Rocky Mountain Edition April May 2014

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Ah, the best season of the year is fast approaching. All around the country, flowers are beginning to bloom, and the grass is turning green. For those living in cold climate, as is all of the Rocky Moun-tain region, you are ready for sunshine and warmer weather! After having a cold, dark winter that seemed to last forever, we deserve

to enjoy the longer-lasting sunshine, chirping birds of spring and the happiness they’ll bring. We feel good when spring arrives!

To celebrate happiness, Facebook organizers asked people to head to social media and share the source of their happiness. Hundreds of people around the world shared photos and messages about their family, pets, books, jobs and more.

Here are some of the reasons why the arrival of spring has us so excited!

More Beautiful Sunshine - Longer days and more exposure to sunlight means a higher intake of vitamin D, which can help boost energy levels and keep your bones healthy.

Fresh Air- Warmer temperatures mean we’ll be staying out more and getting fresh air, which is known to lower stress levels and boost energy levels.

Exercise Beyond The Treadmill - Shedding those extra pounds of insulation you gained during the winter months means getting out the door, going for runs, biking and playing sports – with-out getting frostbite.

Improved Memory And Alertness - Studies show that overall mental performance is best when body temperature is high – and keeping your body temperature high is a lot easier when it’s not

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Getting Back To The Garden - Gardening is fun and relaxing – the best part is watching the progress of things you plant as they grow throughout the season.

On another note, and another reason for us to feel happier, our economy, while not booming, is clearly rebounding. I know that this is the first time in 5 years where I am seeing ‘Help Wanted’ signs in many retail businesses! In the Kiplinger: 2014 Economic Outlook report, it said that greater-than-expected February job growth of 175,000 indicates good momentum going into the spring months, given severe weather across much of the U.S. The report also forecasts an annual gain of about 2.3 million net new jobs in 2014. Increased business spending, growing consumer confidence, the continued housing renaissance and healthy export gains all add up to an increasingly strong economy that should be able to support net monthly hiring that frequently, if not regularly, tops 200,000.

The report also notes that contrary to what one might expect, the rise in the unemployment rate to 6.7% in February is encouraging, resulting as it did largely from an increase in the number of folks looking for work. This indicates greater optimism about employment prospects.

Until next issue, feel good, enjoy the season, and getting outdoors. I wish you the best, and God Bless our Troops!

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Atlas Rigging & Transfer Celebrates 30 Years in Business

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Metalcraft Industries Reduces Cycle Time with Robotic Welding Cell

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Company President Darrin Caschette stated, “The sheer volume of work we received plus the linear inches of weld gave us no choice; we wouldn’t have been able to hire fast enough.” The roughly 38 x 28 x 28 hydraulic tanks require redundant welding inside and out to ensure against pin holes as well as pressure testing each tank. Mr. Caschette noted that the robot can weld 5-10 times faster than manual welding depending on the application and the quality of the weld is unsurpassed.

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Mazak Celebrates 40 Years of Manufacturing CNC Machine Tools in the U.S.

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NAMJet, currently based in Benton, Ark., will make a $4 million investment at a 50,000-squre-foot site it’s leased at 4959 Kingston St. in northeast Denver, according to an announcement from the city.

NAMJet chose Denver due to the city’s quality of life, the nearby ski areas, but also because it made business sense, said Jim Ducker, the company’s general manager.

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NAMJet is owned by Australian company Birdon Pty Ltd., and the owners are “big skiers with ties to Denver,” Ducker said, adding that he grew up in Denver and is a graduate of Englewood High School.But the move also penciled out on business terms, Ducker said.

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Orion’s tentatively scheduled Sept. 18 test launch is being bumped to make room on the launchpad schedule at Cape Canaveral, Fla. for a defense satellite launch, according to NASASpaceflight.com

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Obama’s 2015 budget plan would boost funding for alt-fuel technologies

President Barack Obama’s 2015 budget proposal would increase by 15%, to $359 million, the Department of Energy’s discretionary funds in support of advanced vehicles and alternative-fuel technologies. About $253 million would also be set aside to support the agency’s advanced-biofuels efforts.

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Solar-Powered 3D Printer Turns Desert Sand Into Glass Bowls and Sculptures The sun’s rays can be harnessed to power e ve r y t h i n g f r o m homes to gadgets, but one graduate student is using the sun to create a super-printer capable of printing elaborate glassware. Markus Kayser took his graduate project all the way to the sands of the Sahara in Egypt to create his innovative idea dubbed the ‘Solar Sinter’. The incredible design uses a 3D digital printer and the sun’s rays to turn the sand into incredible glass bowls and sculptures that are out of this world.

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Economy Added 175,000 Jobs In February

ABC World News reported that in February, “employers added 175,000 new jobs, better than experts predicted. But meanwhile, unemployment inched higher, up to 6.7%, fueled by a surge in the number of Americans who have been out of work more than 27 weeks, the long-term unemployed.”

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Air Force: Combat rescue helicopter award coming by June

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Colorado employers added 7,300 jobs in January

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United States Navy Unveils Plan to Beam Solar Power from Space to Earth

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Technology Driven Manufacturing is what Visser Precision Cast (VPC), in Denver Colorado is all about. Their specialty is manufacturing solutions that are not one-dimensional. Take for example the titanium additive part that was created by VPC using Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS). This technology utilizes a variety of alloys to create what would once be considered un-manufacturable parts from 3D CAD. The process disperses a very fine layer of metal powder allowing for high detail resolution and is fused together using a focused laser beam.

DMLS, however, is not the only high tech component to VPC. What really was the inspiration to start the company was a process that they embraced from the very beginning that most of us in manufacturing have never even heard of, or have thought to be possible commercially. It is called amorphous metal casting (also known metallic glass or bulk metal glass) is a solid zirconium based alloy, with a disordered atomic-scale structure. Amorphous Metal Casting allows for near net shape casting of complex geometries that hold tight tolerances (often what you’d expect from machining) and offer a superior set of mechanical properties. Whatever the reason or speculation of amorphous metals for the future, it is being done today at Visser Precision Cast, an incredible facility that houses CNC machines, a water jet machine and other pieces of equipment, such as additive manufacturing equipment.

Tool Maker Ryan Coniam, a mechanical and automotive manufacturing engineer knew that they couldn’t offer just this one new technology and still be a complete solutions provider. He says, “We knew that to succeed with a relatively new technology, like amorphous metal casting, we would have to offer more commercially accepted services to be a true solutions partner. We added additive manufacturing to our list of competencies. No one manufacturing process will solve the problems of the world, but having the tools to offer their customers for the specific needs is what will allow us to stand out.” So they wrapped their business around 3 key competencies, including; Amorphous Metal Casting, Precision Machining, and Additive Manufacturing

Precision Machining

VPC specializes in manufacturing unique and complex parts. Using cutting edge techniques, they manufacture parts for a wide variety of industries, ranging from injection molds to mission-critical aerospace components. VPC has the manufacturing resources available to take projects through a variety of processes from prototype to production.

VPC manufactures parts for its customers on well-maintained, high accuracy machines in their temperature controlled Denver, Colorado facility. Their processes are designed around the utilization of statistical controls that work in conjunction with an on-site quality lab. All parts are machined to the same high standards, maintaining consistency and predictability for their customers. Today, the company is ISO 13485 certified for the medical industry, and plans to achieve AS9100 certification within the year.

The company offers 3 and 5 axis (automated) CNC milling, 7-axis mill/turning, wire and sinker EDM, flat grinding, and water jet cutting for their customers. Ryan says, “We believe in purchasing the latest in machine tool technology, as this enables us to remain competitive globally.” He continued, “We are in the early stages of automating at VPC, and we are adding to our existing carousel robots that feed our machines.”

Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing (AM) refers to a process by which digital 3D parasolids are used to build up or “Grow” a component in layers by depositing material. This definition is taken from the International Committee F42 for Additive Manufacturing Technologies (ASTM). The term

“3D printing” is increasingly used as a synonym for AM. Instead of milling a workpiece from solid block, for example, AM builds up components layer by layer using materials that are available in fine powder form. A range of different metals, plastics and composite materials may be used.

Functional principle using the example of Direct Metal Laser Sintering

Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) is a technology that uses a fiber optic laser to fuse together 30 micron layers of metal powder. The parts are built up additively, layer by layer, to create a dense end product. Application dependent multiple heat treatments may be required to achieve the required material properties for each specific material as heat treatments on “grown” parts exhibit near billet properties.

Being able to produce parts directly from 3D CAD data allows designers to develop features and structures that would be impossible any other way. DMLS components offer an excellent option

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Ryan says that VPC customers use the additive manufacturing solution for making prototypes during the early development phases of a product - significantly reducing the time required for their customers in new product development. Or when solving challenges that are not possible by conventional manufacturing techniques, such as creating internal passages or details.

What makes VPC so successful? Ryan says its not just their cutting edge technologies, or their superior machine tools, it’s dedicated teammates, and the company doesn’t put titles on their team members’ business cards (“We are equally responsible for the success at VPC”). It is also the suppliers VPC relies on to deliver the best products with the best service. Ryan says, “Unless a supplier gives me us a reason to change, we are loyal to them. It’s how we treat our customers, our teammates, and our suppliers.”

One of VPC’s partner/supplier’s is Delcam. Ryan says, “Delcam is a critical component to our business.” Luke Davidson, who does a lot of advanced program development for the company, says, “We looked at a few different CAM products on the market, and ultimately selected Delcam. I knew the Delcam product extensively, and we selected it for a variety of reasons, including:

• Ease of use and quick learning curve (other CAM solutions are unnecessarily complex)

• Common interface across all of VPC’s machine tools, from their wire EDM their turn/mill centers

• Superior posts (poor posts will result in expensive crashes in our machines)• Superior CAM software for our mold making (Delcam makes the tool maker as efficient as is humanly possible)

• It offers some of the best CAM software for 5 axis machining (and it some good history with DMG, which is VPC’s 5 axis machine)

• Superior knowledge of the employees at Delcam and superior training

VPC has a number of Delcam’s software licenses, including PowerMILL. Luke says, “The main advantage of 5-axis machining is the ability to save time by machining complex shapes in a single setup. PowerMILL has several machining strategies using shorter cutters to produce faster, more accurate machining with less vibration.”

