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“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he

can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.”

Henry Ford

As I travel around spreading the gospel of the A2Z Metalworking Business Development Magazines, I’m continually impressed by the very high skill level in our industry! I meet business owners, machinists, metalworkers, programmers, office staff, and sales professionals, and they all are very skilled. Some business owners have degrees in engineering and then go back for their MBA, others worked in a shop from an early age and today are acquiring 21st century knowledge on programming, or they just keep up with the latest in machine techniques and automation. One thing I continue to see are people that make things, make parts, make assemblies, create programs, create top notch routers/travelers, and that make me proud of

our U.S. Manufacturing!

Why are machines getting faster, and why is automation growing in the U.S.? Global competition! We are tired of the job we helped design, program, and make proto-types on for the millionth time going to a non-U.S. Company for a dime or a quarter cheaper. We know we must use our constructive imagination to exceed and improve yesterday’s run times, in this global economy. Our U.S. Manufacturing Companies are doing everything from rethinking the process and using less set ups, to acquiring new faster/better equipment. I see business owners creating cells to perform the work more efficiently, and timely, to the acquisition of robotics in the cell environment. We are trying to give more for a dollar; we are working to

achieve success.

This is the second issue for the North West edition of the A2Z Metalworker Magazine and we are very excited by the feedback we are getting from our subscribers and advertisers. I know Linda and I endeavor to give more every day and we would like to do as much as we can for U.S. Manufacturing! Please let us know how to improve

your North West magazine by calling or emailing us with your ideas.

As this issue goes to print, Linda and I will be at AeroDef on your behalf, AMCON the week after, and Design to Part right after that. We see great things happening

in our industry.

Keep the faith! God Bless U.S. Manufacturing and God Bless our Troops!

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Announcements & ReleasesGanesh.Expands.Training.Area

Ganesh Machinery has greatly expanded the classroom training area at their Chatsworth campus to accommodate the needs of their customers. The new 500 square foot classroom is equipped with computers and projection equipment to facilitate an efficient transfer of the knowledge necessary to make the Ganesh 7 & 8-axis machines as productive as possible. Harvinder Singh, President of Ganesh Machinery, stated, “our business model relies on the satisfaction of our customers and their ability to get the highest level of performance out of their Ganesh machines.”

Ganesh Machinery will be celebrating their 26th anniversary this year with an open house in August. Brand new machines will be making their debut there. The new 7-axis turn/mill center and the 5-axis machining center, along with 20 other machines will be under power.

Ganesh is celebrating this milestone as a commitment to their vision of helping manufactures excel in their business by providing reliable, value focused machine tools and the outstanding support to make them productive assets.

Mazak. Introduces. Flexible. STX.RTC.Laser.System

The Mazak STX RTC 2D laser system has been designed for job shops to help them differentiate and diversify the services they provide. This unique machine not only laser cuts thin to thick sheets of flat material, but also has an integrated rotary chuck to cut tubes and pipes, an extended Z height for cubic components, a standard tapping head and even chamfers, all on a single machine. The rotary table cuts round pipe up to a maximum diameter of 14.76”, and square tubes up to 6”. The large 16.14” range of Z travel enables you to laser cut preformed parts and other 3 dimensional shapes requiring greater cut height. The STX Mark III RTC is available in 2,500 (0.75” Mild Steel) or 4,000 (1” Mild Steel) watt configurations and accepts upto a 5’x10’ sheet of flat material. It can be delivered with a large range of automated material handling systems including Load/Unload Cells and Flexible Manufacturing Systems.

For more information, please visit www.mazakoptonics.com, e-mail [email protected]. Locally, please contact DW Machinery Sales at 425-827-6931 or go to www.dwmachinerysales.com.

CNC.Machine.Services.Inc..Expands.its.Team!

CNC Machine Services Inc. welcomes back Tim Bradley to the CNC Machine Services Team. Tim was a member of our service team from; 1997 through 2005 and is once again a member of our Washington Ser-vice team. Tim specializes in repairs on Okuma and Mazak machines, as well as most FANUC controlled machines.

CNC Machine Services Inc. is also pleased to announce the new look of our Washington Sales team. You have trusted Mark Harris, President of CNC Machine Services Inc., to service your machine tools for the last 25 years. Now Mark Harris and his sales team, along with Craig Arrowood are the ones you can trust for your new machine tool pur-chases. Mark’s 30 years of experience in the machine tool industry have gained him exceptional technical expertise, and the trust that comes from many years of dealing with integrity! Welcome back Mark Harris as the Sales Leader for Machine Services Inc!

CNC Machine Services will host an Open House at the end of July showcasing a wide variety of top level machine tools. Don’t miss this open house, it will be GREAT!!!

For more information, contact CNC Machine Services Inc. at 425.788.4500 phone,866.788.4500 toll free, www.cncmachineservice.com.

Next.Generation.Cutting.Head.From.Flow

Flow International is pleased to introduce the latest industry benchmark in Abrasive Cutting Head performance, the Paser 4 Abrasive Cutting Head System. The Paser 4 Cutting Head is now available for Flow Abrasive Waterjet Shapecutting Systems operating at either 60ksi or 87ksi pressures.

The Paser 4 Cutting Head System consists of the Paser 4 Cutting Head, the Paser 4 Abrasive Metering Valve, and the new Low Profile On/Off Valve. These new products can easily be retrofitted to existing installed Flow Waterjet machines so operators can immediately begin to enjoy the benefits of this new technology.

Paser 4 UCL (Ultra Component Life) Patent Pending Cutting HeadFlow’s newly designed cutting head establishes a new industry benchmark with the fastest possible cutting speed and the lowest possible operating cost.

Flow continues to raise the bar in performance by incorporating new patent pending technology to significantly extend component life. This means lower cost of operation since fewer parts and abrasive are consumed and time between maintenance intervals is greatly reduced. Orifice component life is increased 3-6 times over earlier generations and competing cutting heads.

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Mazak.Announces.Increased.Produc-tion.for.2011

Mazak has announced increased production levels at its facility in Florence, Kentucky. Fueled by the economic recovery, the company has experienced a steady increase in demand over the past nine months particularly after the IMTS Show in Chicago. Mazak projects monthly output of its Florence plant to reach 130 machine tools per month by the close of Q2 2011 and growing throughout the remainder of 2011. In terms of dollar value, this will represent the largest output ever produced at the plant, due largely to market de-mand shifting the production mix to favor larger and more complex Multi-Tasking models of machines.

“Over the past two years, Mazak continued to invest heavily in the ongoing productivity of our U.S. production facility, despite the poor economic conditions of 2009,” says Brian Papke, president of Mazak. “We have further refined and improved our Production on Demand system to become extremely responsive to real time cus-tomer needs. Additionally, a high level of vertical integration allows us tremendous control in reacting to market conditions. With the present value of the dollar, we will be exporting more machines in future months from our Florence plant, in addition to building for domestic manufacturers.” Mazak produces over 100 models of machines tools at its Florence plant. During the economic downturn, the company invested $13 million in expanding the facility’s capabilities through additional floor space and technology upgrades. Similar investment will continue into 2011, with the installation of another VERSATECH V-140N 5-axis double-column machining center for large part production. Mazak will also be adding a Mazak Optonics cell with three laser fabrica-tion centers in 2011 to improve productivity of sheet metal parts.

Samuel.Announces.the.Purchase.of.AP.Specialty.Metals

Wayne Bassett, President and CEO of Samuel, Son & Co., Lim-ited today announced the acquisition of metals distributor AP Specialty Metals. AP operates from a 48,000 square foot facility located just north of Atlanta in Alpharetta, Georgia. AP Spe-cialty’s current product line is stainless sheet, bar and plate and aluminum sheet. Their processing facilities include a 60” cut-to-length line, a 60” coil to coil sheet polisher and a 60” sheet to sheet polishing line.

“AP Specialty is a great addition to the Samuel Group of compa-nies. It will be linked with our current facilities in Florida, Ala-bama, South Carolina and North Carolina to significantly enhance

our ability to service our customers in the Southeastern USA,” Mr. Bassett explained. He added that “AP will now be selling Samuel’s full range of carbon, stainless and aluminum products and will also be opening a facility in the Tampa/Orlando area in the near future”. Founded in 1855, Samuel, Son & Co., Limited is one of the largest metal processors and distributors in North America, operating from 52 service center locations and 47 manufacturing locations. Samuel also has facilities in the UK, Australia and China.

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Hogue Precision is a small, woman-owned, veteran-owned busi-ness that was established in 1991.

Gail Hogue, owner, says, “ We take pride in offering state-of-the art equipment at afford-able prices, backed by factory-trained service engineers. We carry a full range of vertical and horizontal CNC machining centers, bridge mills, lathes and 5-axis machines. “

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Record.2010.revenue.could.spur.more.jobs.in.semiconductor.industry

Semiconductor hiring may be gearing up again two years after the industry plunged into a dark hole of eco-nomic cutbacks.

Globally, the industry has experienced what amounts to a V-shaped recovery. After cutting hard in late 2008 and 2009, last year presented record revenue across the board as consumers and businesses purchased tech-nology devices.“Companies have been running mean and lean for so long, and you can only do that for so long before you have to hire someone,” said Jim Feldhan, founder and president of Semico Research Corp.

Much of the hiring is based on increased demand for products amid severe semiconductor sector belt-tightening when the Great Recession bore its full weight on the economy.

Chip sales slid from $255 billion worldwide in 2007 to $248 billion in 2008 and $226 billion in 2009, giving the industry two consecutive down years for the first time, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.

