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BOULEVARD MACHINE & GEAR, Inc.
2 A concept is stronger than a fact. (Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1860-1935)
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4 For every extra kilogram carried on a space flight, 530 kg of fuel are needed at lift-off.
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BOULEVARD MACHINE & GEAR, Inc. Springfield, MA
satisfaction. Boulevard's historic reputation, technical capability, on-time delivery performance, and quality, has earned orders from many Fortune 500 corporations for decades such as: Atlas Pacific, Boeing, Hamilton Sundstrand (or now known as UTAS), Cenveo, Siemens, Parker Aerospace, Proctor & Gamble/Tambrands, Solo Cup/Sweetheart, Timken Purdy Systems, Titeflex Aerospace, and GE. By adding a unique bonding of experience, well-
Haas CNC Milling station.
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B oulevard Machine and Gear, Inc., started in business in 1954 to primarily service the paper mill industry. It changed
directions a few times over the years, but in 2006 Susan Kasa acquired the company.
Susan recognized the need to modernize the equipment, raise the training level of the employees, while increasing a younger workforce. The company now has one area where CNC and conventional machining is done, another for CNCs and another building for conventional gear making. The employees are all trained in programming their own equipment and are capable of running long run CNC orders, or prototype parts on their manual equipment. The company is certified as a women’s business enterprise through the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). Susan is working with the Regional Employment Board, local vocational-technical colleges and vocational high schools to improve the trained work force in Western New England. Boulevard Machine & Gear is dedicated to producing top quality products and services with competitive prices and complete customer
Jay Roberge, Operations Manager, and Susan Kasa, Owner and President, go over a customer’s
print together. Susan and Jay both work together on inside and outside sales for the firm.
A machine operator scanning a traveler into the Job Boss program. Boulevard can live track every job in
the shop giving them up-to-date progress through each work center.
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HEATTREATING
Centrally Located in New England. 2 miles from MA Pike, Exit 10A 24 Hour Service and weekends if Needed.
VACUUM INTEGRAL QUENCH CONTINUOUS BELT NITRIDING STRESS RELIEVING ANNEALING
Aluminum Heat Treating Sandblasting Brazing
Long Vertical Capability Parts Cleaning
Straightening
32 Howe Avenue Millbury, MA 01527 Tel: 508-865-5885 Fax: 508-865-4033
Website: www.countyheattreat.com ISO 9001: 2008 CERTIFIED
Certified By General Dynamics for AMS 2759 Pick-up and Delivery Available
No matter what side of an argument you’re on, you always find some people on your side that you wish were on the other side. (Jascha Heifetz, 1901-87)
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Manual milling with Proto-Trak controller is possible since all machine operators are trained machinistS. The fellows gear cutter is the star
in the gear shaper area along with other gear production machines.
This Eclipse CMM unit is just one of a couple quality control ways of insuring every part that leaves Boulevard is 100% in tolerance. Look at the complicated part that they checked with this machine!
trained machinists, and up-to-date technology, Susan and Boulevard Machine & Gear, Inc. is a place where challenges are met and conquered. The investments Boulevard have, and continue to make, are aimed to provide solutions allowing their customers to grow their business. Boulevard Machine & Gear, Inc. is AS9100, Rev C, ISO 9001:2008 and WBENC certified and approved. Their quality rating is one of the most important areas they have for their customers and has earned them continued success by meeting their customer’s requirements.
In addition to quality being first and foremost, Susan explained that they pride themselves with their on-time-delivery focus. Something that most shops don’t do, is Boulevard communicates with their customers. If for some uncontrolled reason they hit a glitch, which is very rare, and if delivery will be affected, they call and forewarn the customer. But, back to quality. Quality to many shops simply means "in-process and final inspection". Not so at Boulevard! Here quality directs every business decision toward the goal of complete customer satisfaction. You can’t inspect quality into a part.
8 The letter J does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.
Fabricating & Machining Specialist
► CNC Turning to 48” dia. ► CNC Milling (40” x 120”) ► 250” Milling Travel ► 206” Turning Capacity ► Repair Specialist ► 100% Quality Control ► Certified Welding ASME Sec 8
► AWS Certified Aluminum, SST ► ISO 9000 Compliant ► Pickup & Delivery
Innovative
40 Snow Road • Winchester, NH 03470
Tel: 603-239-8082 Fax:603-239-6380
Contact: Terry Haskins www.innovative-machine.com
MACHINE● INC.
