LAI International | A Manufacturing Capabilities Overview

L A I INTERNATIONALL A I INTERNATIONALA Manufacturing Capabilities OverviewA Manufacturing Capabilities Overview

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1. Overview of company

2. Focus industries

3. Manufacturing capabilities

4. Q & A


Quick view: Custom fabrication of

precision components and subassemblies

Five U.S. manufacturing facilities, all IS0 9001:2008 | AS9100 certified

NADCAP certified for special processing

More than 100 manufacturing workstations

180,300 square feet of manufacturing space

Additional details: Corporate headquarters

located in Scottsdale, Ariz. 230 employees Named Inc. 5,000 Fastest-

Growing Company, 2007-10

LAI InternationalThe Precision Manufacturing Experts.


Westminster, MD 40,000 sq. ft. 55 employees Laser cutting of tubes Waterjet cutting Laser cloth slitting Laser heat-treating Panel assembly

Westminster, MD 40,000 sq. ft. 55 employees Laser cutting of tubes Waterjet cutting Laser cloth slitting Laser heat-treating Panel assembly

A broad geographic footprint, with five facilities in four states Facilities

Phoenix, AZ 13,600 sq. ft. 20 employees Five-axis

waterjet machining

Waterjet hole-drilling

Panel assembly

Phoenix, AZ 13,600 sq. ft. 20 employees Five-axis

waterjet machining

Waterjet hole-drilling

Panel assembly

Minneapolis, MN 26,000 sq. ft. 45 employees Waterjet shaped hole-

drilling F-22 and F-35 screen

panels Waterjet R&D center

Minneapolis, MN 26,000 sq. ft. 45 employees Waterjet shaped hole-

drilling F-22 and F-35 screen

panels Waterjet R&D center

Scarborough, ME 75,000 sq. ft. 125 employees Electrical Discharge

Machining Five-axis laser cutting CNC machining Five-axis milling Datum re-qualification

Scarborough, ME 75,000 sq. ft. 125 employees Electrical Discharge

Machining Five-axis laser cutting CNC machining Five-axis milling Datum re-qualification

Tucson, AZ 8,000 sq. ft. 7 employees Advanced five-

axis laser machining and drilling

Tucson, AZ 8,000 sq. ft. 7 employees Advanced five-

axis laser machining and drilling


Customer Base


Focused Market Solutions

Defense

Aerospace

Power Generation

MedicalDevices

Our processes enable OEMs to focus on introducing new products that provide clean and efficient energy at an affordable cost. By integrating LAI into your design process, you can be assured your complex engineered parts will be designed for manufacturability.

Our vertically integrated processes enable manufacturers to accelerate product innovations, optimize program-driven supply chains and achieve manufacturing excellence. LAI has earned Lockheed Martin’s Corporate STAR Supplier Award for the F-22 Fighter Jet and Northrop Grumman’s Platinum Source Preferred Supplier Award for the F-35.

LAI offers complete manufacturing solutions for mission-critical defense-related applications and handles multi-tier supply chain management. LAI has the capabilities, capacity and expertise to work with large, complex defense-related programs.

LAI implements custom manufacturing solutions, including unique manufacturing equipment and cells, and has the capacity to handle production manufacturing with more than 100 machining centers. LAI’s partnerships create competitive advantage for our customers, enabling them to grow their market shares and profitability.

LAI provides innovative solutions and services for medical device applications, including precision laser welding, spiral tube cutting and EDM processing. Products include orthopedic equipment, surgical instruments and components for magnetic imaging equipment.

Industrial


Precision Component Manufacturing


Industry Certifications and Awards Goodrich Turbomachinery Products, approved supplier Hamilton Sundstrand, approved supplier Honeywell Engines, approved supplier Honda Aircraft Engines, approved supplier, 2009 Klune Industries, approved supplier Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, preferred supplier, 2009 Jet Propulsion Laboratories, approved supplier Lockheed Martin Raptor of Distinction manufacturing excellence

in producing components for the F/A-22, 2004 Lockheed Martin Corporation STAR Supplier Facility Award,

2002 Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Material Management Center

STAR Supplier Award, 1997 Lockheed Martin Statistical Process Control System

Certification, 1997 Metal Works Corporation, approved supplier Micro-Tronics, approved supplier Middle River Aircraft Systems, approved supplier NASA Group Achievement Award, Cassini mission, 1998 National Association of Tooling & Machining, Superior Safety

Performance, 2001 Northrop Grumman Platinum Source Preferred Supplier, 2009 Northrop Grumman Platinum Source Supplier Award, 2008 Pratt & Whitney, Canada, approved supplier Pratt & Whitney, Hartford, Conn., approved supplier Raytheon Missile Systems, approved supplier Rolls-Royce Engines, approved supplier Schlumberger, approved supplier, 2001 Smiths Aerospace Components, approved supplier Sun Automation Group, 100-percent on-time delivery

performance certificate, 2006 Teledyne Advanced Materials, approved supplier, 1997 Warman International, approved supplier