Intel Corp., ON Semiconductor Corp., Microchip Technology Inc. and other players slashed inventory and implemented either layoffs or furloughs.

But the industry came roaring back last year, setting a global revenue record of $298 billion, when market research firms such as Gartner were projecting it would rebound to about $233 billion. Companies were

scrambling to boost inventory levels and started either buying other companies or looking for capital investment in new manufacturing.

Intel was among the first to join the hiring binge. The company is investing $6 billion to $8 billion in upgrades to its fabs in Chandler and Oregon to handle new production, and it started advertising for positions the day before that announcement was made. Recently, the com-pany announced it will build a new $5 billion facility, Fab 42. Although officials wouldn’t comment on how many jobs it might create, company officials said a fab of that size typically has 1,000 employees.

Microchip, whose analog semi-conductors are used in an ar-ray of products, has reported record revenue during the past year. Companywide, Microchip is recruiting for about 200 po-sitions. A glut of experienced workers and recent graduates has meant the company’s hiring needs fit in with a good recruit-ing market, Carr said.

“The market is in our favor, though it is picking up every-where,” she said.

Feldhan said increasing growth in devices such as notebook and tablet computers is driv-ing demand for the chips and components.

Companies also have done a better job of diversifying their fields. When Intel develops a reference plan for computers using its chips, companies such as ON work to get their equip-ment included in those plans, thus creating demand, Feldhan said. Those plans are like a recipe, and other companies can be listed as providers of the recommended ingredients.

Raytheon.bomb.ready.for.flight.testing

Raytheon Co.’s Small Diameter Bomb II is ready for captive flight testing after passing a U.S. Air Force critical design review.

The SDB II is an air-launched, precision-strike standoff weapon that can be used against moving and fixed targets in adverse weather conditions, the company said.

The weapon incorporates an improved seeker that features three modes of operation: millimeter-wave radar, uncooled imaging infrared and semi-active laser.

“Raytheon’s SDB II features a mature tri-mode seeker and a cut-ting-edge warhead, and completing the CDR proves our design is producible and mature,” said Harry Schulte, Raytheon Missile Systems vice president of Air Warfare Systems. “Raytheon has an affordable and executable plan to deliver a robust engineering and manufacturing development program.”

Tom White, Raytheon’s SDB II program director, said that using an uncooled seeker and other approaches, improves weapon reliability and reduces production and life-cycle costs.

Details of the critical design review by the Air Force weren’t dis-closed.

Northrop.Grumman,.Air. Force. test.anti-missile.laser.on.KC-135s

Northrop Grumman and the Air National Guard’s 190th Air Refuel-ing Wing have finished the first round of flight testing with the com-pany’s Guardian anti-missile system on a Boeing KC-135 stratotanker, Northrop announced recently.

“The feedback from the flight test pilots has been overwhelmingly positive,” Col. Keith Lang, commander of the 190th ARW, said in a news release. “We are pleased at the partnership established with Northrop Grumman and remain encouraged that the attributes of the Guardian System will prove a viable option for providing aircraft protection without disruption to KC-135 missions. The KC-135 has flown in harm’s way since Vietnam and the time is right to add this extremely important defense capability.”

The laser-based Guardian System, contained almost entirely in a single pod mounted to the underside of the fuselage, is designed to detect launched missiles and then disrupt their guidance signals using a non-visible, eye-safe laser, according to Northrop Grumman.


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SunPower. Signs. 48-Megawatt. Solar.Power.Supply.Agreement.with.Toshiba

SunPower Corporation announced that, under a strategic supply agreement, Toshiba Corporation)will order 48 megawatts of high-efficiency solar panels from SunPower during the 2011 Japanese fiscal year ending March 31, 2012. Toshiba will use the panels to support the company’s residential solar offer-ing in Japan, which was launched last year with a supply agreement for 32 megawatts of SunPower panels.

“Japan is the leader in Asia in the residential solar market, which is an ex-cellent fit for SunPower’s world-leading, high efficiency solar panels,” said SunPower CEO Tom Werner. “We are pleased to extend our partnership with Toshiba, a global business leader, to make high-efficiency SunPower panels available to more homeowners in Japan who value our reliability and guaranteed performance.”

“Since we launched our residential solar business in Japan early last year, we have recorded solid achievements by implementing comprehensive sales and marketing activities, including expansion of sales channels,” said Takeshi Yokota, general manager of Photovoltaic Systems Division, Toshiba Corporation. “We look forward to building on this success and increasing market share in Japan by further reinforcing our partnership with SunPower.”

SBA.Chief.Discusses.Initiatives.To.Aid.Small.Companies

Under the headline “Getting Money Into The Hands Of Small Businesses,” the Wall Street Journal reports an interview with Karen Mills, head of the Small Business Administration and a former venture capitalist. Under her tenure the agency has loaned out roughly $2 billion in stimulus funds, sup-ported $40 billion more in loan guarantees, and taken a number of steps to encourage hiring and boost small companies’ ability to become successful exporters.

“We decided to be very bold in getting money out into the hands of small business as quickly as possible. As a result, tens of thousands of businesses were able to get credit in a market where the banks had really frozen them out,” Mills said.

JSF.Radar.Absorbent.Coatings.Applied. to.Raptor

The newest F-22 stealth fighters produced for the U.S. Air Force at Lockheed Martin’s factory have improved radar absorbent coatings derived from the company’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.

“Some of the [low observables] coatings system and gap-fillers that the F-35 had an advantage on, we have incorporated into the Raptor,” said Jeff Babione, vice president and general manager of the F-22 program for Lockheed Martin.

The new materials do not alter the F-22’s radar cross-section, but do improve

on the durability of those coatings. The benefit for the Air Force is a reduced maintenance burden, Babione said.

“[The F-35 program] had some more robust materials that were more durable and we were able to pull those back on to the F-22,” he said. “So our system is better, and the life-cycle cost of the F-22 is reduced.”

Dan Goure, an analyst at the Lexington Institute, Arling-ton, Va., agreed that retrofitting the F-22 with the F-35’s coatings will save the Air Force a significant amount of time and money when it comes to maintenance.

“It’s not going to transform the airplane, but what it’s going to really do is make it much cheaper to operate the F-22 fleet, which is terribly important given its small size,” he said.

Despite Lockheed Martin’s statement that the F-35-derived coatings would not alter the F-22’s radar cross-section, Goure said he suspects the new materials are likely to improve upon the Raptor’s already impressive signature.

“I would be very surprised if this wasn’t an improvement in stealth characteristics,” he said.

Lockheed Martin only had to make minor tweaks to the F-35’s radar absorbent materials in order to adapt the technology to the F-22. Though the radar cross-section requirements for the Raptor and the F-35 are slightly different, fundamentally the physics and chemistry of the coatings are the same, Babione said.

For installation into the Raptor, the F-35 coatings likely needed to be modified to deal with the high supersonic cruise-speeds and extreme altitudes at which the F-22 routinely operates, Goure said.

“It’s operating at a higher altitude typically and [at] faster speeds, and that would put different stresses on the material,” he said.

The Raptor can cruise at speeds around Mach 1.8 above 50 000 feet without afterburners.

At the moment, the latest Lot 9 production F-22s only have some of the new stealth coatings installed.

Other improved stealth materials “are still in final quali-fication testing and will enter the field next year,” he said.

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Defense Cuts Will Shift Money To Repair Of Existing Equipment

By Marjorie Censer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Industry.heads.for.record.deliveries

Airbus and Boeing are on course to ship more than 1,000 aircraft this year, but can the airlines absorb all these new jets?

Airlines will digest more new mainline airliners than ever before in 2011, as deliveries rise by 5% and surpass four figures for the first time.

Shipments were effectively flat last year, as Airbus’s slight increase was offset by a small decline in deliveries from Seattle. Airbus again out-produced its rival - for the eighth year in succession - deliver-ing 510 aircraft.

This breaks its previous all-time output record of 498, set the year before. Boeing’s deliveries fell slightly from 481 in 2009 to 462, with the absence of 787 shipments beginning to tell on the airframer’s output. As a result, the two rivals’ combined delivery tally, 972 aircraft, was down slightly on the 979 delivered in 2009, which at the time was an industry record.

However, this will change in 2011 as the two manufacturers ramp up output across both their single-aisle and widebody lines. Boeing should finally begin to ship Dreamliners to customers, as well as the stretched 747-8.

Airbus’s chief salesman John Leahy shrugs off the pessimistic

outlook that, he says, was prevalent a year ago. “A lot of experts were talking about a 30% reduction in our production and Boe-ing’s production, and that it was inevitable there was going to be a double-dip recession,” he says.

Even the International Air Transport Association “was predicting the airlines would have the worst year they had ever had in the history of international aviation. Well, none of that turned out to be right,” points out Leahy, adding that the industry is “resilient” and is “coming back”.

The 780 narrowbodies produced by Airbus and Boeing last year accounted for about 80% of their total deliveries.

Both manufacturers are progressively ramping up to reach a com-bined output of almost 80 single-aisle aircraft a month within the next two years, based on already announced increases. And both are evaluating further boosts which could take their combined monthly rates into the 90-100 aircraft range.

Airbus expects its deliveries this year will rise to about 520-530 aircraft, while Boeing forecasts 485-500 shipments - its final tally dependent on how successful it is getting series production of the 747-8 and 787 under way. Whatever happens, production should surpass 1,000 units for the first time.

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PRODUCTION PEAK

Before 2009-10, when mainline airliner production has been at its highest, the industry’s output previously peaked at 914 units in 1999. During that year, Boeing shipped an impressive 620 aircraft as production of its then newly acquired McDonnell Douglas plant in southern California was still in full swing.

