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Turning, milling, welding, keyseating, assembly and paint, run as one routing in one building.

01 — Turning

CNC Turning

Ten CNC lathes, and the bulk of what we run. Shaft lathes long enough for mill and pump shafts, a chucker with a 30″ swing, and a vertical turning lathe for the big-diameter, short-length parts that won’t hang between centers.

  • 87.8″ max turning length, 30.5″ swing over bed, 27.2″ max turning diameter
  • 7.125″ spindle bore and a 24″ chuck for large-bore work
  • Live tooling with programmable C and Y axis — turn, mill, drill, flat and key a shaft without leaving the chuck
  • Vertical turning lathe for rings, end covers and heavy castings
  • Chucked, bar and between-centers work
Typical turned work
Part typesPump and rotor shafts, spindles, sleeves, bushings, hubs, adapters, flanges, gland housings, bearing housings and sleeves, liners, retainers, adjusting nuts, spacers
Materials we turn most4140 HT (321–360 BHN), 4150, 4340, 1045, 1018, ductile and gray iron castings, 304/316 stainless, aluminum bronze
Secondary ops on the latheCross drilling, milled flats, keyways, hex features, tapping — via live tooling
ThreadingSingle-point, ACME, tapped, and specials to customer drawing
Feature controlConcentricity and runout held by completing the part in one setup wherever the print allows
Typical milled work
Part typesGearcases and housings, machine bases and frames, motor plates, side plates, bolsters, adapter plates, wear plates, guards, keepers, gage bodies, dies and fixtures
Big envelopeTigercut horizontal: X 86.6″ × Y 64.9″ × Z 62.9″, 47.2″ × 59″ table, up to 10,000 lb
Vertical centersTo 102″ × 32″ on the long-bed machine; 4,410 lb table load, CAT 50 spindles at 6,000 rpm
OperationsBore work, face milling, drilling, tapping, slotting, precision hole patterns, multi-side setups
ProgrammingAutodesk Inventor, SOLIDWORKS, SmartCAM — direct from your 3D solid model

02 — Milling

CNC Milling

Seven CNC machining centers. A long-bed vertical with 102 inches of X travel for rails, frames and bars, and a horizontal boring mill that takes parts up to 10,000 lb and machines multiple faces in one setup, which is how the tolerance between features holds.

  • Long-bed CNC vertical to 102″ × 32″ — or several smaller parts fixtured across one table load
  • Horizontal CNC boring mill to 86.6″ × 64.9″ × 62.9″ with a 25.6″ programmable quill
  • Table capacity up to 10,000 lb, crane served
  • Machining of fabricated weldments and castings after stress relief

03 — In-house

Welding &
fabrication.

Welding in-house lets us quote a fabricated-and-machined component as a single part number, with no second vendor to coordinate.

We cut and fit the weldment, weld it, send it out for stress relief where the drawing calls for it, then bring it back and machine it on the horizontal, which takes parts up to 10,000 lb. Or you send us the fabrication and we finish-machine it. Either way one shop is responsible for the fit between the welded structure and the machined features.

  • Welded frames, bases, hoppers, chutes, guards and housings
  • Layout and fit-up from prints and 3D models
  • Finish machining after welding and stress relief
  • Weld repair and modification of existing industrial fabrications
  • Large fabrications machined on the horizontal boring mill in one setup
Typical routing CUT · FIT · WELD MILL · TURN INSPECT PAINT SHIP STRESS RELIEVE · HEAT TREAT · PLATE MANAGED OUT WHEN THE PRINT CALLS FOR IT SOLID = IN-HOUSE DASHED = MANAGED OUT
Solid boxes are operations we run here
04

Assembly & Finish

Parts can leave here assembled rather than loose. Sub-assemblies get built, bearings and bushings pressed, hardware installed, and the finished unit painted, marked to your part number and crated.

  • Bearing, bushing and seal installation; press and shrink fits
  • Sub-assembly build and teardown of customer units
  • Keyseating — internal keyways cut in bores and hubs in-house
  • Paint to your color and spec, masked to protect machined surfaces
  • Stamping, engraving and stenciling; part, heat and customer numbers
  • Kitting, crating and export packaging
05

Manual Machining

Not every operation belongs on a CNC. A manual horizontal boring mill with 63″ of X travel, engine lathes for heavy shaft work, and people who can pick up a fit on assembly rather than reprogram for it.

  • TOS horizontal boring mill — X 63″, Y 44″, Z 49″
  • Line boring, facing and fit-up on large customer weldments
  • Engine lathe work on long and heavy shafts
  • Modification and rework of existing industrial components

06 — Finishing

We manage
the whole route.

Quote a finished part

A machined part is rarely done when it comes off the machine. Welding, keyseating, assembly, paint and marking happen here. Heat treat, carburizing and plating go to sources we schedule, ship, track and inspect on return, so one purchase order covers the finished component and one shop is accountable for it.

