 98004

www.redbackindustries.com

Group Mfg Serv _____ 480-966-3952Howell Precision _____ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs _ 503-240-0878Petersen Inc _______ 800-410-6789Solid Form Fabrication _ 503-435-1400VACCO Industries ___ 626-443-7121Valley Machine Shop, Inc. 425-207-5951Weiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778Wrico ___________480-892-7800Wright Prototype ____ 541-924-1203

Fabrication: Medium & Large

Aeroform, Inc. _____ 360-403-1919BK Machine Inc. ____801-253-1929Group Mfg Serv _____ 480-966-3952Howell Precision _____ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs _ 503-240-0878Solid Form Fabrication _ 503-435-1400Weiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778

FASTENERS/HARD-WARE

Self Clinch _________ 801-746-2689

FINISHINGArizona Finishing ____ 602-438-4443Coating Technologies __ 623-581-2648

METCO Metal Finishing __602-276-4120Galvanizing: Hot Dip

TMM Precision _____ 800-448-9448Glass Bead Clean

Byington Steel Treating, Inc. 408-727-6630Coating Technologies __ 623-581-2648

Liquid PaintingAero Tech MFG _____ 801-891-2740IndustrialEX _____ 303-456-6847MPI International ____ 956-631-6880

PassivationCoating Technologies _ _623-581-2648Jet Processing ____623-869-6749x117METCO Metal Finishing _ 602-276-4120

Powder CoatingAero Tech MFG _____ 801-891-2740

SandblastingByington Steel Treating, Inc. 408-727-6630

Silk ScreeningArizona Finishing ____ 602-438-4443IndustrialEX _____ 303-456-6847

Potting/EncapsulationIndustrialEX _____ 303-456-6847

GALVANIZINGPetersen Inc _______ 800-410-6789

GLASS/OPTICALPrescott’s MFG ______719-659-0262

GRINDINGChemResearch ______602-253-4175

Get An Edge________425-355-9593Industrial Machine Svcs _ 503-240-0878Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500Pacific Tool, Inc. _____425-882-1970Precision Tech ______ 801-285-7288Ron Grob Co _______ 970-667-5320Superior Grinding ____ 801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals ___ 800-234-5613

Grinding, BlanchardDiversified Metal Services 801-972-6093Superior Grinding ____ 801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals ___ 800-234-5613

Grinding, CenterlessRon Grob Co _______ 970-667-5320

Grinding, Double DiscTCI Precision Metals ___ 800-234-5613

Grinding: ODPacific Tool, Inc. _____425-882-1970Precision Tech ______ 801-285-7288Ron Grob Co _______ 970-667-5320Superior Grinding ____ 801-487-9700

Grinding: SurfaceChemResearch ______ 602-253-4175Quality Mold_______ 480-892-5480Superior Grinding ____ 801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals ___ 800-234-5613Westwood Precision ___ 425-742-7011

Grinding: Tool & CutterGet An Edge________425-355-9593Superior Grinding_____888-487-9701

HEAT TREATINGByington Steel Treating__408-727-6630Phoenix Heat Treating _ 602-258-7751

CryogenicsPhoenix Heat Treating _ 602-258-7751

Heat Treating/ISO/AS9100Byington Steel Treating__408-727-6630

Heat Treating/AerospaceByington Steel Treating__408-727-6630

Large Capacity Drop Bot-tom Oven/Aluminum

Byington Steel Treating__408-727-6630HONING

Valley Machine Shop, Inc. 425-207-5951Westwood Precision ____ 425-742-7011

INJECTION MOLDSHilton Tool ________ 503-657-9312Plastic Injection Molding 509-531-2634

INJECTION MOLDINGPrescott’s MFG ______719-659-0262

Inspection ServicesIRON STITCHING

Precision Casting Repair_801-972-2345LASER CUTTING

Laser CuttingHowell Precision _____ 623-582-4776Wrico __________ 480-892-7800

Laser Cutting: MicroHowell Precision _____ 623-582-4776VACCO Industries ___ 626-443-7121