The company also uses Delcam PowerSHAPE, which is a versatile, easy-to-use, integrated solid, surface and triangle modeling from design to manufacture. PowerSHAPE’s unique combination of modeling tools let you create detailed, accurate 3D models of even the most complex parts simply and efficiently.

Luke says the company also has a seat of Delcam Electrode, which enables the team

to design better electrodes - faster. He says, “It helps us to reduce manufacturing bottlenecks by creating EDM electrodes, as part of our machining process. Delcam Electrode guides you step by step from 3D CAD model to ready-to-use electrode.”

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Luke and the team say Blaine is doing a superior job in his role, which is to provide different options for manufacturing problems they have and to provide solutions. Luke says, “Blaine has been exposed to a lot of advanced manufacturing processes, and his skills are outstanding. Everyone at Delcam is so knowledgeable on helping our team with difficult to machine parts.”

For more information on Delcam’s complete CAD/CAM software solutions, visit delcam.com or call them at 1-877-DELCAM1 (335-2261).

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General Dynamics to Deliver U.S. Army’s Newest Tactical Ground Station Intelligence System

The U.S. Army awarded a contract to General Dynamics C4 Systems for 10 vehicle-mounted Tactical Ground Station (TGS) Lot D systems with an option for 11 additional systems. The TGS system is part of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A), the Army’s primary deployed system for posting, processing and distributing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information in real time to intelligence analysts and commanders. The order is valued at $31.5 million with all options exercised. The first of the new TGS systems is scheduled for delivery during the third quarter of 2013.

DCGS-A provides Army analysts with access to more than 600 data sources and allows rapid collaboration through shared data access. The General Dynamics-built TGS-Lot D systems allow analysts to comb through millions of classified and unclassified records within minutes, providing commanders with status updates on persons of interest and imminent threats such as improvised explosive devices.

TGS systems have been widely deployed to forward operating bases worldwide, providing U.S. military and coalition soldiers with critical force protection intelligence that saves lives at the tactical edge.

The TGS Lot D procurement followed a full-and-open competition and includes TGS vehicle system integration, training materials, field service and support. The new TGS systems will deliver superior information processing capability, secure network communications and collaboration with other intelligence resources worldwide.

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Boeing Raises Twenty-Year Commercial Jet Forecast

Bloomberg News reports Boeing “raised its 20-year forecast for commercial jet demand by 3.8 percent as air traffic outstrips global economic growth and airlines refresh their fleets with $4.8 trillion in new planes.” Randy Tinseth, marketing vice president for commercial airplanes at Boeing, said he did not see a “bubble” in the market even as the company considers raising production rates. However, Richard Aboulafia, an analyst with the Teal Group, warned inexpensive financing and oil prices could change these numbers. Meanwhile, Howard Rubel, an analyst with Jefferies LLC, predicted that Boeing and Airbus would continue to dominate the market as new entrants are just starting to come to the market.

The AP reports that speaking ahead of the Bourget international air show in Paris, Tinseth, “said rising oil prices are forcing carriers to think harder about efficiency, and that means smaller planes that burn less fuel.” That “also means design changes, streamlined air traffic control and improved navigation to shave miles (kilometers) off each flight.” The AP notes, “The demand for fuel efficiency has eaten away at orders for the wide-body long haul carriers that are major profit-drivers for Boeing and Airbus, the world’s two biggest aircraft manufacturers.”

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he said the new airspace sites will likely butt up against those DoD-owned sites.

DoD will begin preliminary site selection for those locations by the end of 2012, Pennington said.

The unmanned aircraft will use a ground-based sense-and-avoid system for the early flight tests scheduled for the airspace locations. Sense and avoid technology allows unmanned aircraft to detect other planes in the area and change its course to avoid midair collisions.

The ground-based system will relay information from air traffic control and other sources on the location of all aircraft flying in the area of the UAS. That info will then be relayed to the UAS pilot on the ground, who can then maneuver the aircraft through the air traffic.

As tests progress, DoD officials plan to move to a partially automated sense-and-avoid system on board the aircraft, Pennington said.

Creation of these airspace bubbles was part of the FAA reauthorization bill proposed earlier this year. Lawmakers tabled passage of the FAA bill until September, when Congress is set to return from its summer recess.

Once passed, Pennington predicted that there would be a lot of “political jockeying” by lawmakers to land one of the test sites, given the money and resources DoD plans to pump into the effort.

Boeing Dreamliner Finishes Test Program

Bloomberg News reports the Boeing 787 Dreamliner “finished its 20- month flight-test program in the final hurdle toward approval for passenger service that could start next month.” The last flight was made on August 13 and now the FAA “must verify the paperwork in a review Boeing has said it expects this week and then certify the jet before its first delivery.

The agency, which has worked with Boeing since the 787’s inception, doesn’t discuss certification work, said Alison Duquette, a spokeswoman.” The article notes that the only the 787s with Rolls Royce engines completed testing and more are needed for those with GE Engines. The CNET News “Cutting Edge” blog notes that on the final test flight,

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Pratt, Rolls-Royce Realign Ties

United Technologies Corp.’s Pratt & Whitney unit and Rolls-Royce PLC are ending one aircraft-engine joint venture to start another.Pratt will pay $1.5 billion for Rolls-Royce’s share in their existing International Aero Engines consortium, which produces the engines that power the Airbus A320 jetliner family.

The two companies plan to work together in a new venture that will develop engines for future narrow-body aircraft using Pratt’s geared turbofan technology.

The new venture will go head to head with General Electric Co. to develop more-efficient engines for the single-aisle-aircraft segment, in which the companies expect demand to be around 20,000 new aircraft over the next 20 years.

It also comes after London-based Rolls-Royce declined to develop new engines for the latest upgrades to the A320 neo, produced by Airbus, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co.

Pratt had all but abandoned the single-aisle market in the early 1990s but began muscling its way back in over the past few years in the face of dismissals from its rivals including Rolls and GE.

Last year, Pratt scored a coup when Airbus selected its geared turbofan engine as one of two engine options for the revamped A320.

But this summer Pratt was excluded from a similar move at Boeing Co., which opted to upgrade its 737 instead of investing in a next-generation aircraft.

The new 737 plane exclusively uses an engine from CFM, a joint venture between GE and France’s Safran SA.

The new venture will focus on the high-bypass ratio, geared-turbofan technology. The other partners in the previous partnership—Japanese Aero Engine Corp. and MTU Aero Engines GmbH—intend to join.

Roche l icenses technology from Biodesign Institute

Roche and Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE) announced an agreement to license several technologies developed by Stuart Lindsay at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University and Colin Nuckolls of the Columbia University Nanoscience Center for the development of a revolutionary DNA sequencing system.

The licensed technologies include specialized approaches for DNA base sensing and reading and build on an ongoing collaboration between Roche’s sequencing center of excellence, 454 Life Sciences, and IBM to develop and commercialize a single-molecule, nanopore DNA sequencer with the capacity to rapidly decode an individual’s complete genome for well below $1000.

The licensed technologies offer novel approaches for reading the sequence of bases, or letters, in a single DNA molecule as it is passed through a nanopore. The team has demonstrated proof-of-concept, and is in the midst of making a third generation reader molecule that provides better discrimination between the DNA bases. The licensing agreement with Roche will help translate these discoveries into a commercial instrument.

The DNA Transistor technology, developed by IBM Research, slows and controls the movement of the DNA molecule as it threads through a microscopic nanopore in a silicon chip, while the newly licensed DNA reading technology can decode the bases of the DNA molecule as it passes through.

Both technologies are centered on semiconductor-based nanopores, which have advantages over protein-based nanopores in terms of control, robustness, scalability, and manufacturability.

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Vestas is on a hiring spree at its Colorado wind turbine plants

Vestas Wind Systems, the Danish wind turbine manufacturer, is on a hiring spree and expects to have more than 2,000 employees in Colorado by the end of 2014.

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Vestas, the No. 1 wind turbine manufacturer in the world in 2013, according to analysts, at its peak employed about 1,800 people at its Colorado facilities - including the research center, at the end of 2011.The company currently has about 1,450 employees in Colorado and expects to hire an additional 450 people by the end of the year, the company said last month.

In 2013, Vestas hired more than 300 people at its tower factory in Pueblo, and the company said recently that the tower factory plans to hire 80 more people in the next few months.

The towers factory “is expected to reach full capacity utilization in 2014,” Vestas said.

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Vestas sold 1,733 megawatts, or nearly 900 wind turbines, to cus-tomers in North America during 2013 — the company’s second-best sales year for that market. Those sales are a major driver for the hiring spree.

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Colorado has awarded another $1.9 million to colleges and ear-ly-stage companies with advanced-industries products it believes can be marketable.

Five $250,000 early-stage capital and retention grants went to companies producing products ranging from prosthetic feet to vapor-recovery modules for oil and gas sites.

Meanwhile, state officials awarded a combined 10 proof-of-concept grants to Colorado State University, Colorado School of Mines and University of Colorado officials working on de-veloping projects ranging from advanced manufacturing systems for seed treatment to flexible thermal ground planes for smart phones and tablets.

These awards follow initial $2.9 million funding the Colorado Economic Development Commission bestowed through the first-year program in December.

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Radar-jamming, electronic warfare get big DOD push

The Pentagon’s proposed budget captured attention for its boost to cyber defense capabilities and spending on drones, but the budget’s boost to electronic warfare and radar-jamming tech-nology is perhaps even more important, say experts.