Welding

In-house. Fabrication, weld repair and modification, with the machining that follows it done on the same floor.

Keyseating

In-house. Internal keyways in bores and hubs, cut on our own keyseaters.

Assembly

In-house. Press fits, bearing and bushing installation, sub-assembly build and teardown.

Paint & Marking

In-house. Primer and finish coats masked to protect machined surfaces; stamping, engraving and stenciling.

Heat Treat

Managed. Through hardening, tempering and stress relief on alloy steels, scheduled by us to hit your delivery date.

Carburizing & Plating

Managed. Case hardening, hard chrome for journals and wear faces, zinc for corrosion protection.

Material Sourcing

Certified bar, plate, forgings and castings purchased to spec, with mill certs supplied on request.

Packing & Crating

In-house. Parts marked to your part number, then boxed, skidded or crated for the trip, so a heavy component arrives the way it left.

07 — Rework · Replace · Rebuild

The component
you already own.

Send us a worn part

A worn mill roll, a scored pump shaft, a rotor that has lost its OD, a chock assembly that no longer holds a bearing. Most of them have service life left, and repairing one is often cheaper and faster than buying it again.

01

Inspect and report back

The part comes in, gets cleaned and laid out against the drawing or against what it should be. We measure how far it has moved, look for cracking and heat damage, and come back with a recommendation: rework it, replace it, or scrap it.

02

Rework — weld up and re-machine

Worn journals, bores, seats and wear faces get built back up with hard-surface or build-up welding, then turned, bored, milled and keyseated back to drawing size. Bearing fits are re-cut to spec.

03

Replace — when repair isn’t right

Some components are past saving, and some are cheaper to remake than to fix. We measure the worn original, model it and machine a new one. On older equipment there is usually no current drawing, and that is fine.

04

Rebuild — the whole assembly

Units come apart here. Individual components get repaired or replaced, bearings and bushings are pressed, the assembly goes back together, gets test fitted, painted and marked, and ships as one finished unit.

05

Improve it while it’s here

If the same feature keeps failing, a rebuild is the moment to change it. Material upgrade, harder case, added radius, thicker section, a different wear surface. We’ll say what we are seeing and what we would change, and keep the model and program on file so the next one is faster and cheaper.

Steel production

Mill stand equipment

Mandrel support stands and their levers, pins, bushings and clevises. Screwdown head screw assemblies, housing screws and nuts. Guillotine components. Work-roll mechanical seal assemblies and bottom seal housings. Chock balance and roll locking components. Worn assemblies come apart, get welded and re-machined or replaced, and go back together here.

Pumps

Pump & rotating equipment

Shafts and sleeves replaced when they are past building up. Bearing covers, gland housings and end covers repaired. Wear faces hard-surfaced and re-machined. Bearing and seal fits re-cut to print, so the unit assembles.

Size reduction

Rotors & wear parts

Rotor ODs inspected, welded and machined back to rebuild print size. Throat plates and breaker components hard-surfaced. Frames welded and re-machined for new bearing pedestals. Knife and spacer sets, screens and anvils remade to pattern.

The work we take. Heavy industrial repair: mill, pump, foundry, processing and size-reduction equipment, on components that ship by truck or flatbed. We are not set up for automotive, small engine or consumer repair, and we’ll say so up front.

08 — Programming

Programming & producibility

Our CNC work is programmed offline from 3D solid models. If a tolerance or callout in the print is going to add cost you don’t need, we say so at quote time.

CAD / CAM

Autodesk Inventor, SOLIDWORKS and SmartCAM. Send native files, STEP, IGES, Parasolid, DXF, DWG or PDF prints. We work from all of them.

Design for manufacturability

Tolerance stack review, radius and tool-access checks, datum scheme review, and material substitutions that cut lead time without changing function.

Fixture design

Dedicated workholding built for parts that come back around, so a repeat order sets up and runs the same way every time.

Repeat part · scheduled releases REL 1REL 2 REL 3REL 4 REL 5 JANAPR JULOCT JAN We hold the finished parts ON OUR SHELF → SHIPS FROM STOCK
Repeat order with finished goods held here

09 — Repeat work

Repeat parts
on a standing
order.

For components you consume year after year, quoting each order from scratch is the expensive way to do it. Put the part on a standing order and we’ll run it in sensible batches and release against your schedule.

  • Standing orders with scheduled or call-off releases
  • An agreed quantity of finished parts held here between releases
  • Kitting of multiple part numbers into one shipment
  • Consistent pricing across the term instead of quote-by-quote
  • Programs, fixtures and inspection plans retained between runs

On high-volume parts we keep a working quantity on the shelf, sized to your release schedule and set in the agreement. We are a machine shop, not a warehouse, so the quantity is something we work out with you rather than open-ended storage.

Have a print ready?

Send it over. We’ll tell you what it costs, how long it takes, and anything in the drawing worth a second look.

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