From a sales perspective, Airbus and Boeing’s combined order total is heading back towards the boom times of the last decade, but at 1,104 units is still well short of 2007’s peak, when their net sales exceeded 2,700 aircraft. Airbus’s usual late orders spurt again en-abled it to leapfrog its rival and end 2010 as top dog. The airframer’s salesmen managed to add more than 200 orders in December, tak-ing its net order tally beyond Boeing’s 530 aircraft, to 574.

The two companies suffered 165 cancellations between them, with Boeing coming off worse on 95. The combined order backlog rose slightly during 2010 to 7,000 aircraft - or roughly seven years of production at current rates.

This will be heading back towards the industry’s all-time high of

7,500 orders when it peaked in 2008, as both manufacturers look likely to sell more aircraft than they build this year.

Cupertino. Electric. Completes. Con-struction.of.One.of.the.Nation’s.Larg-est.Ground-Mount.Solar.Systems.

Cupertino Electric, Inc.’s (CEI) Energy Alternatives Division announced at a dedication ceremony in Porterville, Calif. the completion of a five million watt (AC) solar photovoltaic (PV) ground-mount system designed and built for Southern California Edison (SCE). The fast-track solar PV project ranks as California’s largest utility-owned solar PV-generating station.

“The large-scale project designed and built by Cupertino Electric will help SCE generate enough power at its peak to serve 3,250 average Central Valley homes using clean natural resources,” said John Curcio, chief commercial officer for CEI. “This large-scale project in a condensed time period required an immense amount of coordination, attention to detail and focus on safety to achieve a successful result.”

“Cupertino Electric used an innovative and flexible approach to constructing our Porterville solar facility,” said Rudy Perez, man-ager of SCE’s Solar PV Program.



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US.Army.to.Build.Robot.and.Android

The US Army is developing a new robot, the Chee-tah, capable of outrunning the fastest man on Earth and a Terminator-type android, Atlas robot, that will work alongside troops.

Boston Dynamics has been awarded the multimil-lion-dollar contracts by the US Department of De-fense (DoD) and hopes to build the first prototype in 20 months.

The four-legged Cheetah will have a flexible spine, articulated head, and will be able to sprint, take sharp corners, zigzag and reach speeds of 20mph-30mph.

The Atlas robot will have a body, two arms, two legs and no head and will be able to walk over rough terrain, fit through tight gaps and crawl on its hands and knees if needed.

The prototype will be a more technologically ad-vanced version of the Petman robot, which is used to test out chemical weapons protection suits for

the army, according to the Daily Mail.

Boston Dynamics president and lead investigator on the project Marc Raibert said the US DoD was not so focused on the ultimate use of the robots.

“They’re most focused on developing the technology and seeing what uses they can be applied to,” he added.

Boeing.starts.assembling.first.production.P-8A.Poseidon

The Navy plans to purchase 117 of the 737-based Poseidon anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft to replace its turboprop Lockheed Electra-based P-3 Orion fleet. The Navy awarded Boeing a $1.6 billion contract for the first six production P-8A Poseidons in January, following up on contracts for two static-test P-8As and six flight-test aircraft.

“Boeing will deliver this first aircraft to the Navy on schedule in 2012 in prepara-tion for initial operational capability, which is planned for 2013,” Chuck Dabundo, Boeing vice president and P-8 program manager, said in a news release.

The first production P-8A fuselage arrived from supplier Spirit AeroSystems last month and was loaded into a tooling fixture, Boeing said. Workers have since started installing systems, wires and other small parts.Boeing has refitted an old site in Seattle for P-8 military systems installation and testing.


Homeland. Security.looked. into. covert.body.scans

The Homeland Security Department paid contractors millions of dollars to develop and study surveillance systems that could covertly track pedestrians and check under people’s clothing with airport-style body scanners as they en-ter train stations, bus depots or major events, newly released documents show.

Two contracts the department signed in 2005 and 2006 were part of its effort to acquire technology to find suicide bombers in a crowd of moving people, according to documents given to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a privacy-rights group that is suing Homeland Security.

The department dropped the projects in a “very early” phase after testing showed flaws, Homeland Security spokesman Bobby Whithorne says.

EPIC lawyer Ginger McCall says the project is disturbing nonetheless be-cause it shows the department “obvi-ously believed that this level of surveil-lance is acceptable when in fact it is not at all acceptable.”

A $1.9 million contract with Rapiscan Systems, which makes airport body scanners, asked the company to develop similar machines for “covert inspec-tion of moving subjects” and to find explosives on suicide bombers

“through clothing, backpacks and other packages.” The contract was signed in 2005.

Rapiscan’s airport body scanners require subjects to stand still while the machines create an image of passengers underneath their clothing to reveal hidden weapons. EPIC has sued the department to stop their use, saying the machines violate privacy.

Rapiscan Vice President Peter Kant says the company gave Homeland Security a prototype machine designed “primarily for non-aviation settings” because it could scan people while they were moving.

Lab tests of the prototype resulted in the project being dropped, Whithorne says.

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After receiving Northeastern’s reports, Homeland Security decided against trying to develop a prototype machine, Whithorne says.

Using systems to covertly scan pedestrians “would be a clear violation” of laws against unreasonable searches, McCall says. “If you are walking down the street, this allows them to digitally strip-search you and rifle through your belongings without any sort of justification,” she says

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When aerospace customers are waiting for a part, both speed and quality are critical. Adding a waterjet expanded this shop’s capabilities and significantly shortened the time from raw material to finished part.

Vector Industries, located in Everett, Washington, has served the Aerospace Industry since 1989. Within their 50,000 square foot facility, they provide a wide range of services including fabrication, machining, heat-treating, stretch forming, and hydro forming. They are AS9100/ISO9001 registered as well as NADCAP (National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program) approved for heat-treating Aluminum Alloys. NADCAP requires very stringent processes to ensure products made for the aerospace industry meet the highest manufacturing standards.

Time is Money

In order to meet their customers’ tight schedules, the company has consis-tently streamlined their processes to ensure a smooth production flow from cutting flat stock to final delivery of heat treated parts, without affecting quality. Under the guidance of owner Jack Giddens, they have carefully upgraded their equipment to expand their capabilities and to provide more services to their customers. They had been outsourcing their stainless steel cutting to a waterjet job shop since 2000. They started looking at waterjets in 2004, visiting tradeshows and talking with other waterjet users. However, they weren’t ready to bring the work in-house until they were approached by an aerospace customer that had a lot of hard steel, such as 17-7 and 4130, to cut. Milling this material can be very expensive because tools wear so much faster. It was time to purchase a waterjet.

“We had become familiar with waterjet capabilities because we were outsourcing our stainless steel cutting to a job shop,” says Mike Morin,

manufacturing/production manager at Vector Industries. “However, sometimes that meant that we didn’t get our finished parts out to our aerospace customers when they wanted them. For aerospace companies, time is money. Just-in-time delivery was the main reason we acquired the waterjet.”

Searching for the Right Equipment and Partner

Now that the decision was made to purchase a water-jet, next came the question of what brand from which manufacturer? “We looked at four or five companies and several different products. We wanted a company that could provide us fast response time both in service and parts. We also wanted to work with a company that had quality equipment and a quality reputation.” The company met several times with each supplier and contacted their customers.

Vector Industries selected a Mach 2 waterjet system con-trolled by the FlowMaster® software suite from Flow International. “We were impressed with Flow’s reputation for integrity,” explains Morin. “They have a variety of op-tions to choose from including price, table size, cutting power and features. We liked the rigid steel construction of the Mach 2, it is a beefy machine. We also liked the ball screw drive system to ensure accuracy as well as the capabilities of FlowMaster software used to operate it.”

Fast Startup, Fast Cutting

Although they have only had the waterjet for three months, they are already running the system 4 to 6 hours a day cutting a wide variety of materials and thicknesses ranging from 4” 7075 Aluminum plate, 2” A36 Steel, Hastalloy, Inconel and a wide variety of Stainless Steel.

“The software was easy to learn and the system is very user friendly,” says Morin. “We attended Flow’s training classes and they took us step by step through programing, operating and maintaining the waterjet. I brought one of our sheet metal fabricators with me for the program-ming portion. He had no background in programming, running a CNC, or even working on a computer. Now he does our programming for us. That shows how easy the software is to use. ”

When the equipment arrived and was installed, they had programs ready to go and the waterjet operator was able to start production immediately. “Flow’s people have also been very helpful during the start-up process. They

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are very knowledgeable and have helped us as questions arose,” says Morin. “For example, Brian Metcalf and Adam Mooneyham have been showing us tips and tricks on how to get the most out of our FlowMaster software. It’s a really powerful program.”

The waterjet allows them to turn around product in a shorter time. Some parts are cut on the waterjet before final fabrication or heat treating while others such as plate are rough cut to near net shape and finished on a 5 Axis milling center. Parts that took 25 to 35 minutes to run on a mill can now be cut on the waterjet in 10 minutes or less, allowing them to be more competitive in the quoting process.

Because of FlowNest’s ability to array and tightly nest parts, they have signifi-cantly less wasted material. “Our Flow waterjet allows us to turn product around in a short period of time with no need for special tooling,” explains Morin. “We are far more productive, our material usage is optimized, and our turnaround time is much shorter. That makes our customers very happy.”

The Right Choice

Their primary business is in the aerospace industry, but they also do fabri-cating and precision machine shop work for other businesses in the need of high quality parts with a fast turnaround. “We are a complete turnkey facility, from raw material procurement through the manufacture, testing and final

treatment of parts,” says Morin. “By adding the waterjet, we can turn out a large number of different part numbers and products in a shorter period of time. The FlowMaster software also helps us in our quoting. This has been one of the best plug-and-play pieces of machinery we have.”

