Manufacturing

  • Manufacture over 1.2 million parts per day
  • 2 manufacturing facilities
  • Worldwide customer base
  • Quality:
    • Ford Q1 (tier 2) certified
      for the past 10 years
    • Total product returns are
      less than 0.5% annually
    • ISO 9000:2000 certified

Pressing

       Dry Pressing

  • Up to 20 square Inches
  • Over 60 presses
    with pressures of 20 tons to 250 tons
  • Capability for multiple cavity pressing
    to increase production
  • Complex geometric shapes
  • Strand Tolerance: ± 1% or ± .005,
    whichever is greater

Machining

  • Able to machine complex shapes
  • Able to machine multiple holes into tubing shapes

Firing

  • 8 automatically cycled kilns
  • 2 continuous firing kilns
  • Temperatures up to 3100 degrees F

Grinding

  • 6 automatic grinders
  • 2 automatic form grinders for complex shapes
  • Precision grinding for superior surface finish
  • Standard Tolerance: ± 1% or ± .005,
    whichever is greater

Tooling

  • In house tool shop for best cost and maintenance
  • CAD Tool Design Workstation
  • Quick turnaround on original tooling designs

Extrusion

  • Solid rods: .025 to 1.5" outer diameter
  • Tubing: up to 2" outer diameter with 10% minimum wall thickness
  • 5 extrusion presses with pressures to 250 tons
  • Strand Tolerance:
    • Outer Diameter: ± 1% or ± .005, whichever is greater
    • Inner Diameter: ± 1% or ± .005, whichever is greater
    • Length: ± 1% or ± .005, whichever is greater
    • Camber: 0.006" per inch of length