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Vol. 1, No. 3 June/July 2011

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Northern California, Oregon and Washington Edition

Blaser Swisslube Inc. Goshen, New York 10924, Phone 845-294-3200, www.blaser.com

THE COOLANT.We are here to help youboost your productivity.

ATS Industrial Supply2910 East Chambers Street Phoenix, AZ 85040 Phone (602) 276-7707

Contact the Blaser specialist in your area:

Blaser Swisslube Inc. Goshen, New York 10924, Phone 845-294-3200, www.blaser.com

THE COOLANT.We are here to help youboost your productivity.

ATS Industrial Supply2910 East Chambers Street Phoenix, AZ 85040 Phone (602) 276-7707

Contact the Blaser specialist in your area:

Cutting Tool Control, Inc.

1411 NW 51st STSeattle, Washington 98107

Phone: 206.789.7277

Toll Free: 800.356.2416Fax: 206.784.8122

E-mail: [email protected]

Serving Washington and Oregon

Tool Technology Distributors, Inc.

3110 Osgood CourtFremont, California 94539

Phone: 510.656.8220

Toll Free: 800.335.8437Fax: 510.656.2458


Serving Northern California

“The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the

new just as soon as it is better.”

Lee Iacocca

Some of us see times changing and some of us will change as we need to meet the times.

I talked with a shop owner who told me he bought his first machine in 1990. He also told me fast back then; 10,000 RPM, is slow by today’s standards. This progressive shop owner said his 1990 machine still works but for the intricate parts and assemblies he does today, he runs newer parts on 4 & 5 axis machines. He has embraced the times and purchased new faster equipment based in a cell environment, with loaders, pallets, and high tech software that continues to elevate today’s metalworking standards.

Today manufacturing cells can run lights out 24 hours a day. Robots load the material into machines from pallets of material in automated bundles. Back in the good old days journeyman machinists ate and almost slept by their machines. There are still some that do.

There are tool manufacturing companies out there now that boast they can take a carbide tool with perfected geometrical patterns and work in conjunction with high efficiency software to remove metal 7-10 times faster than old machining methods. 7-10 times faster material removal at higher RPMs, without distorting the parts shape? Yes, these companies can be seen at all the tooling shows, running their tools in great machines, with state of the art software, cutting material in a blur of speed, with perfection as their goal. Yes, unheard of speed and accuracy, pushing the very machinist’s handbook that is the bible of the machining industry to new heights.

Manufacturing cycle times are faster, with higher efficiencies, less set ups, less handling, with more output. We are holding on to the old ways, until the new ways are better.

Times are changing and competition is tough. We will persevere and we will change to meet this challenge by opening up our minds to new, and possibly better ways of doing things.

I encourage you all to try and attend the manufacturing shows coming up this year in the Pacific Northwest. A couple of them are showcased in this issue of the A2Z Metalworker; The Pacific Coast Machine Tool Expo in Santa Clara, 9-21 through 9-22-11. Another show is The Smart Map Expo in Pasco, WA, 9-28 through 9-29-11. We have a booth at each show and we would like to shake your hand and meet you all! Please come by and say hi.

In closing, we would like to wish you all continued prosperity and good health!

God bless you all, and God bless our troops!

Published bi-monthly to keep precision manufacturers abreast of news and to supply a viable vendor source for the industry.

Circulation: The A2Z Metalworker for the Pacific NW has compiled and maintains a master list of approximately 8100 people actively engaged in the Metalworking & Manufacturing Industry. It has an estimated pass on readership of more than 24,000 people.Our readers are based in the Pacific NW!

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CONTRIBUTORSFor This Issue, We Thank All of the

Advertisers You See in This Magazine, because they helped launch this new

publication!

Announcements/Releases.................... 6-7Shop.Profile....................................1,18-19Feature.Articles.............................24-25,30Buyers.Guide.Equipment.................. 39-42Buyers.Guide.Processes.................... 43-45Card.Gallery...................................... 39-45Index.Of.Advertisers.............................. 46Editorial................................. Throughout

Mazak Senior Managing Director Takashi (Tak) Yamazaki Dedicates The New Mazak Southwest

Technology Center to Customers. This Month’s Shop Profile.

Kim Carpenter & Linda DalyCo-Publishers

Published.by:A2Z.MetalworkerPUBLISHER/EDITOR

Kim Carpenter/Linda [email protected] Address: PO Box 93295

Phoenix, AZ 85070

Telephone: (480) 773-3239Website: www.azmetalworker.comE-mail:[email protected]

Editors Corner

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i accoMMoDaTE up to 120 tools, more than any other machine in my class, allowing me to run multiple jobs from a single operator set-up.

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i usE a 12,000-rpm compact spindle incorporating the latest technology to offer powerful performance. (18,000-rpm optional)

i can be even more powerful and versatile when paired with the Mazak PALLETECH system to enhance unmanned machining operations for nearly any part.

i incoRPoRaTE the Mazak MX Hybrid Roller Guide System to deliver levels of rigidity, durability and reliability that result in long-term accuracy.

i accoMMoDaTE up to 120 tools, more than any other machine in my class, allowing me to run multiple jobs from a single operator set-up.

i aM smart, with Intelligent Machine functions that boost my accuracy, reliability and productivity. These include INTELLIGENT THERMAL SHIELD and ADVANCED VIBRATION CONTROL, among others.

i aM highly ergonomic, thanks to my new design.

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Announcements & ReleasesFREE.CNC.MACHINE!.No.Kidding!.Win.a.High-Performance.32mm.Bar.Machine!

Ganesh Machinery of Chatsworth, CA will give away a Ganesh Cyclone 32-GT 3-axis 1-1/4” bar diameter CNC lathe to the winner who best answers the question “How would adding a Cyclone-32GT better equip your shop or business to compete in the future?”

Manufacturers looking for “affordable cost reduction” for bar machine work should look at the 32mm (1-1/4”) Ganesh Cyclone gang-tooled CNC lathe. The 4000-pound Cyclone features heavily ribbed cast-iron construction to dampen cutting vibration for enhanced productivity, superior surface finish and improved tool life. The Mitsubishi spindle motor drives the 6,000-RPM hydraulically actuated A2-4 spindle can mount various B&S, Traub and Hardinge collets, including the popular 5C size, as well a 5” hydraulic chuck. The powerful and easy to use PC based control is full functioned and features a graphic display of the programmed tool path and RS-232 and Ethernet connections as well as a Compact Flash card port.

Everything necessary to make parts is included with the machine; just add cutting tools and you are in production. Toolholders to mount 8-tools, parts catcher, collet chuck, rigid tapping, coolant system, machine condition display lamp, worklight, and a MPG program prove-out handwheel are all included. A “C” axis is even standard with the machine for drilling and milling in the cross and axial plane with the optional servo driven live tools. Polygon turning, 8-station tool turret, 5” 3-jaw hydraulic chuck, and chip conveyor are all available to meet your goals for an efficient and productive machining experience.

Those looking for an accurate, versatile high-performance CNC bar machine will definitely find the Ganesh Cyclone-32 GT worth check-ing out. To enter the free Cyclone-32GT machine contest go to www.ganeshmachinery.com.

TVT.Die. Casting. named. as. General.Dynamics.Canada’s.2010.Most.Improved.Supplier.of.the.Year

Over the course of 2010 TVT Die Casting demonstrated the ability to convert low tomedium volume, high tolerance die castings to meet GD Canada’s stringent specifications.

TVT exceeded expectations and significantly contributed to GD

Canada’s success in 2010, through reducing lead times, and mitigating risk on the MRAP prototype. TVT’s customer focused relationship with GD Canada provided opportunities in the deployment of capacity flexibility and scalable operations by adding two new Vertical Machine Centers in anticipation of the MRAP demand.

From an overall performance perspective TVT incorporated process controls at each manufacturing phase with SPC controls that produced significant results that included a 100% incoming acceptance rate, and a 98.75% manufacturing acceptance rate in GD Canada.

GD Canada SCM Feedback-Supplier Engineer Specialist: “The strongrelationship with TVT resulted in mutual trust that contributes to the success of each”

Commodity Manager: “Agile and very accommodating in support of GDC success. Full commitment from TVT Management that ensuredsuccess on the MRAP Program – 100% on time and quality plus thousands of dollars $ in cost avoidance”

Delcam’s. FeatureCAM. certified. for.Autodesk.Inventor.2012

Delcam is pleased to announce that its FeatureCAM range of feature-based CAM software products has been certified by the Autodesk Inventor Certified Application Program for Autodesk Inventor 2012 mechanical design and engineering software. A demonstration show-ing how the two programs work together can be seen on Delcam TV at www.delcam.tv/inventor2012.

This program certifies that FeatureCAM software applications have been tested by Autodesk engineers to ensure that they meet the high-est standards set for robustness, quality and interoperability with the latest version of Inventor, the industry’s leading Digital Prototyping software that enables engineers to design, visualise and simulate products before they are built.

“Our relationship with Autodesk is very strong and offers a huge benefit to our customers, who can open Inventor parts seamlessly in FeatureCAM, with no loss of data or concerns about translation errors,” added Tom McCollough, Vice President of Development for FeatureCAM. “The certification program gives our customers the confidence of knowing that FeatureCAM has been rigorously tested by Autodesk and found to perform to the highest standards.”

The FeatureCAM family offers a comprehensive range of programs for milling, turning, wire EDM and mill-turn, all with the same easy-to-use interface style to minimise training times. The software incorporates a unique combination of feature-based and knowledge-based functionality that makes programming faster and easier than any other CAM system.