Vector Industries is very happy with their purchase of the Mach 2 waterjet from Flow International. It is used to cut much of their aluminum, stainless and exotic materials. As Jack Giddens, owner, sums it up, “The price, quality and capabilities of the Mach 2 system were just right for us. Because of the FlowMaster software, we can cut R&D parts, short runs, or tightly nested production runs. It gives us a lot of flexibility.”

About Vector Industries

Vector Industries, Inc., founded in 1989, is a world class precision manufacturing and assembly company for the commercial and aerospace industry. Our sister company BlueStreak Finishers, Ltd., a metal processing facility on the same site, offers chemical treatment, anodizing, powder coating and other finishes. We provide complete turnkey production, from procurement of raw materials from approved suppliers through manufacture in a quality controlled environment, non-destructive testing and final treatments. We are dedicated to providing our customers with competitive, high quality, diverse manufacturing and metal processing capabilities. For more information, visit www.VectorIndustries.com.

About Flow International

Flow International Corporation (NASDAQ: FLOW) is the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of ultrahigh-pressure waterjet technology for cutting and cleaning. Flow provides state-of-the-art ultrahigh-pres-sure (UHP) technology to numerous industries including automotive, aerospace, job shop, stone interiors, surface preparation, food and dozens more. For more informa-tion, visit www.FlowWaterjet.com.

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Tioga.Energy.Places.Solar.PPA.in.Public.Domain

Tioga Energy, a leading provider of renewable energy services to com-mercial, government and non-profit institutions, recently announced that its SurePathSM Solar power purchase agreement (PPA) is now available to the public through its company website. The contract can be viewed with explanatory annotations online and downloaded in editable form by any interested party, free of charge.

“The economics of solar must be improved in order to sustain industry growth and ultimately contribute a significant portion of power to our grid,” said Paul Detering, CEO of Tioga Energy. “PPAs are a driv-ing force behind the expansion of the commercial, institutional and industrial solar electric markets in the United States, and there are significant cost savings to be had by reducing the resources required to negotiate these contracts. Our ‘open source’ PPA is the first step in realizing those savings, providing greater transparency and helping customers to understand this document. We encourage viewers to provide feedback on how we can further improve our PPA and look forward to establishing a dialogue with the larger community.”

Tioga’s SurePathSM Solar power purchase agreement helps organi-zations to cost-effectively realize the benefits of clean, on-site solar power generation without the high upfront capital costs. Under the

terms of the PPA, Tioga finances, builds and operates distributed solar electric projects for 15 to 20 years, selling the electricity generated to its customers at low, predictable rates.

The online PPA, which was developed in conjunction with Tioga Energy’s top-tier institutional financing partners, is also comple-mented by detailed annotations to explain in common terminology the complexities of the legal document.

Costs associated with PPA negotiations typically account for ap-proximately 25 to 50 percent of the overall transactional costs of commercial-scale solar PPA projects. Customers – particularly those in the public sector – can spend significant amounts of time and capital attempting to adapt standard construction contracts into PPA documents. After issuing competitive solicitations around these altered contracts, additional resources are then required to redraft the document and finally arrive at a financeable PPA contract.

SBA.Chief.Discusses.Initiatives.To.Aid.Small.Companies

Under the headline “Getting Money Into The Hands Of Small Busi-nesses,” the Wall Street Journal reports an interview with Karen Mills, head of the Small Business Administration and a former venture capi-talist. Under her tenure the agency has loaned out roughly $2 billion in stimulus funds, supported $40 billion more in loan guarantees, and taken a number of steps to encourage hiring and boost small companies’ ability to become successful exporters.

“We decided to be very bold in getting money out into the hands of small business as quickly as possible. As a result, tens of thousands of businesses were able to get credit in a market where the banks had really frozen them out,” Mills said.

Apple. Inc.. receives. top. honors. in.Brand.Excellence.Awards

Apple Inc. was named Grand Award winner in the American Brand Excellence Awards, a national study conducted by the Business Jour-nals to evaluate brands that best serve small to midsize businesses.

Apple also received an award within the technology sector.

Six other companies received Brand Excellence Awards in their categories, including Southwest Airlines in travel, UPS in business services, Visa in financial/insurance, Staples in retail and Verizon Wireless in telecommunications.

The study looked at more than 250 business brands and ranked them based on criteria including “easy to do business with,” “behaves ethi-cally,” “industry leader,” “forward-thinking,” “for growing companies,”

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Alta.Raises. Funding. to.Improve.the.Production.Economics. of.High. Ef-ficiency.SolarAlta Devices Inc. announced it has raised funding to focus on improving the produc-tion economics of high efficiency solar PV (photovoltaic) applications. In addition to breakthroughs in advanced technology, the company is focused on manufacturing and form factor breakthroughs.

“There are a number of advanced materi-als that could demonstrate higher solar conversion efficiency than silicon,” said Christopher Norris, Alta’s CEO. “To date, the challenge of these materials is that they have been expensive to produce and difficult to implement. Therefore, they are not currently an economic solution for ad-dressing the world’s energy needs. We are working to solve this problem by leverag-ing new approaches in several disciplines.”

Norris explained that the company has been making good progress in the lab. “We have a team of technologists working on issues ranging from efficient use of raw materials, better manufacturing processes, and new ways to optimize the conversion efficiency of these materials for energy applications.”

For example, “One of the technologies on which Alta is seeing good results is a pro-cess called ’epitaxial lift off’,” according to Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers partner and Alta board member Bill Joy. “This is a technique that will enable efficient use of very thin layers of gallium arsenide for solar PV applications. Based on our review of the state-of-the-art, Alta has the world’s leading experts in this area.”

Total investment in this round to date is $72 million. The new funds are being used to continue moving toward commercialization.

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Boeing.Receives.Notable.Orders.From.Chinese.Airlines

The Wall Street Journal reports Boeing’s 747-8 Intercontinental pro-gram got a boost with an order of five planes from Air China, noting that the only two other airlines have ordered the plane. According to the article, HNA Group also ordered 38 more planes, but these were 77s and 30 of the 787-9, which it called a stretched version of the Dreamliner.

Bloomberg News notes these orders “underscore the importance to Boeing and Airbus SAS of China, where passenger numbers will likely jump 69 percent by 2015, according to the nation’s industry regulator”.




Small.Businesses.May.Be.Growing

It’s no wonder the recovery has been so anemic: The U.S. economy has been trying to run on one leg. Large businesses—the good leg—have been growing robustly for at least a year. Production is rising, sales are higher and profits are through the roof. But the recovery missed the second leg—small businesses, which account for about half of U.S. output and jobs. Encouragingly, there are now tentative signs that the second leg may finally be healing. Since the recession ended in mid-2009, we’ve been relying almost exclusively on larger businesses for our growth. The problem is, large businesses have been relentlessly cutting costs, especially labor costs, to improve their bot-tom line. Profits are up, but employment is flat. One way to measure this divergent economy is to look at two sets of business surveys.

The Institute for Supply Management’s business surveys primarily cover middle- and large-sized companies, while the small business optimism index of the National Federation of Independent Business covers smaller companies. The ISM index contracted sharply in the recession, but has recovered nicely, consistent with economic growth of about 5% per year. By contrast, the NFIB index has barely budged off its lows, suggesting that the small-business sector is holding the economy back. It may be one reason why the economy has grown at only a 3% pace, rather than the 5% indicated by the ISM. However, there are clues that small businesses are finally getting back on their feet. Small businesses are regaining confidence that their sales will improve, which would mean renewed hiring and investments, which

would in turn mean higher sales for other companies. After four months of gains, the NFIB optimism index slipped slightly in December, but the trend remains positive.

The percentage of firms expecting more sales rose to the highest level in more than three years. This is worth celebrating because lack of sales growth has been the No. 1 problem for small businesses. Read more about the NFIB index. There’s also evidence that these companies are beginning to invest for the future again. The number of firms in the NFIB survey who said they planned to hire more workers rose in December to the highest level in more than two years.

In December, employment in small firms (fewer than 50 employees) rose by 117,000, the biggest gain in nearly five years, according to the ADP employment report. For confirmation, the Intuit small business employment index (which covers even smaller companies with fewer than 20 employees) has increased for 15 months in a row.

The average employee at one of these companies is working nearly three hours more per month than she was during the worst of the recession. Demand is rising, but sales are still weak, business owners say. The small-business sector has other problems, of course.

STEM.grants.help.attract.more.students.to.sciences

Some will do it with underwater robots. Others will use computers that make 3D images. Still others will design brand-new products or experiment with creative teaching techniques.

Innovation. Creativity. Effectiveness. Those are some hallmarks of K-12 programs receiving a total of $2.4 million in grants from the nonprofit, privately funded Washington STEM, created to boost the quality of education in “STEM” subjects — an acronym for science, technology, engineering and math.

The 15 grantsmake up the first set of allocations from the statewide group that hopes to raise $100 million in 10 years.

Grants range from $5,718 to help struggling middle-school students in Neah Bay to $628,700 in services to help Bellevue School District develop STEM-focused curricula that could be adapted by schools across the state.

Over the past year, Washington STEM has raised nearly $20 million, with Microsoft, Boeing, McKinstry and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foun-dation as major donors.

The goal: to better prepare today’s students for today’s — and tomor-row’s — jobs, and to foster a spirit of innovation essential to advance-ments in science and technology.

