American Iron Sports, LLC is a premier builder of American Iron Sports, LLC is a premier builder of innovative sporting equipment and training facilities for innovative sporting equipment and training facilities for

leading organizations in a variety of sports. Thanks to our leading organizations in a variety of sports. Thanks to our experienced, highly skilled development team, and our next-experienced, highly skilled development team, and our next-

generation technologies, AIS has established itself as an generation technologies, AIS has established itself as an industry leader. industry leader.

What Makes AIS Great?What Makes AIS Great? Customer Driven – Business is based upon customer Customer Driven – Business is based upon customer

requirements.requirements. Flexibility – AIS is flexible and responsive to customer Flexibility – AIS is flexible and responsive to customer

needs and requirements.needs and requirements. Industrial Leader – AIS has a long standing relationship Industrial Leader – AIS has a long standing relationship

with the top pitching machine manufacturerswith the top pitching machine manufacturers Strong Vendor Partnerships – AIS has secured Strong Vendor Partnerships – AIS has secured

exclusive partnerships with netting, turf, and pitching exclusive partnerships with netting, turf, and pitching machine manufacturers; allowing AIS to be cost machine manufacturers; allowing AIS to be cost competitive in any market.competitive in any market.

Management – AIS management is comprised of past Management – AIS management is comprised of past and current competitive baseball players. We know and current competitive baseball players. We know the market and how to deliver what the customer the market and how to deliver what the customer wants.wants.

Introduction to AIS Custom Introduction to AIS Custom Installation ServicesInstallation Services

As you already know, American Iron As you already know, American Iron Sports, LLC manufacturers high Sports, LLC manufacturers high quality pitching machines. What you quality pitching machines. What you may not know is that we custom build may not know is that we custom build baseball/softball facilities and Multi-baseball/softball facilities and Multi-Sport Complexes across the country. Sport Complexes across the country.

The following slides will introduce you The following slides will introduce you to some of our services.to some of our services.

Crew ArrivalCrew Arrival

The American Iron The American Iron Sports, LLC Sports, LLC installation crew installation crew arrives on site in arrives on site in Texas to install a 4 Texas to install a 4 stall, 8 machine stall, 8 machine custom batting custom batting cage facility. cage facility.

Ready to go to workReady to go to work

The crew surveys The crew surveys the concrete, the concrete, building specs, and building specs, and electrical supply electrical supply locations, to begin locations, to begin planning out the planning out the installation. installation.

Ready for InstallationReady for Installation

An empty building An empty building ready to be turned ready to be turned into a baseball into a baseball facility complete facility complete with 4 with 4 softball/baseball softball/baseball cages, 3 cages, 3 hitting/instructional hitting/instructional tunnels and 3300 tunnels and 3300 sq. ft of indoor sq. ft of indoor baseball turf.baseball turf.

Initial Machine SetupInitial Machine Setup

The AIS crew lines The AIS crew lines up the pitching up the pitching machines for machines for proper location proper location prior to beginning prior to beginning the custom portion the custom portion of the facility.of the facility.

Unloading Material and Unloading Material and Taking InventoryTaking Inventory

Master Fabricator, Master Fabricator, Matthew Bixler and Matthew Bixler and Project Manager, Project Manager, Matthew Matthew Garrabrants carry a Garrabrants carry a steel pipe that will steel pipe that will support the main support the main batting cage netting. batting cage netting. AIS takes initial AIS takes initial inventory to ensure inventory to ensure all materials have all materials have arrived on schedule.arrived on schedule.

Central Ball Distribution Central Ball Distribution System InstallationSystem Installation

The AIS crew uses The AIS crew uses a fork lift to assist a fork lift to assist in the installation in the installation of a 1600 lb ball of a 1600 lb ball distribution center. distribution center.

Elevator and Central Elevator and Central Distribution SystemDistribution System

The elevator and The elevator and central distribution central distribution system are system are installed, aligned, installed, aligned, leveled and tested.leveled and tested.

Elevator AnchorsElevator Anchors

12 ft high, 800 lbs 12 ft high, 800 lbs elevator securely elevator securely mounted with mounted with concrete lags into concrete lags into the foundation of the foundation of the facility.the facility.

I-bolt InstallationI-bolt Installation

An I-bolt is securely An I-bolt is securely mounted into the mounted into the concrete with a concrete with a lag. The I-bolts are lag. The I-bolts are used to connect used to connect the aircraft cable the aircraft cable netting system.netting system.

Wall Cable SystemsWall Cable Systems

The AIS crew are The AIS crew are experts in custom experts in custom cable system cable system installation and installation and fabrication, giving fabrication, giving us the ability to us the ability to install batting install batting cages almost cages almost anywhere. anywhere.

Ceiling Cable SystemCeiling Cable System

A custom ceiling A custom ceiling cable system is cable system is shown. shown.

