Manufacturing

Process

Our Quality Process begins with a full contract review of each order which involves our quality and engineering departments. Each component is reviewed for process, material, inspection, marking and shipping requirements prior to release to the machine shop. Once the contract review is complete quality and process plans are developed to ensure compliance to customer’s specification throughout the manufacturing process. During the manufacturing process key characteristics are inspected and records are retained per industry and customer requirements. Upon completion of the manufacturing process a 100% final inspection is preformed and all key characteristics are recorded and retained per industry and customer requirements.

We perform first piece, incoming, in-process, and final inspections throughout the entire production cycle to ensure the highest quality of every component that Custom Machine manufactures. All incoming material (hardware, raw material, and components returning from an outside process) is thoroughly inspected for material condition, special process specification and chemical composition before it’s issued to the machine shop.

Our extensive quality department performs a first piece inspection using an advanced Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) before each manufacturing process. The finished product is subjected to a 100% final inspection using an advanced Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM) to ensure that all key characteristics meet the customer’s specifications.

In accordance with industry and customer standards all first piece, incoming, in-process, and final inspection reports created during the manufacturing process are retained.

Our in house testing department performs Non-destructive testing processes such as pressure, vacuum and leak testing in accordance with customer’s specifications.

Custom Machine has diversified its offerings within the machine shop to include a wide range of in-house secondary processes. Our heat treating oven is capable of heat treating to HT-404 and HT-405. The fabrication department is outfitted with Heliarc, Arc, Oxygen and Acetylene welding and Silver Brazing. We have the expertise to fabricate small complex assemblies as well as large assemblies. The testing department is capable of performing Non-destructive testing processes such as pressure, leak and vacuum testing. Our component marking department uses a Trumph Vector Mark Laser Marking machine to mark components to our customer’s specifications.

Keeping these processes in house enables Custom Machine to better control the manufacturing process throughout the manufacturing cycle.

Implementing Supply Chain Management has enabled Custom Machine to optimize the flow of information to our suppliers. We meet regularly with our suppliers to flow down all applicable specifications and to eliminate any potential process related issues. The relationships built between Custom Machine and its suppliers are a key component to the overall success of the manufacturing process in our machine shop. The benefits of these relationships are reduced operational expenses, improved competitiveness and improved customer service Custom Machine maintains an approved vendor list where vendors are measured for their quality and on time performance. Vendor review and approval ensures that suppliers selected to provide product and/or services to Custom Machine employ a quality system that meets the quality requirements of Custom Machine and its customers.

In our mechanical assembly department the technicians are qualified to perform a wide range of assemblies; form simple two component assemblies to complex assemblies. To aid the technicians in the assembly process Custom Machine creates detailed work instructions to ensure the consistent quality and repeatability of each assembly. In addition to the work instructions; critical tools and gauging are calibrated annually where applicable.

Concurrent engineering is a strategy we employ to achieve the best results through the most efficient process. To aid in the development of the process our CNC Programmers and Engineers use Mastercam CADCAM and JobBoss. In addition to three-dimensional (3-D) (CAD) models; rapid testing, rapid tooling, and rapid prototype techniques are used. These design technologies are important because of the key information they convey: the 3-D model allows the CNC Programmers and Engineers to interpret design features in a more effective and efficient way. Manufacturing processes and programs are closely coordinated to achieve an optimal match of resources in the machine shop for effective cost, quality, and delivery. Decision making involves full team participation and involvement. The team often consists of manufacturing, engineering, purchasing, customers and suppliers. Collaboration between Custom Machine its Suppliers and Customers is a key component to the success of concurrent engineering.

Custom Machine has a diverse and flexible inventory system which is capable of reacting to the demands of our customers. We’ve worked with systems such as KANBAN, JIT, Kitting, PAC and online procurement systems. Utilizing our machine shop ERP software (JobBoss) we’re able to set minimum, maximum and reorder levels for all components and assemblies. If inventory levels reach minimum an automated alert is issued; informing Engineering to release a new production lot to the machine shop for manufacturing. Tracking inventory levels enables us to release economic lot sizes to the machine shop for manufacturing thus reducing our operational expenses and any potential delivery delays to our customers.