The same combination of functionality means that FeatureCAM can update the toolpaths rapidly following any change to the design in Inventor. The software analyses the model to identify any changes and then automatically updates the toolpaths in any affected areas.

FeatureCAM incorporates Delcam’s industry-leading machining algo-rithms. These are continuously developed by Delcam’s development team, the largest in the CAM industry, and are used by more than 35,000 organisations worldwide.

For further information on Delcam’s FeatureCAM software, please contact: -Peter Dickin, Marketing Manager at [email protected]

TRI-CITIES,.WA.Manufacturers. Score.Big.In.Seattle

Three Tri-Cities companies were award recipients at the second annual Washington Manufacturing Awards presented Wednesday evening, May 25, 2011 at the Westin hotel in Seattle by Seattle Business magazine in partnership with Impact Washington. Electronic Systems Technology, Inc., Kennewick, was the Small Company Manufacturer of the Year, Surgical Implant Generation Network (Richland) was the Nonprofit Manufacturer of the Year and Bruker Elemental (Kennewick) was the Honorable Mention Midsize Company of the Year.

Over fifty-five companies were nominated from throughout Washing-ton. The three Tri-Cities’ winners carry on the tradition established last year in the event’s inauguration when five local companies were award recipients. Those companies were Ag Engineering & Develop-ment Company, The Bogert Group, Viper Aircraft Corporation, TiLite and Infinia Corporation.

For more information on manufacturing in Tri-Cities, WA contact Gary A. White, Director, Business Retention & Expansion, Tri-City Develop-ment Council at 509-735-1000 of [email protected]

CNC.Machine.Services.Inc..Is.Having.Its.3.Day.Open.House.July.27.through.the.29th!.Don’t.Miss.It!.

CNC Machine Services, Inc. announces their 2011 open house sched-uled for next month! Featured will be the latest in Doosan Machine Tools, Demonstrations, and Class Seminars. Come by and receive a free demonstration of some of the BEST Machine Tools in the indus-try! Mark and Deana Harris, the CNC Team and their manufacturing partners welcome you to stop by to enjoy a BBQ lunch, learn the latest in machining technology and to talk about how CNC can provide your company with manufacturing solutions. July.27th:.10-4pm,.July.28th:.2-6pm,.&.July.29th:.10-4pm. See you there!For more information, contact CNC Machine Services Inc. at 425-788-

4500 or 866-788-4500. www.cncmachineservice.com

Mazak.HyperGear.Laser.Cuts.Thin.Gage.to.1”.Material

The HyperGear 2D laser-cutting system has been specifically designed to integrate “intelligent” au-tomation features with superior cutting speeds to assist in implementing the efficiencies of Lean Manu-

facturing initiatives while improving throughput. This HyperLean™ manufacturing technology includes design features that accelerate the cutting process while at the same time maximizing beam on time. Automated setup functions maintain optimal cutting conditions and improve real productivity while reducing operator dependency.

The Mazak HyperGear is available in 2,500W and 4,000W configura-tions that can process from the thinnest steel up to 1” mild steel. The HyperGear is one of 42 application specific laser models available from Mazak.

For more information go to www.mazakoptonics.com , e-mail [email protected] or call 847.252.4500.

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The HyperGear 2D laser-cutting system has been specifically designed to integrate

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the efficiencies of Lean Manufacturing initiatives while improving throughput. This

HyperLean™ manufacturing technology includes design features that accelerate the

cutting process while at the same time maximizing beam on time. Automated setup

functions maintain optimal cutting conditions and improve real productivity while

reducing operator dependency. The Mazak HyperGear is available in 2,500W and

4,000W configurations that can process from the thinnest steel up to 1” mild steel. The

HyperGear is one of 42 application specific laser models available from Mazak. For

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.GE/Rolls.engine.for.F-35.jet.gets.small.boost

A controversial second engine for the multinational F-35 fighter jet received a boost from a U.S. House of Representatives committee preparing its version of a fiscal 2012 defense spending bill.

The House Armed Services Committee voted 54 to 5 to make sure that General Electric Co and Rolls-Royce Group Plc could go on working on their alternate engine using their own funds, despite the Pentagon’s formal cancellation of a competitive engine program last month.

The engine powering early production models of the F-35 is built by Pratt & Whitney, a unit of United Tech-nologies Corp. At stake is a business that GE and Rolls say will be worth more than $100 billion in coming decades and that Pratt reckons at about $50 billion.

The panel acted on an amendment to the defense authorization bill put forward by Rep. Robert Andrews, a New Jersey Democrat who has spearheaded a House effort to wring waste from the more than $100 billion the Pentagon spends on arms each year.

The legislation would require that the secretary of defense, at no cost to the federal government, allow for the continued development and testing of the alternate engine if this is self-funded, as GE and Rolls have proposed to do at least through the end of fiscal 2012.

The Defense Department cut off the contractors’ access to the hardware after Congress omitted funding

for it in a long-delayed budget deal last month to cover U.S. spending for the rest of fiscal 2011, which ends Sept. 30.

GE and Rolls have offered to spend more than $100 million of their own to go on working on the alternate engine, a move hailed by the House panel’s chairman, Howard McKeon, as a potential watershed for how the Pentagon finances arms development.

GE cheered the move, which still must be adopted by the full House and Senate and signed into law by President Obama.

The hardware and related intel-lectual property belongs to the U.S. government. The Penta-gon has sought for five years to kill the alternate engine as unnecessary and wasteful amid growing fiscal pressures. The Pentagon’s position on the program has not changed, a spokeswoman said last week in response to the GE-led team’s renewed push to keep its engine hopes alive.

The United States has spent about $2.9 billion to develop the second engine since 1997, when the concept of competing engines for the F-35 was initi-ated, and about $1 billion more would be needed to complete it, GE says.

The Pentagon has said it would cost $2.9 billion more to de-velop the engine to the point that it could vie against Pratt for orders.

The radar-evading F-35, built by Lockheed Martin Corp, is the Pentagon’s costliest arms purchase at some $382 billion for what are now due to be 2,443 planes.


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GAMA:.Things.are.looking.up... “We have three greens,” said GAMA Chairman of the Board and Dassault Falcon CEO John Rosanvallon, “and that’s always a good sign in aviation.”

U.S. business jet flight activity increased 10.8 percent from 2009 to 2010, while business aviation in Europe increased 5.5 percent. Cor-porate profits, which drive aircraft purchases, increased 46 percent globally and 26 percent in the United States. Favorable tax policies, including the extension of bonus depreciation, also will help the market, Rosanvallon said.

“We’ll see what’s going on [in this area of the market] this year,” Rosanvallon said.

The area of highest concern remains the limited availability of financ-ing for mid and light jets and small aircraft. In 2010, 78 percent of transactions for business jets were cash deals, a 13 percent increase over 2009.

GA billings increased, thanks to the business jet market and expanding global markets. Billings increased 1.2 percent in 2010 to $19.7 billion. Billings to emerging markets in Asia Pacific, Middle East/Africa, and Latin America all increased, while North America and Europe saw a decrease. This helped contribute to an 11 percent increase in U.S. exports in 2010 to 62 percent of the U.S. billings.

Although the general aviation industry is starting to turn the corner, GAMA President and CEO Pete Bunce said, “I look at 2011 with both optimism and caution.”

Bunce forecast that the economic recovery should continue to pick up, backlogs should increase, and new markets should continue to expand. However, he stressed that at a time when the government is reducing spending and releasing new regulations, the industry must collaborate with government agencies to help streamline and shape the regulations that govern general aviation.

The industry already is collaborating with the FAA and Transportation Security Administration on a number of issues, including the transition to an unleaded avgas and the Large Aircraft Security Program. Bunce acknowledged the industry’s effort to come together on the avgas issue, form the General Aviation Avgas Coalition, of which AOPA and GAMA are members, and encourage the FAA to take a leadership role. The FAA has since created an aviation rulemaking committee to advise the agency on the process of transitioning the piston fleet to an unleaded fuel.

GAMA, AOPA, other several other aviation advocacy and industry groups have worked with the TSA to develop commonsense rules that would replace the proposed Large Aircraft Security Program that received so much backlash from the industry in 2008. The TSA had agreed to go back to the drawing board and work with the industry to develop a better plan. A new proposal is expected to be released this year for the industry to analyze and provide feedback.


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When Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced funding cuts last month, some in the defense industry shuddered. But for others, the announced cuts will generate new opportunities to revitalize older systems.

It’s not unusual for a program termination to refocus attention on an older program, but analysts said this shift may become more common as the Pentagon’s budget tightens and it is forced to work with the equipment it already owns.

This time around, Gates announced the Defense Department will end a Marine Corps vehicle program with prime contractor General Dynamics and will instead direct money toward repairing and upgrading its existing amphibious assault vehicle, built by BAE Systems. Additionally, he delayed part of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 strike-fighter aircraft program and said the Pentagon would buy more of Boeing’s F/A-18 aircraft.

“I think that there are going to be more and more examples like that,” said Todd Harrison, a defense analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments.

Because the military in recent years invested in many new programs, which in lots of cases have not come to fruition, it did not spend as much

on large-scale repair and modernization of older equipment, Harrison added. “As a result, we still have . . . this lagging need to recapitalize large parts of our force,” he said.

