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Vol. 4, No. 6, DEC/JAN 2014-15Front Cover Story Pages 24-25

Regional West Coast Edition For (WA, OR, and CA)

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CONTRIBUTORSLinda Daly, Hugh Taylor, Eugene Wirth, Stephen

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Announcements/Releases ....................6-21Front Cover & Shop Profile .............1,24-25Feature Articles ................................... 48,49Buyers Guide Equipment ....................65-70Buyers Guide Processes ......................71-77Card Gallery ........................................65-77Index Of Advertisers ...............................78Editorial .................................. Throughout

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.

Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something. Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, Do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.” Neil Gaiman

Some Successful Failures:

1. Soichiro Honda: The billion-dollar business that is Honda began with a series of failures and fortunate turns of luck. Honda was turned down by Toyota Motor Corporation for a job after interviewing for a job as an engineer, leaving him jobless for quite some time. He started making scooters of his own at home, and spurred on by his neighbors, finally started his own business.2. Harland David Sanders: Perhaps better known as Colonel Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame, Sanders had a hard time selling his chicken at first. In fact, his famous secret chicken recipe was rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted it.3. Walt Disney: Today Disney rakes in billions from merchandise, movies and theme parks around the world, but Walt Disney himself had a bit of a rough start. He was fired by a newspaper editor because, “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas.” After that, Disney started a number of businesses that didn’t last too long and ended with bankruptcy and failure. He kept plugging along, however, and eventually found a recipe for success that worked.4. Albert Einstein: Most of us take Einstein’s name as synonymous with genius, but he didn’t always show such promise. Einstein did not speak until he was four and did not read until he was seven, causing his teachers and parents to think he was mentally handicapped, slow and anti-social. Eventually, he was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School. It might have taken him a bit longer, but most people would agree that he caught on pretty well in the end, winning the Nobel Prize and changing the face of modern physics.5. Jerry Seinfeld: Just about everybody knows who Seinfeld is, but the first time the young comedian walked on stage at a comedy club, he looked out at the audience, froze and was eventually jeered and booed off of the stage. Seinfeld knew he could do it, so he went back the next night, completed his set to laughter and applause, and the rest is history.6. Sidney Poitier : after his first audition, the casting director told Poitier, “Why don’t you stop wasting people’s time and go out and become a dishwasher or something?” Poitier vowed to show him that he could make it, going on to win an Oscar and become one of the most well regarded actors in the business.7. Steven Spielberg: While today Spielberg’s name is synonymous with big budget, he was rejected from the University of Southern California School of Theater, Film and Television three times. He eventually attended school at another location, only to drop out to become a director before finishing. Thirty-five years after starting his degree, Spielberg returned to school in 2002 to finally complete his work and earn his BA.8. The Beatles: Few people can deny the lasting power of this super group, still popular with listeners around the world today. Yet when they were just starting out, a recording company told them no. The were told “we don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out,” two things the rest of the world couldn’t have disagreed with more.9. Babe Ruth: You probably know Babe Ruth because of his home run record (714 during his career), but along with all those home runs came a pretty hefty amount of strikeouts as well (1,330 in all). In fact, for decades he held the record for strikeouts. When asked about this he simply said, “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.”

Linda and I thank you for your support of our manufacturing magazines. We hope to help you hit as many home runs as we can in 2015! Kim Carpenter

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Announcements & ReleasesBen Belzer To Head TCI Precision Metals

Third Generation Belzer Spanning 58 Years In Business

Gardena, California, TCI Precision Metals named Ben Belzer as President and Chief Operating Officer for the company effective immediately. Ben, 33, represents the third generation

in the c lo se ly -he ld company and has been with TCI full-time since 2004 and will take over day-to-day operations. John Belzer is stepping a s i d e a n d w i l l remain active as the company’s CEO.

“This is an extremely proud moment for

me personally and important milestone for TCI,” said John Belzer, CEO of TCI Precision Metals. “Ben brings renewed energy, creativity, applied technologies and a focus on transformative culture to the company while providing exceptional value to the company over the past 10 years. Moving forward, under his leadership the company will continue to evolve as a customer-centric organization.” Ben Belzer holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Information Sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Among his many accomplishments, shortly after joining TCI in 2004, Ben scoped, sourced, and directed the implementation of an integrated ERP system; in 2008 he was instrumental in acquiring both ISO 9001 and AS9100 quality certifications for the company. Under Ben’s leadership, TCI continues on a path of developing a high-performance workplace focusing on operational excellence and total customer satisfaction.

Founded in 1956, TCI Precision Metals is a family-owned precision manufacturer producing precision Machine-Ready Blanks from aluminum, stainless steel and other alloys. Sawing, Grinding, Milling and Finishing operations with the added benefit of being a plate and sheet distributor for Alcoa make TCI Precision Metals a one stop source for quality aluminum, stainless and other alloy blanks. TCI serves the needs of the medical, oil & gas, aerospace, industrial equipment, defense, food packaging, semiconductor and many other industries.

For more information, call 800-234-5613, or visit: http://tciprecision.com

Aerodyne Alloys Has Received A New Certificate Of Registration to AS9120, Rev. A/ISO 9001:2008.

Aerodyne Alloys new registration encompasses the distribution and processing of specialty materials in sheet, plate and bar forms with equipment including band saws, plate saws, water jet cutting equipment and sheet shearing. All four Aerodyne Alloy locations are included in the registration; South Windsor, Connecticut, La Mirada, California, Houston, Texas, and Greenville, South Carolina.

“This registration is a tremendous accomplishment which demonstrates our company’s relentless commitment to quality,” remarked Mark Ruel, Aerodyne Alloys Quality Department.

About Aerodyne Alloys

Aerodyne Alloys is a world leader among suppliers and processors of specialty high temperature alloys including nickel, cobalt, titanium and stainless steel. The company’s wide range of cutting technologies includes sawing, shearing, heat treating, trepanning, boring and water jet cutting. Aerodyne Alloys is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut and maintains additional service centers in California, South Carolina and Texas.

Aerodyne Alloys is one of more than a dozen companies that comprise O’Neal Industries (onealind.com), the U.S.A.’s largest family-owned group of metals service centers. With sales of approximately $2.5 billion in 2013, O’Neal Industries is based in Birmingham, Alabama, and has more than 90 specialized facilities throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

For more information on Aerodyne Alloys, visit www.aerodynealloys.com.

SHARP Industries Vertical Knee Mill “K” Package

SHARP Industries manual vertical knee mills have been a popular selling item for SHARP for almost 40 years. SHARP vertical knee mills feature a variety of design features that truly make SHARP mills unique. SHARP was the first one to use the backlash eliminator by a double nut design that keeps the feed screw in contact with a pair of bronze nuts, the feed nuts are then adjusted to control backlash and held tight with a retaining nut and locking ring. The


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new patented knuckled-head design has a knuckle which uses 6 bolts, 3 on each side, fitted into circular t-slots with matching nuts securing them from the outside and locks the head into place for better accuracy and performance. Other unique features include roller bearing support on the base of the motor shaft and an easy access lubricating shaft. These

machines are ideally suited for educational institutions, toolrooms and various job shops.

S H A R P ’s k n e e m i l l premium “K” package includes a three axis Digital Readout Out (DRO), a power feed table, a power draw bar (TMV-K only), and Yasakawa inver ter variable speed head. The mills also feature a 3 horsepower R-8 spindle, super precision spindle

bearings and Meehanite castings. Three models are available which feature working surface options of 9” x 42” (Model LMV-K), 9” x 50” (Model LMV-50K) or 10” x 50” (TMV-K), with prices starting at $11,440.

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The Difference Between Gage R&R and Accuracy (Bias)

A Gage R&R study quantifies the inherent variation in the measurement system, but measurement system accuracy (more specifically referred to as bias) must be verified through a calibration process. For example, when reading an outdoor thermometer, we might find a total Gage R&R of five degrees, meaning that we will observe up to five degrees of temperature variation, independent of the actual temperature at a given time. However, the thermometer itself might also be calibrated ten degrees to the low side, meaning that, on average, the thermometer will read ten degrees below the actual temperature. The effects of poor accuracy and a high Gage R&R can render a measurement system useless if not addressed.

Measurement system variation is often a major contributor to the observed process variation, and in some cases it is found to be the number-one contributor. Remember, Six Sigma is all about reducing variation.

Think about the possible outcomes if a high-variation measurement system is not evaluated and corrected during the Measure phase of a DMAIC project – there is a good chance that the team will be mystified by the variation they encounter in the Analyze phase, as they search for variation causes outside the measurement system.

Measurement system variation is inherently built into the values

we observe from a measuring instrument, and a high-variation measurement system can completely distort a process capability study (not to mention the effects of false accepts and false rejects from a quality perspective). The following graph shows how an otherwise capable process (Cpk = 2.0: this is a Six Sigma process) is portrayed as marginal or poor as the Gage R&R percentage increases:

Conducting a Gage R&R Study

GR&R studies can be conducted on both variable (gaging that produces data) and attribute (gaging that produces a “go/no-go” result) gaging. Prior to conducting a Gage R&R, the following steps/precautions should be taken –

Calibrate the gage – ensure that the gage is calibrated through its operating range – keep in mind that Gage R&R and gage accuracy are two different things.

Check the gage resolution – the gage should have sufficient resolution to distinguish between several values within the tolerance range of the feature being measured. As a general rule, the gage should be able to distinguish at least ten readings within the tolerance range. See distinct categories for more information.

Collect samples to be measured – it’s important to collect samples (parts, materials, or whatever is being measured) that represent the majority of the variation present in the process. Sometimes it is helpful to have inspectors set aside a group of parts that represent the full spectrum of measurements. Ten samples are considered a good number for a Gage R&R study in a manufacturing environment.

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Announcements Continued

Fullerton Tool Company Is Starting Construction Of An Additional Facility In Spring 2015 As The

First Occupant Of The Great Lakes Tech Park.

The manufacturer of precision-made solid carbide cutting tools said it has outgrown its current 35,000 square foot facility and will be starting construction of an additional facility in Spring 2015 as the first occupant of the Great Lakes Tech Park.

The Great Lakes Tech Park is approximately 240 acres of shovel-ready land that is owned by the Economic Development Corporation (EDC) of Saginaw County. Through the support and assistance of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), the EDC and Saginaw Future Inc, Fullerton Tool Company has acquired 35 acres of the land

and plans to construct a 35,000 square foot building to allow for the company’s continued growth.

“Our current building is bursting at the seams,” said Patrick Curry, president of Fullerton Tool. “The expansion will allow for us to serve our existing customer base in a manner they have been accustomed to while still allowing for further diversified growth for our company.”

The company hopes to complete construction of the new facility in the third quarter of 2015. Over the course of three years, Fullerton plans to hire a significant amount of new employees as part of the expansion.

“We feel it is important for us to keep our facilities located within the heart of the great lakes bay region,” Curry stated. “As a family owned company, we highly value the people that work for us and we are thrilled to bring new team members into the Fullerton family.”

Familiy Owned

Fullerton Tool Company has been family owned and in full operation for over 70 years as they proudly manufacture solid carbide cutting tools for a vast variety of industries. Fullerton Tool has been located in Saginaw, Michigan since the company began in 1942 and they are the only location in the world that manufacturers Fullerton brand solid carbide cutting tools. The company is a frontrunner in the manufacturing of solid carbide cutting

tools as the employees and processes are dedicated to you – the customer.

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Fullerton is currently led by President Patrick Curry, the third generation successor for the company. Even though Fullerton Tool is family-owned, the manufacturing strengths and capabilities within the company far outweigh other tool manufacturers. The genuine passion for manufacturing is evident throughout the entire facility as each employee strives to provide high productivity rates while delivering the best in quality customer service.

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SigmaTEK Announces Release of SigmaNEST® Version 10.2

SigmaTEK Systems, LLC, the world’s authority on CAD/CAM nesting, material optimization and manufacturing process automation, announces the latest release of its industry-leading SigmaNEST software program. Powered by the industry’s most advanced CAD/CAM nesting engine, SigmaNEST Version 10.2 contains a number of new features and enhancements making cutting machine programming even more effective and easy.

Version 10.2 offers a Split Window allowing different areas of the work-space to be viewed simultaneously. Users may also manually nest parts across the split windows and onto other sheets. This provides quick nesting of parts onto multiple sheets without having to select the layout from the list.

Additional enhancements to SigmaNEST Version 10.2 include: · Laser Destruct· Center of Gravity Tabbing· Conditional Tabbing for Drop Doors· Special Lead-ins with manual tabs· Quick Search in Parts, Sheets, and Work Order List· Horizontal line cropping· Punching enhancements·Founded in 1993, SigmaTEK Systems, LLC is headquartered in

Cincinnati, OH (USA) and has an extensive global support network with branches in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. SigmaTEK develops and sells SigmaNEST®, a comprehensive software solution for nesting, NC programming and cutting of steel sheet, plate, tube/pipe, and wood. SigmaNEST is the leading CAD/CAM nesting system for plasma, laser, punch, oxyfuel, waterjet, router, knife, tube/pipe and combination cutting machines. SigmaNEST ensures superior material utilization, machine motion optimization, and maximum part quality balanced with cutting speed, work flow integration, material handling, accurate estimates and information management.

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Cygnet Stamping & Fabricating announces ISO 9001 & AS9100 Certification.

Cygnet Stamping & Fabricating is proud to announce another milestone in the history of the company. Continuing in our commitment of excellence, Cygnet is proud to announce ISO 9001:2008 & AS9100 certifications. Cygnet’s achievement further strengthens our quality management system that directs our operations from top to bottom. These certifications are an important step in assuring that customers continue to receive the very best in quality and service from Cygnet.

“Using an outside auditor means that you can be confident that we are committed to the uppermost standards in our operations, production, and management.”

- Marko Swan, President Cygnet Stamping & Fabricating’s performance over the past 40 years has shown that they consistently manufacture high quality metal stampings, fabricated sheet metal and laser cut parts. This latest accomplishment verifies that the entire organization is finely tuned to serve you now and into the future.


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Bioengineers Produce 3-D, Artificial Brain Tissue

The New York Times reports that according to research published in PNAS, “a doughnut created in a lab and made of silk on the outside and collagen gel where the jelly ought to be can mimic a basic function of brain tissue.” Specifically, bioengineers have “produced a kind of rudimentary gray matter and white matter in a dish, along with rat neurons that signaled one another across the doughnut’s center.”

After researchers “dropped weights on the material to simulate traumatic injury, the neurons in the three-dimensional brain model emitted chemical and electrical signals similar to those in the brains of injured animals.”