“We are so used to dominating at sea and in the air, we don’t spend anywhere near the money we should on enablers like electronic warfare and deception and other things like that,” acting Deputy Defense Secretary Christine Fox said this month. Travis Slocumb of Raytheon Co. said work on next-generation electronic warfare would bring together advancements in computer, wireless and communications technology from recent decades. Los Angeles Times


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Retirement wave will hit aerospace hard, companies warn

An aging workforce is a looming threat to the aviation and aerospace industries, leaders of that sector told Congress this month. The testi-mony -- during which executives from Boeing and elsewhere detailed the percentage of their skilled workforce due to retire soon -- was part of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security’s attempt to understand the industry’s workforce needs.

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Cyber, IT Bright Spots in Defense Budget

The Pentagon’s budget pro-posal for fiscal year 2015 in-cludes $5.2 billion for cyber security. But when intelli-gence agencies are added to the mix, the amount nearly doubles, according to new estimates.

“Cyber and business IT systems are among the few bright spots in the Defense Department’s investment budget plans,” says Douglas Berenson, budget analyst at The Avascent Group.

The firm estimated that military spending on cyber security amounts to about $3.6 billion, and $6.3 billion goes to the intelligence com-munity. That includes the CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Reconnaissance Office, National Security Agency, National Geospa-tial-Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of National Intelligence and other small civilian intelligence organization at the departments of State, Energy and Homeland Security.

Agencies such as DIA, NRO, NSA, and NGA draw a significant share of their budgets from the Pentagon top line, Berenson said, so his figures are consistent with the Department of Defense estimate of $5.2 billion.

Beyond these agencies, civilian federal cyber security spending is about $2.5 billion, which results in total federal government investment of about $12.4 billion.

The cyber security budget consumes only a small piece of the Penta-gon’s $37.7 billion pot of money allocated to information technology. But it receives disproportionate attention because of an increased incidence of network intrusions in the United States. The military is particularly vulnerable because it owns 15,000 networks that are difficult to monitor, said Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the outgoing director of the National Security Agency and chief of U.S. Cyber Command.

“Defense Department systems are scammed by adversaries about 250,000 times an hour on average for vulnerabilities,” Alexander told members of the House Armed Services subcommittee on intelligence, emerging threats and capabilities during a hearing March 12.

With 15,000 networks, he said, “It’s very difficult to ensure that one of those doesn’t get penetrated. And if they get into one, they’re free to roam around all of them. And that creates a problem.”

Much of the Defense Department’s cyber funding will be spent on


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Berenson said Defense Department spending on information and intelligence systems (C4ISR in military-speak) is the only portion of the budget that is growing in 2015. C4ISR procurement is up 6.9 percent from $10.1 billion in 2014 to $10.8 billion in 2015. Research and development would grow by 0.9 percent, from $9.2 billion to $9.3 billion. Source: NDIA

Corgenix considering sale of company

Broomfield’s Corgenix Medical Corp. is considering putting the company up for sale, the Daily Camera reports.

The company, which makes diagnostic tests, made the announcement in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Corgenix said it’s looking at other “strategic alternatives” that could include a joint venture or strategic partnership.

Corgenix noted in the filing additional information wouldn’t be revealed unless the board of directors approved a specific deal, or finished a review of the strategic alternatives. The company has re-tained Inverness Advisors to act as its financial adviser.

Corgenix posted profits of $178,497 on revenue of $2.71 million in the quarter ended Dec. 31, up from $50,400 in net income and $2.48 million in revenue during the same period a year earlier.

Lockheed shifts Korean jet work from Arizona to Colorado

Work on South Korea’s Peace Krypton reconnaissance aircraft system is relocating from Goodyear, Ariz., to Colorado Springs, Colo., as

part of the Arizona plant’s closure. Lockheed’s work for the Peace Krypton jets includes maintenance, support and software upgrades. The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

First Boeing 737 At 42 Per Month Rolls Out

The Tacoma News Tribune reports that Boeing has rolled out its first 737 at a production rate of 42 a month, “the highest 737 production pace the Renton plant has ever achieved.” Boeing will not stop there, according to the article, planning to produce 47 a month by 2017.

Report: Cheap Energy Leads To Increase In Manufacturing Employment

Reuters reports that a US Conference of Mayors report says that man-ufacturing employment in metropolitan areas increased by an average of 1.7% per year for the last three years. The report also states that energy-intensive industries like machinery and fabricated metals were an essential part of that growth. The conference that commissioned the report attributes much of the growth to the impact of the energy revolution and cheaper natural gas keeping firms competitive.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports “through 2020, the report projects that energy intensive manufacturing employment will expand by more than 1% annually nationwide.”

Tesla Fights For Direct Sale Business Model

Bloomberg News reports that, in its fight to sell its cars directly without a dealership middleman, Tesla Motors Inc. is being backed by consumer groups including Consumer Federation of America and the Center for Auto Safety. Jack Gillis of the Washington-based Consumer Federation of America says that “Direct sales to consumers, especially with the Internet now becoming the go-to vehicle for purchasing, are very important.”

Gillis further defends Tesla’s business model saying that consumers “walk into a dealership, and we have to match wits with a seasoned professional who is trained and spends all of their days trying to get the highest possible price.”

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Talisman has been designed to provide an increased level of assurance along routes throughout the region. It consists of a suite of cutting-edge equipment, including armoured vehicles, optical cameras and remote-controlled vehicles.

This life-saving equipment is being used to support combat logistic patrols, which can comprise several hundred vehicles and trek through the country delivering vital supplies to bases for the troops on the front line.

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SpaceX’s launch of a Canadian weather satellite and university research satel-lites last fall will count toward Elon Musk’s rocket startup being allowed to compete against Colorado-based United Launch Alliance for contracts to carry high-value military and intel-ligence payloads.

The U.S. Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center dubbed the Sept. 29 launch of Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s Fal-con 9 v1.1 as the first qualifying launch

of the three minimum required by the Air Force, plus other milestones, to be certified to bid under the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program.

“This flight represents one of many certification requirements jointly agreed to between the Air Force and SpaceX,” said Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, U.S. Air Force Space and Missiles Center commander.

Centennial-based ULA is the government’s primary launch contractor and the only operating rocketmaker awarded EELV.

ULA is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp. and the Boeing Co., which developed their Atlas V and Delta IV rockets specifically for the EELV program.

Hawthorne, Calif.-based SpaceX — founded by Musk, a PayPal founder who’s also chairman of Tesla Motors, the electric-car maker

— is trying to break into the EELV contracting, arguing that more competition for the contracts will bring launch prices down.

The satellites and other payloads carried on ULA’s Delta IV and Atlas V EELV rockets are the most sophisticated and expensive projects military and spy agencies put in space. They can be school bus-sized satellites costing hundreds of millions of dollars to build and that are considered vital to nation’s national security.

With JLTV on Track, Army Officials Hope to Start New Programs

In the next few years, the Army may be ramping up new-start pro-grams for a medium truck as well as a boat designed to transport supplies on inland waterways.

The currently unnamed medium truck, which would be created jointly with the Marine Corps, could be fielded in the mid-2020s, said Kevin Fahey, the Army’s program executive officer for combat support and combat service support.

“We’re already working with the Sustainment Center of Excellence and the [research and development] centers, both Army and Marine Corps, because we need to right now start structuring a [medium truck] program like” the joint light tactical vehicle, he told reporters.

The new truck could take the place of the family of medium tactical vehicles, the palletized load system and the heavy expanded mobility tactical truck, he said.

A technology development phase could begin as early as 2018, he said.

Fahey envisions that the truck will have the same survivability as a mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle while maintaining the same weight as one of the Army’s current medium trucks. Like the JLTV, it could be outfitted with armor kits, allowing the service to add more when needed and to upgrade to lighter, more protective armor when it becomes commercially available.

Fahey and Army Col. John Cavedo, joint project manager for the joint light tactical vehicle, indicated the JLTV program was on track to make a Milestone C decision in 2015. The services this month released draft source selection and evaluation criteria for low rate initial production.

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Colorado to be one of 7 hubs of national digital manufacturing institute

Colorado will be one of seven hubs for a na-tional digital manufacturing institute — an opportunity to continue its efforts to grow its advanced-manufacturing sector, with some major financial help from the federal government.

President Barack Obama is expected to an-nounce the seven locations and further details about the project, but Ken Lund, executive director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade, con-firmed last month that this state will be one of them.

With the announcement will come a federal grant of about $10 million to match the $10 million pledged already to the project by OEDIT and several universities in Colorado, he said.

“For Colorado to be at the forefront and to be able to build our hubs to help local businesses compete is really at the heart of our effort to be home to this,” Lund said. “It will allow us to be able to retrain our workforce to be able to compete in the future.”

Digital manufacturing is a rapidly evolving subset of the industry. It involves using computer tools such as simulations and 3D visualization to drive production.

Several Colorado companies already employ the practice, including Woodward Inc. in Fort Collins and Bal Seal Engineering Inc. in Colorado Springs, but the placement of three training “nodes” in the state will let more companies learn how to employ the technol-ogy, Lund said.

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us.” He continued, “The Romi 620 offers us extensive work flexibility for multiple applications with several chucks and tool holders configurations. It gives us great power levels, speed movement and machining precision.”

Before Jason purchased the Romi 620 lathe, the team was using an older Cincinnati machine. Jason says, “We still have the Cincinnati, and we’re still using it, but we like that the Romi 620 offers a bigger spindle bore and is much easier to run.” He continued, “We recognize that our customers value the fact that we invest in new machine tools and that they realize the benefits of the technology it offers.”

The two older Romi machines used Bridgeport EZ-Path and EZ-Track con-trols. The new Romi comes with the Siemens Sinumerik 802D CNC Control. Jason is very pleased with the high performance and reliable hardware of the Siemens Sinumerik 802D CNC Control, and he says it offers multiple means of programming, operating and machining simulation resources, in-cluding a Graphic module for machining simulation. He says that his team likes the new Siemens Sinumerik control; it easier to program. He admits it was relatively easy for his team to move from the EZ-Path CNC to the Siemens control.

The company is also pleased with the training and servicing they have re-ceived on their Romi machines, both from the resources at Smith Machinery, and from Romi direct. Several Mountain View employees participated in the onsite training that came with the purchase of the Romi 620.