The defense industry, keeping a close eye on programs vulnerable to cancellation, is now positioning itself for these repair efforts.

BAE Systems is hoping to win work repairing its amphibious assault vehicle, but the company anticipates competition.

“We don’t expect to get any favoritism out of the customer because we are the [original manufacturer], but I do think there are some advantages of being the designer of this vehicle,” said Ann Hoholick, BAE’s vice president of new vehicles and amphibious systems.

Faced with a tighter budget, BAE has tried to be equally prepared to bid on a new program or a competition to modernize older systems, said Bob Murphy, the company’s executive vice president for product sectors.

“You can’t get wed to any one thing, because all I can tell you is, as the future unfolds, what looks like a very high priority today . . . can change very rapidly,” Murphy said. “You’ve got to be prepared for the change.”

Loren Thompson, a defense industry consultant at the Lexington Institute, said it’s common for a program termination to create new work on an existing piece of equipment. But, often “the company that benefits from a cancellation is not the company whose program is canceled,” he said.

“In this environment, weapons spending is a zero-sum game,” Thompson added. “One company’s gain is another company’s loss.”

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General Atomics is being awarded a $13,721,224 cost plus fixed fee contract for the purchase of 8 Linux processors, 41 improved display kits and associated spares for the ground control stations under the Predator/Reaper program.

Work will be performed at Poway, Calif. One bid was solicited and one bid was received. The contracting activity is ASC/WIIK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (FA8620-05-G-3028 002511)

Aerojet.General.Corporation.of.Rancho.Cordova,.Calif..

Aerojet General Corporation is being awarded a not to exceed $31,778,418 firm fixed price contract modification for the pro-curement of warhead cases and internal components to support the Precision Lethality MK82 Quick Reaction Capability program. This effort will cover delivery of 50 test warhead cases and internal components as well as post initial operation capability support for the Air Force and up to 70 test warhead cases and internal compo-nents for the Navy.

This effort also includes the procurement of 400 warhead cases and

internal components, support for first article inspection of warheads manufactured on steel mandrels and configuration control boards. Work will be performed at Rancho Cordova, Calif. At this time, $15,571,424 has been obligated.

Smaller.Manufacturers.Increasing.Ex-ports,.Adding.New.Jobs

NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday reported, “Small- to medium-sized manufacturers around the country are taking advantage of a weaker dollar and demand for precision parts to increase their exports and add new jobs.”

Reporter Chris Arnold interviewed small manufacturers in New England, who spoke about adding jobs and exporting to other countries. They also spoke about the need for properly educated workforce that can work with technology.

“All over the country, there are companies like this, with names that you’ve never heard of, employing a hundred here, 75 people there, making high-precision manufactured goods.”

Arnold noted that “at least some economists think that were actu-ally at an inflection point for US manufacturing right now,” with “a newer breed of smaller high-tech manufacturers” coming into their own. The full audio version of the story is available on the website.

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The New York Times reports, that accord-ing to experts, “renewable sources could provide a majority of the world’s energy supplies by 2050, but only if governments dramatically increase financial and political support for technologies like wind and solar power.” Today, “renewable sources...accounted for about 13 percent of global energy supply.” Reaching this goal “would require investments by governments and the private sector amounting to $5.1 tril-lion through 2020, and nearly $7.2 trillion between 2021 and 2030.”

Ramon Pichs, co-chair of the group that produced the report, said, “The report shows that it is not the availability of the resource but the public policies that will either expand or constrain renewable energy development over the coming de-cades,” adding, “Developing countries have an important stake in this future - this is where 1.4 billion people without access to electricity live yet also where some of the best conditions exist for renewable energy deployment.”

Ca l i f o r n i a ’s . Mo s t.Popular.Solar.Panels.in.2011

Data released by the California Solar Initiative (CSI) reveals some surprising trends. Namely, there are a handful of top dogs in solar manufacturing — the brands that over half of California homeowners seek out when they get solar estimates, compare specs and ultimately install. But not all of these brands are who you might expect.

First, we see that BP Solar, a once-major player that captured a sizable chunk of installations for years, has fallen from grace. This is probably due to the oil spill disaster and internal complications (it’s hard to watch solar suffer in any form, but BP had it coming).

That decline, however, paved the way for SunPower, Sharp and Kyocera Solar to reign king in 2010 and 2011. These three claimed 46% of all California installations thus far.

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What’s more, SunPower and Kyocera have both achieved world records for solar panel efficiencies. That, plus their established repu-tations in solar (solar panels as we know them are still fairly new, after all), have built trust in the eyes of even the most discerning homeowners.

Chinese manufacturers are slowly gaining market share. Yingli Green Energy rose from ninth place (tracked since 2006) to fifth in 2010. Suntech Power is also sitting pretty at fourth.

CSI measured the data based on the number of applications they re-ceived for solar rebates. It’s a close analysis, considering that virtually all solar homeowners want to cash in on rebates and incentives (or rather, must cash in on them to make the costs affordable).


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Intel. Unveils.Three-Dimensional.Transistor.Design

Media reports generally characterized Intel’s new, three-dimensional transistor design as a radical and groundbreaking achievement in chip manufacturing. Several sources mentioned that the reduced energy consumption could help Intel grab a share of the smartphone and tablet computing market, while simultaneously maintaining its position as the predominant supplier of chips for PCs and servers. It could also help the company in terms of graphics performance, where it is said to lag its major rivals. There was also wide mention of Moore’s Law, and how the 3-D design will likely help the industry hold to its predictions for some time to come.

The AP reports Intel has unveiled “a three-dimensional transistor design” that will allow it to pack more transistors onto a single chip. “Analysts call it one of the most significant developments in silicon transistor design since the integrated circuit was invented in the 1950s.” The new design “opens the way for faster smartphones, lighter laptops and a new generation of supercomputers - and pos-sibly for powerful new products engineers have yet to dream up.”

Reuters reports the new design relies on a new manufacturing process to produce the new chips, which have been code named Ivy Bridge. The company expects the chips to be available for per-sonal computers and servers by the end of this year. The new chip

designs will also help the company challenge ARM Holdings for a share of the mobile and tablet computing market, from which Intel has been largely absent.

While mainly designed for personal computers, the new technology could help Intel get its processors into phones and other battery-powered devices because it uses less power.

Manufacturing.Playing.Key.Role. In.Job.Creation

Joel Kotkin writes in the Forbes “New Geographer” blog, “Manu-facturing has grown consistently over the past 21 months, and now, for the first time in years, according to data mined by Pepperdine University’s Michael Shires, manufacturing regions are beginning to move up on our list of best cities for jobs.” The list includes “long-suffering Rust Belt cities” such as Anderson, Indiana and Youngstown, Ohio, as well as some more metropolitan cities “whose economies in other areas, such as business services, often depend on customers from the industrial sector.”

EMSI economist Hank Robison noted that manufacturing and information technology “constitute a foundation upon which other sectors, like retail and government, depend on.” While manufactur-ing is not a prerequisite to strong economic growth, Kotkin writes, it is one of the key aspects for many regions of the US.

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Florence, Kentucky plant, and project to reach a monthly output of 130 machine tools per month by the close of Q2 2011.

Brian says, “We have further refined and improved our Production on Demand system to become extremely responsive to real time customer needs. Additionally, a high level of vertical integration allows us tremen-dous control in reacting to market conditions. With the present value of the dollar, we will be exporting more machines in futures months from our Florence plant, as well as building for domestic manufacturers.”

At Mazak, continuous training and development of their workforce has created a “lean” culture, which has enabled continued growth in the United States. Mazak maintains eight technology centers across North America to provide local hands-on applications, service and sales sup-port to its customers. Their centers include:

• National Technology Center/North Central Headquarters Florence, KY

• Southeast Headquarters/Technology Center, Suwanee, GA

• Northeast Headquarters, Windsor Locks, CT• Southwest Headquarters/Energy Services Technology Center, Houston, TX• Western Headquarters/Aerospace Technology Center, Gardena, CA• Midwest Headquarters/Technology Center, Schaumburg, IL• Mexico Technology Center, Monterrey, Mexico• Canada Technology Centre Cambridge, Ontario

All Technology Centers share these resources:

• The latest Mazak machine tool technology installed and running to develop and test new process solutions.

Mazak Corporation just celebrated the grand opening of their new Southwest Technology Center, in Houston, Texas. The new Technol-ogy Center, housed in an expansive 30,000 square foot facility, on 4.5 acres of land owned by Mazak, is designed to support manufacturing in all industries, with a focus on the energy industry.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony was a gala event, attended by hundreds. Mazak Senior Managing Director Takashi (Tak) Yamazaki (featured on the front cover) traveled from Japan to open the ceremony, and customers, suppliers and employees were treated to demonstrations of some of the latest Mazak machinery, followed by an exquisite luncheon.

But this isn’t Texas. This is the Pacific Northwest. And, still, the message bears repeating, if you didn’t attend the Mazak Southwest Technology Center Grand Opening. Mazak is growing, and it is continu-ously expanding its United States presence.

Brian Papke, president of Mazak Corporation, says, “Even during the economic downturn, we continued to invest in our Regional Technology Centers and in our US manufacturing facility, located in Florence, Kentucky.” He continued, “Just last year, we invested $13 million in expanding our Kentucky manufacturing facility with additional space and technology upgrades. Additional investment is planned for this year, with the installation of another VERSATECH V-140N 5-axis double column machining center for large part pro-duction, along with a Mazak Optonics cell with three laser fabrication centers to improve productivity of sheet metal parts.”