New Reports Hold Positive News For Service Sector, Manufacturing

Bloomberg News reports the ISM’s “non-manufacturing index increased to 58.7, exceeding the highest estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists, from the prior month’s 56,” and showing growth “at the fastest pace since December 2005.”

Factory Orders Rise 1.1 Percent. The Sacramento Bee reports US factory orders rose to a seasonally adjusted 1.1 percent in June, according to a Commerce Department report. Aircraft demand jumped 8.4 percent, but increases in other sectors “point to businesses investing with the expectation of economic growth.” Orders for machinery rose 2.9 percent, iron and steel mills rose 1.7 percent, and computers and electronic products rose 2.9 percent. Over the past year, orders were up 2.5 percent, and factory orders rose 1 percent from May to June when military hardware orders are excluded.

Home Solar Panel Installations Continue To Rise

NBC News reports that installing home solar panels remains expensive, but “a confluence of plummeting equipment prices, rising utility bills, new financing schemes and a raft of federal, state, and local incentives are encouraging homeowners across America to take the plunge and put photovoltaic panels on their roofs.”

In 2013, 792 megawatts of solar capacity was installed on homes, and that is “expected to increase 61 percent in 2014 and another 53 percent in 2015, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.”

Apple Receives Patents Related To Wireless Power System

Forbes reported that Apple “received two patents related to wireless power.” The patents “describe a system that would let you power up your mouse, keyboard and possibly iPhone, iWatch, etc. simply by plugging your Macbook Air into a power supply.” The computer would then “create ‘a charging region’ that would transfer wireless power ‘to any number of suitably configured devices.’”

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Heat exchangers (Plate Heat Exchangers Al loy 59, C-22, C-276, 254SMO, 304, 316L, 400, 904L) use containment vessels to heat or cool one fluid by transferring heat between it and another fluid. Users of heat exchangers include chemical, petrochemical, oil & gas, power generation, refrigeration, pharmaceuticals, HVAC, food & beverage processing and pulp & paper industries.

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Shell and tube heat exchangers (Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers Alloy 20, 304/304L, 316/316L, 317L, 321, 347, 400, 410, 800H, 825, 2205, 2507 ) are well suited for high pressure applications. They consists of a shell with a bundle of tubes inside it transferring heat from within and around the bundle.

Air cooled heat exchangers (Air Cooled Heat Exchangers 304/304L, 316/316L, 400, 800H, 825, 2205, 2507) are pressure vessels which cool a circulating fluid within finned tubes by forcing ambient air over the exterior of the tubes.

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Automatics & Machinery is wrapping up its 25th year as a dealer recognized for the expertise in quality used machine tools. Their sales staff specializes in all areas of CNC machinery including CNC Swiss, precision CNC Turning & Milling, EDM, Grinding and tool room equipment.

A&M has always modeled their used machine tool business like a new machinery dealer. They cycle, photograph and video all of the machines that come to their 18,000 sq. ft. climate controlled warehouse. Customers are encourage to visit and inspect their machines prior to purchase or view a video inspection on-line.

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In addition to used machines, A&M offers new bar feeds, high pressure coolant systems, tooling, accessories, etc as well as Delcam/Partmaker software to offer a ready to run machine package for their customers. A&M has an auction and appraisal division and represents several financial institutions for end of lease and reposessed machines. With A&M’s experience as an international used machine tool dealer, they offer an aggressive trade in program for both new and used machines.

As they enter their next 25 years, A&M has added their first new machine tool line, representing Ganesh Machinery in the Mountain States. Ganesh is an American company that designs Japanese quality machines built in the Ganesh plant in Taiwan. Featuring Japanese made critical components and standard features that are optional from other builders, Ganesh delivers a superior quality machine at a very competitive price.

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Flow International Corporation, the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of industrial waterjet machines for cutting and cleaning applications, has launched a new website for online parts ordering, FlowParts.com. Designed from customer feedback, the new website is the easiest and most efficient way to order Genuine Flow Parts.

“We are excited to be releasing the new and improved FlowParts.com” says Tim Fabian, director of aftermarket at Flow International Corporation. “We are able to bring our customers a solution that will put them in even greater control of their business.”

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Technicians at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale (Calif.) Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence conduct final quality inspections on the center fuselage for AM-1

Northrop Grumman recently completed the center fuselage for the first F-35 Lightning II aircraft to be ordered by Norway, a Conventional Takeoff and Landing (CTOL) variant designated AM-1. The AM-1 center fuselage is the first of 52 center fuselages that Northrop Grumman will produce for the Scandinavian nation.

Northrop Grumman produces the center fuselage for all three F-35 variants: CTOL, Short Takeoff Vertical Landing (STOVL) and the Carrier Variant (CV) for the Lockheed Martin-led F-35 industry team. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics will perform final assembly and checkout of the Norwegian F-35s in Fort Worth, Texas. The process includes mating the center fuselage to the forward fuselage/cockpit and wings produced by Lockheed Martin, and the aft fuselage and empennage produced by BAE Systems.

“Today’s event marks another key delivery on the F-35 team’s promise to produce a fifth-generation, multirole fighter that can meet the common air combat requirements of the U.S. and its allies,” said Brian Chappel, vice president and F-35 program manager at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.



North South Machinery’s Open House a Great Success

Making Designs Into Products; this was the theme at the North South Machinery Sales open house in November. Many small business owners came to the Brea CA open house to see the latest in machine tools and software.

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Boeing Selects Rockwell Collins Flight Displays, Integrated Surveillance and Select Flight Control Systems for 777X

Rockwell Collins has been awarded a contract by Boeing to provide its next-generation, large-format flight displays, integrated surveillance system and select flight control systems as standard equipment on the Boeing 777X.

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This contract is in addition to Rockwell Collins’ previously announced award to provide the Flight Control Module for the 777X Integrated Flight Control Electronics fly-by-wire system. Together, these awards rival the content that Rockwell Collins provides Boeing for the 787 Dreamliner and triples the amount of supplier-furnished equipment that it has on the 777X when compared to previous generations of the airplane.

“This award for the Boeing 777X represents the culmination of our long-term strategy to provide common, state-of-the-art flight deck technologies on Boeing’s next-generation airplanes, including the 787 Dreamliner and 737 MAX,” said Kent Statler, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Commercial Systems for Rockwell Collins. “By creating commonality among these flight decks, airlines will benefit from the latest innovations while realizing reduced operating costs and pilot training time.”

The new 777X flight deck will feature five configurable 15.1-inch landscape LCD displays four across the console and one in the control stand that will increase situational awareness and efficiency. The displays are also featured on the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and 737 MAX.

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Modern Luthiers Embrace CNC for Guitar Building

On the edge of the Pacific Ocean, Santa Cruz, CA, supports a thriving musical community with several luthiers local to the area. It’s here, just a short commute from Silicon Valley’s High Tech Corridor, that amateur guitarist and professional technologist John Bower has married old world craftsmanship with CNC technology. Bower manufactures guitar parts for several professional luthiers with his Tormach PCNC 1100.

“I play classical guitar and several of my good friends are luthiers,” Bower explained. “Since I’ve got a fairly strong mechanical background and an interest in music, I became fascinated with the process of building guitars and my friends encouraged me to try my hand at it. In the process, I learned that luthiers are really stuck in the Stone Age in terms of their techniques for building.”

While Bower didn’t immediately realize the potential for a CNC mill, he quickly recognized the opportunity to improve on manual building techniques. “I was trying to bring a little more predictability and a little more accuracy to the building process, so I decided to start building templates and jigs. In the course of that I purchased a manual mill,” he continued. “The manual mill turned out to not give the sort of precision that I wanted. A friend of mine suggested I turn to CNC. I knew nothing about it at the time and I started looking around and determined that the only serious player offering any kind of hope of moving things to a light production level was Tormach.”

A self-taught machinist by the most basic sense of the definition, Bower began learning about CNC through local resources in the Bay Area. “Tormach was kind enough to refer me to the Techshop (a local makerspace) in the area. I went and visited Techshop to see the Tormach mill and got exposed to so much more. I was like a kid in a candy store with all the nifty tools they had.”

Bower’s computer programming background allowed him to quickly become comfortable with programming his PCNC 1100. “When I got my machine, I figured there had to be a reasonable way to rapidly get doing something useful by just taking baby steps. I started by looking up what the G-codes were. Because I’m a computer programmer, that was a more logical approach for me as opposed to drawing pictures on a screen and trying and figure out how to get it into CAM and do it that way. For me it was more direct and easier to do it that way than learning the CAD and CAM software. I found it more logical to just say, “You want it to move here and cut that bit there, then do it.”

In a just few short years, Bower has gone from a CNC beginner to a bonafide supplier of guitar parts used by some of the guitar world’s respected luthiers. “Several parts on the types of guitars that I work with are very difficult to build by hand. The builders that I work with locally asked me to try and develop these parts on CNC so that they would be repeatable and be delivered in some sort of reasonable quantity. I make 30 or 40 of a part and as the luthiers use them up, and then call me up and say they need more,” he said.

One of Bower’s primary customers is internationally-renowned

luthier and accomplished guitarist Kenny Hill. Bower builds and supplies guitar bridges and the neck joint (the v-joint where the neck and the headstock meet) for The Signature, Hill’s top-of-the line guitar. “If you’re looking at the neck of a guitar, right below the tuning machines you’ll see the wood in the neck that has a v-joint. That’s an extremely tricky v-joint because the whole thing is sloped at five degrees on each part. I make both the male and female joint of that part for Kenny and Hill Guitars. It takes about three or four setups on the Tormach,” Bower explained.“I also make the heel cap, the part where the neck joins the body as well as some of the fingerboards. The fingerboards have a particular teardrop shape to them down by the 20th fret to accommodate an extra reach. So I have to figure out the arching and how to do that cutting, which is done with a very narrow .023 inch end mill.”

“My friend John Bower is thinking that we can re-vitalize American small-shop craftsmen with technology, kinda like Henry Ford, and I am starting to agree with him. As much as I love the sensuous hand work of wood and shapes in guitars, I am learning that the difficulties of an employer, the long learning curves, and the simple economics of business, are leading toward CNC and general robotics. There is no substitute for he love of the product and of the pleasure of the work, but streamlining the processes should be a good thing. With robotic technology I may find myself dependent on a different class of worker and tooling, but this is more reliable, and more transferable,” Kenny Hill explained.

Hill continued, “In some ways I lament the abandonment of old world hand-work savvy. I take pride in the sensitivity of my hands

and my eyes. But in other ways I’m grateful. Although I have to depend on higher skilled tech workers for components, in other ways I don’t have to worry about accuracy, and with John Bower–thankfully–delivery times are perfect.

For his part, Bower is just excited to have created a successful small

business that also indulges his passion in guitars, “My original goal was to develop a business I could run out of my own home when I retired and sold my own business. I was not trying to create a factory, but rather trying to have something that could be done a little more casually but with precision and being able to produce a good product. So I started making guitar parts in order really to support my habit of having the Tormach PCNC there for my own hands. It’s turned out to be a reasonable little side business. I’m probably pretty typical of a lot of Tormach owners. I’m not trying to turn this into production, but boy, I’m having a great time doing it.”

For more information on John Bower’s luthier business, contact him at 831-423-2365 or by

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Airline Association Unveils Guidelines for Tracking Aircraft

Standards Call for Reporting Aircraft Positions at Least Every 15 MinutesAn Australian Air Force plane helped search the Indian Ocean for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared earlier this year.

An Australian Air Force plane helped search the Indian Ocean for Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, which disappeared earlier this year. Associated Press

Airline industry officials released voluntary standards calling for all aircraft to automatically report their position at least every 15 minutes, and more frequently during emergencies, even when flying over water

or on other routes lacking real-time coverage by controllers or ground radar.

But some carriers object to the one-year implementation schedule for the recommendations released Wednesday by the International Air Transport Association. The recommendations had been expected.

Despite months of preparatory discussions by a task force of experts organized by an arm of the United Nations, IATA’s chief executive, Tony Tyler , told reporters that some airlines haven’t endorsed the suggested timeline.

“Airlines are taking the tracking issue very seriously,” Mr. Tyler said in prepared remarks to a media briefing on the state of the global airline industry in Geneva. “While they are committed to improving,” he said, “they could not fully endorse what would be practically unachievable for some.”

The call for universal tracking of commercial jets stems from the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March, with 239 people aboard, which is presumed to have gone down in a remote corner of the southern Indian Ocean. The widebody Boeing 777 jet was outside the range of traditional radar and didn’t have advanced satellite-tracking services.

Within weeks, IATA and the U.N.’s International Civil Aviation Organization convened a high-level industry and government tasks force to ensure universal tracking of airliners world-wide.

The IATA recommendations are expected to become de facto minimum requirements for practically all carriers. ICAO, on its own, intends to establish them as formal global standards, though

that process is expected to take until the fall of 2016.

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Wednesday’s development comes after many airlines already have embraced and invested in satellite links to provide robust satellite tracking, with some planes routinely sending position reports as often as every minute. There are some 100,000 daily airline flights world-wide, and IATA hasn’t elaborated about how many of them currently fall short of the latest standard.

The members of the task force, as they promised from the beginning, f o c u s e d t h e i r recommendations to make use of systems and capabilities already onboard airliners. In many instances, that m e a n s p r i m a r i ly making some software changes and perhaps paying additional fees to a service provider.

Down the road, Mr. Tyler said, airlines are urged to “monitor new technolog ies which will become

available, including space-based systems” intended to provide precise and truly global tracking, including over polar regions. Only after that, he suggested in the speech, will the time be right to work with aircraft makers and equipment suppliers “to explore the possibility of making systems tamper proof.”

Under IATA’s leadership, the task force also urged stepped-up exercises and drills for airlines, air-traffic control organizations and rescue-coordination centers to better prepare for planes that may divert from planned routes, experience an emergency or crash.

ICAO’s top policy council is slated to debate issues involving stepped-up tracking at a meeting in February. At the same time, the European Commission has riled some airline officials by pushing ahead with its own plans to mandate tracking standards, whic h could take effect as quickly as the summer of 2015.

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Hagel Approves Better Armed Upgrade

The controversial Littoral Combat Ship dodged a big torpedo when outgoing Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel approved the Navy’s plan for a larger, better armed and better protected version of the ship. Critics had called for a radical redesign or an entirely new ship. The “modified LCS” simply adds new weapons, electronics, and armor to the two existing LCS variants for an additional $60-$75 million per ship.

“After rigorous review and analysis, I accepted the Navy’s recommendation to build a new small surface combatant (SSC) ship based on upgraded variants of the LCS,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a statement early this evening. “The new SSC will offer improvements in ship lethality and survivability, delivering enhanced naval combat performance at an affordable price.”

