Capabilities
Four departments under one roof in Canoga Park: CAD/CAM programming, a CNC mill department, a CNC lathe department and in-house quality control. We run prototype work and close-tolerance production for aerospace, defense, medical, automotive and heavy equipment customers.
How work moves through the shop
Each job is programmed from your drawing, cut on CNC turning or machining centers, and inspected at every operation against the print.
Department 01
Every part starts in the programming department. We work from your drawing or model and build the toolpaths in-house, so the program, the setup and the shop manufacturing procedure all come from the same place.
Programming is done on Gibbs and Associates CAD/CAM 4.0, Virtual Gibbs and Mastercam.
Gibbs 4.0 · Virtual Gibbs · Mastercam
Department 02
The mill department runs Hitachi Seiki and Fadal vertical and horizontal machining centers. The machines carry automatic multi-tool turrets, programmable indexers and a large selection of support tooling, so multi-face parts can be finished in fewer setups.
Rapids run up to 1000 inches per minute with high-speed rigid tapping.
Rapids to 1000 in/min · 4th axis · rigid tapping
Department 03
The lathe department runs a wide range of Hitachi Seiki CNC turning centers. These machines hold close tolerances and surface finishes on diameters up to 8 inches and lengths up to 19 inches.
Rapids run up to 1200 inches per minute, which keeps cycle times short on production runs.
Ø to 8.0 in · length to 19.0 in · rapids to 1200 in/min
Department 04
Our quality control department is maintained in accordance with MIL-I-45208A. Every job is issued a shop manufacturing procedure that tracks each operation, and each operation is inspected against the blueprint before the part moves on.
Records are traceable and kept on file for five years. Inspection equipment is calibrated on a schedule and the calibration reports are maintained. Our Quality Control Manual is available on request.
MIL-I-45208A · records kept 5 years
Materials & work envelope
Turned parts to 8 inches in diameter and 19 inches long. Milled parts on vertical and horizontal machining centers with 4th-axis positioning. One-off prototypes through close-tolerance production.
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Precision prototype machining for research and development projects has been part of the shop since 1980. Send a drawing and we will quote the first article.
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Close-tolerance precision production runs on CNC turning and machining centers, with each operation tracked and inspected per print.
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Manufacturing of tooling and precision machine parts, backed by a tool room with manual lathes, mills, a surface grinder and a Lapmaster.
Work samples
A few of the turned and milled components that have come across the inspection bench.
Ready when you are
Prototype runs to close-tolerance production. Email a drawing or call the shop directly.