In fact, Mazak is growing its machine tool manufacturing output in the United States. Today they produce over 100 models at their


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• Process and application engineering. • Access to more technology providers to form a “solutions team,” including: Cutting tools, Work holding, Automation, Material han-dling, Quality assurance, Chip handling, Coolant & hydraulics, Safety, Software, Access to Mazak’s application database in the National Technology Center in Florence, KY, and facilities for training and hosting of seminars by industry experts.

At the National Technology Center, additional engineering functions and educational opportunities are available, including:

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Hear From Customers in The Pacific Northwest!

“We have had Mazak machines since 1990 and they are still running! We own a machine shop in OR and we now have 14 Mazak machines. We really feel that maintaining the same line of machines in our business is a formula that works and helps keep down time to a minimum.

We believe in the Mazak philosophy of One & Done. We pick up a part once and utilize Mazak robotics, loaders, and pallets for lights out operation. We get paid for parts, not by how many times we touch the parts. We have invested in Mazak’s cellular manufacturing to minimize set ups and down time.

I picked Mazak because many years ago, when I was first get-ting started, all the other guys did not take me seriously, but Machine Toolworks did. Gary Anderegg helped me with my first machine and helped me as my business grew and this is true customer service. To this day the customer service I receive is the same, great. Mazak cares about my business and their dealers live it every day.” Machine Shop Owner

“My philosophy is to procure the latest in technolgy, whether it is in machinery or software. In the past we purchased some entry level machines, but we have outgrown them. Today, we purchase superior Mazak machines. We feel these are the best machines for our multi-task machining requirements.

With the Mazaks, we can build to order, rather than carrying the huge burden of inventory. With the quick set-up capabilities we derive from the Mazaks, if a customer needed 20 parts, in 5 part lots, we might have had to build all 20, and then inventory 15. With rapid set-up, we can build to the customer’s requirements of 5 at a time. This is a huge savings for our company, and we still achieve our customers’ delivery schedules.” Machine Shop General Manager

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Boeing. Looks.To. Plug.Gaps. In. C-17.Production

Boeing remains confident of bolstering its C-17 backlog with ad-ditional international sales on top of the expected order from India, despite the challenges of maintaining unit cost in the face of reduced production rates, possible gaps in the delivery stream and no new U.S. Air Force orders.

Although the company is in the midst of a planned drawdown of production from 15 to 10 per year, “the goal is to maintain the same price,” says Tommy Dunehew, C-17 business development vice presi-dent. Despite this being a challenging target, additional international business should help to balance the books and fill potential gaps as the company looks to stabilize at the reduced rate in 2012, Dunehew adds.

Boeing says the Indian government is “going through the final steps” toward confirming its order for 10 aircraft, with the first expected to be delivered at the end of 2012. Part of the issue with the order has always been how to maintain the Long Beach assembly line while meeting the Indian air force’s stretched-out delivery requirements of five aircraft per year, with deliveries at roughly two-month intervals.

“We’re out there looking for customers to fill those gaps, and we have another couple of them out there,” Dunehew says. “It’s looking pretty good.”

Based on the existing production profile, and depending on the out-

come of talks over other customer deliveries planned for next year, the U.S. Air Force is set to receive its final C-17 in September 2012. Overall, Boeing is under contract to deliver 223 to the Air Force, of which 210 have so far been handed over. The initial availability of slots on the production line for new orders means Boeing could release aircraft for delivery “in about a year or so from now for an existing customer,” or in 2013 if it’s a “brand new” customer, Dunehew says.

Aside from India, additional international C-17 orders are in the cards from Kuwait, which has a letter of request for a single aircraft announced last September, plus an additional two held as options by Qatar. “Interest in Southeast Asia is growing, and there’s more in the Middle East,” says Mark Kronenberg, Boeing vice president of interna-tional business development. Based on the supplementary purchases by Australia and the U.K., two of the three original “ABC” international customers along with Canada, he adds, “I’d not rule out any more of the ABCs acquiring extra aircraft.”

Boeing commented on future prospects for additional sales as the United Arab Emirates took delivery of the first of six C-17s on May 10. The UAE will receive three more C-17s during 2011, and two in 2012. The latest aircraft will become the 232nd C-17 in service and the 22nd to be delivered to an international customer. Other overseas deliveries set for this year include a fifth C-17 to Australia.

Excluding pending orders from India, Kuwait and others, the remain-ing backlog now stands at 21. This represents around two year’s worth of production at the new rate.


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AIA.report.finds.U.S..troops.pay.price.when.spending.is.reduced

A new Aerospace Industries Association report says defense invest-ment accounts ensure that American troops will always have the tactical advantage of technological superiority.

The report, “Defense Investment: Finding the Right Balance,” takes a historical look at spending in the investment accounts and the ebb and flow of spending since the ‘70s. It concludes that the United States and its military members pay a large price when spending on procurement and research and development decreases.

The report recommends 35 percent of the budget devoted to mod-ernization accounts as a prudent and affordable level for supporting the force of today and the future.

“We all recognize the need to address the nation’s debt and deficit spending,” AIA President and CEO Marion C. Blakey stated in a news release. “On the surface, defense investments are easy reductions. But with a worldwide mission and a limited number of service members, we must make up in technological capability what we lack in numbers.”

Fastener. Suppliers. Ramp. Up. for.Boeing’s.Dreamliner

Orders for titanium fastener materials are up. Demand for nickel and stainless aerospace fasteners is also rising.

Why? Credit Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. Anticipated build rates, reports Design News, are driving order activity with primary sup-pliers such as Carpenter Technology, Alcoa Fastening Systems, and Allegheny Technologies building inventories. Rather than rivets, the composite-body aircraft features lightweight specialty fasteners. Dreamliner build rates could reach 10 per month by 2013.

BAE.Systems.Delivers.20,000th.Warning.Sensor.to.Protect.Military.Aircraft

BAE Systems has delivered its 20,000th warning sensor for U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and allied aircraft missile warning systems, an achievement made possible by teaming with the Navy NAVAIR program office, and prime contractor ATK.

BAE Systems has been a key supplier to ATK since 1998, providing sensor components for the AN/AAR-47 missile warning systems as part of the ongoing Navy roadmap of airborne protection and system improvements for the Navy, Air Force, Army, and foreign allied fleets. The laser detection sensors provide critical warning systems for surface-to-air and air-to-air missile threats.

“ATK values the work of BAE Systems, and all of our suppliers, in providing safe, reliable, dependable products that our customers can count on to defend their aircraft and, more importantly, their lives,” said Bill Kasting, vice president of ATK Defense Electronics Systems.

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U.S.. claims. victory. in.Airbus-Boeing.case

Europe will have to trim its support for the Airbus conglomerate after a World Trade Organization panel upheld U.S. al-legations that the company benefitted from improper government subsidies.

The ruling by a WTO appeals board marks a final step in a protracted battle between the U.S. and Europe over government sup-port for Boeing and Airbus, which make the bulk of the world’s passenger jets and are fierce competitors.

Loans from France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Spain aided development of half a dozen Airbus models and “caused serious prejudice to the interests of the United States,” the WTO found. “The effect of the subsidies was to displace exports of Boeing” airplanes from key markets such as China, South Korea, Australia and Europe.

U.S. officials called the decision a “defini-tive victory” that will require Europe to recast its launch aid program. Although U.S. officials said little can be done to recapture sales of planes lost over de-cades of subsidies, they said the ruling could force Airbus to pay higher interest on government loans used to develop its A380 aircraft, a next-generation jet that is competing with Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner.

Global.Hawk. Essential.To. National.Security

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright has drafted a memo to senior officials in the Office of the Secretary of Defense and four-star officers that is likely to support certification of the Global Hawk program to move forward despite a recent cost overrun.

In the document, Cartwright says the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) revalidated the 2009 requirements and key perfor-mance parameters for Global Hawk without amendment. He also says the system is “essential to national security.” These are key items needed to move forward with a recertification of the UAV program.

The Pentagon notified Congress last month that the high-flying RQ-4 UAV breached its original cost estimate by more than 25%. This over-age triggers a mandatory review and recertification of the program

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in accordance with the Nunn-McCurdy statute. The recertification is expected within 60 days of the cost-overrun notification.

Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter is scheduled to review the Global Hawk during a Defense Acquisition Board meetingrecently.

A large part of the Global Hawk overrun is a result of the Pentagon’s decision to halve the projected buy of 22 Block 40 aircraft, which are designed to carry the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Inser-tion Program (MP-RTIP) active, electronically scanned array radar optimized for ground surveillance.

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Ask Tony VanDeWalker, President of Hilton Tool out of Clackamas, Oregon, what separates his company from many of the other shops out there, and he’ll tell you that the quality and efficiency that the company has achieved since opening up in 1982 is exactly what has kept them going through these recent economic times. Ask him what the secret behind that quality and efficiency is and he’ll plainly tell you that you’re only as good as the equipment you work with and the people operating it.

Hilton Tool’s specialty has long been their mastery of Injection Molding, Tool and Die, and Die Cast Molds, however the team up there in the Pacific Northwest has been just as successful in perfecting the art of High Speed Milling, Production Wire work, and High Tolerance Machining. The Hilton facility now features everything from Surface Grinders to EDM Machines

and everything in between. It is easily considered one of the tops in the region for the type of work they produce.