The Navy remains committed to buying both the speedboat-like Freedom hull, built by Lockheed Martin and Marinette Marine in Wisconsin, and the space-age-catamaran Independence, built by General Dynamics and Austal in Alabama. Between them, the two teams will build 52 Littoral Combat Ships, as was the plan before Sec. Hagel ordered a review of LCS

in February. This announcement simply means 32 of those will be the original LCS design and 20 will be the upgraded version. (At least some of the original 32 will eventually receive at least some of the upgrades, but the current design can’t accommodate all the changes).

The split between the teams and terms of competition remains to be determined: The Navy will submit an acquisition strategy to the secretary by May and work out detailed cost estimates as part of the budget process for 2017. While the shipbuilders themselves will remain the same, there may be multiple opportunities to compete on specific components of the upgrade package, such as new missiles and sensors.US Navy graphic

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“we have given this multi-mission [LCS] the degree of self-defense that it needs so it does not have to be operating underneath the umbrella of an Aegis ship.”

Unlike an Aegis ship, however, the new LCS design does not have the Navy’s standard multi-purpose missile-launcher, the Vertical Launch System. Used on larger craft from cruisers to attack submarines, VLS can fire different kinds of rounds to shoot down incoming aircraft and missiles, strike land targets, or — once the Navy finishes developing a new long-range anti-ship missile — sink enemy warships. Outsiders, including one of Greenert’s former aides, argued an LCS with VLS would be much more able to attack a wide range of targets and defend itself or even other ships against a wide range of threats.

“They did evaluate a Vertical Launch System,” Adm. Greenert said. But it was “kind of heavy, kind of big, a major change [adding] cost, time. It was all part of the evaluation, Sydney, so it was considered.” But ultimately the Small Surface Combatant Task Force charged

to review alternatives to the current LCS found adding a Vertical Launch System cost too much in terms of money, production delays, and weight for what it added, Greenert said.

What the new LCS will have, and the current one does not, is an over-the-horizon anti-ship missile: The Navy will probably hold a competition for the exact system, but Stackley said it would be at least comparable to the Harpoon Block II, which has about a 70-mile range.

For self defense, the new LCS will have an upgraded version of the current model’s SeaRAM missile launcher. It will also add new 25 millimeter heavy machineguns. (The Navy decided against adding a 5-inch cannon, though, to traditionalists’ dismay). It have new decoy

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“The advanced ELMS on the 777X will control 30% more power than the current system, while contained in the same size and weight”

“The advanced ELMS on the 777X will control 30% more power than the current system, while contained in the same size and weight,” said Brad Mottier, president of Business & General Aviation and Integrated Systems for GE Aviation.

“The backup power generation system will provide twice the amount of power generation than the current 777 system,” added Mottier. “This is our first commercial electrical power generating system, leveraging decades of experience on military applications.”

The advanced ELMS for the Boeing 777X will utilize the Boeing 777 ELMS design elements, to reduce aircraft maintenance time and cost, improving reliability and availability of aircraft power. With the ELMS, backup generator and backup converter for the 777X, GE will utilize their Electric Power Integration Center in Cheltenham, UK and their Electrical Power Integrated Systems Center in Dayton, Ohio where they will employ state of the art dynamic software modeling, simulation and analysis to predict how the system and its individual components will perform, including full system testing within a copper-bird environment.

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“Harris Falcon radios provide the ADF with wideband capabilities, a broad suite of interoperable waveforms, and the ability to easily accommodate future Joint Tactical Radio Systems waveforms.”

The Australian Department of Defence is acquiring AN/PRC-152A handheld and AN/PRC-117G manpack radios to provide its forces with wideband tactical networking capabilities, as well as line-of-sight, ground-to-air and tactical satellite communications. The wideband network enables operators to send and receive tactical voice, video, and data, resulting in enhanced situational awareness and real-time intelligence. In addition, the AN/PRC-152A and AN/PRC-117G provide users with interoperability through legacy narrowband waveforms.

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Billed as filling the gap between legacy Humvees (pictured) and the larger, less mobile Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle fleet, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is intended to restore light tactical mobility.Billed as filling the gap between legacy Humvees (pictured) and the larger, less mobile Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle fleet, the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is intended to restore light tactical mobility.

After releasing several draft requests for proposals for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), the US Army released a final version on Friday, clearing the way for contenders AM General, Lockheed Martin and Oshkosh Defense to submit proposals.

“Today’s release is an important step as this successful, on-budget program moves forward on schedule, and it is the result of tremendous work and diligence across our team,” Army Col. John Cavedo, the JLTV project manager, said in a statement. “The JLTV program remains on track to deliver an affordable, protected mobility solution that fills today’s critical capability gap with substantial advances in the balance of payload, performance, and protection.”

After a Milestone C decision and award of a firm-fixed-price contract to a single vendor near the end of fiscal 2015, the award period will cover three years of low rate initial production and five years of full rate production, for a total of 17,000 vehicles for the Army and Marine Corps.

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The JLTV joint program office posted a third draft RFP, which revised source selection criteria for the production phases and set a value for a company offering the data rights to their offering. The service set a threshold price for the data package of $511 million above which contractors will see no effect on their rating, as described in the last draft and first reported by Inside the Army.

The final RFP had no substantial changes from previous drafts, according to the program office, which billed the final solicitation as, “clarifying expectations about the delivery of specific requirements, while still allowing vendors to propose tradable options in some areas.”

“This RFP maintains the program’s longstanding focus on affordability and stable requirements to obtain the best value for the taxpayer and America’s soldiers and marines,” Scott Davis, the Army’s program executive officer for combat support and combat service support, said in the statement.

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“downward adjustment,” identified 15 requirements as “non-tradeable,” and it divided qualification testing into three parts.

The solicitation follows Army and Marine Corps limited user testing for prototype vehicles, part of engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contracts, awarded to the three companies in 2012.

Each company delivered 22 vehicles and six trailers for the most recent test phase, which included ongoing reliability, armor and blast testing. The ongoing limited user test involved soldier and Marine participation.

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“We intend to deliver a proposal that proves to our Army and Marine Corps customers that the Lockheed Martin JLTV Team will produce the most capable, best value JLTV at the right price,” Greene said.

Oshkosh’s senior vice president for Defense Programs, John Bryant, said the company had received part of the RFP. “Our initial review of the RFP demonstrates DoD’s consistent focus on a best value approach and delivering a highly capable, reliable vehicle for our soldiers and Marines.”


New Market Report Predicts Size Of Aerospace Sector

According to the report, Europe, North America, and the Asia-Pacific region dominated the aerospace composite market in 2013 and accounted for over 85% of the market, by volume and value. Country-wise, the U.S. is the top consumer of aerospace composite products globally. Companies, such as Hexcel and Cytec Aerospace Materials are two of the biggest players in the country. France is the second-largest aerospace composite consumer in the world.

The need for lightweight and fuel-efficient aircraft has shifted the focus of manufacturers towards aerospace composites. Future growth in the international market hinges heavily onto developing economies, especially in Asia-Pacific. China and India, especially, stand out as noteworthy emerging markets. The future scenario in Asia-Pacific looks promising given the number of facility expansions, merger and acquisitions, and strategic partnerships that took place in these countries. The ensuing increase in foreign investments and rise in the number of

new manufacturing establishments will see Asia-Pacific emerge into a prime driver of growth for the aerospace composite market.

Commercial aircraft took the topmost position in the aerospace composite market with around 61.7% market share by value in 2013. The drive towards fuel-efficient and lightweight aircraft is anticipated to drive the market for aerospace composites. The fastest growth rate till 2019 in the aerospace composite market is projected to come from applications, such as military aircraft and business and general aviation. The growing concern over security issues and the consequent defense spending is anticipated to propel the market. Glass fiber composites comprise approximately 89.6% of the total aerospace composite market in terms of volume. High corrosion resistance, lighter weight, and good tensile strength are some of the reasons for which manufacturers consider glass fiber reinforced composites as an able substitute for metals.

Low-cost airlines have proved to be strong competitors to the luxury airliners, particularly in the developing economies of Asia and Latin America during the 2008-2009 economic downturns. The highest traffic growth in particular was in the short-haul routes around Southeast Asia, India and Australia. In India, low-cost carriers Spice Jet and Indigo continue to grow as they replace the likes of Air India, Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines. Even major airlines like Jet and Kingfisher converted 70% of their domestic operations to the low-cost model in the past couple of years.

Boeing and Airbus also predicted that the companies would require approximately 5,200 new airliners in the 100 to 210 seat

category, such as the best-selling A320 family. In 2012 low-cost carriers like Indigo, Spice Jet and JetLite ordered 46 new aircraft, which are to be delivered by the end of 2014. This increasing market for airlines is a good indicator that the market for aerospace composites will thrive in the future, says the report.

Aerospace composite manufacturers are focused on expansion with key objective of catering growing demand with better penetration in the emerging economies. For instance, Toray Industries Inc. (Japan) invested around $450 million to increase global carbon fiber production capacity by 6,000 KT annually in its Japan, U.S., France, and South Korea sites during 2014 and 2015.

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The rear axle of the new Volvo XC90 crossover SUV will use a composite leaf spring molded by Austria-based Benteler SGL using Henkel’s Loctite MAX 2 polyurethane resin in RTM.

Henkel (Düsseldorf, Germany) reported that a fiber-reinforced composite leaf spring based on its polyurethane matrix resin Loctite MAX 2 is being used in the chassis of the new Volvo XC90, a crossover SUV of which the rear axle concept is to serve as a platform for other model series. Benteler SGL Composite Technology GmbH (Ried im Innkreis, Austria), a manufacturer of composite components for automotive applications, expects to produce several hundred thousand of these leaf springs per year.

In its alliance with Benteler SGL, aligned to the development and large-scale production of a composite leaf spring for Volvo Cars, Henkel has contributed in particular its process know-how in relation to RTM (res in transfer molding) so as to further optimize the cycle times that occur in the manufacture of fiber-reinforced components. Because of its low viscosity, the polyurethane matrix resin Loctite MAX 2 from Henkel

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The leaf springs on new Volvo XC90 offer a highly compact design as well as weight savings of 4.5 kg compared to a conventional coil-spring

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Samsung Ventures Funds Connora Technologies To Enable Recyclable Composites

Connora Technologies, Inc. (Hayward, CA, US) has announced an investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (“Samsung Ventures”), the Venture Capital arm of the Samsung Group (Seoul, Korea), to advance commercialization of their recyclable epoxy thermoset technology called RECYCLAMINE. Two new members also join Connora’s advisory board: Andre Genton, former President of Huntsman Advanced Materials (Basel, Switzerland), and Brendan Iribe, a successful entrepreneur known recently for the acquisition of Oculus by Facebook.

Connora’s RECYCLAMINE technology is a green chemistry platform that provides an efficient method for making and recycling composite waste materials and products. Efficiently recycling composite materials should have a positive impact in the automotive and aerospace industries, where the trend to make lighter, stronger, and more energy efficient vehicles is driving growth in the use of carbon fiber composite materials. In these and other applications, carbon fiber parts are often made in high volumes, with sometimes 20-40% of the raw materials going to waste. Since traditional thermoset plastics are not optimized for recyclability,

current composite waste is intractable and often disposed of in landfill or by burning.

This investment shows that the technology will have an economic value for manufacturers just as compelling as the obvious environmental benefits. “Reclaiming the expensive carbon fiber [from manufacturing waste] in a near virgin state, and enabling OEMs to put it back into their products will help lower their costs over time.” stated Dr. Rey Banatao, Connora’s CEO.

European auto manufacturers are already facing increased regulations to make cars from more recyclable materials. The European Union Directive for End of Life Vehicles (ELV) is enforcing limits which composite materials will have to address if they are to have a mainstream role in automotive industry. Under the current provisions of the ELV Directive targeted for 2015, the proportions of ELV material required for re-use and recycling are 85% by weight, while that for re-use and recovery is 95%. The 10% difference being the amount allowed for incineration and energy recovery.

Connora’s RECYCLAMINE Technology enables carbon fiber composites to more readily qualify as a recyclable material. Connora is currently in discussions with several auto and aerospace OEMs to develop a specific RECYCLAMINE Epoxy Resin system for use in high-pressure resin transfer molding processes (HP-RTM), suitable to the high-volume manufacturing methods being adopted by auto and aerospace manufacturers today. Epoxy resins are currently the predominant thermoset plastic used in performance carbon fiber composites.


Can A Battery Run For 20 Years? This Startup Is Working To Make It Happen

Alex Yokochi, an OSU assistant professor of chemical engineering, and Alex Bistrika, president and CEO of NRGindependence, are collaborating on research to extend the life of rechargeable batteries.

The UpTake: NRGindependence secures funding to test a chemical treatment process that could extend the life of rechargeable batteries to 20 years.

A Corvallis, Oregon, cleantech firm will team with researchers at Oregon State University on technology that could extend the life of certain battery cores to 20 years.

NRGindependence secured $150,000 in commercialization funding from Oregon BEST to collaborate with Alex Yokochi, an OSU assistant professor of chemical engineering, to advance the technology of rechargeable “reduction-oxidation” or redox batteries.

NRGindepdendence, a research firm that concentrates on various aspects of energy storage, developed a system that chemically coats a battery’s carbon core to significantly reduce degradation. The technology could triple the life of redox flow battery cores by some estimates.

The funding from Oregon BEST as well as support from the OSU Venture Fund will allow OSU to purchase equipment it needs to conduct industrial scale testing of battery technology, including the NRG process.

“This process offers a substantial cost reduction to battery manufacturers because they don’t have to replace the cores every two to five years,” said by Alex Bistrika, president and CEO of NRGindependence.

“Many redox flow battery manufacturers are startups operating at a loss because they are staking out a market that hasn’t taken off yet, in part due to the cost of replacing cores, and this is the market our technology is going to enable.”

The OSU Venture Fund is a $5.3 million pool of private funds raised by supporters to provide capital for OSU-related entrepreneurial programs.The OSU Entrepreneurship curriculum teaches students how to recognize and develop opportunities in business and not-for-profit organizations. It prepares students to operate in rapidly growing businesses, to participate in family-owned businesses, to establish their own business, or to plan, lead and contribute to new business development initiatives within larger organizations.

CurriculumThe Entrepreneurship program demands much from its students, including a professional orientation and a sense of self-sufficiency.

Your freshman and sophomore years will be largely confined to starting the OSU baccalaureate core and the Business Core (see Requirements.) These courses are required of all Business students. The majority of Entrepreneurship option courses are completed during the Junior and Senior years. By the conclusion of the Entrepreneurship option, you will have broad exposure to all major areas in business.