Jason and his wife Trisha aren’t even close to retiring, but when they do, business continuity is assured as there are a number of family members active in the business today. Daughter Jamie and her husband Derek, sons Robert and Bill work fulltime for the business, while Jacob, the youngest son, is studying manufacturing at school, while working part time for the company. Jason expects Jacob’s formal manufacturing training will bring new ideas and technologies into the family business.

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The Pentagon for years has said it would intervene to protect vulner-able areas of the industrial base during a period of declining defense spending.Now it’s acting on that policy.

Senior US defense officials said the Pentagon’s fiscal 2015 budget proposal would put money toward preserving at-risk sectors of the industrial base to protect technological know-how.

At the center of the effort is a $1 billion investment in next-generation jet engine technology. The goal is to reduce fuel consumption and maintenance needs.

“This new funding will also help ensure a robust industrial base, a very strong and important industrial base, itself a national strategic asset,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said when he previewed major deci-sions in the Pentagon’s 2015 budget.

Just one problem: The effort will not begin until 2016 and would go away if Congress does not raise defense spending caps in that year and through the remainder of the decade.

This comes at a time when the Pentagon could use science and tech-nology investments to help dig itself out of the budget hole.

“If we can make key investments in areas we know are really important, [that] is going to be the big thing,” Mica Endsley, the Air Force chief scientist, told Defense News.

Endsley pointed to the cost savings that could result from more efficient engines and noted two Air Force projects that could one day yield 25 percent to 35 percent fuel efficiency savings.

“I think there’s a lot of our technology investments that can also help us with our costs over the long run, but you have to be able to make those up-front investments to do that,” Endsley said.

More efficient engines could prove a game changer in operations and make existing aircraft more lethal, said Todd Harrison, an analyst with the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments think tank.

A 10 percent efficiency improvement could increase the range and payload of the F-35 joint strike fighter, he said. It could also reduce the reliance on refueling tankers.

In addition to the engine initiative, DoD’s $496 billion 2015 budget proposal would look at designs for a new combat vehicle and next-gen-eration aircraft, Frank Kendall, DoD’s acquisition chief, said at a conference sponsored by McAleese and Associates and Credit Suisse.

As the defense budget shrinks and the Pentagon looks to tailor its strategic investments, Christine Fox, the acting deputy defense sec-retary, warned that DoD and industry will likely not see eye-to-eye on everything.

Hagel also announced the Army would terminate its Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) program. Instead, Kendall said, DoD would look at designs for a next-generation combat vehicle.

“We’re going to go back and take a look at that and try to advance technologies so that we have more capability than GCV was going to give us, hopefully with less weight and the equivalent protection, but with more capabilities in other areas as well,” Kendall said.

Army officials are laying out the details of the GCV follow-on, Army acquisition executive Heidi Shyu said at the same conference.

In addition to that project, DoD also plans investments to sustain rotary and design teams, and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking at ways to maintain air dominance 30 years from now.

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Additive manufacturing -- also known as 3-D printing -- is gaining traction in the worlds of aerospace and defense, where it can save companies time and money. “We believe it is a ... game changer, and it will allow engines to run more efficiently in the future,” says Steve Rengers, the lead of General Elec-tric Aviation’s research and development group. “We envision performance benefits, cost savings and fuel savings.” Another expert predicts the now-$3 billion 3-D manufacturing market will mushroom to a $30 million business in 10 years. NationalDefenseMagazine.org

New bomber price tag should stick to $550M, Air Force says

Despite some sentiment that $550 million won’t be enough to build a new long-range bomber, that remains the Air Force’s target price, says Air Force Undersecretary Eric Fanning. “We’re still using that as a pretty firm chalk line for those companies that are bidding on it, and in determining which requirements make it, and which ones don’t,” Fanning said, noting that the price doesn’t include research and development. Reuters

Is the Navy ready for sea-going drones?

The Navy probably won’t embrace drone ships immediately, but critics of drone aircraft dismissed the Predator when it was introduced, writes David Antanitus, retired Navy rear admiral and now senior capture manager in the surveillance and reconnaissance group of Leidos in Chesapeake, Va.

One of the keys to the success of un-manned ships, he writes, will be freeing them from the size constraints required to launch them from a manned ship, and making sure such drone ships can travel safely without fear of collision. National Defense

Budget-crimped military needs cheaper satellites

In a bid to save money, the Air Force is considering outsourcing more of its satellite launches, piggybacking sensors on existing commercial satellites and forge satellite partnerships with other nations. “Status quo is just not going to work for us,” said Gen. William Shelton, head of Air Force Space Command, who noted that the tight budget comes at a time when the U.S. faces increased competition in space surveillance from other countries. Reuters

L o c k h e e d M a r t i n strengthens commercial cybersecurity practice with new acquisition

Defense giant Lockheed Martin is bol-stering its profile in the cybersecurity sector with the acquisition of Industrial Defender, a provider of technology de-signed to protect critical infrastructure.

The deal -- which is expected to close quickly -- is part of a larger move by Lockheed to expand its commercial cy-bersecurity business to include clients in the energy, pharmaceutical and financial industries. The Washington Post


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Assembly lines, including this Jeep Cherokee fabrication area in To-ledo, Manufacturers are more optimistic about their prospects than they’ve been in two years, according to a new survey by the National Association of Manufacturers.

The quarterly survey found that 86.1 percent of manufacturers think the business outlook is positive or somewhat positive. That’s their brightest outlook since the first quarter of 2012.

The biggest drivers for growth will be an improving economy, new product development, increased efficiencies in the production process and exports, manufacturers said.

NAM also said December’s budget deal, which removed the specter of a government shutdown for two years, also contributed to growing optimism among its members.

The federal government, however, also continues to create problems for manufacturers, according to the survey. Nearly 80 percent said an unfavorable business climate due to taxes, regulations and government uncertainties as a a major business challenge. Rising health care and insurance costs were the next most-cited challenge.

“Washington’s burdensome regulatory, tax and health care policies

still loom large in manufacturers’ business decisions, particularly for the smallest companies,” said NAM Chief Economist Chad Moutray.

“Manufacturers are prepared to make the investments that will jump-start our economy, but we need Washington to work with us, not against us.”

One way Congress can do that is to renew tax breaks for capital in-vestment that expired Dec. 31. Nearly two-thirds of manufacturers said they took advantage of either Section 179 expensing, which allowed small businesses to write off up to $500,000 of equipment investments immediately, or bonus depreciation, which allowed busi-nesses of any size to expense 50 percent of the cost of assets bought an placed into service.

Around 40 percent of small and medium-sized manufacturers said the expiration of these two tax breaks would alter their investment plans for this year.

There’s a chance these tax breaks could be revived. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., the new chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said re-enacting expired tax breaks, including the research and develop-ment tax credit, will be one of his top priorities. Bloomberg

FAA predicts strong growth in Latin American aviation market

The Federal Aviation Administration predicts the aviation market in Latin America will grow at a rate of 4.5% over the next 20 years. “The international market is indeed a bright spot as growth in passengers for all world regions is strong, with the Latin region growing fastest and the Pacific region just behind,” FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said. AviationToday.com

Manufacturing Sector Adds 1,000 Jobs In February

The Wall Street Journal reports that the ADP/Moody’s Analytics employment report for February, released recently, found that private sector employment was up 139,000, below the 160,000 expected by economists surveyed by the paper. In addition, January’s originally


reported increase of 175,000 was revised sharply downward to 127,000. The ADP re-port said, “February was another soft month for the job market. Employment was weak across a number of industries.”

Manufacturing Output Rose 0.8 Percent In February

Reuter reports that US manufacturing output rose 0.8% in February, its biggest increase since August, according to data released recently by the Fed. That’s a solid rebound from a 0.9% drop in January, and well above the 0.2% increase expected by economists. Reuters says that the report, along with a regional Fed report showing factory activity in New York expanding, will likely encourage the Fed to continue to taper its stimulus programs.

Bloomberg News reports that February’s increase shows that “manufacturing will help the U.S. economy emerge from a weath-er-related setback.” Bloomberg adds that the numbers “point to an expansion that will keep improving as temperatures warm, one reason why Fed policy makers this week will probably stick to their strategy of reducing the pace of monthly bond purchases.”

FAA wants to dispel “myths” about drones

There will be about 7,500 commercial drones flying U.S. skies by 2018, not the 30,000 some project, and it’s not OK to fly drones now over private land following hobby plane rules, says the Federal Aviation Administration in what it’s referring to as an

effort to dispel myths about drone use.

The FAA posted on its website a document about drone use that included points such as the fact that it regulates airspace below 400 feet. FedWeek

Xcel Energy contracts for biggest solar power farm east of the Rockies

Xcel Energy Inc. has chosen Community Energy Solar LLC to build a $200 million, 120-megawatt solar power farm southeast of Pueblo to supply electricity to Xcel’s customers.

The solar power plant, which is slated to begin operations in mid-2016, is expected to generate enough power to meet the needs of 31,000 homes in its first year, according to an announcement recently from Com-munity Energy Solar, based in Radnor, Penn.

The final contract hasn’t yet been signed, according to spokespeople for Community Energy and Xcel.

When complete, the Community Energy project near Pueblo will be the biggest solar power farm between the Rocky Mountains and the East Coast and one of the biggest in the United States, said Eric Blank, pres-ident of Community Energy Solar, who works out of the company’s regional office in Boulder.

It’s the first large-scale solar power farm to be built on Colorado’s Front Range — the other operating plants were built in

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The solar power farm will be built on about 900 acres of grazing land near Xcel’s Co-manche Generating Station, about 2 miles southeast of Pueblo, according to Commu-nity Energy Solar.

The site was attractive because it was close to the power plant and existing substations and transmission lines, Blank said in an interview.

“This project is part of our vision begun in 2010 to bring utility scale solar at a compet-itive price to Front Range Colorado,” Blank said in a statement.

“We were drawn to Pueblo County and the Comanche sub-station as a great combina-tion of high solar insolation [radiation], a welcoming community with open land, and a strong interconnection point with existing infrastructure close to Front Range load centers,” Blank said.

