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CNC Milling / Turning
CNC machines work by rotating the raw material, which could be (round barstock, hex barstock, tubing, a casting, a forging, a slug, etc.)
We have two separate machining facilities focused on machined castings and forgings. Our facilities are in excellent financial shape and have been in business for 53 years. We have over 100 CNC machines and two separate manufacturing facilities. One in the Chicago area and one on the IL/IA border. We have decades of experience taking TIER ONE responsibility for delivering turnkey line-ready machined castings, machined forgings, and large diameter bar stock components up to 16 inches in diameter.
Capabilities
| Machining Equipment | Over 100 CNC machines(CNC lathes with live tooling from 2" to 16” diameter with lengths up to 24”. Vertical machining centers 20” cube. Horizontal Machining centers 30” cube. Many machines have twin spindles, gantry loaders as well as robotic loading & extraction from the machines. |
| Materials Machined | Bar Stock materials including Steel, Stainless steel, Aluminum, Grey & Ductile iron castings, Aluminum as well as SS castings, Cast tubing, Drawn tubing, Forgings of many different materials and many others. |
| Industries Served | Agriculture, Heavy Truck, Off-Highway, Hydraulics, Lift truck and many others. |
| Broaching | We have multiple in-house Broaching machines to meet your broaching requirements. |
| Spline Rolling | We have multiple pieces of spline rolling equipment in-house. |
| Balancing | We have years of experience and multiple pieces of balancing equipment in-house. |
| Turnkey Tier 1 Line Ready parts | We have decades of experience purchasing all the bar stock, tubing, castings as well as forgings we need to meet our customers' requirements. We do all the machining as well as the assembling and then manage the painting, powder coating and plating that may be required to meet our customers' requests. |
| Two Manufacturing Facilities | We have 2 Sister plants located 90 miles apart. Perfect for disaster recovery plans. |
| Quality | ISO 9001:2015 Certified. |
Lowest Total Cost
Design For Manufacturability
Technology & Automation
Increased Turns & Reduced Lead Times
Additional Information
- We have been in business for over 53 years. We are in excellent financial shape & shipping around $25 million in annual sales. We have two separate manufacturing facilities located 90 miles apart which is perfect for Disaster Recovery plans.
- We have over 100 CNC machines including automated robotic cells as well as automated self-feeding twin spindle cells. We focus on machined castings, forgings and large bar stock components. We have a wide diversity of equipment including CNC lathes with live tooling from 2" to 16” diameter with lengths to 24”. Vertical machining centers 20” cube, as well as Horizontal Machining, centers 30” cube.
- We can handle low, medium and high volume production requirements. With EAU’s ranging from 50 pieces to 150,000 + pieces. (Some of our cells are fully loaded with robotic entry as well as extraction capabilities.)
- Some of our typical machined parts include: Hydraulic cylinder components, steering knuckles, yokes, rod ends, spindles, axles, shafts, pulleys, wheel hubs, brake drums, housings and couplings.
- We are Quality Certified and currently shipping to multiple Fortune 100 companies.
- We have 2 separate manufacturing facilities that are located about 2.5 hours from each other. (This is excellent for customers that require disaster recovery plans.)
- We provide Broaching, Polishing, Spline Rolling, Welding, as well as in-house Balancing and Subcomponent assembly.
- Quality: ISO 9001:2015 Certified. We consistently do capability studies, gauge R&R's as well as SPC. We have multiple CMM's and perform ISIR's and PPAP's on a regular basis.
- We are very accustomed to taking complete Tier one responsibility for delivering turnkey fully machined, heat-treated, painted, plated, broached, splined and assembled parts.
- We are comfortable using customer-supplied raw materials, castings or forgings when the raw material supply chain is already established. In these situations, we will use the raw material that is supplied to us and then take responsibility for all the machining as well as secondary operations and assembly services but the cost of the raw material will not be included in our piece part price. Or we can take over the purchasing responsibilities and buy the raw materials and deliver a finished turnkey line-ready part.
- Raw Material Inventory: Our manufacturing facilities have warehouse space dedicated & use an inventory management system to hold inventory for all the raw bar stock, tubing, raw castings and raw forgings that are required to meet our customers' demands.
- Our finished goods area is holding over a million of dollars of finished components to meet our immediate customer demands through EDI, Kan Ban, JIT and practically any release system.
- We truly have a TEAM approach from APQP, tooling, fixturing, quality and customer service.
- We are dedicated to continuous training, ongoing improvement in 6 sigma practices, 8D problem-solving techniques, geometric dimensioning/tolerancing and World Class manufacturing practices.
- We can be extremely competitive with pricing as well as our lead times. With EAU’s ranging from 50 pieces to 150,000 + pieces. (Some of our cells are fully loaded with robotic gantries for entry as well as extraction from the machining cells.)