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Melissa Brandao, founder and CEO ofAshland-based Rogue Rovers, reports the prototype of its all-electric ATF for specialized farming is ready for testing and will hit the market in 2015.

Melissa Brandao is going to take some time over the holidays to be with family and enjoy the season.

The Southern Oregon entrepreneur will need the rest.

The New Year is going to be big for the Ashland-based agtech firm she founded and leads, Rogue Rovers.

The company and its partners at the Oregon Institute of Technology are finalizing designs on its self-driving electric all-terrain smart vehicle (ATV).

Brandao reports the prototype is complete and ready for testing with potential customers in January.

“This is our launch year,” Brandao said. “Things have turned around economically.”

The ATV is conceived to bring smart technology to specialized agriculture, where it’s often more difficult to navigate uneven terrain or around trees or vines. The vehicle is equipped with data collection and navigational tools. It can be programmed to operate without a human driver, apply pesticides and herbicides and will help managers build a virtual database of growing conditions.

I caught up with Melissa Brandao this week for an update on Rogue Rovers. Knowing the company is close to commercializing its technology, I was eager to get her thoughts on Oregon’s proposed crowdfunding rules.

The state is expected to legalize community public offerings come Jan. 1. Then, Oregon businesses will be able to raise up to $250,000 from Oregon residents, with an individual investment limit of $2,500.


Supporters believe the new program has the potential to unleash a wave of new capital for promising startups and existing businesses.

For the time being, no one can publicly disclose their intentions, but Brandao said she’s intrigued by the idea of turning to friends, fans and customers to support the next evolution of the company.

Funding to date includes private funds, $25,000 from Oregon BEST, a state-funded research and commercialization agency, and additional support from Drive Oregon. The funding allowed it to team with OIT to develop the prototype.

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Portland General Electric Company today announced its Tucannon River Wind Farm is in service and available to generate power for PGE customers. Tucannon River is PGE’s second fully owned and operated large-scale wind project, with 116 turbines and a total installed capacity of 267 megawatts. Given the variability of wind power, the plant is expected to produce an average of 101 megawatts – enough to power the homes of about 84,000 average PGE residential customers.

“Tucannon River Wind Farm is a key infrastructure investment that will serve our customers with clean, renewable energy for decades to come,” said Jim Piro, PGE president and CEO. “Tucannon River supports a balanced, diverse energy portfolio for reliable, reasonably priced power. The new wind farm will also help PGE meet Oregon’s Renewable Portfolio Standard, which requires us to supply 15 percent of the electricity our customers use from qualified renewable resources by 2015 and 25 percent by 2025.”

Tucannon River Wind Farm is located on 20,000 acres near Dayton, Wash. The new wind farm complements PGE’s existing portfolio of wind resources located in Eastern and North-central Oregon: Biglow Canyon Wind Farm, which is fully owned and operated by PGE, and power purchase agreements for the output of the Klondike II and Vansycle Ridge wind farms. By securing wind power from different geographic locations, PGE is able to better integrate wind into the system because the facilities are less likely to cycle up and down simultaneously.

The Tucannon River Wind Farm has been a great addition to Columbia

County and the Dayton community,” said Mike Talbott, Columbia County Chair. “The project brought hundreds of construction jobs to the region, and now 18 permanent, family-wage positions to the Dayton community. It’s also bringing income to local businesses and increasing county tax revenue. We’re happy to have PGE in our community.”

Tucannon River was built for PGE by general contractor and independent renewable power developer Renewable Energy Systems Americas Construction Inc. using wind turbines manufactured by Siemens, each with a nameplate generating capacity of 2.3 megawatts. Power generated at Tucannon River will be brought to PGE customers via a new interconnection at Central Ferry Substation constructed by the Bonneville Power Administration. The plant was completed on time and on budget under fixed-price contracts, with final construction costs expected to be approximately $500 million, excluding AFDC.


Textron Aviation, With Recovering Demand And Improving Margins, Is Poised For

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In March of this year, when Textron acquired Beechcraft, the maker of King Air turboprops, the global demand for business jets and turboprops had just begun to recover. Since then, the global general aviation aircraft market has continued to strengthen with the availability of used aircraft steadily coming down. According to Amstat and Salesforce.com data cited by Textron, the number of used Citation jets and used King Air turboprops available for sale has steadily come down over the past few years. This reduced availability of used Textron aircraft in the market is a result of rising customer demand, which will likely lift sales of new Textron aircraft in the coming months. In addition, reduced availability of used general aviation aircraft will likely also compel buyers to purchase new aircraft, further boosting Textron’s new aircraft sales.

In the current year, we anticipate Textron Aviation – the division formed with the combination of Beechcraft and Cessna units – to constitute nearly a third of Textron’s top line. We currently have a price estimate of $40 for Textron, approximately in line with its current market price.

The number of used Cessna Citation business jets available for sale in the market has come down from around 900 in 2009 to about 600 in 2014. As a percentage of its total installed fleet, the number of used Citation jets available for sale, has come down from nearly 16% in 2009

to 9% in 2014. This declining availability of used Citation business jets indicates that demand for business jets is improving. This improving demand is also boosting the new business jet market, which witnessed a recovery in unit shipments in 2013, after steadily falling during 2009-2012. Driven by a strengthening used and new business jet market, Textron’s Citation business jet shipments have risen to 104 units in the first nine months of 2014, from 77 units in the same period last year. [2] Similar trends of a strengthening used and new aircraft market can be observed in turboprops.

Looking ahead, we figure if the global economy continues to recover, demand for business jets and turboprops will likely continue to rise. This growing demand, coupled with the reduced availability of used aircraft, will likely grow shipments of general aviation airplanes in the coming years.

Textron, being one of the largest business jet and turboprops manufacturers, will benefit from this rising demand for general aviation airplanes. Textron’s Citation business jets and King Air turboprops command leading market shares in the light and midsize jet and turboprop segments, respectively. The company is also developing larger business jets, Citation Latitude and Citation Longitude, to expand its presence in the super midsize business jet segment.

On the margin front, Textron is benefiting from the cost synergies that it is generating from the integration of Beechcraft and Cessna. Cost reductions in overhead, supply chain and facility utilization has pushed up margins at Textron Aviation this year. In the third quarter, profit from the Textron Aviation segment improved to $62 million, from a loss of $23 million in the same period last year, on gains from these cost synergies.

All in all, with falling availability of used aircraft, recovering customer demand for business jets and turboprops, and expanding margins, Textron Aviaiton looks set to grow in the coming months.

Textron is a multi-industry company that designs and manufactures civilian and military helicopters, business jets, turboprop aircraft, piston-engine airplanes, golf cars, off-road and light transportation vehicles, turf care equipment, power tools, and a variety of defense products. The company also provides financing to promote sales of some of its products, including helicopters and airplanes.

Textron conducts its business through five operating segments: Bell commercial and military helicopters, Textron Aviation (which includes Cessna and Beechcraft airplanes’ business), Textron Systems (which includes the company’s defense system business), Industrial (which includes the company’s turf care equipment, golf cars, off-road and light transportation vehicles, and auto component business), and finance (which provides financing to purchasers of Textron products).

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Under pressure from Congress to speed access to U.S. skies for commercial drones, the government granted four companies permission Wednesday to use drones for aerial surveillance, construction site monitoring and oil rig flare stack inspections.

The new permits bring the total number of companies granted per mits for commercia l operations to 13. They were announced by the Federal Aviation Administration an hour before a House hearing

at which lawmakers warned that if the agency doesn’t move faster, Congress will step in.

Commercial drone flights are taking off in other countries while the U.S. lags behind in developing safety regulations that would permit unmanned aircraft operations by a wide array of industries, Gerald Dillingham of the Government

Accountability Office testified at the hearing.

Several European countries have granted commercial permits to more than a 1,000 drone operators for safety inspections of infrastructure, such as railroad tracks, or to support commercial agriculture, Dillingham said. Australia has issued over 180 permits to businesses engaged in aerial surveying, photography and other work, but limits the permits to drones weighing less than 5 pounds. And small, unmanned helicopters have been used to monitor and spray crops in Japan for more than a decade.

Canada has had regulations governing the use of unmanned aircraft since 1996 and, as of September, had issued over 1,000 permits this year alone, Dillingham said.

The per mits announced Wednesday were granted to Trimble Navigation Limited, VDOS Global LLC, Clayco Inc. and Woolpert Inc., which received two permits. The drones weigh less than 55 pounds (25 kilograms) and the firms have said they will they will keep the unmanned aircraft within line of sight of the operator.

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The FAA said it has received 167 requests for exemptions from commercial entities.


Production Starts On Test Model Of New Navy Hovercraft

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A company is marking the start of production of the Navy’s newest hovercraft: a landing craft designed to haul vehicles, heavy equipment, and supplies over water and beaches.

Crews are currently making the aluminum hull for a test and training model of the “Ship to Shore Connector,” Tom Williams, spokesman for Textron Systems New Orleans, said.

The contract, worth $212 million for designing and building the test craft and another $358 million if eight production craft are made by 2020, was announced in July 2012. The Navy ultimately plans to buy 72 production models, according to a Navy website about the craft.

The website said parent company Textron Inc. of New Orleans has subcontractors in at least five other states and the United Kingdom. U.S. subcontractors include Rolls-Royce Naval Marine of Indianapolis, Indiana. GE Avionics’ Dowty Propellers, based in Gloucester, England, made the propellers in the current landing hovercraft.

“We are working with six locations of L-3,” Williams wrote.

The Navy’s chief for the landing craft program, Capt. Chris Mercer, and Textron Systems Marine & Land Systems senior vice president and general manager Tom Walmsley were speaking at Monday’s ceremony.

Textron has been making the current amphibious landing craft for


20 years. Those are being fitted with new equipment to extend their lifespans, a process expected to continue into 2016.

The new craft, designed for 30 years of service, will fit in the well deck from which Navy amphibious ships launch the current LCACs, short for “Landing Craft, Air Cushion.”

They will have bigger, more efficient engines; use composites rather than metal for many components and have much better command and control capability, Textron said in a news release. Better communication and computer systems will allow a smaller crew, the company said.

They’ll be able to travel at the same speed — 35 knots over 2-foot waves — carrying 74 tons of cargo rather than the LCACs’ 60 tons, Williams said.

Textron’s major subcontractors also include L-3 Communications of Camden, New Jersey; GKN Aerospace of St Louis, Missouri; and Innovative Power Solutions of Eatontown, New Jersey, with others including Alcoa Defense of Farmington Hills, Michigan, and Moog of East Aurora, New York, according to the Navy.

NASA Developing Biodegradable UAV

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The New York Times reports that the more engineers experiment, the “more they find unexpected ways to capture carbon dioxide.” One

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SpaceX Is About To Land A Rocket On A Platform In The Ocean — A Feat That Could

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The most monumental part of SpaceX launch will not be what goes up, but what comes down.

In a game-changing move, SpaceX is going to try and land a used rocket atop a floating platform in the ocean.

Doing this will be like “trying to balance a rubber broomstick on your hand in the middle of a wind storm,” SpaceX described in a statement released yesterday.

If successful, the company will set a new standard in space exploration — one that could eventually cut the cost of space travel by a factor of 100, according to SpaceX founder Elon Musk.

Building a rocket that can be used more than once is an extremely important step in ultimately sending a manned space mission to and from Mars that could use the rocket to land and, more importantly, leave Mars to return to Earth.

The launch will be the fifth cargo mission to the International Space Station for SpaceX. At 1:22 pm EST, Dec. 19, the Falcon 9 boosters will fire, launching the rocket and its 3700-pound cargo out of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and into the skies.

After the Falcon 9 rocket has emptied most of its fuel, it will detach from the Dragon spacecraft, which will carry the payload of food, science experiments, and other supplies to the ISS.

The Falcon 9 rocket will fall back to Earth, and this is when things will get exciting for SpaceX — the rocket will, for the first time, try to land itself upright on a giant ocean platform. But it won’t be easy.

“During previous attempts, we could only expect a landing accuracy of within 10km. For this attempt, we’re targeting a landing accuracy of within 10 meters,” SpaceX said in their recently issued press release.


One of the main goals of SpaceX is to develop reusable rocket technology where rockets can be recovered and relaunched unlike every space rocket that has ever taken off in history that never flew again. To do that, they need to return the rocket to Earth in good shape.In September 2013, SpaceX successfully fired boosters as the rocket fell to Earth, slowing it down so it could land softly. That test landed in the ocean, seemingly at least semi-upright, but the rocket was eventually spun out of control, crashing in the ocean.

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for two missions earlier this year, but the 14-story tall rocket was irreversibly damaged when it toppled sideways into the high seas. But SpaceX is determined. Since landing in the water won’t work, they’ve turned to something else.

The new plan? Create a self-stabilizing floating platform to sit in the ocean and wait for the rocket’s return.

“I think we’ve got a chance of landing on a floating landing platform,” Elon Musk said last October at the MIT AeroAstro Centennial Symposium. “And if we land on that, then I think we’ll be able to re-fly that booster.”Just last month, Musk tweeted images of the football-field long platform. They plan to use GPS tracking, the rockets newly attached “X-wings,” and other technology to help safely guide the multi-million-dollar Falcon 9 onto the platform.

These hypersonic X-wings will deploy upon reentry and help the rocket steer itself onto the platform. The legspan of the rocket is about 70 feet wide, and the platform has a width

about 3 times that length, so precision is key in this game-changing attempt.

“It’s probably not more than a 50% chance or less of landing it on the platform,” Musk said, still optimistic at the MIT AeroAstro Centennial Symposium.

“But there’s at least a dozen launches that will occur over the next 12 months, and I think it’s quite likely, probably 80 to 90% likely, that one of those flights will be able to land and re-fly. So I think we’re quite close.”


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Surveillance aircraft experts at the Boeing Defense, Space & Security segment in Seattle are upgrading the U.S. Navy’s new P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to enable the long-range reconnaissance aircraft to perform anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions from high altitudes.

Officials of the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., announced a $67.8 million contract to Boeing on Friday to integrate capabilities and training systems upgrades to the P-8A aircraft -- a variation of the Boeing 737-800 single-aisle passenger jetliner modified for maritime patrol and ASW.

Boeing engineers will upgrade the P-8A with high-altitude ASW weapons and sensors, as well as enable the aircraft to perform guided weapons in-flight target updates, retargeting, weapon hand-off, and bomb impact assessments over the Link-16 tactical radio network.

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Among the upgrades Boeing will perform is to equip the P-8A aircraft with torpedoes that can be released from altitudes as high as 30,000 feet. These high-altitude torpedoes are Navy Mark 54 lightweight torpedoes with add-n kits that enable the weapons to glide through the air to attack enemy submarines from long ranges.