Supplier awards, certifications and special recognition: 3M, approved supplier Aircelle/SAFRAN Group, approved supplier for

mechanical fabricated parts, 2007 BAE Systems Aircraft Business Units Register of Evaluated

Suppliers for Military Programme Activities, 2008 Babcock & Wilcox, Supplier Performance Rating System

Evaluation, 1995 Barnes Aerospace, approved supplier Boeing approval of quality system per D6-82479, 2002 Boeing Integrated Defense System — Puget Sound

Site's Small Business Supplier of the Second Quarter Award and Gold Rating for Delivery, 2004

BWX Technologies, Super Vendor Recognition for Quality, Delivery and Performance, 1997

Damrow Company, approved supplier Dresser Rand, Special Recognition, 2004 Dresser Rand, Total Quality Performance Supplier, 1996 GE Aircraft Engines Special Process Certification, hole-

making in nickel and super alloys GE Aircraft Engines, Product Integrity Supplier

Assessment, satisfactory review, 1997 GE Certified Supplier GE Customer Impact of the Year Award, 2002 GE Nuclear Energy, approved supplier, 1995 GE Johnson Technology, approved supplier GKN Aerospace, approved supplier

Quality certifications: AS9100 Rev. B Certificate AS7003 NADCAP Non-Conventional and Conventional

Machining Certificates AS7100 for Welding/Brazing Certificate AS7116 NADCAP Non-Conventional Machining Certificate


Power Generation Products:Land-Based Turbines

Core attributes of product sector:

Products include hot-gas path components, blades, buckets, nozzle, partitions, shrouds and vanes

Sole supplier on multiple types of gas and steam turbines

Proprietary processes maximize flow characteristics and extend life cycle of parts



Program Components Strategic solutions

Components for series of land-based turbines

Blades, buckets, nozzles, shrouds and vanes

Developed a process to re-qualify datums on non-conforming castings, increasing customer yields

Designed custom waterjet machining stations for drilling shaped holes including patented and trade secret innovations

Wind power turbines

Bearing cages

Development partner with customer Advanced programming and tooling Just-in-time delivery production

Land-based turbines

Bearing cages



Steam-cooled turbineStage 1, 2, 3 static partsStage 1, 2 rotating parts

Steam-cooled turbineStage 1, 2, 3 static partsStage 1, 2 rotating parts

Air-cooled turbineStage 1 static parts

Air-cooled turbine Stage 1 static parts

Air-cooled turbineStage 1 static partsStage 1 rotating parts

Manufacturing a diverse range of static and rotary components for industrial gas turbines

Air-cooled turbine Stage 1 static parts


Turbine sector

Bucket fir tree, steam turbine

Turbine nozzle

Partition, 48-inch nuclear turbine


Bearings


Power Generation Products: Aircraft

Core attributes of product sector:Products include partitions, screen panels, hot-gas path components and nozzlesProprietary processes maximize flow characteristics and extend life cycle of partsLAI’s engineering and production teams coordinate supply chain management of multiple complex manufacturing processes to deliver completed components for final assemblyCertified supplier to major aerospace manufacturers



Bombardier CRJ100/-200/-700/-900Bombardier Challenger 601/604/605EMBRAER 170/175/190/195ACAC ARJ21

SectorsInner support nozzlesOuter casing

Boeing 777200/200ER/200LR/200ERFreighter

SectorsBase line

Sectors Boeing 787 & 787SDream Liner

SectorsStiffenersShrouds

Air Bus A380Lockeed C-5A

Future Opportunities: Sectors Shrouds Support nozzles Stiffeners Turbine casings


Turbine engine components and systems:ActuatorsCan and annular combustorsCombustion liners and assembliesCombustion housingsEnd capsEngine tail cones and pipesExhaust nozzle componentsFlow sleevesHigh- and low-pressure stator rings and assembliesImpingement sleevesRadial diffusersRear support coversShroudsTransition bodies and assembliesTransition rings and ductsVanes



LAI manufactures highly specialized, precision-engineered components

Inner support nozzle, CFM 34 engine

Combustor cans, Rolls Royce



Core attributes of product sector: Multi-tier supply chain management

of subassembly production for commercial and defense aircraft, guided missiles, space vehicles and engines

LAI’s engineering and production teams coordinate supply chain management of multiple complex manufacturing processes to deliver completed components for final assembly

Precision parts ranging from structural airframe panels and airframe components to engine liners and landing gear parts

LAI is a certified supplier to major aerospace manufacturers

Aerospace Products


Aerospace Products


Defense aerospace

F-22 Air-Dominance Fighter Jet

F- 35 Joint Strike Fighter

Series of 20 different highly-engineered, precision-machined structural panels

Identified key process parameters for drilling process - implemented automated fault-detection/avoidance mechanisms into process to increase yields