Laser Cutting: 3DHowell Precision _____ 623-582-4776

A2Z METALWORKER NW • 50 • Aug/Sept 2012 A2Z METALWORKER NW • 51 • Aug/Sept 2012

www.powerhausprecision.com

Shawn Carlin [email protected]

Marjorie Langton President

J&M Machine, LLC

1703 NE 43rd Street Renton, WA 98056 Phone: 425-204-0848 Fax: 425-204-0850 Email: [email protected]

CNC Machining and Manufacturing Since 1968

DIAMOND TOOL & DIE, INC.

DDD

510 534-7050 Ext 215Fax 510 534-0454

[email protected]

508 29th AvenueOakland, CA 94601 USA

AEROSPACE MILITARY COMMERCIAL

Grinding, CenterlessRon Grob Co _______ 970-667-5320

Grinding, Double DiscTCI Precision Metals ___ 800-234-5613

Grinding: ODPacific Tool, Inc. _____425-882-1970Precision Tech ______ 801-285-7288Ron Grob Co _______ 970-667-5320Superior Grinding ____ 801-487-9700

Grinding: SurfaceChemResearch ______ 602-253-4175Quality Mold_______ 480-892-5480Superior Grinding ____ 801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals ___ 800-234-5613Westwood Precision ___ 425-742-7011

Grinding: Tool & CutterGet An Edge________425-355-9593Superior Grinding_____888-487-9701

HEAT TREATINGByington Steel Treating__408-727-6630Phoenix Heat Treating _ 602-258-7751

CryogenicsPhoenix Heat Treating _ 602-258-7751

Heat Treating/ISO/AS9100Byington Steel Treating__408-727-6630

Heat Treating/AerospaceByington Steel Treating__408-727-6630

Large Capacity Drop Bot-tom Oven/Aluminum

Byington Steel Treating__408-727-6630HONING

Valley Machine Shop, Inc. 425-207-5951Westwood Precision ____ 425-742-7011

INJECTION MOLDSHilton Tool ________ 503-657-9312Plastic Injection Molding 509-531-2634

INJECTION MOLDINGPrescott’s MFG ______719-659-0262

Inspection ServicesIRON STITCHING

Precision Casting Repair_801-972-2345LASER CUTTING

Laser CuttingHowell Precision _____ 623-582-4776Wrico __________ 480-892-7800

Laser Cutting: MicroHowell Precision _____ 623-582-4776VACCO Industries ___ 626-443-7121

Laser Cutting: 3DHowell Precision _____ 623-582-4776

E-CoatMPI International ____ 956-631-6880

EMI/RFI ShieldingIndustrialEX _____ 303-456-6847

Laser EngravingPMA Photometals ____ 480-773-3239VACCO Industries ___ 626-443-7121

Laser MarkingPMA Photometals ____ 480-773-3239VACCO Industries ___ 626-443-7121

Precision Etched PartsPMA Photometals ____ 480-773-3239VACCO Industries ___ 626-443-7121

MACHININGAdvanced Mfg Services _ 310-320-28973rd Gen Ma-chine______435-794-4980BK Machine Inc. ____801-253-1929Bar-S Machine, Inc. ___ 928-636-2115Britz Machine & Design _ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine _ 435-752-0934Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. 510-534-7050Faustson _________ 303-420-7422

Matrix Machine _____ 480-966-4451Nuclear Filter Tech __ 303-384-9785Pacific Tool, Inc. _____ 425-882-1970Powerhaus Precision __ 480-225-8845Premier Precision ____ 623-466-3156Ron Grob Co _______ 970-667-5320St. Vrain _________303-702-1529Solid Form Fabrication _ 503-435-1400TVT Die Casting _____ 800-280-2278Valley Machine Shop, Inc. 425-207-5951Westwood Precision ___ 425-742-7011Wright Prototype ____ 541-924-1203