Last year the Navy authorized Boeing to start building the add-on kits as part of the High Altitude Anti-Submarine Warfare Weapon Capability (HAAWC) Air Launch Accessory (ALA) program. Aircraft normally release conventional torpedoes from very low altitudes or with small parachutes to ease the torpedoes into the water gently.

The HAAWC ALA turns the Raytheon Mark 54 torpedo into a glide weapon that the P-8A aircraft can release from high altitudes. As the flying torpedo reaches the water, it jettisons wings and other air-control surfaces and takes on its original role as a smart torpedo that can detect, track, and attack enemy submarines autonomously.

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Ultimately, the Navy plans to buy 108 P-8A aircraft from Boeing to replace the service’s fleet of 196 P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, which are approaching the end of operational life. The P-3 is a version of the Lockheed Martin Electra four-engine turboprop aircraft.

Last summer Boeing delivered its 15th P-8A Poseidon to Navy Patrol Squadron 16 at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station, Fla. P-8A squadrons and air crews will be based at Jacksonville NAS and at Whidbey Island NAS, Wash., where the squadrons will train for extended deployments.


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Related: Obsolete before deployment: Boeing to update P-8A electronic warfare components to stave-off obsolescence

One or more Triton UAV can detect and track hostile submarines, and the P-8A can launch torpedo attacks from high altitudes. Plans call for the P-8A to operate from high altitudes to save fuel, although the aircraft is hardened to operate at low altitudes.

Boeing is building the Poseidon aircraft at its factory in Renton, Wash. The 737 fuselage and tail sections will be built by Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kan., then transferred to Renton where all structural features are incorporated in sequence during fabrication and assembly.

The P-8A’s flight management system and the stores management system have been developed by GE Aviation Systems in Grand Rapids, Mich. (formerly Smiths Aerospace). The cabin has as many as

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Navy prepares to ramp-up production of P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol jets for U.S. and Australia

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Vivek Wadhwa Talks Tech Disruptions On The Horizon

Vivek Wadhwa of Singularity University returns to Big Think today as part of today’s featured video interview. The topic is disruption: the phenomenon that occurs when radical innovations ignite revolutionary or evolutionary change in an industry. A simple example of this is what services like Lyft and Uber have done to disrupt the taxi industry. On a larger scale, cell phone technology has disrupted communications to the point that the private landline has gone the way of the dodo. Wadhwa explains in the clip below that our current era of exciting tech innovations will cause similar disruptions in pretty much every current industry:

“Every industry I’ve looked at I’ve seen a trend of major disruption

happening. Manufacturing is the most obvious. With robotics and 3-D printing, as of this year, it is cheaper to manufacture in the United States than it is in China. It is cheaper to manufacture in Europe than it is in China.”

Many westerners have lamented the recent outsourcing of manufacturing jobs to places like China. Wadhwa explains that automation is going to once again make manufacturing a local industry, although those human jobs don’t return with them. This is because operating costs will soon dip below what it costs to pay humans, meaning there will be no reason for major corporations to maintain international facilities that exploit cheap labor. That’s good for the U.S., Europe, and much of Asia, Wadhwa says. It’s not so good for China.

T h e s w i t c h t o a u t o m a t e d manufacturing is just the tip of the iceberg as far as that industry’s disruptions go. Over the next few decades we’ll see manufacturing get a major facelift:

“Within 15 to 20 years we’ll be able to 3-D print electronics. So imagine being able to design your own iPhone and print it at home. That is what becomes technically feasible in the 15 to 20 year timeframe. So you’re talking about major disruption happening to manufacturing in the short-term and then even greater

disruption happening in the long term.”

Finance

Wadhwa explains that innovations such as crowdfunding and Bitcoin represent disruptions to the financial industry as well. Banks, he says, will have to reinvent themselves if they want to stay in business. Experiments involving crowdfunded loans are already being made outside the U.S. “You’re now moving into cardless transactions for purchasing goods. We may not need the banks anymore. We may not need financial institutions the way we do right now.”

It’s well-understood that the financial industry has plenty of support in the U.S. government and that measures will be put into place


to protect their interests. Yet Wadhwa notes that these protections don’t all exist internationally. The U.S. would risk falling behind if it concerns itself too much with preventing the financial industry’s inevitable evolution.

Healthcare

“We now have Apple putting a stake in the ground saying we’re going to be the platform for health. They basically have announced their health platform. What they want is that all of these new sensor devices that are becoming common, which monitors your blood pressure, which monitors your blood oxygenation, which monitors your heart beats, which monitors your temperature, which monitors your activity levels, and soon which will monitor your blood glucose and monitor your internals. They want all of this data being uploaded to the Apple platform. Do you think Google will be left behind? Do you think Microsoft will be left behind? Do you think Samsung will be left behind?”

Not only are doctors at risk of being replaced by robots, tech innovations could significantly lower the costs of delivering healthcare. Wadhwa notes that the cost of human genome sequencing has plummeted over the past 15 years. That trend should continue to the point where it’ll cost practically nothing. Factor in the robot surgeons that could replace the imperfect hands of men and women, and you’re looking at a major shift in how this industry looks 20 years down the line.

“Combine that with the medical sensor data, combine that with the data that we have in the cloud and you’ve got a healthcare revolution.”

Energy

Despite the dangers associated with it, fracking has allowed the U.S. to close in on its goal of relative energy independence. Rather than relying on foreign oil, the U.S. could soon become an net energy exporter. Wadhwa also cites solar as an energy source that has become much less expensive in recent years and could eventually lead to grid parity:

“Grid parity means it’s cheaper to produce energy at home on your solar cells then buy it from the grid. Move forward another ten years. It costs you 100th as much to produce your own energy then to buy it from the grid, which means that we have these grid companies

now in serious trouble. This is why you have the utilities fighting solar.”

Along with the benefit of never having to pay another energy bill, this type of renewable energy independence could lead to further innovations such as vertical farms and unlimited clean water.

Communications

We’ve already talked about how mobile phones have done away with the private landline. Wadhwa believes that data will eventually disrupt the mobile industry.

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The Senate ensured that businesses can take advantage of numerous tax breaks for 2014 by passing legislation that restored breaks that had expired.

These breaks include popular provisions such the research and development tax credit, and the ability of small businesses to expense up to $500,000 of investments in new equipment through Section 179 of the tax code. Those breaks are designed to encourage business investments, but under the Senate bill, they’ll expire again on Dec. 31 — meaning they’ll have little impact on future investment.

The bill, which previously passed the House, made it through the Senate on a 76-16 vote.

The legislation will save businesses who made such investments in 2014 millions of dollars on their tax bills.

Business groups were grateful for that.

“With today’s passage of tax extenders legislation, America’s businesses will not be hit with a harmful and unnecessary tax hike at the end of the year,” said Business Roundtable President John Engler.

But they hope the next Congress will be forward-looking and overhaul the tax code.

“In 2015, we urge Congress to build on tonight’s bipartisan agreement and pursue a long-term, comprehensive tax reform plan that will create certainty for businesses, fuel investment and job growth, and make American companies more competitive with the rest of the world,” said Linda Moore, president and CEO of TechNet, which represents the technology industry.


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The purpose of the pilot project at the Spartanburg site is to improve the communication between quality testers at the analysis center of the pre-series production on the one hand and the development engineers on the other. The BMW Group runs a complete check of each pre-series vehicle so as to ensure the required premium quality of all vehicles in the subsequent series production. Previously, potential issues identified in pre-series vehicles were documented in writing. Often enough, the problem description was too vague, thus prompting further questions from the responsible specialist department in about one in four cases.

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Berkeley Lab Team Aims To Build A Better Battery.

In an article about some of the “ambitious goals of the $120 million, Department of Energy-funded Joint Center for Energy Storage Research” partnership, which is led by “Argonne National Laboratory and including Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Sandia National Laboratories and a host of universities and private companies,” the San Jose (CA) Mercury News reports that “in January, the center’s Berkeley hub is moving into the lab’s new $54 million General Purpose Laboratory, bringing its battery scientists, chemists and engineers together under one roof for the first time.” The team, led by the deputy director of JCESR Venkat Srinivasan,

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OECD Reports On Disparity Between Supply And Demand Of High-Skilled Workers.

The Los Angeles Times reports researchers from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reported that only 14 states in America have a supply of skilled workers that match the “intense demand” from industry. The OECD reports that places that have a balance are poised to grow economically, and encourages governments to create policies that will let companies invest in training employees and innovate their work processes.

Kohler Introduces $90 Odor-Eating Toilet Seat.

The AP reported on a “deodorizing toilet seat” introduced by Kohler that the company says will eliminate bathroom odors and the need for sprays to mask them. A fan concealed in the battery-operated seat

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ago because the manufacturing costs were high” and demand didn’t meet expectations, the AP said.

General Electric Implements Major Manufacturing Changes.TIME profiles General Electric, saying that it embodies the trends of the US economy in that it has gone from a finance company that makes a few things to making big bets on manufacturing. The company has reduced the portion of its profits coming from finance to less than half and is betting that emerging market economies are going to enter periods of growth like the US after World War II. GE has also set up an internal venture-capital firm that vets new ideas for products being presented by employees that is “shortening dramatically” the production cycles for new ideas.

Study: Solar Power Growing Rapidly In America.

USA Today reports that according to a new study by Environment America, the US “is building so much solar power that 10% of the country’s energy needs could be generated by the sun in 15 years,” and it urges “the country to keep looking skyward for energy solutions.” Currently, “the country gets less than 1% of its energy from the sun. But the country also tripled its solar generation capacity in three years, and increased it tenfold from 2007 to 2013.” Co-author of the report Rob Sargent said, “Goals that even a handful of years ago seemed unimaginable ... now are wholly realistic. ... The rate at which solar is growing is far beyond what most people understand it to be.”

MAPI Predicts Manufacturing Production To Outpace GDP Growth In 2015, 2016.

IndustryWeek reports the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation released its quarterly economic forecast predicting that GDP will expand by 2.8 percent in 2015 and 3.0 percent in 2016. The predictions are a revision downward from the group’s August report, but MAPI predicts that manufacturing production will “outpace GDP, with anticipated growth of ” 3.5 percent in 2015 and 3.9 percent in 2016.


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University Of Washington Uses “Redshirt” Program For Future Engineers.

The Seattle Times reports on a program that offers “automatic acceptance into the University of Washington’s engineering school,” noting that the State Academic Red Shirt (STARS) program “enrolls promising engineering students — many of them women and minorities — to give them an additional year of collegiate academic work before they’re ready for the big time.”

ISS’ 3-D Printer Produces First Object Made In Space.

The AP reports that the ISS’s new 3-D printer has replicated its first part: “a sample replacement part for itself.” According to the article, NASA spokesman Dan Huot said that some of the material stuck to the printer’s tray, but this is “part of the learning process.” The article notes that the issue may mean that there is a difference in “the layer-by-layer bonding process” in space compared to what takes place on Earth. issue Made In Space, which developed the printer, called the milestone “a transformative moment.” Meanwhile, more items will be printed int the coming weeks for examination back on Earth.

TIME reports that Niki Werkheiser, project manager for the ISS’s 3-D printer, said, “This is the first time we’ve ever used a 3-D printer in space, and we are learning, even from these initial operations. ... As we print more parts we’ll be able to learn whether some of the effects we are seeing are caused by microgravity or just part of the normal fine-tuning process for printing.”

Washington Manufacturing Contributes To 19 Months Of Job Growth

The Tri-City Herald (WA) reports that the Tri-Cities area of Washington state has reached its 19th consecutive month of year-over-year job growth thanks in part to increases in manufacturing employment. The manufacturing sector “saw a significant increase, hitting 9,600 jobs in October, up by 1,100 jobs from the same month last year,” helping to reduce the area’s unemployment rate.

IBM Study Says Old Laptop Batteries Can Provide Electricity For World’s Poor

Business Insider highlights new research at IBM that suggests old laptop batteries could be used to provide free, sustainable electricity for the world’s poor. IBM researchers examined “a sample of discarded batteries” and found that nearly three-quarters of them had enough energy “to keep an LED light on for more than four hours a day — for a whole year.” According to the article, IBM collaborated with RadioStudio “to understand how to use laptop batteries to provide light to homes.”

Manufacturers See Sales Rising 5.6% In 2015, ISM Says.

Bloomberg News cites the latest semiannual survey by the Institute for Supply Management as predicting that purchasing managers at factories anticipate sales will increase 5.6% next year, up from 3.6% for 2014. In terms of hiring, manufacturers surveyed by ISM projected a 1.5% increase in 2015, compared with a 1.2% rise since April. For capital spending, purchasing managers in manufacturing intend a 3.7% year-on-year increase in 2015, down from a 14.7% gain for this year. Similar gains were forecast by services-based purchasing managers in the ISM survey.

Obama To Announce Funding To Encourage Manufacturing.

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The U.S. Navy’s plan to build as many as 12 new submarines armed with nuclear missiles may cost $92 billion, 17 percent more than the $79 billion the service has estimated, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

The estimate in the budget office’s annual review of Navy shipbuilding raises new questions about the service’s acquisition strategy to replace its aging Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarines.

The findings underscore comments this month by the Pentagon’s top weapons buyer that the new submarine and other initiatives to upgrade or replace elements of the U.S.’s air-land-and-sea nuclear triad would present a “big affordability problem” to Ashton Carter,

“We’ll be laying the groundwork for what we do on all those things” and making “key commitments” to continue them, Frank Kendall, the Defense Department’s under secretary for acquisition, told reporters Dec. 5.

The Congressional Budget Office said that if historical increases in construction costs continue, the first in the new class of nuclear-powered submarines would cost $13.8 billion in this year’s dollars, up from the $12.4 billion the Navy has projected. The other 11 would average $7.1 billion each, not counting research and development, compared with the Navy’s estimate of $6 billion.

“The historical record for lead ships of a new classes of submarines in the 1970s and 1980s provides little reason to believe that ballistic missile submarines are cheaper by weight to build than attack submarines,” the budget office said.

The first new ballistic-missile sub would be purchased in 2021, the second in 2024. General Dynamics Corp. (GD:US) and Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. (HII:US) build the U.S.’s nuclear submarines.

For the new submarines, the Navy has estimated that it will request $13 million in fiscal 2016 for procurement, $778 million in fiscal 2017, $792 million in 2018 and $2.9 billion in fiscal 2019, all in dollars not adjusted for inflation.