Custom Machine has the ability to adapt our system to the delivery needs of our customers. In some cases we’re able to synchronize our customers system with our system therefore reducing administrative expenses and improving the flow of information. Our onsite warehouse enables us to hold product for release according to the customer’s needs.

Miller 330-WPB Heliarc & Arc

Welding & Soldering Unit

Oxygen & Acetylene Welding Outfit

Nakamura Tome SC-200 Mill/Turn Y-Axis

Nakamura Tome TMC-18 Mill/Turn Qty 2

Nakamura Tome SC-300

Wire

Fanuc Robocut Alpha 1C 5-Axis

Fanuc Robocut Alpha OB 4-Axis

Fanuc W-Cut 2 5-Axis

Conventional

Handsvedt Leadman

Herbert Walter Ram Cut 202 4-Axis

Sunnen Honing Machine Fully Equipped

Flow Testing Min/Max Fuel Leak

Pressure Test - Vacuum Testing

Load Testing

24" Cut-Off Saw

Delta Abrasive Cut-Off Saw

Delta Cut-Off Saw

Grob Band Saw 19" Qty 2

Haberle Cold Saw 14"

Kalamazoo Automatic Cut-Off Saw

Bridgeport EZ Path Retro NC 10"

Swing Qty 2

Bridgeport EZ Path Retro NC 8"

Swing Qty 2

Harding Tool Room Lathe Qty 2

Hardinge Hand Screw Chucking

Machine with Feed Bar

Hardinge HLV Lathe

Leblond Regal Manual Engine Lathe

24" Swing

Mori Seiki Engine Lathe 33" Gap

Fully Equipped Qty 3

Webb 17" Engine Lathe

Bridgeport

Bridgeport EZ Trak Retro NC Qty 3

Bridgeport Series II w/Prototrak NC

Retrofit Qty 2

Bridgeport w/Hamill Retrofit Qty 2

Bridgeport w/Prototrak NC Retrofit Qty 4

Bridgeport w/Readouts Qty 9

Okamoto 16-32-EX Surface Grinder

Okamoto IGM-156 CNC I.D. Grinder

Okamoto OGM-112-24 PMC

Cylindrical Grinder

Boyer Shultz 6x12 Surface Grinder

Chevalier 6x18 Surface Grinder

Clausing 6x12 Surface Grinder

Keo Lee Cutter Grinder Fully Equipped

Polishing Stations Qty 2

Moore G-18 NC CP Continuous Path Jig Grinder

Ecoline Sandblaster

Royson 72" Tumbler

Semco 37" Grinding Polishing Machine

Sweco Rotary Finishing Tumbler

Ultramatic Portaburr Tumbler

Cimco DNC Max V5 Wireless LAN

JobBoss Release 10 Operating System

MasterCAM Version X for Sculptured

Brown & Sharpe Micro Hite Qty 4

Brown & Sharpe Tesa Hite

Brown & Sharpe Tesa Hite 400

Federal Air Gages

Federal Match Air Gages

Instron 2002T Rockwell Tester

Mitutoyo CMM B231 w/ Geopack

2000 Software

Mitutoyo CMM

B231 w/Zeiss Platform Software

Mitutoyo PH350 Profile Projector

Mitutoyo SJ-400 Profilometer

Zeiss Contura G2 CMM 1000mm x 1600mm

Zeiss Spectrum CMM 1000mm x 700m

Z-Mike 1220 Gold Laser Micrometer

Ink Stamping

Trumph Vector Mark Laser Marking

Vibro Etching

Vertical

Fadal 40x20 Qty 3

Fadal CNC 88 60x30x26 Qty 2

Fanuc Robo Drill αT-21iE 24,000 rpm

Komo VMC 40

Matsuura 500 VDC Twin Spindle

Horizontal

Matsuura H Plus 630 4-Axis

Mazak H-20 4-Axis

AS9100, ISO 9001 certified

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