The need is immediate and critical, said Washington STEM vice-chair Brad Smith, Microsoft general counsel and senior vice president.

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Why.Calibrate/Certify.Your.Flowmeters?

Why calibrate/certify your flowmeters? It is expensive for your company when compared to the certification cost of a static-calibration item such as a pressure gauge or OD micrometer. Also, many small companies have no spare flow-meters, so to calibrate means shutting down production lines.

I could give many reasons why you should get flowmeters calibrated/certi-fied such as: DCAS or FAA compliance, Prime-contractor requirements, or Medical/FDA regulations. Instead, this article will explain why money saved might be the best and simplest reason of all~

We will use an example a small job-shop performing shielded-welding gas operations which use Argon or He-lium in the process. Most companys meter their welding gas using a brass rotameter flowmeter combined with a pressure regulator attached to the CGA580 fitting on the Argon tanks. These meters are inexpensive, cost-ing around $175-$300 each and their accuracy is accordingly not very good without checking them against a flow standard. Calibration/certification of these Argon/Helium flowmeters at a Primary Standard Laboratory, such as NBS Calibrations, Inc. costs $200-$250 and typically takes 10 working days for turnaround time. Most owners or QC managers scream “How much?” when informed of this and we never hear from many of them again.

This reminds me of an old adage in the flow business: Calibration of flow-meters is a messy business. Since flow calibration/certification is a dynamic-calibration process, combining certi-fied gauging with a fluidic flow circuit, something may spill on the floor!

The mess is trying to explain that such an expensive and time consuming cer-

tification is actually more cost efficient than a company initially perceives.

Going back to the example of a weld-ing process shop consuming Argon as a shield gas: At approximately $80/tank of Argon using 16 tanks per month (or 192 tanks/year). Argon is costing your company $15,400/year. This business uses 2 of the combination Brass-body regulator/flowmeters to meter the flow of Argon. My experience with these meters over the years shows they are typically in error +/- 15% of indicated flowrate. For the sake of our example we assume ther meters are reading

“low” showing 40 SCFH when the real/calibrated flowrate is 46 SCFH (40 x 1.15 or 15%). This loss sounds small, but let’s look at the math and savings:

If using your certified flowmeters to correctly meter the gas, 15% savings on $15,00/ year comes to $2300 saved in Argon each year. Subtracting two flowmeters (calibrated at $225 each per year) is $450, subtracted from $2300 in gas costs, this leaves $1850 in savings by using calibrated/certified flowmeters! This is a significant amount in these lean times.

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Boeing. Bid. Beats. Eu-rope.for.Tanker

The Pentagon awarded Boeing Co. a contract worth more than $30 billion for aerial refueling tankers, closing a chapter in a tortured bidding contest, but potentially launching a fresh trans-Atlantic political controversy.

The award preserves Boeing’s decades-long position as supplier of refueling aircraft to the Air Force, and shores up its standing as a U.S. national champion. The Pentagon’s move is also likely to feed perceptions in European capitals that the U.S. defense market—the biggest in the world—remains largely closed to European defense suppliers. The los-ing bidder was EADS North America, a unit of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co.

Past efforts by the Air Force to replace its tankers have been upended by scandal, and industry observers said a protest could stall delivery of the aircraft. Ahead of the announcement, the governors of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana sent a letter to President Barack Obama in support of the bid by EADS, which proposed building its tanker at a new facility in Mobile, Ala.

The Defense Department said the first phase of the deal, worth $3.5 billion, calls for delivery of 18 aircraft by 2017. Overall, the contract is worth more than $30 billion, according to Air Force Secretary Michael Donley.

Thousands of U.S. manufacturing jobs are at stake. Boeing proposed to build its tanker at existing facilities in Washington and Kansas, and said the program would support around 50,000 total U.S. jobs and hundreds of suppliers around the country. EADS said its tanker would keep 48,000 Americans employed, and bring jobs to the depressed Gulf Coast region.

The KC-X refueling tanker is an effort to replace the Air Force’s aging fleet of KC-135 tankers, which began flying under President Dwight Eisenhower. But the KC-X came to symbolize a highly politicized military procurement pro-cess. Previous efforts to pick a winner collapsed amid protests and procure-ment scandals.

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Mini-Weapons.Add. Punch.To. Small.UAVs

A new generation of highly accurate mini-weapons is being devel-oped for small, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for use against personnel and light vehicles. One factor in development is the need to weaponize small UAVs such as the RQ-7 Shadow from AAI Corp., in use by the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, which cannot carry a 100-lb. Hellfire missile.

Raytheon’s latest offering in this area is the Small Tactical Muni-tion (STM), a 13-lb. glide bomb with GPS and semi-active laser guidance that can hit fixed and moving targets in all weather. Development has been completed in an approach that Don New-man, program director for advanced weapons at Raytheon, calls

“Lamott”—lay a missile on the table. “We build a missile with company money, then demonstrate it to people who might be interested,” he says.

The gamble is worthwhile because of the potential market—the U.S. Army and Marine Corps are interested in arming their Shadow UAVs with the weapon. Raytheon successfully tested the STM against targets. Newman says it is not a prototype but a producible weapon, and the company can take immediate orders.

Being small does not mean the STM is cheap. “When you have a

precision weapon with GPS and seeker, most of the cost is in the nose,” says Newman. “You’ve got the same precision as a larger weapon, just in a smaller package.”

Mass production would bring costs down, and the STM could also increase the weapon load of the larger RQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper UAVs, both from General Atomics. “You could replace one Hellfire missile with 6-8 STMs,” Newman says.

Lockheed Martin is working on a small missile for the Army’s Ex-tended Area Protection and Survivability (EAPS) program. This will be a mobile counter-rocket, artillery and mortar system with a range of at least 2.5 km (1.5 mi.). The EAPS defense will be radar-guided, with two interception options under consideration: a 50-mm projec-tile and the missile being developed by Lockheed Martin, which is 2 ft. long, 1.5-in. in diameter and weighs 5 lb.

“We are pushing the limits with this,” says EAPS Product Manager Chris Murphy, who is not aware of smaller guided missiles. Minia-turizing the components was a challenge Murphy compares to the technology used to downsize mobile phones and medical imaging devices. “The key is in the electronics and the receiver,” he says.

“These are not off-the-shelf components.”

The missile will be a kinetic interceptor with semi-active radar guidance. Development has progressed well. Successful hardware-in-the-loop tests will be followed by flight tests this summer. In 2012 the missile will be tested against targets. At that point, says Murphy, the aim is to have something that is “nearly tactical.”

Lockheed Martin and the Army see other applications for the mis-sile, including small UAVs. “There’s an option for a semi-active laser seeker,” says Murphy, with active millimeter-wave guidance as a pos-sibility. With an explosive warhead it could engage ground targets as well as enemy UAVs. Other platforms might include fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, where it would be a self-defense or offensive weapon. It might even become an infantry weapon, weighing a fifth as much as the FGM-148 Javelin guided antiarmor missile, made by Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.

Textron Defense Systems is one of three companies (the others are Aerovironment and IAT) competing for the U.S. Air Force’s Lethal Miniature Aerial Munition System (Lmams) contract. Lmams will be a 3-lb. weapon that a dismounted soldier can launch from be-hind cover to seek and identify distant targets via a video link and destroy them.

Textron’s entry is the Tactical Remote Aerial Munition (TRAM). Its advantages include a 1-hr. loiter time, twice what is required, and an advanced warhead. Software permits the operator to lock TRAM on to a maneuvering target.

The Air Force contract calls for three weapons from each manu-facturer to be delivered in April for target tests. An order for the winning design should follow soon after.

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‘Flying Robot’ pilot helps find IEDs in Helmand

Lance Corporal Rob McInerney is currently working at the forefront of counter-IED operations in Afghanistan piloting the

‘Flying Robot’, which is part of the Talisman counter-IED system.

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.

Lance Corporal Rob McInerney, aged 26, serves with 15 Field Support Squadron, part of 21 Engineer Regiment - the first troops to use the new system on the ground in Afghanistan. See Related News.

His role is to pilot the MAV (Micro Air Vehicle), otherwise known as the ‘Flying Robot’ or ‘T-Hawk’:

“The MAV is a great piece of kit and complements the rest of the equipment,” he said. “The MAV has two cameras which feed information back to a laptop so that the commander is then better placed to make decisions.

“We have been involved in a few contacts on a couple of the operations that we have been on, which made the day interesting! The most satisfying part of the tour for me is when we get the guys to their destination safely; after all, that is the aim of our job!”

Lance Corporal McInerney has been with 15 Field Support Squadron, based in Ripon, North Yorkshire, since they re-roled from a Field Support Squadron in which he was a plant operator:

“It has been good to learn something new but I am looking forward to getting back to plant,” he said.

He is also looking forward to getting back to the UK to see his fiancée, Laura, and his daughter, Anna, who is only five months old:

“She was born two weeks before I came out here so it will be amazing to see the difference in her now,” he added.

Lance Corporal McInerney has two other brothers serving in the Army. One is serving with the Royal Signals and the other is due to deploy on operations quite soon. He said:

“My brother Dave, who is in 9 Para[chute] Squadron, Royal Engineers, is due to deploy to Afghanistan on the next tour and I wish him good luck.”

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Why.Always.Being.Available.Is.Killing.Your.Business

Johann Wolfgang von Goeth, the famous writer and scientist, was quoted as once saying, “We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise, we harden.” His philosophy couldn’t be more true, and important, when it comes to running a business. You know it as part of business 101—always be there for the customer. You are supposed to always be at their disposal, immediately providing your service to them. In other words, the world of business has taught you that you should sacrifice everything for the customer. But should you really? The problem with always being there is that actions do speak louder than words. In short, your exceptional availability doesn’t become an amazing “wow” feature to your customer—instead it becomes an expectation. Think about a local store that stays open late or 24 hours, and you can see how that “wow” factor dissipates.