Machining: 5-AxisSt. Vrain _________303-702-1529

Machining: AerospaceBar-S Machine, Inc. ___ 928-636-2115Layke Inc. _______ 602-272-2654St. Vrain _________303-702-1529Teton Machine ____ 208-642-9344

Machining: Proto-R & D Advanced Mfg Services _ 310-320-2897BK Machine Inc. ____801-253-1929Bar-S Machine, Inc. ___ 928-636-2115Britz Machine & Design _ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine _ 435-752-0934Industrial Machine Svcs _ 503-240-0878Innovative Precision ____801-334-6317

Matrix Machine _____ 480-966-4451Petersen Inc _______ 800-410-6789Pacific Tool, Inc. _____ 425-882-1970Powerhaus Precision __ 480-225-8845Prescott’s MFG ______719-659-0262Ron Grob Co _______ 970-667-5320TVT Die Casting _____ 800-280-2278Westwood Precision ___ 425-742-7011Wright Prototype ____ 541-924-1203

Machining: ChemicalAcu-Line _________ 206-634-1618

Machining: CNCAdvanced Mfg Services _ 310-320-28973rd Gen Machine______435-794-4980Bar-S Machine, Inc. ___ 928-636-2115BK Machine Inc. ____801-253-1929Britz Machine & Design _ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine _ 435-752-0934Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Industrial Machine Svcs _ 503-240-0878Innovative Precision ____801-334-6317Layke Inc. _______ 602-272-2654Matrix Machine _____ 480-966-4451


Micropulse West, Inc. ___ 480-966-2300Pacific Tool, Inc. _____ 425-882-1970Teton Machine ____ 208-642-9344Valley Machine Shop, Inc. 425-207-5951Westwood Precision ___ 425-742-7011Wright Prototype ____ 541-924-1203

Machining: LargeValley Machine Shop, Inc. 425-207-5951

Machining: LaserInnovative Precision ____801-334-6317

Machining: MedicalPrescott’s MFG _______719-659-0262Teton Machine ____ 208-642-9344

Machining: ProductionInnovative Precision ____801-334-6317Prescott’s MFG _______719-659-0262Teton Machine ____ 208-642-9344

Machining: SwissBar-S Machine, Inc. ___ 928-636-2115Teton Machine ____ 208-642-9344

Machining: TurningAdvanced Mfg Services _ 310-320-28973rd Gen Machine_____435-794-4980Bar-S Machine, Inc. ___ 928-636-2115BK Machine Inc. ____801-253-1929Britz Machine & Design _ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine _ 435-752-0934Faustson ________ 303-420-7422Industrial Machine Svcs _ 503-240-0878Layke Inc. _______ 602-272-2654Pacific Tool, Inc. _____ 425-882-1970Powerhaus Precision __ 480-225-8845Teton Machine ____ 208-642-9344Valley Machine Shop, Inc. 425-207-5951Westwood Precision ___ 425-742-7011

Machining: Turning LargeValley Machine Shop, Inc. 425-207-5951

MANUFACTURINGAeroform, Inc. _____ 360-403-1919Advanced Mfg Services _ 310-320-2897BK Machine Inc. ____801-253-1929Central Valley Machine _ 435-752-0934Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. 510-534-7050Group Mfg Serv ____ 480-966-3952Howell Precision _____ 623-582-4776Pacific Tool, Inc. _____ 425-882-1970Premier Precision ____ 623-466-3156Teton Machine ____ 208-642-9344TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278Westwood Precision ___ 425-742-7011

Turnkey Product ServicesAero Tech MFG _____ 801-891-2740

METALIZINGAccuwright Industries __ 480-892-9595METCO Metal Finishing __ 602-276-4120