U.S. adds $750 million to Northrop ballistic missile defense contract

The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency said it had added $750 million to Northrop Grumman Corp’s contract to manage the information technology of the U.S. ballistic missile defense system.

The new contract brought the potential value of the contract to $3.25 billion from $2.5 billion, the Pentagon said in its daily digest of major weapons contracts. Reuters


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At a General Electric flight simulator here, the visibility has been set at near zero to mimic thick rain and clouds. But a video console near the pilot shows a vivid picture of nearby mountains precise enough to allow a plane to take off or land despite the conditions.

The system is one of several highly valuable next-generation technologies that GE has developed — and that the company has passed along to China as part of a joint venture with the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

Access to the world’s second-largest economy is critical for nearly any global company. Yet this often comes at a cost: the transfer of the very technologies that leading business officials — including GE chief executive Jeffrey Immelt, who heads an Obama administration panel on U.S. jobs and competitiveness — cite as essential to the United States’ economic future. The “synthetic vision” system, for example, could be worth millions of dollars to airlines, which could significantly reduce costs from weather-related delays.

GE, like other companies, must weigh which technologies should be brought to joint ventures with China and how to protect them from being stolen or misused. These decisions face virtually any executive trying to develop a presence in the country — from the most sophisticated technology firms, which worry about software piracy, to old-line industrial equipment makers, which have seen knockoffs of their products pop up soon after making deals with Chinese partners. Under the agreement with AVIC, GE avionics will be on board a new Chinese commercial airliner that is likely to become a rival to aircraft produced by U.S.-based Boeing and Europe’s Airbus. The potential competition with Boeing, coming at a time when the United States is fighting to maintain its own manufacturing base, has stirred some American criticism.

But GE executives say they have had no second thoughts. China’s airplane market is booming, and the deal was too important to pass up, they said, even at the cost of sharing the avionics technology.

“We are all in and we don’t want it back,” said Lorraine Bolsinger, chief executive of GE Aviation Systems. She said new airplanes don’t come along that often, and that the chance to be part of developing a major new aircraft is not to be missed — even if most of the jobs will be in Shanghai or elsewhere in China.

“We don’t sell bananas,” she said in an interview here. “We can’t afford to take a decade off.”

But American business leaders wonder privately whether companies such as GE are at risk of giving up long-term strategic advantages when they agree to technology-transfer deals for shorter-term gain.GE executives maintain that is not the case. They say that they negotiated robust protections in their contract with AVIC. The 50-50 joint venture, for example, has strict limits on employing Chinese nationals who have a military or intelligence background. A board committee that monitors compliance with the joint venture agreement is effectively under GE’s control and can, in a dispute, overrule the full board, Bolsinger said.


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Factories ‘Reshore’ Some Work From Overseas

During the worst of the Great Recession, U.S. factory jobs were disappearing at a furious pace. As 2007 began, about 14 million Americans were working in manufacturing. Three years and one frightful recession later, only 11.5 million were. But since 2010, employment has been ticking back up, with companies adding about 400,000 jobs.

One reason for at least a small portion of that growth: the return of factory work from overseas. Experts say it’s difficult to accurately measure the number of jobs tied to work returning from other countries, but some employers say they know it is happening. Reversing A Herd Mentality Howard Hauser, a vice president with Hiawatha Rubber Co., says for a long time, manufacturers followed a herd mentality of sending work offshore. They all wanted components produced in low-wage, emerging markets like China. “They were looking at the piece price. And it looked like, ’We’re going to save a lot of money,’” he said. “But the bottom line was they didn’t save nearly as much as they thought. And with the quality issues, they’re just not getting product that’s acceptable for the customer.”

Now Hiawatha, based outside Minneapolis, is getting those contracts. And Hauser has himself decided to “reshore” production of a component that was being made in China. The move will result in three new hires at his plant. He says the part was not difficult to make, but the Chinese factory kept botching the job. He says Hiawatha, which makes rubber components for equipment such as printers and pumps, can do it better.

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Drone boosters predict robust U.S. market

Backers of commercial drones in the U.S. say that as soon as the Federal Aviation Administration crafts rules for using the drones for business and research, the market is going to take off. Already, they say, the appetite for drone use -- and cheaper drone technology

-- are growing the ranks of drone hobbyists. “This market’s going to be huge,” said Ken Loo, a Calif. mechanical engineer and would-be drone consultant. “The possibilities are endless; I know so many people getting into this field now so that they can pounce once the FAA comes up with its rules.” San Jose Mercury News

FAA wants new cockpit warning systems in Boeing 737s

The Federal Aviation Administration wants technology to better protect against pilot errors in Boeing 737s, particularly on landing approaches. The FAA safety directive seeks cockpit-automation changes to better warn pilots if they are approaching a landing too slowly. The Wall Street Journal

Rolls-Royce says it could build engines for A330, A380

Rolls-Royce is talking to Airbus about the possibility of building fuel-efficient engines for the A330 and A380. “Any solution they want to go for, we will have a solution for them,” said Eric Schulz, president of civil large engines for Rolls-Royce. Airbus is considering re-engining the A330, but has not announced a final decision yet. FlightGlobal.com

Opinion: Competition the key to cheaper weapons

The Pentagon’s focus on the lowest bid for weaponry and systems ignores other factors, such as performance and dependability, and it should instead return to the “continuous competition” model that has rival companies developing products at the same time, writes Jacques S. Gansler, who teaches at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, was under secretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics in the Clinton administration. “[H]istory’s lesson is clear: Continuous competition, over time, lowers costs, boosts performance and yields technological advancement,” Gansler writes. The New York Times


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HARDWAREHorizon Carbide Tool __480-968-0957Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030Utah Metal Works, Inc. _ 801-364-5679

METALS & MATERIALSAZ Tool Steel LLC ____ 480-784-1600Coastal Metals _____ 800-811-7466Erickson Metals _____877-543-6061Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883

Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets __303-424-1030Ryerson _________303-227-6310Samuel, Son & Co. __ 303-422-8282TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613United Performance Metals 888-282-3292Western States Metals _801-978-0562Alloys: Corrosion Resistant

Haynes Intl ________ 713-937-7597United Performance Metals 888-282-3292

Alloys: High TemperatureHaynes Intl _______ 713-937-7597United Performance Metals 888-282-3292

Alloys: Nichel & CobaltHaynes Intl _______ 713-937-7597United Performance Metals 888-282-3292

AluminumMetal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613

Armor: Military & Commercial

Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883Brass

Coastal Metals ______800-811-7466Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030Ryerson _________ 303-227-6310United Performance Metals 888-282-3292

BronzeCoastal Metals ______800-811-7466

Metal Supermarkets ___ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets ___303-424-1030

CarbonCoastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310

Garnet AbrasivesGMA Garnet Group ____ 832-243-9300

Metals: Bar & PlateAZ Tool Steel LLC _____ 480-784-1600Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466Metal Supermarkets ___ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets ___303-424-1030Ryerson __________ 303-227-6310

Mold SteelAZ Tool Steel LLC _____ 480-784-1600

Nickel AlloysAZ Tool Steel LLC _____ 480-784-1600Marzee Inc. _______ 602-269-5801Ryerson _________303-227-6310United Performance Metals 888-282-3292

Plate-Precision Saw CutErickson Metals _____877-543-6061

Pre-Honed TubeWestern States Metals _801-978-0562

RubberMarzee Inc.________602-269-5801

Stainless SteelAZ Tool Steel LLC _____480-784-1600Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883Metal Supermarkets ___ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets ___303-424-1030

Ryerson __________303-227-6310Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613United Performance Metals 888-282-3292

SteelAZ Tool Steel LLC _______480-784-1600Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883Marzee __________ 602-269-5801Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030Ryerson __________303-227-6310Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282Ryerson __________303-227-6310TCI Precision Metals __ 800-234-5613

Titanium Tube & PipeHaynes Intl ________713-937-7597

WashersLeeSpring ________480-539-5704METAL DISTRIBUTORS

Erickson Metals _____ 877-543-6061Coastal Metals ______ 800-811-7466Kloeckner Metals Corp 480-389-2883Haynes Intl ________713-937-7597Metal Supermarkets __ 801-972-2441

Automatic Barfeeds of all Types

Klontech Industrial Sales

Metal SupermarketsMetal SupermarketsRyersonSamuel, Son & Co.TCI Precision MetalsUnited Performance MetalsWestern States Metals

Metal Supermarkets 801-972-2441Metal Supermarkets

An ISO 9001 Company

Jeff Klimowicz

Senior Sales Engineer

Mobile: 480‐320‐0308

[email protected]

www.qualichem.com

Southwest Region: AZ, UT, NV, CO, ID

All Products Proudly Made in the USA


Metal Supermarkets __ 303-424-1030Ryerson __________303-227-6310Samuel, Son & CO. ___ 303-422-8282United Performance Metals 888-282-3292Western States Metals _ 801-978-0562

NEW MACHINERYCHIP CUTTING

CNC Drilling/TappingMethods West ______ 602-437-2220

CNC MillsAction Machine _____ 303-532-2900AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777Hartwig Inc. _______ 303-373-9450Hurco __________ 800-634-2416J.M. Grisley _______ 801-486-7519J.M. Grisley _______ 208-861-8991King Machine ______ 208-345-9600Methods West ______ 602-437-2220Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933Smith Machinery Co ___801-263-6403Todd Machinery ______801-294-6390Tornos USA ________951-695-0342Triad Machine _______303-424-0268

CNC LathesAction Machine _____ 303-532-2900AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266Foothills Machinery ___ 303-466-3777J.M. Grisley ________ 801-486-7519J.M. Grisley _______ 208-861-8991Hartwig Inc. ________303-373-9450Hurco __________ 800-634-2416King Machine ______ 208-345-9600Methods West ______ 602-437-2220Moncktons Mach Tools __303-571-4933Smith Machinery Co ___801-263-6403Todd Machinery ______801-294-6390Triad Machine _______303-424-0268