At first, you were kind of excited that it stayed open late or all night, and you appreciated it. You liked the idea that they were there whenever you needed something during those hours, even if you didn’t think you needed it much. After some time went by, you came to expect they would be open. And if you had run out at 1:00 a.m. to grab some ant-acid, you would have been really ticked off if their doors were locked.

That’s what happens when we make ourselves always available. Within a short period of doing so, when you are not answering the phone on Sunday night, all of a sudden your customer is annoyed and feels you let them down. They came to expect that you would be there at every turn and at all times. The key to business success is not becoming a slave to the work. Rather, it is taking the time to refresh and recharge. You must take a break, and by doing that, you will end up providing a much greater service to your clients. Here is how you get started.

•Tell your clients you will be on vacation for the next three days (even if you are just going to be sitting at home—after all, taking a break from the constant work is a vacation).

•During this time, turn off the phone and don’t respond to e-mail. Al-though you may be whining about this step now, just trust me on this. Do nothing related to work; just detach.

•Spend those three days doing something else—anything that doesn’t have to do with your business. Spend it with your family, play a round of golf, hit the beach or just clean the garage. But don’t sit and think about work!

•Repeat this process at least every couple of months.

The first time you decide to unplug from your business and unwind, it will be weird. And although you might think that your business is going to fall apart and that you simply can’t make it through the three days without at least checking your e-mail, you will find that you make it through just fine. By the next time you do it, you will have the hang of it and feel more comfortable. But along the way, something else happens as well. Your spirit and love for your business will be renewed. And when you get back to work, to your clients you will have an energy for your business and for them that you haven’t felt in a long time. And that is a good thing. Don’t become hardened to your business and the service you offer. Do as Goethe recommended centuries ago and rejuvenate! By Mike Michalowicz

UAE.Armed.Forces.to.Receive.Oshkosh.Global.HET

Al Jaber Group has selected Oshkosh Defense to provide the global heavy equipment transporter (HET) vehicle to support United Arab Emirates (UAE) armed forces.

Oshkosh and Al Jaber Group jointly designed a new global HET to meet the requirements of the UAE armed forces, which was rigor-ously tested and evaluated in extreme desert conditions.

The new Global HET is a high-performance, 6×6 transport vehicle with a 70t payload capability and is capable of transporting a main battle tank, armoured vehicles, construction and other equipment.The vehicle will help the UAE military reduce the wear on equipment and crew fatigue that occurs when travelling long distances.

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The use of aqueous cleaning processes has continued to grow as manufacturers seek alterna-tives to solvent based cleaners which can be toxic, detrimental to the ozone layer, high in both volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and global warming potential (GWP). When choosing an aqueous cleaning process, several parameters should be considered including: type of cleaning fluid, con-centration, temperature, agitation and cycle time. Of these parameters, cycle time has the greatest impact on the overall cost of the cleaning process.

This paper will focus on a specific method to reduce the cycle time required to remove soils in aqueous cleaning thereby lowering the overall cost of cleaning.

Test Preparation

Steel test coupons were coated in a controlled, uniform process with various cutting fluids and lubricants. The same oils were also applied into blind threaded holes on motor end-bell cases. A series of test were performed to determine the cleaning times with and without solution agita-tion. Cleanliness was determined using water break test, Q-tip and magnified visual observation.

Cleaning Product under Evaluation

An aerospace approved aqueous alkaline cleaner diluted at 20% volume was heated to 140ºF in a soak cleaning tank. This cleaner was selected because of its non-foaming behavior and exceptional materials compatibility on a broad range of metals and composite.

Results

Overall, the use of eductor solution agitation versus a stagnant dwell in the aqueous cleaner wash tank was very beneficial. Using an agitation rate equivalent to 50x turnover/hr reduced the required time to remove the surface contamination by about 33%, from 15 minutes to 10. In the case of blind holes, with directed eductor solution agitation the reduction in dwell time necessary to remove soil was found to be up to 50% less.

Discussion

The objective of this evaluation was to determine the effects of solution agitation on reducing cleaning cycle times. It was found that with 50x turnover/hr solution agitation that the cleaning cycle time can in fact be reduced by 33-50%, resulting in improved production capability and considerable cost savings.

About the Authors

Jeff Beard has served the specialty chemical business for 23 years. During that time, he has worked extensively with aerospace, automotive, electron-ics and medical customers worldwide to assist them replacing hazardous chemicals used in their cleaning pro-cesses or to improve their existing cleaning processes. For more informa-tion on CleanSafeTM 787C or any other cleaning product offered by Petroferm Inc. please call 317-371-8899 or visit www.petroferm.com.

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AeroDef Sessions to Show How OEMs, Suppliers Are Creating an Aerospace

and Defense Manufacturing ‘Digital Thread’

Anaheim – March 9, 2011 — The concept of a digital thread – several supply chain partners with different skill sets, systems and processes, working together with OEMs to integrate aerospace and defense

manufacturing to a greater degree than has ever been accomplished in the past –was the focus of more than 15 sessions at the AeroDef Manufacturing Exposition and Conference, April 5-7, in Anaheim, Calif.

“Accomplishing a ‘Digital Thread’ requires the manufacturing technologists to come on board at the same time the engineering designers are consider-ing the configuration,” Paul Oldroyd, technical fellow, Bell Helicopter, and a member of the AeroDef Executive Committee, explains. “It’s a different development model for the industry, but one of the most important. It’s the future of where aerospace manufacturing technology’s going.”

Here were some of the speakers and their topics:

1) Tom Burbage of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company explains the digital thread.2) Mike Vander Wel discusses the importance of AeroDef to the Boeing Company.3) David Wickwire of the Lockheed Martin Corporation on finding new solutions for A&D customers.

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Next we will have Aerospace Industry Recognition Awards. These Nominees will be recognized and awarded at the “Meet, Greet & be Recognized” Dinner & Award Ceremony Thursday Evening.

The 11th Annual Mountain Rep “Hit & Giggle” Golf Tournament will tee off Friday the 17th of September at 9:00, with tournament winners being awarded at the closing ceremony luncheon.

The two day event will also include an Industry Trade show where table/booth space will be sold or given to the event sponsors, and a Hole-In-One contest will be taking place on the grounds of the San Marcos Golf Resort in Chandler, AZ. The money raised through the contest will be used to purchase a piece of playground equipment to be donated to a school/park in the name of the student winning the aerospace competition.

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Missile Shield at $10 Billion Sets Up Boeing-Lockheed Boeing Co. will compete for the first time to keep its U.S. missile defense work as Lockheed Martin Corp. seeks to wrest away an order for as much as $10 billion.

The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency is preparing to take bids on a contract that Boeing has held since 1998 to design, build and operate the arsenal of satellites, radar and high- speed interceptors intended to shoot down enemy intercontinental ballistic missiles in space. The new order will be for management and maintenance.

The contest gives the companies a shot at a decade-long program as the Pentagon reins in spending increases. Riding on the outcome is Boeing’s future as a so-called systems integrator directing projects through suppliers, said Philip Finnegan, an analyst at consultant Teal Group in Fairfax, Virginia.

Bid requests may be issued by the Pentagon as soon as next month, allowing the companies to submit their proposals ahead of a decision next year. The rivals showed off their technology and announced new partners last week in Huntsville, Alabama, at the U.S. Army’s annual Space & Missile Defense Conference.

Boeing’s current missile-defense contract is worth as much as $18 billion for the 10 years ending in 2011, Jim Schlueter, a spokesman for the Chicago-based company, said recently.

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Column:.New.Strategies.Needed.To.Land.Desirable.Jobs

Dan Schawbel writes in the “Personal Branding” blog at Forbes (3/22) that “traditional career strategies are becoming ineffective,” and in order to be successful the job seeker must learn to leverage “your passion, creativity, network, experience with emerging technologies, and your ability to balance free and paid opportunities.”

Schawbel then offers “five ways to break through the clutter and land your dream job.” Among them are demonstrating one’s knowledge and enthusiasm for a particular company, becoming “an early adopter of innovative technologies,” making effective use of networking opportunities, and being “willing to work for free” in order to transition to a paid position.

F-35.production.model.a.success.on.first.flight

Lockheed Martin accomplished another milestone on the F-35 joint strike fighter program last month with the first flight of the first production model airplane.

The one-hour flight of aircraft number AF-6, an F-35A conventional takeoff-and-landing ver-sion, from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base went smoothly, the company said.

“The aircraft was rock-solid from takeoff to landing, and successfully completed all the tests we put it through during the flight,” said Lockheed test pilot Bill Gigliotti.

“The Air Force is getting a great jet that represents a huge leap in capability, and we’re looking forward to getting it into the hands of the service pilots in just a few more weeks.”

The plane will make additional test flights in Fort Worth before it is turned over to the

Air Force and flown to Edwards Air Force Base in California to be used for developmental flight testing. The aircraft’s initial flight preceded first flights for two F-35s, both of them F-35C Navy carrier versions, that were among the 13 flight test plans originally budgeted.

US.Army. to. Purchase.Abrams.Vehicle. from.GD

General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded a firm-fixed-price con-tract for the purchase of up to 21 Abrams M1A2 system enhancement package ver-sion two (M1A2 SEP V2) upgrade tanks.