While many shops are ready and willing to take your file and fumble through the task of producing your part, Hilton boasts an in-house engineering team that is one of the best in the business and has allowed them to work with their customer’s files and design teams so that parts are not only turned around quickly, but correctly the first time, everytime.

This type of one-on-one consultation and teamwork around every project that comes through the door is what has had clients coming back year after year for nearly three decades now.

With many production facilities struggling to stay afloat during the current economic period, VanDeWalker recognized an opportunity to attract some of the best individuals in the industry. Hilton took quick advantage of the influx of qualified engineers and machine operators now available and built an all-star squad in Clackamas.

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While VanDeWalker focused on building the Wire, Sinker, and Production side of the business, partner Mitch Furrow continued to manage the Tool and Die side.

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According to a new market study conducted by Lucintel and released in February 2011, demand for new aircraft and composites penetration of up to 52% by structural weight will drive demand for composites in the aerospace market. The report claims that the total demand for composites in commercial aerospace, regional jets, defense, general aviation, helicopter, and other segments of the aerospace market is expected to be worth $41.8 billion over the next 10 years inclusive.

Lucintel, a global management consulting and market research firm, analyzed the global aerospace composites market to develop a com-prehensive research report entitled, “Opportunities for Composites in the Global Aerospace Market, 2011-2030” (website registration required). The 362-page report contains 200 figures or charts and 52 tables, according to Lucintel.

The study reports composites usage will vary between aircraft types though the overall the trend is for greater use of composites in all aircraft. An example that illustrates this trend to date includes the Boeing 787, with composites estimated to comprise 50% of the total structural weight, according to Lucintel. Another is the Airbus 380 with 22% of its total structural weight made of composites. Though aluminum predominates overall in aerospace, the industry is show-ing increased interest in composite materials in its search for more fuel-efficient and corrosive-resistant aircraft.

Lucintel’s analysis finds that wide-body aircraft will more than double their use of composites as compared to narrow body aircraft in the next 10 years. Lucintel assumes that narrow-body aircraft will carry approximately 35% composites in their structural weight by 2018. The development of narrow-body aircraft is expected to take place 2013-2015 and production by 2018.

Lucintel claims the research report provides insights regarding various aerospace markets, its background and characteristics. The market is analyzed both in terms of segments and regions. It details manufactur-ing process analysis as well as the evolution of composite applications.

This report profiles the leading players and their market share in detail. It also addresses trends, forecasts, key drivers, and challenges in the aerospace market. For example, the report predicts that in the next ten years, the global aerospace composites market is expected to average over 10.8% per year while individual segment predictions vary greatly from 5.4 to 11.8% per year.

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Northrop Grumman is being awarded a $427,900,000 contract modification which authorizes Northrop Grumman to perform design and development, including the incorporation of Department of De-fense mission assurance and compliance requirements, to modify the National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System baseline to establish the Defense Weather Satellite System baseline.


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Early on as a new business owner, Mar-jorie knew that if she were to get cov-eted work from Boeing, she would have to demonstrate successful certification to ISO 9001/AS 9100. And so, back in her first year of ownership, Marjorie began writing her own quality manual. Once the manual was complete, Marjo-rie took it to Boeing for approval. “Back in 2001, there weren’t outside auditors. Boeing was our auditor, and a very fine gentleman, Gordy, at Boeing, approved us to make our first Boeing parts. “

Beginning 4 years ago, Boeing required 3rd party AS 9100 certification, and Marj needed to find an outside Registrar. “I called a number of machine shops, and learned that there wasn’t an ISO Registrar in all of Washington. I received a few company names from companies outside of Washington, and Great Western Registrar was overwhelmingly the most highly recom-mended. That’s who I went with.”

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US.defense. chief.warns. on. defense.spending.cutsOutgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned on Sunday against sharply cutting the size and reach of the U.S. armed forces to trim the deficit, portraying America’s military might as an essential safeguard of global stability.

The comments by Gates to graduating students at Notre Dame Uni-versity came as some Republicans and Democrats look to defense as a way to address the U.S deficit, running about $1.4 trillion this fiscal year that ends Sept. 30.

Obama announced plans in April to hold national security spending below the rate of inflation for the next 12 years, a move that would save about $400 billion, mainly from Defense Department budgets.Gates, a holdover from the Bush administration who is leaving the post at the end of June, predicted future calls for major Pentagon cuts could challenge U.S. global leadership.

“As we make the tough choices needed to put this country’s finances in order ... there will undoubtedly be calls to shrink America’s role in the world, for us to sharply reduce our international commitments and the size and capabilities of our military,” he told the audience at the Indiana university.

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Gates has repeatedly urged against across-the-board cuts such as those in the 1970s after the Vietnam War or in the 1990s after the Cold War, which he says hollow-out the military. Instead a strategic review of U.S. military missions and capabilities were in order.

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Gates acknowledged that the size of the U.S. defense budget needed to be addressed, saying the country’s fiscal imbalances and mounting debt could become a “deep crisis for our nation.”

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Measurement.of.‘Hot’.Electrons.Could.Have.Solar.Energy.Payoff;.Nanoantennas.Hold.Promise.for.Infrared.Photovoltaics

“We’re merging the optics of nanoscale antennas with the electronics of semiconductors,” said lead researcher Naomi Halas, Rice’s Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering. “There’s no practical way to directly detect infrared light with silicon, but we’ve shown that it is possible if you marry the semiconductor to a nanoantenna. We expect this technique will be used in new scientific instruments for infrared-light detection and for higher-efficiency solar cells.”

More than a third of the solar energy on Earth arrives in the form of infrared light. But silicon -- the material that’s used to convert sunlight into electricity in the vast majority of today’s solar panels -- cannot capture infrared light’s energy. Every semiconductor, including silicon, has a “bandgap” where light below a certain frequency passes directly through the material and is unable to generate an electrical current. By attaching a metal nanoantenna to the silicon, where the tiny antenna is specially tuned to interact with infrared light, the Rice team showed they could extend the frequency range for electricity generation into the infrared. When infrared light hits the antenna, it creates a “plasmon,” a wave of energy that sloshes through the an-tenna’s ocean of free electrons. The study of plasmons is one of Halas’ specialties, and the new paper resulted from basic research into the physics of plasmons that began in her lab years ago.

It has been known that plasmons decay and give up their energy in two ways; they either emit a photon of light or they convert the light energy into heat. The heating process begins when the plasmon trans-fers its energy to a single electron -- a ‘hot’ electron. Rice graduate student Mark Knight, lead author on the paper, together with Rice theoretical physicist Peter Nordlander, his graduate student Heidar Sobhani, and Halas set out to design an experiment to directly detect the hot electrons resulting from plasmon decay.

Patterning a metallic nanoantenna directly onto a semiconductor to create a “Schottky barrier,” Knight showed that the infrared light strik-ing the antenna would result in a hot electron that could jump the bar-rier, which creates an electrical current. This works for infrared light at frequencies that would otherwise pass directly through the device.

“The nanoantenna-diodes we created to detect plasmon-generated hot electrons are already pretty good at harvesting infrared light and turning it directly into electricity,” Knight said. “We are eager to see whether this expansion of light-harvesting to infrared frequencies will directly result in higher-efficiency solar cells.”

Boeing. Says. It. Is. On.Track. For. 787.Development

The AP reports Boeing “posted a bigger-than-expected profit on Wednesday and said it is on track to deliver the much-delayed 787 in the third quarter,” claiming that “95 percent of the flight tests” for the plane are now complete. Boeing CEO Jim McNerney said the challenge now would be ramping up production, a sentiment echoed by some analysts. Meanwhile, the company “also said it still expects to deliver the freighter version of its new 747-8 in mid-2011.” Fur-thermore, during the earnings report, McNerney “said that the hole that tore open on a Southwest Airlines flight of a Boeing 737 might have resulted from a ‘workmanship issue’ on that single plane, rather than a problem affecting multiple 737s.”

The Wall Street Journal notes McNerney never mentioned when the 787 program would be profitable. But McNerney did say that Bowing would not have a “sharper view” on whether there would be a successor plane for the 737 before the end of the year.

Firearm.Sales.On.The.Rise

The Wall Street Journal reports gun sales in the US increased nearly 13 percent in the first quarter of 2011, showing the gun industry’s largest year-over-year growth of the past three years.

If the trend continues, the industry will see its most intense increase since 2008, according to the Federally tracked data. Federal back-ground checks, such as NICS, the National Instant Criminal Back-ground Check System, which is managed by the FBI, are tallied to track the data. NICS figures report a 15 percent increase in firearm sales in March 2011.


Boeing.Cites.Increased.Interes t . In . Super.Hornet

Boeing Co has seen increased interest in its Super Hornet fighter jet from poten-tial international customers as Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has faced development and cost challenges, a Boeing executive said.

“We have definitely gotten a lot more interest,” Chris Chadwick, president of Boeing Military Aircraft, told reporters.

Chadwick said customers in Asia-Pacific have expressed interest in the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, a jet that can carry air-to-air missiles and air-to-surface weapons. He also said potential custom-ers in the Middle East were looking at different versions of that fighter aircraft.

Aerospace analysts have said Boeing’s Su-per Hornet could benefit from problems and delays with the F-35.

The multinational F-35 family of fighters is the Pentagon’s costliest arms purchase, most recently projected to total more than $380 billion over the coming two decades.

BAE,.Dassault.Aim. for.Action.on.UAV.Project

BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation could deliver a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft system in 2016 if Britain and France sign a joint development and production contract this year, company executives said recently.

