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Email: lmautone@sbcglobal.net

REDIFINING THE LIMITS OF PRECISION AND QUALITY

ERA and Aphelion combined forces in May of 2014 and by doing so we are able to expand our experience and capabilities to the aerospace manufacturing markets and better serve and grow with our customers.

ERA with experience in both commercial and military aerospace machining brings strengths of 5 axis, grinding, turning and difficult to machine materials particularly high nickel alloys. ERA proudly works with Honeywell in which we are preferred supplier ,GE aerospace, Danaher and Dover.

Aphelion brings 5 axis including multiple pallet systems, EDM, Brazing and complex assemblies with extensive experience working with titanium. Core of business is on defense side of aerospace machining and assemblies. Aphelion has extensively worked with Prime contractors such as Northrop, Lockheed, Woodward and General Dynamics.

With our combined experiences and expertise we confidently can handle any of your manufacturing needs.

• 85,000 sq ft Main Facility• 40,000 sq ft second facility• 27,000 sq ft auxiliary facility • 200 plus of Production equipment• All facilities temperature controlled for highest

quality standards• 200 production employees

AS 9100 and ITAR certified

• Inspection• 8 Fully automated CMM

size up to 35x78x31”• Offline programming• Video-Borescopes• Optical Comparators• Vision System• On site gage calibration

capability• 3D vision measuring

system• PPAP qualifications

• Aerospace

• Defense & Space

• Energy

• Transportation

• Scientific & Measurement

• Medical

• Aerospace

• Defense & Space

• Energy

• Transportation

• Scientific & Measurement

• Medical

• MISSILE AND FIRE CONTROLS

• OPTICS AND TARGETING

• ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS

• HYDRAULIC AND FUELING

• ENGINE

• AVIONICS

• AUXILARY POWER UNITS

• Production Floor adaptable to accommodate

cellular manufacturing for short and limited run

part families.

• 2012 moved from 37,000 sq/ft to 85,000 sq/ft

• 2014 acquired Aphelion Precision adding

40,000 additional sq/ft

• Over 50% of equipment less than 5 years old.

• On site CNC training facility

• Value Added Engineering such as Casting to

Hog out

• Milling up to 5 axis with 24 pallet systems for lights out dedicated manufacturing

• Turning with multi-axis live tool capabilities, up to 31” Dia and up to 80” between centers

• Swiss turning• EDM conventional sinking and wire with multi pallet lights out capability• Grinding surface, CNC OD/ID, thread grind with robotic capabilities• Brazing – Aluminum vacuum brazing• Secondary Operations including but not limited to Pressure and Flow

testing, Assembly, Paint (wet and powder), Welding, critical debur• Water jet machining of metals and composites, Sizes up to 6” thick x 6 ft

x10 ft

We regularly work with the following materials

• Titanium • Nickel based (Inconel 625, 718, Hastelloys,

Monels, Waspaloy, Haynes)• Invar and Kovar• Tungsten • Aluminum (6061, 2024, 7050, 7075)• Magnesium• Stainless (PH grades, Nitronic, 300 & 400 series)• Mar-M-247• Castings & Forgings (Aluminum, Nickel, Stainless,

Magnesium)• Ceramics and Plastics

3 & 4 AXIS MILLING

Our 3 and 4 axis milling department consists of up to full 4 axis machining capabilities with up to 20,000 RPM spindles.

Our experiences with fixturing, complex milling (including 3-D milling) allows us to hold tolerances approaching zero which gives us the edge over our competition.

5 AXIS MILLING / LIGHTS OUT MACHING

With a total of 16 5-axis mills 7 of which are multi-pallet. 5-axis technology helps us reduce the amount of operations needed for complex machine components.

ADVANTAGES OF LIGHTS OUT MACHINING

Multiple pallets help us to manufacture in a true lights out environment. The advantage is to have dedicated setups for longer production runs, reducing costs and enabling us to better meet our customer’s ever changing MRP needs.

We are able to reduce costs to our customer’s and increase sales profits internally through the use of 5-axis multi pallet machines.

How we save you money:1) Reduced set up costs on long term production runs (having stored set ups)

2) Improved productivity rates. Standard machines that require operators to load individual pieces typically run at 75% productivity. With multi pallets we’re able to run at a 95% productivity rate.

3) The use of 5-axis machines with turning capabilities also give us the flexibility to reduce the amount of operations needed, reducing handling costs.

4) Less touch time per part.

5) Machines are always on green light (high uptime on our spindles).

Up to 31″ diameter, up to 80″ length, 3 axis with live tools

EDMConventional sinking and wire capabilities including one robot for lights out production machining.

Our EDM department is located in a temperature controlled room for quality purposes.

BRAZINGAs we have continued to grow and diversify we have recently added the capability of Aluminum Vacuum Brazing and Aluminum Heat Treating to compliment the Brazing process. We have added two new ovens one for Brazing and another for heat treat with the option for forced air cool.

Aphelion is always looking to add new value added services by either bringing it in house or partnering with top suppliers that will further strengthen and diversify our company for the future as well as to better support our customers’ needs.

Cylindrical, Surface and Jig GrindingWe offer CNC OD/ID grinding, surface grinding, thread grinding as well as Jig Bore capabilities as a support dept to insure the utmost quality, up to 40″ length, within 50 millionths accuracy

Cylindrical, Surface and Jig Grinding

•Inconel 718 AMS 5383 Investment Casting

•Nickel plated bores

•Target and flow testing requirements.

•Tolerance within .0002”

•Conical Seal

•Housing for F-16 Targeting Pod

•Materials: Titanium Overall Dimensions 16” x 14” x 14”

•Challenges: Assembly consists of six (6) electron beam welded components, which are later machined using angle head attachments with a 5 Axis Machining Center

•Missile component

•Materials: 13-8 and 455 stainless

•Challenges: Availability of fin was round bar only, required turning with air chuck due to .0001 dia tolerances, milling including 3D profiling, EDM (both wire and sink) and match fitting with serialization per assy. Tolerances .0002 with true positions of zero.

•Machined from Solid Bar Stock 303 Stainless Steel.

•Close tolerance Specification..

•High tolerance consistent wall thickness required.

•8 weeks Lead-Time including the reverse Engineering from casting.

•Bar Stock product was more consistent then original cast design.

•15” Turret System

•Materials: Aluminum with 17-4 bushing overall size 5.0 x 10.50 x 16.00

•Challenges: .003/.004 press fit of bushing. Two Coaxial holes true within .001 and perpendicular within .0004. Flatness, profiles and parallelisms all within .001

•Reverse Engineered Assembly from a damaged casting.

•Hog Out from a solid piece of Aluminum.

•Our engineering department was faced with a situation where there was no print or any Engineering data from the previous design.

•Titanium Forging was re-Engineered and made from a solid bar.

•This resulted in lower cost a product with superior strength than the original.

•Part requires deep hole drilling.

ERA Industries, Inc.1800 Greenleaf Avenue

Elk Grove Village, IL 60007T: 847-678-6617

E: lou@eraind.com

www.eraind.com

Aphelion Precision Technologies

5 W. Waltz Dr.Wheeling, IL 60090

T: 847-215-7285E: lou@eraind.com

www.aphelionptc.com