M1A2 SEP V2 is a technologically advanced digital tank that features im-proved displays, sights, auxiliary power and a tank-infantry phone.

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Next we will have Aerospace Industry Recognition Awards. These Nominees will be recognized and awarded at the “Meet, Greet & be Recognized” Dinner & Award Ceremony Thursday Evening.

The 11th Annual Mountain Rep “Hit & Giggle” Golf Tournament will tee off Friday the 17th of September at 9:00, with tournament winners being awarded at the closing ceremony luncheon.

The two day event will also include an Industry Trade show where table/booth space will be sold or given to the event sponsors, and a Hole-In-One contest will be taking place on the grounds of the San Marcos Golf Resort in Chandler, AZ. The money raised through the contest will be used to purchase a piece of playground equipment to be donated to a school/park in the name of the student winning the aerospace competition.

The cost for participating in the event is an all inclusive price of $100.00Trade show tables are available for $500 and sponsorship fees are $5,000.

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Missile Shield at $10 Billion Sets Up Boeing-Lockheed Boeing Co. will compete for the first time to keep its U.S. missile defense work as Lockheed Martin Corp. seeks to wrest away an order for as much as $10 billion.

The Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency is preparing to take bids on a contract that Boeing has held since 1998 to design, build and operate the arsenal of satellites, radar and high- speed interceptors intended to shoot down enemy intercontinental ballistic missiles in space. The new order will be for management and maintenance.

The contest gives the companies a shot at a decade-long program as the Pentagon reins in spending increases. Riding on the outcome is Boeing’s future as a so-called systems integrator directing projects through suppliers, said Philip Finnegan, an analyst at consultant Teal Group in Fairfax, Virginia.

Bid requests may be issued by the Pentagon as soon as next month, allowing the companies to submit their proposals ahead of a decision next year. The rivals showed off their technology and announced new partners last week in Huntsville, Alabama, at the U.S. Army’s annual Space & Missile Defense Conference.

Boeing’s current missile-defense contract is worth as much as $18 billion for the 10 years ending in 2011, Jim Schlueter, a spokesman for the Chicago-based company, said recently.

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Global.wind.market.to.resume.growth.in.2011

A new report predicts that the global wind turbine market will expand in 2011, with an estimated growth of 18%, after the global growth in new grid connected wind capacity slowed in 2010.

Around 34 GW of wind generated power came online in 2010, 3.5% more than 2009, however not all wind markets fared equally well. Nearly half of global installations in 2010 were in China and India, eclipsing the growth rates seen in the North American and European markets.

Steen Broust Nielson, Director at MAKE Consulting says: “Some markets - particularly the US - finally showed in 2010 the full dam-age brought on by the global recession. But drops in some markets were balanced by growth jumps in other markets. Global growth is set to resume in 2011, but the global wind market is seeing shifts in demand, and strategic positioning in the market to capture growth will be key for companies in the sector in coming years.”

Key findings of ‘Market Outlook 2011’: Based on 2010 installations MAKE predicts the global wind market to grow with a CAGR of 11% in the period 2011-2016 with China is expected to lead this market growth; Emerging markets, as well as offshore wind power are

expected to gain in strategic importance; Asia Pacific markets are expected to account for more than half of the market growth in 2011 with China and India leading the region; The Americas, Canada, Brazil and Mexico are expected to see significant growth in 2011; Near term growth in Asia Pacific and the Americas is expected to outpace Europe; amd

Installation levels in Europe are expected to witness positive growth, with the slow-down in mature Southern European markets offset by continued high activity levels in the emerging markets of Southern and Eastern Europe. With few offshore projects to reach completion in Europe in 2011, European offshore installations are expected to reach 2010 levels.

U.S..pursues.export.control.reform.de-spite.unrest

The Obama administration is continuing its drive to speed export reviews of weapons and high-tech gear despite unrest across the Middle East and should have proposals ready this summer, U.S. de-fense officials say.

Pentagon acquisition chief Ashton Carter underscored the need for reform, saying the current system was so cumbersome it actually drove some nations to buy equipment from other countries.

He said the Obama administration was not only willing, but deter-mined to change the system to better protect fewer items, while loosening restrictions on other items that are already widely available on the global market.

Escalating protests in the Middle East and North Africa have sparked questions about the wisdom of loosening U.S. export restrictions at a time when Egypt and Tunisia have already seen leaders overthrown.Critics worry that U.S. weapons could fall into the hands of Islamist-controlled governments that are hostile to the United States or Israel, the closest U.S. ally in the region.

Defense officials say they are keeping a close eye on any pending arms sales but the administration is proceeding on a “case by case” basis rather than imposing a blanket moratorium on weapons sales to the Middle East.

Carter said exports were an important driver of the U.S. economy but also helped build the military capabilities of U.S. allies, allowing them to assume more responsibility for their own security.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said export reforms were driven in part by concerns raised by some of the United States’ closest allies, like Britain and Australia, who complain that current laws hamper their ability to work as closely with the U.S. military as both sides would like.

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Obama Asks GE’s Immelt to Head Economic Advisory Panel

President Barack Obama named Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric Co.’s chief executive officer, to head his outside panel of economic advisers, replacing former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.

Announcing Immelt’s appointment to take the helm of the newly renamed President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, Obama said the economy is “in a different place” from where it was during the eco-nomic crisis, and new ideas are needed to keep the momentum going.

“The past two years was about moving our economy back from the brink,” Obama said alongside Immelt in Schenectady, New York, home to the birthplace of GE’s energy business. “Our job now is putting our economy into overdrive.”

He called Immelt “one of the nation’s most respected and admired business leaders.”As head of the world’s biggest maker of jet engines, medical-imaging equipment and power-plant turbines, Immelt gives the White House a corporate heavyweight to help burnish Obama’s pro-business creden-tials. Immelt, 54, GE’s CEO since 2001, is an original member of the panel, which was formed as the President’s Economic Recovery Advisory Board in February 2009.

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Berkshire’s. NetJets. to.Buy.up. to. 120.Bombar-dier.Planes.

NetJets Inc., the business-jet operator owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Ha-thaway Inc. said it placed a record order for as many as 120 Bombardier Inc. (BBD/B) planes in anticipation of a rebound in luxury travel.

The agreement, worth more than $6.7 bil-lion at list prices, comprises 50 firm orders and 70 options, according to a statement. How much Columbus, Ohio-based NetJets would pay for the aircraft, which will be delivered starting in the fourth quarter of 2012, wasn’t disclosed.

NetJets, which also ordered 125 Embraer SA (ERJ) jets in October, said it expects the planes’ arrival to help meet increasing demand following what will probably be a

“difficult” 2011. The unit made a profit last year after David Sokol, named by Buffett

to lead a turnaround in 2009, fired staff and wrote down plane values.

“NetJets is probably positioning themselves for a pickup in demand next year,” said Julius Yeo, a Singapore-based aerospace consultant at Frost & Sullivan Inc. “The business-jet market in the U.S. still hasn’t really picked up yet.”

The firm orders include 30 of Montreal-based Bombardier’s Global 5000 Vision and Global Express XRS Vision aircraft, which will be delivered starting next year. The deal also includes 20 firm orders for Bombar-dier’s new Global 7000 and Global 8000 jets, which will be handed over starting in 2017.

“Although we anticipate 2011 to be another difficult year, when Bombardier begins to make deliveries of these aircraft, we will be ready to satisfy the market’s demand,” Sokol said in the statement.

NetJets has a fleet of more than 800 business jets, including ones made by Dassault Avia-

tion SA (AM), Textron Inc.’s Cessna Aircraft Co. and General Dynamics Co.’s Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., according to the state-ment. The company operates a fractional-ownership model that lets customers buy flight-hours across a fleet of jets.

The order was NetJets’ first from Bombar-dier, Hamzah Mazari, a New York-based analyst with Credit Suisse AG, said in a note to clients. He has an “outperform” rating on the shares.

Buffett installed Sokol to run the unit, which the billionaire called Berkshire’s “major problem” for 2009, after reductions in corporate-travel spending amid the global recession damped demand for business-jet flights.

NetJets made a $207 million pretax profit in 2010, helped by a 7 percent increase in sales, compared with a loss of $711 million a year earlier, according to Berkshire’s 2010 annual report. It posted an aggregate pretax loss of $157 million in the 11 years through 2009, according to the report.

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President Barack Obama named Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric Co.’s chief executive officer, to head his outside panel of economic advisers, replacing former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker.

Announcing Immelt’s appointment to take the helm of the newly renamed President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, Obama said the economy is “in a different place” from where it was during the eco-nomic crisis, and new ideas are needed to keep the momentum going.

“The past two years was about moving our economy back from the brink,” Obama said alongside Immelt in Schenectady, New York, home to the birthplace of GE’s energy business. “Our job now is putting our economy into overdrive.”