CNC Swiss Turn Machines

AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266Methods West ______ 602-437-2220Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933Tornos USA ______ 951-695-0342Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268

EDM Drilling MachinesCurrent EDM Inc ____650-966-9676

EDM MachinesAction Machine _____ 303-532-2900AME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266Desert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782Methods West ______ 602-437-2220Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933Smith Machinery Co __ 801-263-6403Todd Machinery _____ 801-294-6390Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268

EDM Tooling SystemsDesert EDM Sales ____ 480-816-6300EDM Network ______ 480-836-1782EDM Perform. Access. ___ 800-336-2946Global EDM Supply ___ 480-836-8330

End MillsHelical Solutions ____ 866-543-5422

Manual Milling MachinesMachinery Consultants Inc._ 801-531-9500

Manual LathesMachinery Consultants Inc._ 801-531-9500

Micro Hole Drilling Machines

Current EDM Inc ____650-966-9676NEW MACHINERY

FABRICATIONPrecisionFab Inc. ____303-779-9180

Band SawsAIT _____________ 800-321-3195Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342King Machine ______ 208-345-9600Machinery Consultants Inc._ 801-531-9500Marshall Tool & Supply __ 602-269-6295

Bar FeedersEdge Technologies _____ 562-597-7824Trusty-Cook ________ 877-240-2462

Cold SawsFabricating Equip Sales __ 303-466-7342

Machinery Consultants Inc._ 801-531-9500CNC Punching Centers

PrecisionFab Inc. ____303-779-9180S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Iron WorkersAIT _____________ 800-321-3195Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Laser CuttersAction Machine _____ 303-532-2900Moncktons Mach Tools _ 303-571-4933PrecisionFab Inc. ____303-779-9180S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542Sidley Diamond Tool __ 800-544-9070Triad Machine ______ 303-424-0268Pipe & Tube Benders/NotchersFabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Plate RollsFabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151

Press Brakes Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151King Machine ______ 208-345-9600PrecisionFab Inc. ____303-779-9180S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Radial Arm Drill PressesMachinery Consultants Inc._ 801-531-9500

Shearing MachinesAction Machine _____ 303-532-2900Fabricating Equip Sales _ 303-466-7342Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151King Machine ______ 208-345-9600S&S Machinery Sales __ 602-368-8542

Welding EquipmentRocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000

OTHER ACCESSORIESTooling Systems

Desert EDM Sales _____ 480-816-6300USA EDM Supply _____ 480-836-8330

PALLET SYSTEMSAutomatic Pallet Systems

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420Automatic Door Opener Systems

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420Manual Rotary Pallet Systems

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420Robotic Part Loading Systems

Midaco __________ 847-593-8420PROG. SYSTEMS

CAD/CAMSoftware, CADAME, Inc. ________ 303-922-9266Cimatron ________ 248-596-9700Delcam __________ 877-35-2261Feature Cam ______ 602-502-9654SolidCAM ________ 530-863-0461PROTOTYPE MACHINERY

3D Parts To Go _______801-380-7935

RECYCLINGRecyclable Metals

Iron & Metals, Inc ____ 303-292-5555Utah Metal Works ____ 801-364-5679

Scrap Metal RecyclingIron & Metals, Inc ____ 303-292-5555Utah Metal Works ____ 801-364-5679

ROBOTIC EQUIPMENTIntegrated Systems Inc _ 928-649-9600

SERVICES AS9100 Certification

ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591BMSC __________ 602-445-9400MEP ___________ 801-863-7001Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

Calibration ServicesAdvanced Coord. Tech __303-469-6161Klontech Industrial ____480-948-1871Western States Calibration __ 801-466-1700

Consultant, ISOABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591BMSC __________ 602-445-9400MEP ___________ 801-863-7001Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642Western States Calibration 801-466-1700Calibration: Repair & Certify

Western States Calibration __ 801-466-1700


Midaco 847-593-8420MidacoMidaco

Metal Supermarkets 303-424-1030

AME, Inc.Methods WestMoncktons Mach ToolsTornos USATriad Machine

Current EDM Inc

Leston TruebloodRegional Sales Manager

P: 877-276-SAWS (7297)C: 714-620-5560F: 714-963-0630

[email protected]

HYDMECHP.O. Box 16591079 Parkinson RoadWoodstock, Ontario, CanadaN4S 0A9

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Calibration ServicesAdvanced Coord. Tech __303-469-6161Klontech Industrial ____480-948-1871Western States Calibration __ 801-466-1700

Calibration TrainingWestern States Calibration __ 801-466-1700

Contract InspectionAdvanced Coord. Tech __303-469-6161Klontech Measure Sol __ 480-626-8131

EducationCollege Of Western Idaho _ 208-562-2346Ogden-Weber Tech College 801-395-3795

Engineering ServicesAdvanced Coord. Tech __303-469-6161

FinancingIEC __________ 303-593-0403Intech Funding ______480-699-2512Quick Turn Financial____415-608-5692

First Article InspectionAdvanced Coord. Tech ____303-469-6161Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340Western States Calibration __ 801-466-1700

HeavyhaulIRH ___________801-972-5581

Injection Molding3D Parts To Go _____ 801-380-7935

ISO900/AS9100 AuditsAmerican Global Standards 617-838-4648ISO900/AS9100 RegistrationAmerican Global Standards 617-838-4648

Inspection ServicesAdvanced Coord. Tech ____303-469-6161Datum Inspection _____ 602-997-1340

Insurance ServicesSentry Insurance ____ 303-619-4476

Lean ConsultingABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591

Machine Repair/Servicing

Jorgensen Machine Tools_ 800-952-0151Process Improvement/ Audit

ABS Quality Evaluations 702-371-7591BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

X-RayCertified Inspection Service _602-267-0661Semiray____________602-275-1917

ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.American Global Standards 617-838-4648BMSC _____________ 602-445-9400Gladhill Associates ______719-495-8045MEP ____________801-863-7001Orion Registrar _______303-645-4017Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

ISO RegistrarAmerican Global Standards 617-838-4648Orion Registrar _______303-645-4017

Lean ManufacturingMEP ____________ 801-863-7001Sustaining Edge Solutions _ 888-572-9642

Machine Tool RebuildingEDM Network ______ 480-836-1782

Manufacturers’ RepSchenk Intertech ______480-323-6755

Process ImprovementBMSC _____________ 602-445-9400Sustaining Edge Solutions __ 888-572-9642

Reverse EngineeringAdvanced Coord. Tech __ _303-469-6161Diversified Metal Services __ 801-972-6093Klontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131

Rigging & TransderAtlas Rigging & Transfer 801-539-3885 IRH ___________ _801-972-5581

Spindle RebuildingGMN USA _________ 800-686-1679

Setco-Pope Spindles _____866-362-0699Staffing

Resource Mfg ________801-265-1999SHOP FLOOR AUTOMATION

Hardware: USBBytebox ___________ 888-Bytebox

Serial PortBytebox ___________ 888-ByteboxSoftware:CNC Networking

Bytebox ___________ 888-ByteboxTransportation

IRH ____________801-972-5581SOFTWARE

CAD/CAM/CAEDaystrom Technologies ___303-534-8345SolidCAM ________ 530-863-0461

Consulting/EngineeringDaystrom Technologies ___303-534-8345

TOOLINGArc Cutting Tools

Helical Solutions ______866-543-5422Precision Toolholding Prod-

uctsVon Ruden Mfg ______763-682-0322 Tooling SystemsVon Ruden Mfg ______763-682-0322

Live Tool HoldersVon Ruden Mfg ______763-682-0322

Static Tool HoldersVon Ruden Mfg ______763-682-0322

TRAININGCAD/CAM Training

College Of Western Idaho___208-562-2346

Davis Applied Tech College__ 801-593-2483Daystrom Technologies ___303-534-8345

CNC/Conventional MachiningCollege Of Western Idaho___ 208-562-2346

Davis Applied Tech College__ 801-593-2483Machining Software

College Of Western Idaho___ 208-562-2346

Davis Applied Tech College__ 801-593-2483USED MACHINERY

EDM Network ________ 480-836-1782Jorgensen Machine Tools__ 800-952-0151King Machine ________208-345-9600K.D. Capital Equipment___ 480-922-1674Methods West ________602-437-2220PrecisionFab Inc. ______303-779-9180S&S Machinery Sales____ 602-368-8542

WATERJET CUTTINGMACHINERY

Action Machine _______303-532-2900Fabricating Equip Sales __ 303-466-7342Flow International_______800-446-3569Global EDM Supply____ 480-836-8330Jorgensen Machine Tools __800-952-0151King Machine ________208-345-9600Machinery Consultants Inc._ 801-531-9500OMAX Corp________ _800-838-0343Triad Machine ______ _ 303-424-0268

Abrasives/Blast MediaGMA Garnet Group ____ 832-243-9300Fives ____________ 909-263-9282

10530 E. 59th Street • Indianapolis, IN 46236T: 317/826.4414 • TF: 877/240.2462 • F: 317/823.6822

[email protected] • C: 317/946.1235trustycook.com

Jeffrey F. Nawrot Vice President, Business Development

CNC/Conventional Machining


CNC/Conventional Machining

A2Z METALWORKER • 55 •July/Aug 2011

Buyer’s Guide & Card Gallery Processes

ASSEMBLIESBar-S Machine ________ 928-636-2115Dayton Rogers _______ 763-717-6303JD Machine _________801-782-4403Progway ___________435-656-9585RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341Superior Metal Products __ 303-791-7550Wasatch Laser Processing__ 801-972-3500Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800

Electronics AssembliesCascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733

Welded AssembliesWeiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778

BAR CODINGWestern Sintering _____509-375-3096

BENDINGJQ Enterprises _________801-975-0777

Coating: LiquidCollins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/ChromeCoating Technologies ___623-581-2648Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612

Coating:Zinc & Mag.Phos.Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117

COMPOSITESS.A. Composites _______970-776-3877

CUTTINGMetal

Bandsaw LLC ________ 303-744-7181Plasma Cutting

Bandsaw LLC ________ 303-744-7181

PlasticBandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181ImageTek _________ 303-806-8111

Saw CuttingBandsaw LLC _______ 303-744-7181

DESIGN/ CAD/CAM Bar-S Machine _______ 928-636-2115H& S Machine _______ 801-755-7627

DIESAble Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766

EDMEDM: Drilling Small Hole

EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300EDM: Ram-Type (Sinking)

EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075Innovative Precision____ 801-334-6317Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300Prec. Mach’d Products ___ 970-482-7676

EDM: WireCustom Design & Mfg ___ 435-257-0668EDM Express ______ 800-780-7075

BROACHINGPonderosa Ind ________303-298-1801Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676Specialty Steel Services __ 801-539-8252

Turning: AutomaticMatrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451

CASTINGSDie Casting

TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278Die Casting: Aluminum/Zinc

TVT Die Casting ______ 800-280-2278Precision Investment CastingDolphin Inc. ________ 602-272-6747

COATINGDry Film Lubrication

Jet Processing _____ 623-869-6749 x117Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260


Ph: [email protected]

2820 Brandt AveNampa, ID

83687

Coating: Liquid

Bandsaw LLCImageTek

Bandsaw LLC

Bar-S Machine

MICHAEL BUTLER

Sales Manager

[email protected]

Phone: 602-272-6747 Ext. 3335

ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC

Our company logo

Font Verdana size 9 (I dropped in this cell

because the “Precision Investment Castings”

on the logo is not very clear.