Custom Net InstallationCustom Net Installation

AIS makes custom AIS makes custom modules net systems modules net systems for all commercial for all commercial installations. This installations. This allows the customer to allows the customer to save money by save money by replacing sections of replacing sections of net one piece at at net one piece at at time. This saves the time. This saves the custom money and custom money and creates customer creates customer loyalty.loyalty.

Net and Cable Mount PointNet and Cable Mount Point

Once the nets are Once the nets are installed and fitted installed and fitted properly, AIS properly, AIS makes sure the makes sure the bottom of the nets bottom of the nets are held to the are held to the ground with a gold ground with a gold border rope.border rope.

Custom FabricationCustom Fabrication

Master Fabricator Master Fabricator Matt Bixler creates Matt Bixler creates custom ceiling drop custom ceiling drop mounts for the mounts for the instructional cages.instructional cages.

Steel FabricationSteel Fabrication

Onsite welding and Onsite welding and fabrication allow fabrication allow AIS to work around AIS to work around the unexpected the unexpected challenges that challenges that always arise on a always arise on a complicated complicated installation.installation.

Custom DesignCustom Design

Tension adjusting Tension adjusting turnbuckles mount turnbuckles mount to the custom steel to the custom steel work performed by work performed by AIS. Allowing for AIS. Allowing for cable system cable system tension to be tension to be adjusted in the adjusted in the future.future.

Distribution System SetupDistribution System Setup

The AIS crew runs The AIS crew runs the distribution the distribution tubes from the tubes from the central distribution central distribution system. This system. This enables the enables the machines to be fed machines to be fed with the proper with the proper balls.balls.

Backstop NettingBackstop Netting

The custom The custom designed #60 designed #60 weight backstop weight backstop netting has pre-netting has pre-fabricated fabricated doors/openings doors/openings ready to be framed ready to be framed with fencing for an with fencing for an ultra clean and ultra clean and professional look.professional look.

Top View of FacilityTop View of Facility

A view from above A view from above of the nearly of the nearly finished batting finished batting cages.cages.

Turf Stance MatsTurf Stance Mats

AIS installs custom AIS installs custom turf batting mats in turf batting mats in all the cages to all the cages to ensure a proper ensure a proper hitting surface is hitting surface is presented to the presented to the hitter for comfort, hitter for comfort, safety and safety and professional professional appeal.appeal.

Turf Mats Close-upTurf Mats Close-up

The Turf Mats The Turf Mats come with come with permanent batters permanent batters box lines and home box lines and home plate on the turf.plate on the turf.

Turf QualityTurf Quality

AIS installs the AIS installs the highest grade turf highest grade turf available on the available on the market for long market for long lasting customer lasting customer satisfaction.satisfaction.

Turf InstallationTurf Installation

The AIS crew is The AIS crew is fully trained in fully trained in synthetic turf synthetic turf installation. A installation. A custom turf seem custom turf seem is shown.is shown.

Turf SeemingTurf Seeming

The AIS crew The AIS crew polishes off the polishes off the final seem of the final seem of the 3300 sq. ft of turf. 3300 sq. ft of turf. The AIS crew The AIS crew knows how to knows how to make those seems make those seems nearly nearly undetectable.undetectable.

3300 sq. ft of Turf3300 sq. ft of Turf

The AIS crew laid The AIS crew laid 3300 sq. ft of turf 3300 sq. ft of turf for 3 instructional for 3 instructional cages. All turf is cages. All turf is installed with seem installed with seem tapes, and border tapes, and border turf glue for a long turf glue for a long lasting, reliable lasting, reliable installation.installation.

Instructional CagesInstructional Cages

Another view of the Another view of the instructional cages instructional cages and turf installed and turf installed for use.for use.

Top View of CagesTop View of Cages

A top view of the A top view of the instructional cages instructional cages and batting cage and batting cage turf is shown.turf is shown.

Custom Pitching Machines Custom Pitching Machines ConfigurationConfiguration

The crew of AIS The crew of AIS installed and installed and configured a custom configured a custom pitching machine pitching machine configuration using configuration using Atec and MasterPitch Atec and MasterPitch machines. The two machines. The two different different manufacturer’s manufacturer’s machines worked in machines worked in harmony wired into the harmony wired into the MasterPitch central MasterPitch central control panel.control panel.

Customized Dual Machine Customized Dual Machine ConfigurationConfiguration

Less than three Less than three people or companies people or companies are known to operate are known to operate in the US performing in the US performing custom machine custom machine configurations. AIS is configurations. AIS is the premier installer, the premier installer, recommended by recommended by Atec and MasterPitch.Atec and MasterPitch.

Contact InformationContact Information

Matt Bixler Matt Bixler 866-709-4189 tool free 866-709-4189 tool free Direct Line 580-716-6670Direct Line 580-716-6670 info@americanironsports.cominfo@americanironsports.com