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Cutting Tools/SystemsDW Machinery Sales ____ 425-827-6931Magnetic Drills/CuttersInnovative Tool Sales __ 714-780-0730Muratec ________949-466-8255

Plate RollsJorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151

PressesDW Machinery Sales ____ 425-827-6931

Press Brakes DW Machinery Sales __ 425-827-6931Hallidie Machine Tool 253-939-9020Jorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151Moore Tool & Equip ___602-455-8904

Sanders/FinishingDW Machinery Sales ___ 425-827-6931 Shearing MachinesJorgensen Machine Tools 800-952-0151Moore Tool & Equip __ 602-455-8904

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

Turret PressMuratec ________949-466-8255

Welding EquipmentRocky Mountain Saw Blades 303-761-3000

OTHER ACCESSORIESTooling Systems

USA EDM Supply ____ 480-836-8330

PROG. SYSTEMSFactory Automation/LogisticsMuratec ________949-466-8255

CAD/CAMSoftware, CADDelcam _________ 877-DELCAM1Software, Inv. Control

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Welded AssembliesWeiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778

BENDINGHarco Metal Products ____480-829-0450

BONDINGDiffusion

Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Vacco Industries _______ 626-443-7121

BRAZINGPrecision Casting Repair __ 801-972-2345

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

Turning: AutomaticMatrix Machine _______480-966-4451

CASTINGS

May Foundry & Machine __801-531-8931Castings: Repair

Precision Casting Repair __ 801-972-2345

CHEMICAL ETCHINGAcu-Line __________ 206-634-1618


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CAD/CAMSoftware

Software, Solid ModelingDelcam ___________877-DELCAM1All World Machinery ____815-943-9111

REPAIR PARTS

BeltsAll World Machinery ____815-943-9111

Bearings(Precision)

All World Machinery ____815-943-9111Metric O-Rings

All World Machinery ____815-943-9111

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

Valves (Hydraulic, Pneumatic)

All World Machinery ____815-943-9111

RETROFITSElrod Machine _____ 928-526-9032

SERVICES

Consultant, ISOBMSC ____________ 602-445-9400

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

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

Inspection: Calibration

ServicesNBS Calibrations______ 480-894-0592

Inspection: Gauging Equip-ment

NBS Calibrations______ 480-894-0592

Manufacturing RepProSalez _________ 480-773-3239

Process Improvement/ Audit

BMSC ____________ 602-445-9400

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

ISO9000 / AS9100 Cert.

BMSC ____________ 602-445-9400Machine Tool Rebuilding

EDM Network _____ 480-836-1782Process Improvement

BMSC ____________ 602-445-9400NBS Calibrations______ 480-894-0592

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Spindle RebuildingSetco ___________866-362-0699

USED MACHINERYClark Machinery ______ 206-219-2528CNC Machine Services ___ 425-788-4500EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782Ganesh Machinery____888-542-6374Jorgensen Machine Tools_ 800-952-0151K.D. Capital Equipt____480-922-1674

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

Waterjet AbrasivesKMT Waterjet Systems __ 800-826-9274Waterjet Replacement Parts

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

Ebbco Inc ______ 800--809-3901

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

Welded AssembliesWeiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778

BENDINGHarco Metal Products ____480-829-0450

BONDINGDiffusion

Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Vacco Industries _______ 626-443-7121

BRAZINGPrecision Casting Repair __ 801-972-2345

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

Turning: AutomaticMatrix Machine _______480-966-4451

CASTINGS

May Foundry & Machine __801-531-8931Castings: Repair

Precision Casting Repair __ 801-972-2345

CHEMICAL ETCHINGAcu-Line __________ 206-634-1618

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

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

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

ENGINEERING/DESIGN

Nuclear Filter Tech_____303-384-9785Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970

Graphite ServicesMicro-Tronics, Inc _____602-437-8995

FABRICATIONArrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500

Fabrication: Custom MetalArrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419

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

Fabrication: SheetMetalArrow Sheet Metal Prod 303-427-6419Group Mfg Serv ______480-966-3952

Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Weiser/Mile High Precision 303-280-2778Wrico ___________ 480-892-7800

Fabrication: Medium & Large

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

FINISHINGArizona Finishing _____602-438-4443Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648

METCO Metal Finishing __ 602-276-4120Seattle Polishing & Plating___253-804-0160

Galvanizing: Hot DipTMM Precision ______ 800-448-9448

Glass Bead Clean Coating Technologies ___623-581-2648

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

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

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

PMA Photometals _____602-278-7800

CLEANING

Wasatch Metal Finishing _ 801-779-2020

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

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

Coating: Dry Film LubeCoating Technologies ___623-581-2648

Coating: Nickel/ Teflon/Chrome

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

Coating Technologies ___ 623-581-2648Electro-Coating Services

Vacco Industries _______ 626-443-7121COLD SPRAY

Accuwright Industries ___ 480-892-9595

DIESMicro-Tronics, Inc _____ 602-437-8995

EDMEDM: Dialectric Systems

/FiltrationEbbco Inc _________ 586-716-5151

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

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

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

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Spindle RebuildingSetco ___________866-362-0699

USED MACHINERYClark Machinery ______ 206-219-2528CNC Machine Services ___ 425-788-4500EDM Network _______ 480-836-1782Ganesh Machinery____888-542-6374Jorgensen Machine Tools_ 800-952-0151K.D. Capital Equipt____480-922-1674

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

Waterjet AbrasivesKMT Waterjet Systems __ 800-826-9274Waterjet Replacement Parts

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

Ebbco Inc ______ 800--809-3901

http://www.marzee.com


Potting/EncapsulationIndustrialEX ______ 303-456-6847

FOUNDRYMay Foundry & Machine 801-531-8931State Brass Foundry & Mach. 801-467-9461

GALVANIZINGPetersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789

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

Grinding, BlanchardDiversified Metal Services _801-972-6093Superior Grinding _____801-487-9700

TCI Precision Metals ____ 800-234-5613Grinding, Double Disc

TCI Precision Metals ____ 800-234-5613Grinding: OD

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

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

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

HEAT TREATINGPhoenix Heat Treating __ 602-258-7751Pilkington Metal Finishing__801-972-2146Temperature Processing __ 303-772-0250

CustomTemperature Processing __ 303-772-0250

CryogenicsTemperature Processing __ 303-772-0250

AluminumTemperature Processing __ 303-772-0250

NitridingTemperature Processing __ 303-772-0250

INSPECTIONInspection, First Article

Klontech Measure Sol ___ 480-626-8131Inspection ServicesIRON STITCHING

Precision Casting Repair__801-972-2345LASER CUTTING

Laser CuttingWrico ___________480-892-7800

Laser Cutting: MicroVacco Industries _____ 626-443-7121

Laser Cutting: 3D

E-CoatMPI International _____ 956-631-6880

EMI/RFI ShieldingIndustrialEX ______ 303-456-6847

Laser EngravingVacco Industries _____ 626-443-7121

Laser MarkingVacco Industries _____ 626-443-7121

MACHININGAcu Spec, Inc________408-748-86003rd Gen Machine______435-794-4980Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Faustson __________303-420-7422Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Nuclear Filter Tech ___ 303-384-9785Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970Premier Precision _____ 623-466-3156Seastrom ___________ 800-634-2356

Machining: R & D MillingAcu Spec, Inc________408-748-8600Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Micro-Tronics, Inc ____ 602-437-8995Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970

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

Machining: CNCAcu Spec, Inc________408-748-86003rd Gen Machine______435-794-4980Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934


Faustson __________303-420-7422Matrix Machine ______ 480-966-4451Micro-Tronics, Inc ____ 602-437-8995Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970Seastrom _________ 800-634-2356

Machining: TurningAcu Spec, Inc________408-748-8600

3rd Gen Machine______435-794-4980Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970

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

ContractProduction

Laser Concepts Inc. ___ 801-280-7723METALIZING

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

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

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Randall J. Wilson

Industrial Products Manager

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

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

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

Fred Budde IIIPresident

990 Richard Ave, Suite 103Santa Clara, CA 95050

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



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

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

Mil Spec PaintingIndustrialEX ______ 303-456-6847

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

UID Tags (Boeing Approved)

PMA Photometals _____602-278-7800

PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition)

AluminumAdvanced Coating _____562-402-0005

ChromiumAdvanced Coating _____562-402-0005

DLC (Diamond)Advanced Coating _____562-402-0005

MolybdenumAdvanced Coating _____562-402-0005

TitaniumAdvanced Coating _____562-402-0005

ZirconiumAdvanced Coating _____562-402-0005

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

AnodizingChemResearch _____ 602-253-4175

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

ChromeSeattle Polishing & Plating___253-804-0160

GoldSeattle Polishing & Plating___253-804-0160PRECISION FORMING

Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970Wrico ___________480-892-7800

PROCESSING: METAL

Acid Pickle

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Chemical

LA Specialties _______ 602-269-7612

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

Plating Alodine

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Phosphate

MPI International _____ 956-631-6880Polishing

Seattle Polishing & Plating___253-804-0160

PUNCHINGGroup Manufacturing Serv 480-966-3952Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970

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

SPLINESSpecialty Steel Services _ 801-539-8252

SPRAY: METAL, PLASMAAccuwright Industries ___480-892-9595

STAMPINGCentral Valley Machine __435-752-0934Seastrom _________ 800-634-2356Weiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778

Stamping:DesignWeiser/Mile High Prec. 303280-2778

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

Stamping: Light

Seastrom _________ 800-634-2356SWISS SCREW MCHG.

Acu Spec, Inc________408-748-86003rd Gen Machine______435-794-4980Lewis Aerospace ____ 877-254-2024Seastrom _________ 800-634-2356

TESTINGTesting: Non-Destructive

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

THERMAL SPRAYAccuwright Industries ___480-892-9595

TOOL & DIEWrico ___________480-892-7800

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

Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Marzee Inc. ______ 602-269-5801Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789

WELDINGArrow Sheet Metal Prod __ 303-427-6419Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Petersen Inc ________ 800-410-6789Mountain View Machine _435-755-0500


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Machining: TurningAcu Spec, Inc________408-748-8600

3rd Gen Machine______435-794-4980Central Valley Machine __435-752-0934Faustson _________ 303-420-7422Pacific Tool, Inc. ______425-882-1970

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

ContractProduction

Laser Concepts Inc. ___ 801-280-7723METALIZING

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

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

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

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

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