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From design consultation, in-house fixturing, metal cutting, finishing and final inspection, they are passionate about quality. They recognize their commitment to their customers. All of the company's services are focused on reducing their customer's costs while maintaining high-quality services and customer satisfaction. CNC machining of long and medium quantity runs are where Boulevard wants to grow their business,
both turned (1/2” to 26” diameter) and milled (40” x 20” x 20” work cube) parts. The growth will come with their aggressive pricing plan that will save customers money, and by never sacrificing quality. The team of more than 20 skilled specialists possesses the ability to create sophisticated parts and components. They have the expertise to make manual machining a viable option. (They also have manual machines with Proto-Trak controllers.) This skill advantage allows them to perform single part prototyping manually until the part has been fully optimized for production, thus saving customers time and money. The gear cutting area has also been updated by adding CNC gear cutters. They offer spur, helical, and beveled gears, internal and external splines, spline shafting, gear racks, keyways, sprockets, timing belt pulleys, etc. They not only machine plastics, cast iron, inconel, titanium and all grades of steel parts, but make gears in these materials as well.
Ed Koziol, Quality Control Manager, and John Galloni, Quality Inspector, work on this tight
tolerance part together.
Examples of parts created by Boulevard Machine & Gear, Inc.
10 Nothing has more lives than an error you refuse to correct. (O.A. Battista)
L A S E R S H E A R I N G S T A M P I N G B E N D I N G F O R M I N G A S S E M B L Y M A C H I N I N G D R I L L I N G T A P P I N G G R I N D I N G D E B U R R I N G R O B O T I C W E L D I N G WELDING (MIG,ARC,TIG AND SPOT)
FINISHING SERVICES CAD/CAM DEPENDABLE ON-TIME DELIVERY ACCOUNTABILITY
ENGINEERING ASSISTANCE JIT DELIVERIES ZERO DEFECT QUALITY PROTOTYPE TO PRODUCTION
1 West Main Street South Hadley, MA 01075 Tel: 413-532-9022 Fax: 413-536-4647
Email: [email protected] www.techfabinc.com
PRECISIONMETALFABRICATIONSPECIALISTS
Aluminum Carburizing
Lindure Tool Steels
PROCESSES: Maintains all aerospace approvals .
Bodycote THERMAL PROCESSING
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See us, at: www.bodycote.com
HEAT TREATING, BRAZING & HEAT TREATING, BRAZING & ELECTRON BEAM WELDINGELECTRON BEAM WELDING
Nitriding Pit Nitriding
Ferritic Nitro Carburizing Induction Treating
Vacuum Heat Treat & Braze Electron Beam Welding
High Temp Alloys Honeycomb Braze
CERTIFIED HEAT TREATING & BRAZING AEROSPACE NUCLEAR MIL-SPEC COMMERCIAL
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MA 01605 Phone: 508-754-1724
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675 Christian Lane BERLIN, CT 06037
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45 Connecticut Avenue SOUTH WINDSOR,
CT 06074 Phone: 860-282-1371
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11C Old Right Road IPSWICH, MA 01938
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Bodycote (electron beam welding) 854 Thompsonville Road
SUFFIELD, CT 06078 Phone: 860-668-0251
Fax: 860-668-0495
187 Water Street LACONIA, NH 03246
Phone: 888-432-8272 603-524-7886
Fax: 603-524-7432
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Mission Statement: At Boulevard Machine & Gear, we strive to perform the highest standards both professionally and technically. We focus on continuous improvements, adapting to the changing demands of our industry. We are always taking steps to become more efficient and stay-up-to-date with the latest technology. This allows us to reduce set-up time while increasing productivity.
785 Page Boulevard Springfield, MA 01104
Tel: 413.788.6466 Telefax: 413.734.6814
Email: [email protected]
Kaz, Vice President, and Susan reviewing a customer job and drawing.
They also do some other quite unique things. They own the dies to make a very special and critical identification tag from 321 stainless that is on every hose used on aircraft or other critical components.
Diane Trombley uses the Job Boss system for order entry and quote presentation.
12 ANAGRAMS: PRESBYTERIAN - When you rearrange the letters.—BEST IN PRAYER
MATERIALS High Speed Steels Alloy Steels Tool Steels Stainless Steel Aluminum Plastics
Vacuum High Pressure Quench Non-Ferrous Heat Treat Austempering Marquenching Carburizing Nitrogen Tempering Solution Heat Treating Water Quenching
HEATTREATING
134 Ashland Ave. Southbridge, MA 01550 www.hardlineheattreating.com
Tel: 508-764-6669 Fax: 508-764-6654
Consistent On-Time Delivery Pick-up & Delivery Available Member MTI / ASM
OTHER SERVICES Bright Hardening Cryogenics to –300oF Glass Bead Blast Grit Blast Clean Plastics Thermal Treatment Precipitation Hardening Anneal & Normalization Metallography Stress Relieving
RIVER STREET METAL FINISHING, INC.