Font Verdana Size 9

MICHAEL BUTLER

Sales Manager

[email protected]

Phone: 602-272-6747 Ext. 3335

ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC

Precision Investment Castings Since 1972

www.dolphincasting.com

Precision Investment Castings Since 1972

www.dolphincasting.com

[email protected]: 602-272-6747 Ext. 3335

ISO 9001, PED Directive 97/23/EC 303‐744‐7181

METEORITE•PLASTIC•CLAD ALLOYS•CASTINGS•FIBER-TITE

TITANIUM•ALUMINUM•BRONZE•STEEL•STAINLESS•BRASS

PRECISION CUTTING LARGE CAPACITY

FREE QUOTES

www.Ba ndSawLL C . com

Foremaster Tool ______801-737--0265Innovative Precision _____801-334-6317Micropulse West ______ 480-966-2300Paramount Machine ___ 801-282-2755H&R Precision ________801-975-7400Jet Processing _______ 623-869-6749LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800

ELECTRONICSContract

Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733Design

Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733Kitting

Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733Prototype

Cascade Systems Tech ___ 503-640-5733ELECTROPOLISHING

Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117ENGINEERING/DESIGN

AzMark __________480-926-8969

Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Hexatron _________ 801-363-8010

FABRICATIONAero Tech _______ 801-292-0493Arrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303EMJD Corporation _____ 303-761-5236Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076GBC ____________303-988-6450Hexatron _________ 801-363-8010Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Star Precision _______303-926-0559Wrico ___________480-892-7800

Custom Auto/Truck/BikeH& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627Fabrication: Filament WindingS.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877

Fabrication: CompositesS.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877

Fabrication: EnclosuresFalcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818 Star Precision _______303-926-0559

Fabrication: Medium & Large

Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419

Bandsaw LLC ________303-744-7181EMJD Corp _________ 303-761-5236Falcon Sheet Metal ____801-298-5064GBC ____________303-988-6450Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Weiser/Mile High Prec __303-280-2778

Fabrication: PlasticImageTek _________ 303-806-8111

Fabrication: SheetMetalArrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419AzMark __________480-926-8969Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000EMJD Corporation _____ 303-761-5236Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064GBC ____________303-988-6450Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952Hexatron _________ 801-363-8010Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776JD Machine ________801-782-4403

Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723Metalcraft _________888-280-7080

Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392Star Precision _______303-926-0559Weiser/Mile High Prec __303-280-2778Wrico ___________480-892-7800

Fabrication: SteelBandsaw LLC ________303-744-7181EMJD Corp _______303-761-5236Falcon Sheet Metal __ 801-298-5064

FINISHINGArizona Finishing _____602-438-4443Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751Precision Mach’d Prod ___ 970-482-7676Star Precision _______303-926-0559Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700

Paramount Machinewww.paramount-machine.com

[email protected]: 801.886.2755Fax: 801.886.2759


A2Z METALWORKER • 57 •July/Aug 2011

TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278Finishing: One Stop

Precision Industrial Painting--602-256-0260Glass Bead Clean

Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648

Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Hand Deburring: PrecisionH&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400

Liquid PaintingIndustrialex ______ 303-456-6847

PassivationCertified Inspection Service___602-267-0661Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Jet Processing ____ 623-869-6749x117

Powder CoatingArizona Finishing _____602-438-4443Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146Star Precision _______303-926-0559

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

Potting/EncapsulationIndustrialex ______ 303-456-6847

Wet Paint/CARCPrecision Industrial Painting602-256-0260

Aluminum (Medium & Large)Aero Tech _______ 801-292-0493

FOUNDRYMay Foundry & Machine 801-531-8931

GALVANIZINGJordan River Galvanizing _801-282-9375

Galvanizing: Hot DipJordan River Galvanizing _801-282-9375

Galvanizing: ZincJordan River Galvanizing _801-282-9375

GAS NITRIDINGBlanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590

GEAR CUTTINGPonderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801Specialty Steel Svcs ___ 801-539-8252

Gear Hobbing Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801

GRINDINGAzMark __________480-926-8969ChemResearch _______ 602-253-4175Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093Fives ____________ 909-263-9282Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076GMN USA ________ 800-686-1679Prec. Mach’d Products _ 970-482-7676

Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320Steel Services Grinding __ 800-662-0126Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700Superior Metal Products __303-791-7550TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613

Grinding, BlanchardDiversified Metal Services _801-972-6093Steel Services Grinding __ 800-662-0126Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700 TCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613

Grinding, CenterlessRon Grob Co. _______970-667-5320

Grinding, Double DiscTCI Precision Metals __800-234-5613

Grinding: ODAzMark __________480-926-8969A2Z METALWORKER • 57 • March/Apr 2014

TVT Die Casting 800-280-2278

Image Tek Business Card 2011 (Neil Daley: President)3.5” Wide by 2” High

Kelly MartinezMachine Shop

Lifetime Products, Inc.P.O. Box 160010, Freeport Center, Bldg D-11

Clearfield, UT 84016T: 801.726.5312 F: 801.728.1979email: [email protected]

ision Tech

Shawn Carlin [email protected]

Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700Superior Metal Products __303-791-7550

Grinding: SurfaceChemResearch _______ 602-253-4175Superior Grinding _____ 801487-9700

Passivation

Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Polishing

Gold Tech Industries ____ 480-968-1930Selective Coatings

ImageTek __________303-806-8111FORMING

JD Machine ________801-782-4403Star Precision _______303-926-0559Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500

HEAT TREATINGBlanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751Pilkington Metal Finishing__801-972-2146

Heat Treating/AerospacePhoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751

Large Capacity Drop Bottom Oven/Aluminum

Phoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751IDENTIFICATION

Silk ScreenArizona Finishing ______ 602-438-4443

Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260INJECTION MOLDING

LMI Machining_______303-776-6629INSPECTION

Inspection, First ArticleKlontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131

Inspection ServicesKlontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131Micropulse West ______480-966-2300Sustaining Edge Solutions _888-572-9642

LASER CUTTINGLaser Cutting

Arrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236GBC ____________303-988-6450Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723Progway __________ 435-656-9585Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392Star Precision _______303-926-0559Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500Wrico ___________480-892-7800Laser Cutting: Pipe&Tube

Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500EMI/RFI Shielding

Industrialex ______ 303-456-6847Laser Engraving

4 Axis Machining Inc. ___ 303-295-1544

Laser Marking4 Axis Machining Inc. ___ 303-295-1544LMI Machining_______303-776-6629

LINE TOOLINGRPM CNC Precision Machine _ 208-442-199

MACHININGAmerican Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Datum Machining _____208-376-6099Fives ____________ 909-263-9282Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076GBC ____________303-988-6450H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400LMI Machining_______303-776-6629Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500R&H Machine _______801-621-7922RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447Radtech _________ 303-789-4247RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529Superior Metal Products 303-791-7550TVT Die Casting _____ 800-280-2278

Machining: 3DMicropulse West ______480-966-2300

Machining: 5 Axis4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544

Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117AzMark __________480-926-8969Cling’s Manufacturing ___ 480-968-1778Faustson __________303-420-7422JD Machine ________801-782-4403Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274S.A. Composites ______ 970-776-3877St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529Superior Metal Products 303-791-7550

Machining: AerospaceAzMark __________480-926-8969H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Datum Machining _____208-376-6099Matrix Machine ____ 480-966-4451Micropulse West ______480-966-2300Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Paramount Machine ___801-282-2755Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801Precision Mach’d Products 970-482-7676Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Quick Turn Precision ____801-334-6800Radtech _________ 303-789-4247RD Machine & MFg ___ 801-977-0447Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529Superior Metal Products 303-791-7550

Machining: CNC4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544

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Accutech Machine 801-975-1117Laser Marking Ac


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Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Cling’s Manufacturing _ 480-968-1778CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Datum Machining _____208-376-6099Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771DMSI___________801-972-6093Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076Foremaster Tool ____ 801-737--0265GBC ____________303-988-6450H&R Precision ______ 801-975-7400H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850Hexatron _________ 801-363-8010Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317JD Machine ________801-782-4403L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505Leading Edge Machine _ 435-563-9425LMI Machining_______303-776-6629Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274R&H Machine _______801-621-7922

RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529Star Precision _______303-926-0559Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341Superior Metal Products 303-791-7550Wrico __________ 480-892-7800

Machining: CompositesMetalcraft _________888-280-7080

Machining: ContractAmerican Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494JD Machine ________801-782-4403Paramount Machine ___801-282-2755Radtech _________ 303-789-4247Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031