The two companies could design and build in five years a new 8-ton, twin-propeller surveillance air vehicle with 24-hour endurance, Dassault international director Eric Trappier told journalists.

BAE, the British aerospace giant, and Dassault, the French aircraft maker, unveiled the name of their joint UAV project, dubbed Telemos, for which a full-scale model went on static display at the Paris Air Show.

The planned drone also would be designed to carry a range of bombs, such as the GBU and armement air-sol modulaire (AASM) precision weapons.The design teams would be staff members with combat aircraft experi-ence at BAE and Dassault, and would vary between 50 to 100 personnel.

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London and Paris would need to each invest 500 million euros ($731.9 million) in the program, which would include design, development, build and support, Trappier said.

The companies hope for a quick launch decision by London and Paris, which identified cross-channel cooperation on a MALE UAV, and later a combat unmanned air system, in the bilateral defense treaty they signed last November.

Asked if there is room in the project for EADS, Trappier said if EADS has equipment and competences, it could take part, but the two companies leading the project are BAE and Dassault.

Asked about a possible role for Italian industry, Trappier said, “This is the locomotive.” The program would be open to other partners. “We are not against Europe,” he said.


Northrop.Announces.Successful.Microsatellite.Test

Northrop Grumman announced yes-terday that the Mayflower microsatel-lite it jointly developed with Applied Minds functioned properly after it was launched into space last December on a Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite “remained in orbit for about two weeks before re-turning to Earth,” but “all tested systems functioned correctly.”

The article notes satellites like this one, because of how cheaply they can be made, “will allow for greater access for such endeavors as testing new technolo-gies and missions in orbit, director of Northrop’s NovaWorks unit said.”

Lockheed,. Pentagon.upbeat. on. Marine.Corps.F-35.jet.

The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin Corp remain upbeat about the future of the short takeoff version of the new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter despite Defense Sec-retary Robert Gates’ threat to terminate the program should technical issues not be resolved in two years.

“We’re success-oriented; we want it to work out,” Pentagon acquisi-tion chief Ashton Carter told Reuters in an interview last week. “It’s important to us because it doubles the number of ships we can take JSF off from.”

The Marine Corps variant, also known as the F-35B, is designed to take off from shorter runways and land vertically, like a helicopter. A variety of issues related to its unique capabilities had slowed develop-ment on the new jet.

But Lockheed executives and Carter say those issues are being ad-dressed and the jet is outpacing its flight test schedule for the year.

Carter; Vice Admiral David Venlet, who heads the Pentagon’s F-35 program office; Air Force acquisition chief David Van Buren; and Tom Burbage, Lockheed’s general manager for F-35 program integration, are due to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday about the projected $382 billion F-35 program -- the Pen-

tagon’s costliest arms purchase.

One key issue will be negotiations under way between Lockheed and the Pentagon about a fifth batch of 35 F-35 early-production planes. The talks got off to a rocky start when Lockheed’s proposal added $5 million to $7 million to the price for each plane compared with the previous batch.

Lockheed argues that its proposal is actually below the level estimated by the government last December, and notes that its costs will be higher since average monthly production under the contract would fall to three planes a month from the initially planned level of four planes a month.

Lawmakers also remain concerned about the fate of the short takeoff, vertical landing(STOVL) variant and the longer-term cost of operating and maintaining the new fighter jet, which is to replace about a dozen warplanes now in use by the U.S. armed services and foreign militaries.

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AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it received a firm-fixed-price contract order valued at $8,373,995 under a follow-on contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises new digital Raven(r) small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) and initial spares packages.

A recent article from the U.S. Department of Defense website “Armed with Science” describes how the Army’s Second Heavy Brigade Combat Team (2HBCT), “The Spartan Brigade,” employed the Raven system to reduce enemy attacks on U.S. forces. “...The Raven SUAV (small unmanned aerial vehicle) is an invaluable combat tested and proven asset to small unit combat operations.”

Boeing,.Lufthansa.Order.5.777.Freighters

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“The 777 freighter is highly regarded for its fuel efficiency and a noise

footprint significantly smaller than comparable freighters,” said Karl Ulrich Garnadt, chairman and chief executive officer of Lufthansa Cargo.

DoD.Pushes.‘Targeted’.R&D.Funding

The Pentagon must continue to invest in unmanned aircraft, cyber tools and long-range strike forces despite a projected decline in de-fense spending over the next decade, according to the U.S. Defense Department’s No. 2 official.

Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn stressed the need for “tar-geted research and development” during this time frame, and likened it to the Pentagon’s investment in stealth technology in the 1970s, a time when defense spending sharply fell.

For nearly three decades, the United States has been the only military in the world to operate these types of aircraft, which have reduced vulnerability to radar detection.

With the White House calling for a $400 billion cut in national secu-rity spending over the next 12 years, the Pentagon must continue to invest in these emerging technology areas, according to Lynn. “Each of these technology areas will be crucial to future conflicts,” he said during a recent speech.


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Ebbco Inc ________ 800-809-3901End Mills

CTE _____________951-358-1111Elrod Machine______928-526-9032

Jeff Wayne

Metal Supermarkets (Kent) 22029 70th Avenue South

Kent, WA 98032

Phone: 253-395-1835 Toll Free: 888-422-1835 Fax: 253-395-1835

[email protected]

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www.sansonmachinery.com12512 Beverly Park Rd. #B-3, Lynnwood, WA 98087

PO Box 263 I, Kirkland, WA 98083

Phone:

Mobile:Fax:E-Mail

425-513-8263800-822-8152206-669-4006425-513-8264aduenas@sansonmachinery.com

Al Duenas

www.kdcapital.com922-1674

Offices:California (So. & No.) • Florida • Ohio

“Work with passion, sell with conviction, support with dedication.”

• Brass & copper tubes• Dielectric fluid• Metallics• Tooling• Graphite• EDM hole driller

• Zinc coated wire• Brass wire• Resin• Filters• Spare & wear parts• Omax parts

At EPA, one call does it all. Call 1-800-EDM-2-WIN

MIKE ELDRIDGESales Manager, North WestCORPORATE OFFICE

1400 Pioneer St.Brea, CA 92821562•694•5990562•694•6228: fax

1•800•336•29461•510•701•0738 : ce l lemail: [email protected]

Machine Services Inc.

PROVIDING MANUFACTURING SOL1JT7ONS

7808 184th ST SESnohomish. WA 98296

[email protected]

Mark HarrisPresident

Cell(206) 999-3232

Office(425) 788-4500

Tall Free(866 J 788-4500

Fax(360) 668-1049

[email protected]

---..:=Ian M. OuardersSales Manager

(800) 426-2052 8uslness(206) 683-4255 CE!II(206) 575-3397 Fax

MazakJ~;;::)

Washington Office1008 Industry DriveTukwila. WA 98188

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Hans BarnesPresident

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

e-mail: [email protected]

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


Marshall Tool ______ 206-244-8888Micro 100 ________ 208-888-7310

Filtration EquipmentCutting Tool Control ___ 206-789-7277Ebbco Inc ________ 800-809-3901

Form ToolsCTE _____________951-358-1111

GagingCutting Tool Control ___ 206-789-7277

InsertsMarshall Tool ______ 206-244-8888Seco Tools Inc. ______ 503-267-4805

JawsUS Shop Tools ______ 714-772-9011

Lubricants / SystemsBlaser __________ 801-722-4095Cutting Tool Control ___ 206-789-7277Hangsterfer’s ______ 800-433-LUBE

Machine Tool Cool. Filtration

Blaser __________ 801-722-4095Hangsterfer’s ______ 800-433-LUBEParts Washing EquipmentBlaser __________ 801-722-4095

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

Saw Replacement PartsRocky Mountain Saw Blades 303--761-3000

Solvents & Degreasing Agents

Blaser __________ 801-722-4095

Hangsterfer’s _______ 800-433-LUBEPetroferm Inc. ______ 317-371-8899Solvents: Vapor degreasing

Petroferm Inc. ______ 317-371-8899Solvents:Hand Wipe

Petroferm Inc. ______ 317-371-8899Solvents: Mil PRF 680

Petroferm Inc. ______ 317-371-8899Spindles

Setco-Pope Spindles ___ 866-362-0699Thread Mills

Micro 100 ________ 208-888-7310Tool Repair

CTE _____________951-358-1111 Tooling Systems

Hogue Precision _____209-892-5649Micro 100 ________ 208-888-7310US Shop Tools ______ 714-772-9011

Waterjet AccessoriesKMT Waterjet Systems __ 800-826-9274

WorkholdingInnovative Tool Sales __ 714-780-0730

CALIBRATION SERVICES

Cutting Tool Control ____206-789-7277NBS Calibrations______ 480-894-0592

GRINDINGGrinding Filtration

Ebbco Inc ________ 800--809-3901Grinding Machines

Clark Machinery ____206-219-2528CNC Machine Services 425-788-4500Hallidie Machine Tool _ 253-939-9020Hogue Precision _____209-892-5649Machine Toolworks ___800-426-2052North-South Machinery _253-333-2439

North Western Machinery 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools 510-249-1000

Aircraft brake rotor DCM Tech ________800-533-5339

Grinders, RotaryCNC Machine Services 425-788-4500

Silicon & QuartzDCM Tech ________800-533-5339

Manual Lathes & MillsClark Machinery ____206-219-2528Ganesh Machinery ___888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool__253-939-9020Hogue Precision _____209-892-5649Machine Toolworks ___800-426-2052North Western Machinery 206-583-2333Western Machine Center 408-955-1000

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

Saw Replacement PartsRocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000

Punch & DieDCM Tech ________800-533-5339

INSPECTION EQUIPOGP __________ 480-889-9056NBS Calibrations______ 480-894-0592

Rosco Precision Machinery 253-333-2439CMM Probes

OGP __________ 480-889-9056Coordinate Measuring Mach.Cutting Tool Control ___ 206-789-7277

Gauging EquipmentCutting Tool Control ___ 206-789-7277Total Quality Systems Inc. 480-377-6422

Metrology Instruments

OGP _________ 480-889-9056Mist Collectors

Cutting Tool Control ___ 206-789-7277Optical Comparators

Cutting Tool Control ___ 206-789-7277OGP __________ 480-889-9056Particle Inspection MachDCM Tech ________800-533-5339

Video Inspection Equipment

Rosco Precision Machinery 253-333-2439 MATERIALAluminum

Samuel Son & Co ____ 800-631-9765TCI Precision Metals ____ 800-234-5613

Aluminum ExtrusionsSamuel Son & Co ____ 800-631-9765

Armor:CommercialTemtco Steel _______480-389-2883

Armor:Military GradeTemtco Steel _______480-389-2883

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AWesternTool & Supply Co.