Those increases would come even as the Pentagon plans to spend $37 billion from fiscal 2017 to 2019 on F-35 fighters and engines for the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, and the Navy would spend $6.8 billion on the new Ford-class aircraft carrier, according t o B l o o m b e r g Government analyst Kevin Brancato.


U.S. Cutting Tool Consumption Up 9.7% In October

October U.S. cutting tool consumption totaled $193.6 million, according to the U.S. Cutting Tool Institute (USCTI) and AMT – The Association For Manufacturing Technology. This total, as reported by companies participating in the Cutting Tool Market Report (CTMR) collaboration, was up 9.7% from September’s total and up 3.3% from October 2013.

These numbers and all data in this report are based on the totals actually reported by the companies participating in the CTMR program. The totals here represent about 80 percent of the U.S. market for cutting tools.

“October 2014 has given some indication that we have turned the proverbial corner in the cutting tool industry,” said Tom Haag, president of USCTI. “Sales volume has recorded the best month in over two years going back to March 2012 and four of the last five months have outperformed 2013. The increased sales immediately after IMTS in Chicago have created a momentum that has continued to swell into the fourth quarter.”

The Cutting Tool Market Report is jointly compiled by AMT and USCTI, two trade associations representing the development, production and distribution of cutting tool technology and products. It provides a monthly statement on U.S. manufacturers’ consumption of the primary consumable in the manufacturing process – the cutting tool. Analysis of cutting tool consumption is a leading indicator of both upturns and downturns in U.S. manufacturing activity, as it is a true measure of actual production levels.

Historical data for the Cutting Tool Market Report is available dating back to January 2012. This collaboration of AMT and USCTI is the first step in the two associations working together to promote and support U.S.-based manufacturers of cutting tool technology.


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Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, has been awarded a $657,400,000 hybrid contract including firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-incentive-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitized contract action for aircraft for the Republic of Korea. Contractor will provide four RQ-4B Block 30 Global Hawk air vehicles, two spare engines, and the applicable Ground Control Environment elements. Each will contain an Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite. Work will be performed at San Diego, California, and is expected to be complete by June 28, 2019. This contract involves foreign military sales. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-15-C-3001).

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, has been awarded a $308,263,249 firm fixed price modification (P00005) to previously awarded contract FA8615-12-C-6016 to provide the government of Taiwan with 144 Active Electronically Scanned Array radars. Contractor will provide installation on F-16 aircraft and one year of supplier support in Taiwan. Work will be performed in Taiwan and is expected to be complete by Nov. 30, 2021. This contract is 100 percent foreign military sales. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, has been awarded a not to exceed $84,500,000 undefinitized contract action modification (P00054) to previously awarded contract FA8625-11-C-6600 for KC-46 production

spares and production support equipment. Contractor will provide the procurement of 4,880 production support equipment items and six production spare parts. Work will be performed at Seattle, Washington, and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2016. Fiscal 2014 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $9,500,000 and fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $32,223,722 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. Composite Engineering Inc., Sacramento, California, has been awarded a $72,367,482 firm-fixed-price contract for Air Force Subscale Aerial Target Lots 11-13 production. Contractor will produce the AFSAT BQM-167A that will be used by the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group to test and evaluate air-to-air and surface-to-air weapons systems. Work will be performed at Sacramento, California, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2017. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2013 and 2014 Department of Defense procurement funds in the amount of $24,309,430 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA8678-15-C-0069).

General Atomics Aeronautical, Poway, California, was awarded an $114,598,215 modification (P00006) to contract W58RGZ-14-C-0008 to continue contractor logistics for the Warrior unmanned aircraft system. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army) funds in the amount of $17,000,000 were obligated at the time of the award. Estimated completion date is Dec. 16, 2015. Work will be performed in Poway, California, and in Afghanistan. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.


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Cheaper Gas, Food Lower U.S. Producer Prices

Falling gas and food costs pushed down overall U.S. wholesale prices last month, evidence that cheaper oil worldwide is limiting inflation.

The Labor Department said Friday that the producer price index fell 0.2 percent in November, after rising by the same amount in October. In the past 12 months, producer prices have risen just 1.4 percent, the smallest yearly increase since February.

The index measures the cost of goods and services before they reach the consumer. American consumers are already seeing lower prices at the gas pump, which has left them with more money to spend on other items.

Wholesale gas prices plunged 6.3 percent, the steepest drop in more than two years. Food prices decreased 0.2 percent, led by sharp declines in pork, fresh fruit and dairy product costs.

Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core producer prices were unchanged last month and have risen 1.8 percent in the past 12 months.

That’s below the Federal Reserve’s target of 2 percent. The target is intended to guard against deflation, or falling prices. Deflation could pull down wages, while leaving debts unchanged, and potentially trigger another recession. At the same time, the Fed also tries to stop inflation from running so high that it could erode the buying power of consumers and businesses.

The retreat of wholesale costs gives the Fed more leeway to keep interest rates at record lows in an effort to stimulate the economy. Many economists forecast the Fed will start raising rates next June.

“Inflation pressures remain very modest in the U.S. ... which gives policymakers more wiggle room to hold back,” said Jennifer Lee, an economist at BMO Capital Markets.

Inflation has already been below 2 percent for most of the past two years, and falling gas prices could drive it even lower.

The average price for a gallon of gas has fallen 30 cents in the past month to $2.62 on Thursday, according to AAA.

Benchmark U.S. crude oil fell below $60 a barrel Thursday for the first time in more than five years, suggesting gas prices could decline even further in the months ahead. Oil prices

have fallen more than 40 percent since June.

Partly because of cheaper gas, the consumer price index was unchanged in October from the previous month. Compared with 12 months earlier, consumer prices were up just 1.7 percent.

Other trends are also keeping prices low. Average hourly pay has risen just 2.1 percent in the past year, below the 3.5 percent to 4 percent that is typical in a healthy economy. That makes it harder for consumers to pay higher costs, limiting retailers’ pricing power.

Americans are already showing some signs of spending the savings they’re seeing at the gas pump. Retail sales rose by the most in eight months in November, the government said Thursday, a promising start to the holiday shopping season.

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Coast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061Fry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651Gorilla Metals Inc. ___________ 855-516-3825Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333Laser Cutting Services, Inc _______ 503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601TCI Precision Metals __________ 800-234-5613

Aluminum Extrusions

Cutting Tool Control Inc. 206-617-2201

Division of Curran Manufacturing Corporation

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

www.royalprod.com

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

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

[email protected]

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

JOE HAUTHProgram Development Manager

[email protected]

www.ajactraining.org

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

922-1674

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]

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

Quality New & Used CNC Machine(303) 651-6545

[email protected]

Aluminum Precision _________805-889-7569Coast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061

Armor:CommercialService Steel _____________503-224-9500Temtco Steel _____________480-389-2883

Armor: Military GradeService Steel _____________503-224-9500Temtco Steel _____________480-389-2883

Brass Coast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061Coastal Metals ____________ 800-811-7466Fry Steel _______________800-423-6651Gorilla Metals Inc. ___________ 855-516-3825Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______818-729-3333Ryerson Corporation _________425-204-2601Sequoia Brass & Copper _______800-362-5255

BronzeCoastal Metals ____________ 800-811-7466Sequoia Brass & Copper _______800-362-5255

Carbon SteelCoastal Metals ____________ 800-811-7466Fry Steel _______________800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc _______ 503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation _________425-204-2601

Cobalt AlloysAerodyne Alloys ___________800-337-3766United Performance Metals ______888-282-3292

CopperCoast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061Gorilla Metals Inc. ___________ 855-516-3825Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______818-729-3333

Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601Sequoia Brass & Copper _______ 800-362-5255

Drill RodAZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600

Electrical SteelsFry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651

GarnetGMA Garnet Group __________209-6-63-9931

High Temperature AlloysUnited Performance Metals ______888-282-3292

Laser Cut MaterialLaser Cutting Services, Inc _______ 503-612-8311

LeadIndustrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333

Material SalesCoast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061Coastal Metals ____________ 800-811-7466Fry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651Laser Cutting Services, Inc _______ 503-612-8311Temtco Steel _____________480-389-2883United Performance Metals ______888-282-3292

Metals: Bar & PlateCoast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061Fry Steel ________________800-423-665Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601Sequoia Brass & Copper _______ 800-362-5255United Performance Metals ______888-282-3292

Nickel AlloysAerodyne Alloys ___________ 800-337-3766 Fry Steel _______________ 800-423-6651Marzee Inc. ______________ 602-269-5801

United Performance Metals _____ _888-282-3292 Plate: Wear and Structural

Chapel Steel ____________ _503-928-7442Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601Temtco Steel _____________ 480-389-2883United Performance Metals _____ _888-282-3292

Precision Ground FlatAZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600TCI Precision Metals __________ 800-234-5613

Sheet & CoilChapel Steel ____________ _503-928-7442Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601

Stainless Steel & SteelAerodyne Alloys ___________ 800-337-3766AZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600Coast Aluminum ___________ 877-398-6061Fry Steel ________________800-423-665Gorilla Metals Inc. ___________ 855-516-3825Industrial Metal Supply Co. ______ 818-729-3333Laser Cutting Services, Inc ________503-612-8311Ryerson Corporation _________ 425-204-2601TCI Precision Metals __________ 800-234-5613Temtco Steel _____________ 480-389-2883United Performance Metals _____ _888-282-3292

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

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

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ChuckersCNC-PROS _______________602-344-9753

CNC Controls & Retro FitsRosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439

CNC LathesAutomatics & Machinery Co., Inc ____ 303-990-6190Chevalier USA _____________562-903-1929Ellison Technologies ___________206-669-3578Ganesh Machinery ___________888-542-6374Gosiger _________________ 937-586-5067Machine Toolworks ___________800-426-2052Methods Machine Tools Inc. _______623-826-1025Muratec _______________ 949-466-8255North Western Machinery ________206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools _______ 510-249-1000Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439Selway Machine Tool __________ 503-314-3165Selway Machine Tool __________425-931-1680

3 , 4, & 5 Axis CNC MillsAutomatics & Machinery Co., Inc ____ 303-990-6190Bixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208Chevalier USA _____________562-903-1929Ellison Technologies ___________206-669-3578Ganesh Machinery ___________888-542-6374Gosiger _________________ 937-586-5067LMI Machinery Inc. ___________ 866-437-7315Machine Toolworks ___________800-426-2052Methods Machine Tools Inc. _______623-826-1025

4740 NE 166th AvenuePortland, OR 97230

(503) 224-6061(877) 398-6061

Fax (503) 253-1790Cell (503) 572-9331

[email protected]

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FAB-LINE

MACHINERY, LLC

Robert Herling

West Coast Regional

Sales Manager

1900 EAST TYLER ROAD

BUILDING 800

ST. CHARLES, IL 60174 USA

1-866-466-8298

OFFICE 630-587-0505

CELL 206-972-6215

E-MAIL [email protected]

www.fab-line.com

Boring Mills

763.682.0322763.682.3122763.682.3954

[email protected]

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DIRECT:PHONE:

FAX:MOBILE:E-MAIL:

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Made in Italy

Since 1922

Made in ItalyDriven Tooling for the Machine Tool Industry

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

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888.713.7201 714.970.1683 x39

[email protected]

Toll FreePhoneFax


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

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

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

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

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

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

Router

Kwik Mark Inc

www.kwikmark.com

Dot Peen Marking Systems

Phone 815 363 8268Fax 815 363 [email protected]

Kwik Mark Inc4071 Albany Street

McHenry IL 60050

For AZ, NM, and NV publication Southwest Edition

Delivering Alloy Solutions Worldwide

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

www.aerodynealloys.com

O’Neal High-Performance Metals

Delivering Alloy Solutions Worldwide

O’Neal High-Performance Metals

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

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

Nickel Cobalt Titanium Stainless

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North Western Machinery _______ 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools ______ 510-249-1000Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439Selway Machine Tool __________503-314-3165Selway Machine Tool _________ 425-931-1680Starrag Group ____________ 859-534-5201Tornos USA. ______________ 951-240-0818

CNC 3 & 5 Axis Routing MachinesACS/MultiCamNW __________ 360-318-7534Ellison Technologies __________ 206-669-3578Impact Machine Tools __________253-219-0119

CNC Swiss Turn MachinesAutomatics & Machinery Co., Inc ___ 303-990-6190Ellison Technologies __________ 206-669-3578Ganesh Machinery __________ 888-542-6374Gosiger ________________ 937-586-5067LMI Machinery Inc. __________ 866-437-7315Machine Toolworks __________ 800-426-2052Methods Machine Tools Inc. ______ 623-826-1025North-South Machinery ________ 253-333-2439North Western Machinery _______ 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools ______ 510-249-1000Starrag Group ____________ 859-534-5201Tornos USA. _____________ _951-240-0818

Custom Design/Build MachinesLambie Engineering _________ 509-868-3100

Dot Peen MarkersKwik Mark Inc ____________ 815-363-8268

EDM Automation

ONA EDM USA ___________ 602-328-0881

EDM Die Sinking Machines

ONA EDM USA ___________ 602-328-0881EDM Filtration

EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782EDM Machines

Current EDM, Inc. ____________612-840-0037EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782Methods Machine Tools Inc. _______623-826-1025North-South Machinery ________ 253-333-2439

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

EDM Service

Desert EDM Sales __________ 480-816-6300EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782

ONA EDM USA ___________ 602-328-0881EDM Tooling Systems

EDM Network ____________ 480-836-1782Global EDM Supply __________ 480-836-8330

Gantry & Bridge SystemsEllison Technologies ___________206-669-3578

Horizontal Boring & Milling Machines (CNC )

Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439Jig Boring

Methods Machine Tools Inc. _______623-826-1025Large Milling Machines

Starrag Group _____________859-534-5201Lathes

Bixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208

CNC-PROS ______________ 602-344-9753Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439

Parts WashingGosiger _________________937-586-5067

Sub Spindle LathesRosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439

Turning CentersCNC-PROS ______________ 602-344-9753

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

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING

Design to CAD to Build

Full Circle Development ________ 503-867-6514METROLOGY PRODUCTS

Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439NEW MACHINERY

FABRICATIONBixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031Jorgensen Machine Tools ________800-952-0151

Band & Cut Off SawsHydmech Sawing Solutions _______714-620-5560Innovative Tool Sales _________ 714-780-0730Jorgenson Machine Tools ________801-214-7309North Western Machinery _______ 206-583-2333Rosco Precision Machinery ______ 253-333-2439

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

CNC Turret PunchesMuratec _______________949-466-8255

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

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

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

Iron WorkersFahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031Jorgensen Machine Tools _______ 800-952-0151

Laser CuttingACS/MultiCamNW __________ 360-318-7534Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031