- We have strong project management engineers to help projects move from concept into full production.
- Our customer service team has decades of experience doing Vendor Managed Inventory. We ship Bar Coded products via Kan Ban, EDI, JIT or practically any release system.
- Our two manufacturing facilities run 2 shifts per day 5 days per week.
- We have all the current CAD software to open your required files.
- Our quality team consistently does capability studies, gauge R&R's, SPC and keeps computerized inspection records. Our facility is equipped with the latest CMM's, inspection equipment required to inspect all of our parts as well as gather all information that is required for ISIR and PPAP documentation.
- We are over 98% on-time deliveries to all of our customers.
- Assemblies: We have decades of experience doing a wide variety of assembly operations required to supply meet the needs of our customers.
- ON Time Delivery & PPM's: Our facilities provide above 98% on-time deliveries as well as excellent PPM numbers.
- Our facilities show and audit extremely well.
- Turnkey Tier 1 Line Ready parts: We have decades of experience purchasing all the bar stock, tubing, castings as well as forgings we need to meet our customers' requirements. We do all the machining as well as the assembling and then manage the painting, powder coating, plating and assembly that may be required to meet our customers' requests.
- In-house engineering & program management: Our engineers have decades of experience taking projects from CAD models to finished parts being documented using ISIR/PPAP documentation.
- Customer Service: We have a strong customer service team to quickly respond to your requirements. We stock raw materials as well as finished goods and can release parts via VMI, KAN BAN, JIT & EDI.
- Disaster Recovery Plans: We have 2 completely separate manufacturing facilities located about 90 miles from each other. Each facility has similar equipment and can be a disaster recovery plan if a natural disaster would affect either facility.
- In-house tool room: We have a complete tool room and build all of our fixtures in-house.
- Foundry/Forgers: We have long-standing partnerships with the majority of the foundries and forgers in the Mid-West and have decades of experience buying and managing all the raw materials that are necessary to deliver Line Ready Tier 1 parts.
Common Applications of Machined Castings, Machined Forgings & Large Diameter Bar Stock:
- Steering knuckles
- Yokes
- Rod ends
- Spindles
- Axles
- Shafts
- Pulleys
- Wheel hubs
- Brake drums
- Housings
- Couplings
- Hydraulic cylinder components
- ..and many others.
Commonly used materials include Bar Stock materials such as:
- Steel
- Stainless steel
- Aluminum
- Grey & Ductile iron castings
- Aluminum as well as SS castings
- Cast tubing
- Drawn tubing
- Forgings of many different materials
- ..as well as many others.
Per the customers' request; We can take over the purchasing responsibilities and buy the raw materials and deliver a finished turnkey line-ready part. We are also comfortable using customer-supplied raw materials, castings or forgings when the raw material supply chain is already established. In these situations, we will use the raw material that is supplied to us, then take responsibility for all the machining as well as secondary operations and assembly services but the cost of the raw material will not be included in our piece part price.
- Agriculture
- Heavy Truck
- Off-Highway
- Hydraulics
- Lift truck
- ..and many others.
We can take complete responsibility for machining a raw casting, forging, drawn tubing, cast tubing as well as many bar stock materials ranging from 2.5 inches to 16inches in diameter. There are many additional problems that can occur when machining a casting and a forging but there are many benefits as well. Some of the problems that can occur such as shink, porosity, pattern shift, twisted castings, folds in forgings as well as surface finishes and casting clean up that do not normally occur when machining bar stock or plate materials.
One of the biggest benefits of using a raw casting or a raw forging as well as cast or drawn tubing is that the base material you are starting with is a near net shape of the object you are striving to produce. As a result, less machining is required to obtain the finished part.
At this manufacturing facility, we can machine bar stock components ranging from 2.5 inches in diameter up to 16 inches in diameter.
We are very accustomed to buying a wide variety of bar stock, cast tubing, drawn tubing, raw forgings, sand castings, investment castings, as well as permanent mold castings. The benefit of starting with a raw casting or a raw forging is that you are starting with a near net shape of the final part you are striving to produce. Since you're starting with a near net shape, you do not need to remove as much material during the machining process. The end goal is to help our customers meet their required drawing specifications and produce the finished part at the best possible price.
Another benefit of using machined forging is that the forging has an upset grain structure that makes the raw material extremely strong. This creates a more difficult part to machine but provides an end product that meets the customers' requirements and provides significant strength as well as the ability to meet high-pressure requirements.
We machine Bar stock as well as cast tubing or drawn tubing depending on what raw material will assist in providing the Lowest Total Cost manufacturing process in the end. If the volume of a part is very low, then it will probably not make sense to pay for the cost of a casting pattern or a forging die.
Once we understand what the scope of the project is, we can work with your engineers, quality department as well as purchasing group to make recommendations as to what your raw material options could be for each specific component.
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