Six Sigma project result 20% higher throughputs

Commercial aerospace

Boeing and Airbus commercial aircraft

20 different engine brackets, formed and ready for assembly

Developed efficient manufacturing processes for full production; completed lean manufacturing initiative for turnkey manufacturing from purchasing material to finishing and assembly

Airbus A340 and A380

Noise abatement liner

Developed process for rapid drilling of 100,000+ holes using five-axis abrasive waterjet as a cost-effective alternative to sand blasting

Designed advanced tooling concept to accommodate variation in formed blanks

F-22

Airbus A340


Aerospace Products

F-35 screen panels

F-22 screen panels and rudder bump components

F-22 screen panel

Precision off-axis waterjet drilling of complex hole patterns



Multi-tier supply chain management of assemblies

Strategically aligned leading armor solutions providers

Capabilities, capacity and expertise to work with large defense-related programs, including military aircraft, ships, vehicles, armor, weaponry systems and launch equipment.

Defense Products


Defense Products


MRAPs – Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected military vehicles

Series of armor and close-out panel subassemblies

Combine supply chain management and throughput from multiple nationwide production facilities

Buffalo, Cougar, RG-31, Husky, M1117 ASV armored vehicles

Advanced armor panels

Worked with customer to develop and qualify armor design

Developed advanced technologies to minimize the capital required for ramp-up to full production

Handled logistics and supply chain management of producing armor kits and shipping directly to assembly site

Advanced armor, chamfered

Advanced armor panels Developed new process for advanced cutting

and processing of large armor sheets, and used Lean initiatives to improve throughput

Industrial rollers Main drive shaft bearing cages

Achieved technological innovations, including functional inspection techniques, five-axis programming from solid models, large rotary upgrades, special export packaging requirements and Just-In-Time delivery requirements

MRAP

ASV


Defense Products

Precision-cut slotted panelsArmor, U.S. Army

Wide variety of materialsAdvanced waterjet cutting of patterns in armor plate

Close-out panel assembly


Industrial Products


Successfully engaged in contract manufacturing for heavy fabrication since 1961

Implement custom manufacturing solutions including unique manufacturing equipment and cells

Partnership creates competitive advantage for our customers enabling them to grow their market shares and profitability

Capacity for large production with more than 100 machining centers


Industrial Products

Providing custom manufacturing solutions and prototype development

Machining of thick and difficult-to-machine materials

Laser and waterjet machining

Tube and pipe machining


Medical Device Products


Provide innovative solutions and services for medical device applications, including precision laser welding, spiral tube cutting and EDM processing

Products include orthopedic equipment, surgical instruments and components for magnetic imaging equipment

Vertically integrated processes enable manufacturers to accelerate product innovations

Supplier awards, certifications and special recognition:

3M, approved supplier Accellant GE Healthcare Lab Medical MedFab Company Medsource Philips Medical Systems Stout Medical Group Stryker, approved supplier


Medical Device Products

Providing custom manufacturing solutions and prototype development

Surgical drill tool Flex, Inc. design Spiral laser cutting of flex pattern

Philips Orthopedic System

GE Magnetic Imaging


Core Manufacturing Capabilities

Waterjet machining Laser machiningElectrical Discharge

MachiningCNC machining

3- and 5-axis workstations3-D cutting, trimming and drilling

Machining of complex patterns, slots and windows

CO2 and Nd:YAG wavelengths

High-speed laser cutting

Five-axis laser machining

Laser cutting, drilling, marking, welding and heat-treating

High-speed EDM Plunge EDM Wire EDM Precision hole

drilling EDM

Conventional CNC machining including welding, turning, milling, drilling, grinding, grit blasting, tumbling and cleaning

High-speed CNC machining with up to 20,000 r.p.m. spindle speed


Additional CapabilitiesLAI produces precision components and subassemblies by integrating a solid base of manufacturing processes

In-House capabilitiesThird-party

manufacturing capabilities

Assembly Bending Certified tooling

calibration C M M inspection De-burring Drilling Engineering Flow testing Forming Grinding Grit blasting Heat-treating Kitting Milling Packaging Painting Riveting Routing Special packaging Tapping Tool making Tumbling and cleaning Turning Welding

Anodizing Broaching Chemical milling Electropolishing Finish coating Forming Hot forming Metal spinning Plating Powder coating Rolling Surface treatment


Our Value to You

World-class process standards

Process standardization

Dedicated production environment reduces production cycle

Materials management reduces product acquisition costs

Inventory management

LAI’s Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) teams help reduce production costs

From concept to production, LAI works closely with our customers to maintain focus on product excellence and quality


Contact:

LAI Customer Service Team

800-840-1126

[email protected]

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