Machining: DoDCM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450

Machining: LaserAzMark __________480-926-8969Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Foremaster Tool _____ 801-737--0265Gerome Mfg _______520-622-8402Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505Matrix Machine _____ 480-966-4451Paramount Machine __ 801-282-2755RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447

Machining:MedicalDatum Machining _____208-376-6099Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722

Machining: MillingAmerican Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Cling’s Manufacturing ___ 480-968-1778Datum Machining _____208-376-6099Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076JD Machine ________801-782-4403

Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Mountain View Machine__435-755-0500Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801Prec. Mach’d Products__970-482-7676Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341

Machining: Mold BaseMaverick Mold & Machine __970-535-4604

Machining: Mold MakingR&H Machine _______801-621-7922

Machining: PlasticImageTek _________ 303-806-8111

Machining: ProductionAble Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Datum Machining _____208-376-6099Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Newport Tool _______801-295-7411Paramount Machine __ 801-282-2755Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801R&H Machine _______801-621-7922Radtech _________ 303-789-4247RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999Star Precision _______303-926-0559

Machining: Prototype4 Axis Machining Inc. ___303-295-1544Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Accutech Machine _____ 801-975-1117American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Cling’s Manufacturing _ 480-968-1778Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771Faustson __________303-420-7422Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076Foremaster Tool _____ 801-737--0265H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400Innovative Precision __ 801-334-6317JD Machine ________801-782-4403L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505Leading Edge Machine _ 435-563-9425Micropulse West _____ 480-966-2300Mountain View Machine 435-755-0500Newport Tool _______801-295-7411Quick Turn Precision __ 801-334-6800R&H Machine _______801-621-7922Radtech _________ 303-789-4247RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999Skydandee Mfg _____ 801-774-8031S.A.Composites _____ 970-776-3877St. Vrain _________ 303-702-1529Superior Metal Products 303-791-7550

Machining: Precision4 Axis Machining Inc. __ 303-295-1544Able Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494CM Manufacturing ___ 406-543-4450


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Focused on Machining __ 303-922-3076Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400Newport Tool _______801-295-7411Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Ponderosa Ind _______ 303-298-1801Precision Machined Prod. _ 970-482-7676Precision Tech _______801-285-7288RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999 Superior Metal Products __303-791-7550TVT Die Casting ______800-280-2278

Machining: R & D American Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668JD Machine ________801-782-4403Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341Superior Metal Products __ 303-791-7550Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500

Machining: SwissBar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850Pinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414

Machining: TurningAmerican Machine & Eng. _ 801-973-0494Apex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072AzMark __________480-926-8969Bar-S Machine ______ 928-636-2115Custom Design & Mfg ___435-257-0668Datum Machining _____208-376-6099Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771Faustson _________ 303-420-7422H&R Precision _______ 801-975-7400HPMP ___________ 801-619-9850JD Machine ________801-782-4403Leading Edge Machine __ 435-563-9425Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Mountain View Machine __ 435-755-0500Prec Mach’d Products ___ 970-482-7676Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274Quick Turn Precision __801-334-6800RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341Machining: Ultra-PrecisionPinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722

Machining: WaterjetColorado Waterjet ___970-532-5404Quick Turn Precision __801-334-6800

MANUFACTURINGGroup Mfg Serv _____480-966-3952RD Machine & Mfg ___ 801-977-0447

CompositesS.A. Composites _______970-776-3877

ContractApex Engineering ____ 435-713-0072

Manufacturing: ElectrodeWire-Tech ________ 480-966-1591

ProductionAero Tech ________801-292-0493EMJD Corporation_____303-761-5236L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505Laser Concepts Inc. ___801-280-7723Steen & Sons Machine Shop 208-522-7341White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414

Rapid PrototypingWhite Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414

Robotic CNCDMSI ___________ 801-972-6093

Routering CNCDMSI ___________ 801-972-6093

Small PartPinnacle Precision ___435-563-2722White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414Turnkey Product Services

Aero Tech ________801-292-0493L.A.R. Manufacturing __ 801-280-3505

METAL INJECTION MOLDING (MIM)

Progway __________435-656-9585METAL STAMPING

Hi-Production Precision Stamping

Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Precision Die & Stamping _ 480-967-2038Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453

MOLDSColorado Tool Design Inc 720-218-5246Lifetime Products ____ 801-728-1260Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604Progway _________435-656-9585

Molds: BlowLifetime Products ____ 801-728-1260

Molds: Plastic InjectionLifetime Products _____801-728-1260Maverick Mold & Machine 970-535-4604

Molds: DieCast DesignColorado Tool Design Inc _ 720-218-5246

Molds: Injection DesignColorado Tool Design Inc _ 720-218-5246

Molds: Trim Die DesignColorado Tool Design Inc _ 720-218-5246

Molds SteelDMSI ___________ 801-972-6093Aero Tech ________801-292-0493Arizona Finishing ____602-438-4443ChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175Jet Processing ___ 623-869-6749x117Loveridge Machine Co. __ 801-262-1414

PAINTINGCoating Technologies ____ 623-581-2648Jet Processing _____ 623-869-6749 x117Precision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260Richards Fab_________ 801-409-0392

Mil Spec PaintingIndustrialEX _________ 303-456-6847

Wet Paint/CARCPrecision Industrial Painting 602-256-0260

PARTS: MISC.Lifetime Products _____801-728-1260

PLATINGBlanchard Metals Proc. _ 801-972-5590ChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117Gold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930LA Specialties ______ 602-269-7612

AnodizingBlanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590ChemResearch _______ 602-253-4175Collins Metal Finishing __ 602-275-3117Jet Processing ____ 623-869-6749x117Pilkington Metal Finishing 801-972-2146

Gold/Silver PlateGold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930

Nickel/ChromeGold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930

Tin PlateGold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930

POLISHINGGold Tech Industries __ 480-968-1930LA Specialties ______ 602-269-7612PRECISION FORMING

Richards Fab________801-409-0392Thompson Machine ____505-823-1453Wrico ___________480-892-7800

PRINTINGCustom Screen

ImageTek _________303-806-8111PROCESSING: METAL

Chemical LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612

PUNCHINGJD Machine ________801-782-4403Group Manufacturing Serv 480-966-3952

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Aero TechL.A.R. Manufacturing

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Star Precision _______303-926-0559REPAIR

Bearing SurfaceDenver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000

Hydraulic CylinderDenver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000

ROLL FORMINGLifetime Products _____801-728-1260

Rolling: thread

Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320ROUTERING, CNC

Micropulse West ______480-966-2300SAW CUTTING

Diversified Metal Services _ 801-972-6093SHOT PEENING

Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590SINTERING

Western Sintering _____509-375-3096SPINNING: METAL

Metal Spinning Solutions _ 480-899-0939SPLINES

Hexatron _________ 801-363-8010Specialty Steel Services _ 801-539-8252

SPRINGSFlat & Wire

SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113STAMPING

Cygnet ___________ 818-240-7574Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303Lifetime Products _____801-728-1260Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656Precision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392Thompson Machine __ 505-823-1453Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778Wrico _________ 480-892-7800

Stamping:AerospacePacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656Precision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038

Stamping:BendingPacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656

Stamping:Deep DrawThompson Machine __ 505-823-1453Wrico _________ 480-892-7800

Stamping:DesignPacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778

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

Stamping: LightCygnet ___________ 818-240-7574Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656SPRING WORKS Utah ___ 801-298-0113

Stamping:PrecisionCygnet ___________ 818-240-7574Metalcraft _________888-280-7080Pacific Metal Stampings __ 661-257-7656Precision Die & Stamping _480-967-2038Wrico ___________480-892-7800

Stamping:PrototypeWrico ___________480-892-7800

Stamping:Short RunCygnet ___________ 818-240-7574Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800

SWISS SCREW MCHG.Denver Precision Products _ 303-469-1771White Rock Inc _______ 435-750-6414

Screwing: Lead

Ron Grob Co. _______970-667-5320TAPPING

Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723TEST FIXTURES

RPM CNC Precision Machine 208-442-1999TESTING

Testing: Corrosive

CascadeTEK ________888-835-9250Testing: Non-Destructive

Blanchard Metals Proc. __801-972-5590CascadeTEK ________888-835-9250Jet Processing ____ 623-869-6749x117Pilkington Metal Finishing __ 801-972-2146

THERMFORMINGLMI Machining_______303-776-6629

TOOL & DIEForemaster Tool _____ 801-737--0265Newport Tool _______801-295-7411Thompson Machine ____ 505-823-1453Wrico ___________480-892-7800

TOOLINGMountain View Machine _435-755-0500Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Western Sintering _____509-375-3096

TUBE FORMINGCling’s Manufacturing ___ 480-968-1778Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776

Formed TubingCling’s Manufacturing ___ 480-968-1778Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776Tube Bending /Fabrication

Cling’s Manufacturing ___ 480-968-1778Howell Precision ______ 623-582-4776

WATERJET CUTTINGColorado Waterjet __ 970-532-5404Diversified Metal Services _801-972-6093JQ Enterprises _______ 801-975-0777Leading Edge Machine __435-563-9425Marzee Inc. ______ 602-269-5801Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Quick Turn Precision ____801-334-6800

WELDINGAble Machining & Eng. _ 801-268-6766Arrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419Dayton Rogers ______ 763-717-6303Denver Machine Shop ___303-295-6000GBC ____________303-988-6450H& S Machine ______ 801-755-7627JD Machine ________801-782-4403JQ Enterprises _______ 801-975-0777Kustom Koncepts _____ 307-472-0818Laser Concepts Inc. ____ 801-280-7723Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500Precision Tech _______801-285-7288Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274Quick Turn Precision ____801-334-6800Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392Star Precision _______303-926-0559

Wasatch Laser Processing _801-972-3500Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800

Welding: Aluminum Medium & Large

Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274Skyline Products _______719-392-9046Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392

Welding: OrbitalRichards Fab _____ 801-409-0392

Welding: PrecisionArrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419Premier Technology Inc __208-785-2274Richards Fab _____ 801-409-0392Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778

Welding: RoboticMetalcraft _________888-280-7080

Welding: TIGArrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419GBC ____________303-988-6450Mountain View Machine __ 435-755-0500

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