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

Material Handling SystemsHydmech Sawing Solutions ______ 714-620-5560

Metal Marking SystemsKwik Mark Inc ____________ 815-363-8268

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

Plasma/Gas Cutting Tools/SystemsACS/MultiCamNW __________ 360-318-7534Fab - Line Machinery _________ 206-972-6215Rosco Precision Machinery ______253-333-2439

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

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James PetersonRegional Service Technician

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Bixby Machine Tool Supply ______ 509-534-1208Press Brakes

Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031Fab - Line Machinery __________206-972-6215Jorgensen Machine Tools ________800-952-0151

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

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

Shearing MachinesFab - Line Machinery __________206-972-6215Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031Jorgensen Machine Tools ________800-952-0151

Sign & Graphic Cutting SolutionsACS/MultiCamNW ___________360-318-7534

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

Welding EquipmentRocky Mountain Saw Blades ______303-761-3000

PALLET SYSTEMSManual & Automatic Pallet Systems

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

SystemsMidaco Corporation __________ 847-593-8420

Manual Rotory Pallet SystemsMidaco Corporation __________ 847-593-8420

Shipping SolutionsPerry Pallet Co. ____________ 360-366-5239

Wood Pallets

Perry Pallet Co. ____________360-366-5239PRECISION TOOLHOLDING PRODUCTS

ToolingVon Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 763-682--3122

Tooling SystemsVon Ruden Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 763-682--3122

PROG. SYSTEMSFactory Automation/Logistics

Muratec _______________949-466-8255CAD/CAM Software, CAD

Automatics & Machinery Co., Inc ___ 303-990-6190Delcam Software ___________ 877-DELCAM1

MRP SoftwareSigmaTEK ______________ 513-595-2022

Nesting SoftwareSigmaNEST ______________ 513-595-2022

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

PROTOTYPE MACHINERYSanta Cruz Electronics ______ 831-479-5444

REPAIRCNC-PROS ______________ 602-344-9753Derest Machine Tool Repair ___ 480-226-3128

Bar Feeder RepairEdge Technologies __________562-243-4659

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

Robotic Part Loading Systems

Midaco Corporation ___________847-593-8420ROUTERS

Rosco Precision Machinery _______253-333-2439

SERVICES

AS9100 RegistrationGreat Western Registrar _________623-580-1881

Financial ServicesIntech Funding _____________800-553-9208Quick Turn Financial __________415-608-5692U.S. Bank Equipment __________206-948-0022

ISO Consulting/RegistrationGladhill Associates ___________719-239-9830Great Western Registrar _________623-580-1881

Lean Consulting TrainingGladhill Associates ___________719-239-9830Lambie Engineering __________ 509-868-3100

ISO / AS9100 CertificationBMSC_________________ 602-445-9400Gladhill Associates ___________719-239-9830Sustaining Edge Solutions ________888-572-9642

Machine Tool RebuildingEDM Network _____________480-836-1782

Management Systems TrainingBMSC_________________ 602-445-9400Gladhill Associates ___________719-239-9830Sustaining Edge Solutions ________888-572-9642

Supply Chain AssessmentsGladhill Associates ___________719-239-9830Sustaining Edge Solutions ________888-572-9642

SIX SIGMA TRAININGSustaining Edge Solutions ________888-572-9642

SOFTWARE CAD CAMMachining

Cimatron _________ 248-596-9700 ext. 237Delcam ______________877-335-2261Solid Products __________ 480-206-0330

Mechanical Design

Cimatron ________ 248-596-9700 ext. 237Delcam _____________ 877-335-2261

SPINDLES & SLIDESSpindle Rebuilding/Repair

C & M Precision Spindle, Inc._ _____ 503-691-0955GMN USA LLC_____________ 800-686-1679Setco ________________ 714-222-6523

Spindle Sales NewC & M Precision Spindle, Inc._ _____ 503-691-0955GMN USA LLC_____________ 800-686-1679Setco ________________ 714-222-6523

TOOLING SYSTEMSMP Industrial _____________800-759-4282

USED MACHINERYAutomatics & Machinery Co., Inc ___ 303-990-6190EDM Network _ ___________480-836-1782Jorgensen Machine Tools _______ 800-952-0151K.D. Capital Equipt __________ 480-922-1674Machine Tools Northwest _______206-650-8999North Western Machinery _______ 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools ______ 510-249-1000

WATERJET CUTTINGACS/MultiCamNW __________ 360-318-7534Fahey Machinery Co., Inc. _______ 503-620-9031Flow International __________ 909-620-5707Jorgensen Machine Tools _______ 800-952-0151 Machine Toolworks __________ 800-426-2052

Waterjet & Blast AbrasivesBarton International _________ 951-551-2685GMA Garnet Group __________209-6-63-9931

Waterjet Replacement PartsBarton International _________ 951-551-2685EDM Performance __________800-336-2946

WOOD PRODUCTSPerry Pallet Co. ____________360-366-5239

David BELLHOUSERegional Sales Manager – Cutting Tools | Abrasives

[email protected] +1 909 263 9282 - F +1 909 494 7989

Cinetic Landis Corp. Manufacturer of CITCO tools & Gardner abrasives7605 Disovery LaneConcord Twp., Ohio 44077 - USAwww.fivesgroup.com

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Capabilities: Web: www.PerryPallet.com

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Randall J. Wilson

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

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MandrelAeroform, Inc. ___________360-403-1919Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122

Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776Laser Cutting Services, Inc ________ 503-612-8311

BONDING

AdhesiveVacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472

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Di�usionVacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472

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

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Investment Casting-PrecisionDolphin Investment Castings___ 602-272-6747

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

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

DIESTool & Dies

Micropulse West Inc. _______ 480-966-2300

Plastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634DEBURRING

Industrial Precision Grinding ___ 310-352-4700EDGING

United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292EDM

EDM: Dialectric Systems/Filtration

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

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

EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking)Micropulse West, Inc. ______ 480-966-2300Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______ 714-373-0098

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Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185EDM: Wire

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

ELECTRO-FORMING

Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472ELECTRO MECHANICAL

Sub-Assembly BuildsCascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733

ENGINEERING/DESIGNCascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733Hexatron Engineering ______ 801-363-8010

Lambie Engineering _______ 509-868-3100

Mohawk Metal _________ 541-556-6095

FABRICATION

Fabrication: Sheet MetalAEI Fabrication __________480-733-6594Aeroform, Inc. __________ 360-403-1919Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740AG Machining __________805-207-0584Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776Laser Cutting Services Inc _______ 503-612-8311Metalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080Mohawk Metal _________ 541-556-6095Mountain View Machine _____435-755-0500QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951

Fabrication: Custom MetalAEI Fabrication __________480-733-6594AG Machining __________805-207-0584Buyken Metal Products _____ 206-947-9122

Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574

Group Mfg Serv __________480-966-3952Howell Precision __________ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs ______503-240-0878Metalcraft Industries ________888-280-7080QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________ 206-762-2117SMH Inc LLC ____________ 360-341-2226Valley Machine Shop, Inc. _____ 425-207-5951

Weiser/Mile High Precision ____303-280-2778Wrico________________480-892-7800

Precision Sheet Metal Fabrication: Medium & Large

AEI Fabrication ___________480-733-6594 Aeroform, Inc. ___________ 360-403-1919AG Machining ___________805-207-0584Buyken Metal Products ______ 206-947-9122

Group Mfg Serv __________480-966-3952Howell Precision __________ 623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs ______503-240-0878Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311Marketcraft ____________ 503-329-7678

Metalcraft Industries ________888-280-7080

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

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

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

Galvanizing: Hot DipTMM Precision __________800-448-9448

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

Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930

Liquid PaintingAero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740

MPI International ________956-631-6880

Passivation

Group Mfg Serv QUAL-FAB, Inc.

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Shawn Carlin [email protected]

Joe TripiISO9001:2008 President

[email protected]

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

Coating Technologies _____ _623-581-2648

Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930

PolishingArizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671

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

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

Silk Screening

Arizona Finishing ________ 602-438-4443

FIXTURINGReal Axis Machining _______ 360-723-5386

FORGINGSAluminum

Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098Hand Forgings

Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098Titanium

Aluminum Precision _______ 714-227-2098GASKETS

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

GRINDINGAZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175

EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878Industrial Precision Grinding ___ 310-352-4700Mountain View Machine _____435-755-0500Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613

Grinding, BlanchardAZ Tool Steel _____________ 877-795-1600Diversified Metal Services ____ 801-972-6093Industrial Precision Grinding ___ 310-352-4700Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700

TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613Grinding, Centerless

Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320Grinding, Double Disc

Industrial Precision Grinding ___ 310-352-4700TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613

Grinding: ODArizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671Precision Tech __________ 801-285-7288Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700

Grinding: SurfaceChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175

Industrial Precision Grinding ___ 310-352-4700Superior Grinding ________ 801-487-9700

TCI Precision Metals _______ 800-234-5613

Grinding: Tool & CutterSuperior Grinding_________888-487-9701

HEAT TREATINGByington Steel Treating______408-727-6630Controlled Thermal Tech______602-272-3714Inland NW Metallurgical______800-379-2231MET-TEK Heat Treating______503-519-9864

Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751Cryogenics

Phoenix Heat Treating ______ 602-258-7751Heat Treating/ISO/AS9100

Byington Steel Treating______408-727-6630Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751

Heat Treating/AerospaceByington Steel Treating______408-727-6630Inland NW Metallurgical______800-379-2231Phoenix Heat Treating_______602-258-7751

Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum

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

VacuumInland NW Metallurgical______800-379-2231

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

HYDRAULIC REPAIRArizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671

GASKETS RUBBER PRODUCTSRJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644

INJECTION MOLDSPlastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634

INJECTION MOLDINGPlastic Injection Molding _____ 509-531-2634

INSTALLATIONMohawk Metal _________ 541-556-6095

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

LASER CUTTINGLaser Cutting

AEI Fabrication __________ 480-733-6594AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584Buyken Metal Products ______206-947-9122Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776

Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311

Marketcraft ___________ 503-329-7678Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069Mohawk Metal _________ 541-556-6095United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292Wrico_______________ 480-892-7800

Laser Cutting: MicroHowell Precision _________ 623-582-4776

Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311

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Doug Mielenz Sales [email protected] 541.556.6095 Toll-free 1.855.JIT.SHOP (548.7467)

Oregon Washington www.mohawkmetal.com

888-280-7080 | [email protected]

Darrin J. CaschettePresident

ISO 9001:2008

A2Z MANUFACTURING West Coast MANUFACTURING West Coast

Shelly Conti

[email protected]

Superior Grinding

www.tfcplating.com

503-771-0969 [email protected]

Superior Grinding ________Superior Grinding

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Laser Cutting: 3D

Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776Laser Cutting Services Inc ________ 503-612-8311

Micro-Laser

Vacco Industries _________ 626-450-6472

E-CoatMPI International ________ 956-631-6880

EMI/RFI ShieldingIndustrialEX ___________ 303-456-6847

Laser EngravingMarketcraft ___________ 503-329-7678PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239

Laser MarkingPMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239

Precision Etched Parts

PMA Photometals ________ 480-773-3239LEVELING

United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292

MACHININGAG Machining __________ 805-207-0584Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115

Central Valley Machine _____ 435-752-0934

EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422

Howard Precision Machine ____ 801-619-9850Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700Machinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742Metalcraft Industries _______ 888-280-7080Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212Real Axis Machining _______ 360-723-5386Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278

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

Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923

Machining: 5-AxisAccutech Machine Inc _______ 801-975-1117Machinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821

Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923

Machining: AerospaceAlpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700Layke Inc. ____________602-272-2654Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212St. Vrain _____________ 303-702-1529SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226Teton Machine __________208-642-9344Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923

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

Machining: Horizontal BoringMachinists Inc. __________360-202-7342

Machining: Proto-R & D Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381Bar-S Machine, Inc. _______ 928-636-2115

Central Valley Machine _____ 435-752-0934Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212Proto Technologies. _______ 509-891-4747Real Axis Machining _______ 360-723-5386Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320Savage Machining Inc. ______ 805-584-8047SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923

Machining: CNC MillingAccutech Machine Inc _______801-975-1117

Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 503-538-0350

Bar-S Machine, Inc. __ _____ 928-636-2115

Central Valley Machine _____ 435-752-0934EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422

Rebecca PrenticeBusiness Manager

www.IndustrialMachineServices.comwww.IndustrialMachineServices.com

SCOTT FERGUSONMarketing & Sales Manager

[email protected] (503) 625.2821

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

KOTLOFFRON

[email protected] W. Birchwood AvenueMesa, Arizona 85210

TELFAX

EMAILWEBMAIL

Founder / CEO

AEIFABRICATION

Central Valley Machine

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Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850

Industrial Machine Svcs _____503-240-0878Larkin Precision Machine ____831-438-2700Layke Inc. ____________602-272-2654MacKay Manufacturing _____509-922-7742Metalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080Metal Products Company ____800-345-2069Micropulse West, Inc. ______480-966-2300Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212Real Axis Machining _______360-723-5386Savage Machining Inc. ______805-584-8047SMH Inc LLC ___________360-341-2226Stevens Tool & Die ________ 503-682-3185Teton Machine __________208-642-9344Treske Precision Machining ___503-625-2821Valley Machine Shop, Inc. ____ 425-207-5951Western Precision Products, Inc. _503-786-8923

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

Machining: MedicalPortland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212Teton Machine __________208-642-9344

Machining: ProductionAccutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____503-538-0350Howard Precision Machined Prod. 801-619-9850

Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344


Machining: Shaft TurningMachinists Inc. __________ 360-202-7342

Machining: SwissBar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115Howard Precision Machined Prod. _801-619-9850Ron Grob Co ___________ 970-667-5320Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923

Machining: TurningAccutech Machine Inc _______ 801-975-1117A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ____ 503-538-0350Bar-S Machine, Inc. ________928-636-2115EDM Express ___________ 800-780-7075Faustson _____________ 303-420-7422Howard Precision Machined Prod. _801-619-9850Industrial Machine Svcs _____ 503-240-0878Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700Layke Inc. ____________ 602-272-2654MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742Metalcraft Industries _______ 888-280-7080Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212Real Axis Machining _______ 360-723-5386Savage Machining Inc. ______ 805-584-8047SMH Inc LLC ___________ 360-341-2226

Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344

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


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

MANUFACTURING VALUE ADDED

Contract ManufacturingAEI Fabrication __________ 480-733-6594Aeroform, Inc. ___________360-403-1919Alpha Precision Machining, Inc. _ 253-395-7381Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733G & G Custom Metal Fab ____ 503-931-7069Group Mfg Serv _________ 480-966-3952Howell Precision _________ 623-582-4776Larkin Precision Machine ____ 831-438-2700MacKay Manufacturing _____ 509-922-7742Metalcraft Industries _______ 888-280-7080Metal Products Company ____ 800-345-2069QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________206-762-2117Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212Teton Machine __________ 208-642-9344