2S78 SEABOARD AVENUESAN JOSE, CA 95131(408) 970-9696FAX (408)970-9644

SUE GURKASales

[email protected]

NoeNoe Arroyo, [email protected]

BrassCoastal Metals ________800-811-7466Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255

BronzeCoastal Metals ________800-811-7466Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255

CarbonCoastal Metals ________800-811-7466Cutting Tool Control___ _206-789-7277

CeramicsMarzee Inc. ________ 602-269-5801Samuel Son & Co _____ 800-631-9765

CopperSequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255

Material SalesCoastal Metals ________800-811-7466Samuel Son & Co _____ 800-631-9765Temtco Steel ________ 480-389-2883

Metals: Bar & PlateSamuel Son & Co _____ 800-631-9765Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255

Nickel AlloysMarzee Inc. _______602-269-5801

RubberMarzee Inc.________602-269-5801Plate: Wear and Structural

Temtco Steel _______ 480-389-2883Stainless Steel

TCI Precision Metals _____800-234-5613Temtco Steel _______480-389-2883

SteelTCI Precision Metals _____800-234-5613Temtco Steel _______480-389-2883METAL DISTRIBUTORS

Samuel Son & Co _____ 800-631-9765Sequoia Brass & Copper__ 800-362-5255

TCI Precision Metals_____ 800-234-5613NEW MACHINERY

CHIP CUTTINGBoring

CNC Machine Services 425-788-4500North Western Machinery _ 206-583-2333

CNC Drilling/TappingCNC Machine Services 425-788-4500Machine Toolworks ___800-426-2052North Western Machinery _ 206-583-2333

CNC Mills 5-AxisHogue Precision _____209-892-5649Performance Machine Tools _510-249-1000Western Machine Center 408-955-1000

CNC MillsCNC Machine Services 425-788-4500Clark Machinery ____206-219-2528Elrod Machine ______928-526-9032Ganesh Machinery ___888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020Hogue Precision _____209-892-5649LMI Machinery Inc. ____866-437-7315Machine Toolworks ___800-426-2052North Western Mach’y 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools 510-249-1000Rosco Precision Machinery_253-333-2439Western Machine Center 408-955-1000

CNC LathesClark Machinery ____206-219-2528CNC Machine Services 425-788-4500Elrod Machine ______928-526-9032Ganesh Machinery ___888-542-6374Hallidie Machine Tool _ 253-939-9020Hogue Precision _____209-892-5649Machine Toolworks ____800-426-2052North Western Machinery 206-583-2333Performance Machine Tools 510-249-1000Rosco Precision Machinery_ 253-333-2439Western Machine Center 408-955-1000

CNC Routing MachinesWestern Machine Center 408-955-1000Sanson Machinery _____ 425-513-8263

CNC Swiss Turn MachinesClark Machinery ____206-219-2528CNC Machine Services 425-788-4500CNC Solutions ______408-586-8236Ellis Machinery WA __ 253-838-3443Ellis Machinery OR ___503-258-0526Ganesh Machinery ___888-542-6374LMI Machinery Inc. ____866-437-7315Machine Toolworks _____800-426-2052North-South Machinery _253-333-2439Performance Machine Tools 510-249-1000North Western Machinery 206-583-2333Rosco Precision Mach. _253-333-2439

Custom Built MachinesElrod Machine ______928-526-9032

EDM MachinesNorth-South Machinery _ 253-333-2439

EDM Tooling SystemsEDM Network _____ 480-836-1782Global EDM Supply _ 480-836-8330

NEW MACHINERYFABRICATION

Band & Cut Off SawsDW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Innovative Tool Sales __ 714-780-0730Jorgenson Machine Tools __ 801-214-7309North Western Machinery 206-583-2333Sanson Machinery _____ 425-513-8263

CNC Turret PunchesDW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Sanson Machinery _____ 425-513-8263

Cold SawsDW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931North Western Machinery 206-583-2333

Hardware InsertionSanson Machinery _____ 425-513-8263

Iron WorkersHallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151

Laser CuttingDW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Sanson Machinery _____ 425-513-8263

Laser MarkingCNC Machine Services ___425-788-4500Magnetic Drills/CuttersInnovative Tool Sales __ 714-780-0730

Pipe & Tube Benders/Notchers

Hallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020

Plasma/Gas Cutting Tools/Systems

DW Machinery Sales ____ 425-827-6931Sanson Machinery _____ 425-513-8263Magnetic Drills/CuttersInnovative Tool Sales __ 714-780-0730Muratec ________949-466-8255

Plate RollsJorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151Sanson Machinery _____ 425-513-8263

PressesDW Machinery Sales ____ 425-827-6931Sanson Machinery _____ 425-513-8263

Press Brakes DW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Hallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151

Sanders/FinishingDW Machinery Sales ___ 425-827-6931Sanson Machinery _____ 425-513-8263 Shearing MachinesJorgensen Machine Tools _800-952-0151Sanson Machinery _____ 425-513-8263

Tub BendingDW Machinery Sales ___ 425-827-6931Hallidie Machine Tool Sales 253-939-9020

Turret PressMuratec ________949-466-8255

Welding EquipmentRocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000Sanson Machinery _____ 425-513-8263

OTHER ACCESSORIESTooling Systems

USA EDM Supply ____ 480-836-8330PROG. SYSTEMS

Factory Automation/LogisticsMuratec ________949-466-8255

CAD/CAMSoftware, CADDelcam _________ 877-DELCAM1Software, Inv. ControlDelcam ___________877-DELCAM1Software, Solid ModelingDelcam ___________877-DELCAM1

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]

Terrance A Moody President & CEO

Metal Service Center Inc. 2301 Industrial Pkwy, Unit 4

Hayward, CA 94545

Phone: 510-259-1005 Fax: 510-259-1958


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LNlIMACHINERY INC.

Edward GieblewiczAccount Manager

970 Industry DriveTukwila, WA 98188

Toll Free: 1-866-437-7315Cell: (206) 300-3945Fax: (780) 437-7328

[email protected]

Web: www.newusedmachines.com

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CAD/CAMSoftware

All World Machinery ____815-943-9111REPAIR PARTS

BeltsAll World Machinery ____815-943-9111

Bearings(Precision)All World Machinery ____815-943-9111

Metric O-RingsAll World Machinery ____815-943-9111Switches (Proximity, Limit)All World Machinery ____815-943-9111

Valves (Hydraulic, Pneumatic)

All World Machinery ____815-943-9111RETROFITS

Elrod Machine _____ 928-526-9032

ROBOTICSLMI Machinery Inc. ____866-437-7315

SERVICES

AS9100 RegistrationGreat Western Registrar _ 623-580-1881

Consultant, AS/ISOBMSC ___________ 602-445-9400

ISO RegistrationGreat Western Registrar __623-580-1881

Liquid PenetrantTeam Industrial Services __801-397-2202Team Industrial Services _ 602-269-7868

MAG ParticleTeam Industrial Services __801-397-2202Team Industrial Services _ 602-269-7868

Inspection: Calibration

ServicesNBS Calibrations ______ 480-894-0592

Inspection: Gauging Equip-ment

NBS Calibrations______ 480-894-0592Manufacturing Rep

ProSalez _________ 480-773-3239Process Improvement

/ AuditBMSC ___________ 602-445-9400

X-RayTeam Industrial Services __801-397-2202Team Industrial Services _ 602-269-7868

ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.BMSC ____________ 602-445-9400

Machine Tool RebuildingEDM Network _____ 480-836-1782

Process ImprovementBMSC ___________ 602-445-9400NBS Calibrations ______ 480-894-0592

Spindle RebuildingSetco ___________866-362-0699

USED MACHINERYClark Machinery ______ 206-219-2528CNC Machine Services ___ 425-788-4500

EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782Ganesh Machinery____888-542-6374Jorgensen Machine Tools_ 800-952-0151K.D. Capital Equipt____480-922-1674

WATERJET CUTTINGFLOW Intl. __________909-620-5707Jorgensen Machine Tools_ 800-952-0151Machine Toolworks ____800-426-20521OMAX Corp_________800-838-0343Sanson Machinery____ 425-513-8263