MOLDS STEELAero Tech MFG _____ 801-891-2740Plastic Injection Molding 509-531-2634

MOLDING: RUBBER

Molds: Plastic InjectionPlastic Injection Molding 509-531-2634

Molds SteelArizona Finishing ___ 602-438-4443Jet Processing ___ 623-869-6749x117Plastic Injection Molding 509-531-2634

Mil Spec PaintingIndustrialEX _____ 303-456-6847

NAME PLATESAcu-Line _________ 206-634-1618

PACKAGING

Banding Material SystemsRedback _________ 425-455-9200

Non-Metalic Banding Systems

Redback ________ 425-455-9200

PLASTIC MOLDINGPlastic Injection Molding 509-531-2634

Mold MakingPlastic Injection Molding 509-531-2634

PLATINGChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175EPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Foresight Finishing ___480-772-0387Gold Tech ________480-968-1930

METCO Metal Finishing __602-276-4120MPI International ____ 956-631-6880

AnodizingChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175

METCO Metal Finishing __602-276-4120Premier Precision ____623-466-3156Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146

Bright TinForesight Finishing ___480-772-0387

Chrome/Nickel/PalladiumEPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ________480-968-1930

Seattle Polishing & Plating 253-804-0160Copper

Foresight Finishing ___480-772-0387

Embrittlement ReliefEPSI ___________ 714-519-9423

Electroless NickelForesight Finishing ___480-772-0387

GoldEPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Foresight Finishing ___480-772-0387Gold Tech ________480-968-1930

Seattle Polishing & Plating 253-804-0160

NickelForesight Finishing ___480-772-0387

GTin / Zinc Plate

METCO Metal Finishing __602-276-4120EPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ________480-968-1930

Silver PlatingEPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ________480-968-1930

PRECISION FORMINGAeroform, Inc. _____ 360-403-1919Cygnet Stamping & Fab _ 818-240-7574Pacific Tool, Inc _____ 425-882-1970SpringWorks Utah ____ 801-298-0113Wrico __________ 480-892-7800

PROCESSING: METAL

Acid Pickle

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Chemical

LA Specialties _______602-269-7612

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Seattle Polishing & Plating 253-804-0160

Plating Alodine

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Phosphate

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Polishing


PUNCHINGGroup Manufacturing Serv 480-966-3952Pacific Tool, Inc _____ 425-882-1970Cygnet Stamping & Fab _ 818-240-7574

SANDBLASTINGByington Steel Treating__408-727-6630

Rebecca PrenticeBusiness Manager

www.IndustrialMachineServices.com

SIGNSAcu-Line _________ 206-634-1618Solid Form Fabrication _ 503-435-1400

SPLINESSpecialty Steel Services _801-539-8252

SPRAY: METAL, PLASMAAccuwright Industries __ 480-892-9595

SPRINGSSpringWorks Utah ____ 801-298-0113

STAMPING PRECISIONCygnet Stamping & Fab _ 818-240-7574 Central Valley Machine _ 435-752-0934JP Tool __________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _ 661-257-7656Precision Die & Stamping 480-967-2038SpringWorks Utah ____ 801-298-0113Weiser/Mile High Prec.303-280-2778

Stamping: AerospaceJP Tool __________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _ 661-257-7656

Stamping: BendingJP Tool __________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _ 661-257-7656


NickelForesight Finishing ___480-772-0387

GTin / Zinc Plate

METCO Metal Finishing __602-276-4120EPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ________480-968-1930

Silver PlatingEPSI ___________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ________480-968-1930

PRECISION FORMINGAeroform, Inc. _____ 360-403-1919Cygnet Stamping & Fab _ 818-240-7574Pacific Tool, Inc _____ 425-882-1970SpringWorks Utah ____ 801-298-0113Wrico __________ 480-892-7800

PROCESSING: METAL

Acid Pickle

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Chemical

LA Specialties _______602-269-7612

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Seattle Polishing & Plating 253-804-0160

Plating Alodine

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Phosphate

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Polishing


PUNCHINGGroup Manufacturing Serv 480-966-3952Pacific Tool, Inc _____ 425-882-1970Cygnet Stamping & Fab _ 818-240-7574

SANDBLASTINGByington Steel Treating__408-727-6630

JOURNEYMAN PRECISION TOOL, INC.