Treske Precision Machining ___ 503-625-2821TVT Die Casting _________ 800-280-2278

Western Precision Products, Inc. _ 503-786-8923Turnkey Product Services

Aero Tech MFG __________ 801-891-2740

METAL INJECTION MOLDINGRJM Sales Solutions _______ 630-849-8644

METAL POLISHINGCommercial Polishing

Masic Industries ___________503-232-9109

Metal Polishing By Timothy ____ 503-253-5294Custom Airplane to Marine Polishing

Metal Polishing By Timothy ____ 503-253-5294Personal Collectables Polishing

Metal Polishing By Timothy ____ 503-253-5294Production Polishing

Metal Polishing By Timothy ____ 503-253-5294Timesaving

Masic Industries ___________503-232-9109

METALIZINGControlled Thermal Tech ______602-272-3714

MOLDING: RUBBER

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

MOLDS Aero Tech MFG ____________801-891-2740Arizona Finishing _________ 602-438-4443

Jet Processing _________ 623-869-6749x117Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ________714-373-0098Plastic Injection Molding _______509-531-2634

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

Molds: Fast Turn Prototype and Bridge Molds

Stevens Tool & Die __________503-682-3185

Molds: Expertise in Overmold and Insert

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

[email protected]

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

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

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MoldingStevens Tool & Die _______ 503-682-3185

PAINTING & POWDER COATING

A.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ___ 503-538-0350

Marketcraft __________ 503-329-7678

Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109

Precision Industrial Painting __ 602-256-0260

Intricate MaskingPrecision Industrial Painting __ 602-256-0260

Passivation

ASKO Group __________ 206-947-4052

TFC Plating ___________ 503-771-0969

PC BOARDS

Surface Mount & Thru Hole

Cascade Systems Technology _ 503-640-5733

PLASTIC MACHINING

MacKay Manufacturing ____ 509-922-7742Portland Precision Manufacturing 503-708-7212

PLASTIC MOLDING

3-D Plastics, Inc. ________ 503-720-0572Plastic Injection Molding ____ 509-531-2634SMH Inc LLC __________ 360-341-2226

Mold Making3-D Plastics, Inc. ________ 503-720-0572Plastic Injection Molding ____ 509-531-2634

PLATING

ASKO Group __________ 206-947-4052ChemResearch __________602-253-4175

East Side Plating ________ 503-654-3774

EPSI _______________714-519-9423Foresight Finishing_______ 480-772-0387Gold Tech ___________ 480-968-1930

Masic Industries ________ 503-232-9109

Anodizing

ChemResearch __________ 602-253-4175

Bright Tin

Foresight Finishing________480-772-0387

Chrome/Nickel/PalladiumEPSI _______________ 714-519-9423

Gold Tech ____________480-968-1930

Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109

CoatingCoating Technologies ______623-581-2648

Controlled Thermal Tech ____602-272-3714

Coating: Black OxideCoating Technologies ______623-581-2648

Coating: Dry Film LubeCoating Technologies ______623-581-2648

Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/ChromeCoating Technologies ______623-581-2648

Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.Coating Technologies ______623-581-2648

Copper

Gold Tech Industries _______480-968-1930Foresight Finishing________480-772-0387Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109

TFC Plating ____________503-771-0969

Embrittlement ReliefEPSI _______________ 714-519-9423

Electroless Nickel

ASKO Group ___________206-947-4052

Gold Tech Industries _______480-968-1930Foresight Finishing________480-772-0387


TFC Plating ____________503-771-0969Gold

ASKO Group ___________206-947-4052EPSI _______________ 714-519-9423

Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387

Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930

Hard Chrome

Arizona Hard Chrome ______ 602-278-8671

ASKO Group ___________ 206-947-4052

Nickel-Bright

Gold Tech Industries _______ 480-968-1930Foresight Finishing________ 480-772-0387


TFC Plating ____________ 503-771-0969GTin / Zinc Plate

ASKO Group ___________ 206-947-4052EPSI _______________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109

TFC Plating ____________ 503-771-0969Olive Drab-Chromate

Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109Silver Plating

ASKO Group ___________ 206-947-4052EPSI _______________ 714-519-9423Gold Tech ____________ 480-968-1930

TFC Plating ____________ 503-771-0969Tin Plating

TFC Plating ____________ 503-771-0969

PLASMA CUTTING

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

Oxy Fuel-Plasma Cutting

Chapel Steel ____________ _503-928-7442

PRECISION FORMINGAeroform, Inc. _ _________360-403-1919Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574Pacific Tool, Inc __________ 425-882-1970QUAL-FAB, Inc. __________ 206-762-2117

Foresight FinishingForesight Finishing 480-772-0387

Inland Northwest Metallurgical Services, Inc. 16203 E Marietta Ave

Spokane Valley, WA 99216

Dan Tabish

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

President

Now Bright Hardening Superalloys!

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

SpringWorks Utah _________ 801-298-0113

Wrico_______________ 480-892-7800

PRINTING

UV LED Printing

Stratavision Industries _______951-272-5700

Flat Bed Digital PrintingMarketcraft ____________503-329-7678

PROCESSING: METAL

Acid Pickle

MPI International ________ 956-631-6880

Chemical

LA Specialties ___________ 602-269-7612


Chem-Film ConversionMasic Industries __________503-232-9109

Plating Alodine


Phosphate


PROTOTYPES

Cascade Systems Technology __ 503-640-5733

PUNCHING

AEI Fabrication __________ 480-733-6594AG Machining __________ 805-207-0584Cygnet Stamping & Fab ______ 818-240-7574

Group Manufacturing Serv ___ 480-966-3952Mohawk Metal __________541-556-6095Pacific Tool, Inc ___________425-882-1970QUAL-FAB, Inc. ___________ 206-762-2117

RECYCLING MATERIALS

Aluminum, Brass, Copper, Nickel, Plas-tics, Stainless Steel, Steel, Tin

Calbag Metals Company _____253-283-8657Metro Metals Northwest _____503-819-1284

Bin Service


Calbag Metals Company ____ 253-283-8657Excess Material Handling

Calbag Metals Company ____ 253-283-8657Full Service Scrap Management

Calbag Metals Company ____ 253-283-8657Scrap Metal Prrocessing

Calbag Metals Company ____ 253-283-8657Waste Metal Management

Calbag Metals Company ____ 253-283-8657Wood Products

Perry Pallet Co. ____________ 360-366-5239

REPAIRCNC-PROS ______________ 602-344-9753Derest Machine Tool Repair ___ 480-226-3128

ROLLINGAG Machining __________ 805-207-0584

ROUTING -CNCMarketcraft ___________ 503-329-7678

SANDBLASTINGByington Steel Treating, Inc. ___ 408-727-6630Masic Industries _________ 503-232-9109

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

SHEARINGMohawk Metal _________ 541-556-6095 United Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292

SIGNAGE & DISPLAYSMarketcraft ___________ 503-329-7678Milco Wire EDM,, Inc. ______ 714-373-0098

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

SINTERINGWestern Sintering ________ 509-375-3096

SLITTINGUnited Performance Metals __ _888-282-3292

SOFTWARE

MachiningDelcam _____________ 877-335-2261

Mechanical DesignDelcam _____________ 877-335-2261

SPLINESSpecialty Steel Services _____ 801-539-8252

SPRINGSSpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113

STAMPING PRECISIONAEI Fabrication __________ 480-733-6594


Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____ 818-240-7574 Metal Products Company ____800-345-2069Metalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080Pacific Metal Stampings _____ 661-257-7656Precision Die & Stamping ____480-967-2038SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____303-280-2778

Stamping: AerospacePacific Metal Stampings _____ 661-257-7656

Stamping: BendingPacific Metal Stampings _____ 661-257-7656

Stamping:DesignPacific Metal Stampings _____ 661-257-7656SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113Weiser/Mile High Prec. _____303-280-2778

Stamping:Flat FormingMetalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113

Stamping: LightMetalcraft Industries _______888-280-7080Pacific Metal Stampings _____ 661-257-7656SpringWorks Utah ________ 801-298-0113

Stamping: Production/Precision

Precision Die & Stamping ____480-967-2038Stamping: Short Run

Pacific Metal Stampings _____ 661-257-7656SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Cascade Systems Technology __503-640-5733TESTING

Testing: Corrosion, Product Stress, Vibration

Cascade TEK ___________888-835-9250Testing: Non-Destructive

Noranco Jet Processing _____ 623-869-6749THERMAL SPRAY

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

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

TOOL Cutting & GrindingPowerhaus Precision _______480-225-8845

TOOLINGIndustrial Machine Svcs _____503-240-0878Lambie Engineering _______ 509-868-3100

Mountain View Machine ____ 435-755-0500Real Axis Machining ______ 360-723-5386RyansDovetails.com _______253-876-9981

TUBE BENDING &

CUTTING FABAG Machining _________ 805-207-0584Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____818-240-7574Howell Precision _________623-582-4776

WATERJET CUTTINGAccutech Machine Inc ______ 801-975-1117Aeroform, Inc. __________360-403-1919Marketcraft __________ 503-329-7678Marzee Inc. ___________602-269-5801Milco Waterjet _________ 714-373-0098United Performance Metals _ _888-282-3292

WELDINGCustom Metal Fabrication ____503-788-5701Cygnet Stamping & Fab _____818-240-7574G & G Custom Metal Fab ___ 503-931-7069Howell Precision _________623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878Mountain View Machine ____ 435-755-0500Weiser/Mile High Prec. ____ 303-280-2778Weld Metal Works ________503-788-5701

Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large

G & G Custom Metal Fab ___ 503-931-7069Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878

Friction Welding:RJM Sales Solutions ______ 630-849-8644

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

Welding: MIG-TIGA.R.E. Manufacturing, Inc. ___ 503-538-0350G & G Custom Metal Fab ___ 503-931-7069Howell Precision _________623-582-4776Industrial Machine Svcs ____ 503-240-0878

WIRE HARNESSESCascade Systems Technology _ 503-640-5733RJM Sales Solutions ______ 630-849-8644

BrazingBrazing : VacuumBrazing: Dip Heat TreatingHeat Treating – AerospaceHeat Treating – ISO 9001 / AS 9100

Thermal-Vac...714-997-2601

www.ThermalVac.com

Plate RollingTube & Pipe BendingSpecialty BendingStructural BendingArchitectural Forming & FabricationIndustrial Manufacturing Forming & Fabrication

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

www.albinaco.com

Plate Rolling

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

Wohlhaupter Corporation10542 Success LaneCenterville, Ohio 45458

Nick HochuliSales Engineer

C O R P O R A T I O N

LATE BREAKING ADDITIONS

Modular MultiBore Boring SystemReplaceable InsertsClamping ToolsCustomized SolutionsGrooving HeadFacing and Boring HeadsDrills and Taps

Wohlhaupter...937-503-4708

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WIDTH 1/2” 3/4" 1" 1-1/4"4'-6" 16.08 17.75 18.65 20.675'-0" 17.15 19.01 20.01 22.255'-6" 18.23 20.27 21.37 23.836'-0" 19.30 21.53 22.73 25.416'-6" 20.37 22.78 24.08 26.997'-0" 21.44 24.04 25.44 28.587'-6" 22.51 25.30 26.80 30.168'-0" 23.58 26.55 28.15 31.748'-6" 24.65 27.81 29.51 33.329'-0" 25.73 29.07 30.87 34.909'-6" 26.80 30.33 32.23 36.4810'-0" 27.87 31.58 33.58 38.0610'-6" 28.94 32.84 34.94 39.6411'-0" 30.01 34.10 36.30 41.2211'-6" 31.08 35.35 37.65 42.8012'-0" 32.15 36.61 39.01 44.3912'-6" 33.23 37.87 40.37 45.9713'-0" 34.30 39.13 41.73 47.5513'-6" 35.37 40.38 43.08 49.1314'-0" 36.44 41.64 44.44 50.7114'-6" 37.51 42.90 45.80 52.2915'-0" 38.58 44.15 47.15 53.8715'-6" 39.65 45.41 48.51 55.4516'-0" 40.73 46.67 49.87 57.0316'-6" 41.80 47.93 51.23 58.6217'-0" 42.87 49.18 52.58 60.2017'-6" 43.94 50.44 53.94 61.7818'-0" 45.01 51.70 55.30 63.3618'-6" 46.08 52.95 56.65 64.9419'-0" 47.15 54.21 58.01 66.5219'-6" 48.23 55.47 59.37 68.1020'-0" 49.30 56.73 60.73 69.6820'-6" 50.37 57.98 62.08 71.2621'-0" 51.44 59.24 63.44 72.8521'-6" 52.51 60.50 64.80 74.4322'-0" 53.58 61.75 66.15 76.0122’-6” 54.65 63.01 67.51 77.5923’-0” 55.73 64.27 68.87 79.17

WIDTH 1-1/2" 2" 2-5/8"15’-6” 68.79 86.20 117.6716’-0” 70.78 88.74 121.1416’-6” 72.77 91.29 124.6217’-0” 74.75 93.83 128.0917’-6” 76.74 96.38 131.5618’-0” 78.73 98.92 135.0318’-6” 80.72 101.46 138.5019'-0" 82.71 104.01 141.9719'-6" 84.70 106.55 145.4520'-0" 86.68 109.10 148.9220'-6" 88.67 111.64 152.3921'-0" 90.66 114.19 155.8621'-6" 92.65 116.73 159.3322'-0" 94.64 119.28 162.8022'-6" 96.63 121.82 166.2823'-0" 98.62 124.36 169.7523'-6" 100.60 126.91 173.2224'-0" 102.59 129.45 176.6924'-6" 104.58 132.00 180.1625'-0" 106.57 134.54 183.6325'-6" 108.56 137.09 187.1126'-0" 110.55 139.63 190.5826'-6" 112.53 142.18 194.0527'-0" 114.52 144.72 197.5227'-6" 116.51 147.26 200.9928'-0" 118.50 149.81 204.4728'-6" 120.49 152.35 207.9429'-0" 122.48 154.90 211.4129'-6" 124.46 157.44 214.8830'-0" 126.45 159.99 218.3530’-6” 128.44 162.53 221.8231’-0” 130.43 165.08 225.3031'-6" 132.42 167.62 228.7732'-0" 134.41 170.16 232.2432'-6" 136.39 172.71 235.7133'-0" 138.38 175.25 239.1833'-6" 140.37 177.80 242.6534'-0" 142.36 180.34 246.13

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