Waterjet AbrasivesKMT Waterjet Systems __ 800-826-9274

Waterjet Replacement PartsKMT Waterjet Systems __ 800-826-9274WaterJet: Filtration/Chillers

KMT Waterjet Systems __ 800-826-9274

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

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Waterjet NozzelsKMT Waterjet Systems __ 800-826-9274

Waterjet PumpsKMT Waterjet Systems __ 800-826-9274

Waterjet Robot KitsKMT Waterjet Systems __ 800-826-9274

ASSEMBLIESAcu Spec, Inc________408-748-8600Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Seastrom _________ 800-634-2356

Welded AssembliesWeiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778

BONDINGDiffusion

Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451VACCO Industries ______ 626-443-7121

BRAZINGPrecision Casting Repair __ 801-972-2345

BROACHINGPonderosa Ind ________303-298-1801Specialty Steel Services __ 801-539-8252

Turning: AutomaticMatrix Machine _______480-966-4451

Electro-Coating ServicesVACCO Industries ______ 626-443-7121

COLD SPRAYAccuwright Industries ___ 480-892-9595

DIE CASTINGHilton Tool __________503-657-9312TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278

DIESHilton Tool __________503-657-9312Micro-Tronics, Inc _____ 602-437-8995

EDMEDM: Dialectric Systems

/FiltrationEbbco Inc __________ 586-716-5151

EDM: Drilling Small HoleMicro-Tronics, Inc _____ 602-437-8995

EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking)Micro-Tronics, Inc _____ 602-437-8995Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789

EDM: WireCentral Valley Machine __435-752-0934Micro-Tronics, Inc _____ 602-437-8995Jet Processing ____ 623-869-6749x117Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970

ENGINEERING/DESIGNNuclear Filter Tech_____303-384-9785Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970

Graphite ServicesMicro-Tronics, Inc _____602-437-8995

FABRICATIONArrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Cygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Fabrication: Custom MetalArrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121

Fabrication: Med/LargeArrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419

Fabrication: SheetMetalArrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Cygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574Weiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800

Fabrication: Medium & Large

Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952Weiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778

Castings: RepairPrecision Casting Repair _ 801-972-2345

CHEMICAL ETCHINGAcu-Line __________ 206-634-1618PMA Photometals _____602-278-7800VACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121

CLEANING

Wasatch Metal Finishing _ 801-779-2020

COATINGAccuwright Industries ___ 480-892-9595Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648METCO Metal Finishing __ 602-276-4120

Coating: Black OxideCoating Technologies ___623-581-2648METCO Metal Finishing _ 602-276-41203

Coating: Dry Film LubeCoating Technologies ___623-581-2648

Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/Chrome

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

Coating Technologies ___ 623-581-2648

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

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

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

[email protected]

FINISHINGArizona Finishing _____602-438-4443Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648METCO Metal Finishing __ 602-276-4120Seattle Polishing & Plating___253-804-0160

Galvanizing: Hot DipTMM Precision ______ 800-448-9448

Glass Bead Clean Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648

Liquid PaintingIndustrialEX ______ 303-456-6847MPI International _____ 956-631-6880

PassivationCoating Technologies ___623-581-2648Jet Processing ____ 623-869-6749x117METCO Metal Finishing __ 602-276-4120

Silk ScreeningArizona Finishing _____602-438-4443IndustrialEX ______ 303-456-6847

Potting/EncapsulationIndustrialEX ______ 303-456-6847

GALVANIZINGPetersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789

GRINDINGChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700TCI Precision Metals ____ 800-234-5613

Grinding, BlanchardDiversified Metal Services _801-972-6093Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700 TCI Precision Metals ____ 800-234-5613

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

Grinding: ODMicro-Tronics, Inc _____602-437-8995Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700

Grinding: SurfaceChemResearch _______ 602-253-4175Quality Mold _______480-892-5480Superior Grinding _____ 801-487-970

Grinding: Tool & CutterSuperior Grinding ______ 888-487-9701

HEAT TREATINGPhoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751

CryogenicsPhoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751

INJECTION MOLDSHilton Tool _________ 503-657-9312

Inspection ServicesIRON STITCHING

Precision Casting Repair__801-972-2345LASER CUTTING

Laser CuttingWrico ___________480-892-7800

Laser Cutting: MicroVACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121

Laser Cutting: 3D

E-CoatMPI International _____ 956-631-6880

EMI/RFI ShieldingIndustrialEX ______ 303-456-6847

Laser EngravingVACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121

Laser MarkingVACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121

Precision Etched PartsVACCO Industries ____ 626-443-7121

MACHININGAcu Spec, Inc________408-748-86003rd Gen Machine______435-794-4980Britz Machine & Design __509-457-2800Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Faustson __________303-420-7422Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Nuclear Filter Tech ___ 303-384-9785Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970


Premier Precision _____ 623-466-3156Seastrom ___________ 800-634-2356TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278

Machining: R & D MillingAcu Spec, Inc________408-748-8600Britz Machine & Design __509-457-2800Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Micro-Tronics, Inc ____ 602-437-8995Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278

Machining: ChemicalAcu-Line __________ 206-634-1618PMA Photometals _____602-278-7800

Machining: CNCAcu Spec, Inc________408-748-86003rd Gen Machine______435-794-4980Britz Machine & Design __509-457-2800Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Faustson __________303-420-7422Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Micro-Tronics, Inc ____ 602-437-8995Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970Seastrom _________ 800-634-2356

Machining: TurningAcu Spec, Inc________408-748-86003rd Gen Machine______435-794-4980

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Randall J. Wilson

Industrial Products Manager

755 East Debra Lane ITS Office, (714) 780-0730

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

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

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

Fred Budde IIIPresident

990 Richard Ave, Suite 103Santa Clara, CA 95050

"AHlgherLevelin Precision Machining" 408 748-8600 Office408748-8605 [email protected]

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Gregg A. DunlapBusiness Development

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3508 East Corona AvenuePhoenix. AZ 85040OFFICE 602-276-4120CELL 602-725-8380FAX 602-276-0109


Britz Machine & Design __509-457-2800Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970

MANUFACTURINGAcu Spec, Inc________408-748-86003rd Gen Machine______435-794-4980Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Group Mfg Serv _____480-966-3952Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970Premier Precision _____ 623-466-3156TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278

ContractProduction

Laser Concepts Inc. ___ 801-280-7723METALIZING

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

MOLDING: RUBBERMicro-Tronics, Inc ____ 602-437-8995

Molds: Plastic InjectionMicro-Tronics, Inc ____ 602-437-8995

Molds SteelArizona Finishing ____602-438-4443Jet Processing ___ 623-869-6749x117

Mil Spec PaintingIndustrialEX ______ 303-456-6847

NAME PLATESAcu-Line __________ 206-634-1618PMA Photometals _____602-278-7800

UID Tags (Boeing Approved)

PMA Photometals _____602-278-7800

PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition)

AluminumAdvanced Coating _____562-402-0005

ChromiumAdvanced Coating _____562-402-0005

DLC (Diamond)Advanced Coating _____562-402-0005

MolybdenumAdvanced Coating _____562-402-0005

TitaniumAdvanced Coating _____562-402-0005

ZirconiumAdvanced Coating _____562-402-0005

PLATINGChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175METCO Metal Finishing __ 602-276-4120MPI International _____ 956-631-6880

AnodizingChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175

METCO Metal Finishing __ 602-276-4120Premier Precision _____ 623-466-3156Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146

ChromeSeattle Polishing & Plating___253-804-0160

GoldSeattle Polishing & Plating___253-804-0160

GTin / Zinc Plate

METCO Metal Finishing __ 602-276-4120PRECISION FORMING

Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970Cygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574Wrico ___________480-892-7800

PROCESSING: METAL

Acid Pickle

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880

Chemical

LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Seattle Polishing & Plating___253-804-0160

Plating Alodine

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Phosphate

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Polishing

Seattle Polishing & Plating___253-804-0160

PUNCHINGGroup Manufacturing Serv 480-966-3952Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970Cygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574

SIGNSAcu-Line __________ 206-634-1618PMA Photometals _____602-278-7800

SPLINESSpecialty Steel Services _ 801-539-8252

SPRAY: METAL, PLASMAAccuwright Industries ___480-892-9595

STAMPINGCygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574 Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Seastrom _________ 800-634-2356Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778

Stamping:DesignWeiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778

Stamping:Flat FormingSPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113

Stamping: Light

Seastrom _________ 800-634-2356SWISS SCREW MCHG.

Acu Spec, Inc________408-748-86003rd Gen Machine______435-794-4980Howard PMP _______ 801-808-4106Lewis Aerospace ____ 877-254-2024

Shawn Carlin [email protected]

Seastrom _________ 800-634-2356TESTING

Testing: Non-Destructive

Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590Jet Processing ____ 623-869-6749x117Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146Premier Precision _____ 623-466-3156

THERMAL SPRAYAccuwright Industries ___480-892-9595

TOOL & DIEWrico ___________480-892-7800

TOOLINGCentral Valley Machine __435-752-0934Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500

TUBE CUTTINGCygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574WATERJET CUTTING

Britz Machine & Design __509-457-2800Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Marzee Inc. ______ 602-269-5801Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789

WELDINGArrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419Britz Machine & Design __509-457-2800Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Cygnet Stamping & Fab __ 818-240-7574Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778

Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large

Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Welding: Precision

Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778

Welding: TIGArrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789

Marjorie Langton President

J&M Machine, LLC

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


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