“QUALITY METAL STAMPINGS”

155 Schulz Road 541-664-6743Central Point, OR 97502 Fax [email protected] www.jptool.com

METAL STAMPING

JOURNEYMAN PRECISION

JED BROWN

SIGNSAcu-Line _________ 206-634-1618Solid Form Fabrication _ 503-435-1400

SPLINESSpecialty Steel Services _801-539-8252

SPRAY: METAL, PLASMAAccuwright Industries __ 480-892-9595

SPRINGSSpringWorks Utah ____ 801-298-0113

STAMPING PRECISIONCygnet Stamping & Fab _ 818-240-7574 Central Valley Machine _ 435-752-0934JP Tool __________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _ 661-257-7656Precision Die & Stamping 480-967-2038SpringWorks Utah ____ 801-298-0113Weiser/Mile High Prec.303-280-2778

Stamping: AerospaceJP Tool __________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _ 661-257-7656

Stamping: BendingJP Tool __________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _ 661-257-7656

Stamping:DesignJP Tool __________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _ 661-257-7656SpringWorks Utah ____ 801-298-0113Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778

Stamping:Flat FormingJP Tool __________ 541-664-6743SpringWorks Utah ____ 801-298-0113

Stamping: LightJP Tool __________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _ 661-257-7656SpringWorks Utah ____ 801-298-0113

Stamping: Production/Precision

Precision Die & Stamping 480-967-2038Stamping: Short Run

JP Tool __________ 541-664-6743Pacific Metal Stampings _ 661-257-7656

SWISS SCREW MACHINING.

Acu Spec, Inc_______ 408-748-86003rd Gen Machine ____ 435-794-4980Howard PMP _______801-808-4106

Lewis Aerospace ___ 877-254-2024Ron Grob Co _______ 970-667-5320Westwood Precision ___ 425-742-7011

TESTINGTesting: Non-Destructive

Jet Processing ____623-869-6749x117Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146Premier Precision ____ 623-466-3156

THERMAL SPRAYAccuwright Industries __ 480-892-9595

TOOL & DIEWrico __________ 480-892-7800

TOOL Cutting & GrindingPowerhaus Precision __ 480-225-8845

TOOLINGCentral Valley Machine _ 435-752-0934Diamond Tool & Die, Inc. 510-534-7050Industrial Machine Svcs _ 503-240-0878JP Tool __________ 541-664-6743Lambie Engineering __509-868-3100Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500

TUBE BENDING

CUTTING FABCygnet Stamping & Fab _ 818-240-7574Howell Precision _____ 623-582-4776

WATERJET CUTTINGAeroform, Inc. _____ 360-403-1919Britz Machine & Design _ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine _ 435-752-0934Marzee Inc. _____ 602-269-5801Petersen Inc _______ 800-410-6789Solid Form Fabrication _ 503-435-1400

WELDINGBritz Machine & Design _ 509-457-2800Central Valley Machine _ 435-752-0934Cygnet Stamping & Fab _ 818-240-7574Howell Precision _____ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs _ 503-240-0878Petersen Inc _______ 800-410-6789Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500Solid Form Fabrication _ 503-435-1400Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778

Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large

Industrial Machine Svcs _ 503-240-0878Petersen Inc _______ 800-410-6789

Welding: PrecisionHowell Precision _____ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs _ 503-240-0878Petersen Inc _______ 800-410-6789Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778

Welding: MIG-TIGHowell Precision _____ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs _ 503-240-0878Petersen Inc _______ 800-410-6789

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