P r e c i s i o n F i n i s h i n g o f A l u m i n u m P r o d u c t s
RoHS Compliant
Federal Firearms License Pickup & Delivery Available
HARDCOAT MIL-A- 8625 Type III, C lass 1 & 2
MIL-A- 63576 Type 1 - PTE Impregnat ed ASTM B580- 79 Type A
Tank Capacity 4’ x 4’ x 8’ PASSIVATE
QQ-P- 35 Type II, VI, VII ASTM A 967-05
ASTM A 380-06 Codes F-M Tank Capacity 3’ x 3’ x 5’
ANODIZE MIL-A- 8625 Type II, C lass 1& 2
ASTM B580- 79 Type B-F AMS 2471 AMS 2472
Tank Capacity 4’ x 4’ x 8’ CHROMATE
MIL-C- 5541 Class 1A &3 MIL-DTL-5541 Type I & II
RoHS Compliant , C lass 1A & 3 AMS 2472 AMS2473 ASTM B449-93
35 Johnson Lane • RocSam Industrial Park • Braintree, MA • 02184-6701 www.riverstreetmetalfinishing.com Tel : 781-843-9351 Fax: 781-848-8851
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METAL FABRICATION SOFTWARE METAL FINISHING SOFTWARE
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-integrating our expertise into your designs 1507 Columbia Circle Merrimack, NH 03054 Tel: 603-420-8871 Fax: 603-420-8879
www.machinedintegrations.com
We are your ONE-STOP, ONE ORDER , CUSTOMER SATIFACTION experience.
Integrating our years of manufacturing know-how with the latest technologies, into your designs with QUALITY.
CNCMACHINING
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14 An efficient bureaucracy is the greatest threat to liberty. (Eugene McCarthy)
Editor’s note! I’m not so sure this has been true for a good many years. An efficient bureaucracy might have existed be before taxes were developed, but that was before I was born.
Manchester, NH 800-339-7832
[email protected] Visa or MC accepted Quick Turnaround
Teflon Peek Ultem
NEW ENGLAND’S FAVORITE PLASTIC SUPPLIER
Acrylic Delrin Nylon
Lexan Mechanicals Polyethylene
Sheet • Tube • Rod • Custom Shapes
CNC Routing Precision Saw Cutting Plastic Welding Fabrication Machining
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The Best Tramp Oil SKIMMERS!
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have a PVC SplashGuard TM cover to help protect the motor against liquid intrusion! The motor is a small q u i e t h i g h - q u a l i t y permanent magnet type. A stabilizer bar holds the lower pulley in place.
1800 255 5665 [email protected] www.wayneproducts.com
Choices of 1 qt. or 1 gpm collection, flat or cog poly belts for coolants & SS belts for parts washing in 5”, 12” 18” & 24” reach lengths. Longer reach lengths and higher
collection rates are available. Mini-Skimmers TM have been sold by the thousands world-wide since 1990.
40 Cowles St. Bridgeport, CT 06607-2101 Tel: 203-367-0663 Fax: 203-367-0396
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clear, black, gold, green, red, custom colors on request. (Mil_A-8625 type II class 1 and 2)
black, clear (Mil_A-8625 type III class 1 and 2) Teflon™ seal on hard coat anodizing.
clear and yellow (MIL-C-5541; ROHS compliant
of stainless steel and titanium
ANODIZING
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PARTS CLEANING AND DEGREASING A service American Finishing Specialists offers, uses BioClean to clean and degrease your parts in an environmentally safe biological degreasing system. The BioClean cleaner lifts off the oil from the parts and emulsify it. Oil-eating microorganisms then consume and reduce the oil to carbon dioxide. No hazardous chemical disposal is required by the BioClean's closed system.
of stainless steel
of aluminum
2,3,4AxisCNCTURNING2.5”dia.,8”chuck CNCMACHININGCENTERS10“x12”x10” MULTI-SPINDLEAUTOMATICSto13/8”dia.
CONDONMANUFACTURINGCO.,Inc.
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High Speed Chucking Full Engineering Support Complete Assemblies Swaging and Pressure Testing Fast Turnaround Stainless a Specialty
310 Verge Street Springfield, MA 01129 Tel. (413)543-1250 Fax (413)543-2245
[email protected] www.condonmfg.com ACommitmenttoQualityAssuranceSince1946
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Atlantic Stainless Co., Inc. 140 John L. Dietsch Square
N. Attleboro, MA 02763-1028
Tel: 508-695-6262 800-876-2700 Fax: 508-699-8311 www.atlanticstainless.com e-mail [email protected]
STAINLESS STEEL IN ALL FORMS Plate, Sheet, Bar, Pipe, Tubing, and much more
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PRESS RELEASE LP Launches New Website http://www.laminatedplastics.com Laminated Plastics a Massachusetts based advanced Fabricator & Distributor of plastic components, announced the launch of their newly designed Website which went live February 17, 2014. “The new site provides a fresh look and welcomes visitors in a friendly and uncluttered format while providing ease of navigation,” said Scott Richards, LP’s Marketing & Business Development Manager. “It uses a streamlined content format focused on giving LP customers helpful product information, while sharing our 50 years plastics materials and fabrication expertise.” Richards added “we have a great feature that allows users to instantly retrieve technical information with one click; it’s a very useful engineering support tool”. The new site also offers extensive plastics information, material selection and application guides, along with several handy cross reference tools. Rounding out the site are informative videos depicting LP’s plastics fabrication technology including 5-axis CNC machining, forming, welding, bending, bonding and assembly capabilities along with plant virtual tour displaying the expansive materials inventory.
For more information, contact Scott Richards, Laminated Plastics, 7 Executive Park Dr., Billerica, MA, 01862, Email [email protected], Web www.laminatedplastics.com, Phone 1-800-225-5004
United Tool & Die Co., Inc., a contract manufacturer specializing in wire EDM, manual machining and metal stamping, grinding and forming, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Smith Brothers Machine Company, a precision CNC milling and turning company located in Rockport, MA. In addition, United Tool & Die has announced a name change to United Tool & Machine Co., Inc. The name change is a result of the acquisition and reflects the company’s long-term growth strategy to better meet the needs of OEM’s for high quality, responsive, domestic machining operations. “The acquisition of Smith Brothers was a logical next step for United and gives us a terrific opportunity to expand our customer base, deepen our capabilities, and gain skilled personnel, all in one transaction. It also provides us with entry into new markets,” said Scott Fallavollita, President of United Tool & Machine. “We believe the synergy created by combining these two companies under one roof will bring tremendous value to our customers.” United Tool & Machine primarily serves the medical and industrial sectors while Smith Brothers brings expertise in defense, electronics and microwave applications. The physical transition of Smith Brothers
into United’s facility in Wilmington, MA, will take place by early-March 2014. For more information about United Tool & Machine Co., visit: www.unitedtoolmachine.com.
PRESS RELEASE
18 Our chief defect is that we are more given to talking about things then doing them. (Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889-1964)
SINKER EDM PRECISION TOOLS & DIES
JIGS & FIXTURES SPECIAL APPLICATION MACHINERY
WIRE CUT PROTOTYPE PARTS Millions of holes to date.
BengtsonTool&DieCo.Inc.765 US Route 3 Columbia, NH 03590
Phone 603-922-3444 Fax 603-922-3316
E-mail: [email protected]
Fast Holes are Our Specialty High Speed Production Drilling of EDM Start Holes
Safety Wire Holes Most Conductive Materials
Core and Ejector Pin Holes Vent Holes
FAST HOLE EDM and WIRE EDM SPECIALIST
PROCESSES Hardening Tempering Annealing Carburizing Carbo-nitriding Normalizing Stress Relieving Precipitation HT
VACUUM AND ATMOSPHERE HEAT TREATING
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MATERIALS Tool Steels Stainless Steels High Speed Steels Alloy Steels Carbon Steels Super alloys Non-Ferrous PH Steels Tel: 860-523-9090
Fax: 860-236-8052 565 Cedar Street
Newington, CT 06111 [email protected] www.sousacorp.com
ISO 9001 and AS 9100
Nadcap Certified
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PRESS RELEASE The Mitee-Bite Pitbull Clamp is a revolutionary fixture clamp with positive down force and a low gripping profile. High vertical and horizontal clamping forces are generated, considering the size of the Pitbull Clamps. This makes the Pitbull Clamp the most low profile, high density and highest holding force clamp on the market today. It uses a standard cap screw and an oil resistant O-ring. The Pitbull Clamp is available in several sizes and several styles, a tool steel knife edge for aggressive stock removal, a tool steel blunt edge for general purpose and a brass version to help prevent marring the workpiece. For more information contact: Mitee-Bite Products LLC., Center Ossipee, NH 800-543-3580 E-mail: [email protected]
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